Striking

Striking is the mastered art of locating the physical vulnerabilities of another and utilising this knowledge within combat. Those of the Blademaster class possess this deadly skill, using precise strikes to pressure points and sensitive locations in order to stand victorious within combat.

Abilities in Striking

Ability	Description
Constitution	Maintaining your intestinal equilibrium.
Known: Yes Syntax: CONSTITUTION Details: This ability will gain you a stomach of steel.
Sternum	A painful blow to the breastbone.
Known: No (6 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> STERNUM Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Inflict significant pain with a splintering strike to your target's breastbone, located at the centre of their ribcage.
Shoulder	Induce a state of weariness in your target.
Known: No (15 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> SHOULDER Works on/against: Adventurers Details: By harassing pressure points near an enemy's shoulder with a frontal strike, weaken important muscles and leave them weary.
Hands	Send a numbing pain into your foe's hands.
Known: No (33 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> HANDS LEFT|RIGHT Works on/against: Adventurers Details: By directing your strikes to your opponent's hands it will cause them to go numb briefly.
Fitness	Control your breathing.
Known: No (44 lessons required) Syntax: FITNESS Details: With the increased lung power you have gained from your bodily mastery, you are able to purge the effects of asthma.
Ears	Turn your opponent into a clumsy fool.
Known: No (66 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> EARS Works on/against: Adventurers Details: The inner ear helps to control one's balance. Box your victim's ears with twin open-handed blows to leave them clumsy and staggering.
Nose	A disfiguring strike to turn even the most loyal.
Known: No (88 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> NOSE Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Comprised of delicate cartilage, the nose is a vulnerable point. By smashing the organ with a swift strike, leave your victim unrecognisable to allies, and unable to command loyal minions.
Knees	Send your target sprawling to the ground.
Known: No (111 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> KNEES Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Manipulating your opponent's knee joint with a well-placed blade hand will reliably send them falling to the ground.
Alleviate	Cure yourself of pesky afflictions.
Known: No (133 lessons required) Syntax: ALLEVIATE Details: Detailed understanding of the body has therapeutic benefits. By actively stimulating relevant muscles and pressure points, you may heal yourself of an ailment.
Neck	Cause your opponent's limbs to lock up.
Known: No (155 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> NECK Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Clustered nerves in the neck leave a target vulnerable to lasting paralysis if struck with precision.
Kidney	Drive aggressive urges from your foe.
Known: No (199 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> KIDNEYS Works on/against: Adventurers Details: A blow to the kidneys will cause deep, lingering pain, pacifying any mortal foe for a time.
Eyes	Force your enemy to witness madness.
Known: No (244 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> EYES Works on/against: Adventurers Details: By rupturing blood vessels in a target's eyes, leave them blind and unable to trust what they see.
Hamstring	Cripple your target's movement.
Known: No (288 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> HAMSTRING Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Crippling the hamstring muscles of a target's upper leg will greatly hinder their ability to walk for a short time.
Temple	Send your foe into a stupor.
Known: No (333 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> TEMPLE Works on/against: Adventurers Details: The head has many exploitable weak points. A strike to either temple, above and behind the eye, will rock the brain and dull your victim's mind, leaving them in a stupor.
Feet	Send your mounted target sprawling to the ground.
Known: No (377 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> FEET Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Grab the ankle of your mounted opponent, and with a precise twist, send them tumbling from their mount.
Chin	Envelop your opponent in a restful sleep.
Known: No (422 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> CHIN Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Jolt an opponent's skull with a powerful, upwards blow to their chin, nudging them into a brief slumber.
Icefist	Channel Shindo into an icy strike.
Known: No (466 lessons required) Syntax: ICEFIST <adventurer> Extra Information: Shin Energy: 15 Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Through Shin mastery, channel the cold to encase a foe in a freezing rime of ice, rendering untouchable any magical tattoos they may bear. ** Shin energy is necessary to perform elemental strikes. Only one element may be channelled upon a foe at a time.
Flamefist	Channel Shindo into a fiery strike.
Known: No (511 lessons required) Syntax: FLAMEFIST <adventurer> Extra Information: Shin Energy: 15 Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Through Shin mastery, channel fire to engulf a victim in a cloak of flames that will scorch away any impending anti-weapon aura of rebounding. Such conflagrating will, however, cauterise the wounds of the target, resulting in them bleeding somewhat less for the duration. ** Shin energy is necessary to perform elemental strikes. Only one element may be channelled upon a foe at a time.
Airfist	Channel Shindo into a blustering gale.
Known: No (555 lessons required) Syntax: AIRFIST <adventurer> Extra Information: Shin Energy: 15 Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Through Shin mastery, channel the wind itself to scourge a foe, hindering their attempts to parry blows, and shackling the movements of any chaos orb that may protect them. ** Shin energy is necessary to perform elemental strikes. Only one element may be channelled upon a foe at a time.
Voidfist	Channel Shindo into a powerful vortex.
Known: No (633 lessons required) Syntax: VOIDFIST <target> Extra Information: Shin Energy: 15 Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Through Shin mastery, channel the very emptiness of the void upon a target, potentially blocking digestion of curative herbs they may consume. Impaling a voidfisted target will disrupt the energy, causing it to fail. Pommelstriking an opponent on the other hand shall extend a currently active voidfist, up to a point. ** Shin energy is necessary to perform elemental strikes. Only one element may be channelled upon a foe at a time.
Groin	Instil a sense of heroism into your target.
Known: No (771 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> GROIN Works on/against: Adventurers Details: A vulnerable point for both males and females, the groin, when struck, may cause a foe to block out the overwhelming pain endured, wilfully ignoring any further damage to their body.
Chest	Afflict your enemy with constant affliction.
Known: No (943 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> CHEST Works on/against: Adventurers Details: This combination of strikes to pressure points upon the chest of your victim will induce a variety of painful sensations upon them, mimicking the ongoing symptoms of numerous other ailments.
Throat	Remove your foe's ability to breathe.
Known: No (1116 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> THROAT Works on/against: Adventurers Details: A blow to the vulnerable throat of an enemy will leave them gasping and unable to breathe.
Stomach	Imbue a loss of desire to eat.
Known: No (1392 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> STOMACH Works on/against: Adventurers Details: A precise strike to the stomach will cause muscles to spasm, leaving your winded target unwilling to eat and unable to digest.
Underarm	Force them to secrete a slick sweat.
Known: No (1564 lessons required) Syntax: STRIKE <adventurer> UNDERARM Works on/against: Adventurers Details: By assaulting the sensitive armpit of a foe, you may stimulate their sweat glands, causing an unnaturally profuse degree of perspiration.
Deathstrike	Unleash the fury of your martial prowess.
Known: No (1736 lessons required) Syntax: DEATHSTRIKE <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: With absolute knowledge of your victim's anatomy, unleashing a fatal combination of strikes to vulnerable points is but a matter of timing.

See also

• TwoArts
• Shindo