Shindo

Shindo focusses on the spectacular unleashing of Shin energy, allowing one to enter the Shin trance to truly understand its power. Those of the Blademaster class possess this skill, placing them further along the path to becoming a true master swordsman. Furthermore, many advanced abilities within TwoArts and Striking require Shin energy to perform, and without the mastery of the ShinTrance ability the use of such will not be possible.

Abilities in Shindo

Ability	Description
Weathering	Rigorous training yields a toughened physique.
Known: Yes Syntax: WEATHERING Details: Your budding control over your body will assist you in weathering the storm of life by increasing your constitution by one point.
Augment	Your bladework reaches new heights of potency.
Known: Yes Syntax: SHIN AUGMENT <ALL|amount> Details: By augmenting your reflexes with shin energy, you will reach such a degree of skill with the blade that you are able to deflect blows aimed at your limbs, even when prone. ** This ability is used in conjunction with the parry ability.
Breathing	Control your breathing to resist choking attacks.
Breathing (Shindo) Known: No (6 lessons required) Syntax: HOLD BREATH RELEASE Details: This ability will grant a short-term immunity from anything doing asphyxiation damage. However, any offensive activity or consumption of balance or equilibrium will cause you to begin breathing once again.
Shintrance	Sink into a reverie of battle.
Known: No (15 lessons required) Syntax: SHIN TRANCE BREAK TRANCE Details: Swordplay and Striking are supremely graceful arts, the fury of bloodshed tempered by rhythm, control, and prowess. Entering the Shin trance, you may sensitise yourself to the cadence and flow of combat, accumulating Shin energy with every strike you land upon a foe. Successfully channelling this energy is essential in order to unleash many of the advanced Shindo, TwoArts, and Striking techniques. The more powerful your opponent, the more Shin energy you will gain from striking them. Shin energy will slowly dissipate over time.
Shadow	Surveil from the shadows.
Known: No (33 lessons required) Syntax: SHADOW <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: From the ground or in the trees you may attempt to shadow an adventurer in an adjacent location. If you are not detected, you will enter their location unseen and begin to follow them.
Detect	Find others throughout the land.
Known: No (44 lessons required) Syntax: DETECT <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: A useful benefit of the intense training of body and mind inherent to the practise of Shindo is an increased sensitivity to the latent telepathic powers all mortals possess. By honing your focus, you may detect the location of other adventurers.
Deaf	Will silence upon the world.
Known: No (66 lessons required) Syntax: DEAF Works on/against: Self Details: Through force of will, you may block out all sound, rendering yourself deaf.
Hearing	Restore aural sensation.
Known: No (88 lessons required) Syntax: HEARING Works on/against: Self Details: No trauma may deprive you of your hearing should you wish otherwise. Concentrate, and the sounds of the world will return.
Blind	Render your eyes unseeing.
Known: No (111 lessons required) Syntax: BLIND Works on/against: Self Details: Meditating upon the Void, you may will your eyes to cease their function, blinding yourself.
Sight	See the world anew.
Known: No (133 lessons required) Syntax: SIGHT Works on/against: Self Details: You have sufficient control over your body to instantly repair your eyes when blinded.
Nightsight	Vision in darkness as in light.
Known: No (155 lessons required) Syntax: NIGHTSIGHT [ON|OFF] RELAX NIGHTSIGHT Details: The dark of night is no barrier to your trained eyesight.
Bind	Brace yourself with Shin energy.
Known: No (199 lessons required) Syntax: BINDING [ON|OFF] RELAX BINDING Details: Once so bound, any Shin energy accumulated beyond the maximum you may store will invigorate your body, sparking a renewal of health.
Blocking	Deny them escape.
Known: No (222 lessons required) Syntax: BLOCK <direction> UNBLOCK Details: With the ability to block exits, you cut off the chances for your cowardly opponent's to flee your blade.
Toughness	Strengthen your body against assault.
Known: No (244 lessons required) Syntax: TOUGHNESS Details: By increasing the density of your skin, you are able to decrease the amount of damage you will take from physical cutting attacks.
Projectiles	Weave and dodge missiles.
Known: No (288 lessons required) Syntax: PROJECTILES [ON|OFF] RELAX PROJECTILES Details: Heightening your reflexes, you may sense and avoid many projectiles.
Dodging	Elude attacks from the air.
Known: No (333 lessons required) Syntax: DODGING [ON|OFF] RELAX DODGING Details: This ability will allow you to dodge attacks from the air.
Sturdiness	Stand steadfast against acts of force.
Known: No (377 lessons required) Syntax: STAND FIRM Details: By concentrating on increasing your mass, you are able to gain immunity from most attempts to move you against your will. It is lost when you next use balance or equilibrium.
Leap	Vault over obstacles.
Known: No (422 lessons required) Syntax: LEAP <direction> Details: Walls, rubble, and other impediments are no longer a problem to one with your training. What you cannot get around, you may go over.
Immunity	Withstand the foulest of poisons.
Known: No (466 lessons required) Syntax: IMMUNITY Details: By stirring your circulation, you may prepare yourself to shrug away the next poison that enters your bloodstream. As venoms are so wide in variety, such a state of readiness requires the whole of your focus; performing any action will end your immunity.
Burst	A crude release of force.
Known: No (511 lessons required) Syntax: BURST <target> Works on/against: Adventurers and denizens Details: Shin energy is a source of power both pliant and potent. You may unleash a measure of this energy upon a target in a crude but damaging burst of raw force. This attack will bypass, but not destroy, magical shields and prismatic barriers.
Dash	Fly across the ground.
Known: No (555 lessons required) Syntax: DASH <direction> Details: Sprinting in a particular direction, you may rapidly cover a great distance.
Waterwalk	Dance over the waves.
Known: No (599 lessons required) Syntax: WATERWALK [ON|OFF] RELAX WATERWALK Details: So swift are your footsteps that water will not part beneath your feet, permitting you to glide across the surface.
Clarity	Behold no deception.
Known: No (667 lessons required) Syntax: CLARITY Details: Those who would hide in the shadows cannot escape your well-trained eyes and ears. Your increased awareness may also see the truth behind magical illusions, although the chances of detecting this type of artifice are less reliable.
Mindnet	Know of all who approach.
Known: No (736 lessons required) Syntax: MINDNET [ON|OFF] RELAX MINDNET Details: Reaching out with your every sense, abilities heightened by rigorous mental training, you may become aware of the comings and goings of others nearby. Such concentration will be a constant burden on your mana reserves.
Consciousness	Maintain awareness at all times.
Known: No (805 lessons required) Syntax: CONSCIOUSNESS [ON|OFF] RELAX CONSCIOUSNESS Details: Such is your iron will that you may cling to consciousness where lesser minds would fail.
Healthtrans	Heal your wounds with Shin power.
Known: No (874 lessons required) Syntax: SHIN HEALTHTRANS <amount of Shin|ALL> Extra Information: Shin Energy: Variable Details: Releasing Shin energy inwardly, you may instantly mend wounds and restore your body. The more energy accumulated, the more you may transmute in this feat of regeneration.
Manatrans	Fortify your mind with Shin power.
Known: No (943 lessons required) Syntax: SHIN MANATRANS <amount of Shin|ALL> Extra Information: Shin Energy: Variable Details: Allowing Shin energy to focus your thoughts and elucidate your mind, you may instantly replenish your mana reserves. The more energy accumulated, the more you may transmute in this way.
Highleap	The sky is within your reach.
Known: No (1012 lessons required) Syntax: LEAP HIGH LAND Details: So powerful are your legs that you may leap high into the sky, briefly eluding gravity's grip. Beware that you lack the control to move about while up in the air.
Annihilation	Fury given fiery form.
Known: No (1081 lessons required) Syntax: SHIN ANNIHILATION Extra Information: Shin Energy: 40 Works on/against: Room Details: Sparked into flame by inner fury, you may release the unbridled might of your accumulated Shin energy in a flood of flames that will scorch all within reach. So forceful is this burst of heat that others may be flung from the location. Focus and control are essential in performing this advanced technique, lest you yourself succumb to the fire.
Thunderstorm	Unleash a galvanic surge of power.
Known: No (1185 lessons required) Syntax: SHIN THUNDERSTORM Extra Information: Shin Energy: 30 Works on/against: Room Details: As the storm releases its might through crackling bolts of lightning, so may you channel Shin energy into a savage electrical assault upon all in the vicinity. The galvanic forces released are likely to jangle the nerves of those struck.
Blizzard	Quench your foes with a storm of ice.
Known: No (1288 lessons required) Syntax: SHIN BLIZZARD Extra Information: Shin Energy: 30 Works on/against: Room Details: Through a secret Shindo technique familiar only to masters of the art, you may draw the heat from the air around you into yourself. Manipulating the resultant freezing atmosphere into a shearing blizzard, you may scourge all nearby with lashes of ice.
Bounding	Leap great distances in but one soaring step.
Known: No (1392 lessons required) Syntax: BOUND <direction> Details: Launching yourself skywards, you may briefly soar through the air in a particular direction, bypassing the adjacent location, and any obstacles within, and landing in the location beyond.
Vitiate	Your strength becomes another's frailty.
Known: No (1495 lessons required) Syntax: VITIATE <adventurer> Extra Information: Shin Energy: 40 Details: The potent forces of Shin energy can prove crippling to the uninitiated. By directing them upon an opponent, you may weaken your foe for a time, sapping their strength and dexterity.
Evade	Move as the wind, unseen and unstoppable.
Known: No (1564 lessons required) Syntax: EVADE <direction> Details: No difficult feat for one with Shindo training, you may silently evade past obstructions, at once losing anyone who may be following you.
Fullsense	Reach out with your mind to touch others nearby.
Known: No (1667 lessons required) Syntax: FULLSENSE Details: Scouring the surroundings with your well-honed senses, both physical and mental, you may detect the presences of all adventurers within the local area.
Phoenix	Rebirth through cleansing flame.
Known: No (1736 lessons required) Syntax: SHIN PHOENIX Works on/against: Self Details: Shin Energy Required: 75 Shin Energy Consumed: All Kindling Shin energy into purifying flames, you may immolate yourself in a display of perfect mastery over both your body and the art of Shindo. Purified by fire, your form will be renewed, cleansed almost all ailments and afflictions. This feat requires and will consume a full reserve of Shin energy.

See also

• TwoArts
• Striking