Mythical Martial Arts (mod)

This mod, added in 0.E (Ellison) contains additional martial arts styles from fictional sources such as movies or video games.

Five Deadly Venoms

These styles are based on the movie Five Deadly Venoms.

Centipede Kung Fu

“ One of the Five Deadly Venoms, used by Zhang Yiaotian. Centipede Style uses an onslaught of rapid strikes. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Centipede Lu Feng

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Centipede Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 3		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Leg Block	Unarmed 4		-	Able to block melee attacks with legs
Centipede's Venom	Unarmed 1	OnCrit	2 turns	+2 Bash damage
Centipede's Frenzy	Unarmed 5	OnHit	3 turns Stacks 4 times	-4 move cost

Centipede Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Centipede Strike	Unarmed 0	Offensive (Normal)	Rapid
Centipede Bite	Unarmed 2	Offensive (Crit)	50% move cost, Knockown duration: 1
Grab Break	Unarmed 3	Grab Break
Disarm	Unarmed 4 Armed opponent	Offensive (Normal)	Disarms opponent

Advantages:

• Centipede Kung Fu is the fastest style hands down.
• This style works really well with attack mutations.

Disadvantages

• Centipede lacks damage and with a Rapid technique as a main attack, you will find that armored opponents cannot be harmed at all by your attacks. This is true even with Centipede's Venom and Centipede Bite.

Strategies

Attack repeated to overwhelm enemies with your speed. With a full stack of Centipede's Frenzy, your Rapid technique will only cost about 45 movement. You will be able to attack about 3 times per your opponent's single attack. However, armored enemies with give you trouble. Equipping the best unarmed weapon available and picking up some attack mutations can help but you might have to change styles against heavily armored enemies.

Lizard Kung Fu

“ One of the Five Deadly Venoms, used by Meng Tianxia. Lizard Style focuses on using walls to your advantage. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Lizard Kuo Chui

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Lizard Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 1		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Lizard's Cunning	Unarmed 0 Adjacent to a wall	Static	-	+3.0 Dodging skill
Lizard's Venom	Unarmed 2	OnHit	4 turns	+2 Bash damage
Lizard's Leap	Unarmed 0 Adjacent to a wall	OnMove	3 turns	+4 Accuracy

NOTE: A "wall" is any tile containing an impassible obstacle. Examples: Building wall, fully grown tree, the side of a car. Creatures and NPCs are NOT walls.

Lizard Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Lizard Strike	Unarmed 1	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	+20% damage
Grab Break	Unarmed 3	Grab Break
Lizard Tail	Unarmed 4 Adjacent to a wall	Offensive (Crit)	+50% damage, Stun duration: 1, Weighting: 2
Lizard Counter	Unarmed 5	Dodge Counter (Normal & Crit)
Lizard Wall Counter	Unarmed 5 Adjacent to a wall	Dodge Counter (Normal & Crit)	Knockback distance: 1, Knockback spread: 1

Advantages:

• Lizard Kung Fu has some of the strongest buffs in the game. The buffs' Dodge skill and Accuracy bonuses are very high and long lasting.

Disadvantages

• Obviously, you need a wall to enable the strongest parts of Lizard Kung Fu.
• You can easily be trapped by a group of enemies while using this style. Be careful and know when to move to avoid danger.

Strategies

Walls are a key part of Lizard Kung Fu. You can fight without them, but you will be at a disadvantage. Remember that anything impassible counts as a wall, including trees. Knowing when to move and give up your wall when you are in danger is important too.

Scorpion Kung Fu

“ One of the Five Deadly Venoms, used by Gao Ji. Scorpion Style is a mysterious art which uses pincer-like hands and a stinger kick. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Scorpion Sun Chien

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Scorpion Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 3		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Scorpion's Venom	Unarmed 0	Static	-	+2 Bash damage
Scorpion's Intimidation	Unarmed 1	OnAttack	1 turn	+1 Dodge attempt
Scorpion's Charge	Unarmed 2	OnMove	2 turns Stacks 2 times	+10% damage, Enables Pincer Fist techniques

Scorpion Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Roundhouse Kick	Unarmed 0	Offensive (Normal)	+25% damage
Pincer Fist	Unarmed 4 Scorpion's Charge buff	Offensive (Normal)	+25% Bash damage, Stun duration: 1
Stinger Kick	Unarmed 5	Offensive (Crit)	+100% Bash damage, Knockback distance: 3, Stun duration: 2, Powerful Knockback

Advantages:

• Stinger Kick is extremely strong and in open areas, it can provide a way to fight again groups.
• Scorpion's Charge and Scorpion's Venom can provide a powerful boost to damage.

Disadvantages

• Scorpion Kung Fu is heavy on knockback which isn't always the best tactical option.
• The style is weak until Stinger Kick is learned at Unarmed 5.

Strategies

Stinger Kick's Powerful Knockback and large knockback distance are a great way to handle groups if there is enough room. The time spent chasing down foes that have been knocked back isn't wasted because the movement will allow Scorpion's Charge to fully stack. Also, if you can knock one enemy into another, that enemy will also be stunned.

Toad Kung Fu

“ One of the Five Deadly Venoms, used by Liang Shen. Masters of Toad Style can focus themselves to protect against all attacks. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Toad Lo Mang

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Toad Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 3		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Toad's Iron Skin	Unarmed 0	Static	-	+6 Bash, Cut, and Stab Armor
Iron Skin Dissipation	Unarmed 0	OnMove	6 turns Stacks 6 times	-1 Bash, Cut, and Stab Armor
Toad's Venom	Unarmed 2	OnGetHit	5 turns	+2 Bash damage
Toad's Meditation	Unarmed 5	OnPause	2 turns	+3 Bash, Cut, and Stab Armor

Toad Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Toad's Tongue	Unarmed 1	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	50% move cost, Knockdown duration: 1
Toad Smack	Unarmed 4	Block Counter (Normal)	+25% Bash damage, Knockdown duration: 1
Toad Slam	Unarmed 4	Block Counter (Crit)	+100% Bash damage, Knockdown duration: 1

Advantages:

• Toad Kung Fu's armor will always protect you even if you fail to block an attack.
• Toad Smack and Toad Slam are very strong block counters.

Disadvantages

• If you are extremely good at dodging, this style is made obsolete.
• Even with Toad's Mediation, moving around too much will make you weaker.

Strategies

Toad Kung Fu works best if you do not move. Every turn you remain still or attack will let a stack of Iron Skin Dissipation wear off. If you get surprised and do not have time prepare your armor, pause to enable Toad's Meditation to compensate. Toad Kung Fu can even handle small groups but only if movement isn't involved. Lastly, while Toad Kung Fu has a lot of armor, don't neglect your actual armor. End game enemies can hit very hard.

Viper Kung Fu

“ A legacy of the Five Deadly Venoms, use by Qi Dong. Viper Style (originally called Snake Style) has a unique three-part combo, which initiates on a dodge, then follows up with a stunning Viper Bite and then finishes with the legendary Viper Strike. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Viper Wei Pai

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Viper Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 1		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Viper Patience	Unarmed 0	Static	-	+1.0 Dodge skill
Viper's Venom	Unarmed 1	OnDodge	3 turn	+2 bash damage
Viper's Ambush	Unarmed 2	OnDodge	1 turn	Enables Viper Bite technique

Viper Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Viper First	Unarmed 0	Dodge Counter (Normal)	Rapid
Viper Bite	Unarmed 2 Viper's Ambush buff	Offensive (Normal)	Knockdown distance: 1
Viper Hiss	Unarmed 3	Miss Recovery
Viper Writhe	Unarmed 4	Grab Break
Viper Strike	Unarmed 5 Stunned opponent	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	+200% Bash damage, Weighting: 2

Advantages:

• Viper Kung's three-part combo is very damaging.
• Similar to Snake Kung Fu, Viper Kung Fu has a Grab Break, a Miss Recovery, a rapid, and a stun techniques.

Disadvantages

• You need to dodge to start the signature combo.
• Outside of the combo, the style isn't very damaging.

Strategies

Take every opportunity to land Viper Kung Fu's three part combo. The damage is worth the effort. This style lacks group defense and it might be wise to back off after landing a combo if you are in over your head.

Panzer Kunst

This style is from the movie and manga series Battle Angel

Panzer Kunst

“ Panzer Kunst or "Armor Art" is a futuristic martial art devised for cyborgs fighting in zero-gravity environments. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Life and Work of Tiger Sauer

Starting Trait: Künstler

Style Weapons: Unarmed, Bionic Claws, Monomolecular Blade

 

Panzer Kunst Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Arms Alloy Plating CBM		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Leg Block	Legs Alloy Plating CBM		-	Able to block melee attacks with legs
Schatten Folgen	Unarmed 0	Static	-	+1 Dodge attempts, Dodging skill increase by 12% of Perception
Einzug Rüstunge	Unarmed 2	OnDodge	2 turns	+1 Accuracy, gain Armor Penetration equal to 50% of Perception

Panzer Kunst Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Kumai Sharinraku	Unarmed 0	Offensive (Normal)	+20% Bash damage
Geschoss Schlag	Unarmed 2	Offensive (Normal)	Rapid
Grab Break	Unarmed 3	Grab Break
Ausstoß	Unarmed 4	Dodge Counter (Normal & Crit)	+20% damage
Herzschlag	Unarmed 5 Unarmed or Melee	Offensive (Crit)	120% move cost, +50% Bash damage, +10 Bash Armor Penetration, Stun duration: 1

Advantages:

• Armor penetration is really useful against late game enemies.
• Perception boosts both your defense and offense.

Disadvantages

• The increased move cost of Herzschlag can be problematic against groups.
• You need CBMs to use Arm Block and Leg Block.

Strategies

Panzer Kunst is well rounded style that favors Perception builds. Aside from searching for CBMs to get the most out of the style, Panzer Kunst should work well enough in most situation without any extra requirements.

Sublime Way

These styles are based on the martial arts from the Advanced Dungeons and Dragon suppliment book: Tome of Battle: Book of the Nine Sword.

Desert Wind

“ Desert Wind maneuvers focus on quick movement and swirling, flaming strikes. The complex spinning and slashing of the curved blade incorporated into many Desert Wind maneuvers are in fact carefully honed gestures that evoke the power of fire, if performed correctly and with the proper focus. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Scorching Sirocco

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: 2-by-sword, copper spear, forked spear, homemade halfpike, knife spear, mace, pipe spear, scimitar, simple knife spear, spike on a stick, steel spear, wooden spear

 

Desert Wind Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Wind Stride	Melee 3	OnMove	1 turn	+1.0 Dodging skill
Zephyr Dance	Melee 3	OnDodge	1 turn	+1.0 Dodging skill, +1 Dodge attempt

Desert Wind Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Burning Blade	Melee 0	Offensive (Normal)	+3 heat damage
Inferno Blade	Melee 1	Offensive (Crit)	+7 heat damage
Flashing Sun	Melee 2	Offensive (Normal)	Wide
Firesnake	Melee 4	Offensive (Normal or Crit)	Impale, +7 heat damage
Ring of Fire	Melee 5	Offensive (Crit)	Spin, +10 heat damage

Advantages:

• Desert Wind has the most AOE technique of any style in the game.
• Heat damage can bypass enemy armor.
• Both Wind Stride and Zephyr Dance aid in positioning AOE techniques.

Disadvantages

• Lacks crowd control and a grab break. Group combat can turn sour really fast.
• Even though spears are style weapons, you cannot execute techniques with reach attacks. You must attack in melee.

Strategies

Make the most of the style's AOE techniques. The buffs exist to make it easier to maneuver around enemies to set up favorable attack positions and to escape before things get too dangerous. Because the style is focused on offense, it is better to target weaker targets first to thin the numbers if it looks like you are going to be overwhelmed. The addition of heat damage will ensure that you will always be doing some damage to whatever you attack.

Diamond Mind

“ True quickness lies in the mind, not the body. A student of the Diamond Mind discipline seeks to hone his perceptions and discipline his thoughts so that he can act in slivers of time so narrow that others cannot even perceive them. A corollary of this speed of thought and action is the concept of the mind as the battleground. An enemy defeated in his mind must inevitably. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Perfect Clarity of Mind and Body

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: electrified epee, electrified foil, fencing epee, fencing foil, katana, pointy stick, raiper, sharpened epee, sharpened foil

 

Diamond Mind Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Pearl of Black Doubt	Melee 0	OnDodge	1 turn Stacks 2 times	+1 Dodge attempts
Mind over Body	Melee 2	OnGetHit	1 turn Stacks 2 times	+1 Accuracy
Stance of Alacrity	Melee 3	Static	-	-15% move cost
Quicksilver Motion	Melee 5	OnPause	1 turn	+50 Speed

Diamond Mind Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Insightful Strike	Melee 1	Offensive (Normal)	Bonus stab damage equal to 50% of Intelligence
Greater Insightful Strike	Melee 4	Offensive (Crit)	Bonus stab damage equal to 100% of Intelligence

Advantages:

• Techniques do a lot of damage if you have high Intelligence.
• Can attack multiple times in a row with Quicksilver Motion.
• Mind over Body can offset the accuracy penalty from damage.

Disadvantages

• With Pearl of Black Doubt, your success at handling groups relies on how well you dodge. Not dodging often means you do not get bonus dodge attempts.
• It is faster to attack repeatedly than it is to use Quicksilver Motion in the middle of combat.
• Diamond Mind favors stab damage which can be a problem against some enemies.

Strategies

Diamond Mind's attacks are faster than normal and will do good damage if you have high Intelligence. By waiting with Quicksilver Motion, you can attack repeatedly for high damage once an enemy enters your range. Pearl of Black Doubt and Mind over Body can buy you time against small groups.

Iron Heart

“ Absolute mastery of the sword is the goal of the Iron Heart discipline. Through unending practice and study, the Iron Heart adept achieves superhuman skill with her weapons. Iron Heart maneuvers are demonstrations of uncanny martial skill—weaving patterns of steel that dizzy, confuse, and ultimately kill with no recourse. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Stormguard Warrior

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: 2-by-sword, arming sword, broadsword, hatchet, longsword, katana, metal hand axe, stone hand axe

 

Iron Heart Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Disarming Strike	Melee 0 Armed opponent	Offensive (Normal)	Disarm
Lightning Recovery	Melee 1	Offensive (Normal)	Feint
Dazing Strike	Melee 2	Offensive (Crit)	Stun duration 1
Steel Wind	Melee 3	Offensive (Normal)	Wide
Scything Blade	Melee 4	Offensive (Crit)	+25% damage, Wide
Finishing Move	Melee 5 Stunned target	Offensive (Crit)	+40% damage, Stun duration 1

Advantages:

• Has a good collection support techniques.
• Finishing Move does very high damage.
• Strong offense against groups.

Disadvantages

• Small choice of weapons.
• Relies on critical hits for extra damage.
• No buffs at all.

Strategies

Iron Heart is straight forward to play. Keep attacking to stun an enemy and then kill with Finishing Move while positioning yourself for AOEs if possible. Just because of your lack of buffs, you have no other support aside from your attacks.