Spell:Wood Dragon's Claw

Source: Book of the Emerald Circle by Brian Hon/Limited Reagent

Cost: 12m, 1wp

Circle: Emerald

Type: Simple

Keywords: Commitment (5m), Counter-Resist, Crippling, Obvious, Poison, Shaping

Duration: Until dismissed

The sorcerer's hands warm and twist into the shape of huge gnarled claws of oak. These are lesser replicas of the claws of the greater elemental dragons of Wood. These claws replace the Unarmed Punch. Its base weapon statistics are as follows:

Attack	Speed	Acc	Dmg	Def	Rate	Tags
Wood Dragon Claw Punch	5	+2	+2L/2	+2	3	N, O.
Wood Dragon Claw Clinch	6	+2	+2L/2	+2	1	N, O, C, P.

Additionally, the sorcerer gains (Essence) extra points to distribute among Accuracy (max 4), Damage (max 6), and Defense (max 4). Once per DV refresh she can reflexively reallocate the extra points however she chooses.

The Wood Dragon's Claws have the following additional traits:

● They can parry lethal attacks without a Stunt.

● The gnarled oak claws carry toxic Essence when they strike. Any target struck by the claws suffers a -1 internal penalty to all non-reflexive dice pool for the rest of the scene as a Poison effect. This penalty is cumulative, but cannot exceed (Essence).

● If a target takes damage from the claws, they also consume a portion of its Essence, stealing one mote as a Crippling effect.

● They add (Essence) dice to all climbing rolls made by the wearer.

● For the reflexive cost of five mote in Step 1, the sorcerer can infuse her claws with rending might for one attack. The claws ignore soak and Hardness when used against an inanimate object, and gain Piercing when used against other targets.

The downside to the gnarled limbs is a reduced capacity for manual dexterity, imposing a -5 internal penalty to rolls that require fine motor skills as well as rolls to attack with normal weaponry.