Vanagloria revisited

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Saber Filo - Vanagloria [Edge Lore - Vainglory]

Technique Class: 2

Technique Type: Saber Filo, Passive.

Usable By: Any

Technique Cost: N/A

Description: Size does not matter. At least, no longer. When achieved practitioners of Saber Filo swing their blade, their strikes pulsate with mighty Reiatsu Strength, allowing their cuts to propagate through the impact zone along the same plane. This effectively allows, for example, a small blade to sever a gigantic limb at once in a single strike, despite the size difference normally making it impossible. The two severed parts will repulse one another. At Learned, the user must consciously concentrate, and flex their Reiatsu Strength to use Vanagloria. At Proficient, it takes far less concentration. At Mastered, this technique affects every sword strike without effort.

Drawbacks: Requires 700 Reiatsu Strength. Requires 3 SkP in Saber Filo, or 4 SkP in a suitable, specific sword skill. Requires swinging a spiritual blade. For Release weapons, they can use Spiritual Pressure or Reiatsu Strength, but the blade must still be spiritual in nature. Weapon must be in the user's hands for this technique to be effective. Lastly, this technique does not apply to nicks or half-assed cuts; a proper strike must be dealt for Vanagloria to work. Attack can be Strength Flexed against to prevent it... unless the user has Tizona active, in which case it must be RS flexed against.

Made By: Caballero

Reserved?: No

Also, for a sample reference of what the technique is intended to do in case it's not clear. Note how Raiden's blade cuts through in a single blow, despite the size difference:

[Yuki & Yui Tsumugi]

Gonna ask someone be able to strength flex/defend against this, otherwise this is golden ^-^ Given how severe a loss of limb can be, the option to dismember someone with little effort is,,, kinda strong x)

[Yuki & Yui Tsumugi]

1/2'd!

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Edited because of a Mastery drawback that didn't make sense, since it was from the first draft and I added Learned, Proficient and Mastered distinctions in the technique!

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

I think this is built just fine but you're very vague with the Strength flex defense in your drawbacks. What you're essentially saying is anyone can just flex their muscles and turn out fine but I know that's not the purpose of the attack. I'd recommend you say the injuries are lessened depending on how much Strength your opponent has IF AND ONLY IF they flex against you (meaning even if their Strength is super high, you'll cut right through them if they don't defend properly). So I think something that's fair would be if their Strength equals at least 1/3 the user's RS, then it would cut 1/3 of the way. Half would be a cut that's half the way through, and so on. Someone whose Strength is equal or greater to the user's RS can flex to defend entirely but they have to be actively flexing. Of course if their Strength is anything less than 1/3 the user's RS, it cuts through no matter what.

Hopefully that makes sense!

Also, I know the attack is costly, but there are tons of members here who have characters with low Strength because they're a spiritual build (me included!), so I'd recommend you put a limit on this. People generally only have four limbs, so can we make it limited to four uses per thread?