Tahtetso (skill)
| Tahtetso is the specialization of kata that is taught by the guild of the same name in the New Celest. Monks taught at the Tahtetso School develop skills for use of the tahto staff. |
| Skill | Learned At | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tahto | Master+0% | The basic tahto staff attack. |
| Tahtai | Master+25% | Attack the defences that would keep your tahto out. |
| Boost | Master+50% | Spend power for superior kata moves. |
| *Aegis | Master+75% | Knock your opponent off balance. |
| Gripping | Gifted+0% | Grip your wielded items in a deathlock. |
| Baito'ruku | Gifted+20% | Disorient your opponent. |
| *Rakto | Gifted+40% | Crack some bones with your tahto staff. |
| Bairak | Gifted+60% | Grapple the head with your staff in a choke hold. |
| *Rakti'ini | Gifted+80% | Interrupt your opponent's attacks. |
| Polevault | Expert+0% | Begin your attack by launching yourself in the air. |
| Bomol'sho | Expert+20% | Attack and stagger your opponent. |
| Burst | Expert+20% | Cause a large amount of bruising. |
| *Bomolini | Expert+40% | Trip your opponent with a leg strike. |
| Bomrakobo | Expert+60% | End a lock grapple with limb dislocation. |
| *Tahto'sho | Expert+80% | Cause your staff to vibrate. |
| Starkick | Virtuoso+0% | A swift boot to the head! |
| Tidesweep | Virtuoso+25% | Knock down several people at once. |
| *Pound | Virtuoso+50% | Prevent a quick recovery. |
| Bairakobo | Virtuoso+75% | End a bairak hold with a crushed windpipe. |
| Rakti'sho | Fabled+0% | Inflict moderate bodily injury. |
| Bomrakini | Fabled+25% | Paralyze an enemy. |
| Block | Fabled+50% | Ward off most physical attacks. |
| *Bomir'rak | Fabled+75% | Increase bruising. |
| Raktiah'sho | Mythical+0% | Cause heavy bodily injury. |
| Bomolah'sho | Mythical+33% | A confining grapple. |
| *Gahtiah'sho | Mythical+66% | Induce the head to falter. |
| Gahtirak'sho | Transcendent+0% | Cause the heart to fail completely. |
* denotes stances.
Tahto
| Syntax |
| KA TAHTO <target> <bodypart> LEFT|RIGHT |
| Kata: Action Bodypart: Head, Chest, Gut, Rarm, Larm, Rleg, Lleg |
The basic attack with a tahto weapon will do bruising as well as blunt damage. Note that while a tahto is wielded, the trained monk can still perform punches and other moves. Tahto attacks will do a higher base damage than other attacks.
Tahtai
| Syntax |
| KATA PERFORM <target> <form> TAHTAI
KATA PERFORM <target> =<form> |
| Power: 3 (Pool of Stars) |
When using your tahto to attack opponents, your weapon will shear away the defences of your enemies that serve to keep your weapons out. It will also boost your form.
As an alternative, you can also add this to any form by prepending "=" to the name of the form. For example, if you have a form SMITE that you wish to use againt Galt then you would do KATA PERFORM GALT SMITE. If you do KATA PERFORM GALT =SMITE then it will automatically use this modifier with the SMITE form.
Boost
| Syntax |
| KATA PERFORM <target> <form> BOOST KATA PERFORM <target> <form>+ |
| Power: 2 (Pool of Stars) |
Boosting a form will give you a temporary 13/13 balance buff for that form only. You can add boost either by using the BOOST argument at the end of the form or appending '+' to the end for the form name.
Aegis
This is the advanced version of the Base stance.
Bonus Effect: Haemophilia if you enter Center stance within 8 seconds of entering Base Stance.
Changing stances now deals hemorrhaging. Hemorrhaging is an affliction that prevents you from clotting bleed below that level, or bruising below half that level. It cures over time.
You can build up to 850 hemorrhaging on a target.
Certain afflictions will give you bonus hemorrhaging if your target has them when you start your form. Boosting will also double your hemorrhaging.
Afflictions: CrushedChest, Sickening, Healthleech, Clumsiness
You can now use the BURST word to convert all your targets hemorrhaging to bruising at a two to one ratio. (i.e. 100 hemorrhaging becomes 50 bruising).
| Syntax |
| KATA PERFORM <target> <form> BURST |
| Power: 2 (Pool of Stars) |
If you burst your target when they have greater than 750 hemorrhaging, it will put their body into a weakened state in which you can instantly kill them with Gahtirak'sho.
Gripping
| Syntax |
| GRIP RELAX GRIP |
While using this ability, you will prevent wielded items from being knocked out of your grip. Relax when you want to unwield.
Baito'ruku
| Syntax |
| KA BAITO'RUKU <target> <bodypart> <side> |
| Action: Arm Action
Bodyparts: Head, Chest, Gut, Larm, Rarm, Lleg, Rleg |
This action does basic afflictions and bruising depending on where you attack.
Head: Blindness
Chest: Sensitivity
Gut: Sickening
Arms: Clumsiness
Legs: 50 bruising
Rakto
This is the advanced form of the Twist High Stance.
Bonus Effect: CrushedChest if you enter a surge stance within 8 seconds of entering this stance.
Bairak
| Syntax |
| KA BAIRAK <target> HEAD |
| Action: Grapple
Bodyparts: Head |
This is a more advanced version of the choke grapple that causes blackout instead of asphyxiation damage
Effect: 2s Blackout periodically while grapple is maintained.
Rakti'ini
This is the advanced form of the Twist Low Stance.
Bonus Effect: Adds 25 bruising if you enter a surge stance
within 8 seconds of entering this stance.
Polevault
| Syntax |
| KA POLEVAULT <target> <form name> args] KA POLEVAULT <direction> |
| Kata: Unique |
By polevaulting to a target, you can vault over any obstacle and immediately into any Kata form.
You can also simply polevault alone to a different room.
Changelog:
- Polevault will work in watery rooms if the user has the waterwalk defence. (#2109 on 6-13-2020)
Bomol'sho
| Syntax |
| KA BOMOL'SHO <target> <side> |
| Kata: Leg Action
Bodyparts: Head, Chest, Gut, Larm, Rarm, Lleg, Rleg |
By expertly targeting your foot to strike a specific body part, you can afflict devastating different afflictions.
Head: Stupidity
Chest: Asthma
Gut: Dysentery
Arms: DamagedArms
Legs: DamagedLegs
Burst
| Syntax |
| KATA PERFORM <target> <form> BURST |
| Power: 2 (Pool of Stars) |
Bursting your target causes all of their hemorrhaging to be converted to half the amount in bruising. Additionally if your target has more than 750 hemorrhaging, their body will weaken for a time a few seconds after they are bursted.
This weakened state will allow you to use Gahtirak'sho to its full effect.
Bomolini
This is the advanced version of the Centre Stance.
Bomrakobo
| Syntax |
| KAKA BOMRAKOBO <target> |
| Kata: Grapple Ender
Bodyparts: Head, Chest, Gut, Larm, Rarm, Lleg, Rleg |
This move causes some bruising and makes ice cures take longer to finish.
Effect: 150 bruising and delays ice affliction curing by 2 wound levels higher than current wounding. This will never exceed the critical wound delay.
Tahto'sho
| Syntax |
| KATA PERFORM <target> <form> TAHTO'SHO |
| Power: 2 (Pool of Stars) |
This is an advanced form of the Urchin stance. Using this form, you will regress a stance by expending power instead of a longer balance time. You cannot regress from your base stance to your killer stance.
Starkick
| Syntax |
| KA STARKICK <target> <bodypart> <side> |
| Kata: Leg Action
Bodyparts: Head, Chest |
This kick will give chills in addition to some ice afflictions.
Head: DamagedSkull
Chest: CrushedChest
Does Chills on both.
Tidesweep
| Syntax |
| KA TIDESWEEP |
| Power: 3 (Pool of Stars)
Damage Type: 50% Blunt 50% Asphyxiation |
Like a swift tide of water, you will sweep your staff low to try and knock down all your enemies in the room. It will also chill your foes.
Effect: Chills
Pound
This is the advanced form of the Surge High Stance.
Effect: Delay ice affliction cure by one wound level higher. This will not exceed Critical Wound delay.
Bairakobo
| Syntax |
| KA BAIRAKOBO <target> |
| Kata: Grapple Ender
Bodyparts: Head |
Finish off your Bairak choke by damaging your opponents throat.
Head: DamagedThroat
Rakti'sho
| Syntax |
| KA RAKTI'SHO <target> <bodypart> <side> |
| Kata: KA RAKTI'SHO <target> <bodypart> <side>
Bodyparts: Head, Chest, Gut, Larm, Rarm, Lleg, Rleg |
Does more serious afflictions
Head: DamagedSkull
Chest: CrushedChest
Gut: 1 sec Stun
Arms: Remove Parry
Legs: Prone
Bomrakini
| Syntax |
| KA BOMRAKINI <target> <bodypart> <side> |
| Kata: Leg Action
Bodyparts: Head, Chest, Gut, Larm, Rarm, Lleg, Rleg |
Effect: Paralysis + Prone + 1s Bal loss
Note - This action can only be performed on action 3
Block
| Syntax |
| KA BLOCK KA UNBLOCK |
Spinning your tahto staff in a defensive arc, you will ward off weapon attacks, but you will be unable to perform any other action.
Bomir'rak
This is the advanced version of the Surge Low stance.
Effect: 75 bruising
Raktiah'sho
| Syntax |
| KA RAKTIAH'SHO <target> <bodypart> <side> |
| Kata: Arm Action
Bodyparts: Head, Chest, Gut, Larm, Rarm, Lleg, Rleg |
This is the most powerful arm attack, but some afflictions are only available in Surge stance
Head: 2s Blackout
Chest: CollapsedLungs
Gut: DamagedOrgans
Arms: DamagedArm -> MutilatedArm*
Legs: DamagedLeg -> MutilatedLeg* -> 2s balance loss
*Mutilates happen on Surge Stances only if the target has 300 hemorrhaging and will cure the damagedlimb
Bomolah'sho
| Syntax |
| KA BOMOLAH'SHO <target> <bodypart> |
| Kata: Grapple
Bodyparts: Head, Chest, Gut, Larm, Rarm, Lleg, Rleg |
Effect: Prone + 2s balance loss
Gahtiah'sho
This is the advanced version of the Killer Stance
Effect: Stupidity
Changelog:
- Gahtiah'sho will now afflict with stupidity instead of damagedskull. (#1265 on 1-31-2018)
Gahtirak'sho
| Syntax |
| KA GAHTIRAK'SHO <target> <chest> |
| Kata: Full Action
Bodyparts: Head, Chest, Gut |
If you use this action while your target is in the weakened state given by BURST, they will instantly die.
Changelog:
- Tessenchi ThounsandCuts and Yongdengqishi|Nunchaku Yongdengqishi now deal 15% damage per affliction now. They will also no longer be blocked by stancing. Additionally, Ninjakari Ughathalogg, Tahtetso Gahtirak'sho, Nekotai Finalsting and Shofangi Crunch now can target only the head, chest and gut. (#1428 on 6-17-2018)