Iaido skill

Skill 'iaido'.

• Group: 'fightmaster'.
• Execution delay: 4 seconds.
• Costs: moves 30.
• Target: a character nearby.
• Available to classes: samurai 28

Iaido is the art of drawing the sword and cutting in one motion. It needs a sword in hand and does not work while the samurai bears shame. When someone opens a fight with a samurai and the first blow is about to land, his blade may leave the sheath first: that blow never lands, and the samurai's cut is far heavier than an ordinary one, heavier still the more seasoned he is. It happens at most once in a few moments. A samurai who lies down or sits by his own will keeps a hand on the hilt: he springs up at the first blow and is even harder to catch off guard; one asleep by any magic or lost in the trance of misogi is not.

Format: iaido target: the same cut as the samurai's own opener against someone who is not fighting him yet. A failed draw turns into an ordinary first blow and a short stumble.