Strike
| Level: | Radiant Dawn 2 |
| Action: | 1 standard action |
| Range: | Melee or Ranged Attack |
| Target: | One creature |
Your strike causes the target’s flow of akasha to become snarled in unseemly knots, unbalancing it and making the target vulnerable to further attack. Make an attack. If it hits, it deals weapon damage as normal, and the target is marked with a number of akashic knots equal to your key initiator modifier. These knots last for one minute or until otherwise consumed.
Whenever a creature attempts a combat maneuver against the target of this strike, it can choose to unravel one of these knots to use your initiator level in place of their base attack bonus and your key initiator modifier in place of their Strength modifier.
Essence
Each point of essence invested into this strike lowers the targeted creature’s CMD by 1 for a number of rounds equal to your key initiator modifier.