First developed by Hisuiiro Kumo Tetsuo of the fallen Spider Overclan, this martial art has seen continued practice and refinement by the Jade Spider Clan.

Taking the patient waiting, entanglement and swift strike of the spider as inspiration, this school demonstrates some unusual techniques.

The basic Spider stance is crouched low, with arms spread wide, and favors swift and abrupt movements. Once per combat, students of the Way of the Spider may make a Grab attack on an opponent, with no action penalty. This Way costs 5 points.

Spider-Strike
Forming your fist into a single curving "fang" you slash down swiftly, "biting" at your opponent's head, neck and shoulders. This blow inflicts 1M-1+ST damage, and any attempt to dodge or parry it suffers a -2 penalty due to its speed and downward curving motion.
Type: Normal

Encroaching Strand
Hooking your leg around your opponent's in an abrupt movement, you cause them to overbalance and tip, falling prone at your feet. You make the attack at no penalty and, if successful, your opponent must make a DX roll minus your Martial Arts skill level, or fall over. This gives you the +4 to hit advantage for being above a knocked down foe, while they suffer the -4 penalty for being below you and knocked down.
Type: Normal

Spider Spring
With a snap movement you pounce at your opponent, hitting them with both arms and legs. This does 1M+MR+ST damage and allows you to make a standing leap simultaneously with the action and suffer no movement penalty. It can only be used when thee is a sufficient distance between yourself and your opponent.
Type: Normal

Piercing Bite
Prerequisite: Spider-Strike
Hammering a Spider-Strike down with great force and momentum, you try to pierce your opponent's armor. You may ignore up to half your Martial Arts skill level in AR when striking with this attack, which suffers a -1 to hit penalty but does 1M+ST damage.
Type: Normal

Center of the Web
focusing your Tau, you exude an intangible, invisible web of energy all around you, and any movement in this web will instantly be kown to you. While in use, you cannot be surprised by any sneak attacks from anywhere around you, and you suffer no penalties to dodge or parry any attacks from any angles. You must spend 1LF per round to keep this power active.

Venomous bite
This bugei uses your Tau to infiltrate the nervous system of your opponent's body, effectively paralyzing them for a time. When you successfully hit with a Venemous Bite (striking with the fang-fist used in Spider-Strike), you can spend 1 or more LF to try and paralyze the victim. They must make a PW roll minus your Martial Arts skill level or fall to the ground, completely paralyzed for a number of rounds equal to the LF you spent on the attack. You cannot spend more LF on this attack than your Martial Arts skill level. This attack causes no damage, and since the Tau energy is channeled directly into your opponent, this attack ignores armor. It is stopped by Psi shields and Psi screens.

Wall Walker
By spending 1LF per round, you can crawl across walls, ceilings and other sheer surfaces (just like a spider) at half your MR.

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