Hammer Art: Skullsplitter

Tsuijutsu: Tokuretsu (Hammer Art: Skullsplitter)

Taijutsu (Strike) [Armed]

Rank: 3 (C-Class); 

Learn DC: 16, 2 success; 

Perform requirements: 4 ranks (DC 16);

Time: 1 attack action; 

Components: M, E, F; 

Range: Melee Attack; 

Target: One creature;

Duration: Instantaneous; 

Saving Throws: Fortitude partial; 

Chakra Cost: 2.

The user makes an attack with his held weapon at his highest attack bonus. If it hits, the attack deals weapon damage and the target must make a Fortitude save or be stunned 1 round. Creatures immune to critical hits cannot be stunned.

A Samurai character of the Tsuijutsu path with 2 or more class level is able to substitute this technique for an attack during a full-attack action up to once per round. The base attack bonus of the technique is that of the attack it was substituted for. To substitute the attack, it cannot be empowered. Perform requirements are automatically met.

Empower

The user may spend an additional 1 point of chakra to increase the saving throw DC by 1, up to +1 every 2 levels or +5.

Material Focus: The user's Medium-size or larger axe, mace, hammer or club.