You may vote for as many techniques as you like and the top two that are from two different categories will be the techniques selected.
Perception
[] Four Winds Convergence: C
Short
The Winds travel between all lands, picking up sounds and secrets from across the world, one who has learned to listen to their song can gain valuable insights on their rivals. Requires Spring Breeze Canto to be active, and temporarily provides a large bonus to Combat Perception and Physical Avoid. If this bonus should result in an incoming attack moving up a grade of Awareness, provides a large bonus to the next attack or effect applied to the one so discovered
[] Summer's Cheerful Laughter: C
Duration: Long
If a musician listens closely, they can hear the summer winds' cheerful laughter as they play with that which interests them. And there are many, many things which can entertain the young fickle spirits of the summer wind.
Can only be active when Spring Breeze Canto is active. For the duration of the technique, the musician can cast their sense of hearing up to Very Far distance to better perceive that which is around them. Doing so grants one a bonus to Combat Perception and Social Perception.
[] Winter's Last Breath (revised): C
Short
Requires Spring Breeze Canto to be active.
The end of Winter blends into the beginning of spring, the frost on the winds merge with the warmer Spring breeze. Add the power of the last Winter wind to your Spring Breeze Canto to spread the wind outward. With its last breath, the Winter wind spreads your perception outward, up to Very Far range while sharing it with your allies. In that moment, you and your allies may sense your entire surroundings with Winter's cold, discerning sight.
Bonus to combat perception while the technique is active. Any enemy using stealth within range will be revealed unless they have Stealth potency that is one rank higher than Ling Qi's Stealth rank. May be reactivated for D rank qi.
[] Four Winds Messengers: C
Duration: Short
The wind knows itself even when blowing at cross-purposes, and so the herald of one of the great winds might recognize the task of an opposing peer. The user observes a target within Close range and attempts to determine roughly the direction and distance of others the target is acting as a scout or messenger for. Attempt is contested by Poise and Stealth. Information gained is limited to the target's understanding. The target must be observed without interruption for the full duration of the technique.
Additionally, the user may detect the presence of active communication effects affecting the target, unless obscured by an effect of greater potency.
Comms
[]Hidden Wind's Breath: C
Duration: Long
The wind connects all beneath the sky, mastery of wind and music allows the singer to weave a connection between two souls into the tapestry that may go unnoticed by all save their target.
Upon use, the user establishes a connection with an ally within Very Far range across which senses and thoughts may be shared, familiarity with the target increases the clarity of communication. While a connection is active, either side may use the other's combat perception <at a half-rank penalty> if it is higher than their own.
The connection requires perception rank equal to the user's stealth to identify it's presence, and a rank above to identify the user and target's locations. Duration may be refreshed instantly at D cost upon the effect's end. Up to 3 channels may be active at the same time.
[] (Alternative) Hidden Wind's Breath: C
Duration: Long
The wind connects all beneath the sky, mastery of wind and music allows the singer to weave a connection between two souls into the tapestry that may go unnoticed by all save their target.
Upon use, the user establishes a connection with an ally within Very Far range across which senses and thoughts may be shared, familiarity with the target increases the clarity of communication. Once the connection is established, it may be maintained over greater distances dependent on how close the two are - up to 500m + 500m*SL. While a connection is active, either side may use the other's combat perception <at a half-rank penalty> if it is higher than their own.
The connection requires perception rank equal to the user's stealth to identify it's presence, and a rank above to identify the user and target's locations. Duration may be refreshed instantly at D cost upon the effect's end.
[]Day of Celebration: C
Short
Heads of golden grain sway with music carried by fall breezes. A call has gone out. The time for festivals has arrived once more. Can only be active when Spring Breeze Canto is active. For the duration that Day of Celebration is active allies touched by Spring Breeze Canto may also silently share short messages and images with each other instead of just the user of the art. With festival music swelling allies under its affects find increased energy in their steps giving them an additional small boost to physical avoid.
[]Kindred Winds' Communion: C
Duration: Long to Persistent
The winds carry meaning across vast distances, so that understanding can be had in peace and even the most distant of friends may share each other's company. The user forms a connection with a willing target within Far range or an ally within Very Far range. The user and target can communicate meaning, concepts and thoughts with accuracy proportional to the understanding of the other party with each other. This effect expresses itself as an increase in Social Perception and Manipulation derived Skills. If the target is an ally, this effect becomes hidden from outside observers, increases in duration and range in proportion to the strength of the Bond between the user and ally. The duration increasing to Scene length at Bond 3 and Persistent at Bond 5, while the range increases in increments of 100m up to a total of 1km at Bond 6.
Translation
[]Spring Breeze's Whisper: C
Duration: Long
Requires Spring Breeze Canto to be active.
Mastery of the melody helps carry both words and meaning through the wind. The musician and willing listeners can understand each others words within Spring Breeze's Canto's Range regardless of language. This translation effect is not perfect. In addition the musician gets a small bonus to Speech.
[]Common-Breath Zephyr
Duration: Scene
Words can be easily carried upon the breeze, but the skilled practitioner may carry understanding as well, trusting in the wind which knows no boundaries of land or tongue. Within a peaceful social context, the user may activate this technique to accurately interpret statements made in another language, either a few simple sentences at a time or one more complex one, or to likewise communicate understanding of their own words to another person or group.
[]South Wind Blows Unerringly: C
Duration: Long
Just as crisp southern winds bring clarity and clear skies, this technique allows the user and any number of willing participants to communicate clearly through concepts, impressions and intent, bypassing the need for words and language.* Any participants attempting to lie or deceive whilst communicating in this manner suffer a full rank penalty to their Speech, as the winds of intent and concept blow crossways.
*Creator's note: This technique does not eliminate confusion due to usage of cultural metaphors and associated concepts, or loss of nuance or subtlety. The creator of the technique bears no responsibility for mishaps incurred through usage of the technique. Use at your own discretion.
[]Stolen Breath Comprehension: C
Long
There is much more to speech than just the spoken syllables. Intonation, context, body language, and much more contributes to what a person means when they speak. This technique bypasses the need for words entirely with a single willing person, smothering meaningless sounds with a soft melody instead conveying the raw intent hidden behind them. Communication through this technique requires no shared language, but is unmistakably more limited than normal dialogue.
[]Distant Wind's Convergence: C
Duration: Long
All winds eventually converge, just as surely as they will part. No matter how distantly they have traveled, or how long they have been apart, the winds readily unite like old friends. The user learns to channel their intentions into a message writ upon the wind, inviting another to do the same in the hope that understanding may be achieved. The user selects one target within range of Spring's Breeze Canto, and sends forth a wind laden with notes bearing a message of invitation and understanding. Upon receiving the message, the target may choose to reciprocate, generating a two-way channel of wind that both the user and the target may freely communicate across so long as the target remains in range. This effect bypasses the limits of language, and instead sends forth pure intention and expression. This does not allow for the full range of communication that language offers, but does convey both the intent and the tone of the sender to the recipient. However, attempting to lie or deceive over this channel results in a penalty to Speech or the relevant skill, as the sender's message becomes muddled in the wind due to conflicting intents.
[]Midsummer's Duet: C
Duration: Long
This piece, embodying sincere intent to communicate, speaks to the musician's ability engage with hopes, fears and aspirations of listener without words. Even the tenuous understanding thrums with new vitality, bridging cap left by lack of shared language. User and affected target find themselves able to express their intents and meanings through spiritual bond in a way reminiscent of singing names of spirits. This communication is not perfect nor detailed, but rather expresses attitudes from which details could be inferred given time and insight.
This technique allows one to communicate without shared language and gives large bonus to Social Perception and Speech (and derived skills) for both user and willing target towards each other.
Buff/Debuff
[]Warning Wind: C
Duration: Immediate
What use is knowing something that could help an ally if you cannot communicate it to them? The user may activate this art when an ally fails a combat perception test. A small breeze brings their ally's attention to the relevant area, allowing them to retry the test with a +30 bonus.
[](Revised) Winds of Winter Yearning: C
Duration: Long
This piece is not played aloud for mortal ears, carried on the flows of the users qi, this solemn melody is the music of the winter blizzard, entered but never left, and a song of exclusion to those outside. While active, no sound made within the Range of the User's Music techniques may exit that Range and a technique of B rank or higher is required to communicate outside. Enemies outside have significantly reduced Combat Perception against anything within.
