Rest, My Brother

Rest, My Brother is an martial earth kiho that was developed over decades of rigorous study by a retired Kuni shugenja. The Kuni was once a tsukai-sagasu, and the powerful kiho was created as a way of purging the Shadowlands taint. The kiho strikes at certain nerve centers of the targets body in such a way that the natural purity inherit in all bodies drives out the influence of the taint. This causes terrible pain to any tainted person, and can result in a lessening of the amount of taint they have. The strike however does more damage than usual, and the target is lucky if they survive. The strike will not work on the same person more than once a week. The strike does not work on any creature native to the Shadowlands, as there is no imbalance to correct. (3E p. 256)