On Peony Blossom Attack

What?!’ Yes, this is the new Peony Blossom Attack (and its Abyssal counterpart has been similarly changed). Peony Blossom is one of the holdover concepts from early first edition, when Charm trees were often designed as a series of speedbumps: you’d start with a weak version of a concept, followed by a stronger Charm which completely obviated its prerequisite by being better in all regards, so that you never used the old Charm again. Peony Blossom Attack was one of those Charms. As best I was able to determine, the only thing people used it for was to get low-impact, cheap three-hit extra actions once Invincible Fury of the Dawn locked onto it. Now it performs a new, useful function as a ‘circle-slash’ technique, useful for clearing out bodyguards or creating some breathing room in a press.” —H