Channel the power of the Dragon!

He was born with a woman’s name and an undescended testicle. Critics say his fight scenes in the movies are the equivalent of ballet in their precision and artistry. His bizarre past includes gang membership and criminal conspiracy, association with Steve McQueen and the Green Hornet, and savage criticism for the old and traditional styles of combat he himself was expert in. For the longest time he was all but ignored in Hollywood while his films broke box-office records in Asia. And he died in 1973 a month before the release of Enter the Dragon, his first film specifically made for a United States audience. Some say this death was the result of a brain edema caused by overmedication. Others claim it was a secret but devastating blow delivered by outraged peers. Whatever the truth of the matter is, Bruce Lee is the patron saint of 20th Century fitness gurus and martial artists, and his image is a powerful focus for martial arts-oriented iconomancers.

Naturally, the “Dragon’s” spirit can be invoked for bonuses to any skill involving hand-to-hand combat, especially in relation to Lee’s own mastery of Jeet June Do, “the way of the intercepting fist.” As such, virtually all iconomancers who channel this Idol possess some non-magickal skill ranks in the martial arts.

For two minor charges, Fists of Fury allows an adept to attack multiple targets at once with a martial arts skill with no skill rating division (UA, pg. 55), i.e., each attack is made with a normal skill ranking. With the Move Like Water ability, for three minor charges, an adept can attack and dodge simultaneously with no penalties, even against multiple targets (up to three, maximum). For a significant charge, the Game of Death allows an adept to employ any hand-to-hand cherry (UA, pgs. 55-56) automatically with any successful hit. The above special combat bonuses last through any single combat encounter but fade once any particular fight is over. A more spiritual power, where the Idol is invoked negatively, is the Curse of the Dragon, where for three significant charges a target is granted a strong and impossible-to-ignore image of her own death. Lee reputedly suffered through many such omens during his life, though not to this same extent. The curse forces victims to perceive some random occurrence – graffiti on a wall, the screech of an automobile, the formation of birds in the air, etc. – as an augury of their imminent demise, forcing rank-6 Violence and Helplessness checks and possibly inspiring immediate panic, paralysis, or frenzy reactions (UA, pg. 69).