Nekomimi-Maiden/LunarStamina

2012-02-10T17:37:46Z

Nekomimi-Maiden:

Nekomimi-Maiden/LunarStamina

2012-02-09T17:24:47Z

Nekomimi-Maiden:

Nekomimi-Maiden/StarmetalRevision

2012-01-29T00:20:29Z

Nekomimi-Maiden:

Starmetal, as-written in the book, is rather at odds with both the stylings of the Sidereals and the magical materials themselves. Orichalcum is made from gold smelted with magma and occult mirrors reflecting sunshine; Moonsilver comes from moonlight condensing Wyld essence into a metal; Jade is elemental energy. 
And yet Starmetal is close to Soulsteel as the Corpse of a God, painting Sidereals as mustache-twirling divine murderers if they want any artifacts at all. Nothing to do with actual fate, just the execution and defiling of a divine body. Finding this objectionable and simply villainization, I thought I'd design an alternate version, which goes more in line with their role as servants of Fate. 

As threads of fate weave through the loom, they pick up the auspicious essence of Fate Gone Right; all the joys, travels, conflicts, revelations, and conclusions of the person living their life accumulate into a faint crystalline metal built up upon the thread. Only after the target dies of properly fated causes does this crystalline structure become fully metal, and trim properly rather than shattering into dust if cut early. These castoff trimmings are accumulated and melted down in a specially prepared smelter in the Bureau of Destiny building, forging ingots of a deep, iridescent steel-like metal known as Starmetal. 
Unfortunately, despite the countless mortals living and dying lives of little meaning every year, the starmetal produced by such is very lacking. The thread of a mortal without any Destiny bears little more than a dusting of the fatewoven crystal that becomes metal. An entire year's worth of properly fated lives and deaths bears enough starmetal on its' own to make up a tiny fraction of an artifact; for the creation of artifacts in any sense of timeliness, Destinies are required. 

A destiny of appropriate rating provides sufficient starmetal to count as a magical material for an artifact of equal rating. Of course, these destinies carry two difficulties. First, Destinies tend to disrupt fate, as those blessed by Destiny tend to stop fights, disrupt happiness, interrupt travels, reveal secrets, and prevent deaths simply by dint of being so important as to have their will affect the world. Secondly, the bearer of the Destiny has to live to their fated time of death, lest the nascent starmetal shatter on the thread when cut. Saturn is very cynical when it comes to important, fated deaths, and rarely approves powerful destinies for people to die in anything short of what she decides is the proper time for a death.

Nekomimi-Maiden/LunarIntelligence

2012-01-17T17:03:33Z

Nekomimi-Maiden: /* Ascending to the Lotus */

== Crafting ==
===== Den-Planning Intuition =====
Cost: 5m; Mins: Intelligence 4, Essence 3 
Type: Supplemental 
Keywords: Combo-OK 
Duration: Instant 
Prerequisite Charms: Any Intelligence Excellency 
The Lunar's plans take shape with great rapidity. This supplements any Intelligence-based dramatic action, such as designing a manse, forging objects or artifacts, planning strategies for war, and so on. The action is sped up by a factor of the Lunar's Essence (thus with Essence 3, a strategy session that requires one hour to undertake is complete in twenty minutes, a manse receives three rolls per month for designing rather than one, and so on] 

===== Weaving Spider's Alacrity =====
Cost: -- (+5m1wp), Mins: Intelligence 5, Essence 5 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Den-Planning Intuition 
A Lunar's thoughts occur with the lightning speed of flowing moonsilver, fluidly adapting as surely as the moon's face changes. This augments its' prerequisite; for a 5m1wp surcharge, the Lunar may add her Intelligence to the speed factor (raising it to make such projects occur (her Essence+Intelligence) faster.)

===== Unlimited Aptitude Achievement =====
Cost: --, Mins: (Attribute) 5, Essence 4, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Flawless (Attribute) Focus 
A mortal's ability is limited by the least of his natural aptitudes; a Lunar's excellence overpowers this flaw. This is a set of three charms, for Dexterity, Perception, and Intelligence. The Lunar who takes one of these charms may always use the relevant attribute when rolling it for a crafting roll, even if another attribute is inferior, rather than rolling the lowest attribute. She may still choose to roll the inferior attribute, such as if she wishes to benefit from its' specialties or utilize its' supplementary charms or excellencies.

===== Bower-Building Practice =====
'''Cost''': -- (+1m), '''Mins''': Int 5, Ess 3, '''Type''': Permanent 
'''Keywords''': None 
'''Duration''': Permanent 
'''Prerequisite Charms''': Den-Planning Intuition 
The creations of the Stewards inspire wonder in all who witness them. When creating any object, the Lunar may invest in it a social attack as if it were a written communication. Her Intelligence replaces her Linguistics for the purpose of relative appearance. The Lunar can imbue charms into it to supplement the social attack for a 1m surcharge, as if those charms explicitly allowed written communication; the motes are committed until the social attack is first made, then expended. 
At Essence 4, the Lunar may extend the production of a mundane object to make it a one-dot artifact, or add a one-dot artifact's construction time and effort to another artifact, at which point it carries the social attack indefinitely; the social attack may only target any one character once, however. 
At Essence 5, if she makes it a 2-dot artifact, it works on each target once per scene, regardless of whether they have already been targetted for it. 
The social attack-bearing "artifacts" produced by this charm may either tap into ambient essence, or require a commitment of 1m per dot from the bearer. In the former case, they must remain fairly stationary, such as being built into a structure such as a statue or gate. While possessing the usual artifact resistance to normal damage, toppling their housing will disrupt the flow of essence and shut them down.

===== Ingenious Design Precocity =====
Cost: --; Mins: Intelligence 6, Essence 5, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Impossible Intelligence Improvement, Inevitable Genius Insight, Den-Planning Intuition 
"Impossible" is the self-imposed limitation of an insufficiently advanced mind. The Lunar's genius outstrips her understanding of mortal abilities; refusing to accept that she "cannot" undertake a task, her incomparably brilliant mind fills in the gaps of her knowledge. The Lunar may now consider all ability prerequisites for dramatic Intelligence-based actions to be met by her Intelligence rating, augmented by any relevant specialties, for determining what manner of tasks she is able to perform; for example, with an Intelligence of 6, she is permitted to attempt to engineer a 3-dot Demesne [rating+3 required in Lore+Geomancy and Occult+Geomancy], or craft a 4-dot artifact [rating+2 required in Craft, Lore, and Occult]. 
However, her progress is hindered by her intellectual shortcuts and bypassing of the full understanding; she suffers a -1 external penalty on all relevant rolls for every missing ability dot. Assuming the above Lunar has 5s in every required ability, she takes a -2 external penalty on all rolls to engineer the demesne [missing one dot of two abilities], or -3 to craft the artifacts [missing 1 dot in three abilities]. 
== Enlightenment Charms ==
===== Becoming the (Style) Root =====
Cost: -- (1wp); Mins: Intelligence 3, Essence 3 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: One complete Terrestrial Martial Art 
The Stewards' essence is that of versatility and flexibility; adapting this to the essence of a lesson in Martial Arts, she becomes an ingenious student of the style. Upon purchasing this charm for a Terrestrial Martial Arts style, all charms within this style gain the Dynamic keyword. 

===== Becoming the (Style) Bulb =====
Cost: -- (1wp); Mins: Intelligence 4, Essence 4 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: At least one complete Celestial Martial Art, any one Becoming the (Style) Root 
As the Lunar learns more advanced styles, she incorporates them into her understanding of lessons past, and becomes more awe-inspiring a student as a result. Upon purchasing this charm for a Celestial Martial Arts style, all charms within this style gain the Dynamic keyword. 

===== Ascending to the Lotus =====
Cost: -- (1wp); Mins: Intelligence 4, Essence 5 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Any three Becoming the (Style) Bulb charms. 
Adapting her essence to many different forms, and incorporating those styles into her own essence, the Lunar's ability reaches its' apogee; she initiates into the Blossom of the Perfected Lotus, and with access to a Sidereal tutor, may learn Sidereal Martial Arts Styles 

== Notes ==
"New" Keyword: Dynamic; a charm with this keyword may be included in any extant combo as long as the inclusion does not violate any rules of combos (no dynamic use of a supplemental charm if a combo-basic charm is in the base combo), or be used to create a dynamic combo by spending 1wp; this dynamic combo may include any number of Dynamic charms and one or no charms without the Dynamic keyword, and must follow normal combo rules.

== Comments ==
For one, I love the idea - I've hated Solars' grip on the speedup offered by CNNT for a long time, and am glad to see Lunars get in on the action. Given the Lunars' propensity for being generalists, the ability of this charm to broadly affect intelligence based actions is welcome as well, as is the lowered boost. The only thing that concerns me, however, is the activation cost - varying between 5 and 10 committed motes for what could well be a /very/ long time. Months, even. Given that the Solars are committing so few, and in general, this isn't that splashy of an action - at best, a 5 Ess, 5 Int Lunar could expect a x10 from this - not much, compared to an Ess 3 Solar. Thus, my claim is that it should be reduced greatly in mote cost in some fashion. My preferred way might be to remove any increased cost from the upgrade charm, thus giving you a 5m flat fee for speedup. -- [[GreenLantern]]

--You'll note the duration of Instant rather than Indefinite; just like a Solar using Craftsman Needs No Tools pays 7m1wp every interval [which is Ess x3 faster than normal) rather than committing 7m for the duration of the crafting project, the Lunar pays 5 [or 10m1wp] at every interval of their crafting project. Just like CNNT, it basically says "Okay, I'm going to take a dramatic crafting action, but instead of a season, the roll will represent a season divided by [Essence / Ess x3 / Ess+Intelligence]. Just like the Excellency motes (instant) spent on the crafting aren't committed for the duration, so too with this charm.". Also, the addition of Intelligence as a factor allows it to be modified; with a third excellency combo [14m2wp, exactly twice the cost of a Solar using CNNT, not to mention +1 more expensive charm and a 5xp combo], that 5 Int, Ess 5 Lunar can equal an Ess 5 Solar's crafting speed. Assuming, of course, the Solar doesn't note "Hey, that's only one charm deep, and it's only Essence 3; I could make an improvement that lets me flurry a crafting attempt and make two or more rolls at a smaller pool per interval" -Nekomimi-Maiden

:First off, good reasoning. I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't see some of those earlier. At the same time, a strict interpretation of the wording of charms indicates that even if the charm is instant, the motes are still committed for the duration - at least, that's how I've always read it. The usage of an excellency to help is nice, but as you noted, that's two full charms, and a combo, to roughly equal what Solars get with one charm. Again, not sure how comfortable I am putting Lunars that far below. -- [[GreenLantern]]

Perhaps a charm that helps them when they are doing crafting in the Wyld? -[[BogMod]]

--Hm, thought that was covered, but suppose I can certainly try that. One that reduces the difficulty based on the degree of Wyld [-1 bordermarches, -2 middle, -4 deep, always Diff 1 in Wyld or some such?], another branching off that lets you reduce the resources cost for your mundane creations and Moonsilver artifacts by a similar degree... -Nekomimi-Maiden

:While I hate to see more Wyld stuff in Lunar trees, it is one of their schticks. And frankly, something to reduce resource costs would be neat, as a counterpoint to ''Needs No Tools'' - something about not even needing materials. Plus, it would also counterpoint the glory that is Solar Lore in the Wyld for manufacturing. -- [[GreenLantern]]

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Nekomimi-Maiden/LunarIntelligence

2012-01-17T17:00:01Z

Nekomimi-Maiden: New charms

== Crafting ==
===== Den-Planning Intuition =====
Cost: 5m; Mins: Intelligence 4, Essence 3 
Type: Supplemental 
Keywords: Combo-OK 
Duration: Instant 
Prerequisite Charms: Any Intelligence Excellency 
The Lunar's plans take shape with great rapidity. This supplements any Intelligence-based dramatic action, such as designing a manse, forging objects or artifacts, planning strategies for war, and so on. The action is sped up by a factor of the Lunar's Essence (thus with Essence 3, a strategy session that requires one hour to undertake is complete in twenty minutes, a manse receives three rolls per month for designing rather than one, and so on] 

===== Weaving Spider's Alacrity =====
Cost: -- (+5m1wp), Mins: Intelligence 5, Essence 5 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Den-Planning Intuition 
A Lunar's thoughts occur with the lightning speed of flowing moonsilver, fluidly adapting as surely as the moon's face changes. This augments its' prerequisite; for a 5m1wp surcharge, the Lunar may add her Intelligence to the speed factor (raising it to make such projects occur (her Essence+Intelligence) faster.)

===== Unlimited Aptitude Achievement =====
Cost: --, Mins: (Attribute) 5, Essence 4, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Flawless (Attribute) Focus 
A mortal's ability is limited by the least of his natural aptitudes; a Lunar's excellence overpowers this flaw. This is a set of three charms, for Dexterity, Perception, and Intelligence. The Lunar who takes one of these charms may always use the relevant attribute when rolling it for a crafting roll, even if another attribute is inferior, rather than rolling the lowest attribute. She may still choose to roll the inferior attribute, such as if she wishes to benefit from its' specialties or utilize its' supplementary charms or excellencies.

===== Bower-Building Practice =====
'''Cost''': -- (+1m), '''Mins''': Int 5, Ess 3, '''Type''': Permanent 
'''Keywords''': None 
'''Duration''': Permanent 
'''Prerequisite Charms''': Den-Planning Intuition 
The creations of the Stewards inspire wonder in all who witness them. When creating any object, the Lunar may invest in it a social attack as if it were a written communication. Her Intelligence replaces her Linguistics for the purpose of relative appearance. The Lunar can imbue charms into it to supplement the social attack for a 1m surcharge, as if those charms explicitly allowed written communication; the motes are committed until the social attack is first made, then expended. 
At Essence 4, the Lunar may extend the production of a mundane object to make it a one-dot artifact, or add a one-dot artifact's construction time and effort to another artifact, at which point it carries the social attack indefinitely; the social attack may only target any one character once, however. 
At Essence 5, if she makes it a 2-dot artifact, it works on each target once per scene, regardless of whether they have already been targetted for it. 
The social attack-bearing "artifacts" produced by this charm may either tap into ambient essence, or require a commitment of 1m per dot from the bearer. In the former case, they must remain fairly stationary, such as being built into a structure such as a statue or gate. While possessing the usual artifact resistance to normal damage, toppling their housing will disrupt the flow of essence and shut them down.

===== Ingenious Design Precocity =====
Cost: --; Mins: Intelligence 6, Essence 5, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Impossible Intelligence Improvement, Inevitable Genius Insight, Den-Planning Intuition 
"Impossible" is the self-imposed limitation of an insufficiently advanced mind. The Lunar's genius outstrips her understanding of mortal abilities; refusing to accept that she "cannot" undertake a task, her incomparably brilliant mind fills in the gaps of her knowledge. The Lunar may now consider all ability prerequisites for dramatic Intelligence-based actions to be met by her Intelligence rating, augmented by any relevant specialties, for determining what manner of tasks she is able to perform; for example, with an Intelligence of 6, she is permitted to attempt to engineer a 3-dot Demesne [rating+3 required in Lore+Geomancy and Occult+Geomancy], or craft a 4-dot artifact [rating+2 required in Craft, Lore, and Occult]. 
However, her progress is hindered by her intellectual shortcuts and bypassing of the full understanding; she suffers a -1 external penalty on all relevant rolls for every missing ability dot. Assuming the above Lunar has 5s in every required ability, she takes a -2 external penalty on all rolls to engineer the demesne [missing one dot of two abilities], or -3 to craft the artifacts [missing 1 dot in three abilities]. 
== Enlightenment Charms ==
===== Becoming the (Style) Root =====
Cost: -- (1wp); Mins: Intelligence 3, Essence 3 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: One complete Terrestrial Martial Art 
The Stewards' essence is that of versatility and flexibility; adapting this to the essence of a lesson in Martial Arts, she becomes an ingenious student of the style. Upon purchasing this charm for a Terrestrial Martial Arts style, all charms within this style gain the Dynamic keyword. 

===== Becoming the (Style) Bulb =====
Cost: -- (1wp); Mins: Intelligence 4, Essence 4 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: At least one complete Celestial Martial Art, any one Becoming the (Style) Root 
As the Lunar learns more advanced styles, she incorporates them into her understanding of lessons past, and becomes more awe-inspiring a student as a result. Upon purchasing this charm for a Celestial Martial Arts style, all charms within this style gain the Dynamic keyword. 

===== Ascending to the Lotus =====
Cost: -- (1wp); Mins: Intelligence 4, Essence 5 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Any three Becoming the (Style) Bulb charms. 
Adapting her essence to many different forms, and incorporating those styles into her own essence, the Lunar's ability reaches its' apogee; she initiates into the Blossom of the Perfected Lotus, and with access to a Sidereal tutor, may learn Sidereal Martial Arts Styles 

== Comments ==
For one, I love the idea - I've hated Solars' grip on the speedup offered by CNNT for a long time, and am glad to see Lunars get in on the action. Given the Lunars' propensity for being generalists, the ability of this charm to broadly affect intelligence based actions is welcome as well, as is the lowered boost. The only thing that concerns me, however, is the activation cost - varying between 5 and 10 committed motes for what could well be a /very/ long time. Months, even. Given that the Solars are committing so few, and in general, this isn't that splashy of an action - at best, a 5 Ess, 5 Int Lunar could expect a x10 from this - not much, compared to an Ess 3 Solar. Thus, my claim is that it should be reduced greatly in mote cost in some fashion. My preferred way might be to remove any increased cost from the upgrade charm, thus giving you a 5m flat fee for speedup. -- [[GreenLantern]]

--You'll note the duration of Instant rather than Indefinite; just like a Solar using Craftsman Needs No Tools pays 7m1wp every interval [which is Ess x3 faster than normal) rather than committing 7m for the duration of the crafting project, the Lunar pays 5 [or 10m1wp] at every interval of their crafting project. Just like CNNT, it basically says "Okay, I'm going to take a dramatic crafting action, but instead of a season, the roll will represent a season divided by [Essence / Ess x3 / Ess+Intelligence]. Just like the Excellency motes (instant) spent on the crafting aren't committed for the duration, so too with this charm.". Also, the addition of Intelligence as a factor allows it to be modified; with a third excellency combo [14m2wp, exactly twice the cost of a Solar using CNNT, not to mention +1 more expensive charm and a 5xp combo], that 5 Int, Ess 5 Lunar can equal an Ess 5 Solar's crafting speed. Assuming, of course, the Solar doesn't note "Hey, that's only one charm deep, and it's only Essence 3; I could make an improvement that lets me flurry a crafting attempt and make two or more rolls at a smaller pool per interval" -Nekomimi-Maiden

:First off, good reasoning. I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't see some of those earlier. At the same time, a strict interpretation of the wording of charms indicates that even if the charm is instant, the motes are still committed for the duration - at least, that's how I've always read it. The usage of an excellency to help is nice, but as you noted, that's two full charms, and a combo, to roughly equal what Solars get with one charm. Again, not sure how comfortable I am putting Lunars that far below. -- [[GreenLantern]]

Perhaps a charm that helps them when they are doing crafting in the Wyld? -[[BogMod]]

--Hm, thought that was covered, but suppose I can certainly try that. One that reduces the difficulty based on the degree of Wyld [-1 bordermarches, -2 middle, -4 deep, always Diff 1 in Wyld or some such?], another branching off that lets you reduce the resources cost for your mundane creations and Moonsilver artifacts by a similar degree... -Nekomimi-Maiden

:While I hate to see more Wyld stuff in Lunar trees, it is one of their schticks. And frankly, something to reduce resource costs would be neat, as a counterpoint to ''Needs No Tools'' - something about not even needing materials. Plus, it would also counterpoint the glory that is Solar Lore in the Wyld for manufacturing. -- [[GreenLantern]]

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Nekomimi-Maiden/AstrologyRewrite

2012-01-11T05:34:54Z

Nekomimi-Maiden: /* Complementary Skills */

==Sidereal Astrology Rewrite==

Astrology, as-written in the books, is a mechanic with two primary flaws. It is incredibly difficult to use and severely subject to the whims of chance even with ridiculously large pools in what you can control, requiring a great many rolls, chart references, considerations of size and ability, so on and so forth... and the benefit is incredibly miniscule for the experience investment required to become competent at it. A third flaw could be claimed, that it creates a single set of abilities every single Sidereal must train in - Performance and Occult with particular requirements - in order to have a chance at making any sort of destiny. 

In an effort to simplify the process into something that can be done in the short-term with a modicum of effort, and creating extensive long-term fateweaving without requiring the massive investment of charms and abilities, I have [with admitted taking of inspiration from Raksha Shaping Combat] created the following system. Ignore all costs for astrology written in the books, they are being revised as follows. 

===Character Creation===
A Sidereal receives access to the Colleges related to her Maiden's purview at character creation, as well as two additional Colleges if she is not Ronin. Colleges are not ranked; a Sidereal either has gained access to the astrological constellation of the Spear, or has not. Colleges cost 2bp, or 1bp if favored. 
A Sidereal receives at character creation the basic eight Providences [[[MoEP]]: Sidereals, p191], the forms which astrology takes, and the ability to create Resplendent Destinies. 
Like Knacks are for Lunars, Colleges and Providences are an innate function of the Sidereal Exaltation, and may not be learned through the anima ability of the Eclipse Caste and its' mirrors. 

===System===
Using a Providence requires a roll of Essence+College Ability as a dramatic action, usually taking one minute, taking the form of a Shaping effect against the fate of the target. This is a noncharm action, allowing the use of Excellencies relevant to the ability in question. The difficulty is equal to the Essence rating of the target; success indicates that the destiny manifests as a Shaping effect, and the Sidereal checks for Paradox (see Paradox, below). Due to targeting Fate rather than the subject themselves, normal preventative measures against Shaping such as Integrity Protecting Prana and Lunar moonsilver tattoos do not prevent a destiny from being manifested on the target [I suggest the invention of a custom charm for Solars, Lunars, and Dragonblooded to allow an opposing roll]. Destiny Manifesting Method does require the listed stunt to create any astrological effect on the target without suffering the difficulty increase. 

Successes gained must be allocated to cover the Essence of the target (if not the Sidereal herself, 1 if it is), extend the duration beyond a month, and affect more individuals, as per Sidereals p192 except as follows. Reduce the success of all entries in Scope by 1. Frequency is normally once per scene; however, for an additional success and paradox die it can be extended to work [target's Essence] times per scene, and for [target's Essence] successes and three paradox dice, it works every time the condition occurs. 

When affecting a large number of individuals via Scope, the Sidereal sets a maximum Essence that the destiny can ensnare. Every dot of Essence above 1 included adds its' rating in successes to the requirement; affecting all targets of Essence 3 or lower, for example, costs 5 successes [2+3]. 

Upon successfully laying a providence upon a target, when the conditions are met, they can gain the benefit of a blessing [reflexively chosen by their player] once per action, or suffer the penalty of a curse [chosen by the Sidereal if she is present, or the ST's choice otherwise] once per action. 

In addition to the option for destinies appropriate to the Correlations entries for each College [[[MoEP]]: Sidereals, p195-206], a Sidereal may simplify the process of creating a Destiny by simply declaring a Specialty of the College's ability the curse or blessing applies to. For example, one might bless a Dragon-Blooded warrior's swordsmanship with an Artless Prodigy Blessing [Melee (Swords)], rather than trying to fit other correlations of "bravery, professionalism, training, taking initiative, lack of vision, tactics, skillfulness, competition" into something more immediately useful and easily adjudicated. 

As an important note, use of the Fateful Excellency to garner an auspicious success on a Shape Destiny action does not function; this sort of convergence of fate interferes with the new destiny's formation. 

===Mandate===
Astrology is also posed to very effectively apply to the Mandate of Heaven; mortals intuitively understand when they're undertaking an action augmented by astrology that the action is easier or harder; they may not know why, and most attribute it to the whimsy of gods, but regardless, mortals laboring under a destiny of their own accord can be assumed to intuitively pursue easier actions and avoid harder actions, unless their individual motivations dictate otherwise. In essence, when affecting mortals a destiny carries a Compulsion effect that costs no willpower to resist, but may only be resisted if it conflicts with an intimacy, motivation, or virtue. 
As a result, high-Scope destinies can shape the path nations will take on their own. Unless directed by a superior force, actions can be made mandatory or taboo; a society that finds their farms are bountiful when they give hospitality to strangers may not know why, but will presume that the gods of the harvest give generosity for generosity and will swiftly welcome outsiders with open arms. 
Attempts by an authority to force a group operating under a destiny to act in accordance with the destiny share the bonus, even if the leader is not included in the Scope - say, if he is a Dragon-Blooded of Essence 3 and the destiny only governs Essence 1 mortals, he still gets a -1 TN if encouraging them to treat the Wyld Hunt with hospitality. 
Attempting to force people to act against the destiny imposes an external penalty on the attempt equal to the Scope of the destiny; a Fiend attempting to undo the legendary hospitality of Green Acre Village's 80 residents suffers a -3 external penalty on his social rolls, as the village as a whole rejects the suggestion that they should abandon such unseeming generosity and act more selfishly, instinctively knowing it would ruin their harvests. 

===Resplendent Destinies===
Resplendent Destinies are a special form of destiny; a Sidereal may define her Resplendent Destinies - their position and role in society, and so on - at any time, and [with an Astrology Shaping roll against her own Essence] redefine them as needed to create new identities; however, she may not return it to a previous identity - upon changing from Joe Mortal the Astrologer to Ragara Joe the Dragon-Blooded, the Sorcerer destiny may not return to being Joe Mortal. 

Calling upon a Resplendency effect is simple; the character can take an accelerated Shape Destiny action [Spd 5, DV-0], or use it reflexively for resplendencies that work in reaction to an event, with a difficulty of 2 plus the Endurance cost. Any paradox a Resplendency effect inflicts is rolled and added to the standard pool upon successful invocation of the Resplendency. As they are functions of existing Destinies, invoking a Resplendency effect does not count against the destinies created in the scene for the purposes of paradox. 

===Complementary Skills===
Crafting these sorts of destinies, even long-term ones, simply by dictating the fate directly to the spiders can work in a rush, but a Sidereal is most rewarded for planning ahead and taking actions to coax fate naturally in the desired direction before creating the destiny. In short, a Sidereal can undertake a complementary skill test as a dramatic action. Every two successes on the roll adds one die to the eventual Providence Shaping roll itself. These can be run as simply quick rolls or as full scenes, depending on the interest of the storyteller and the other players. 

In general, any action the ST considers acceptable to the desired destiny can be used as a complementary skill roll. Most common [and always applicable] are Performance (Prayer) to the spiders and Craft: Fate for plotting out the interaction of the destiny with existing fates. Other skills require adjudication, but planning the destiny and contacting the Spiders are always available. Multiple appropriate actions can be taken across different scenes and downtimes, but the Sidereal may only add the largest bonus + half of all other bonuses (round up). 

The Sidereal enacting the destiny can take up to [Essence] complementary actions. If other Sidereals work with her, they each get one roll, and may add their College ability in successes to that roll. She may also gain assistance from each of a single Solar, Lunar, and Dragon-Blooded; despite their inability to weave fate, the heroes of Creation can guide its' course if properly directed to make her job easier. 

===Paradox===
When a Sidereal reshapes the fate of threads in the loom, his own often becomes entangled in the mess. If incautious in his efforts to affect destiny, the Sidereal may find his actions restricted by an errant thread, as if he had come under an astrological curse with no maker. This is referred to as the Weaver's Paradox - the more one tries to fix the strands of fate, the more out of alignment he may make them - or Paradox for short. 
Every successful destiny produces a pool of paradox dice, and immediately rolls the pool. A failure on the roll indicates one die is saved for the next successful Destiny; this pool is cleared at the end of the day. Success indicates a Paradox Snarl is placed in abeyance; at any time, the ST may inflict a destiny-like curse upon the Sidereal ["+1 TN to your Melee rolls in opposition to Bull of the North for the scene"], or blessing antithetical to her desires [such as the Solar she's opposing gaining the benefits of a destiny], of the ST's choice. These Snarls last for the scene they are invoked in. As an alternate to imposing a negative destiny, the ST may expend a curse to inflict an automatic failure on a single roll of the Sidereal's, as an Unnatural Compulsion costing 1wp to resist [which keeps the curse from being expended]. 
If a Sidereal has paradox snarl waiting in abeyance, he may perform the Wrapped Fly or Wrapped Diamond rituals to remove them. The Wrapped Fly ritual removes one snarl for each day the Sidereal does not stress the loom, as the Pattern Spiders obediently take the time to untangle the strands of fate snarled around him. The Wrapped Diamond ritual removes [Essence+Willpower] curses at once in exchange for the intimacy and EXP sacrificed; this is generally only used in emergencies. 
Flavorwise: The Wrapped Fly Ritual is a notification of requiring maintenance and assistance by the pattern spiders. Removing the snarled strands of fate that cause Paradox Curses necessitates a quiet day and temporarily accepting the loss of fate's benefits, as the Sidereal's strand is essentially "taken out for repair". The Wrapped Diamond Ritual forges the Sidereal's heartfelt intimacy and the touch of their own experiences into a dummy fate; so long as they don't reforge the intimacy within the time limit, the snarled strands remain attached to it until it dissolves. 

===Example===
Lilang Hu, in the process of plotting the course of the south, intends to create a destiny for the city of Gem to help maintain its' stability [this also serves to help edge the betting pool on its' next catastrophe date in her favor]. Since affecting an entire city with a blessing is a tricky task requiring an incredible amount of success on her astrological shaping, she decides to invest a good deal of time preparing Gem for her plans. 

She begins by divining the fate of Gem, to check for any approaching twists of fate such as great conflicts or endings, rolling her Perception+Occult and getting 5 successes for +2 dice. She then takes the effort of coercing various officials into more effective performance of their duties, undertaking a Manipulation+Bureaucracy roll after several dramatic actions; with 7 successes, she adds another 3 dice to her pool. Writing up the destiny itself as an Intelligence+Craft:Fate roll rewards her with another 8 successes and +4 dice, and finally, an extended prayer to the Spiders with her Fateful Performance Excellency results in 12 successes, for +6 dice. 

She receives a total bonus of 6+[(3+2+4)/2] dice; eleven bonus dice from situational circumstances to her roll! She decides she is finally ready to commit to creating the year-long destiny for Gem, but to further hedge things in her favor, she creates a short-term Artless Prodigy Blessing of the Sorcerer [Essence+Occult, difficulty 4 for her own Essence rating] to aid her in the crafting of the destiny, giving herself -1 TN on the roll. 

Settling on the Sword as the End of Hope, she decides to create an Ascending Destiny of the Sword, rewarding the city of Gem with the Artless Prodigy Blessing for any actions taken realizing the populace's hopes of security and prosperity. She rolls her Essence+Martial Arts+11 dice and achieves 14 successes on her 20 dice, buying another 4 with her Second Martial Arts Excellency. 6 successes go to the sheer population of Gem's metropolis [assuming around 100,000 individuals], four go to making it last ten years, three more to ensuring it can benefit Gem up to once a scene, and finally the last five go to allowing it to affect beings of up to Essence 3; stronger gods, god-blooded, and Exalted may not share in the blessing's value, but the mortals in the area, and any Mandate of Heaven rolls on their behalf, will be able to gain the benefit of the blessing once per scene. 

Finally, she rolls her total paradox pool from the extended destiny: Ten years adds one die, the size of the city adds three dice, and working once per scene adds one die. Rolling two successes, she will unfortunately encounter two scenes related to her assistance of Gem wherein astrological curses of the Storyteller's choice take effect. Additionally, if her tampering in fate is discovered and not sufficiently justified, she may face censure due to the size and scope of the destiny. Preventing its' discovery, and creating sufficient justification, should provide interesting stories in her future. 

Experience 
Access to a College costs 10xp, or 8xp if the ability tied to the college is favored. No skill in the college's ability is required, but it is helpful. 
If new Providences are designed and permitted, they cost 5xp apiece. 

Astrological Charms 
Should the charms detailed in Glories: Maidens and Return of the Scarlet Empress be unlocked for Sidereal use, they function as written, aside from the Paradox cost. 
Any time an astrological charm would give the Sidereal using it a point of Paradox, an immediate paradox curse is formed, as if she had rolled her Paradox pool and garnered a success. This occurs for every point of paradox the charm generates; a charm with a 3p cost generates three destinies that the Sidereal would probably not want, of the ST's choosing. The duration of these curse destinies is the same as the charm or one scene, whichever is longer. They can be used by the ST immediately or held in contingency for a later date. 

Caveat: This is made to work with such current edition versions of the Sidereal Charmset as Loom 2.0, SrGrvsALot's Rethinking Sidereals, or even *shudder* MoEP: Sidereals, as errata'd. Should Sidereals receive a proper 2e charmset that restores them to their original position in 1e, with the solar-rivaling power and scope of charm use that justified horrendously character-ruining randomly generated results on Astrology, then I will adjust the power of Astrology and the penalty of Paradox to match. However, this is written on the assumption that Sidereals are a mid-ranged Celestial Exalt; as such, I have made astrology more useful to compensate for the Dragon Blooded-equivalent power of most Sidereal charmsets.

=== Comments ===

You need to include into your rules an explicite mention of how you are changing Scope to not have to count for Essence 2+ beings in the area. Was it your intent to make it possible for single Sidereals to lay effects on entire directions of Creation? Probably a rule for not allowing Fateful (Ability) Excellency to not work with this ruleset. Perhaps make it a little more clear as well how Resplendant Destinies are being changed. It seems like now a Sidereal has all of them whenever they want and just invokes powers from them. A good start to fixing things up though I would like to see Craft: Fate play a larger roll somehow. -[[BogMod]]

Nekomimi-Maiden/EbonDragon

2012-01-09T05:15:24Z

Nekomimi-Maiden:

Gleeful Animosity Revelment 
Mins: Ess 3, Cost: -- 
Duration: Permanent 
Keywords: -- 
Type: Permanent 
Prerequisites: Shadow Spite Curse 
Nothing pleases the Ebon Dragon quite so much as witnessing his enemies struggling and failing before him. When an enemy's action fails as a result of being affected by the Infernal's Shadow Spite Curse, she regains 2m per threshold success they failed by. She may not recover more than 20 motes per action from this source. 

Illimitable Boundless Enmity 
Mins: Ess 3, Cost: 5m1wp (+5 or 10m) 
Duration: One scene 
Keywords: Combo-OK 
Type: Simple 
Prerequisites: Shadow Spite Curse 
For the Ebon Dragon, spite and malevolence are as natural as breathing is for a mortal. For the scene following the activation of this charm, use of Shadow Spite Curse is a noncharm, innate ability. 
If the Infernal benefits from this mote reduction [she may choose not to], her lessened attention creates an imperfection in the charm: her target may expend a virtue channel in order to completely negate the effects of Shadow Spite Curse for a single roll; heroism and virtue defy the very essence of the Ebon Dragon. 
This charm may be purchased a second time at Essence 5; for every 5m committed to the charm, Shadow Spite Curse costs 1 less mote per -1 external penalty applied; thus for a commitment of 15m, the Infernal may impose an external penalty equal to her Essence on any appropriate action she witnesses, without cost. 

Safety Among Stooges 
Cost: 4m or 5m, Mins: Essence 2 
Type: Reflexive [Step 5] 
Keywords: Combo-OK 
Duration: Instant 
Prerequisite Charms: Cracked Cell Circumvention 
The Ultimate Darkness is an elusive, misleading force; armies attempting to strike him may find themselves cutting down their brothers as he laughs from afar. This charm may be used whenever an attack is reduced to zero or fewer successes by the Infernal's DV; he may choose any target that would be valid for the attacker [within arm's reach for a sword, or possibly anywhere on the battlefield for an archer], and subject them to the original attack with full successes. For +1m, he may malevolently add his Essence in successes to the attack roll. 
Whether he makes the treacherous attack strike more viciously or not, the Infernal gets an immediate, reflexive attempt to reestablish surprise, which contests perfect awareness effects, forcing the user to make a contested roll. If the redirected attack strikes one of his supposed allies, he may add his Essence in successes to the reestablishing roll. 

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Nekomimi-Maiden/LunarWits

2012-01-04T13:53:43Z

Nekomimi-Maiden: /* Reaction Charms */

=== Concealment Charms ===
Wolf's Tracks Discovered 
Cost: --(+2m), Requirements: Wits 4, Ess 3, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: The Spider's Trap Door 
By the time a stalking Steward has been detected, she has already accomplished her goal. Any effects of the Lunar's dependent on her attack being unexpected remain, even if her opponent makes the attack no longer unexpected. Additionally, for a 2m surcharge when making an attack from concealment supplemented by the Spider's Trap Door, she may halve her opponent's DVs, even if they remove the unexpected quality.

Silent Chameleon Practice 
Cost: --, Requirements: Wits 4, Ess 3, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: The Spider's Trap Door 
A concealed Steward can remain undetectable even in motion, hiding between beams of light and behind eddies of dust. This charm permanently enhances its prerequisite; if used to conceal herself via committed motes, she may move beyond natural concealment without wholly losing her perfect stealth; whenever moving, however, the charm's effect is reduced to only imposing an external penalty of the Lunar's Essence on rolls to perceive her, should the target pierce the Illusion. She may take a miscellaneous [Speed 5] action to resume being an unacceptable target for all Perception rolls until she moves again. 
The charm's effect is completely lost if she takes any offensive action. At Essence 4, this charm improves: She needs only have her DV refresh once after she stops moving to resume her imperceptibility, rather than take a specific miscellaneous action. 

Moon Hides behind Clouds 
Cost: 2m or 4m1wp, Requirements: Wits 5, Essence 4, Type: Reflexive 
Keywords: Combo-OK 
>Duration: Instant 
Prerequisite Charms: Meerkat Alertness Practice, Spider's Trap Door 
The sight of the Lawgivers and of the Yozis may be absolute, but the reflexes of the Stewards are honed to an uncanny edge. This charm triggers when the steward is attempting to hide and is about to be spotted - defined as someone is about to roll a valid Perception+Awareness roll to notice her, or is either activating or has activated a perfect Awareness charm such as Eye of the Unconquered Sun and is entering visual range. The Lunar spends 2m and instinctively lunges for the nearest cover sufficient to protect her from view as a reflexive action, permitting movement of up to her normal move speed (or dash speed, if she increases the cost to 4m1wp). 
This charm attempts to activate one action before the attempt to notice; the Lunar who learns this charm instinctively knows if an attempted action she takes will permit someone to perceive her, and may either abort it or spend the cost to accomplish the action and return to cover. If a charm will contest this effect, the player is informed of this fact. The Lunar and her player are not explicitly informed of the source of the detection, only its' existence. 

=== Reaction Charms ===
Ear to the Wind 
Cost: 4m, Mins: Wits 3, Ess 2, Type: Simple [Spd 3, DV -0] 
Duration: One scene 
Keywords: Combo-OK 
Prerequisite Charms: Meerkat Alertness Practice 
Strategies and plans are childs' play before the quick minds of the Stewards. Upon activating this charm, the Lunar gains a preternatural insight into the behaviors of others. Whenever anyone she can observe undertakes an action with a hidden intention, the Lunar may reflexively roll Read Motivation or Strategy, as appropriate. If she is successful, she receives the normal information granted by that action. 
If other charms contest this charm, the Lunar receives +Essence successes to the rolloff. 
At Essence 3+, this charm improves; if the Lunar takes the time to perform a Read Motivation or Read Strategy action while under its' effects, she may discern one clue that would otherwise not be evident. For example, when observing a warrior stepping forward to challenge the defenders of a fort; this charm's base effect would permit her to realize it was a ruse. If she actually takes a Read Strategy action, she realizes that his assassin ally is intending to take the fort captain's head. 

Wary Swallow Method 
Keywords: Merged [Dexterity] 
Prerequisite Charms: Meerkat Alertness Practice 

Herd-Scattering Reaction 
Cost: --; Mins: Wits 4, Ess 3; Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Prerequisite Charms: Meerkat Alertness Practice 
A Steward's alertness is as a clarion call to response; her allies come to recognize even the subtlest cues of her reaction. This is a permanent enhancement to Meerkat Alertness Practice; when that charm is invoked, allies within [Essence x10] yards receive +(Lunar's Wits) dice to Join Battle, Debate, or War rolls. This does count as a dice bonus from charms, limiting any charms of the allies themselves, and if multiple Lunars invoke this effect, only the highest Wits total is used. 

Rolling Pangolin's Evasion 
'''Cost''': 4m, '''Mins''': Wits 4, Ess 3; '''Type''': Reflexive (Step 2) 
'''Keywords''': Combo-OK, Obvious 
'''Duration''': Instant 
'''Prerequisite Charms''': Hungry Eagle Method 
The Lunar has achieved a synergy between her senses and her reflexes, allowing herself to swiftly create distance between herself and all but the most determined opponent. 
Roll (her Wits + Dodge) against a difficulty equal to the attacker's Essence. On a success, this Charm prevents all damage from the attack; each additional success carries the Lunar up to 1 yard away from her attacker. On a failure, this Charm still gives her +2 to her Dodge Defence Value. 
''All credit to Enchantress for this charm.'' 

Snake Bites Heel Certainty 
'''Cost''': -- (+2m), '''Mins''': Wits 5, Essence 3, '''Type''': Permanent 
'''Keywords''': None 
'''Duration''': Permanent 
'''Prerequisite Charms''': Hungry Eagle Method 
Those who strike at the Stewards may find retribution unavoidable without ending their assault prematurely. This charm enhances its' prerequisite. By spending a 2m surcharge when making a counterattack via Hungry Eagle Method, the Lunar creates an assurance of certainty in her attack. If her attack is defended against by a charm that perfectly defends against it or reduces its' damage to zero, then she perfectly defends against the triggering attack; the final damage is set to 0 and all 'rider' effects are negated as if she had dodged it, even if undodgable. Only by trusting in her unaugmented defenses may the opponent hope to harm the Steward. 
This charm may not be used if the Lunar used any defensive charm with a flaw of invulnerability against the triggering attack. The assurance of just retribution fails in the event of such certain defense. 

===== Warding Wolf Growl =====
Cost: -- (+1wp), Mins: Wits 5, Ess 4, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent (One scene) 
Prerequisite Charms: Hungry Eagle Method 
When a Steward goes on the defensive, few dare risk her wrath. This charm is a permanent enhancement to Hungry Eagle Method; for an additional 1wp cost, Hungry Eagle Method improves - invoking it again is a noncharm action so long as it was invoked in the previous action. This effect lapses should the Lunar cease using Hungry Eagle Method, forcing another 1wp expenditure to gain this effect. 
If the Lunar also knows Vigilant Mastiff Technique, this charm improves: So long as Vigilant Mastiff Technique is active, the cost of Hungry Eagle Method may be reduced to 2m, in exchange for a 1m surcharge on any counterattacks not provoked by attacks upon the defended target. 

=== Speed and Extra Action Charms ===
Striking Hornet Swiftness 
Cost: --, Mins: Wits 4, Essence 3 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Wasp Sting Blur 
This charm permanently enhances its' prerequisite. Wasp Sting Blur now costs 1m per point of Speed reduction, to a minimum of Speed 3.
At essence 4, this charm improves; Wasp Sting Blur becomes Reflexive with a duration of One Action, affecting all actions taken when it is activated. The Fury effect now additionally permits Wasp Sting Blur to be activated as a non charm action, allowing greater speed reduction without a combo, or simply accepting the -1 speed to all actions. 

Thousand Stings Volley 
Cost: 4+m, 1wp, Mins: Wits 5, Essence 3 
Type: Supplemental 
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious 
Duration: Instant 
Prerequisite Charms: Wasp Sting Blur 
An attack being made follows a single trajectory to a single destination; like her patron, however, a Lunar is not so bound by the petty rules of causality. This charm supplements an attack action; silvery light envelops the attacking weapon or limb before separating to follow a separate course as one or more ghostly images of the original attack. The attack is rolled normally, with successes on attacks and all other charms applied kept track of, then repeated once for every 4 motes spent on this charm, up to a maximum of [Essence-1] additional attacks. All effects of the original attack, including other charms supplementing or reflexively enhancing it, are repeated as well for no cost. 
The use of this charm is incompatible with Extra Action charms. The repeated attacks inflict Onslaught as normal. 
A repurchase at Essence 4+ gives two options, chosen whenever making the attack; either all attacks are considered to be part of a coordinated attack, imposing a DV penalty equal to the number of attacks made, or onslaught is doubled. 
=== Comments ===
Removed Flickering Moonsilver Shadow since it just shunted the onus of defense supremacy from Unexpected-negation to Penalty-negation.
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Nekomimi-Maiden/LunarWits

2012-01-04T11:55:06Z

Nekomimi-Maiden: /* Reaction Charms */

=== Concealment Charms ===
Wolf's Tracks Discovered 
Cost: --(+2m), Requirements: Wits 4, Ess 3, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: The Spider's Trap Door 
By the time a stalking Steward has been detected, she has already accomplished her goal. Any effects of the Lunar's dependent on her attack being unexpected remain, even if her opponent makes the attack no longer unexpected. Additionally, for a 2m surcharge when making an attack from concealment supplemented by the Spider's Trap Door, she may halve her opponent's DVs, even if they remove the unexpected quality.

Silent Chameleon Practice 
Cost: --, Requirements: Wits 4, Ess 3, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: The Spider's Trap Door 
A concealed Steward can remain undetectable even in motion, hiding between beams of light and behind eddies of dust. This charm permanently enhances its prerequisite; if used to conceal herself via committed motes, she may move beyond natural concealment without wholly losing her perfect stealth; whenever moving, however, the charm's effect is reduced to only imposing an external penalty of the Lunar's Essence on rolls to perceive her, should the target pierce the Illusion. She may take a miscellaneous [Speed 5] action to resume being an unacceptable target for all Perception rolls until she moves again. 
The charm's effect is completely lost if she takes any offensive action. At Essence 4, this charm improves: She needs only have her DV refresh once after she stops moving to resume her imperceptibility, rather than take a specific miscellaneous action. 

Moon Hides behind Clouds 
Cost: 2m or 4m1wp, Requirements: Wits 5, Essence 4, Type: Reflexive 
Keywords: Combo-OK 
>Duration: Instant 
Prerequisite Charms: Meerkat Alertness Practice, Spider's Trap Door 
The sight of the Lawgivers and of the Yozis may be absolute, but the reflexes of the Stewards are honed to an uncanny edge. This charm triggers when the steward is attempting to hide and is about to be spotted - defined as someone is about to roll a valid Perception+Awareness roll to notice her, or is either activating or has activated a perfect Awareness charm such as Eye of the Unconquered Sun and is entering visual range. The Lunar spends 2m and instinctively lunges for the nearest cover sufficient to protect her from view as a reflexive action, permitting movement of up to her normal move speed (or dash speed, if she increases the cost to 4m1wp). 
This charm attempts to activate one action before the attempt to notice; the Lunar who learns this charm instinctively knows if an attempted action she takes will permit someone to perceive her, and may either abort it or spend the cost to accomplish the action and return to cover. If a charm will contest this effect, the player is informed of this fact. The Lunar and her player are not explicitly informed of the source of the detection, only its' existence. 

=== Reaction Charms ===
Ear to the Wind 
Cost: 4m, Mins: Wits 4, Ess 3, Type: Simple [Spd 3, DV -0] 
Duration: One scene 
Keywords: Combo-OK 
Prerequisite Charms: Meerkat Alertness Practice 
Strategies and plans are childs' play before the quick minds of the Stewards. Upon activating this charm, the Lunar gains a preternatural insight into the behaviors of others. Whenever anyone she can observe undertakes an action with a hidden intention, the Lunar may reflexively roll Read Motivation or Strategy, as appropriate. If she is successful, she receives the normal information granted by that action. 
If other charms contest this charm, the Lunar receives +Essence successes to the rolloff. 

Wary Swallow Method 
Keywords: Merged [Dexterity] 
Prerequisite Charms: Meerkat Alertness Practice 

Herd-Scattering Reaction 
Cost: --; Mins: Wits 4, Ess 3; Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Prerequisite Charms: Meerkat Alertness Practice 
A Steward's alertness is as a clarion call to response; her allies come to recognize even the subtlest cues of her reaction. This is a permanent enhancement to Meerkat Alertness Practice; when that charm is invoked, allies within [Essence x10] yards receive +(Lunar's Wits) dice to Join Battle, Debate, or War rolls. This does count as a dice bonus from charms, limiting any charms of the allies themselves, and if multiple Lunars invoke this effect, only the highest Wits total is used. 

Rolling Pangolin's Evasion 
'''Cost''': 4m, '''Mins''': Wits 4, Ess 3; '''Type''': Reflexive (Step 2) 
'''Keywords''': Combo-OK, Obvious 
'''Duration''': Instant 
'''Prerequisite Charms''': Hungry Eagle Method 
The Lunar has achieved a synergy between her senses and her reflexes, allowing herself to swiftly create distance between herself and all but the most determined opponent. 
Roll (her Wits + Dodge) against a difficulty equal to the attacker's Essence. On a success, this Charm prevents all damage from the attack; each additional success carries the Lunar up to 1 yard away from her attacker. On a failure, this Charm still gives her +2 to her Dodge Defence Value. 
''All credit to Enchantress for this charm.'' 

Snake Bites Heel Certainty 
'''Cost''': -- (+2m), '''Mins''': Wits 5, Essence 3, '''Type''': Permanent 
'''Keywords''': None 
'''Duration''': Permanent 
'''Prerequisite Charms''': Hungry Eagle Method 
Those who strike at the Stewards may find retribution unavoidable without ending their assault prematurely. This charm enhances its' prerequisite. By spending a 2m surcharge when making a counterattack via Hungry Eagle Method, the Lunar creates an assurance of certainty in her attack. If her attack is defended against by a charm that perfectly defends against it or reduces its' damage to zero, then she perfectly defends against the triggering attack; the final damage is set to 0 and all 'rider' effects are negated as if she had dodged it, even if undodgable. Only by trusting in her unaugmented defenses may the opponent hope to harm the Steward. 
This charm may not be used if the Lunar used any defensive charm with a flaw of invulnerability against the triggering attack. The assurance of just retribution fails in the event of such certain defense. 

===== Warding Wolf Growl =====
Cost: -- (+1wp), Mins: Wits 5, Ess 4, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent (One scene) 
Prerequisite Charms: Hungry Eagle Method 
When a Steward goes on the defensive, few dare risk her wrath. This charm is a permanent enhancement to Hungry Eagle Method; for an additional 1wp cost, Hungry Eagle Method improves - invoking it again is a noncharm action so long as it was invoked in the previous action. This effect lapses should the Lunar cease using Hungry Eagle Method, forcing another 1wp expenditure to gain this effect. 
If the Lunar also knows Vigilant Mastiff Technique, this charm improves: So long as Vigilant Mastiff Technique is active, the cost of Hungry Eagle Method may be reduced to 2m, in exchange for a 1m surcharge on any counterattacks not provoked by attacks upon the defended target. 

=== Speed and Extra Action Charms ===
Striking Hornet Swiftness 
Cost: --, Mins: Wits 4, Essence 3 
Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Wasp Sting Blur 
This charm permanently enhances its' prerequisite. Wasp Sting Blur now costs 1m per point of Speed reduction, to a minimum of Speed 3.
At essence 4, this charm improves; Wasp Sting Blur becomes Reflexive with a duration of One Action, affecting all actions taken when it is activated. The Fury effect now additionally permits Wasp Sting Blur to be activated as a non charm action, allowing greater speed reduction without a combo, or simply accepting the -1 speed to all actions. 

Thousand Stings Volley 
Cost: 4+m, 1wp, Mins: Wits 5, Essence 3 
Type: Supplemental 
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious 
Duration: Instant 
Prerequisite Charms: Wasp Sting Blur 
An attack being made follows a single trajectory to a single destination; like her patron, however, a Lunar is not so bound by the petty rules of causality. This charm supplements an attack action; silvery light envelops the attacking weapon or limb before separating to follow a separate course as one or more ghostly images of the original attack. The attack is rolled normally, with successes on attacks and all other charms applied kept track of, then repeated once for every 4 motes spent on this charm, up to a maximum of [Essence-1] additional attacks. All effects of the original attack, including other charms supplementing or reflexively enhancing it, are repeated as well for no cost. 
The use of this charm is incompatible with Extra Action charms. The repeated attacks inflict Onslaught as normal. 
A repurchase at Essence 4+ gives two options, chosen whenever making the attack; either all attacks are considered to be part of a coordinated attack, imposing a DV penalty equal to the number of attacks made, or onslaught is doubled. 
=== Comments ===
Removed Flickering Moonsilver Shadow since it just shunted the onus of defense supremacy from Unexpected-negation to Penalty-negation.
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Nekomimi-Maiden/Malfeas

2011-12-09T18:08:51Z

Nekomimi-Maiden:

Nekomimi-Maiden/LunarPerception

2011-12-04T09:48:52Z

Nekomimi-Maiden: /* Rewritten Charms */

=== Perception Advantage Charms ===
Unbroken Eagle's Gaze 
Cost: -- (+1wp); Mins: Perception 4, Essence 2; Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None (Fury-OK) 
Prerequisite Charms: Eagle Eye Advantage or Wolf's Ear Advantage 
Matching the unblinking gaze of the eagle, the Lunar takes no effort to find her enemy's weakness. This charm has two effects; by spending 1wp when activating Eagle Eye Advantage or Wolf's Ear Advantage, the duration of the charm becomes scene-long, permitting her to aim for up to 6 ticks at any time during the scene. In addition, Eagle Eye Advantage gains the Fury-OK tag, and allows the benefits to be gained on any aim action while in a Fury. Aim actions do not count as actions for the purpose of the Fury's duration. This charm benefits both of its' optional prerequisites with one purchase. 

Peerless Ecstatic Precision 
Cost: --, Mins: Per 4, Ess 3, Type: Permanent 
Duration: Permanent 
Keywords: Native, Reactor 
Prerequisite Charms: Eagle Eye Advantage or Wolf Ear Technique 
The Stewards reailze, the greatest joy is in having one's carefully laid plans come to fruition, whether by seeing their attack hit its' mark or their foe scramble to avoid it. This enhances any attack benefiting from the aim or monologue action granted by its' prerequisite charms; if the attack hits, then for every success by which the target's DV is beaten, the Lunar regains 1 mote. 
If her attack is negated by any charm bearing a flaw of invulnerability [for physical attacks], or by any perfect social dodge or parry [for social attacks], the Lunar regains [aim bonus dice x2] motes. 
In the event of late-step defenses wherein the attack roll proceeds before the perfect defense is used, both benefits are granted, to a maximum of 20m regained per action. 

Diving Eagle Precision 
Cost: -- (+2m); Mins: Perception 5, Essence 3; Type: Permanent 
Keywords: Native, None 
Prerequisite Charms: Eagle Eye Advantage or Wolf's Ear Advantage 
Like a bird of prey snatching its' next meal from the water, the Lunar who readies herself to attack cannot miss. By spending 2m as a reflexive noncharm action when taking an action benefiting from aiming or monologuing with one of the prerequisite charms, the dice gained are converted directly into successes. This charm benefits both of its' optional prerequisites with one purchase. 

Far-Reaching Sentinel's Senses 
Cost: --, Mins: Perception 5, Essence 4, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: Native (Gift, Fury-OK) 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Any Keen (Sense) Technique 
The Stewards' senses are alert beyond compare; this charm adds the Gift and Fury-OK tags, collectively, to Keen (Sense) Technique and Heightened (Sense) Method. With the Gift keyword, for +1m to the cost of Deadly Beastman Transformation, the Lunar may activate all Keen [Sense] Technique charms that she knows; for a separate cost of +2m, she may activate all Heightened (Sense) Methods. In Fury, she may spend 2m for each such charm cluster; however, Keen and Heightened Senses count as a single charm for the limits on how many charms the Lunar may activate. 
Lilia Lan, an Essence 4 Lunar with Keen Sight and Hearing/Touch Techniques, and Heightened Hearing/Touch enters a Fury. She commits 4m to activate both her Keen Sight and Hearing/Touch Technique clusters, as well as Heightened Hearing/Touch Method. Despite this being three charms, they are considered a single charm, allowing another three Fury-OK charms to be active. 
Her Fury ends, and she shifts into her War Form, committing 3m to gain the benefits of all three charms; 1m for both Keen Senses, and 2m for Heightened Hearing/Touch Method. 

Moment-as-Month Glance 
Cost: --, Mins: Perception 5, Essence 4, Type: Permanent 
Duration: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Prerequisite Charms: Eagle Eye Advantage 
With but a momentary glance, the Steward's perception of time slows to a crawl, allowing her to take in every detail of a scene. When taking an Aim action, each tick adds the number of ticks spent aiming in bonus dice; thus aiming for one tick adds one die, two ticks adds three dice, and three ticks (with the aid of Eagle Eye Advantage) adds six dice. Obviously, the character must be using Eagle Eye Advantage to benefit from the third tick. 

=== Rewritten Charms ===
'''Patient Predator Trick''' 
'''Cost''': 3m; '''Mins''': Perception 3, Essence 2; '''Type''': Reflexive 
'''Keywords''': Combo-OK, Social 
'''Duration''': One Scene 
'''Prerequisite Charms''': Any Perception Excellency 
A Lunar observing her prey is inescapable once her course is laid. When activated, this charm enhances the Lunar's Aim, Monologue, and Study actions; they may last up to six ticks rather than three, adding one die per tick as normal to a maximum of +6 dice. 
At Essence 3+, this charm improves; by spending 3m as a noncharm action, she may convert the aim dice into successes. 
''This charm, if permitted, replaces Eagle Eye Advantage, Wolf's Ear Advantage, Unbroken Eagle's Gaze, and Diving Eagle Precision. This has been balanced against Panoptic Fusion Discipline, which grants a scene-long continual +3 aim bonus dice, and at E3+, permits aiming to convert dice to successes on a 1/tick basis; a Lunar can get a higher bonus with this charm, but the Solar will be acting far more often and spending no motes to gain these benefits.'' 

== Comments ==

Welcome 

Diving Eagle Precision seems like a good charm, though part of the text is not needed. No success adder counts against any dicecap, Except Second excelency, though DV has an absolut cap at Doubeling.

-[[Azurelight]]

:I might instead recommend altering what must've been the old text to say something more along the lines of "As will all success adders (save the 2nd Excellency), these successes do not count against the die cap." It's one of those things that isn't immediately obvious, and as our electronic 1's and 0's don't have particular page counts, it's always good to reinforce things that need to be reinforced. -- [[GreenLantern]]

Fixed. Thanks!
-[[Nekomimi-Maiden]]

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Nekomimi-Maiden/LunarPerception

2011-12-04T09:48:29Z

Nekomimi-Maiden:

=== Perception Advantage Charms ===
Unbroken Eagle's Gaze 
Cost: -- (+1wp); Mins: Perception 4, Essence 2; Type: Permanent 
Keywords: None (Fury-OK) 
Prerequisite Charms: Eagle Eye Advantage or Wolf's Ear Advantage 
Matching the unblinking gaze of the eagle, the Lunar takes no effort to find her enemy's weakness. This charm has two effects; by spending 1wp when activating Eagle Eye Advantage or Wolf's Ear Advantage, the duration of the charm becomes scene-long, permitting her to aim for up to 6 ticks at any time during the scene. In addition, Eagle Eye Advantage gains the Fury-OK tag, and allows the benefits to be gained on any aim action while in a Fury. Aim actions do not count as actions for the purpose of the Fury's duration. This charm benefits both of its' optional prerequisites with one purchase. 

Peerless Ecstatic Precision 
Cost: --, Mins: Per 4, Ess 3, Type: Permanent 
Duration: Permanent 
Keywords: Native, Reactor 
Prerequisite Charms: Eagle Eye Advantage or Wolf Ear Technique 
The Stewards reailze, the greatest joy is in having one's carefully laid plans come to fruition, whether by seeing their attack hit its' mark or their foe scramble to avoid it. This enhances any attack benefiting from the aim or monologue action granted by its' prerequisite charms; if the attack hits, then for every success by which the target's DV is beaten, the Lunar regains 1 mote. 
If her attack is negated by any charm bearing a flaw of invulnerability [for physical attacks], or by any perfect social dodge or parry [for social attacks], the Lunar regains [aim bonus dice x2] motes. 
In the event of late-step defenses wherein the attack roll proceeds before the perfect defense is used, both benefits are granted, to a maximum of 20m regained per action. 

Diving Eagle Precision 
Cost: -- (+2m); Mins: Perception 5, Essence 3; Type: Permanent 
Keywords: Native, None 
Prerequisite Charms: Eagle Eye Advantage or Wolf's Ear Advantage 
Like a bird of prey snatching its' next meal from the water, the Lunar who readies herself to attack cannot miss. By spending 2m as a reflexive noncharm action when taking an action benefiting from aiming or monologuing with one of the prerequisite charms, the dice gained are converted directly into successes. This charm benefits both of its' optional prerequisites with one purchase. 

Far-Reaching Sentinel's Senses 
Cost: --, Mins: Perception 5, Essence 4, Type: Permanent 
Keywords: Native (Gift, Fury-OK) 
Duration: Permanent 
Prerequisite Charms: Any Keen (Sense) Technique 
The Stewards' senses are alert beyond compare; this charm adds the Gift and Fury-OK tags, collectively, to Keen (Sense) Technique and Heightened (Sense) Method. With the Gift keyword, for +1m to the cost of Deadly Beastman Transformation, the Lunar may activate all Keen [Sense] Technique charms that she knows; for a separate cost of +2m, she may activate all Heightened (Sense) Methods. In Fury, she may spend 2m for each such charm cluster; however, Keen and Heightened Senses count as a single charm for the limits on how many charms the Lunar may activate. 
Lilia Lan, an Essence 4 Lunar with Keen Sight and Hearing/Touch Techniques, and Heightened Hearing/Touch enters a Fury. She commits 4m to activate both her Keen Sight and Hearing/Touch Technique clusters, as well as Heightened Hearing/Touch Method. Despite this being three charms, they are considered a single charm, allowing another three Fury-OK charms to be active. 
Her Fury ends, and she shifts into her War Form, committing 3m to gain the benefits of all three charms; 1m for both Keen Senses, and 2m for Heightened Hearing/Touch Method. 

Moment-as-Month Glance 
Cost: --, Mins: Perception 5, Essence 4, Type: Permanent 
Duration: Permanent 
Keywords: None 
Prerequisite Charms: Eagle Eye Advantage 
With but a momentary glance, the Steward's perception of time slows to a crawl, allowing her to take in every detail of a scene. When taking an Aim action, each tick adds the number of ticks spent aiming in bonus dice; thus aiming for one tick adds one die, two ticks adds three dice, and three ticks (with the aid of Eagle Eye Advantage) adds six dice. Obviously, the character must be using Eagle Eye Advantage to benefit from the third tick. 

=== Rewritten Charms ===
'''Patient Predator Trick''' 
'''Cost''': 3m; '''Mins''': Perception 3, Essence 2; '''Type''': Reflexive 
'''Keywords''': Combo-OK, Social 
'''Duration''': One Scene 
'''Prerequisite Charms''': Any Perception Excellency 
A Lunar observing her prey is inescapable once her course is laid. When activated, this charm enhances the Lunar's Aim, Monologue, and Study actions; they may last up to six ticks rather than three, adding one die per tick as normal to a maximum of +6 dice. 
At Essence 3+, this charm improves; by spending 3m as a noncharm action, she may convert the aim dice into successes. 
This charm, if permitted, replaces Eagle Eye Advantage, Wolf's Ear Advantage, Unbroken Eagle's Gaze, and Diving Eagle Precision. ''This has been balanced against Panoptic Fusion Discipline, which grants a scene-long continual +3 aim bonus dice, and at E3+, permits aiming to convert dice to successes on a 1/tick basis; a Lunar can get a higher bonus with this charm, but the Solar will be acting far more often and spending no motes to gain these benefits.'' 
== Comments ==

Welcome 

Diving Eagle Precision seems like a good charm, though part of the text is not needed. No success adder counts against any dicecap, Except Second excelency, though DV has an absolut cap at Doubeling.

-[[Azurelight]]

:I might instead recommend altering what must've been the old text to say something more along the lines of "As will all success adders (save the 2nd Excellency), these successes do not count against the die cap." It's one of those things that isn't immediately obvious, and as our electronic 1's and 0's don't have particular page counts, it's always good to reinforce things that need to be reinforced. -- [[GreenLantern]]

Fixed. Thanks!
-[[Nekomimi-Maiden]]

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