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 *... deals lethal damage with his unarmed attacks and increases his natural Soak and Hardness by his Stealth + Essence. His resilience is proportional to his ability to hide secrets - as he is now one.
 *... increases his base damage by his Larceny score and draws a single ''secret'' from all enemies struck by the Sorcerer even if the attack deals no damage. His prowess is proportional to his ability to steal secrets.
-*... adds his Essence in dice to all Stealth and Larceny and Occult and Lore rolls.
+*... adds his Essence in dice to all Stealth, Larceny, Occult and Lore rolls made by the character.
-If this Spell is ended due to Countermagic the adept's own soul shatters like an open book - those catching the falling shattered pieces of malachite that are strewn about the ground around the Sorcerer like fallen leaves of autumn can use them to learn a single Secret of the Sorcerer per shard with a Perception+Lore roll at a Difficulty equal to the Sorcerer's Permanent Essence+2 - or using a simple Thaumaturgical ritual that obliviates the need for a roll. For the purposes of this Spell ''Secrets'' are defined as things that the character does not wish anyone else to know.
+If this Spell is ended due to Countermagic the adept's own soul shatters like an open book - those catching the falling shattered pieces of malachite that are strewn about the ground around the Sorcerer like fallen leaves of autumn can use them to learn a single Secret of the Sorcerer per shard with a Perception+Lore roll at a Difficulty equal to the Sorcerer's Permanent Essence+2 - or using a simple Thaumaturgical ritual that obliviates the need for a roll. For the purposes of this Spell ''Secrets'' are defined as things that the character does not wish anyone else to know. This Spell is a favorite of Chosen of Secrets - to be in the shape of malachite is to them almost like being in their natural state above and beyond the human form.
 == Alchemical Panoply ==
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 In regards to Harmonious Amethyst, I think it's a neat spell, but I do have a question: Why is it that when you pass the spell along to a being with awakened essence the spell expires naturally at the end of its duration, but when you pass it along to a mortal the effects are permenant?-[[Ambisinister]]
-:The real reason is because I like the sad idea of a person turned into a beautiful crystalized statue exuding inner peace, and it has the greek myth thing about Amethyst! And the actual game reason, it is probably due to the spell taking over the body and making it fully into amethyst, and using its proccesses and everyone's natural essence respiration to become self-sutaining. Instead of using it as a weapon they let it take them over, which makes it live with them instead of simply fading away. ~GoldenCat
+:The real reason is because I like the sad idea of a person turned into a beautiful crystalized statue exuding inner peace, and it has the greek myth thing about Amethyst! And the actual game reason, it is probably due to the spell taking over the body and making it fully into amethyst, and using its proccesses and everyone's natural essence respiration to become self-sutaining. Instead of using it as a weapon they let it take them over, which makes it live with them instead of simply fading away. ~[[GoldenCat]]

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	In regards to Harmonious Amethyst, I think it's a neat spell, but I do have a question: Why is it that when you pass the spell along to a being with awakened essence the spell expires naturally at the end of its duration, but when you pass it along to a mortal the effects are permenant?-[[Ambisinister]]		In regards to Harmonious Amethyst, I think it's a neat spell, but I do have a question: Why is it that when you pass the spell along to a being with awakened essence the spell expires naturally at the end of its duration, but when you pass it along to a mortal the effects are permenant?-[[Ambisinister]]
−	:The real reason is because I like the sad idea of a person turned into a beautiful crystalized statue exuding inner peace, and it has the greek myth thing about Amethyst! And the actual game reason, it is probably due to the spell taking over the body and making it fully into amethyst, and using its proccesses and everyone's natural essence respiration to become self-sutaining. Instead of using it as a weapon they let it take them over, which makes it live with them instead of simply fading away. ~GoldenCat	+	:The real reason is because I like the sad idea of a person turned into a beautiful crystalized statue exuding inner peace, and it has the greek myth thing about Amethyst! And the actual game reason, it is probably due to the spell taking over the body and making it fully into amethyst, and using its proccesses and everyone's natural essence respiration to become self-sutaining. Instead of using it as a weapon they let it take them over, which makes it live with them instead of simply fading away. ~[[GoldenCat]]

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	As long as the contract is mantained - even when this Spell is not in effect - the character is considered possessed, and cannot benefit from being ridden from Spirits or to be possessed by any other sort. Abilities that break possession will end this Spell, as will Sapphire Countermagic. The Player chooses the Spirit he attempts to call upon; the character does not, as it is the Spirit who feels the blind call of the Exalted, and sensing a kinship with its soul, allows it to become one with the wellspring of its power. This choice is purely personal and not based on either of their agendas, and the Solar is protected by ancient treaties from this power being simply taken away from them on a Spirit's whims, but if the Exalted commits acts that go against the Spirit's own agendas, it is likely to hunt down the Sorcerer with all its might.		As long as the contract is mantained - even when this Spell is not in effect - the character is considered possessed, and cannot benefit from being ridden from Spirits or to be possessed by any other sort. Abilities that break possession will end this Spell, as will Sapphire Countermagic. The Player chooses the Spirit he attempts to call upon; the character does not, as it is the Spirit who feels the blind call of the Exalted, and sensing a kinship with its soul, allows it to become one with the wellspring of its power. This choice is purely personal and not based on either of their agendas, and the Solar is protected by ancient treaties from this power being simply taken away from them on a Spirit's whims, but if the Exalted commits acts that go against the Spirit's own agendas, it is likely to hunt down the Sorcerer with all its might.

		+	The contract remains in existence for a year and a day from the moment the ritual is first performed.

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 '''Graceful Divine Mask'''<br>
 '''Cost:''' 40 motes<br>
-''Thou Art I. And I am Thou.''
+''Thou Art I. And I am Thou.''<br>
-''I am Wayang, Lord of Silence, and I shall be thy noble chariot!''
+''I am Wayang, Lord of Silence, and I shall be thy noble chariot!''<br>
 Since before there was humanity, beings of Creation have interacted with their deities in a very personal manner. The ochiliké of the Dragon Kings became one with their Gods, receiving their mind and power. Even today, many Mortal and Exalted still allow Spirits to Ride their souls, receiving with it the power of a deitiy! However, to be ridden is not the only way to hold divine power on your own hands. A different method known to the Celestial Sorcerers is named ''Persona'', the ability to channel, through their own personality, the power of a Spirit that matches their own soul. A Persona is not the Spirit in and of itself, but rather his imprint upon the world, a link to the very wellspring of its power formed by a kinship and a contract made between its soul and the Exalt's. To enact this contract the Sorcerer must commune with the principles behind his own soul at Calibration - rolling Occult+the Spirit's Defining Virtue at a difficulty equal to the Spirit's Essence(which cannot be higher than the Exalt's Permanent Essence+2). If successful the Spirit's image will appear juxtaposed with the Sorcerer, lending him its power! Defining Virtues works as follows:

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 This Spell is even more potent when different sources of information are whirled together: if such is done the information is shared between them all. Countermagic can then only be used if all objects are gathered together in one place to be targeted, and those attempting to gleam information through the code are limited to an ammount of information that is divided by the number of different objects whirled when the Spell is cast: if 20 Diaries are mixed together only one-twentieth of the information - or the fraction correspondet to the number of volumes in the investigator's possession - can be gleamed from it. This severely limits the ammount of information that can be gleamed even if the investigators ''do'' manage to suceed on their rolls.
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-Those are balanced on the idea that Incomparable Body Arsenal gives 25 points to distribute between its weapon statistics every turn in the same way as ''Wood Dragon's Claw'' atop of all its other capabilities. Which is only fair considering it had similar - even better - weapon statistics than Wood Dragon's Claw when both were printed in the Corebook.
+Those are balanced on the idea that Incomparable Body Arsenal gives 25 points to distribute between its weapon statistics every turn in the same way as ''Wood Dragon's Claw'' atop of all its other capabilities.
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 *... increases his Valor and Compassion by 1, even raising them past their maximums. He cannot suceed on Temperance rolls for the duration.
 *... deals lethal damage with his unarmed attacks and increases his natural Soak and Hardness by 10L and 10B.
-*... strikes like white-hot embers. The Sorcerer moves wreathed in heathaze, Essence heated almost to ignition dispensed with each of his blows. This causes the Sorcerer to receive benefits equivalent to the Fire Aspect Anima Power but with an increased damage on successful strikes - not the damage of those striking him or those held by him, but merely those struck by him - by his Valor. This happens in a discharge of heat and light from the Sorcerer wreathed in the Carnelian Aegis. Those damaged by the character's attacks burst into flames - receiving the damage of this Anima for the next 4 turns unless they spend an entire turn attempting to put out the flames.
+*... strikes like white-hot embers. The Sorcerer moves wreathed in heathaze, Essence heated almost to ignition dispensed with each of his blows. This causes the Sorcerer to receive benefits equivalent to the Fire Aspect Anima Power. Those damaged by the character's attacks burst into flames - receiving the damage of this Anima for the next 4 turns unless they spend an entire turn attempting to put out the flames. He increases the damage of his strikes by his Valor atop of the bonus from the Fire Aspect Anima Power - this happens in an explosion of heat that sends waves of heathaze flowing from his opponent together with wisps of coruscating Essence. This is not always a good thing, however: the Sorcerer will leave scorched marks on the ground if he spends more than five turns standing still as well as burn any flammable object that remains in his contact for a like ammount of time. The effects of this power come from heat, rather than flame, for all effects that make a distinction between both.
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 *... halves the visibility of his anima. He never becomes iconic unless he wishes to.
 *... sets all Virtues to 3, regardless of their normal rating.
-The Sorcerer becomes perfectly harmonious while his body is amethyst. Together with setting his Virtues at 3, his emotions become ''Balanced''.
+The Sorcerer becomes perfectly harmonious while his body is amethyst. Together with setting his Virtues at 3, his emotions become ''Balanced'' - ''Balanced'' characters become immune to all compulsions - including Virtue compulsions(but not to garnering Limit), being impervious to any effect that would unbalance, change or dull his moods and thoughts, be it with Charms, hallucinogens, alcohol, or the influence of Derangements. Balanced characters will not become morose, euphoric or needful and always think with perfect clarity, ignoring any penalties based on unnatural focus, emotions or other wordly distractions. With Balance comes the ability to share - even such gifts as Balance itself. By touching a target and spending 1 mote the Sorcerer can make them receive the effects of ''Balance''. This can be used whenever the Exalt strikes another or just touches them. This breaks any and all mood-altering effects (a broken Virtue Compulsion may not set again for the remainder of the scene) and ends all external influences on one's mind.
 '''Mask of Malachite Whispers'''<br>
 '''Cost:''' 40 motes<br>
-Through viridian hues malachite describes the arcs as it grows, rings that represent the layers of secrets within all those who behold it, whispers and secrets unveiled in the salons of one who keep the enigmatic works of such a gemstone. Becoming one with the essence of the Malachite the sorcerer feels his secrets slipping away into the rings within his soul as  those who behold his form of eternal growing layers see their secrets disappearing into its nothingness! For a number of hours equal to the Sorcerer's Permanent Essence his flesh hardens into Malachite, his face disappearing into a mask of the viridian gemstone! In this form, the Sorcerer...
+Through viridian hues malachite describes the arcs as it grows, rings that represent the layers of secrets within all those who behold it, whispers and secrets unveiled in the salons of one who keep the enigmatic works of such a gemstone. Becoming one with the essence of the Malachite the sorcerer feels his secrets slipping away into the rings within his soul as  those who behold his form of eternal growing layers see their secrets disappearing into its nothingness! For a number of hours equal to the Sorcerer's Permanent Essence his flesh hardens into Malachite, his face disappearing into a mask of the viridian gemstone! In this form, the faceless Sorcerer...
 *... becomes immune to suffocation, poison, heat and pressure.
-*... increases his Strength and Stamina by 1.
+*... cannot have his intentions, desires, feelings, mind or soul unveiled by another, be it with Charms, Sorcery or other abilities. He can only give away secrets of his own free will -  magical coercions will be met with nothing but silence.
-*... deals lethal damage with his unarmed attacks and increases his natural Soak and Hardness by 8L and 8B.
+*... deals lethal damage with his unarmed attacks and increases his natural Soak and Hardness by his Stealth + Essence. His resilience is proportional to his ability to hide secrets - as he is now one.
-*... increases his Stealth, Lore, Larceny and Occult scores by his Permanent Essence.
+*... increases his base damage by his Larceny score and draws a single ''secret'' from all enemies struck by the Sorcerer even if the attack deals no damage. His prowess is proportional to his ability to steal secrets.
-*... cannot have his intentions, desires, feelings, mind or soul unveiled by another, be it with Charms, Sorcery or other abilities. He can only give away secrets of his own free will -  magical coercions will be met with nothing but silence.  He also draws a single ''Secret'' from a single character who beholds him each turn. This character sees this secret reflected on the Malachite surface and disappearing as the Sorcerer becomes aware of it. Secrets are defined as things that the character does not wish anyone else to know.
+*... adds his Essence in dice to all Stealth and Larceny and Occult and Lore rolls.
-If this Spell is ended due to Countermagic the adept's own soul shatters like an open book - those catching the falling shattered pieces of malachite can learn a few secrets of the Sorcerer with a Perception+Lore roll at a Difficulty equal to the Sorcerer's Essence or using a Thaumaturgical ritual that obliviates the need for a roll.
 == Alchemical Panoply ==

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 '''Fivefold Binding of Secrets'''<br>
 '''Cost:''' 30 motes<br>
-Knowledge is power. And power should be kept hidden. Those are the tenets of the Forbidding Manse of Ivy that guide the use of this spell.
+Secrets should be respected. Oaths should be enforced. With this Spell the Sorcerer sanctifies an oath of secrecy by calling Heaven's Silencers: five emerald maidens, each without a mouth appear around the oath-making character to bind his words, each holding a single emerald sash. Each sash covers his words and then his lips, wrapping about the character in a sense of claustrophobic bondage for a second before vanishing. Thereafter the character cannot speak of it or communicate it in any way - not with writing nor painting nor words. He will even flat-out deny it if it is asked to him - this Spell compels that the secret be hidden, although the character never needs to pull any more effort into hiding it than stating a negative when asked - he can make it easier for the secret to be uncovered in more indirect ways. The only way to get this information out of the character is to look within his mind or to shatter this spell with Sapphire Countermagic.
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 *... increases his Valor and Compassion by 1, even raising them past their maximums. He cannot suceed on Temperance rolls for the duration.
 *... deals lethal damage with his unarmed attacks and increases his natural Soak and Hardness by 10L and 10B.
 *... strikes like white-hot embers. The Sorcerer moves wreathed in heathaze, Essence heated almost to ignition dispensed with each of his blows. This causes the Sorcerer to receive benefits equivalent to the Fire Aspect Anima Power but with an increased damage on successful strikes - not the damage of those striking him or those held by him, but merely those struck by him - by his Valor. This happens in a discharge of heat and light from the Sorcerer wreathed in the Carnelian Aegis. Those damaged by the character's attacks burst into flames - receiving the damage of this Anima for the next 4 turns unless they spend an entire turn attempting to put out the flames.
 The Sorcerer will leave scorched marks on the ground if he spends more than 5 turns standing still, and his path on such flammable things such as snow and dry leaves will be easier to follow - adding the Sorcerer's Essence in automatic successes to his tracker's rolls. Flammable objects will catch fire if held by the Sorcerer for more than 5 turns. This is the effect of heat rather than flame for all effects that make a separation between both.

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 '''Fivefold Binding of Secrets'''<br>
 '''Cost:''' 30 motes<br>
-Knowledge is power. And power be kept hidden.
+Knowledge is power. And power should be kept hidden. Those are the tenets of the Forbidding Manse of Ivy that guide the use of this spell.
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 '''Gathering of Crystal Midnight'''<br>
 '''Cost:''' 50 motes<br>
-To enact this powerful spell, the Sorcerer must write the True Names of a number of entities(no greater than his Essence+Compassion) capable of dreaming on leaves, and burning those leaves and whispering each of the names as she begins the incantation. The leaves flower together in the fire, becoming gossamer  and forming a disturbingly detailed miniature crystal palace little larger than a man's head. When the entities whose names were written on leaves sleep, they see themselves  standing in front of a great pearlescent gate. Behind them lay their dreams, and through the gate is the road to the palace, the same as the sorcerer had conjured. If they wish, they may walk to the palace, and there meet any of the other dreamers named by the spell who chose to come. There, they may socialize for eight hours before waking up, with perfect recollection of the night afterwards. Any of the assembled may leave any time they wish.
+To enact this powerful spell the Sorcerer must write the True Names of a number of entities(no greater than his Essence+Compassion) capable of dreaming on leaves before burning them in a fire. Stoked by the leaves the leaves blossoms into multihued gossamer before freezing into a detailed miniature of a crystal palace of frozen flame. This miniature, no larger than a man's head, lasts for six days. When the entities whose names were in the burnt leaves next sleep they find themselves standing before a great pearlescent gate. Behind them lay their dreams, and before them the road past the gate and into the palace conjured by the sorcerer. Should the dreamers decide to walk into the palace they will find themselves meeting all others named into the leaves who have also chosen to walk into the spell - and in that ambient they can socialize for as long as they remain sleeping. Their recollection of the events in the palace will be perfect upon waking up. Any of the assembled may leave any time they wish, and others may wish to follow them into their dreams.
-Only their minds and souls are within the dreamscape, but they appear with the sort of gear they usually possess in Creation. Artifacts and Hearthstones harmonized with the user's essence will appear in his dream form, however. Any creature able to change their dreams, such as Fair Folk, can change their appearance and the world around them in the Dream. Social actions may be freely attempted within the Dreamscape. Physical ones as well, but damage taken in the Dreamscape does not carry to the body - those knocked unconscious in the dreamscape simply oversleep, and do not roll to recover willpower for the night. Those killed in the Dreamscape lose 4 temporary willpower, do not recover willpower for the night and wake up covered with sweat, disorientation giving them a penalty of -2 for all actions for a number of hours equal to the Essence of their assailant.
+While it is only their minds and souls that exist within the dreamscape they appear with all clothing and gear they would imagine themselves wearing. Artifacts and Hearthstones harmonized with the user's essence will appear in his dream form with their full capabilities. Fair Folk are able to change their shape and use Shaping Actions within the dream. All others can take Physical and Social actions as well, but damage taken in the dreamscape does not carry to the body - those knocked unconscious merely oversleep, whereas those killed in the dreamscape lose 4 temporary Willpower and do not get to roll to recover Willpower from their night's rest. Dream-death is also disorienting to those waking up.
-The palace and the shared dreamscape remains for Six Days, one for each of the Maidens, plus Luna, lady of Dreams, shining from within with a different maiden's color on each day, decorations shifting slightly for each color, both in the real and the dream-palace, turning chaotic silver on the sixth, with the blessing of Luna, eroding to dust at dawn. The  miniature remains until then, and breaking it ends the spell, as does casting Sapphire Countermagic in the dreamscape. Breaking the spell affects all those within the palace the same as if they had been killed in the dreamscape.
+The palace and the shared dreamscape remains for six days, one for each of the Maidens, plus Luna, lady of Dreams. Each passing day the palace is blessed by a different Maiden - from Mercury to Luna - emiting a constant glow the color of its blessing Maiden, with decorations and architecture changed ever-so-slightly each day to fit the nature and characterstics of its blessing Maiden. The palace turns into a chaotic silver on the sixth day before eroding into a small Wyld-vortex at daybreak. Those looking at the castle can see miniatures of those currently inside, although they cannot hear their voices. This spell is broken if the miniature breaks (it is as resilient as a normal crystal sculpture) or if Sapphire Countermagic is cast upon it or the dreamscape. Breaking the spell affects all those currently inside as if they were killed within the dreamscape.
 Each Maiden blesses the palace differently on every day, adding a one-die enviromental bonus to certain actions within the castle...

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 '''Jewel-Heart Ignition'''<br>
 '''Cost:''' 40 motes<br>
-In a surge of power that warps all essence around him, the sorceror turns the path of his virtue into a Dragon Line, drawing power from Creation to ignite his nobility and flaws as pyres of great power that burn with the power and the heat of Demesnes. His body brings that light and power forth drawing forth a Hearthstone composed of Virtue from his body, in a different location for each Virtue. Temperance appears on his forehead. Compassion over his heart. Conviction over his stomach. Valor as twin gemstones on the back of both his hands.
+The Essence of a Celestial Sorcerer is a wellspring of power - a castle of light able to craft Essence-constructs that can level cities and break armies. This Spell teaches the Sorcerer to harness the wellspring of his Essence and shape it into a Dragon Line, capping it with a Manse made of their very being! When this Spell is learned the Sorcerer maps his own Essence over the course of a few weeks studying the intricacies of his own internal Essence flows and understanding how to shape one of his four thrones of Virtue into a chamber for a Hearth for Creation's bounty. When this Spell is purchased the player must work with the Storyteller to come up with four possible Hearthstones that his character can shape into being - each one having a rating equal to one of his Virtues and being appropriate to the character's nature and the manner in which he expresses his Virtues. Treat major changes to the character's nature and permanent changes to his Virtue ratings as architectural alterations to the Manse, adjusting the Hearthstone's abilities properly. When casting the Spell the Sorcerer can choose to ignite one of his Virtues as a Hearth for a number of hours equal to the rating of the ignited Virtue. Doing so burn a temporary Virtue dot, much like channeling the Virtue would. After the spell is cast the character becomes a vortex of power, Essence flaring about himself in a fashion not unlike heathaze as the stones appear: ignited Temperance makes a stone appear on the Sorcerer's forehead, ignited Compassion makes a stone appear over his Heart, ignited Conviction makes a stone appear at the base of his throat and ignited Valor makes a stone appear centered in the chest just above the stomach.
-Those work like normal hearthstones for all purposes, including essence regeneration, as if they were properly socketed in a Hearthstone Amulet in the sorceror's body. The Sorceror must choose four hearthstones that fit patterns of his Virtues, at the given Virtue's level or less(thus a Compassion of 3 would give a Hearthstone with a maximum level of 3). Those are Chosen when the spell is learned, and may not be changed short of a change in the character's direction, outlook in life, Nature of Virtues.
+These Hearthstones work as normal ones for all purposes - including Essence regeneration - as if socketed in a Hearthstone Amulet in the sorceror's body. If the Sorcerer channels an ignited Virtue it gives its bonus as automatic successes instead of dice. The Sorcerer can cast this Spell successively to ignite more than one Virtue-path at a time, but that is not an adivsable course of action: each Virtue-path ignited after the first deals its rating in unsoakable, automatic levels of Aggravated Damage to the character when their effect dies down. The Virtue, while ignited, burns brighter than ever before - the character must spend 2 willpower to fight off their virtue compulsions instead of 1.
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