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Linguistics and the Pillar.

In Joke Understanding
Cost: 4m; Mins: Linguistics 2, Essence 2, House of Serenity 1; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: College, Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Any Linguistics Excellency

The difference between two people saying the exact same thing is in how they are connected to the one listening. A close friend saying it means one thing while a complete stranger saying it means something completely else. The Joybringers luckily are friends to all. This charm enhances a written social attack and increases the amount her Linguistics rating will reduce another's MDV by. The increase is equal to her House of Serenity rating.

Cunning Editor Reading
Cost: 4m; Mins: Linguistics 3, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Any Linguistics Excellency

Viziers are masters of seeing the hidden purposes in letters and find themselves unswayed by tricks of prose. While this charm is active the Sidereal treats all unexpected social attacks as if they were not unexpected.

Disarming Laugh Method
Cost: 4m; Mins: Linguistics 4, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Cunning Editor Reading

Venus is known as the most beautiful of the Gods. What is less commonly known about her is how engaging a speaker she is and how impossible to upset she is. Things that would incite anyone else to a rage she laughs off and so it is that the Joybringers laugh off the quips and words of others. This charm functions lets the Sidereal parry any natural social attack completely and has one of the Four Flaws of Invulnerability. While the charm itself is named for a laugh any form of verbal response to the attack is an acceptable form of defense.

Cunning Rejoinder Technique
Cost: 4m; Mins: Linguistics 5, Essence 3; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Disarming Laugh Method

What a Joybringer can not laugh off she always has the perfect comeback for. Against an unnatural mental influence she perfectly parries the attack assuming that it is not an unblockable social attack. This charm has one of the Four Flaws of Invulnerability.

Descending Pillar Understanding
Cost: -(1wp); Mins: Linguistics 5, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Obvious
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Disarming Laugh Method or Cunning Rejoinder Technique

Communication is an integral part of the works of the Department of Serenity within the Bureau of Destiny. Promoting it in places and preventing it in others. Sometimes the Sidereal herself must be willing to ensure talks with her go nowhere. This charm enhances both its prerequisite charms letting the Sidereal use each of them against attacks that would normally be unblockable. Doing so makes the charm use Obvious though at the cost of an additional willpower they can also make the attackers charm use Obvious.

Four Corners Communication Technique
Cost: 7m; Mins: Linguistics 3, Essence 2; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious, Social
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Any Linguistics Excellency

The greatest barrier between people is different languages. Yet where the Joybringers desire harmonious fates such things fall by the wayside. So long as the Sidereal acts as a translator communication between groups is flawless and perfect. Any penalties that would normally be applied to social attacks or problems in communicating ideas is cancelled out. This doesn't ensure understanding for while she could arrange communication between a human and a snake the snake can only understand so much.

Scriptures of Fertility Writing
Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Linguistics 4, Essence 3, House of Serenity 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: College, Combo-OK, Compulsion, Social
Duration: Until released
Prerequisite Charms: Fateful Linguistics Excellency

Venus is the premier fertility goddess of Heaven. Many times in Creation's existance has she had to weave fates into the Loom to ensure this race was bountiful. Perhaps the Vizier's can not ensure the success of entire races that span Creation but they know how to write to get people into the mood. The Sidereal writes a prayer to Venus and then makes a (Charisma or Manipulation + Presence or Performance depending on the target audiance and method used). Anyone who reads the prayer or hear's it spoken, which need not be done by the Sidereal who is herself immune, and has a MDV lower then the above roll suffers a compulsion to try to build up the race. Used against groups this can stir up orgies or targetted singly can ensure two people find union on just the right night. The cost to resist the effects of this charm is 1 willpower if its for a group and 2 willpower for one and a person can only be affected once by it per use of the charm.

Trusted Phrasebook Technique
Cost: -; Mins: Linguistics 2, Essence 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: None

Though perhaps their words do not compel awe as the Lawgivers can the Viziers are masters wordsmiths. A Sidereal with this charm can use their Linguistics score and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Excellency for rolls that would require Socialize or Presence normally.

Comments

I am not a huge fan of how these charms came out. With Socialize and Performance still to come though it was hard finding the right feel for it. Charm ideas would be welcome if anyone wants to add their 2 cents. -BogMod