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Society-Forging Charms

Moon and Ocean Fellowship

Cost: 2 gossamer (Special)

Duration: One Century

Type: Special

Min. Staff: 4

Min. Essence: 2

Prerequisite Charms: Eight-Corner Ring Binding

The favorite method for telling stories of intrigue, the Moon and Ocean Fellowship binds a group of up to nine raksha into a star. Each names his desired relationship with each of the others, as with Oath Gossamer, and spends 2 gossamer. For each relationship, he chooses an Attribute, an Ability, and a Specialty. Rolls involving all these three are affected as by Imposition of Law when acting in the service of that relationship.

If any raksha brings a relationship to a permanent end, his Staff Grace shatters, each of the other binding creatures receiving a piece. Raksha bound by this Charm are able to revise their relationships at any time, but they must not be in the same freehold's waypoint network as the relationship's target, and they may change a particular relationship only once per story.

Among the noble raksha, it is considered uncouth for a Moon and Ocean Fellowship to be a perfectly harmonious society. It is more interesting and more polite for it to be one fraught with conflict and treachery.

Inaccessible Heaven Palace

Cost: 4 gossamer

Duration: One Century

Type: Special

Min. Staff: 5

Min. Essence: 3

Prerequisite Charms: Moon and Ocean Fellowship

This Charm binds a group of up to seven raksha into a plow, forming the foundation for a shared vision of glory. As with Oath Gossamer, each raksha defines no more than relationship with each other. This creates a waypoint space in the society's minds' eye, as per Soul-Carving Artifice, with one waypoint per reciprocal pair of relationships defined; the relationships set the waypoint's theme. Raksha may choose to leave some relationships undefined if they choose. In this space, the linked individuals may meet and contend in shaping combat, or they may parlay and confer as it please them.

All the linked raksha are instantly aware of activities within the palace, and may automatically join them, at the price of the distraction this brings. Events in the dream palace are real, but contained; gossamer generated in the palace is retained there, as are any new possessions made there, but ravishment, incumbrance, and vexation have their full effect.

If any raksha brings a relationship to a permanent end, his Staff Grace shatters, each of the other binding creatures receiving a piece. Raksha bound by this Charm are able to revise their relationships at any time, but they must not be in the same freehold's waypoint network as the relationship's target, and they may change a particular relationship only once per story.

Comments

I like Moon and Ocean Fellowship a lot. Inaccessible Heaven Palace...I'm not so sure. Why would a raksha want such a crucial part of her story to have such a small audience? --MF

Audience isn't everything. The Palace gives you access to a lot of stuff: a magical conference chamber, a place to recoup your energies, an area where you can use your shaping abilities to change yourself, and so on, all while in Creation. It is practically overpowering for diplomats, who gain the ability to relay messages at reflexive speed. It's not about stories; it's about life. - willows

Personally, I don't think a raksha would see a difference between "stories" and "life." --MF

Whatever. The whole point is that the Charm has functionality beyond mere showmanship. Which seems to have...I dunno...whooshed over your head. - willows

First, there's no need to be insulting. Second, I think we have very, very different understandings of what the Fair Folk are all about.
It seems to me that to a raksha, "showmanship" is never "mere." The stories you live out are the only thing that gives your existence meaning. Without them, you're just a glimmer in the void, now here, now gone. --MF

There certainly isn't. I apologize for indulging in my vices. Anyway, I am operating from the assumption that the mechanics are precisely correct in their description of raksha interaction, partly because the raksha defined themselves in that manner. This means that, by implication of the shaping rules, the size of your audience is completely immaterial; it is only the fact that one exists that is important. - willows

An interesting point. I'll have to think about that. --MF

The speed of the wiki in creating new and interesting charms for a fatsplat amazes me. I currently havn't even managed to -comprehend- the charm set, let alone decide on what needs extending where. Good job... I think.
-- Darloth

Thanks! - w