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Men of the Sea

Proud Swan Stride
Cost: 2+ motes
Duration: One Scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Agile Sailor
With this Charm, the Chosen learns to stride the waters like a swan, moving through its surface as proudly and beautifully as it strides upon the surface of lakes! For the remainder of the scene, the chosen may walk over the surface of water as if it was solid ground. Waves and whirlpools may give the character environmental penalties ranging from -1 to -3, but may not push the Dragon-Blooded under unless she wishes to go under. She may do so to escape an attack - she receives an environmental bonus for her defense equal to her essence, and instantly cancels this Charm, falling under the water. This Charm may not be reactivated until the character is above the water again. The character may extend the benefits of this Charm to up to his Essence in individuals by paying 2 motes per beneficiary.

Blessing of Sea's Sweet Breeze
Cost: 2 motes
Duration: One Day
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Master and Commander
Sometimes, working on the sea can be really taxing! Under the sun, burning with the salt... but the Children of Danaa'd can call upon the sea itself to stave off such problems! Using this Charm, the character calls upon a million droplets of water from the ocean, purified in his essence to float around his ship. They form a sweet breeze around the ship, making all feel refreshed as if immersed in pure water, not feeling the ravages of the sun and the weight of their work. As long as this Charm is maintained, the crew of the ship has no need for Fatigue Tests, and remains always clean of sweat and other small things that make one dirty during work.

Shield of Shimmering Rain
Cost: 4 motes
Duration: One Scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 5
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Blessing of Sea's Sweet Breeze
Shield of Shimmering Rain enhances the effects of Blessing of Sea's Sweet Breeze, and require that Charm to be up and protecting the vessel for it to take effect. The shield makes the light sparkle around the ship, and all ranged attacks and sight rolls from the outside wishing to reach inside suffer an environmental difficulty equal to the character's Essence. All such actions from the inside are not impaired in the slightest.

Command the Waves

CrownedSun's Sail Charms, especially his Water Control cascade, complement this well.

Oceanic Winds Prana
Cost: 3 motes, 1 willpower
Duration: One Scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Storm-Outrunning Technique
There is a minimum use of water in making the ship runs faster, but it takes mastery of the waves to make them move the ship by themselves. With Oceanic Winds Prana, the Dragon-Blooded focuses on the waters beneath his ship... and impels them to rush like mad currents, moving the ship with them! This increases the Ship's Speed by the character's Essence(before any multipliers such as those of Storm-Outrunning Technique) and more importantly, allows the ship to move without the need for winds, sails, or even oars - as long as there is water beneath the vessel, it will move forward in any direction, impelled by the strength of the Dragon-Blooded's command over the waves! This Charm, like many branching from it, can be utilized outside a nautical context; Any water may be the carrier for it, and one can make any items move faster in currents, or just make a current move faster on a river or aqueduct. This can wreak havoc within aqueducts and tanks of water.

Cutting the Sky's Hands - Originally by Telgar
Cost: 3+ motes
Duration: One Scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 4
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Oceanic Winds Prana
It is natural law that Air controls the Water of the oceans. Storms whip the waves into a frenzy and the heavens rule the surface. But the depths are unchanged by even the roughest storm and the greatest fury of Air touches only the skin of water. By laying a blanket of the true essence of Water across the waves around him a Water-Blooded can sever the sky's influence. No matter what the condition of the air above the ocean is calm and placid. This effect extends in a circle 1 mile in radius for every 3 motes spent.

Chorus of Dissonant Waves
Cost: 4+ motes
Duration: Essence in Turns
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 4
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Oceanic Winds Prana
During storms, in troubled seas, roaring waves can bring a ship down. With this Charm, the Dragon-Blooded brings a sequence of chaotic waves or rapid whirlpools upon ships, rising from the water to strike it again and again, and keep them off-balance. This Charm affects an area equal to the Dragon-Blooded's Essence x50 yards on the water. The ships(and any creatures upon the water) halve their movement speed, and all those in the affected ships are troubled by the impact of the waves, receiving a two-die environmental penalty in all their actions.

This penalty counts as a reduction of their Sail ability for the purposes of the Sail cap in non-Sail abilities used during combat and such activities in a ship. This Charm may be used by multiple Dragon-Blooded simultaneously, and its effects stack. Each Dragon-Blooded may pay 1 mote to shelter a single vessel or creature in the water from its effects, up to his Permanent Essence.

Sinking Serpents Strike
Cost: 3 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Chorus of Dissonant Waves
For mortals, one of the greatest dangers in a nautical battle is to fall overboard, and the Children of Danaa'd can easily bring this fear about. Infusing his Essence in the waves, the Chosen brings out tendrils of water to grab an enemy and push him under the waves! This is an attack that can be targeted to anyone in a range of (the Exalt's Essence x20) yards, and counts as a clinch attack rolled with the Dragon-Blooded's Essence+Brawl or Martial Arts. If successful, it deals no damage, but drags an enemy from the comfort of the ship or pier down to the waves. If the Dragon-Blooded is below the waves, she may instantly grab the enemy as if she had control of the Clinch. This charm is explicitly permitted to be part of a Combo with charms of other abilities.

Drowning Wave Prana
Cost: 6 motes, 1 willpower
Duration: Instant
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 5
Minimum Essence: 5
Prerequisite Charms: Chorus of Dissonant Waves
Some waves are so powerful they can bring down a whole ship, sending its crew down the waves, instantly ending their threat. With this Charm, the Dragon-Blooded creates a wave so great it falls over one ship, with the intent of turning it around. The Dragon-Blooded rolls her Wits+Sail against the enemy captain's - if the Dragon-Blooded succeeds by a margin greater than the captain's Essence, the ship falls to the waves. The enemy captain receives one extra success if their ship is of medium size, three extra successes if it is large, and five extra successes if it is a great, armored warship. Add two extra successes if it is a First Age ship. On the other hand, a tumultuous sea gives the Dragon-Blooded one extra success, and an all-out storm gives the Dragon-Blooded three extra successes on his roll. Even if the enemy captain wins the contest, the crew still receives an environmental penalty equal to the Dragon-Blooded's Essence to all their physical actions on the ship for the remainder of the Turn.

Wrath of the Lamprey
Cost: 4 motes, 1 willpower
Duration: Until broken
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 4
Minimum Essence: 4
Prerequisite Charms: Sinking Serpents Strike
Sometimes, the Sailor needs not to slow many vessels, but to stop one completely! Activating this Charm, the character calls upon a host of Lamprey made of the ocean itself to attach to the hull of a boat - or other large seafaring thing - and hold it where it is! The character rolls his Willpower+Sail and totals the successes. Every turn, including the one this Charm is used in, the captain of the enemy ship may take an action to roll his Wits+Sail and coordinate efforts to break the hold of the Lamprey! When the enemy ship has more successes than the character had in his initial roll the ship is freed. If used on a living being, this Charm can be defended normally as if the Willpower+Saill roll was an attack, but it also deals 1 lethal health level per turn until the lamprey are scattered.

Thrashing Dance of the Kraken - originally by Telgar
Cost: 10 motes, 1 willpower
Duration: One Scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 5
Minimum Essence: 4
Prerequisite Charms: Wrath of the Lamprey
Focusing his physical strength and raw essence through the water around him a Terrestrial with sufficient quantities of water may summon a thrashing multitude of watery arms from the deep. The character summons one tentacle per dot of Permanent Essence, each having five times his Essence in yards of reach, three times his Strength and his normal Dexterity and Brawl scores. The tentacles have no other abilities, and the character cannot use Charms to enhance their attacks. Each of those tentacles attacks as designated by the character once per turn on his initiative.

Each tentacle has the same number of health levels and the same soak as the Dragon-Blood who summoned them but they are treated as inanimate objects for purpose of damage. If they are destroyed, they do not return until the character cancels the Charm and uses it once again. Summoning the tentacles requires the Dragon-Blood be on the open sea, a large lake or river. The character may not use Extra Action Charms and command the Tentacles in the same turn, although he may still split his dice pool any way he wishes.

Become the Kraken
Cost: None
Duration: Permanent
Type: Special
Minimum Sail: 5
Minimum Essence: 5
Prerequisite Charms: Thrashing Dance of the Kraken
Infusing his powerful essence in the water around him, the Water Dragon crafts powerful tentacles made of water that are as extensions of his being, heralding the ocean's rage and his own! This Charm enhances Thrashing Dance of the Kraken, giving +2 to the accuracy of the tentacles, and allowing the Dragon-Blooded to use Charms to enhance their attacks. When making use of Combos through them, Thrashing Dance of the Kraken counts as an Extra Action Charm, and the character is under no duress to use all of his actions on that turn.

Lords of the Deeps

The Aspects of Water are unbeatable beneath the Waves. With their anima alone, they are able to fight and move underwater as if they were on land, even to the extent of firing ranged weapons with no penalties. This is a great power... but as time went on, it became something all can do. Solars(and by association, Abyssals), Lunars, Fair Folk and Alchemicals all can fight equally well on the water by picking a certain charm or assumption. And doing so, they are not just equals to the Dragon-Blooded - their superior charms make them stronger.

Which is why this cascade was made - so that for, for a similar commitment, only in their element, the Children of Danaa'd can fight even those powers in relative equality. It is of great use in the West and in the Realm, as the Inner Sea is protected by Peleps Dragon-Blooded who fight off any underwater creatures. Through the White Sea and the Rivers of the River Province... and even in smaller regions, closer to lakes, a Dragon-Blooded can win a fight against a superior enemy by throwing him in the lake, and attaining a home field advantage.

Water Dragon's Whiskers
Cost: 4+ motes, 1 willpower
Duration: One Scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Oceanic Winds Prana
Underwater, the Ebon Dragons are at home. They can let their essence pour into the water, and feel all the currents about them, how they relate to the tides, to the movements of the fish, to the eroding coasts, to the world. Upon learning this Charm, the Dragon-Blooded places his consciousness on the water all around him - as long as this Charm remains in effect the character is aware of any material movement in a radius of five times his essence in yards of water. He may not be surprised by any material foe, and receives a Dodge pool equal to his Sail ability against any incoming attacks. The Water Dragon may impart this epiphany upon another, at the cost of 2 motes per beneficiary, up to a number of beneficiaries equal to his Essence score.

Darting Sailfish Speed
Cost: 2 motes per turn
Duration: Until Abandoned
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Sail: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Water Dragon's Whiskers
Underwater, Children of Danaa'd are the like the fastest sea creatures, able to move through the water in a blink, leaving only bubbles and disturbed water in his wake. The Dragon-Blooded doubles his remaining Movement Speed underwater, until this Charm is abandoned.

Rushing Sailfish Strike
Cost: 3 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Sail: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Darting Sailfish Speed
Moving with the speed of a sailfish in the pond, aided by the speed of the currents about him, the Dragon-Blooded acts before any opponent can even blink! The Dragon-Blooded wins his initiative against all those underwater with him. If two or more characters use Charms that automatically win initiative, roll their initiatives normally. This Charm only works underwater.

Fins of Danaa'd Defense
Cost: 2 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Sail: 5
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Rushing Sailfish Strike
The Dragon-Blooded, when attacked, moves with the speed of the waves, letting the impact carry him away from the attack at the speed of a sailfish blessed by the water dragon. Immediately after being attacked in underwater combat, whether or not the attack was successful, the Dragon-Blooded may use this Charm to move away up to (Wits+Sail)x2 yards in single impulse. This may break multiple attack techniques if the opponent has no movement left to catch up. Alternatively, the character may move towards an enemy who attacks him with ranged attacks.

Wave-Ripping Rush
Cost: 1 mote
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Minimum Sail: 4
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Darting Sailfish Speed
The Dragon-Blooded rushes like the currents, and upon striking his foe, does so with the weight of the sea behind him! To use this Charm, the Chosen must move at least half his Movement for the turn, and attack; all successes in this attack count double for the purpose of damage, and the Ebon Dragon's attacks become lethal even if they weren't so. This Charm only works underwater, and is explicitly permitted to be part of a Combo with charms of other abilities.

Water Dragon's Grasp
Cost: 2 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Sail: 3
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Water Dragon's Whiskers
The Dragon-Blooded feels the water about him, and lets his essence pour into it, making any enemy strikes just flow away from him. The Chosen receives a parry action at his full Dexterity+Sail pool (as if using a defensive weapon with a defense value equal to the Chosen's Essence) against a single incoming attack he is aware of. This Charm only works underwater.

Scales of Danaa'd Method
Cost: 5 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Sail: 3
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Water Dragon's Grasp
The water around the Dragon-Blooded is infused with such powerful essence that it could stop a leviathan's charge, taking the appearance of scales, the Dragon-Blooded's form not much different from a Dragon's. The Dragon-Blooded may perfectly stop any missile attack upon himself, who are simply enveloped in the hard water, and stopped. Attacks from whole bodies are harder, and require the Dragon-Blooded to roll Wits+Sail with a difficulty equal to the being's strength to stop their strike. This Charm only works underwater.

Rushing Currents Technique
Cost: 5 motes
Duration: One Turn
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Sail: 5
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Scales of Danaa'd Method
The Child of Danaa'd expands his essence throughout the ocean about him, congealing the water, ordering it to hold all those who dare to defy a Water Dragon's will in his element. For the remainder of the turn all the enemies of the Dragon-Blooded in a radius of five times his essence in yards halve their movement speeds, and receive an environmental penalty to their actions equal to the Chosen's Essence. This Charm only works underwater.

Ebon Maelstrom Prana
Cost: 10 motes
Duration: Indefinite
Type: Simple
Minimum Sail: 5
Minimum Essence: 5
Prerequisite Charms: Rushing Currents Technique
The Dragon-Blooded's turns the water about him into a great, furious maelstrom with him as the eye, the raging currents pushing his opponents around, keeping them from making any movements that displease the Child of Danaa'd. The Dragon-Blooded attempts an Undodgeable clinch action in all opponents inside a radius equal to five times his essence in yards of water with his full Dexterity or Strength + Brawl pool. He only rolls(and applies Supplemental Charms) once, but each opponent defends separately. He may maintain those Clinches as long as he maintains this charm, but may take no non-reflexive actions or move while doing so. Upon termination of this Charm, the bodies of the Dynast's foes (living or deceased) are deposited at random within the radius of the Charm's effects. This Charm only works underwater, and is explicitly permitted to be part of a Combo with charms of other abilities.

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