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 <b>Cost: 1 mote
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Supplemental
 Minimum Archery: 2
 Minimum Essence: 1
 Prerequisite Charms:  Dazzling Flare Attack

The Exalted's arrows become an extension of his very being. They seek through the air for his foes, attacking with the strength of the Solar's Spirit. If the attack is successful, the player counts attack successes twice for extra damage dice. This Charm must be activated prior to attacking.

In Second Edition, this Charm requires Essence Arrow Attack, Essence 2, and is Combo-OK.

 <b>Cost: 1 mote per automatic success
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Supplemental
 Minimum Archery: 3
 Minimum Essence: 1
 Prerequisite Charms: Lightning Strikes

The Solar charges her ammunition with burning solar energy, causing it to explode upon impact. This explosion is not large enough to affect more than the target, but it does cause immense secondary damage. For every one mote spent on this charm (prior to the attack roll), one damage die is converted into an automatic success. The Exalted may not spend more Essence on this charm than she has dots of Strength.

In Second Edition, this Charm is Combo-Ok, and adds post-soak damage dice rather than convert to automatic successes. Cost is 1 mote per die.

 <b>Cost: 2 motes, 1 Willpower
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Simple
 Minimum Archery: 5
 Minimum Essence: 3
 Prerequisite Charms: Accuracy Without Distance, Thunderbolt Shot

A Solar utilizing Piercing the Barricade transforms his ammunition into incredible bolts of destruction. His shots are unaffected by mere trifles such as armor or hardy skin.

The player rolls to attack as normal, and defense is similarly rolled As long as the character strikes his opponent, he will do at least his weapon’s base Strength + Damage Rating damage, regardless of his opponent’s soak. Hardness, Charms and other effects that reduce but do not negate damage, and other non-perfect effects will not change the damage in any way, including effects that reduce the amount of damage done after it is rolled. This has no effect on healing. Perfect defenses, such as Adamant Skin Technique, will completely block this effect.

In Second Edition, this Charm makes it so that the character's attack ignores Hardness, and has a Minimum Damage equal to the weapon's base damage + the character's Strength. It is Combo-OK,Obvious, and requires a minimum Essence of 4.

 <b>Cost: 7 motes, 1 Willpower
 Duration: One Scene
 Type: Simple
 Minimum Archery: 4
 Minimum Essence: 3
 Prerequisite Charms: Thunderbolt Shot

The Exalted infuses her arrows with the raw power of the Sun himself. They blaze across the battlefield, consuming themselves in flight. Only artifact ammunition may survive this treatment. Until the end of the scene, add the character's Essence to the damage done by all archery attacks.

In Second Edition, this charm is Obvious.

 <b>Cost: 16 motes, 2 Willpower
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Simple
 Minimum Archery: 7
 Minimum Essence: 7
 Prerequisite Charms: Sol Invictus Aim, Bolt of Fiery Devastation, Piercing the Barricade

The anger of the Unconquered Sun is a terrible thing. Nothing can withstand it; perhaps some few can avoid it for a time, but the unrighteous will always fall before the unrestrained power of Sol Invictus with time. The Solar using Sol Invictus Wrath channels some of this transcendent energy of destruction through her weapon, sending out a deadly wave of furious power. The player rolls to hit as normal; as long as the attack succeeds, the opponent is utterly destroyed. No soak or damage reduction can help her opponent as raw Solar essence bursts forth from the character’s shot. Only a perfect damage-negation effect such as Adamant Skin Technique will prevent this horrible fate. The visual effects of this Charm, both on the attack and on its target are virtually impossible to conceal. Most enemies simply explode; some actually disintegrate.

Only the character and bows and similar weapons made of the Five Magical Materials can withstand using such an overwhelming attack; lesser weapons are destroyed upon making the attack, regardless of whether or not they are successful, although the ammunition will still inflict the full power of the Charm if the attack is successful. Ammunition, even ammunition made from the Five Magical Materials, will typically be destroyed by this attack, unless their Script Immunity rating is a 4 or higher. If this attack is parried by a lesser weapon, it will be destroyed, but the attack is still destroyed. As long as a character is capable of blocking the attack, whether by Charm or by stunt, he may safely make an unarmed parry against this attack, but any concerned stunts should reflect the overwhelming power of this attack.

In Second Edition, this Charm is Obvious and Combo-OK. If Bolt of Fiery Devastation is not converted, simply remove it from it from the prerequisite list.

 <b>Cost: 16 Motes, 3 Willpower
 Duration: One Scene
 Type: Simple
 Minimum Archery: 7
 Minimum Essence: 7
 Prerequisite Charms: Bolt of Fiery Devastation, Inexhaustible Bolts of Solar Fire

Like Dawn devotees of Spirit-Burning Solar Aura, masters of the Relentless Burning Beams were masters of the spirit-carving strikes to kill their opponent with ruthless style. Every time the Solar passes his hands over his bow, he may draw forth a shaft of pure devastating Essence, made sharp and terrible by his skill. These bolts are fired as normal broadhead arrows, save that they have a damage bonus equal to the Solar's permanent Essence and all damage is aggravated. They are not subject to range or wind penalties, though poor visibility still has an effect. Their range is either the normal range for the weapon being fired or the Solar's Essence x 100 yards, whichever is greater.

In Second Edition, this Charm is Combo-OK and Obvious. Its cost is reduced to 12 motes, 2 willpower. Its requirements are unchanged unless Bolt of Fiery Devastation is not converted. In that case, it requires Rain of Feathered Death instead.

 <b>Cost: --; Mins: Archery 4, Essence 3; Type: Permanent
 Keywords: None
 Duration: N/A
 Prerequisite Charms: Phantom Arrow Technique

Solar energies lend themselves naturally to forceful techniques and energetic assaults. Once this Charm is learned, the Solar learns to follow this natural energy instinctively, leaving his spiritual nature unclouded. Any time the Solar creates his own ammunition, such as with Inexhaustible Bolts of Solar Fire or Phantom Arrow Technique, the Solar may spend an additional mote of essence and activate Essence Arrow Attack as a non-Charm Action. If the Solar opts to do so, all Charms involved with that action are Obvious. At Archery 5, Essence 5, this effect does not require extra motes, though the Solar must still expend the motes necessary to use Essence Arrow Attack.

 <b>Cost: 6, 10, or 24 motes, 1 willpower; Mins: Archery 6, Essence 6; Type: Simple (Speed 4, DV -1)
 Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
 Duration: Instant
 Prerequisite Charms: Solar Spike

This Charm is effectively the translated version of the Charm on page 71 of CB: D. Its cost has been adjusted to reflect the frequency of aggravated damage charms; the higher costs are for ammunition that costs more than resources 1 and for artillery. If the character wishes to use this on artillery, he must know Golden Artillerist Method (Lords of Creation, p 56), and this charm functions as a combination of both effects.

 Cost: 5m; Mins: Melee 4, Essence 3; Type: Supplemental
 Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
 Duration: (Archery) x5 ticks
 Prerequisite Charms: There Is No Wind

 <I>Brilliant Hunter’s Mark: The Beacon Bolt’s persistent call to those who would aid the Solar in striking down his target.  Until the effect ends, anyone who means harm 
 to the target can gain a general, abstract sense of direction and distance to the target via a moment’s reflexive concentration.

 Blaze of Righteousness: The Beacon Bolt carries with it the wrath of the Solars at hellish invaders.  The attack gains the Keyword Holy; the initial attack is Aggravated 
 against creatures of Darkness and such creatures gain a –1 external penalty to all actions while the bolt remains as the pure flame of Solar fury scorches them.

 Heavenly Mandate Manifest:  The Solar charges her weapon with the full manifestation of Heavenly Law.  The Beacon Bolt gains the Order keyword and affects the Wyld-tainted 
 (as per the Order keyword) in the same manner as Blaze of Righteousness affects creatures of Darkness

 Shadow-Burning Arrow: The Solar invests extra Essence--3 motes--in the Beacon Bolt Maneuver, and the character’s anima assaults the target.  For example, a Dawn with a
 fiery golden phoenix anima might have a miniature golden phoenix swoop and whirl around the target, helping to guide more attacks upon the target.  The Solar may use 
 the Essence 3 effect of There Is No Wind upon the target for free, and all other ranged attackers gain the full effect of There Is No Wind upon the target, rather than 
 just the Essence revocation and visibility benefit.

 Mercy of the Pure Bulb Shot: Sometimes, it is better to subdue an opponent than kill him.  Mimicking a bulb-head arrow with Essence, the Solar insures that at worst, the
 target will remain unconscious for a long time.  The Solar’s attack automatically does bashing, regardless of usual damage, and additional damage below Incapacitated 
 does not become Lethal.  Instead, each level becomes a phantom additional Incapacitated level that must be healed before any other wounds can be rejuvenated.

 Armor-Cutting Arrow: The Solar taps into the natural Essence of arrows to seek beyond armor for a target.  The Solar’s attack becomes piercing; if, like many arrows, it is
 already piercing, half non-Armor Soak as well.

 <b>Cost: --; Mins: Archery 4, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
 Keywords: None
 Prerequisite Charms: Forceful Arrow

The force imbued by a Solar cannot be easily turned aside. This Charm modifies its prerequisite such that the attack that is supplemented by Forceful Arrow is considered to be Piercing; if the attack would already have this trait, it ignores all armor soak.

 <b>Cost: --; Mins: Archery 4, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
 Keywords: None
 Duration: N/A
 Prerequisite Charms: Essence Arrow Attack

As the Solar develops his Essence to increasing heights, the terrible radiance of the Unconquered Sun's wrath channels through the very being of the Chosen. When activating Essence Arrow Attack, the character may spend an additional mote to convert the extra damage dice granted by this Charm, including any benefits from the various optional effects, into successes.

 <b>Cost: --; Mins: Archery 5, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
 Keywords: None
 Prerequisite Charms: Sunlit Arrows Prana

The wrath of a Lawgiver can scorch the life from even a dragon of flame. While the power of the Solar's Essence charges her shots, she may surround them with a fiery aura that immolates her target. When the character activates Sunlit Arrows Prana, she may spend and commit an additional 3 motes to enhance the damaging effect of that charm. If an attack strikes and does at least 1 health level worth of damage, the target must make a Stamina + Resistance roll at a difficulty equal to the Solar's Essence. If the roll fails, the target must soak damage dice equal to the health levels done every 5 ticks for (the Solar's Archery x 5) ticks. This damage represents the pure energy of the Unconquered Sun, and creatures that are immune to fire are not immune to this secondary damage. All bows used while the enhanced Sunlit Arrows Prana is active may utilize up to the strength of the wielder.

 <b>Cost: --; Mins: Archery 5, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
 Keywords: None
 Prerequisite Charms: Solar Flare Methodology

The strength of a Solar is more than physical. Channeled along the length of a flamewand, this strength can bring an even greater fiery wrath. The Solar may add his strength to the damage done by firewands and similar weapons by spending 1 mote of essence when firing one.

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