FairFolkBodyStrengtheningCharms/Talion
Extra Life
Egg Binding Shell
Cost: 10 motes, 2 Gossamer Duration: Story Type: Simple Minimum Ring: 3 Minimum Essence: 2 Prerequisite Charms: Ox-Body Technique
The Raksha binds a shell around himself to protect him from all harm. As long as this shell survives he suffers no damage. The shell acts as the Raksha's health track until it is destroyed with a number of -0 health levels equal to the Raksha's willpower / 2. If destroyed, the shell will not return until the next story.
The raksha may buy and activate Egg Binding Shell as many times as they have the Ox-Body charm.
Alternatively
Duration: Instant Type: Reflexive
When this charm is activated, remove up to the Raksha's willpower / 2 in damage suffered. This charm creates a corpse, which may be used to fake death. Add the Raksha's Essence to rolls to convince witnesses that he has died.
DH's Alternative
Egg Binding Shell
Cost: N/A Duration: Permanent Type: Special Minimum Ring: 4 Minimum Essence: 3 Prerequisite Charms: Ox-Body Technique
The Raksha binds a shell around himself to further protect from the ravages of Creation. This charm doubles the number of health levels provided by the Ox-body charm. However when these extra health levels are lost the can not be healed. Instead they are simply regained the next time the appropriate Ox-body is activated (for mutations this would be at the beginning of the next story). The additional health levels provided by Egg Binding Shell are best tracked as a number next to the appropriate health level column (eg two extra -1 health levels would be marked as a 2 next to the -1 column). When the Raksha would take damage at that level, instead lower the number by one.
The raksha may buy Egg Binding Shell as many times as they have the Ox-Body charm.
Pre-emptive Eulogy
Cost: 5 motes, 1 Willpower, 2 Gossamer Duration: Instant Type: Reflexive Minimum Ring: 4 Minimum Essence: 3 Prerequisite Charms: Egg Binding Shell
When this charm is activated the Raksha declares that they have died and thus can be fought no longer. His player may activate this charm in response to a Sword or Staff shaping attack. The Raksha may immediately make a Ring counter-attack. After the attack has been made the Raksha is considered to have died and must use some method such as Sundering the Gates of Death if they wish to live again.
Used against creatures with no Ring Grace this charm functions as a work of glamour. Witnesses will be convinced that the Raksha has died from the most obvious cause available. If the Raksha was being attacked then they believe that the attacker killed the Raksha etc. Further more this belief lasts for the rest of the story and affects anybody who hears of the Raksha's demise. Until the Raksha introduces himself as a new character, the Creation-born will simply ignore him. This power does not work on targets whose Perception + Essence is greater than the Raksha's Larceny.
Comments (Go on)
Hey, DH here. That is potentially very broken, although a good idea. Perhaps it should be a no-cost non-mutation permanent charm that augments purchases of Ox Body by adding a selectable layout of HLs that 'break' and can't be rebuilt until story's end. I'd personally suggest it being one -0 or one -1 and one -2 per time purchased. If you go this route, you might wanna crank the Ring to 4 and the Essence to 3. -DarkheartOne
- The original extra health level version is seriously broken. I think it could work if the shell acted as a replacement body which doesn't have access to mutations beyond the one selected during purchase but really it could be a completely different charm at that point. I have tried to write up your version, although I made some modifications for simplicity and versatility, so that the Raksha has the option of dropping an Ox-body and reactivating it for extra health when used in gossamer form. -Talion
While messing around with the options I came up with another charm which doesn't really belong under Body Strengthening. Will move it later I expect. -Talion
