Scrollreader/Hearthstones
Soul-Fire Jewel ••••
This gem is a deep red color, and flickers like a guttering candle, flames dancing within it. It infuses it's bearer with fiery essence, leaving him elementally atuned to fire (This reduces the cost of any fire aspected DB charms by 1 mote). This will almost certainly have cosmetic effects, such as smoking blood or skin that is warm to the touch. When he activates the gem (reflexively for 1 WP) it flares to life, the flames inside wrapping around the stone, and igniting it without consuming it or burning the wielder. Athletics, Dodge, Melee, Presence, and Socialize rolls get a bonus of 4 dice, for the rest of the scene. His attacks leave burning trails in the air, his leaps and bounds may leave footprint of fire behind, and his words crackle with the sound of flame, as his eyes burn with the radiance of coals. He must be careful, lest he do damage to the scenery, with extreme actions. While the low smoky croon of his voice and the flickering candlelight in his eyes during a seduction atempt are unlikely to burn down an inn, a mighty leaping attack in the midst of a lumberyard could easily start a blaze.
This hearthstone also comes in other elemental varieties with their own abilities, though this is by far the most common. It is favored by Immaculates who choose to walk a different path than their aspect, though many secular fire aspects also use it, to magnify their aspect.
Variant: Add your rating in a virtue as extra dice to each action, instead of a flat 4.
- Air - Temperance - Linguistics, Lore, Occult, Stealth, Thrown
- Earth - 1/2 willpower (rounded up) - Awareness, Craft, Endurance, Martial Arts, Resistance
- Fire - Valor - Athletics, Dodge, Melee, Presence, Socialize
- Water - Conviction - Brawl, Bureaucracy, Investigation, Larceny, Sail
- Wood - Compassion - Archery, Medicine, Performance, Ride, Survival,
