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Memory Charms
Supping From The Wine Of Thought</b>
<b>Cost: 1 gossamer, Mins: Cup 3, Essence 3, Type: Simple Keywords: Shaping, Combo-OK, Feeding, Touch Duration: Instant Prerequisite Charms: Banquet Of Crumbs, Heaven Rains Wisdom
Passion lies at the root of the Fair Folk, and it is from passion that they feed. With this Charm, a Fair Folk learns to feed from remembered passion, tearing the memories of her victims to fuel her endless hunger. To use this Charm, a Fair Folk must touch a consenting Creation-born target. Roll the raksha's Perception + Socialize. For each success, the raksha may devour a season's worth of memories, starting at any point that she wishes and ending at any point that she wishes; she may devour fewer seasons than the maximum allowed by her successes. For every season of memories taken, the raksha recovers a single mote of Essence. Furthermore, the memories are lost forever. For every five seasons worth of memories taken (rounding down), the target loses one dot from an Ability that she was training or practicing in that year. If the raksha feeds from a given mortal more than once, total any leftover seasons from prior feedings when determining if a year's worth of memories have been taken. Lost memories and Abilities do not ever return.
As an additional benefit, the Fair Folk can try to remember actual events from the memories she takes, rather than mere fragments or scattered pieces. The character can choose random memories, or look for specific information. If the character wishes to do so, she must spend one Willpower and roll Intelligence + Socialize. For each success rolled, she may clearly recall one scene from the seasons that she devoured. Devouring multiple seasons at once does not increase her ability to recall information; the extra rush of memories cannot be sorted through any more easily.
This Charm is a work of glamour. It cannot feed from creatures whose Wits + Essence is greater than the character's Socialize rating.
Stripping To Memory's Bones</b>
<b>Cost: 1 gossamer, Mins: Cup 4, Essence 3, Type: Simple Keywords: Shaping, Combo-OK, Feeding, Touch Duration: Instant Prerequisite Charms: Supping From The Wine Of Thought
With exceptional care, the Fair Folk can learn to remove only the emotions associated with memories, without harming the memories themselves. By doing so, they can potentially cure derangements or problems caused by people having significant emotional reactions to scenes. This Charm functions identically to Supping From The Wine Of Thought, except that the target retains their memories and Abilities. Only the emotions associated with the memories are removed, leaving them feeling to the target as though they were merely viewed or learned about from others. The exact effect of this is up to the Storyteller, but it should allow a character to reduce the effects of derangements gained from traumatic events, as well as weakening Intimacies formed by passionate events. The raksha can still read the memories, but can only make the attempt once per set of memories.
This Charm is a work of glamour. It cannot feed from creatures whose Wits + Essence is greater than the character's Socialize rating.
Laying The Mind's Path</b>
<b>Cost: 15 motes, 2 gossamer, Mins: Cup 5, Essence 4, Type: Simple Keywords: Shaping, Combo-OK, Touch, Training Duration: Instant Prerequisite Charms: Supping From The Wine Of Thought
Having learned the framework of memory, the character learns to layer new thoughts and memories onto her target. This requires a Manipulation + Socialize roll against the target's MDV. If the roll succeeds, the character may redefine up to one day worth of memories per success; they may replace existing memories or lay confusingly beside them. If the character has successfully taken the target's memories through Supping From The Wine Of Thought, she has a blank slate to work with. She may lay one season's worth of memories for each success she gains over her target's MDVs.
The target will remember the memories as though they were her own. She will trust them as much as any of her memories, and may trust such memories over her own experiences, depending on her personality. In addition, every three days of memories may serve as one day of training time for any Ability. The memories, once installed, stop being a work of glamour and become a natural part of the character. If another raksha (or the same one) attempts to feed on them, however, she will find them dry. Although they can be removed as usual, they provide no Essence recovery.
