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Sidereal Lore Charms by BillGarrett

Hidden Barn's Grain

 Cost: 4 motes per dot, 1 Willpower or variable
 Duration: Indefinite or Instant
 Type: Simple
 Minimum Lore: 5
 Minimum Essence: 4
 Prerequisite Charms: (under consideration)

Sidereal foresight can be quite detailed in the short term, but even in the long term the Chosen of the Maidens are able to forestall disaster and avert danger through careful planning, aided by their astrological efforts. Through the use of this Charm, the Sidereal retroactively establishes some sort of contingency measure, which she may invoke for her benefit while the Charm has Essence committed to it.

The Sidereal temporarily gains one or more dots in a Background, up to a limit of the Sidereal's permanent Essence in dots. All Backgrounds acquired in this fashion are temporary, and Fate will irrevocably revoke the Sidereal's access to them when he ceases to commit Essence. All such Backgrounds must be approved by the Storyteller. The Sidereal cannot gain Backgrounds that do not represent some social, physical or materially magical asset. Allies, Followers, Artifact, and Manse are all acceptable Backgrounds, while Past Lives or Savant are inappropriate. The Sidereal must frequently make some sort of journey or other expenditure of effort to claim the asset in question ("I stashed a Noble Warstrider just in case of trouble...").

Alternately, the Sidereal's player may spend 4 motes of Essence per dot of Background, along with 2 experience points per dot, to make the acquired contingency permanent. Used in this fashion, the Charm's duration is Instant.

Use of this Charm can trigger a Celestial audit under some circumstances. Written approval for the use of this Charm, usually in the form of a carte blanch approval of some broad category of asset from senior members of the Bureau of Destiny, can forestall this problem.

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Comments

I like this one. Ad not just for the Xenogears ref. It makes sense for such a Charm to exist, therefore, it is good. (And gives me ideas for writing a Sidereal I can actually stand...) -Okensha

This might also work as a Larceny Charm; the idea being that you yoink the threads of destiny that tie whatever you're acquiring to the true owner. - Kurulham