BogModAlternateSidereals/Stealth
Stealth is the Mask.
Unseen and Unwatched Steps
Cost: 5m; Mins: Stealth 3, Essence 2; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK, Illusion
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: None
The simplest way to avoid being seen is to be where no one looks. Anyone with an MDV less then twice the Sidereal's Stealth rating must spend a point of Willpower before they have a chance to notice the Sidereal. This is an Illusion effect and works even if the Sidereal would have no where normally to hide. This charm fails as soon as the Sidereal tries to engage in combat.
Historical Anonymity Practice
Cost: -; Mins: Stealth 4, Essence 4; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Unseen and Unwatched Steps
It is the nature that the sun shine so bright as to hide all the stars of the sky. So it is that the great ignore those who are small. Any levels of Influence or similar backgrounds a person has count as an internal penalty for looking for a Sidereal if the Sidereal so wishes. The Sidereal can exempt as many or as few people from this as they want and change who it works on anytime they want reflexively.
Cunning Distraction Technique
Cost: 3m+; Mins: Stealth 4, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Any Stealth Excellency
Many are the ways that the Viziers know to turn attention away from themselves and once you lose focus on them you will not regain it. This charm increases the difficult of rolls to spot the Sidereal by 1 for every three motes spent and can not increase the difficulty by more than her Essence. At Essence 3 a Sidereal can instead increase the cost to resist Stealth charms that require WP to be spent at the same cost. However the WP cost can not more then double what the charms normal cost would be.
Cupboard-as-Castle Safehouse
Cost: 8m, 1wp; Mins: Stealth 5, Essence 4, House of Secrets 1; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: College, Combo-OK
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: Cunning Distraction Technique, Historical Anonymity Practice
The strange birth of the Five Maidens sent ripples through time and space and to stranger places. Certain gods empowered by them and her Chosen have put these places to use as secret safehouses. Within these safehouses are food, basic fascilities to rest, even books with information useful about the place they are at. Even better a Sidereal who has Backing or Connections or similar backgrounds can find the safehouses conveniently stocked with things they could aquire with those abilities. A small group of minor spider dieties, who manage and maintain these places have the foresight to collect such things though the lenders of what they aquire still expect proper returns and use from what is borrowed. They also don't stock people.
Almost all cities will have at least one such safehouse and many other places scattered around as well. Using this charm the Sidereal becomes aware of any nearby or at least the closest one and while this charm is active can go to its entrance and slip in, taking up to 25 people with her so long as they all hold hands as they enter. All such safehouses will have a secondary entrance or exit out of sight of the first entrance. Time passes normally in such places as it does in Creation and are considered to be shielded against occult scrying though not Sidereal Astrology.
Sun Behind the World Understanding
Cost: None; Mins: Stealth 5, Essence 4, House of Secrets 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: College, Touch
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Cunning Distraction Technique
Even the most glorious light of Creation vanishes completely from sight every day. A Vizier knowing this charm can use its prerequisite on others now. Doing so requires them to touch the person and they can use either benifit on them.
Veil of Stars
Cost: 5m; Mins: Stealth 3, Essence 3, House of Secrets 1; Type: Reflexive
Type: College, Combo-OK
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Any Stealth Excellency
As they must often expand essence in the service of fate and yet remain a mystery to those they interfere with this charm was developed to at least somewhat fascilitate that. When a Sidereal has this charm active Peripheral motes of essence do not necessarily break any stealth charms she has active. Furthermore while retaining the usual caste mark and colours for her caste they lose any distinguishing features.
Earthbound Gaze Traditions
Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Stealth 5, Essence 4, House of Secrets 3; Type: Simple
Type: College, Illusion, Shaping
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Fateful Stealth Excellency, Veil of Stars
Taking a deep breath she holds it for moment then exhales slowly and breaths out. As she does so things become suddenly difficult to notice. All around her any Awareness roll that would require a success or more fails. If another charm would contest this effect add the Sidereal's Essence in successes to the contesting roll. The Sidereal herself is immune to this effect. This charm's Illusion effect makes people forget about any weird conflicts that might have come from this effect unless they spend 2 Willpower. The Sidereal is immune to this part of the charm effect. Taking offensive action against a person renders that person immune to this charm for the rest of scene.
