GracefulCharmMethodology/SolarDodge
Dodge
Insubstantiality
Reed In The Wind
- Cost: 2i per 1 Evasion
- Type: Reflexive
- Keywords: Perilous
- Mins: Dodge 3, Essence 1
After an attack has been rolled, the Solar may add up to their Essence to their Evasion by spending Initiative. This can exceed the limit of what can be added by Charms.
Vaporous Division
- Cost: 4m/die
- Type: Reflexive
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Reed In The Wind
After being hit by a decisive attack, the Solar may remove damage dice from it at the cost of 4 motes per die, to a maximum of the Solar's Evasion. If the attack is reduced to 0 dice this way, it is considered to have missed.
Living Bonds Unburdened
- Cost: 4m, 4i, 1wp
- Type: Reflexive
- Duration: One round
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 3
- Prereqs: Vaporous Division
For the next turn, the Solar is unable to attack. They may freely use Vaporous Division to remove damage dice from decisive attacks, without spending additional motes.
Unbridled Shade Attitude
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 3
- Prereqs: Vaporous Division
Every damage die removed by Vaporous Division also earns the Solar a point of initiative.
Flexibility
Shadow Over Water
- Cost: 2m
- Type: Reflexive
- Mins: Dodge 3, Essence 1
The Exalt ignores all penalties to their Evasion.
Reflex Sidestep Technique
- Cost: 2m
- Type: Reflexive
- Mins: Dodge 4, Essence 1
- Prereqs: Shadow Over Water
The Solar may apply their Evasion to a ambush attack as though it were a surprise attack.
Drifting Leaf Elusion
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 4, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Shadow Over Water
When an incoming attack has exactly as many successes as the Solar's Evasion, it is dodged.
Flow Like Blood
- Cost: 5m, 1wp
- Type: Reflexive
- Duration: One scene
- Mins: Dodge 4, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Shadow Over Water
The Solar gains (Essence) motes at the beginning of each round, which can only be spent on Dodge Charms. If these motes aren’t spent by the end of the round, they are lost.
Seven Shadow Evasion
- Cost: 4m, 1wp
- Type: Reflexive
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Reflex Sidestep Technique
The Solar automatically dodges an attack, even if it is undodgeable. Alternatively, they can avoid a source of damage from the environment - even an ongoing one.
Refinement of Living Shadows
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 3
- Prereqs: Seven Shadow Evasion
Using Seven Shadow Evasion also resets the Solar's onslaught penalty.
Mobility
Leaping Dodge Method
- Cost: 1m, 2i
- Type: Reflexive
- Mins: Dodge 3, Essence 1
Used when the Exalt successfully dodges an attack, this allows them to automatically move one range band in any direction.
Dust Motes Whirling
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 4, Essence 1
- Prereqs: Leaping Dodge Method
The Solar no longer loses Initiative with disengage actions.
Shadow Dancer Method
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 1
- Prereqs: Dust Motes Whirling
When the Exalt moves into close range with an opponent after a successful disengage action, they gain two Initiative.
Fleet Dreaming Image
- Cost: 5m
- Type: Reflexive
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Leaping Dodge Method
When an opponent moves into close range, the Solar may activate this Charm to immediately make a disengage action. This may only be activated once per turn.
Sunlight Bleeding Away
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 3
- Prereqs: Fleet Dreaming Image
The Solar can spend a point of temporary Willpower when activating Fleet Dreaming Image to automatically succeed at the disengage action.
Tactics
Searing Quicksilver Flight
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 4, Essence 1
When the Solar successfully dodges an attack, they gain a point of Initiative.
Safety Between Heartbeats
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 4, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Searing Quicksilver Flight
The Solar gains a point of Initiative each round that they spend in close range of an opponent without being hit by an attack.
Drifting Shadow Focus
- Cost: 3m, 1wp
- Type: Reflexive
- Duration: One round
- Mins: Dodge 4, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Searing Quicksilver Flight
When the Solar successfully dodges an attack, they may redirect it to another target within close range.
Rumor Of Form
- Cost: 3m
- Type: Reflexive
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Reed In The Wind
Used when the Solar successfully dodges an attack, the Solar gets a reflexive Dexterity+Stealth action to conceal themselves. They gain automatic successes on the Stealth check equal to the difference between the attack roll and their Evasion.
Hundred Shadow Ways
- Cost: 6m
- Type: Reflexive
- Keywords: Stackable
- Duration: One scene
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 3
- Prereqs: Drifting Shadow Focus
Used when the Solar successfully dodges an attack, they become aware of the Charms used to augment it and may choose one (other than an Excellency). That Charm has no effect when used against the Solar and, if an attack is augmented by that Charm alone, it is automatically dodged.
Force-Stealing Feint
- Cost: 5m
- Type: Reflexive
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 2
- Prereqs: Searing Quicksilver Flight
Used when the Solar successfully dodges an attack, they may roll the attack’s damage and add any successes to their Initiative.
Unbowed Willow Meditation
- Type: Permanent
- Mins: Dodge 5, Essence 3
- Prereqs: Force-Stealing Feint
When the Solar uses Force-Stealing Feint against a decisive attack, they do not roll the attack’s damage – instead, they gain the attack’s full damage in points of Initiative.
