CharmRelay/FlyingMounts

Aerial Mounts

These are Solar Ride Charms designed for use with airboards, warbirds and like devices. If the first two Charms are of the same Exalt type, all subsequent charms should be of that type. Otherwise, these will be mixed Charms.

Burning Invigoration - DeathBySurfeit
This is a Solar Charm

Cost: 1m

Type: Reflexive

Duration: Instant

Keywords: Obvious

Minima: Ride 2, Essence 2

Prerequisite Charms: None

The heart of a Solar burns brighter than any engine. Channeling his Essence into the fires of a mechanical mount, the character causes it to shoot forward, multiplying its speed this action by (Essence). Streams of essence the hue of the Solar's anima trail after the machine, marking the Exalt's passage. If the mount needs time to warm up or calibrate before use, this overcomes that need.

The Loyal Foothold - not DeathBySurfeit
This is a Solar Charm

Cost: -

Type: Permanent

Duration: Not Applicable

Keywords: None

Minima: Ride 2, Essence 3

Prerequisite Charms: None

No steed would let one of the Lawgivers fall to an ignominious death. Whenever the character is thrown from his steed, either by error on his part or malice of another's, he can reflexively spend a 3 motes to call his steed to catch him. When called by this charm, the steed will not fail to swoop under the Solar before he falls more than fifty feet or is otherwise endangered, regardless of how improbable or impossible this may seem.

Ambition of the Highest - Kukla
This is a Solar Charm

Cost: 3m,1wp

Type: Reflexive

Duration: Scene-long

Keywords: Obvious,Combo-OK

Minima: Ride 5, Essence 4

Prerequisite Charms: Sometimes Horses Fly Approach

The Lawgivers stand higher than all other things in Creation; they are in no one's shadow. This charm can only function while the character rides a flying mount. When this charm is active, the Exalt's mount cannot be outpaced; it's Speed and Maneuverability all increase to that of the fastest flying mount the Solar is flying with or against. Significantly, the Solar can reflexively move up whenever someone attempts to fly higher than him; unless he chooses to allow himself to be overflown, he may rise as quickly as necessary to keep pace.

Phantom Flyer - Heru
This is a Solar Charm

Cost: 10m, 1wp

Type: Simple

Duration: One day

Keywords: Obvious,Combo-OK

Minima: Ride 5, Essence 4

Prerequisite Charms: Phantom Steed

Sometimes Solars need to get places where normal ground mounts are incapable of going. Through this Charm the Solar takes unformed Essence and shapes it into that of a flying mount. This Charm creates a swift rider, windblade personal transport, warbird or other such single person flying vehicle. Use all normal rules for such artifact vehicles.

Lawgiver's Ever-present Landing Strip magicpreppy This is a Solar Charm

   Cost: 5m, 1wp 
   Type: Reflexive 
   Duration: instant 
   Keywords: Obvious,Combo-OK 
   Minimal: Ride 5, Essence 4 
   Prerequisite Charms: Burning Invigoration 

No one can truly force a Lawgiver into a situation that they do not have some control over. If the Exalt's mount is forced from the sky by sheer force of will the the can execute a gentle landing no matter how improbable.

Threading the Needle Exercise - Braydz
This is a Solar Charm

Cost: 5m

Type: Reflexive

Duration: Instant

Keywords: Obvious,Combo-OK

Minima: Ride 5, Essence 3

Prerequisite Charms: Flashing Thunderbolt Steed

Flying conveyances are great, however they are material and thus bound to physical principles such as aerodynamics. This Charm renders such limitations moot, increasing the maneuverability and dash speed of any personal flying conveyance by the user's Essence and reducing the DV-penalty of the Dash action to -1.

Comments

Post some charms! ...DeathBySurfeit

Great stuff, Kukla. Perhaps you might want to reconsider the prerequisite charm, though? We may wish to avoid the conventional Ride tree, as it's almost entirely useless for anyone with an aerial mount. It actually makes a neat pinnacle to a tree with Burning Invigoration at the base...DeathBySurfeit

Good work, whomever wrote The Loyal Foothold. I'd hate to claim credit for it, though, so please tag it with your own name...DeathBySurfeit

I decided to post a Charm in this relay, hoping that it is not a dead relay. I also hope that this works. Feedback is appreciated. -Heru

I always wanted to participate in one of these. The name needs work though...
I think that the basic Ride tree sets a good foundation for these charms, and would consider making anything you "Ride" valid "targets" for it as well as these custom Charms (assuming that the use makes sense).
Rockin' the wiki, yo'. ~*~Braydz~*~

Braydz I like the idea of making anything you ride a target. Do you want to start a new topic ~ magicpreppy

Revisions to the core Ride cascade for fliers with Ride-based handling? I'm game.
~*~Braydz~*~

The new theme is Cooking (Mixed Charms). - Han'ya