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Fair Folk Dodge Charm by BerserkSeraph

Cliche-Defying Disdain

 Cost: 6 motes, 1 Willpower
 Duration: Instant
 Type: Reflexive
 Minimum Heart: 3
 Minimum Essence: 4
 Prerequisite Charms: Assumption of a Greater Vision, Sapphire Emptiness Kata

The raksha exudes disgust at repeated narrative, denying the majesty of recurring themes and utterly ignoring what he finds distasteful. The raksha may activate this charm after being targeted by a shaping attack identical in structure to one that has previously targeted him during the story - the same shaping weapon, same emotional structure, or same story property being asserted. (ST's fiat for what's 'identical' - it should be considered situational - if the raksha attacker can strike in new ways with an old trick, it should not be penalized) If activated, the raksha evades the anticipated attack without a roll - this is a perfect defense, but does not allow the raksha to dodge attacks that would not normally allow a dodge.

Comments

I'm pretty wary of requiring Storyteller fiat in Charms--there are neccessary times on occasion... I guess, but this probably doesn't need to be one of them. This goes for most Wiki Charms requiring ST intervention, for anyone else reading. I'd say any attack the reuses the previous attack's weapon and does not receive a Stunt bonus is elligible. Note that I'm not sure where this fits in the tree, though it really doesn't seem to be an overpowering effect regardless, given the cost and applicability. Also, why is this a Heart Charm? That seems a little extraneous, maybe. _Wohksworth

I rather deliberately avoided the 'stunt barrier' common to raksha Charms because it doesn't appear in their OTHER Dodge charms and it's REALLY easy to stunt on a shaping attack, which significantly reduces the efficacy of the trait. I placed it in the tree in a similar way as the perfect dodge is placed in Solar Dodge, given the raksha's shorter trees, and ALL raksha Dodge charms are Heart. ~ BerserkSeraph

I thought I remembered Heart Charms somewhere, but I didn't have the book on me. My bad. Good catch on the Dodge/Stunt correlation--I'm still wary of ST fiat, but Charm consistency is nice too. _Wohksworth

See I was going to remove the fiat thing, but you've got to consider that a raksha could attack with the same shaping weapon - let's say, a Sword Hazard - three times, each time as a different environment - so is that a cliche? I don't want to let a raksha get away from an opponent who attacks with an over-reaching theme, but repeat strikes with the same sort of attack should be prevented by this charm. Open to suggestions to word that better ~ BerserkSeraph

Err... I think it's explicitly stated that the raksha do not have access to perfect effects. -- OhJames

They don't have access to *purely* perfect effects - that's the crux of it. A raksha has a 'perfect defense' with massive applicability in Bastion of the Self, for example, but it's not truly perfect. Similarly, for this, it can be easily overcome by, as the book says, 'sufficient opposition'. Now I could write this out to spell it out for being 'as close to perfect as raksha get', or I could take the easier route of just saying 'it's perfect but has restricted applicability.' I took the simpler way. ~ BerserkSeraph

Fair enough -- OhJames