Konpeito/SecondEdLunarsNowKnowledge

Second Edition Lunars Now Knowledge Charm Tree

Scent of Lies
Cost: 3m; Mins: Perception 3, Essence 2; Type: Simple.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisites: Any Perception Excellency

This charm enables the Lunar to distinguish lies from truth. This charm only detects whether or not the subject really believes what he is saying is true or not.

Observed Prey Instinct
Cost: 2m; Mins: Perception 3, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Any Perception Excellency

This charm immediately informs the Lunar if he has come under observation. This does not include casual glances or flirtatious looks, nor does it specifically indicate from where or from what direction the Lunar is being watched.

Territory-Claiming Observation
Cost: 5m; Mins: Perception 5, Essence 3; Type: Simple.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One Day
Prerequisites: Observed Prey Instinct

This charm allows the Lunar to quickly familiarize himself with the surrounding area. He is aware of all landmarks, hideaways, and locations of import within his Perception in miles. This awareness takes one scene to attain and lasts for a day, unless the Lunar maintains the committment, in which case the charm's duration is Indefinite. This charm also reveals the presence, but not the location, of any other Lunar within the territory.

Unraveling Mysteries Method
Cost: 4m; Mins: Intelligence 3, Essence 2; Type: Simple.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One Hour
Prerequisites: Any Intelligence Excellency

By meditating for an hour, the Lunar focuses on his own life experiences. This allows the Lunar to make use of information that he is only peripherally aware of; in game terms, he may answer any question, so long as it is conceivably within his own knowledge base. Particularly peripheral information or difficult questions may require a n Intelligence + Lore roll at variable difficulty, though this is left to ST discretion. This includes memories from past incarnations available from either the Past Lives merit or the Savant background, though this requires an Intelligence + Lore roll at a Difficulty of 10 minus whatever levels of Past Life or Savant the character may have.

Wisdom of the Ancestors Meditation
Cost: --; Mins: Intelligence 5, Essence 5; Type: Permanent.
Keywords: --
Duration: --
Prerequisites: Unraveling Mysteries Method

This charm permenantly enhances the Unraveling Mysteries Method charm, enabling the Lunar to answer any question within the knowledge base of any Lunar that has ever lived. This requires an Intelligence + Lore roll at a Difficulty of at least 5, unmodified by any backgrounds or merits.

WISDOM THROUGH THE BLOOD
Cost: --; Mins: Intelligence 4, Essence 3; Type: Permanent.
Keywords: --
Duration: --
Prerequisites: None

This charm permanently enhances the Lunar's shapechanging abilities, allowing him to retain some memories of those humans whose Heart's Blood has devoured. This requires an Intelligence + Investigation roll when the Lunar tastes the Heart's Blood; one success allows for trivial information(mannerisms, favorite foods, etc), three allows for important information (names of business associates, plans currently in motion), and five allows for truly personal or critically important matters (the combination to a personal safe, a childhood friend, a wedding anniversary).

Wyld Object Appraisal
Cost: 1m; Mins: Intelligence 3, Essence 2; Type: Simple.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Any Intelligence Excellency

Ths charm allows the Lunar to observe any object in the Wyld and know its original shape (assuming it came from Creation) and whether or not it would be safe to remove it from the Wyld. This can be used on people as well.

Harmony With Reality
Cost: 10m, 1w, 1xp; Mins: Intelligence 5, Essence 4; Type: Simple.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Wyld Object Appraisal

This charm allows the Lunar to stabilize a Wyld object so that it retains its properties in Creation. 10 motes and 1 willpower are sufficient for most objects, though if the Lunar wishes to use this charm on a person so warped he cannot survive in Creation, it costs an additional experience point. This charm cannot affect more than fifty pounds per point of permanent Essence the Lunar has.

Focused Wisdom Meditation
Cost: 7m, 1w; Mins: Wits 4, Essence 2; Type: Simple.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisites: Any Wits Excellency

This charm allows the Lunar to complete a day's work in a single hour, assuming that work is of the mental kind. This includes planning a construction effort, inventing cures for diseases, or any other form of mental labor. This cannot enhance the roll to actually craft an object, mix the cure, etc- it only assists the planning stages.

Comprehending Ears Meditation
Cost: 4m; Mins: Wits 3, Essence 2; Type: Simple.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisites: Any Wits Excellency

This charm allows the Lunar to comprehend any spoken language, with varying success based on a Wits + Linguistics roll. One success allows the basic gist to come across, while five successes grants perfect understanding. This charm does not allow the Lunar to speak the language in question, nor does it grant the ability to understand nonverbal communication.

Calls of the Human Prey
Cost: --(7m, 1wp); Mins: Wits 5, Essence 3; Type: Permanent.
Keywords: --
Duration: --
Prerequisites: Comprehending Ears Meditation

This charm allows the Lunar to speak as well as understand languages; it permanently enhances the abilities of Comprehending Ears Meditation, though it also increases the cost if the character wishes to speak the language as well as understand it.

Feral Ears Metamorphosis
Cost: 2m; Mins: Wits 4, Essence 2; Type: Simple.
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisites: Comprehending Ears Meditation

This charm allows the Lunar to communicate with animals, in the same manner of Comprehending Ears Meditation. The Difficulty of the roll, however, is 5 - the number of that species the Lunar has tasted the Heart's Blood of. Only one success is generally enough, as animals do not have particularly nuanced communication.