SilverMasks/Territory
Territory
Boundary-Marking Meditation
Cost: 12 motes, 1 willpower
Duration: Instant
Type: Simple
Minimum Charisma: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Primal Charisma
The land knows its protector. This Charm claims a territory no larger than (his Essence x10) square miles for the Lunar. The target region may not belong to another Essence channeler, and if it is, the Charm instantly fails and the owner becomes aware of it. All the Little Gods within the territory accept the Lunar's primacy; if any did not, this Charm wouldn't have functioned. Within the territory, anyone who is not the Lunar or a native little god increases the difficulty of all their actions by 1 as an Enviromental Penalty. The Lunar may exempt individuals from this by announcing it in their presence, or revoke this exemption in the same way. Characters who survey the land's geomancy with any form of Essence Sight can see the boundaries of the Lunar's territory. Thaumathurgic tools give the warning, showing the land is owned by a great power, whereas essence sight abilities see the edge of the territory glow with pale moonlight.
Watchful Spider Stance
Cost: 5 motes, 1 willpower
Duration: Indefinite
Type: Simple
Minimum Perception: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Ascendant Perception, Primal Perception
Lunars are as aware of their territory as a spider is of its web. The character with this Charm becomes completely aware of the region known as her territory. She must own the territory, either by use of Boundary-Marking Meditation or by naturally being accepted in such position. She may target an area no larger than (Essence x10) square miles when using this Charm, and must be within its boundaries for it to function. Once this Charm is activated, the character may use Perception with any appropriate Abilities to notice or seek out things within the affected territory. Anything that would be a valid target for such a roll in her presence becomes a valid target for a roll within her territory. The character may enhance those perceptive abilities with any Charms at her disposal, and unusual disturbances within her territory merit reflexive Perception+Awareness roll to instantly become aware of. Paranoid Lunars, especially elders, have this Charm active at all times.
Grandfather Spider Majesty
Cost: None
Duration: Permanent
Type: Special
Minimum Perception: 5
Minimum Essence: 4
Prerequisite Charms: Watchful Spider Stance
This Charm permanently enhances Watchful Spider Stance, and allows the Lunar to declare conditions that allow the Lunar to activate Watchful Spider Stance reflectively and instantly observe the phenomenon. Players should come up with conditions that fit their characters, but may never set up more conditions than her Permanent Essence. Examples include:
- When a person or party the Lunar does not know enters the territory.
- Odd effects, such as unusual weather patterns, cultural migration or the Wyld.
- When a specific, named person enters the territory.
- When a Charm or Essence power is activated within the character's territory.
When this Charm activates, the Lunar gets a Reflexive Perception+Awareness roll against any magical attempt to conceal one of those conditions. Non-magical attempts instantly fail. If the Lunar is successful, he knows who invades his territory. If he fails, the Charm's activation goes unnoticed.
Silver Spider's Lair
Cost: 12 motes, 1 willpower
Duration: Indefinite
Type: Simple
Minimum Perception: 5
Minimum Essence: 5
Prerequisite Charms: Grandfather Spider Majesty
Spiders can easily weave more of their webs, covering vast swathes of territory with them in a whim! Activating this Charm, the Lunar fills an area that does not need be her territory with her presence. This takes five minutes and covers an area of (her Essence x100) yards. Within this area, as long as she keeps her motes committed, she may use Watchful Spider Stance and Grandfather Spider Majesty freely. She may make her presence manifest physically, usually in the form of grasping silver webs, if she so wishes, by paying 1 willpower. This has one of two effects. Either it gives any of those she does not exempts an Enviromental Penalty on all physical actions equal to the Lunar's Essence for a number of turns equal to the Lunar's Essence, or it creates something akin to a forest of opaque strands which give the statistics of a stone wall for every (10-the Lunar's Essence) yards anywhere in the territory, hindering the passage of others for a like number of turns. The Lunar may allow any he exempts from it to walk through even those hard strands. The Lair disappears at the end of those turns, and must be created anew.
