Well, it probably would be less her charmset, and more charmset inspired by her. We definitively would start with Exalt-appropriate charms instead of babystuff that would be appropriate for a E1-equivalent Fae baby.
Doubt it.
Yup.
See my reply to Yog.
I presumed that it wasn't literal "sux gives you powers" but "sux means Mab is willing to work out some sort of a deal; see the details" before FF mentioned that there are obstacles to such shenanigans.
I'm more concerned about the consequences of crushing Mab in social combat. Seems like a good way to convince her that we are too dangerous to be allowed to live if we demonstrate the ability to outright social-fu her.
Early on, there was a potential route that gave us 5 dot enemy (Winter Court). DP talked a little about what that would've been like.
Yeah, this.
In context, crushing Mab in social combat should equal Mab coming out negotiations with us believing us to be the best thing to happen since
Highest option would have been 4 Dots in total for freeing Slate.
Solars had their own charms.
Are you counting the default votes without the stunt and the ones including the stunt I wrote together or separately for this?
All exalts get their charms (or at least the inspiration for them) from someone else in the same way. Solars just have the unconquered sun as a patron instead of the Yozi.
Counterpoint: Primordial Principle Emulation.
Generally, Exalts getting non-native charms half-heartedly discouraged in E2. Like, you weren't supposed to do that, but every single celestial splat had an official White Wolf/Onyx Path-approved way to say "No u, limits are for other people" and get access to something they weren't really meant to get access to.
Dark pacts/Infernal Investiture mechanics allow purchasing non-native stuff, but if you aren't cheesing it with Soul-Rending Practice, then it is going to fuck you over. There is also some talk about Werewolf gifts being learnable by in-universe logic, here and there, much like Paths, but it isn't super-common topic of discussion.
DP once mentioned possible access to non-splat charms if we could talk relevant Powers into "unlocking" their charmsets for us. Rando comment in a early game of the quest about mechanics that are still definitively up in the air isn't very binding, tho. This isn't set in stone or anything.
We didn't actually invest into anything that would enable that sort of ridiculous sux, so there is no need to doubt; there is absolutely no chance whatsoever for that sort of stuff to happen.
Let's see. We can conceivably get 5+5 dots as a base. Multiply those by 2, we get 2 dice. Add 2 dots to etiquette with a 2 dot enhance ability potion, 2 dice from stunt and 2rom WHWH. That's 26 dice. Lower the difficulty by 4 (BSM + CCC, and yes, we definitely should abuse CCC), and assume that the starting difficulty is 9, because that's Mab presumably at her best with prep we are dealing with. That's difficulty 5. That's reliable 15 successes, likely more. That's what we are almost guaranteed to have.
Most of your CCC schemes are kind of crazy to be honest. The ruling on using it was that it had to be a real impediment to us to trigger the charm, which means the cheat must always be balanced against a risk.
I am yet to see the downside to the ankle bracelet scheme. No, seriously. We make an ankle bracelet with a shock function strong enough to impede our movement (not that hard, if placed against muscle, it would cause the leg to spasm). We either link it to Clippy, or equip it with its own GPS and cyberdevil. We make the latch strong enough that we'll have to try when breaking it, but will definitely be able to do so. We make the locking mechanism controllable by the cyberdevil and easily replaceable. Then, before we do any negotiations with Mab, we command it not to let us leave, unless we finish the negotiations.
Not all escape needs to be "break the walls and the doors". For example, working towards early release by befriending the jail's administration should fall under CCC. If the condition of being let out of our room is "do your homework", then CCC should be helping us with doing our homework. If the condition is "successfully negotiate with Mab", then yes, CCC should help us in negotiating with Mab.
I don't think that will work; if we want to don the gimp suit of imperishable glory it has to actually trouble us to get out of it. Either it's a real problem to deal with in a delicate situation, or we wouldn't get any bonus from it.*
And yet breaking the deliberately flimsy ankle bracelet would be much easier.
I think I am explaining badly. The lock is not flimsy. It would take about as much effort to break it, as breaking a door - that's the criterion @DragonParadox established for CCC to trigger. Doable with our strength and sword, but taking effort, and probably at least a turn of time. The binding is "if we try to leave the room, our armored ankle bracelet will shock our leg, causing it to spasm and preventing us from moving".
CCC doesn't point at things. It isn't Ariadne's thread. It doesn't decide your next course of actions. It makes any and all actions made in pursuit of escaping easier.
