Are you gonna tell him that to his face?
Green Sun, Black Shadows (CG/Exalted)
- Thread starter Alexander89
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Iandude0
BEST RANGER
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I'm pretty sure ligier does every time he's bored, so we don't need to worry.
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- madison
calling malfas a failure to his face is but one of many things liger can get away with that no one else can.
Happerry
Bat out of Hell
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- Kanto
Great, now I actually want to do this crossover, where you are Malfeas, attempting to lead your brethern in this new world you all have found yourselves in... you know, if anyone besides SWLIHN would listen to you instead of wandering off and doing their own stuff.
frozenchicken
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...Huh. I was more imagining something along the lines of Oramus going 'sure, you can use the tools in my old workshop to build your super robot, just remember to watch out for some of the things that snuck in while I was gone', but now that you've said it....Damn.
We're talking a being that could match the Unconquered Sun, but with the primary difference being that rather than us being weak to his Holy attacks, he'd be weak to our Oramaic attacks. If we could use him as a crafting material for something, it might be even be equal to the Daystar.
...Well, if we ever somehow got past the Code Geass parts of the story and wanted to do the whole Reclamation thing, that'd be a fair strategy.
......The thing we'd craft would be a giant robot, wouldn't it?
Giant 'transforming' robot.
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oramus is all about impossibilities, and playing with what is and is not right? would it be possible for us to somehow create some untainted Theion To? pulling some from nonexistence into reality.
Alexander89
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It isn't necessary. Demon alchemists already know how to purity Vitriol to obtain Theion To.
edmantgoog
init high just high
[X] A Britannian Noble who is up to many illicit businesses, and is paying the police to look the other way. The security around his villa is heavy, but success would give you a huge publicity boost.
[X] In a decent apartment close to Ashford Academy. It will be useful to keep a safehouse and a place for other Infernals to stay that is close to your home.
[X] A Britannian Noble who is up to many illicit businesses, and is paying the police to look the other way. The security around his villa is heavy, but success would give you a huge publicity boost.
[X] A Britannian Noble who is up to many illicit businesses, and is paying the police to look the other way. The security around his villa is heavy, but success would give you a huge publicity boost.
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that sounds immensely useful.
[X] In a decent apartment close to Ashford Academy. It will be useful to keep a safehouse and a place for other Infernals to stay that is close to your home.
[X] A Britannian Noble who is up to many illicit businesses, and is paying the police to look the other way. The security around his villa is heavy, but success would give you a huge publicity boost.
[X] A Britannian Noble who is up to many illicit businesses, and is paying the police to look the other way. The security around his villa is heavy, but success would give you a huge publicity boost.
Giygas
Cutest Sawk i could find. Lucario is a nice extra.
[QUOTE="frozenchicken, post: 4899445, member: 2262"]We're talking a being that could match the Unconquered Sun, but with the primary difference being that rather than us being weak to his Holy attacks, he'd be weak to our Oramaic attacks.[/QUOTE]
Too late, Luna is already around.
You might not like the results of an attempt to create a second Luna. But Luna might! If you want to get buddy buddy with Luna. Like, buddy level of being interior of her/his/their/its body/bodies being digested.
Too late, Luna is already around.
You might not like the results of an attempt to create a second Luna. But Luna might! If you want to get buddy buddy with Luna. Like, buddy level of being interior of her/his/their/its body/bodies being digested.
Alexander89
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Who ever said anything about a second Luna? I was thinking more about a weapon to burn the Daystar. Yes: BURN the Daystar
Giygas
Cutest Sawk i could find. Lucario is a nice extra.
Too late, the Silver Chair is around.Who ever said anything about a second Luna? I was thinking more about a weapon to burn the Daystar. Yes: BURN the Daystar
Creating something similiar to both it and the daystar begs for the two incarna powered thingies to fuse together, and then kick our ass thoroughly.
Alexander89
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The Silver Chair can burn the Daystar?Too late, the Silver Chair is around.
Creating something similiar to both it and the daystar begs for the two incarna powered thingies to fuse together, and then kick our ass thoroughly.
Giygas
Cutest Sawk i could find. Lucario is a nice extra.
Luna was made of the nightmares of the Beyond: her ride having the power to burn something that is eternally burning isn't completely out of reality.
And even if it was, Luna is a thing of the Beyond: she/he/it/they can simply go and get it.
All that means, is that we have to go get it first.
Alexander89
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There a few topics that were addressed. I will now answer them:
1) Someone asked for Cytherea's Charms. Here, but not that the list is currently incomplete:
2) As can be read here, there are now enough Infernals that a concrete effort to organize them is needed. As such I would like to ask this:
Use the list posted in the post below when you want to make new Infernals. Remember that a Patron Yozi is the Yozi that give the Urge to the Infernal, and it can be either the Caste Yozi (Malfeas, Cecelyne, SWLiHN, Adorjan, Ebon Dragon) or the Favored Yozi, which can be any Yozi even the Five Architects (the only exception is Oramus, who made so only Lelouch has access to his Charmset.
1) Someone asked for Cytherea's Charms. Here, but not that the list is currently incomplete:
The Cytherean Urge: The Urge to Design
Cytherea first fashioned the world: her blueprints laid forth the pattern that would be Creation. Green Sun Princes who follow the Mother of All are filled with a similar need to cast broad designs upon the world. These designs are generally positive in nature, though the Prince rarely observes the objections or suggestions of his lessers: after all, it is his plan and none other can quite comprehend its greatness.
High Compassion Cytherean Princes see the struggles in others' lives as flaws in the plan and bumps to be smoothed. They will reorder, rearrange and redesign all aspects of a loved one's life in order to give her an ideal happiness - at least as the Prince sees fit: he knows best and the complaints of a lover are as the cries of an errant child to its mother.
High Conviction Cytherean Infernals are single-minded, driven individuals who are willing to break rules and perform harsh acts in the name of their great designs. Cytherea frowns on unnecessary violence, but what isn't necessary in the name of their grand plans?
High Temperance Cytherean Exalts, like Compassionate ones, have an invested interest in altering the lives of others, though Temperate Princes lead everyone to adhere to self-bettering or enlightening structures. Only the Prince knows what is right and everyone else should follow.
High Valor Cytherean warlocks pursue their desires with force, be it in one on one duels or in the theatre of war. Fighting, conflict and courage are an art - they do not delight in gleeful, senseless slaughter or thoughtless, destructive rage. Ultimately, their acts of violence yield something: a new kingdom, new boundaries, new rulership or a new weapon, etc.
Examples of Cytherean Urges:
-Teach the misguided Storm Mothers to be accepting of all women.
-Reform the culture of Nexus into one of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment.
-Replace the Celestial Bureaucracy with something more Yozi-compliant.
-Incite civil war within the Hundred Kingdoms so they will become a new and greater nation.
First Cytherea Excellency
The Divine Ignition is the beginning, her birth and sudden expansion serving as the catalyst that brought forth the other Primordials, an ever-growing force of unbound creation and splendor. From her boundless potential the combined effort of the Primordials fashioned a world within the Wyld. During the War, she fought for the love of her creation and for the protection of her design. Perhaps because of this, she fought harder than the other Yozis, though by nature she is a designer and an architect, not a warrior; but what good mother lets her disobedient children misbehave? Unnecessary violence and killing is detrimental to the integrity of the design, but this does not mean she is afraid to take punitive measures.
Her surrender at the end of the War was a willing self-sacrifice, for she could no longer bear to witness to her precious family dying in a war they could no longer win. Cytherea now yearns to return to her Creation so that she may restore its former glory. To do so would be tearing it from the ruinous hands of the gods and their Exalted. Of this, she is unafraid. Her goals are of reclamation and restoration, not of torment and wrath. This, perhaps, puts her at odds with her Yozi siblings but she does not fear them, either.
Cytherea prefers to act behind the scenes, being the hidden benefactor to those she loves, guiding others to her own goals. Cytherea is possessed of ethereal beauty, and seeks to ingratiate others to her largesse, though she never demands repayment for her gifts. Characters may apply this excellency to any action in which they encourage or support others, especially in pursuit of a productive goal. This Charm may not be applied to any purely destructive effort. Cytherea abhors violence for the sake of violence, seeing destruction as a suitable tool only to further or defend her goals or protect her creations.
Cytherea Mythos Exultant
The Divine Ignition is an eternally burning engine, providing to all of her children's needs. If gaining motes, the Infernal may choose to grant them to an ally within (Essence x 10) yards from her.
Sorcerous Enlightenment of Cytherea
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Sorcerous
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Cytherea Excellency
The elegant design of the Mother of Creation is a constant cycle of growth and rebirth. Spells that naturally create life or promote growth cost 10 motes and 1 Willpower less (minimum 5 motes and 1 willpower). Spells that summon rather than create beings do not count. Examples of valid spells include: Floral Ferry, Food from the Aerial Table, Invocation of the Living Ship, Sprouting Shackles of Doom, Summoning of the Harvest, Water from Stone and Benediction of Archgenesis. Cytherea's initiation limits the Infernal's sorcery in two ways:
-It may never be used to blight Creation, disqualifying the use of spells such as River of Blood or Curse of Unyielding Mist.
-Any offensive spells must be capable of creating life among the destruction they create, for example Death of Obsidian Butterflies could take the form of a hail of razor sharp seeds. Spells that cannot be modified to meet this requirement cannot be used.
New Keyword: Growth
Growth-Keyword charms must be used towards a productive means. This does not necessarily have to be positive, or physical, but should always lead to the design, development or production of something that had not previously been present. This must be a significant production. Simply changing someone's mind or inspiring a particular emotion is not enough - unless, of course, such at thing drastically change the world (some charms grant additional effects if used with a Growth means). Growth charms cannot be comboed with Desecration Charms that inflict Negative mutations, with the sole exception being Creature of Darkness.
Afloat in the Sea of Mind
Cost: +1m; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Stackable
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisites: None
The Cytherean Prince sees things with a unique duality: the way things are and the way they should or could be, much in the same way the Forest Witches do but with much less delusion. The Prince's unnatural clarity grants him +1 MDV against Illusion keyword effects and +1 dice to all Awareness and Perception rolls (the effects doesn't apply twice to a roll with both), but only as long as he keeps the required motes committed - otherwise his dual-vision imposes a -1 internal penalty to the same rolls. This Charm may be purchased a maximum number of times equal to the Exalt's permanent Essence rating, with each purchase stacking the motes cost and the effects, both positive and negative.
Sharp Eye of the Designer
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Afloat in the Sea of Mind
Those who see with the Mother's eyes understand that the "real" world is flawed and that just beyond the flawed "reality" lies the possibility of what COULD be. The Green Sun Prince may apply this unique understanding to reality. When confronted with the task of repairing something (not limited to items, this charm may be expressly used to heal or cure an individual or restructure a "broken" society) halve the total difficulty, rounded up. This does not decrease the amount of time needed to perform maintenance.
The Flowering of [Virtue]
Cost: 3m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Growth, Obvious
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Sharp Eye of the Designer
The Mother blesses those who pour the whole of their hearts into their designs. Whenever the Infernal channels a virtue to further her greater designs (thereby satisfying the Growth keyword), she may spend 3m to turn the dices into automatic successes. This must be purchased once for each Virtue; subsequent purchases past the first cost 4 Xp. When this effect is used the ground beneath the Infernal bursts forth with multicolored, alien blossoms, even if (and especially when) the ground is unsuited for plant life. A shower of unearthly petals fall from beneath the character if she is suspended in the air. Even cursory inspection reveals the flowers/petals are not native to Creation.
Resurgent [Virtue] Blossom
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: The Flowering of [Virtue] (any)
The Prince centers herself and inhales deeply, causing the petals from The Flowering of [Virtue] to swirl around her. She then draws the unearthly petals into her, through her nose and mouth. If a roll augmented by The Flowering of [Virtue] succeeds, the character may restore that Virtue channel but may do this only once per activation of The Flowering of [Virtue].
Instruct the Ignorant
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Shaping, Touch
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisites: Afloat in the Sea of Mind
The Prince spits in the dust and makes a paste, which he then smears over the eyes of his target. In the absence of available dust to spit in, simply covering a target's eyes will do. When she pulls her hand away or clears the mud off, the target is granted the full effects of Afloat in the Sea of Mind as the Infernal enjoy it, so long as he commits 2m to the target.
Helpful Mother Advice
Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Touch, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Instruct the Ignorant
No one's plans, no matter how well-laid, can be greater than those of the Mother for her children. If the Infernal knows for sure that the target will in the future start a Craft project, she may lays a hand upon them (which may require a successful Martial Arts attack) and smiles warmly, giving out a sincere advice. If the target listens to her advice they gain (Infernal's Essence) dices to their roll, making the project easier. If they ignore, scorn or disregard the advice they lose (Infernal's Essence) dices to their roll.
Skeins of a Greater Design
Cost: 10m; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Shaping, Touch, Growth
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisites: Helpful Mother Advice
The Infernal laces her fingers together and draws them apart before the eyes of a target, a shimmering pattern of iridescent strands spreading between her hands. She then touches the target and the threads entangle him for a moment before vanishing. As long as the Green Sun Prince commits 10m, the target benefits from the Infernal's permanent Essence in extra dices to any wide-scale project, such as crafting an Artifact 3+, or massive Bureaucracy or Socialize projects. Withdrawing the favor of the Mother (uncommitting the motes) is always disheartening and causes the target to lose 3 points of temporary Willpower.
Deconstructive Understanding
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Growth
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Sharp Eye of the Designer
Upon learning this Charm, the Infernal may take any construct (social structures, military units and people are all valid constructs for this Charm) and break it down piece by piece, which takes the normal amount of time required to do such a thing. Once it has been torn apart and laid out before the Green Sun Prince in pieces, either physically or metaphorically, she gains an intrinsic understanding of how the construct worked. This also extends to anything she has the blueprints for, in the event she can get those instead of the actual device.
At Essence 4+ the Infernal may rebuild or make copies of constructs she has so understood in half the time it would regularly require.
Examples: Resurgent Cavalier, a Cytherean Prince steals a Common Warstrider from Lookshy and dedicates the time to taking it apart, piece by piece. When he decides to make his own, the project takes one month rather than two. Another Cytherean Prince might watch his patient die of a strange new disease which takes two weeks to fully treat. The next patient that contracts the disease can be cured in one. Yet another warlock establishes a civil war in order to tear a kingdom apart. If it took 20 years to found that kingdom, he can rebuild it in only 10 years.
Garden of Souls
Cost: 14m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Simple (Speed 5)
Keywords: Combo-Basic, Shaping, Obvious, Sorcerous
Duration: Four Actions
Prerequisites: Skeins of a Greater Design
The Infernal spreads her arms slowly, opalescent white light mingling with the green flames of her anima as she does so. This washes over all enemies within (Essence + Conviction) x 5 yards. The Cytherean Prince then rolls Willpower + Essence, as an attack roll against the targets caught within the radius. This cannot be parried because of its area of effect nature, but can be dodged by leaving the affected area.
Creeping vines slither upwards from the the ground and ensnare all affected targets, slithering around armor and into their flesh. This persists for four of the Infernal's actions. The results of being ensnared are as follows:
-The targets cannot Move, Dash, or Jump (even reflexively) unless they succeed at a Miscellaneous Strength + (Athletics or Resistance) roll at a difficulty equal to (1 + the Infernal's Conviction). Breaking free still deals a single level of unsoakable lethal damage. -For every attempt past the first, until the charm terminates, the difficulty increases by 1. So, 2 + Conviction on the second, 3 + Conviction on the third and 4 + Conviction on the fourth. Effects that perfectly negate ensnarement or grappling negate the effects of this Charm.
-Trapped targets take the Infernal's Essence in dice of unsoakable lethal damage every action until the Charm terminates. If this Charm kill any victims their bodies become blossoming trees that bear a single fruit the color of blood (or their anima, in the case of an Exalt). Consuming this fruit restores (the victim's Essence x 4) motes to the eater. The tree lasts for a maximum of (Infernal's Essence) weeks, and may produce only one fruit for day.
-Fruits created by Garden of Souls last a week before losing their ability to restore essence and rot. To avoid that a week's worth of fruits can be brewed into a special wine, resulting in a bottle that holds three glasses worth of liquid. Each glass consumed restore one third, rounded down, of the sum of all the motes that the fruits used would have granted.
Of Worlds Native and Alien
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: None
Cytherea designed the wonder that is Creation but was still unjustly banished into Malfeas. By the injustices of the world the Prince was denied the glories of Creation, but in his case he will be given a second chance by the mercy of the Mother of All. This permanently makes the Green Sun Prince register as both a native of Malfeas AND of Creation, which perfectly protects him from wards or detection specifically geared towards Creatures of Darkness or Denizens of Malfeas. He still takes aggravated damage from Holy charms.
[Element] Dragon's Subservience
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Of Worlds Native and Alien
She who MADE the World exhibits her superiority over she who IS the World, commanding that the Dragons bow their heads and avert their gaze before Creation's designer. This Charm doubles the character's natural soak against the Element she purchased this charm for: this includes any natural hazards (avalanches, tsunamis, volcanoes, lightning storms, etc); unnatural hazards (Fair Folk powers, elemental themed behemoth attacks, etc); and magically created Elemental effects (Dragon-Graced Weapon, Elemental Bolt, Breath of the Fire Dragon, etc). Additionally, the Prince gains +3 dice to any Social Attack she makes against Elementals or Dragon-Blooded of the selected Element(s). This may be purchased up to 5 times, once per Element.
World-Maker's Wake
Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Obvious
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisites: [Element] Dragon's Subservience (any two)
Cytherea and her beloved have naught to fear from the hazards of her Creation. This Charm reduces the difficulty of traversing through any elementally difficult terrain (frigid tundras, blazing hot deserts, treacherous waters, steep cliffs, etc) to 1; nor do natural environmental penalties (high winds, driving rain, excessive heat, dense forests, etc) affect her; natural sources of environmental damage simply do not harm her. All of the above elements make a very obvious show of swerving to avoid the character after bowing or making some other overt sign of respect. This does not apply to magical sources of environmental damage, save the Dragon Blooded anima banners, which also dodge the character and bow. The effects only apply to Elements that the Infernal has the prerequisite [Element] Dragon's Subservience Charms for. For a surcharge of 5m the Prince may extend the effects of this charm to all allies within [Essence x5] yards from her.
Sprouts of Necessity
Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple (Dramatic Action)
Keywords: Sorcerous, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Wood Dragon's Subservience
The Infernal presses two fingers to her forehead and illuminates her Caste Mark. As she draws her hand away a seed made of softly pulsing light appears in her palm. She then pushes the seed into the ground (actual soil is not necessary for this charm to function) where it dims and vanishes. The Infernal makes a request of the plant, which may be for any single mundane thing with a Resources value equal or less than the Infernal's permanent Essence, or for enough food and water to satisfy a military unit with Magnitude equal to the Infernal's permanent Essence. The warlock cannot ask for something she doesn't know how to make herself.
Six minutes later a five yards tall plant bursts forth from the ground, blossoming with flowers alien to Creation before it produces a bizarre multicolored fruit containing the Infernal's request. Regardless of how much money the character could theoretically generate this Charm cannot conjure anything innately magical - so, while it could give the Infernal a perfect suit of mundane superheavy plate, it could not give him a breastplate of Orichalcum. It could give him a warhorse of the most fine stock, but not a simhata. It could generate a palatial mansion but not a manse. It could make a skin of the finest Realm wine, but not even a cup of Celestial Wine. Some caution and forethought should be used while activating this Charm: summoning a mansion in a small area might not be the best idea, or perhaps is an excellent way to cover an escape.
A repurchase at Essence 4 allows the Infernal to create small amounts of magical materials, their Resources value equal or less than (the warlock's permanent Essence) - 2, but only if another Essence user with appropriate essence aids in the process by paying the same cost of Sprouts of Necessity by touching the Infernal while she activates this Charm. For instance, with the help of other Infernals this Charm could create some amount of Vitriol; with the help of a Solar it could create Orichalcum; with the help of a Lunar it could create Moonsilver.
Life-Giver Restoration
Cost: 8m, 2wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Touch, Sorcerous, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Of Worlds Native and Alien
With but a touch the Infernal can bring damaged things back to working order. The item must be missing significant parts for this to function (a daiklave might be missing half its blade, or a suit of armor all the major joint protections). By touching the item the Green Sun Prince instantly repairs it by replacing what was missing with living vines or strands of brass and silver wood. The Artifact is then considered repaired, but loses any Magical Material Association it may have had. At the Storyteller's discretion, it may become a Helltech artifact.
At Essence 4 Life-Giver Restoration may be used to cure amputations. This does not actually heal the damage but it does give the target a new and fully functional Artifact 1 Helltech limb. This does not require any attunement from the target. Any other minor properties beyond that are Storyteller discretion. Emerald Circle Countermagic will counter this.
Mother-Child Methodology
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Growth
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: None
The Infernal dedicates herself completely to the grand designs associated with an Intimacy - not the intimacy itself. Rather than dedicate herself to her kingdom, she dedicates herself to the world-spanning empire it could be, and the plans needed to get it there. Social attacks that try to sway the character from these ideals are considered unacceptable orders.
Aegis of Eternal Plans
Cost: 8m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 4)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Growth
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisites: Mother-Child Methodology
The Infernal whispers the words of the Mother's designs which slip from her mouth as falling leaves inscribed with glowing Old Realm Glyphs. The leaves fall against her skin where they disappear beneath her flesh. If any skin is exposed, onlookers can see vines growing through the character's veins. They then sprout from her body in coiling patterns that spell out the words she initially spoke. The sprouts even poke through cracks in armor and spaces in clothing. Mechanically, this grants (+Essence) to all soaks and (+ 1/2 Essence, round up) to hardness, both of which stack with armor. Additionally, the living plants within her regrow as she takes damage, regenerating 1 level of Bashing an action and 1 lethal a minute.
A second repurchase at Essence 5 makes the duration Indefinite as long as the motes for the cost stay committed.
Seed of Protection and Pain
Cost: 10m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 4)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Touch, Shaping
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisites: Aegis of Eternal Plans
The Infernal produces from her body, in any thematically appropriate way, a seed the size of a peach pit and presses it into the chest of her target, right above the heart. A willing target then benefits from the full effects of Aegis of Eternal Plans for the rest of the scene. An unwilling target first requires a successful Martial Arts attack, but then rather than increase the target's soaks and hardness this Charm decreases them by the same margin as the growing vines push plates of armor aside to reveal weak points; this effect may explicitly reduce soak to 0. The target also takes 1 automatic level of bashing damage every action until Incapacitated or until he activates an anti-shaping effect. Perfect soaks negate the damage, but must be used every time this Charm's effects activate.
At Essence 4 the character may reflexively spend 1wp to switch the benefits to detrimental and vice-versa, but only twice for Scene.
Dismissive Parental Chiding
Cost: 3m or 5m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Reflexive (2)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Social
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Mother-Child Methodology
When faced with Mental Influence, the Infernal responds as a parent would to an unruly child - perhaps sending the target to their room (Manse?), asking what's really bothering them, grounding them or perhaps simply clucking her tongue and shaking her head. This makes the Prince's MDV considered 1 higher than the successes rolled by the source of Mental Influence. This costs 3m against Natural Mental Influence and 5m against Unnatural Mental Influence.
Beloved Child Martyrdom
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 6)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Mother-Child Methodology
Cytherea is always ready to protect her beloved children, even if it brings harm to herself. If the Infernal perceives an ally, or another target deemed worthy of her protection, is in grave danger and needs protection she may choose to vanish and reappears before the victim so long as they are within (Compassion + Essence)x2 yards, both instantaneous movements heralded by a burst of burning white essence. Obstacles do not impede this form of movement. The warlock then becomes the full target of the attack and must defend against it normally.
The Green Blade Rises
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Sorcerous, Obvious, Growth
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Beloved Child Martyrdom
Should a Cytherean Prince be killed by a use of Beloved Child Martyrdom, he does not truly die. Instead, his body transmutes into a sapling capable of containing his soul and Exaltation and takes root at the spot of his would-be death, protected from harm until the conflict that would have been his demise ends. For a number of months equal to his Essence, the sapling grows. It remains protected from the elements, but not protected from malicious tampering. However, recognizing the plant for what it is requires a successful Wits + Occult roll with an external penalty equal to the Prince's (Essence x2). Anyone with knowledge of this Charm suffers no such penalty. The plant, if uprooted, will survive (Essence) days without soil, sunlight or water. Destroying the plant is distressingly simple, no more difficult than crushing an ordinary sapling. If the plant is destroyed in any way, the Exalt's soul washes instantly away into Lethe and the Essence returns to be reincarnated. If the plant survives, at the end of the (Essence) months incubation, the sapling suddenly becomes a tree, flowers, and bears fruit. One of these fruits burgeons and then splits open, revealing the Exalt, naked and reborn. The character loses a point of Permanent Willpower from the process. This Charm is considered Sapphire Circle for the purposes of Countermagic.
Cytherea first fashioned the world: her blueprints laid forth the pattern that would be Creation. Green Sun Princes who follow the Mother of All are filled with a similar need to cast broad designs upon the world. These designs are generally positive in nature, though the Prince rarely observes the objections or suggestions of his lessers: after all, it is his plan and none other can quite comprehend its greatness.
High Compassion Cytherean Princes see the struggles in others' lives as flaws in the plan and bumps to be smoothed. They will reorder, rearrange and redesign all aspects of a loved one's life in order to give her an ideal happiness - at least as the Prince sees fit: he knows best and the complaints of a lover are as the cries of an errant child to its mother.
High Conviction Cytherean Infernals are single-minded, driven individuals who are willing to break rules and perform harsh acts in the name of their great designs. Cytherea frowns on unnecessary violence, but what isn't necessary in the name of their grand plans?
High Temperance Cytherean Exalts, like Compassionate ones, have an invested interest in altering the lives of others, though Temperate Princes lead everyone to adhere to self-bettering or enlightening structures. Only the Prince knows what is right and everyone else should follow.
High Valor Cytherean warlocks pursue their desires with force, be it in one on one duels or in the theatre of war. Fighting, conflict and courage are an art - they do not delight in gleeful, senseless slaughter or thoughtless, destructive rage. Ultimately, their acts of violence yield something: a new kingdom, new boundaries, new rulership or a new weapon, etc.
Examples of Cytherean Urges:
-Teach the misguided Storm Mothers to be accepting of all women.
-Reform the culture of Nexus into one of asceticism and spiritual enlightenment.
-Replace the Celestial Bureaucracy with something more Yozi-compliant.
-Incite civil war within the Hundred Kingdoms so they will become a new and greater nation.
First Cytherea Excellency
The Divine Ignition is the beginning, her birth and sudden expansion serving as the catalyst that brought forth the other Primordials, an ever-growing force of unbound creation and splendor. From her boundless potential the combined effort of the Primordials fashioned a world within the Wyld. During the War, she fought for the love of her creation and for the protection of her design. Perhaps because of this, she fought harder than the other Yozis, though by nature she is a designer and an architect, not a warrior; but what good mother lets her disobedient children misbehave? Unnecessary violence and killing is detrimental to the integrity of the design, but this does not mean she is afraid to take punitive measures.
Her surrender at the end of the War was a willing self-sacrifice, for she could no longer bear to witness to her precious family dying in a war they could no longer win. Cytherea now yearns to return to her Creation so that she may restore its former glory. To do so would be tearing it from the ruinous hands of the gods and their Exalted. Of this, she is unafraid. Her goals are of reclamation and restoration, not of torment and wrath. This, perhaps, puts her at odds with her Yozi siblings but she does not fear them, either.
Cytherea prefers to act behind the scenes, being the hidden benefactor to those she loves, guiding others to her own goals. Cytherea is possessed of ethereal beauty, and seeks to ingratiate others to her largesse, though she never demands repayment for her gifts. Characters may apply this excellency to any action in which they encourage or support others, especially in pursuit of a productive goal. This Charm may not be applied to any purely destructive effort. Cytherea abhors violence for the sake of violence, seeing destruction as a suitable tool only to further or defend her goals or protect her creations.
Cytherea Mythos Exultant
The Divine Ignition is an eternally burning engine, providing to all of her children's needs. If gaining motes, the Infernal may choose to grant them to an ally within (Essence x 10) yards from her.
Sorcerous Enlightenment of Cytherea
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Sorcerous
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Cytherea Excellency
The elegant design of the Mother of Creation is a constant cycle of growth and rebirth. Spells that naturally create life or promote growth cost 10 motes and 1 Willpower less (minimum 5 motes and 1 willpower). Spells that summon rather than create beings do not count. Examples of valid spells include: Floral Ferry, Food from the Aerial Table, Invocation of the Living Ship, Sprouting Shackles of Doom, Summoning of the Harvest, Water from Stone and Benediction of Archgenesis. Cytherea's initiation limits the Infernal's sorcery in two ways:
-It may never be used to blight Creation, disqualifying the use of spells such as River of Blood or Curse of Unyielding Mist.
-Any offensive spells must be capable of creating life among the destruction they create, for example Death of Obsidian Butterflies could take the form of a hail of razor sharp seeds. Spells that cannot be modified to meet this requirement cannot be used.
New Keyword: Growth
Growth-Keyword charms must be used towards a productive means. This does not necessarily have to be positive, or physical, but should always lead to the design, development or production of something that had not previously been present. This must be a significant production. Simply changing someone's mind or inspiring a particular emotion is not enough - unless, of course, such at thing drastically change the world (some charms grant additional effects if used with a Growth means). Growth charms cannot be comboed with Desecration Charms that inflict Negative mutations, with the sole exception being Creature of Darkness.
Afloat in the Sea of Mind
Cost: +1m; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Stackable
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisites: None
The Cytherean Prince sees things with a unique duality: the way things are and the way they should or could be, much in the same way the Forest Witches do but with much less delusion. The Prince's unnatural clarity grants him +1 MDV against Illusion keyword effects and +1 dice to all Awareness and Perception rolls (the effects doesn't apply twice to a roll with both), but only as long as he keeps the required motes committed - otherwise his dual-vision imposes a -1 internal penalty to the same rolls. This Charm may be purchased a maximum number of times equal to the Exalt's permanent Essence rating, with each purchase stacking the motes cost and the effects, both positive and negative.
Sharp Eye of the Designer
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Afloat in the Sea of Mind
Those who see with the Mother's eyes understand that the "real" world is flawed and that just beyond the flawed "reality" lies the possibility of what COULD be. The Green Sun Prince may apply this unique understanding to reality. When confronted with the task of repairing something (not limited to items, this charm may be expressly used to heal or cure an individual or restructure a "broken" society) halve the total difficulty, rounded up. This does not decrease the amount of time needed to perform maintenance.
The Flowering of [Virtue]
Cost: 3m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Growth, Obvious
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Sharp Eye of the Designer
The Mother blesses those who pour the whole of their hearts into their designs. Whenever the Infernal channels a virtue to further her greater designs (thereby satisfying the Growth keyword), she may spend 3m to turn the dices into automatic successes. This must be purchased once for each Virtue; subsequent purchases past the first cost 4 Xp. When this effect is used the ground beneath the Infernal bursts forth with multicolored, alien blossoms, even if (and especially when) the ground is unsuited for plant life. A shower of unearthly petals fall from beneath the character if she is suspended in the air. Even cursory inspection reveals the flowers/petals are not native to Creation.
Resurgent [Virtue] Blossom
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: The Flowering of [Virtue] (any)
The Prince centers herself and inhales deeply, causing the petals from The Flowering of [Virtue] to swirl around her. She then draws the unearthly petals into her, through her nose and mouth. If a roll augmented by The Flowering of [Virtue] succeeds, the character may restore that Virtue channel but may do this only once per activation of The Flowering of [Virtue].
Instruct the Ignorant
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Shaping, Touch
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisites: Afloat in the Sea of Mind
The Prince spits in the dust and makes a paste, which he then smears over the eyes of his target. In the absence of available dust to spit in, simply covering a target's eyes will do. When she pulls her hand away or clears the mud off, the target is granted the full effects of Afloat in the Sea of Mind as the Infernal enjoy it, so long as he commits 2m to the target.
Helpful Mother Advice
Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Touch, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Instruct the Ignorant
No one's plans, no matter how well-laid, can be greater than those of the Mother for her children. If the Infernal knows for sure that the target will in the future start a Craft project, she may lays a hand upon them (which may require a successful Martial Arts attack) and smiles warmly, giving out a sincere advice. If the target listens to her advice they gain (Infernal's Essence) dices to their roll, making the project easier. If they ignore, scorn or disregard the advice they lose (Infernal's Essence) dices to their roll.
Skeins of a Greater Design
Cost: 10m; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Shaping, Touch, Growth
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisites: Helpful Mother Advice
The Infernal laces her fingers together and draws them apart before the eyes of a target, a shimmering pattern of iridescent strands spreading between her hands. She then touches the target and the threads entangle him for a moment before vanishing. As long as the Green Sun Prince commits 10m, the target benefits from the Infernal's permanent Essence in extra dices to any wide-scale project, such as crafting an Artifact 3+, or massive Bureaucracy or Socialize projects. Withdrawing the favor of the Mother (uncommitting the motes) is always disheartening and causes the target to lose 3 points of temporary Willpower.
Deconstructive Understanding
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Growth
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Sharp Eye of the Designer
Upon learning this Charm, the Infernal may take any construct (social structures, military units and people are all valid constructs for this Charm) and break it down piece by piece, which takes the normal amount of time required to do such a thing. Once it has been torn apart and laid out before the Green Sun Prince in pieces, either physically or metaphorically, she gains an intrinsic understanding of how the construct worked. This also extends to anything she has the blueprints for, in the event she can get those instead of the actual device.
At Essence 4+ the Infernal may rebuild or make copies of constructs she has so understood in half the time it would regularly require.
Examples: Resurgent Cavalier, a Cytherean Prince steals a Common Warstrider from Lookshy and dedicates the time to taking it apart, piece by piece. When he decides to make his own, the project takes one month rather than two. Another Cytherean Prince might watch his patient die of a strange new disease which takes two weeks to fully treat. The next patient that contracts the disease can be cured in one. Yet another warlock establishes a civil war in order to tear a kingdom apart. If it took 20 years to found that kingdom, he can rebuild it in only 10 years.
Garden of Souls
Cost: 14m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Simple (Speed 5)
Keywords: Combo-Basic, Shaping, Obvious, Sorcerous
Duration: Four Actions
Prerequisites: Skeins of a Greater Design
The Infernal spreads her arms slowly, opalescent white light mingling with the green flames of her anima as she does so. This washes over all enemies within (Essence + Conviction) x 5 yards. The Cytherean Prince then rolls Willpower + Essence, as an attack roll against the targets caught within the radius. This cannot be parried because of its area of effect nature, but can be dodged by leaving the affected area.
Creeping vines slither upwards from the the ground and ensnare all affected targets, slithering around armor and into their flesh. This persists for four of the Infernal's actions. The results of being ensnared are as follows:
-The targets cannot Move, Dash, or Jump (even reflexively) unless they succeed at a Miscellaneous Strength + (Athletics or Resistance) roll at a difficulty equal to (1 + the Infernal's Conviction). Breaking free still deals a single level of unsoakable lethal damage. -For every attempt past the first, until the charm terminates, the difficulty increases by 1. So, 2 + Conviction on the second, 3 + Conviction on the third and 4 + Conviction on the fourth. Effects that perfectly negate ensnarement or grappling negate the effects of this Charm.
-Trapped targets take the Infernal's Essence in dice of unsoakable lethal damage every action until the Charm terminates. If this Charm kill any victims their bodies become blossoming trees that bear a single fruit the color of blood (or their anima, in the case of an Exalt). Consuming this fruit restores (the victim's Essence x 4) motes to the eater. The tree lasts for a maximum of (Infernal's Essence) weeks, and may produce only one fruit for day.
-Fruits created by Garden of Souls last a week before losing their ability to restore essence and rot. To avoid that a week's worth of fruits can be brewed into a special wine, resulting in a bottle that holds three glasses worth of liquid. Each glass consumed restore one third, rounded down, of the sum of all the motes that the fruits used would have granted.
Of Worlds Native and Alien
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: None
Cytherea designed the wonder that is Creation but was still unjustly banished into Malfeas. By the injustices of the world the Prince was denied the glories of Creation, but in his case he will be given a second chance by the mercy of the Mother of All. This permanently makes the Green Sun Prince register as both a native of Malfeas AND of Creation, which perfectly protects him from wards or detection specifically geared towards Creatures of Darkness or Denizens of Malfeas. He still takes aggravated damage from Holy charms.
[Element] Dragon's Subservience
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Of Worlds Native and Alien
She who MADE the World exhibits her superiority over she who IS the World, commanding that the Dragons bow their heads and avert their gaze before Creation's designer. This Charm doubles the character's natural soak against the Element she purchased this charm for: this includes any natural hazards (avalanches, tsunamis, volcanoes, lightning storms, etc); unnatural hazards (Fair Folk powers, elemental themed behemoth attacks, etc); and magically created Elemental effects (Dragon-Graced Weapon, Elemental Bolt, Breath of the Fire Dragon, etc). Additionally, the Prince gains +3 dice to any Social Attack she makes against Elementals or Dragon-Blooded of the selected Element(s). This may be purchased up to 5 times, once per Element.
World-Maker's Wake
Cost: 5m; Mins: Essence 4; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Obvious
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisites: [Element] Dragon's Subservience (any two)
Cytherea and her beloved have naught to fear from the hazards of her Creation. This Charm reduces the difficulty of traversing through any elementally difficult terrain (frigid tundras, blazing hot deserts, treacherous waters, steep cliffs, etc) to 1; nor do natural environmental penalties (high winds, driving rain, excessive heat, dense forests, etc) affect her; natural sources of environmental damage simply do not harm her. All of the above elements make a very obvious show of swerving to avoid the character after bowing or making some other overt sign of respect. This does not apply to magical sources of environmental damage, save the Dragon Blooded anima banners, which also dodge the character and bow. The effects only apply to Elements that the Infernal has the prerequisite [Element] Dragon's Subservience Charms for. For a surcharge of 5m the Prince may extend the effects of this charm to all allies within [Essence x5] yards from her.
Sprouts of Necessity
Cost: 10m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple (Dramatic Action)
Keywords: Sorcerous, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Wood Dragon's Subservience
The Infernal presses two fingers to her forehead and illuminates her Caste Mark. As she draws her hand away a seed made of softly pulsing light appears in her palm. She then pushes the seed into the ground (actual soil is not necessary for this charm to function) where it dims and vanishes. The Infernal makes a request of the plant, which may be for any single mundane thing with a Resources value equal or less than the Infernal's permanent Essence, or for enough food and water to satisfy a military unit with Magnitude equal to the Infernal's permanent Essence. The warlock cannot ask for something she doesn't know how to make herself.
Six minutes later a five yards tall plant bursts forth from the ground, blossoming with flowers alien to Creation before it produces a bizarre multicolored fruit containing the Infernal's request. Regardless of how much money the character could theoretically generate this Charm cannot conjure anything innately magical - so, while it could give the Infernal a perfect suit of mundane superheavy plate, it could not give him a breastplate of Orichalcum. It could give him a warhorse of the most fine stock, but not a simhata. It could generate a palatial mansion but not a manse. It could make a skin of the finest Realm wine, but not even a cup of Celestial Wine. Some caution and forethought should be used while activating this Charm: summoning a mansion in a small area might not be the best idea, or perhaps is an excellent way to cover an escape.
A repurchase at Essence 4 allows the Infernal to create small amounts of magical materials, their Resources value equal or less than (the warlock's permanent Essence) - 2, but only if another Essence user with appropriate essence aids in the process by paying the same cost of Sprouts of Necessity by touching the Infernal while she activates this Charm. For instance, with the help of other Infernals this Charm could create some amount of Vitriol; with the help of a Solar it could create Orichalcum; with the help of a Lunar it could create Moonsilver.
Life-Giver Restoration
Cost: 8m, 2wp; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Touch, Sorcerous, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Of Worlds Native and Alien
With but a touch the Infernal can bring damaged things back to working order. The item must be missing significant parts for this to function (a daiklave might be missing half its blade, or a suit of armor all the major joint protections). By touching the item the Green Sun Prince instantly repairs it by replacing what was missing with living vines or strands of brass and silver wood. The Artifact is then considered repaired, but loses any Magical Material Association it may have had. At the Storyteller's discretion, it may become a Helltech artifact.
At Essence 4 Life-Giver Restoration may be used to cure amputations. This does not actually heal the damage but it does give the target a new and fully functional Artifact 1 Helltech limb. This does not require any attunement from the target. Any other minor properties beyond that are Storyteller discretion. Emerald Circle Countermagic will counter this.
Mother-Child Methodology
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Growth
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: None
The Infernal dedicates herself completely to the grand designs associated with an Intimacy - not the intimacy itself. Rather than dedicate herself to her kingdom, she dedicates herself to the world-spanning empire it could be, and the plans needed to get it there. Social attacks that try to sway the character from these ideals are considered unacceptable orders.
Aegis of Eternal Plans
Cost: 8m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 4)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Growth
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisites: Mother-Child Methodology
The Infernal whispers the words of the Mother's designs which slip from her mouth as falling leaves inscribed with glowing Old Realm Glyphs. The leaves fall against her skin where they disappear beneath her flesh. If any skin is exposed, onlookers can see vines growing through the character's veins. They then sprout from her body in coiling patterns that spell out the words she initially spoke. The sprouts even poke through cracks in armor and spaces in clothing. Mechanically, this grants (+Essence) to all soaks and (+ 1/2 Essence, round up) to hardness, both of which stack with armor. Additionally, the living plants within her regrow as she takes damage, regenerating 1 level of Bashing an action and 1 lethal a minute.
A second repurchase at Essence 5 makes the duration Indefinite as long as the motes for the cost stay committed.
Seed of Protection and Pain
Cost: 10m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 4)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Touch, Shaping
Duration: One Scene
Prerequisites: Aegis of Eternal Plans
The Infernal produces from her body, in any thematically appropriate way, a seed the size of a peach pit and presses it into the chest of her target, right above the heart. A willing target then benefits from the full effects of Aegis of Eternal Plans for the rest of the scene. An unwilling target first requires a successful Martial Arts attack, but then rather than increase the target's soaks and hardness this Charm decreases them by the same margin as the growing vines push plates of armor aside to reveal weak points; this effect may explicitly reduce soak to 0. The target also takes 1 automatic level of bashing damage every action until Incapacitated or until he activates an anti-shaping effect. Perfect soaks negate the damage, but must be used every time this Charm's effects activate.
At Essence 4 the character may reflexively spend 1wp to switch the benefits to detrimental and vice-versa, but only twice for Scene.
Dismissive Parental Chiding
Cost: 3m or 5m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Reflexive (2)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Social
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Mother-Child Methodology
When faced with Mental Influence, the Infernal responds as a parent would to an unruly child - perhaps sending the target to their room (Manse?), asking what's really bothering them, grounding them or perhaps simply clucking her tongue and shaking her head. This makes the Prince's MDV considered 1 higher than the successes rolled by the source of Mental Influence. This costs 3m against Natural Mental Influence and 5m against Unnatural Mental Influence.
Beloved Child Martyrdom
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 6)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Mother-Child Methodology
Cytherea is always ready to protect her beloved children, even if it brings harm to herself. If the Infernal perceives an ally, or another target deemed worthy of her protection, is in grave danger and needs protection she may choose to vanish and reappears before the victim so long as they are within (Compassion + Essence)x2 yards, both instantaneous movements heralded by a burst of burning white essence. Obstacles do not impede this form of movement. The warlock then becomes the full target of the attack and must defend against it normally.
The Green Blade Rises
Cost: —; Mins: Essence 5; Type: Permanent
Keywords: Sorcerous, Obvious, Growth
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisites: Beloved Child Martyrdom
Should a Cytherean Prince be killed by a use of Beloved Child Martyrdom, he does not truly die. Instead, his body transmutes into a sapling capable of containing his soul and Exaltation and takes root at the spot of his would-be death, protected from harm until the conflict that would have been his demise ends. For a number of months equal to his Essence, the sapling grows. It remains protected from the elements, but not protected from malicious tampering. However, recognizing the plant for what it is requires a successful Wits + Occult roll with an external penalty equal to the Prince's (Essence x2). Anyone with knowledge of this Charm suffers no such penalty. The plant, if uprooted, will survive (Essence) days without soil, sunlight or water. Destroying the plant is distressingly simple, no more difficult than crushing an ordinary sapling. If the plant is destroyed in any way, the Exalt's soul washes instantly away into Lethe and the Essence returns to be reincarnated. If the plant survives, at the end of the (Essence) months incubation, the sapling suddenly becomes a tree, flowers, and bears fruit. One of these fruits burgeons and then splits open, revealing the Exalt, naked and reborn. The character loses a point of Permanent Willpower from the process. This Charm is considered Sapphire Circle for the purposes of Countermagic.
2) As can be read here, there are now enough Infernals that a concrete effort to organize them is needed. As such I would like to ask this:
Peanuckle, I would like to ask you to change Yelena's Urge to reflect Mardukth. Like this one: "Become the head of a cult which venerates you and the Yozis (Epic)"
Use the list posted in the post below when you want to make new Infernals. Remember that a Patron Yozi is the Yozi that give the Urge to the Infernal, and it can be either the Caste Yozi (Malfeas, Cecelyne, SWLiHN, Adorjan, Ebon Dragon) or the Favored Yozi, which can be any Yozi even the Five Architects (the only exception is Oramus, who made so only Lelouch has access to his Charmset.
The Althing Infernal
Alexander89
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List of all Infernals so far:
Slayer - 10/10
Malefactor - 10/10
Defiler - 10/10
Scourge - 10/10
Fiend - 10/10
Malfeas (6/6) - Charlie (Slayer), Ernst Lehrmann (Slayer), Shamira Fajr (Slayer), Alipheese Fateburn XVI (Slayer), Maiko Kurokawa (Fiend), Freya Sigurddóttir (Malefactor)
Cecelyne (6/6) - George Tollenmach (Defiler), Rodrigo Gomez (Malefactor), Gabriel Rohawn (Malefactor), Revy (Scourge), Amelia Laverre (Malefactor), Ayane Makitako (Scourge)
She Who Live in Her Name (6/6) - Akio Murakami (Slayer), Karin Désirée de La Vallière (Scourge), Ithuriel (Defiler), Ruben Victoriano (Fiend), Johnathan Gardener (Defiler), Wilbur Whateley (Defiler)
Adorjan (6/6) - Imaginary (Fiend), Neopolitan (Scourge), Eila Skye (Slayer), Okuu (Scourge), Ciara Mukade (Slayer), Rory Mercury (Malefactor)
Ebon Dragon (6/6) - Reinart Ellis (Fiend), Emilio Agnelli (Malefactor), Morrigan Darrow (Fiend), Akhekh (Defiler), Isla Proudfoot (Malefactor), Samantha ni Britannia (Scourge)
Kimbery (2/2) - Nadir Yilmaz (Scourge)(2)(3)(4), Yuno Gasai (Scourge)
Cytherea (2/2) - Rakshata Chawla (Defiler), Nicholas Currents (Defiler)
Metagaos (2/2) - Lian (Scourge), Manami Hamasaki (Defiler)
Szorney (2/2)- Kaguya Sumeragi (Malefactor), Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Slayer)
Isidoros (2/2) - Akito Hyuga (Slayer), Slaanesh (Fiend)
Elloge (2/2) - Nathan Coulter (Defiler), Maxwell (Fiend)
Hegra (2/2) - Milly Ashford (Scourge), Melody Wright (Defiler)
Mardukth (2/2) - Yelena Ferapont (Malefactor), Kamina Jiha (Slayer)
Ta'akozoka (3/3) - Andres Granados de Seral (Fiend), Lukkage (Malefactor), Jonathan Baring (Fiend)
Oramus (1/1)* - Lelouch vi Britannia (Fiend)
*Will only have one Champion, as he doesn't want more than one.
Slayer - 10/10
Malefactor - 10/10
Defiler - 10/10
Scourge - 10/10
Fiend - 10/10
Malfeas (6/6) - Charlie (Slayer), Ernst Lehrmann (Slayer), Shamira Fajr (Slayer), Alipheese Fateburn XVI (Slayer), Maiko Kurokawa (Fiend), Freya Sigurddóttir (Malefactor)
Cecelyne (6/6) - George Tollenmach (Defiler), Rodrigo Gomez (Malefactor), Gabriel Rohawn (Malefactor), Revy (Scourge), Amelia Laverre (Malefactor), Ayane Makitako (Scourge)
She Who Live in Her Name (6/6) - Akio Murakami (Slayer), Karin Désirée de La Vallière (Scourge), Ithuriel (Defiler), Ruben Victoriano (Fiend), Johnathan Gardener (Defiler), Wilbur Whateley (Defiler)
Adorjan (6/6) - Imaginary (Fiend), Neopolitan (Scourge), Eila Skye (Slayer), Okuu (Scourge), Ciara Mukade (Slayer), Rory Mercury (Malefactor)
Ebon Dragon (6/6) - Reinart Ellis (Fiend), Emilio Agnelli (Malefactor), Morrigan Darrow (Fiend), Akhekh (Defiler), Isla Proudfoot (Malefactor), Samantha ni Britannia (Scourge)
Kimbery (2/2) - Nadir Yilmaz (Scourge)(2)(3)(4), Yuno Gasai (Scourge)
Cytherea (2/2) - Rakshata Chawla (Defiler), Nicholas Currents (Defiler)
Metagaos (2/2) - Lian (Scourge), Manami Hamasaki (Defiler)
Szorney (2/2)- Kaguya Sumeragi (Malefactor), Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Slayer)
Isidoros (2/2) - Akito Hyuga (Slayer), Slaanesh (Fiend)
Elloge (2/2) - Nathan Coulter (Defiler), Maxwell (Fiend)
Hegra (2/2) - Milly Ashford (Scourge), Melody Wright (Defiler)
Mardukth (2/2) - Yelena Ferapont (Malefactor), Kamina Jiha (Slayer)
Ta'akozoka (3/3) - Andres Granados de Seral (Fiend), Lukkage (Malefactor), Jonathan Baring (Fiend)
Oramus (1/1)* - Lelouch vi Britannia (Fiend)
*Will only have one Champion, as he doesn't want more than one.
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Alexander89
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Also, @ReaperofInterest, I went through Elloge's Charms and I would like to offer a polished version:
First Elloge Excellency, Second Elloge Excellency
The Sphere of Speech is romantic, given to flights of fancy and becoming lost within herself. She is invisible to those outside of her, while her inner world is complex and rich beyond imagination. She perceives the whole world through the lens of narrative, understanding relationships through archetypes and themes. She seeks to build connections between people to create a more unified narrative. She dictates reality around her, but admires introspection and self-exploration. She also enjoys paradox and self-contradiction, as it creates more complication and greater depth in her stories. To Elloge, words are what they represent, and she does not distinguish between symbol and symbolized. She speaks only truth, though it is the truth of stories, rather than of cold-hard facts. Facts that are inconvenient to her stories are edited out of existence, as Elloge seeks to create the perfect story. Her narrative structure dominates the Wyld, as her narrative holds the greatest power over those entities which exist outside of Creation's law.
This Charm may be used to enhance any action in which the Infernal uses words or language as a part of his task, or which is used in an act of self-expression. This Charm may also be used to encourage a narrative that the Infernal enjoys, or to develop relationships, whether or not she is a part of that relationship. This Charm cannot be used in any action to make someone act in a way that is antithetical to their character, or to inhibit any act of self-expression which is in accordance with an archetype or narrative she wishes to foster. Finally, Elloge has an obsession with marriage and children, and as such this Excellency may be used in any action to facilitate romance or aid in protecting children.
Every Word is Mine
Cost: -; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Elloge Excellency
All words are Elloge, and in turn, Elloge is all words. An Infernal with this charm understands all meaningful languages. He still does not understand magical glossolalia, which is only gibberish, but can seamlessly switch from one language to another, even if he has never encountered it before. This applies to anything which can reasonably be described as speech, but not to body language.
Narrator's Insight
Cost: 4m; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Simple (Speed 3, DV-0)
Keywords: Combo-Ok
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: None
The storyteller understands those in the story as well as they do. She can tell who is important and who isn't, and can, with practice, discern the trustworthy from the villainous. By spending four motes the Infernal may tell whether anyone he looks upon is an extra, a normal being, or a heroic being. With Essence 4, he may also detect whether they possess enlightened essence.
A repurchase of this charm, requiring Essence 3, allows the storyteller to sense if anyone he looks at has an Intimacy towards him, and whether it is positive or negative. This charm upgrades automatically at Essence 4, becoming Indefinite.
Shipper's Compatibility Index
Cost: 2m or 1m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-Ok
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Narrator's Insight
By looking at a pair of people the Infernal judges their opinion of each other, and how much they have in common. He becomes aware of what intimacies they have towards one another, if any, and how many of their virtues are within a dot rating of each other, although not which. He also becomes aware if they have mutually exclusive Motivations, but not what they are. This charm costs 2m normally, but is reduced to 1m while the Infernal is under the effects of Narrator's Insight. Without Essence 6, the Infernal may not target himself with this charm.
Rocks Fall (x2)
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Simple (Speed 5, DV-1)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Narrator's Insight
The Infernal's favoured tools are the characters that litter the world, but the world of his story can substitute in a desperate situation. This charm creates an attack using the environment. It uses Charisma+Linguistics, rather than Dexterity+(Ability), and has an accuracy equal to half the Infernal's Essence, rounded down. Its base damage is equal to his Charisma+Essence, but gains a bonus equal to twice the stunt bonus gained on his attack roll. This damage is lethal, but can be made bashing with a fitting stunt. It also deals Aggravated damage to Fae due to their shared affiliation with narrative. It can only cause effects that have some relation to the scene at hand; lightning does not strike from a clear sky, but a rockfall is a constant danger in a quarry. To begin with, this charm is utterly Obvious: the Infernal's actions are clearly the ones that caused the effect.
A repurchase, requiring Essence 3, permanently improves this Charm. Firstly, a suitable attack is not immediately Obvious as an action of the Infernal's. Viewers, including the target, must make a Wits+Linguistics check, with difficulty equal to the Infernal's Linguistics, to determine that he caused the attack. Secondly, the Infernal can create effects that do not fit the environment, flukes of fate and seeming impossibilities striking his foe. With this use he may create attacks as abstract as strangling someone with their bad grammar, or truly impossible attacks similar to those granted by Principle Invoking Onslaught. When he does this, he becomes Obvious as the source.
A second repurchase changes this Charm's duration to indefinite. When used in this way the Charm is a reflexive action, costing ten motes to be committed. It allows the Infernal to utilise Rocks Fall at will whenever he could make a normal attack. It also lets him parry with the environment, the same odd coincidences and illogic protecting him. These attacks use the following profile:
Rocks Fall: Speed 5, Accuracy +(Essence/2), Damage (Charisma+Essence+[2xStunt's Rating])L/2, Defense: (Stunt), Range: (Essencex30), Rate: 3, Tags: O
A third repurchase, requiring the Essence 5 repurchase of The Author Apart, allows Rocks Fall to be used while that charm is active without automatically breaking its effects. Attacks made from this stealth are not considered unexpected, but targets affected by that Charm's stealth must succeed on their check or pay one willpower to recognize the Infernal as the source.
Deus Ex Machina
Cost: 8m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 2)
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Rocks Fall (x2)(Indefinite)
When she is in danger Elloge's standards slip. Rocks jump to defends her, storms form in a midsummer desert, and perfectly timed coincidences save lives. By using this Charm an impossibly fortuitous coincidence perfectly parries a single attack. This is a perfect defence that may block the unblockable, but bears the Imperfection of the Sphere of Speech. As an additional benefit, it is not immediately Obvious that the Infernal is the cause of the defence.
Imperfection of the Sphere of Speech
Elloge cares for stories above all else, and a beautiful story deserves to be told. Her perfect defence bears a surcharge in motes equal to twice the value of the stunt awarded to the attack. In addition, three die stunts add a three willpower surcharge.
The Sphere of Speech is romantic, given to flights of fancy and becoming lost within herself. She is invisible to those outside of her, while her inner world is complex and rich beyond imagination. She perceives the whole world through the lens of narrative, understanding relationships through archetypes and themes. She seeks to build connections between people to create a more unified narrative. She dictates reality around her, but admires introspection and self-exploration. She also enjoys paradox and self-contradiction, as it creates more complication and greater depth in her stories. To Elloge, words are what they represent, and she does not distinguish between symbol and symbolized. She speaks only truth, though it is the truth of stories, rather than of cold-hard facts. Facts that are inconvenient to her stories are edited out of existence, as Elloge seeks to create the perfect story. Her narrative structure dominates the Wyld, as her narrative holds the greatest power over those entities which exist outside of Creation's law.
This Charm may be used to enhance any action in which the Infernal uses words or language as a part of his task, or which is used in an act of self-expression. This Charm may also be used to encourage a narrative that the Infernal enjoys, or to develop relationships, whether or not she is a part of that relationship. This Charm cannot be used in any action to make someone act in a way that is antithetical to their character, or to inhibit any act of self-expression which is in accordance with an archetype or narrative she wishes to foster. Finally, Elloge has an obsession with marriage and children, and as such this Excellency may be used in any action to facilitate romance or aid in protecting children.
Every Word is Mine
Cost: -; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: First Elloge Excellency
All words are Elloge, and in turn, Elloge is all words. An Infernal with this charm understands all meaningful languages. He still does not understand magical glossolalia, which is only gibberish, but can seamlessly switch from one language to another, even if he has never encountered it before. This applies to anything which can reasonably be described as speech, but not to body language.
Narrator's Insight
Cost: 4m; Mins: Essence 1; Type: Simple (Speed 3, DV-0)
Keywords: Combo-Ok
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: None
The storyteller understands those in the story as well as they do. She can tell who is important and who isn't, and can, with practice, discern the trustworthy from the villainous. By spending four motes the Infernal may tell whether anyone he looks upon is an extra, a normal being, or a heroic being. With Essence 4, he may also detect whether they possess enlightened essence.
A repurchase of this charm, requiring Essence 3, allows the storyteller to sense if anyone he looks at has an Intimacy towards him, and whether it is positive or negative. This charm upgrades automatically at Essence 4, becoming Indefinite.
Shipper's Compatibility Index
Cost: 2m or 1m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-Ok
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Narrator's Insight
By looking at a pair of people the Infernal judges their opinion of each other, and how much they have in common. He becomes aware of what intimacies they have towards one another, if any, and how many of their virtues are within a dot rating of each other, although not which. He also becomes aware if they have mutually exclusive Motivations, but not what they are. This charm costs 2m normally, but is reduced to 1m while the Infernal is under the effects of Narrator's Insight. Without Essence 6, the Infernal may not target himself with this charm.
Rocks Fall (x2)
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Simple (Speed 5, DV-1)
Keywords: Combo-Ok, Obvious, Shaping
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Narrator's Insight
The Infernal's favoured tools are the characters that litter the world, but the world of his story can substitute in a desperate situation. This charm creates an attack using the environment. It uses Charisma+Linguistics, rather than Dexterity+(Ability), and has an accuracy equal to half the Infernal's Essence, rounded down. Its base damage is equal to his Charisma+Essence, but gains a bonus equal to twice the stunt bonus gained on his attack roll. This damage is lethal, but can be made bashing with a fitting stunt. It also deals Aggravated damage to Fae due to their shared affiliation with narrative. It can only cause effects that have some relation to the scene at hand; lightning does not strike from a clear sky, but a rockfall is a constant danger in a quarry. To begin with, this charm is utterly Obvious: the Infernal's actions are clearly the ones that caused the effect.
A repurchase, requiring Essence 3, permanently improves this Charm. Firstly, a suitable attack is not immediately Obvious as an action of the Infernal's. Viewers, including the target, must make a Wits+Linguistics check, with difficulty equal to the Infernal's Linguistics, to determine that he caused the attack. Secondly, the Infernal can create effects that do not fit the environment, flukes of fate and seeming impossibilities striking his foe. With this use he may create attacks as abstract as strangling someone with their bad grammar, or truly impossible attacks similar to those granted by Principle Invoking Onslaught. When he does this, he becomes Obvious as the source.
A second repurchase changes this Charm's duration to indefinite. When used in this way the Charm is a reflexive action, costing ten motes to be committed. It allows the Infernal to utilise Rocks Fall at will whenever he could make a normal attack. It also lets him parry with the environment, the same odd coincidences and illogic protecting him. These attacks use the following profile:
Rocks Fall: Speed 5, Accuracy +(Essence/2), Damage (Charisma+Essence+[2xStunt's Rating])L/2, Defense: (Stunt), Range: (Essencex30), Rate: 3, Tags: O
A third repurchase, requiring the Essence 5 repurchase of The Author Apart, allows Rocks Fall to be used while that charm is active without automatically breaking its effects. Attacks made from this stealth are not considered unexpected, but targets affected by that Charm's stealth must succeed on their check or pay one willpower to recognize the Infernal as the source.
Deus Ex Machina
Cost: 8m; Mins: Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 2)
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Rocks Fall (x2)(Indefinite)
When she is in danger Elloge's standards slip. Rocks jump to defends her, storms form in a midsummer desert, and perfectly timed coincidences save lives. By using this Charm an impossibly fortuitous coincidence perfectly parries a single attack. This is a perfect defence that may block the unblockable, but bears the Imperfection of the Sphere of Speech. As an additional benefit, it is not immediately Obvious that the Infernal is the cause of the defence.
Imperfection of the Sphere of Speech
Elloge cares for stories above all else, and a beautiful story deserves to be told. Her perfect defence bears a surcharge in motes equal to twice the value of the stunt awarded to the attack. In addition, three die stunts add a three willpower surcharge.
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
These definitely look good. I'll go ahead and update Maxwell and Nathan's charms list with these then.
Hmm. That means DEM will often cost at least 12 motes. Very expensive...
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
I'm fairly certain that DEM can be used against non-stunted attacks, which means that it will cost the same as the other Perfect defenses. For stunted attacks, there's the SWLIHN Perfect Defense.