Which of course raises the question if she's even capable of feeling sexual attraction outside of Victoria.
Wind-Carried Passion and Golden Years Tarnished Black can halp with that.

I'm actually looking for the charm that's explicitly "Freedom Lets Go, but applied to others" but haven't found it yet. Embracing Empty Passion is close. Existence-Liberating Caress would work, but, well.

Also, we don't need to merge ToaBS back into Revlid-SWLIHN. Axis of the World Obsession does the same thing with less mind-breakage.
 
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We can't do anything about the base identity. LSD creates a new identity for us, an identity which is not Taylor Hebert.

Personally, I would like to keep the Taylor Hebert civilian identity using LSD. It's easier for Danny, we don't have to deal with the legal problems of Taylor Hebert disappearing and someone else taking her place and people in general may accept us better if they believe our inhuman form is a Changer form, rather than our real form.

Also, to everyone who says our identity is publically known, I don't really see any indication that's the case? The Protectorate/PRT knows, New Wave knows, Coil knows, some of the hospital staff knows, but that doesn't mean it's public information? This wasn't a public trigger, and the PRT is known to suppress information concerning Cape's identities. Especially if we join the Wards, but even if we don't they won't go out with the information. If I remember right, Aegis was in a kind of similar situation, since hospital staff noticed his powers at work after he triggered. The PRT then had them all sign NDA:s. We aren't outed yet, I think.
 
Also, Swillin' is very much based around imposing order and organization on things, so I'd assume that many of her charms involve working to improve systems. What do her charms allow us to do to organizations?
Revlid's SWLIHN charms(mostly because I brought a pdf copy to my phone for some reason...) that work with organizations:
-Excellencies - Pretty much all of her excellencies work for formal organizations.

-Every Last Detail - Time spent planning or preparing for the future counts as sleeping, ignore penalties to planning rolls, and excess successes during the planning phase carry over to the actual deployment of a project. Somewhat abstract, but it basically means we can join the PRT Thinker Tank and rain buffs everywhere, all the time, non stop. Note: This does not require that you are in charge, just that you contribute.

-Pattern Protection Prana - Covers your entire organization in glitter, and buffers the organization from being disrupted, sabotaged or otherwise negatively affected. Destroys Coil's plans to discredit the PRT pretty much.

-Unfaltering Management Style - Makes any large scale project more successfully overall, which gets more powerful the longer it hadn't restructured or changed policies. Abstract and hard to describe unfortunately.

-Efficient Indoctrination Logograms - Brainwash people to like your organization. Taylor will not buy this charm at this point. She has to stop believing that the world can be improved without Assuming Direct Control first.

-Instantaneous Data-Transfer Key - Securely and instantaneously convey information in a tenth of the time through speech or writing. Very good for briefings and crisis time instructions, but since the prereq requires a sublimal brainwashing charm, Taylor is unlikely to buy it(it has more uses than brainwashing, as it allows for information security as well, so she might get it, just unlikely without a good motive)

-Will-Crushing Force - Destroy target's willpower. Eventually destroys their own personal motivation and replaces it with that of any large organization they belong to. Great for fixing problem people like Coil(PRT trooper, ambitions annihilated to align with PRT, IF Coil's own organization is destroyed), or Shadow Stalker(Ward, ambitions annihilated to align with PRT). Useless or worse than useless on criminals and the like, it'd just align them with their own group. It upgrades to just annihilate a broken person and replace them with an identical construct that lives to serve as an automaton. Taylor will not take this charm.

-Unshattered Tongue Perfection - Grants knowledge of a language on touch, but also weakens their mental defenses against persuasion to support their organizations. Upgrade allows it to affect an entire organization under a given leader at once if you touch a leader(total size limits apply). Due to it's utilitarian element, there is a possibility of picking it up, but Taylor is unlikely to think that Teachering all the Wards by touching Armsmaster is a good idea, for instance.

-Capability Redefining Compartmentalization - Allows an individual to respec their skills to better serve an organization. After a number of applications, they don't need to lose old traits to train new ones, while being good at music, dance and appearance are always considered relevant(yes, you can make the whole PRT become PReTty). However, as it has some brainwashing charms in the prereq, Taylor is unlikely to want this at present.

-Soul-Optimizing Sophonics - Grants the ability to train Virtue dots via CRC, if you have Cosmic Transcendence of Virtue, all the way to Cosmic Transcendence of Virtue, which allows them to gain Awakened Essence(and learn magic kung fu, thaumaturgy, sorcery, etc). In Taylor's case, she's 2 more Compassion away from being able to magically make people kinder, more caring and better at helping people. Well it also upgrades them to unholy creatures but eh. :p

-Conformity-as-virtue Equation - Pick a policy of an organization and enforce it supernaturally across the whole of it. If you have a "No bribery" policy, they will unthinkingly reject any bribe or incentive regardless. Obviously, this is for well after Taylor grows disillusioned with the PRT, if she joins it. It'd WRECK the shit out of spies, infiltrators, disguised villains etc.

-Just Following Orders - While fighting under orders from a superior and in line with your organization, you gain one mote every turn. That is quite a bit of energy.

-Final Ultimatum Shintai - For any organization you can legitimately issue orders to(including via delegated responsibility), you literally combine with your part of the organization(you and your subordinates only), massively buffing everything it does, superhuman teamwork and coordination etc. It's basically a Khepri variant, though all members are voluntary.

I will note I recall a number of other organization charms for her, but I got no other books here except my memory.
 
I will note I recall a number of other organization charms for her, but I got no other books here except my memory.
Infinite Co-operative Harmony, from Revlid Crafting, would be a massive boost to Tinkering. Instead of granting extra dice towards a crafting project as normal, the assistance of minions who are experiencing UTP grant extra successes. The second purchase raises the cap on teamwork benefits, while the third purchase compensates for assistants' incompetence and - most importantly for us because we won't be going full EOA - extending the benefits of this charm to everyone that affected by the same Infernal's UTP. That means we don't have to do our own Crafting, just use UTP on every Protectorate/Wards Tinker and provide them with UTP'd minions as necessary.

I think I'm reading it right, at least:

INFINITE CO-OPERATIVE HARMONY
Cost:
— ; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Permanent
Keywords: None
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: Unshattered Tongue Perfection
There is no one; there is only all, working in harmonious unison. If the abominations who locked away their creators cannot understand this, they must be made to. This Charm permanently enhances the Infernal's use of bonus dice acquired through limited teamwork (Exalted, pp. 125) or assistants. If the character granting these dice is currently affected by Unshattered Tongue Perfection, the bonus dice they would grant are converted to an equal number of automatic successes.

A second purchase of this Charm increases the number of characters that can grant the Infernal bonus dice through limited teamwork or acting as assistants by (lower of Bureaucracy or Essence), provided that all characters aiding her in this fashion are affected by Unshattered Tongue Perfection.

At Essence 4+, this Charm may be purchased a third and final time. At this level, any character aiding the Infernal as an assistant who uses automaton virtues or is affected by Unshattered Tongue Perfection is treated as having the minimum necessary abilities to attempt the task on their own (provided the Infernal herself meets these requirements). In addition, Unshattered Tongue Perfection is permanently enhanced, granting all the effects of this Charm to those affected by it.
 
[X]Experiment to learn what your powers can do.
-[X] Stunt: Closing her eyes, Taylor focuses her attention on her seat, tracing the flow of energy through her extrasensory perception, and further. The stone bench beneath her feels distinctly odd through this lens, as she passes over it's texture, tiny pockets of air buried in the faux stone, the coat of grime, rain, piss and puke invisible upon it's surface, the cheap concrete at it's core, and then passing on upwards to feel through her own body, to know this form.

[X]See if you can't get Dad released and help him get back on his feet
-[X] Stunt: Threads of her new sense winds through the unconscious Danny, taking clinical inventory of his physical health, much as Taylor ignores the rather unnecessary and excessive elements it reports back. She knows, somehow, that he is physically better than fine, after Panacea's care, his body in near mint condition, down to the old broken bone he had once talked about, and the ache in his knee that he never said anything of. Just fatigue, stress and drugs to deal with both then. Good.

[X]Go in and register as an independent hero.

[X]Speak with one of the Dallons
-[X] Stunt: Hesitating slightly, you call the number on Brandish's business card. She answers before you manage to convince yourself to hang up, and one slightly awkward conversation later you have set a time for a meeting. You arrive on the appointed time, looking nothing like yourself. As you enter the offices of Dallon, Barnes & Royce, you spot Alan Barnes's office, thankfully there is no sign of Allan himself. Brandish (or is it Carol when she is not in costume?) looks on you questioningly as you approach. "Yes? Can I help you?" "Uhh, I'm Taylor Hebert? We had an appointment?" She looks at you strangely. "Really now? You look a bit different today." You feel a blush creeping up your cheeks as you answer her. "Oh, right. I forgot about my disguise." As you shift towards your other form, Carol raises an eyebrow "A Changer power? You are full of surprises, aren't you?". With that you get down to business, first on the agenda is the Barnes situation. As you conclude the meeting, you decide to ask if she has any advice for someone looking to become an independent hero.

So, borrowed some stunts from veekie here, and added one of my own. It doesn't matter very much to me if we go independent or Ward, but it is easier to join the Wards later if we want to than it is to quit the Wards to go independent. I also want to clarify our options from a legal standpoint, and Carol seems like a good source for advice on heroing as well.

EDIT: Changed Stranger to Changer in the third stunt.
 
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[X]Experiment to learn what your powers can do.
-[X] Stunt: Closing her eyes, Taylor focuses her attention on her seat, tracing the flow of energy through her extrasensory perception, and further. The stone bench beneath her feels distinctly odd through this lens, as she passes over it's texture, tiny pockets of air buried in the faux stone, the coat of grime, rain, piss and puke invisible upon it's surface, the cheap concrete at it's core, and then passing on upwards to feel through her own body, to know this form.

[X]See if you can't get Dad released and help him get back on his feet
-[X] Stunt: Threads of her new sense winds through the unconscious Danny, taking clinical inventory of his physical health, much as Taylor ignores the rather unnecessary and excessive elements it reports back. She knows, somehow, that he is physically better than fine, after Panacea's care, his body in near mint condition, down to the old broken bone he had once talked about, and the ache in his knee that he never said anything of. Just fatigue, stress and drugs to deal with both then. Good.

[X]Go in and register as an independent hero.

[X]Speak with one of the Dallons
-[X] Stunt: Hesitating slightly, you call the number on Brandish's business card. She answers before you manage to convince yourself to hang up, and one slightly awkward conversation later you have set a time for a meeting. You arrive on the appointed time, looking nothing like yourself. As you enter the offices of Dallon, Barnes & Royce, you spot Alan Barnes's office, thankfully there is no sign of Allan himself. Brandish (or is it Carol when she is not in costume?) looks on you questioningly as you approach. "Yes? Can I help you?" "Uhh, I'm Taylor Hebert? We had an appointment?" She looks at you strangely. "Really now? You look a bit different today." You feel a blush creeping up your cheeks as you answer her. "Oh, right. I forgot about my disguise." As you shift towards your other form, Carol raises an eyebrow "A Stranger power? You are full of surprises, aren't you?". With that you get down to business, first on the agenda is the Barnes situation. As you conclude the meeting, you decide to ask if she has any advice for someone looking to become an independent hero.

So, borrowed some stunts from veekie here, and added one of my own. It doesn't matter very much to me if we go independent or Ward, but it is easier to join the Wards later if we want to than it is to quit the Wards to go independent. I also want to clarify our options from a legal standpoint, and Carol seems like a good source for advice on heroing as well.
PS, shapeshifting is Changer. Stranger is stealth.

And yeah, as long as we register SOMETHING, its fine. Dallying means more pain though.

And Coil will try to leverage Danny on us eventually
 
And Coil will try to leverage Danny on us eventually

Yeah. Coil is inescapable. *sigh*. Oddly enough, joining New Wave and unmasking might actually be better for keeping Danny safe than maintaining a secret identity. If he is known to be the parent of a cape, freak accidents, "break-in gone wrong" and sudden disappearances becomes a lot more suspicious. Taylor doesn't know this in character of course, so it is a moot point.
 
Yeah. Coil is inescapable. *sigh*. Oddly enough, joining New Wave and unmasking might actually be better for keeping Danny safe than maintaining a secret identity. If he is known to be the parent of a cape, freak accidents, "break-in gone wrong" and sudden disappearances becomes a lot more suspicious. Taylor doesn't know this in character of course, so it is a moot point.
Moot, because

New Wave is not, and has not been recruiting for years, ever since the Brockton Bay Brigade broke..

Barring mental influence to the contrary or word of GM. I'm not sure why people keep trying really.
Kind of a side effect of having your only non-familial members either die or leave the group. Plus all the issues that come from having to cope with one of the major members being cripplingly depressed.
New Wave was never on the table.


If you want protection for Danny, you join a group which would back you up if they attack him.
 
Moot, because


New Wave was never on the table.


If you want protection for Danny, you join a group which would back you up if they attack him.
Ah, no....that's not what I was getting at there. Just that it'd be harder to join New Wave since internal reasons to be resistant to taking on new members already exist.
 
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Odds are several people could have made an omake based off of the Charm Builds we had planned. They probably just didn't want to make people feel disappointed if a good omake for an unpopular build lost. Maybe come up with some way of rewarding well thought out and inventive power usage in omakes as a test-bed for good stunts. (or just ignore this idea because I've never written an omake or helped build a system for rewarding them)

Well, some of us are just currently experiencing some connection issues/lack of keyboard due to our idiotic service plan having terrible roaming rules.
Unfortunately, these are unlikely to be resolved before Tuesday. So screw it!
I'll probably come back and edit this once I have the ability to efficiently look up canon for wording/formating.

OMAKE: TYPHOON VS TYPHOON
"Incoming wave, sectors A..." the armband began. She tuned it out. The wave was here, now, in front of her. She raced along in front of it, a blurred streak of light with a pulsing dark core. The water flooding her path offered no more resistance than air. Behind her, held aloft by her streaming, ephemeral hair, her chainsaw roared.

<Ready?> she thought at her constant cranial companion.
<Indeed.>

She changed course, altering her trajectory to bring her closer to the rushing waters and extended her chainsaw.

Normally, plunging a chainsaw into a wavefront would be a rather futile gesture. Fortunately, normal is not a word that applies to the Exalted.

Where the saw's teeth ripped into the wave, great wound-like rents appeared, gushing forth brine like a spray of blood. That water raced after Taylor, compacting down to join the halo of dark mater that surrounded her. The wave shattered.

"Wave broken, Leviathan has moved to sector B-7" the armband chimed. Taylor broke off from the faltering wavefront, angling her charge to take her back to the fight with the Endbringer that had dared to threaten her home.

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More when I have the chance.
 
Well, some of us are just currently experiencing some connection issues/lack of keyboard due to our idiotic service plan having terrible roaming rules.
Unfortunately, these are unlikely to be resolved before Tuesday. So screw it!
I'll probably come back and edit this once I have the ability to efficiently look up canon for wording/formating.

OMAKE: TYPHOON VS TYPHOON
"Incoming wave, sectors A..." the armband began. She tuned it out. The wave was here, now, in front of her. She raced along in front of it, a blurred streak of light with a pulsing dark core. The water flooding her path offered no more resistance than air. Behind her, held aloft by her streaming, ephemeral hair, her chainsaw roared.

<Ready?> she thought at her constant cranial companion.
<Indeed.>

She changed course, altering her trajectory to bring her closer to the rushing waters and extended her chainsaw.

Normally, plunging a chainsaw into a wavefront would be a rather futile gesture. Fortunately, normal is not a word that applies to the Exalted.

Where the saw's teeth ripped into the wave, great wound-like rents appeared, gushing forth brine like a spray of blood. That water raced after Taylor, compacting down to join the halo of dark mater that surrounded her. The wave shattered.

"Wave broken, Leviathan has moved to sector B-7" the armband chimed. Taylor broke off from the faltering wavefront, angling her charge to take her back to the fight with the Endbringer that had dared to threaten her home.

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More when I have the chance.
I...totally forgot Shards Modern added chainswords as artifacts.
 
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Does the charm Precision Thought-Force Exercise exist in universe? It's an Ink Monkeys Charm that allows us to use MHM to use Defend Other out to the full range of the telekinesis, and makes it qualify for Touch based charms as though it was part of our body. The main thing here is that since we already have CFBD, we can use that to help other people too, which I think Taylor would really like and see as heroic.
 
@Thief of Words
Does the charm Precision Thought-Force Exercise exist in universe? It's an Ink Monkeys Charm that allows us to use MHM to use Defend Other out to the full range of the telekinesis, and makes it qualify for Touch based charms as though it was part of our body. The main thing here is that since we already have CFBD, we can use that to help other people too, which I think Taylor would really like and see as heroic.
There's some overlap with superior securing safety stratagem that's let's you use cfbd on others and it's free if they're hierarchical superiors.(edit: just realized you acknowledged that )
 
That is locked behind Witness To Darkness though, so unlikely to be attainable.
I used "halp" for a reason. GYTB has major side effects that make it a bad choice for simply removing an unwanted intimacy. We just want Amy to no longer be addicted to Vicky, not to hate her forever. Existence-Liberating Caress is a much better choice despite the lethal damage.

There's some overlap with superior securing safety stratagem that's let's you use cfbd on others and it's free if they're hierarchical superiors.
Charm text is here:

SUPERIOR-SECURING SAFETY STRATAGEM
Cost: 3m or 0m; Mins: Essence 3; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Duration: One action
Prerequisite Charms: Crystal-Fire Barrier Defence
The Whispering Flame preserves all things vital to her plans. This Charm is a reflexive Defend Other action, targeting any character or object within range of Utility-Engine Cabochon. The Infernal does not actually move, but instead congeals the space immediately in front of the target into a short-lived crystalline shield. This Charm's cost is waived when used to defend one of the Infernal's hierarchical superiors in any organization she belongs to.
 
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