Dice Exalted Essence: The Young Exalts and the Sea Characters

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For characters.

Start at Essence 1. You can either take one primary, one secondary and one tertiary Merit, or two secondary and two tertiary Merits.

Milestones:​

Personal: 0 (4/5 goals)
Major: 0
Minor: 2

Exalt Milestones:​

Most Assurant: 0
Tepet Sojiro: 2
Tepet Ijara: 2
Tulak: 1
Garret: 0

Character	Exalt Type	Unique Great Curse Incitements	Exalt Milestone Criteria
Most Assurant (Sherwood)	Orichalcum Caste Alchemical	A community they have an Intimacy toward is threatened, ignores their advice, or openly disdains their help.	Guided a group to success, whether on a venture, in battle, or in a social engagement.
Tepet Sojiro (Rykon)	Air Aspect Dragon-Blooded (Realm)	Finds their ideals challenged by individual failings or the state of the world.	Took an action toward furthering a long-term goal.
Tepet Isun Ijara (Random Word)	Sidereal Chosen of Battles	Serious difference of opinion or suggested course of action strains the Sidereal’s relationship with someone they care about. OR A non-Sidereal who the Sidereal has positive Intimacies toward is exposed to danger or emotional strife.	A significant combatant heeded their counsel or wisdom, or their advice or preparation turned the tides of a significant conflict or lead to an acceptable loss.
Tulak (EbonChevalier)	Water Aspect Dragon-Blooded (Outcaste)	Confronts dangerous and difficult obstacles that are not soon overcome.	Adapted their plans to accommodate a significant change of circumstances.
Garret (Psychie)	Full Moon Lunar	Experience strong anger they are unable to express or address.	Defeated a significant foe in single combat.

 

[Sherwood]

• Attributes and Abilities
• Merits
• Charms
• Combat Stats
• Background

• 
  Name: Most Assurant of Three Assemblies - a.k.a. Maya
  Age: 6
  Exalt Type: Alchemical
  Caste: Orichalcum
  
  Attributes
  Finesse: 4 (5)
  Force: 3
  Fortitude: 2
  
  Abilities
  Athletics: 5
  Awareness: 2
  Close Combat: 1
  Craft:
  Embassy: 3
  Integrity: 3
  Navigate: 3
  Performance:
  Physique:
  Presence:
  Ranged Combat: 3
  Sagacity:
  Stealth: 4
  War:
  
  
• 
  Secondary - Artifact - Silken Armor
  Secondary - Hearthstone - Stone of Resilient Bamboo
  Tertiary - Resources
  Tertiary - Artifact - Collar of Dawn's Cleansing Light
  
  Alchemical Exalt Advantages
  Living Artifact: The Alchemical is a carefully created machine, as much like an artifact as a living being. She may hold an artifact to install one of its Evocations as her own Charm during the Rite of Reconfiguration (p. XX). If the Evocation has any prerequisites, she must meet those. Once installed, the Alchemical can use the Evocation as if it were an innate Charm, without needing access to the artifact itself. The Alchemical can only have one such Evocation at a time but may switch between existing ones during Reconfiguration.
  Community Spirit: Alchemicals often form bonds with communities that will accept her as their own, and to whose purpose she may lend her strength. This doesn’t mean she’s fixed in place, as her chosen community may range far, such as “orphaned children” or “oppressed laborers.” Their believe in her as a guardian, and once she’s found them, this awakens a power deep inside her. Design this as a custom effect based around the Exalt’s purpose, one that should be tied to her community.
  Examples include:
  • Increase Resolve by 1 when someone targets an Intimacy toward her community.
  • Increase Defense by 2 when using defend other on a community member.
  • Add a three-dice bonus to attacks when fighting for the community.
  Whatever it is, it grants a small but meaningful effect. Refer to Bonuses and Penalties on p. XX.
  Resonance: Alchemicals are resonant with the material that matches their caste.
  
  The Orichalcum Caste is a natural leader and hero. She’s forceful and decisive, with a tendency to brashness and dogmatism. She unites her community to repel all outside threats. At the end of each session, Orichalcum Castes gain an Exalt milestone if they guided a group to success, whether on a venture, in battle, or in a social engagement.
  ANIMA EFFECTS
  Radiant Gold (Passive): The Orichalcum can persuade a leaderless battle group (p. XX) into accepting her as their leader without a roll. She gains her Essence in automatic successes to attempts to persuade non-trivial targets to follow her lead.
  Righteous Scorn (Active): Against enemies toward whom she holds a negative Intimacy, or who have harmed or threatened a member of her community, the Alchemical gains her Essence in automatic successes when she targets them with an attack or social action.
  Golden Leader (Iconic): Mortal troops under the Orichalcum’s command gain elite Drill, and +1 Size for the rest of the scene. The Exalt adds her Essence in dice to rout checks. While in her presence, members of her community increase their Resolve by 1.
  
  
• 
  
  Spoiler: Ranged Combat Excellency

  To express the basic competency of the Exalted, all Exalted have the ability to pour Essence into the mundane effort of using a skill. The Excellency adds dice as a reflection of this beyond-mortal capacity.
  [ABILITY] EXCELLENCY
  Prerequisite: [Ability] 1
  Whatever the Exalt attempts, she does so with superhuman ability.
  When purchasing this Charm, choose an Ability. Spend 1 mote. This applies on Step 1 during combat. Outside of combat, this may be used freely. Add bonus dice equal to the Ability’s rating to any applicable roll involving the chosen Ability.
  You may add Close Combat dice to Close Combat attacks or Craft dice to Craft rolls to construct an artifact, but you may not use Stealth dice to add to a Close Combat attack or Ranged Combat to add dice to a Navigate roll. You may buy this Charm for multiple Abilities but must choose a new Ability each time. This is a full Charm purchase and not a repurchase.
  Special: This Charm may be applied to resistance rolls (such as to resist a hazard or trap) or to reflexively created actions, e.g. a reflexive build Power action, regardless of Step.
  Alchemical, Getimian, Lunar, and Liminal: When making the roll, also choose an Attribute (typically the one paired with the Ability for this action). If your Attribute is higher than the chosen Ability, you may add it as a dice bonus instead.
  
  
  Spoiler: Graceful Crane Stance

  GRACEFUL CRANE STANCE
  Prerequisite: Athletics 1
  The Exalt gains perfect balance, able to stand on wire, a crumbling parapet, or the top of a pine tree without issue.
  Commit 1 mote. For the rest of the scene, the Exalt can stand on or run along things too narrow or weak to support them normally, with no chance of falling or breaking through. They never have to roll to avoid falling.
  Increase the cost of the Knockdown gambit by her Essence.
  Personal Gravity Manipulation Apparatus
  (Alchemical): For the duration of the scene, whenever she takes a movement action, “down” is wherever the Exalt wants it to be, within close range. This allows her to walk up walls or stand on ceilings. She may jump from one non-ground surface to another using this Charm.
  
  
  Spoiler: Glorious Exalted Bolt

  GLORIOUS EXALTED BOLT
  Prerequisite: Ranged Combat 2 or Sagacity 2
  The Exalt forms a blazing bolt of Essence aligned with their nature to strike their enemies. Commit 1 mote on Step 1. This does not count as the Exalt’s Charm on that Step. For the duration of the scene, make ranged Essence attacks at medium range using either Sagacity or Ranged Combat. Treat as a heavy ranged weapon with short range, the Artifact and Powerful tags. Spend 1 anima to increase range to long. This may be used during a clash.
  Essence Pulse Cannon (Alchemical): The Exalt’s forearm transforms into a weapon itself, storing a charge of Essence in its bore. If the Alchemical uses Glorious Exalted Bolt to enact the knockback gambit, reduce the cost by two.
  
  
  Spoiler: Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise

  FLAWLESSLY IMPENETRABLE DISGUISE
  Prerequisite: Stealth 3
  The Exalt clothes herself in another’s garb or employs trickery to pass as someone she is not. Commit 1 mote when assembling a disguise. If this disguise is general (a servant, a trader, a soldier, etc.) it remains impenetrable to mortal senses for as long as the mote remains committed. Resist magical senses with Attribute + Stealth. If the disguise is of a specific person, significant characters may attempt to discover the ruse, resisted by the Exalt’s Attribute + Stealth.
  Guise of Humanity (Alchemical, Liminal): While this Charm is active, the Alchemical’s implants and augmentations recede into her body and alter her skin, or the Liminal’s obvious undead nature becomes flush with living health, making her appear like the other people around her.
  
  
  Spoiler: Augmented Attribute - Finesse

  AUGMENTED ATTRIBUTE
  Prerequisite: Any Excellency
  Improvements to the Alchemical’s mind and body allow her to think and move faster than mortals and other Exalted alike.
  Each purchase of this Charm upgrades a single Attribute (Force, Finesse, or Fortitude). On Step 1, the Alchemical treats the relevant Attribute as one higher when adding dice with an Excellency, to a maximum of five dice. At Essence 2, she gains double 9s on rolls involving her chosen Attribute whenever she uses the mode on her Excellency.
  Spoiler: Optical Shroud

  OPTICAL SHROUD
  Prerequisite: Fortitude 2
  The Exalt’s implants bend light around her, hiding her from view.
  Commit 1 mote. The Alchemical disappears from view and gains two automatic successes on Stealth rolls. She cannot be detected by sight-based means. If she makes noise or touches items in the scene, others may be alerted to her presence. In combat, the Alchemical may commit a second mote to gain Concealment. This effect lasts for the scene or until the character releases the mote.
  
  
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  Health Levels
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  -1 [ ][ ]
  -2 [ ][ ]
  I [ ]
  
  Essence: 1
  Motes: 5
  
  Virtues
  Major - Loyalty
  Minor - Discipline
  
  Intimacies
  Major - Loyalty - "One must strive to serve the greater good for the people."
  Minor - Discipline - Order is the bulwark against chaos.
  Minor - Loyalty - "The loyalty I show to my comrades defines me."
  
  Defense: 5
  Soak: 1 (+1 from Hearthstone)
  Light Artifact Armor - +2 Soak
  Hardness: 3 / 4
  
  Resolve: 4
  
  Essence Pulse Cannon
  Accuracy +1, Damage +3, Overwhelming +2 - Heavy, Artifact, Powerful
  Artifact: Artifacts are ancient weapons and armor with fantastical effects. Increase all weapon or armor stats (Accuracy, Damage, Defense, and Overwhelming, or Soak and Hardness) by one.
  Powerful: Enables a point-blank attack for ranged weapons. Decrease the wielder’s Defense by 1 until the start of her next turn. Gain two bonus dice to withering attacks or decreases an opponent’s Hardness by 1 for the purpose of making decisive attacks.
  
  
• 
  Most Assurant of Three Assemblies is a remnant of the high First Age, a living artifact that had been placed in stasis in that long ago time. It was a savant that came across the old manse that used his knowledge to awaken her from her long slumber, and now Most Assurant is looking for her purpose in life. Why was she sealed away for so long? With the chaos of the current Age, she is starting to see her place as a protector of the people.
  
  To the locals, she is known as Maya, a rather eccentric but nice enough lady that lives on the edge of town and works as a bartender, keeping her true nature as an Alchemical hidden. All the better for her to be able to gather information and to learn how to serve the people of Creation.
  
  

 

[Rykon]

• Profile
• Stats
• Merits
• Charms
• Conflict Stats
• Advancement
• Wishlist

• 
  Name: Tepet Sojiro
  Age: 21
  Aspect: Air
  Concept: Warrior - Wandering Shikari
  Secondary School: House of Bells
  
  History
  As a young man, Sojiro was enamored with the tales and deeds of his forebears even as far back as the Shogunate. By the time he enrolled into the House of Bells, he had his eyes and heart set on one day leading a legion of his own as its general. However, by the time he graduated even modest officer postings had vanished, consumed in the slaughter of the Battle of Futile Blood. To restore his house and build his own legacy, he travels the threshold honing his skills against various devils while rallying any allies he can find. With any luck, he will soon assemble a noteworthy force to fight under a banner of his own.
  
  Exalt Milestone: Taking Action toward furthering a long-term goal. (Goals: Restoring House Tepet, Restoring peace to the Realm and it's Satrapies)
  
  Anima
  Buoyed by the Wind (Passive): Once per turn, the Air Aspect may leap one additional range band vertically or horizontally as part of a movement action. She takes no falling damage from short range drops.
  Mela’s Breath (Active): Subtract two dice from all ranged attacks targeting the Air Aspect.
  Eye of the Hurricane (Iconic): Increase the Air Aspect’s Defense and the Defense of all allies within short range by half her Essence, rounded up. When targeted by influence which would sway her away from a longterm goal or would drive her to act impulsively, increase her Resolve by one.
  
  Advantages
  
  Spoiler: Prince of the Earth

  As the Exalted that rule much of the world, Dragon-Blooded find support anywhere. Once per session, the character may select one Merit from the list on p. 106 and treat it as though it had a rating based on her Essence (tertiary at Essence 1, secondary at Essence 2, primary at Essence 5), working its acquisition with the Storyteller. This benefit lasts for the duration of the session.
  Spoiler: Ten Thousand Dragons Fight as One

  When making teamwork actions, after calculating the total successes to add as dice, add an additional die. If making a teamwork action with someone in the Dragon-Blooded’s Circle or Hearth (p. 231), add another die.
• 
  Force ●●●
  Finesse ●●●●
  Fortitude ●●
  
  Athletics ●●●●
  Awareness ●●●
  Close Combat ●●●●●
  Craft
  Embassy
  Integrity ●
  Navigate ●●
  Performance
  Physique ●●●
  Presence ●●
  Ranged Combat
  Sagacity
  Stealth
  War ●●●
  
• 
  Secondary - Artifact: Aramitama - Blue Jade Reaper Daiklave
  Secondary - Hearthstone: Jewel of Swift-Strike
  Tertiary - Resources: Stipend
  Tertiary - Contacts: Wyld Hunt
  
  Aramitama
  Blue Jade Reaper Daiklave
  In the first days of Balor's march, the mighty storm dragon Vahkron churned the western skies into a maelstrom known as the Deafening Pyre. Though the lives of mortals were short, to see his favored priestess ravaged by the contagion as she was broke his once calloused heart. Her voice was but one spark of joy left in an era void of the peerless ballads sung by those blessed with the Sun's light. So great was the cataclysm of his grief and fury that the wake of his path across the firmament held the ravening alien hordes of chaos at bay for nearly a full cycle of Luna.
  
  By the time Vahkron cast his eyes to the nightmares pressing through the deafening pyre, it was already the beginning of the Creation's last stand. What number of his faithful remained blessed a lone terrestrial hero with a blade wrought in dragon horn and jade overflowing with the power of their mighty protector. Together this hero and Vahkron held passage to the inland sea with their dying breaths. Long enough for the Empress to bring the sword of creation to bear. While both dragon and hero have long since passed into memory, the power it drank in from Vahkron's wild, thundering rampage still fuels and defines Aramitama to this day.
  
  Type: Medium Melee Weapon
  Tags: Artifact, Melee, Balanced
  Hearthstone slots: 2
  When dormant, Aramitama's blade is dark and ominous but will surge with light and life when drawn for combat in earnest. Its guard bears the motif of two dragons circling amidst the clouds. The handle is wrought from a faintly glowing fragment of Vahkron's horn, etched with prayers, and covered in a dark silk weave cord wrapping.
  
  When Aramitama is readied, its wielder cannot be targeted by ranged combat attacks during a round if she has already rushed, sprinted (p. 142), or taken other special movement such as those granted by Charms.
  
  Aramitama contains the following evocation:
  
  Thundering Charge
  When the wielder successfully rushes an opponent and lands an attack, the wielder may spend 1 Power reflexively to move one range band further beyond their target in the direction of the rush (after the attack and any counterattack resolves) if they have the physical means to do so.
  
  Resonant: The wielder's next attack against an enemy struck with a rush supplemented by Thundering Charge ignores half the opponent's Defense if Withering or half their Soak if Decisive.
  
  Slotted Jewel of Swift-Strike
  The bearer rerolls all non-successes on Step 3 of an attack, if he rushed (p. 143) at least one range band. Reroll the unsuccessful dice once and calculate any additional successes.
  
• 
  
  Spoiler: Ox Body x 1

  The Exalt increases her base Soak by one. She also gains an additional -1 Health level.
  
  Repurchase: This may be repurchased multiple times, with a maximum number of purchases equal to the character’s physique
  
  Dragon-Blooded: The Exalt gains an additional -1 Health level.
  Spoiler: Excellency: Close Combat

  When purchasing this Charm, choose an Ability. Spend 1 mote. This applies on Step 1 during combat. Add bonus dice equal to the Ability’s rating to any applicable roll involving the chosen Ability.
  
  You may add Close Combat dice to Close Combat attacks or Craft dice to Craft rolls to construct an artifact, but you may not use Stealth dice to add to a Close Combat attack or Ranged Combat to add dice to a Navigate roll. You may buy this Charm for multiple Abilities but must choose a new Ability each time. This is a full Charm purchase and not a repurchase.
  
  Special: This Charm may be applied to resistance rolls (such as to resist a hazard or trap) or to reflexively created actions, e.g. a reflexive Build Power action, regardless of Step.
  
  Athletics
  
  Spoiler: Flow Like Blood

  Commit 1 mote for the scene. The Exalt adds 1 to her Defense against attacks at close range and steals 1 Power from her attacker after successfully defending. First, generate Power from the attacker’s Overwhelming rating (p. 137), then steal Power.
  Spoiler: Monkey Leap Technique

  The Exalt may leap vertically one range band into the air as a movement action. Additionally, she may leap forward horizontally to leap across rooftops, move stylishly through the air, and avoid appropriate hazards and obstacles, bypassing them without a roll.
  Spoiler: Graceful Crane Stance

  Commit 1 mote. For the rest of the scene, the Exalt can stand on or run along things too narrow or weak to support them normally, with no chance of falling or breaking through. They never have to roll to avoid falling. Increase the cost of the knockdown gambit by her Essence.
  
  Perfect Climbing Attitude (Dragon-Blooded):
  The Exalt may carve handholds from stone or earthen surfaces, allowing them to remain still or for others to climb behind them. Handholds count as equipment for climbing, granting a two-dice bonus. The handholds persist while the mote remains committed.
  
  Close Combat
  
  Spoiler: Excellent Strike

  Spend 1 mote on Step 3. Double the extra successes after applying Defense but before any bonus successes are applied. Additionally, ignore penalties hindering a single Close Combat attack, excluding self-imposed penalties and penalties that cannot be removed.
  
  War
  
  Spoiler: Storm-Calling Strategies

  Commit 1 mote. The Exalt enacts this Charm as a tactic for a single battle. Enemy battle groups suffer a three-dice environmental penalty on all physical actions taken in combat. Individuals suffer a two-dice penalty instead. Allies are unaffected.
• 
  Essence: ●
  Motes: 5
  
  Virtues
  Major - Courage
  Minor - Wonder
  
  Intimacies
  Major - Courage - "I must remind the world of my family's strength."
  Minor - Wonder - Shogunate (Curiosity)
  Minor - Courage - "I will bring peace back to the Realm."
  
  Parry: 5
  Evasion: 4
  
  Aramitama - Blue Jade Reaper Daiklave
  Attack: 9 +2s Damage: 2 Defense: 2 Overwhelming: 3
  
  Defense: 5
  Soak: 4 (Light Armor: Chain Shirt)
  Hardness: 3
  
  Resolve: 3
  
  Health Levels
  -0 [ ] [ ]
  -1 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
  -2 [ ] [ ]
  Incap [ ]
  
• 
  Minor: 1
  -Graceful Crane Stance
  Exalt: 1
  -Monkey Leap Technique
  
• 
  Athletics
  Graceful Crane Stance
  Monkey Leap Technique
  Mongoose-and-Cobra Escape
  Lightning Speed
  Eagle-Wing Style
  Safety Among Enemies
  Reed in the Wind
  
  Close Combat
  Heaven Thunder Hammer
  Dragon-Graced Weapon
  Portentous Warding Defense
  Swift Counterattack
  Guard-Breaking Technique
  Many-Attacks Technique
  
  Performance
  Wind-Carried-Words Technique
  
  Physique
  Ox Body x 4
  
  Presence
  Glorious Presence Technique
  
  Sagacity
  Glorious Exalted Bolt
  
  War
  League of Iron Preparation
  

 

[Random Word]

• Profile
• Stats
• Merits
• Charms
• Conflict Stats
• Advancement

• 
  
  Name: The martial artist formerly known as Tepet Esun Ijara
  Age: 21
  Exaltation: Sidereal Chosen of Battles
  Concept: The Very Model of the Modern Sorcerer-General
  Secondary School: House of Bells
  
  Exalt Milestone: At the end of each session, the Chosen of Battles gain an Exalt milestone if a significant combatant heeded their counsel or wisdom, or their advice or preparation turned the tides of a significant conflict or lead to an acceptable loss.
  
  Anima
  Auspicious Battle Insight (Passive): When meeting a character, the Sidereal can ask a question about the character’s combat prowess, military goals, or favored strategies and get an honest, useful answer from the Storyteller. Additional questions cost one mote each.
  Lesser Sign of Mars (Active): The Sidereal and her allies may transform her Essence in dice to automatic successes on Presence and War rolls to rally troops, devise tactics, and implement strategies, including Build Power actions.
  Greater Sign of Mars (Iconic): Spend 10 anima. The Sidereal distributes 10 Power to her allies, divided as she chooses. If this makes a character exceed 10 Power, the recipient may bank the excess Power as additional damage dice instead, which must be spent before the end of the scene. This does not count towards the dice cap.
  
  Advantages
  
  Spoiler: Arcane Fate

  After a scene interacting with a Sidereal, other characters forget her appearance, voice, and other defining traits. Instead, they attribute the Sidereal’s actions to a passerby or happenstance. Nontrivial characters may resist with a difficulty 5 Integrity-based roll. A character’s Intimacies or personal history with the Sidereal may add bonus dice on the roll. The Sidereal’s circle is immune, as are other Sidereals and the Bureau of Destiny’s gods. Demons, fae, the undead, and other otherworldly beings are also immune, as are Abyssals, Getimians, Infernals, and Liminals, who lie outside of fate.
  Spoiler: Weaving Destiny

  Spend 1 mote reflexively to weave a destiny based on a broad archetype, profession, or social role, granting it to a character with a touch. Once per scene, when attempting a task that resonates with that archetype, the target may transform up to the Sidereal’s Essence dice into automatic successes. New destinies override old ones. The Sidereal may weave a destiny for herself; while active, she loses Arcane Fate, allowing others to remember their destiny’s false persona. Casting off this destiny reasserts Arcane Fate, causing others to forget the false identity.
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  Force ●●●●
  Finesse ●●
  Fortitude ●●●
  
  Athletics ●
  Awareness ●●
  Close Combat ●●●●
  Craft
  Embassy ●
  Integrity
  Navigate
  Performance
  Physique ●●●
  Presence ●●●
  Ranged Combat
  Sagacity ●●●●●
  Stealth
  War ●●●●
  
• 
  
  Spoiler: Primary - Hearthstone: Gem of Omens

  Gem of Omens
  (Sidereal, Greater Hearthstone)
  A stone of murky blue gray, with irregular, free-form facets.
  Manse attributes: A high-end chateau in Yu-Shan, richly furnished, with a grand balcony and stunning view of the Jade Pleasure Dome. Intended for hosting dinner and Dome-viewing parties for the divine, its impressive design grants a three-dice bonus to ventures (p. 151) involving impressing clients and winning favor.
  While in possession: The bearer gains incomplete glimpses of the future, allowing him to use Sagacity in place of another Ability for one roll, once a session. He also gains access to the following Evocation if he meets its prerequisite:
  
  UNRAVELED FUTURE
  Prerequisite: Sagacity 4
  If the bearer succeeds on the roll granted him by the Gem of Omens, he may replace the result of one other non-combat roll — his or someone else’s — with the same number of successes this session.
  Secondary - Backing: Bureau of Destiny
  Tertiary - Artifact: Silk Armour
  
• 
  
  Spoiler: SAGACITY EXCELLENCY

  When purchasing this Charm, choose an Ability. Spend 1 mote. This applies on Step 1 during combat. Add bonus dice equal to the Ability’s rating to any applicable roll involving the chosen Ability.
  
  You may add Close Combat dice to Close Combat attacks or Craft dice to Craft rolls to construct an artifact, but you may not use Stealth dice to add to a Close Combat attack or Ranged Combat to add dice to a Navigate roll. You may buy this Charm for multiple Abilities but must choose a new Ability each time. This is a full Charm purchase and not a repurchase.
  
  Special: This Charm may be applied to resistance rolls (such as to resist a hazard or trap) or to reflexively created actions, e.g. a reflexive Build Power action, regardless of Step.
  
  Awareness
  
  Spoiler: SPIRIT-CUTTING GLANCE

  Prerequisite: Awareness 3 or Sagacity 2
  The Exalt peers into the realm of spirits where
  invisible beings dwell, able to strike them with Essence
  should they come to blows.
  Commit 1 mote for the scene. the Exalt can see de-
  materialized characters that are present in the scene.
  The Exalt may attack dematerialized characters as if
  materialized.
  Spoiler: ALL-ENCOMPASSING SORCERER’S SIGHT

  ALL-ENCOMPASSING SORCERER’S SIGHT
  Prerequisite: Spirit-Cutting Glance, Sagacity 4 or
  Awareness 4
  The Exalt may gaze into the world’s Essence and
  unravel the patterns of magic that make up Creation.
  The secrets of Creation’s mystical workings, spirit
  magics, and sorcery are unveiled.
  Commit 1 mote for the scene. The Exalt perceives
  the presence of Essence, including dematerialized
  spirits and borders between worlds such as the Wyld
  or shadowlands as gauzy distortions. Attuned artifacts
  appear as though lit from within, and hearthstones
  burn like embers. Whenever a character uses Essence
  to power Charms or any other effects, these are always
  visible to the user as though the character had an ac-
  tive anima. They may make Sagacity rolls to try to un-
  derstand spirit magics, sorcerous workings, and other
  strange phenomena like those produced by demesnes,
  the Wyld, and the Underworld or to identify the use of
  a Charm. Such effects may have variable difficulty —
  typically 2 + the creator’s Essence or a difficulty modi-
  fied by the effect’s nature and complexity.
  
  Telltale Symphony (Sidereal) or Forgotten
  World Echoes (Getimian): The Exalt gains her
  Essence in bonus successes to rolls to detect spirits,
  artifacts, and sorcerous workings. She also gains this
  bonus on rolls to understand magic that interacts with
  fate, such as Sidereal and Getimian Charms.
  
  War
  
  Spoiler: WORSHIPFUL LACKEY ACQUISITION

  WORSHIPFUL LACKEY ACQUISITION
  Prerequisite: Presence 3 or War 3
  The Exalt knows how to leverage her social weight to accrue aides, advisors, and lackeys of all stripes.
  Spend 1 mote. The Exalt gathers a group of hangers-on to aid her, creating a temporary tertiary Followers Merit. The Exalt may specify what sort of lackeys she wants (spies, socialites, mercenaries, etc.). All lackeys behave as if their Minor Virtue was Loyalty for the Exalt unless she does something to betray them or otherwise casts them off. If the lackeys are of a type suited to fighting, the Exalt may lead them into combat, where they function as tertiary Command.
  
  Fortuitous Fellowship (Sidereal): The Sidereal can spend an additional mote when forming the group to give them a collective destiny with the Weaving Destiny advantage (p.56) as though they were an individual.
  Spoiler: LEAGUE OF IRON PREPARATION

  LEAGUE OF IRON PREPARATION
  Prerequisite: War 3
  The Exalt may quickly train even the most
  inveterate militia into a fighting force to be reckoned
  with.
  Commit 2 motes for a scene. With a dramatic scene
  of drilling and instruction, a group of noncombatants
  or conscripts can be trained to fight competently; they
  become a battle group treated as tertiary Command. As
  an unrolled Recruitment venture, the Exalt may spend
  a week of downtime in a dramatic scene drilling a unit
  trained with this Charm, allowing her to select one of
  the following benefits. Each benefit provided by this
  Charm can only be applied to a given unit once:
  

  • Increase their attack pool by two dice.
  • Gain one additional outnumber quality.
  • Designate Loyalty to the Exalt or a target of her choosing as their Minor Virtue.

  Auspicious Recruitment Drive (Sidereal): Fate
  leads soldiers to a Sidereal’s command; an army can
  be easily mustered, though they may not always un-
  derstand why they march. Alternatively, the Exalt may
  recruit people to fight for a cause of her choice, call-
  ing together a unit of conscripts with Size equal to the
  lesser of her Essence or three and regular Drill. The
  unit gains one benefit immediately, with the limitation
  that the Exalt may not designate herself as the subject
  of their Loyalty Virtue. She may only designate others,
  the specified cause, or one of her resplendent destinies.
  The unit gains a Minor Tie of devotion to their cause;
  should their goal be achieved, they may disband.
  
  Sagacity
  
  Spoiler: EFFICIENT SECRETARY TECHNIQUE

  EFFICIENT SECRETARY TECHNIQUE
  Prerequisite: Awareness 2 or Sagacity 2
  For an overworked Sidereal, nothing is so vital as a
  meticulous assistant.
  Commit 1 mote. The Sidereal manifests a fist- sized spider construct, which serves as a tertiary Ally or Familiar. It gains a two-success bonus on actions to serve as the Sidereal’s secretary and answers any general question about Creation or Yu-Shan unless the answer is deliberately hidden. The secretary always assists the Sidereal with any action as though it had made a teamwork roll, contributing two successes to the rolls in which it assists. It cannot assist with anything combat-related.
  Spoiler: SORCEROUS INITIATION

  Prerequisite: Sagacity 1
  The Exalt has internalized the inner workings of Creation’s Essence, giving the power to reshape the world at its fundament.
  The sorcerer gains the ability to learn and cast First Circle spells, as well as a free spell and a shaping ritual. Not every Exalt can use every circle; see p. 300.
  Repurchase (Sagacity 3, Essence 3): Gain access to Second Circle spells, a free spell, and a shaping ritual.
  Repurchase (Sagacity 5, Essence 5): Gain access to Third Circle spells, a free spell, and a shaping ritual.
  
  Known Spells:
  

  Spoiler: DEATH OF OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLIES

  Sculpting Essence into volant black glass, you unleash a torrent of razor-sharp obsidian butterflies.
  Spend 5 Will. Make a decisive area of effect attack as a medium ranged weapon that affects every range band up to long range, so long as it is within the character’s field of perception. This attack reduces heavy cover to light and destroys light cover. The player may optionally treat the character’s remaining Will as though it were Power. The butterflies remain after the spell is cast, creating difficult terrain.
  
  Flight of the Brilliant Raptor (Sorcery): The sorcerer conjures an eagle-sized bird of diamond and ruby flame that possesses the flame tag. The bird explodes when it reaches a target within long range, making an attack against everything in the target’s close range and creating an environmental hazard equivalent to a burning building that persists for three rounds.

  Spoiler: UNBREAKABLE BONES OF STONE

  You sing the Irresistible Song of Stone, but you do
  so off-key, prompting local earth elementals to correct
  the song deep in your bones.
  Spend 4 Will. The sorcerer’s eyes become granite,
  her skin becomes ashen and cold, and her weight dra-
  matically increases as her bones turn to stone. Reduce all
  wound penalties by one (to a minimum of zero); the sor-
  cerer adds 2 to her base Soak and her dice pools for feats
  of strength, which do not count toward the limit. She
  does not take damage from falling regardless of height.
  
  Violet Bier of Sorrows [Violet Bier of Sorrows (Essence)] [This probably needs to be toned down a bit. It seems too strong. There are other writeups for VBoS, but they also seem strong.]
  
  Spoiler: FOUR MAIDENS STANCE

  Prerequisites: Close Combat 2, Complementary Ability Total 4
  The stylist internalizes the ways of the Maidens of Journeys, Serenity, Battles, and Secrets through the lens of Saturn and the cause of the destiny of Endings.
  Upon learning this Charm, the martial artist learns two of the modes below. To use this Charm, commit 1 mote for the scene, and choose one mode she knows. The stylist may change modes on Step 1 by spending one mote. Doing so does not count as her Charm use for that Step. She cannot change modes on consecutive turns. The remaining modes can be purchased separately.
  Stance of Journeys (Flight of Mercury): The stylist moves with the swift precision of one who knows her destiny. Taking the Move action on her turn to approach a character who has not yet acted in the current round does not count as the stylist’s movement action for that turn. She cannot benefit from this effect more than once per turn. Additionally, reduce flurry penalties on all actions against targets who have not yet acted in that round by half the stylist’s Essence, rounded up.
  Stance of Serenity (Joy in Serenity): Those who routinely face terrible odds can learn to take some measure of happiness in each moment’s survival. The first time on each round the martial artist successfully defends against an attack by a nontrivial character, she regains one spent mote. Additional instances of the same event on the same round grant her choice of one Power or one anima.
  *Stance of Battles (Blade of the Battle Maiden): Essence shines around the character’s hands (or weapons), tracing with their every movement crimson trails through the air. The stylist’s form weapons, including unarmed attacks, gain the Artifact tag if they do not have it yet. If already wielding a form weapon with that tag, she doubles 9s on damage rolls instead.
  *Stance of Secrets (Secrets of Future Strife): The martial artist knows to promptly accept and react to the twists and turns of circumstance. The stylist may activate this Charm when making a Join Battle roll, but only if she chooses this mode. She adds her Essence in automatic successes to the roll. If the Storyteller characters get to act first, the stylist may always interrupt their turn order to take her action for each round. Oppositely, if an opponent attempts to interrupt the turn order to act before the stylist, this Charm forces an opposed Join Battle roll between the two. The stylist adds her Essence in bonus dice to this roll. The winner gets to act first. Whenever the stylist wins a Join Battle roll while this mode is in effect, she gains two anima.
  
  Sidereal (requires Close Combat Excellency, Conclusion-Pursuing Approach): While this Charm is in effect, using the Close Combat Excellency to enhance an unarmed attack or an attack with a form weapon costs zero motes.
• 
  Essence: ●
  Motes: 5
  
  Virtues
  Major - Ambition [Make her cousin the hero her House needs]
  Minor - Loyalty [House Tepet] - "We are nothing without family. In this hour when all have given us up for lost, we cannot give up on each other."
  
  Intimacies
  Major - Ambition - "I will avenge Futile Blood and restore my House to their proper place in Destiny."
  Minor - Loyalty - "I hate the Empress and the other Houses who conspired to betray my family."
  Minor - Loyalty - [My Predecessor] [Respect] - "He died for us. Would that I could die in his place."
  
  Parry: 4
  Evasion: 3
  
  Unarmed
  Attack: 8 +2s Damage: 0 Defense: 1 Overwhelming: 2
  Blade of the Battle Maiden: 8 +3s Damage: 1 Defense: 2 Overwhelming: 3
  
  Defense: 4
  Soak: 3 (+1 Silk Armour)
  Hardness: 3
  
  Resolve: 2
  
  Health Levels
  -0 [ ] [ ]
  -1 [ ] [ ]
  -2 [ ] [ ]
  Incap [ ]
  
• 
  Exalt Milestone Purchases (2):
  Charm - League of Iron Preparation
  Invulnerable Skin of Bronze
  Minor Milestone Purchases (2):
  All-Encompassing Sorcerer's Sight
  Spirit-Cutting Glance
  

 

[EbonChevalier]

• Profile
• Stats
• Merits
• Charms
• Conflict Stats
• Wishlist
• Background

• 
  Name: Tulak the Riptide Devil
  Age: 23
  Aspect: Water
  Concept: Warrior - Untouchable Skirmisher
  
  
  Exalt Milestone: Taking Action toward furthering a long-term goal.
  
  Anima
  Surface Skimmer (Passive): The Water Aspect may move along any liquid surface like it was solid ground
  — though this doesn’t afford her protection from acid or demon tar — and breathes water as easily as air.
  She suffers no penalty to move or attack while underwater.
  Flow of Daana’d (Active): Add Essence automatic successes to gambits where the Water Aspect attempts
  to disarm an opponent or pilfer an item. When an opponent targets her with a grapple or attempts to ensnare her, the Exalt adds her Essence to Defense
  Flow Like Water (Iconic): Once per turn, the Water Aspect may roll an attack twice on Step 3 and choose
  to keep the better result. In non-combat scenes, she may reroll any roll involving investigation, negotiation,
  or relentless pursuit.
  
  Advantages
  
  Spoiler: Prince of the Earth

  As the Exalted that rule much of the world, Dragon-Blooded find support anywhere. Once per session, the character may select one Merit from the list on p. 106 and treat it as though it had a rating based on her Essence (tertiary at Essence 1, secondary at Essence 2, primary at Essence 5), working its acquisition with the Storyteller. This benefit lasts for the duration of the session.
  Spoiler: Ten Thousand Dragons Fight as One

  When making teamwork actions, after calculating the total successes to add as dice, add an additional die. If making a teamwork action with someone in the Dragon-Blooded’s Circle or Hearth (p. 231), add another die.
• 
  Force ●●●
  Finesse ●●●●
  Fortitude ●●
  
  Athletics ●●●●
  Awareness ●●●
  Close Combat ●●
  Craft
  Embassy
  Integrity ●●●
  Navigate ●●
  Performance
  Physique ●
  Presence
  Ranged Combat ●●●●●
  Sagacity
  Stealth ●●●
  War
  
• 
  Primary - Artifact- Ishmael Blue Jade Longfang
  Secondary - Backing- Court of the Western Sea
  Tertiary - Ally-Komuki Lover and Daughter of the Goddess of Seaweed
  
  
  Ishmael
  Blue Jade Longfang
  Type: Medium Ranged Weapon
  Tags: Artifact, Melee, Reaching, Thrown, Balanced
  Hearthstone slots: 2
  When thrown, Ishmael returns to its wielder at the end of the attack.
  
  When used within short range of a body of water or Burning Water Aspect Anima, this weapon gains the Smashing tag.
  
  
  Ishmael contains the following evocations:
  Whirling Vortex
  Spend 2 anima to either thrust Ishmael into the ground or water's surface creating a whirling vortex of water. This vortex is an environmental hazard with stats of 1 damage per round difficulty 4 extending through the range band and lasting a scene. If a character affected by the vortex rolls less than 2 successes they fall prone within the vortex and must make at least difficulty 3 on the roll the following round to regain their footing.
  
  Resonant: The wielder ignores the damage and knockdown effects of vortexes while holding Ishmael.
  
  Tidal Force
  Prerequisite: creating a vortex 3 times in past conflicts
  The wielder draws Ishmael along the surface of a vortex to absorb it's power into the weapon and removing the hazard from the battlefield. Her next decisive attack deals two dice of damage for each significant enemy or battle group damaged by the vortex. This effect counts for activating the Smashing tag.
  
  Voracious Brine Burial
  Prerequisite: Tidal Force, reaching Iconic anima while holding Ishmael three times in past conflicts
  All existing vortexes surge and churn, transforming into maelstroms with a damage of 8 per round, difficulty 7 to avoid and difficulty 4 to avoid being knocked prone and 5 to recover from prone. After two of the wielder's turns they become whirlpools (2 damage per round, difficulty 5, 3 for knockdown) and no longer feed Tidal Force. This evocation can be used once per story.
  
  Resonant: The wielder ignores the damage and knockdown effects of maelstroms while holding Ishmael.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 
  
  Spoiler: Ox Body x 1

  The Exalt increases her base Soak by one. She also gains an additional -1 Health level.
  
  Repurchase: This may be repurchased multiple times, with a maximum number of purchases equal to the character’s physique
  
  Dragon-Blooded: The Exalt gains an additional -1 Health level.
  Spoiler: Excellency: Ranged Combat

  Whatever the Exalt attempts, she does so with superhuman ability. When purchasing this Charm, choose an Ability. Spend 1 mote. This applies on Step 1 during combat. Outside of combat, this may be used freely. Add bonus dice equal to the Ability’s rating to any applicable roll involving the chosen Ability. You may add Close Combat dice to Close Combat attacks or Craft dice to Craft rolls to construct an artifact, but you may not use Stealth dice to add to a Close Combat attack or Ranged Combat to add dice to a Navigate roll. You may buy this Charm for multiple Abilities but must choose a new Ability each time. This is a full Charm purchase and not a repurchase.
  
  Special: This Charm may be applied to resistance rolls (such as to resist a hazard or trap) or to reflexively
  created actions, e.g. a reflexive build Power action, regardless of Step.
  
  Athletics
  
  Spoiler: Lightening Speed

  Spend 1 mote. Double 8s on a movement action involving running or swimming or to any venture roll involving foot racing, chases, or swift escapes. This does not apply to attacks made following a Rush. If used when moving toward an enemy, the Exalt gains 1 Power. Bellows Pumping Stride (Dragon-Blooded): The Exalt may leave a fiery environmental hazard with difficulty 3, Damage 2 per round in the Exalt’s wake when using Lightning Speed or Racing Hare Method that affects anyone within close range of the intervening range bands or the Exalt’s destination. Lasts for her Essence in rounds.
  
  Close Combat
  
  Spoiler: Guard Breaking Technique

  Spend 1 mote on Step 5. On a withering attack, reduce the target’s Defense by one until the start of their next turn. On a decisive attack, reduce the target’s Soak by one until the start of their next turn. If the target has Soak 6 or higher, instead halve the target’s Soak (round down). This Charm does not stack with itself.
  
  Ranged Combat
  
  Spoiler: Sharpshooters Cleaver Tricks

  When the Exalt purchases this Charm, choose two of its unique modes. At Ranged Combat 4, you may purchase this Charm a second time to gain an additional mode. Commit 1 mote for the scene.
  Archer’s Keen Eye: Reduce all penalties from
  the environment, poor visibility, or other hazards on
  Ranged Combat attacks by the Exalt’s Essence, to a
  minimum of zero.
  Trick Arrow Shot: The Exalt may enact the Ensnare and Pull gambits without a weapon that has the corresponding weapon tags. She may spend 1 mote on Step 1 to use Ensnare to entangle a battle group or character with Legendary Size. This does not count asher Charm for that Step.
• 
  Essence: ●
  Motes: 5
  
  Virtues
  Major - Ambition- (Unite the peoples of the West)
  Minor - Loyalty (The Divine Court of the Western Sea)
  
  Intimacies
  Major - "I will help drive out the forces of the realm
  Minor - The Isles and People of the West (Protective)
  Minor - Komuki (lover)
  
  Parry: 3
  Evasion: 4
  
  Ishmael - Blue Jade Longfang
  Accuracy: +2
  Attack: 9 +2
  Damage: +2
  Defense: +2
  Overwhelming: 3
  
  Defense: 4
  Soak: 2
  Hardness: 2
  
  Resolve: 3
  
  Health Levels
  -0 [ ] [ ]
  -1 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ }
  -2 [ ] [ ]
  Incap [ ]
  
• 
  Athletics
  
  
  Ranged Combat
  
  
  Performance
  
  
  Physique
  Ox Body
  
  Presence
  
  
• 
  Tulak carries the blood of gods, chiefs, and dragons in his veins. He is descended from a long line of powerful chiefs. Baoto foremost among the Dolphin Gods of the West was his grandfather. A mortal and former immaculate monk who ended up betraying her vow of celibacy was his mother. The gifts and status inherited from his grandfather afforded him privileges beyond those of his ancestors. And when his exaltation occurred during a right of passage that involved the hunting of sharks the blessings of his mother came forth. He slew a great shark single-handedly and later recovered an artifact that from his mother's reckoning dated back to the days of the shogunate.
  
  With this development, his estranged grandfather took an interest in him. He was given a seat in the court of the western sea and often sat in on meetings concerning the West's divine community. The topic of the realm's encroachment and their plans to replace worship of them with that of the immaculate philosophy was on the lips of every god. And Tulak himself had played a great role in driving off overzealous monks from his people's lands. He's no real leader of men but he sees that a West free-form influence of the realm needs to be united. So he works with his lover to help strengthen ties between the people of the west and build a united front. And when he can, stymie the realm's advance with violence.
  

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[Psychie]

• Attributes and Abilities
• Merits
• Charms
• Combat Stats
• Background

• 
  Name: Garret One Tusk
  Age: 36
  Gender: Male
  Exalt Type: Lunar
  Caste: Full Moon
  Totem Animal: Elephant
  
  Attributes
  Finesse: 2
  Force: 4
  Fortitude: 3
  
  Abilities
  Athletics: 3
  Awareness: 3
  Close Combat: 5
  Craft:
  Embassy: 2
  Integrity:
  Navigate: 1
  Performance:
  Physique: 4
  Presence: 3
  Ranged Combat:
  Sagacity:
  Stealth: 2
  War:
  
  
• 
  Primary: Moonsilver Greatsword called Singlestroke
  Secondary: Moonsilver Armored Breastplate
  Tertiary: Resources
  
  Lunar Exalt Advantages
  Ten Thousand Forms: The Lunar gains access to an animal shape, representative of their character and called their “spirit shape,” during their Exaltation.
  
  They also have a mode of Sacred Hunt, which the player chooses at character creation. Lunars must invoke the Sacred Hunt to acquire new forms. Predators must ritually hunt their target and drink their heart’s blood; tricksters must outwit or beguile their target; stalkers must observe and pursue their target (if the target is sapient, that means learning at least one of their Virtues or Intimacies). If the hunt is successful, the Lunar adds this target to the shapes they know.
  The Lunar can spend one mote to shift into these shapes. Shapeshifting is reflexive and ends whenever the Lunar chooses to change back. Even shifted, however, they retain a unique Tell such as silver eyes, black nails, or razor teeth — choose this, too, during character creation. Trivial characters cannot spot it. Non-trivial characters trying to notice the Tell must make an
  Awareness or Integrity roll at a difficulty 7. A character who has previously detected the Tell gains a three-dice bonus to spot it again.
  A Lunar may start play with as many forms as the player and Storyteller deem appropriate. Unless the character takes the Charm Ant and Yeddim Wisdom (p. XX), these forms cannot have the Tiny Creature (p. XX) or Legendary Size (p. XX) qualities. The Lunar can acquire additional forms throughout the course of the game. While in the form of the animal, the Lunar gains access to the animal’s special quality (for example: a jellyfish’s ability to sting), plus any other narratively appropriate bonuses or penalties.
  She uses her dice pools as normal. See the section on animals on p. XX. Transforming into another human grants their appearance and voice but no other special skills or traits without the use of magic.
  Passionate Ideals: Once per story, if the Lunar would gain a new Intimacy, she may create it at the Major rather than Minor rating. Furthermore, the Lunar gains an extra die when her roll is supported by any of her Major Intimacies or Virtues.
  Resonance: Lunars are resonant with moonsilver.
  
  ANIMA EFFECTS
  Unstoppable (Passive): Extras (p. XX) cannot deal damage to the Full Moon. Any damage rolls they would make on Step 7 generate 0 successes. Battle groups subtract the Full Moon’s Essence from their damage on Step 7.
  Crushing Might (Active): The Lunar adds her Essence in automatic successes to any Force or Fortitude roll that is not an attack. This applies to Build Power actions and gambits as an exception.
  Impossible Vigor (Iconic): The Lunar heals one damage any time they Incapacitate an enemy.
  
  
• 
  
  Spoiler: Close Combat Excellency

  [ABILITY] EXCELLENCY
  Prerequisite: [Ability] 1
  Whatever the Exalt attempts, she does so with superhuman ability.
  When purchasing this Charm, choose an Ability. Spend 1 mote. This applies on Step 1 during combat. Outside of combat, this may be used freely. Add bonus dice equal to the Ability’s rating to any applicable roll involving the chosen Ability.
  You may add Close Combat dice to Close Combat attacks or Craft dice to Craft rolls to construct an artifact, but you may not use Stealth dice to add to a Close Combat attack or Ranged Combat to add dice to a Navigate roll. You may buy this Charm for multiple Abilities but must choose a new Ability each time. This is a full Charm purchase and not a repurchase.
  Special: This Charm may be applied to resistance rolls (such as to resist a hazard or trap) or to reflexively created actions, e.g. a reflexive build Power action, regardless of Step.
  Alchemical, Getimian, Lunar, and Liminal: When making the roll, also choose an Attribute (typically the one paired with the Ability for this action). If your Attribute is higher than the chosen Ability, you may add it as a dice bonus instead.
  Spoiler: Flow Like Blood

  Prerequisite: Athletics 4 or Close Combat 4
  The Exalt moves in time with the flow of battle, slipping between swords with dismaying ease. Commit 1 mote for the scene. The Exalt adds 1 to her Defense against attacks at close range and steals 1 Power from her attacker after successfully defending. First, generate Power from the attacker’s Overwhelming rating (p. XX), then steal Power.
  Cunning Prey Reversal (Lunar): On Step 5, if the Lunar successfully defended, she steals the attacker’s Overwhelming rating in Power.
  
  
  Spoiler: Body Mending Meditation

  Prerequisite: Physique 4
  Circulating Essence through her body, the Exalt wills herself to heal.
  Commit 1 mote. The Exalt automatically heals one level of damage each at the start and end of each scene, regardless of her activity or exertion. Once per scene, she may spend 2 motes when incapacitated to heal one level of damage, returning to the fight.
  Halting the Scarlet Flow (Lunar): Reduce the cost to heal and return to a fight to 1 mote.
  Spoiler: Ox Body

  Prerequisite: None
  By virtue of her Exalted health, the character endures greater levels of injury.
  The Exalt increases her base Soak by one. She also gains an additional −1 level. This may be purchased a number of times equal to the character’s Physique, which counts as a Charm repurchase. Gain additional health based on the character’s Exalt type mode. The Soak increase only applies once.
  Lunar: The Exalt gains an additional −1 and −2 Health level. Lunars may purchase this a number of times equal to Fortitude.
  
  
  Spoiler: Ant and Yeddim Wisdom

  Prerequisite: None
  The Lunar’s ability to change shape extends, allowing her become creatures wildly different from her in size. The Lunar may claim the shape creatures with the Tiny Creature (p. XX) or Legendary Size (p. XX) qualities, granting her a success bonus to all relevant actions (sneaking when tiny, smashing buildings when enormous) equal to the Lunar’s Essence.
  
  
  Spoiler: Deadly Beast Transformation (Upgrade)

  Hybrid Body Transformation
  Prerequisite: None
  The Lunar sheds the mask of humanity and becomes an enormous, beastfolk-like creature. Commit 2 motes. Gain one bonus die to all rolls; this die does not count toward the dice limit. Additionally, gain the benefit of your animal spirit shape’s special abilities, and add her Essence in automatic successes to all actions that fall within the scope of your animal spirit shape’s milieu (dodging for a mongoose, goring for a bull, etc.). Your hybrid shape can take on whatever appearance you like, which need not involve a full transformation of your body and may subtly change each time it’s invoked.
  
  Deadly Beast Transformation: A second purchase of this Charm allows the character to enter a frenzied, hybrid war form. At her option, she treats her unarmed attacks as heavy weapons (p. XX), increases her Hardness and base Soak by 1 each, and adds three bonus dice to performing feats of strength. These dice do not count toward the limit. While transformed in this way, decrease her Defense by 1.
  
  
• 
  Health Levels
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  -1 [ ][ ][ ][ ]
  -2 [ ][ ][ ]
  Incap [ ]
  
  Essence: 1
  Motes: 5
  
  Virtues
  Major - Courage
  Minor - Discipline
  
  Intimacies
  Major - Courage - "I will stand against the enemies of Creation to protect that which I care about."
  Minor - Courage - "I may not win, but I will never lose."
  Minor - Discipline - Self control is a must
  
  Defense: 5 / 4 DBT
  Natural Soak: 3 / 4 DBT
  Armored Soak: Moonsilver Breast Plate: +3
  Total Soak: 6 / 7 DBT
  Hardness: 4 / 5 DBT
  
  Resolve: 2
  
  Moonsilver Grand Daiklave Singlestroke
  Accuracy +1, Damage +3, Defense +2, Overwhelming +2
  Tags: Artifact, Melee, Reaching, Two-Handed
  
  Stunting on Pg 126
  
  
• 
  Garret was born in the city of Nexus, but as a youngster, he had the travel bug bad, and set off at an early age as a porter working for the Guild in one of their many caravans roaming about the South. Things were going well for Garret, and he spent many years earning a decent income and seeing the world in his work for the caravans. This was to come to a drastic change one day when the caravan was attacked by a horde of barbarians, led by a fierce Lunar Exalted. Taking up arms, Garret fought bravely, until the moment came that he was set to cross blades with the Moon Mad in front of him. Even with his moderate skill with a sword, he was no match for the Chosen of Luna, but Garret refused to give up.
  
  Wounded several times, he struggled to keep on his feet as he struggled to stop the Exalt in front of him from killing everyone he cared about in the caravan. Instead of killing him, the barbarians and their Lunar leader took him prisoner. His time in captivity was hard, but Garret's strength and stubborn attitude was enough to allow him to survive. After several unsuccessful escape attempts, Garret finally slipped free from his captors and ran off into the night. As he struggled to make his way to safety, Luna came to him and greeted him as her newest champion, granting him the gift of Exaltation.
  
  When the barbarians and their Lunar leader again caught up with him, things were now on a much different stage than their last encounter at the caravan. Garret was able to stand before the barbarian leader, killing his hated captor in single combat. It turns out that the one Lunar he faced was not the only one in the barbarian band, but this Lunar welcomed Garret to the ranks of Luna's warriors and directed him on how to find other Lunars of the Silver Pact in order to get his Caste marks tattooed on his body.
  
  During his trials, it was clear that Garret was to be a Full Moon warrior, and he was welcomed into the ranks of the Lunar Exalted.
  
  Desiring to leave the lands of his youth, Garret decided to set out for a change of pace and went to the West, working his way across the ocean, looking to make his mark on the world somewhere new.