TECHNOMORPHICINTEGRATIONENGINE
Cost:1m or Varies [1m]; Mins:Intelligence 2, Essence 2;
Type:Simple (Speed 4)
Keywords:Combo-OK, Obvious, Stackable, Touch
Duration:Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms:Any Mental Attribute Augmentation
Autochthon is the Machine God, and the works of his
materials are paradigmatically his body. This Charm takes
the form of a complex engine mechanism built into the torso
adjacent to the central Essence reservoir. It can be activated
in one of two ways. For a cost of one mote, the Exalt can
internalize an artifact he owns and is touching. The artifact
in question can’t be notably larger than the Exalt and must
predominantly consist of the same magical material as the
Alchemical’s caste (or an artifact with no material-based
permutations). Internalizing a device causes it to fold up
with a distinctive whirring-clicking noise and slide into
hidden compartments within the Exalt’s body. This process
bypasses conventional laws of conservation regarding mass
and volume, such that each internalized artifact adds no
more than a pound to overall weight.
While internalized, the artifact is as inaccessible and
immune to the passage of time as if it were stored Elsewhere.
Ending the one-mote commitment causes the artifact to
emerge from the body unattuned, but unlike most Charms,
the act of releasing an artifact this way is not reflexive and
instead requires a zero-mote activation of Technomorphic
Integration Engine. The death of the Alchemical causes all
internalized objects to emerge from the smoking carcass.
Alternatively, the Alchemical may activate this Charm
by paying the standard mote cost to attune an internalized
artifact (such as five motes for a daiklave). In this case, the
artifact unfolds out of the Exalt’s body attuned and immediately
available for use as the prior one-mote commitment lapses.
Weapons unfolded to hand are drawn and otherwise readied as
part of extruding them. Armor cannot be unfolded as immediate
protection, but it may be donned normally. This Charm can’t
be swapped out while any objects remain internalized.
Submodules:
Precursor Technology Absorption(Wits 2; 4xp): The Alchemical can internalize non-magical items of appropriate
size and ownership as if they were valid artifacts for one mote
each. No cost is required to attune them on extrusion, as
this is not required to use such items. The death of the Exalt
does not release such objects. Instead, they are destroyed.
A second installation of this submodule reduces the cost to
store mundane objects to zero motes, but the cost to activate
Technomorphic Integration Engine to extrude them is one
mote (uncommitted).
Endodiagnostic Analytical Routines(Perception 4): The
Alchemical perfectly understands all properties, powers and
other characteristics of any object in the moment of internalizing it. This knowledge remains even after the item is
extruded. Through comprehensive empathy algorithms that
harmonize with new technology, the Exalt also can internalize objects that lack an owner (claiming instant ownership
in the process). Finally, the cumulative difficulty to make a
copy, improve a copy or make an improved version of any
internalized object via appropriate Craft rolls is halved,
rounded up. The example must remain internalized for the
entire period of crafting for this benefit to apply.
Pattern-Mending Integration(Intelligence 4): The Exalt
can perform maintenance or repairs on internalized items by
meditating or sleeping instead of spending the same time on
actual fixing tasks, with his player making any appropriate
rolls for him to do so and requiring the usual trait minimums.
Every hour of meditation/sleep counts as (Wits) hours of repairs.
This unusual repair process does not require any other tools or
expendable materials and restores Essence normally.
Instant Aegis Upgrade(Stamina 5): Artifact armor
extruded in an attuned state grows into place for immediate protection, as long as the Exalt is not already
wearing armor.
Resonance Harmonizer(Essence 3): Each installation of
this submodule decreases the commitment cost to extrude
attuned artifacts with Technomorphic Integration Engine
by one mote, to a minimum of one mote. The submodule
can’t be installed more times than the Alchemical’s Essence rating.