Eikichi

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EIKICHI SHO
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* Twilight Caste Solar

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ATTRIBUTES
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MENTAL (prim)            PHYSICAL (tert)          SOCIAL (sec)
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Intelligence       5     Strength           1     Charisma           5
Wits               5     Dexterity          5     Manipulation       5
Perception         5     Stamina            1     Appearance         5 (7)

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ABILITIES
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[ ] Archery        -     [ ] Linguistics    3     [F] Socialize      5
[ ] Athletics      -     [C] Lore           5     [ ] Stealth        -
[F] Awareness      5     [C] Medicine       5     [ ] Survival       -
[ ] Bureaucracy    -     [F] Melee          5     [ ] Thrown         -
[ ] Brawl          -     [C] Occult         5     [ ] War            -
[C] Craft          *     [F] Performance    5
[ ] Dodge          -     [F] Presence       5     [C] Craft          5     [C] Craft          5     [C] Craft          4
[C] Integrity      5     [ ] Resistance     -         (Alchemy)                (Geomancy)               (Writing)
[ ] Investigation  -     [ ] Ride           -     [C] Craft          5     [C] Craft          0
[ ] Larceny        -     [ ] Sail           -         (Architecture)           (Machining)

SPECIALTIES
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* Integrity: Promises to Blossom
* Lore: Mathematics
* Medicine: Field Surgery
* Melee: Staves
* Occult: Hell, Sorcery, Wyld
* Presence: Temptation
* Socialize: Excessively Righteous Blossom

* Free Lore Specialties: Behemoths, Magical Pacts, Mountain Folk, Realm Defense Matrix,
                         The Lover Clad in a Raiment of Tears, Research, The Haslanti League,
                         Esoteric Currency, History of the Primordials, History of Hell,
                         Demon Cults, Death Cults, Air Dragons

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INTIMACIES
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* Defining Principle: Take chances! Make mistakes! *Get messy.*
* Defining Tie: Heaven (vengeful hate)

L Major Principle: The Linchpin belongs to me.
L Major Principle: I hate it when my minions surprise me.

* Major Principle: Don't tell me to shut up!
* Major Principle: Give us bread, but give us roses.
* Major Principle: I only have the power to be your brother.
* Major Principle: I will not be used.
* Major Principle: I'm bored.
* Major Principle: Strangers are just friends you haven't made yet.
* Major Principle: That's probably my fault.
* Major Tie: Excessively Righteous Blossom (stressful love)
* Major Tie: Frightening Women (distracting attraction)
* Major Tie: Ir, Twice Traitor (anxious admiration)
* Major Tie: Octavian, the Living Tower (scathing contempt)
* Major Tie: Tatsuya, the Golden Hand (best friendship)
* Major Tie: The Imperial City (homesick worry)
* Major Tie: The Solar Exalted (instinctive loyalty)
* Major Tie: Wicked Triumph's Reckoning (agonized regret)

* Minor Principle: Anything worth doing is worth doing yourself.
* Minor Principle: Cuteness is justice!
* Minor Principle: Don't let anyone else plan your life for you.
* Minor Principle: I ought to cook more.
* Minor Principle: I want a fan club too!
* Minor Principle: Kindness is worth fighting for.
* Minor Principle: Lying is beneath me.
* Minor Principle: Why walk when you can ride?
* Minor Tie: Ashen Enri (affection)
* Minor Tie: Bergsveinn (awe)
* Minor Tie: Cathak Nerel (hate)
* Minor Tie: Children (adoration)
* Minor Tie: Eikichi Sho (vanity)
* Minor Tie: Fools and dreamers (kinship)
* Minor Tie: Lover Clad in a Raiment of Tears (lust)
* Minor Tie: Misuzu Sho (favoritism)
* Minor Tie: Non-humans (scorn)
* Minor Tie: Saijo Yazawa (grief)
* Minor Tie: Secrets (fixation)
* Minor Tie: The Daytime Court (beguilement) [3wp to notice dangers that might render other influence unacceptable]
* Minor Tie: The River Province, especially Nexus (distaste)
* Minor Tie: The Sho Family (love)
* Minor Tie: The Velvet Room (appreciation)
* Minor Tie: Yarara Yara (pity)

* Limit Trigger: The Solar's emotions lead him into a course of action that he regrets.

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MERITS
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*     Cult
***   Allies (Grey Nara of the Haslanti League, Governor of Crystal)
****  Artifact (Reck's Raiment, Spidersilk Silken Shirt)
***** Artifact (Spite's Linchpin, Vitriolic Adamant Wrackstaff)
***   Backing (The Velvet Room)
**    Followers (in Crystal)
***** Language (High Realm[native], Low Realm, Old Realm, Riverspeak, Skytongue, Rudimentary Niobraran,
*               Dragontongue)

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CHARMS
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AWARENESS
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CRAFT
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INTEGRITY
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LINGUISTICS
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* Strange Tongue Understanding: Ling 3/Ess 1, Reflexive/Instant, 1m
  - understand 3 or 4 simple sentences or 1 long complex sentence in an unknown language

LORE
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* Chaos-Repelling Pattern: Lore 3/Ess 1, Simple/One hour, 10m/1wp
  - force an area out to short range to obey the physical laws of Creation; waive wp cost to reactivate each scene
  - the Wyld can't transform or madden; does not prevent fae attack or alter fae in radius
* Harmonious Academic Methodology: Lore 3/Ess 1, Permanent/Permanent
  - add [Ess] automatic non-Charm successes to any Lore roll involving a Specialty. Gain 1 Lore Specialty every story for free
  - when succeeding at a moderate or extreme fact introduction/challenge, may add a relevant Lore Specialty
* Wyld-Dispelling Prana: Lore 2/Ess 1, Reflexive/Varies, 5m/1wp
  - sluice away any just-induced Wyld mutations on any object, structure, or character out to medium range
  - roll [Int+Lore] with [Essence] non-charm bonus dice, diff 3 to 5 depending on warping
  - successes are turns/minutes where the subject is immune to further twisting
  - requires multiple uses to protect subjects larger than a horse

* Bottomless Wellspring Approach: Lore 4/Ess 2, Permanent/Permanent
  - add one automatic success to any Lore roll within Solar's background/Specialties
  - double any extra successes generated on such a roll
* Lore-Inducing Concentration: Lore 5/Ess 2, Supplemental/Instant, 3m
  - add 1 success and reroll 6s on rolls to establish knowledge
  - with Immanent Solar Glory, may always roll to establish knowledge
* Truth-Rendering Gaze: Lore 5/Ess 2, Simple/Instant, Mute, 6m
  - [MENTAL+Lore] read intentions action to produce a sudden insight about an object, place, or situation
  - may add [Essence] non-charm dice to Survival or War rolls for a scene after studying terrain

* Order-Affirming Blow: Lore 5/Ess 3, Simple/Instant, 15m/1wp
  - on touch, shatter magic and Wyld alterations, returning target to its natural state
  - can touch someone secretly with Larceny vs. Awareness, or via a seduction action
  - difficulty 5 gambit in combat; transform fair folk for [Essence] scenes
* Wyld-Shaping Technique: Lore 5/Essence 3, Simple/Instant, 15m/1wp/2gxp per phase
  -lmao I'm not writing all this shit up
  -p335-337 of the Ex3 corebook

MEDICINE
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* Wound-Cleansing Meditation: Med 3/Ess 1, Simple/Instant, 10m
  - spend an hour on treatment to downgrade all agg damage to lethal. Allows reattachment of limbs etc. with Wound-Mending Care Technique
  - does not allow regrowth of lost tissue
* Wound-Mending Care Technique: Med 3/Ess 1, Simple/Instant, 5m/1wp
  - [Int+Medicine], double 9s, after surgery or other treatment; [Successes] bashing/lethal damage restored after a day's bedrest

MELEE
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* Bulwark Stance: Mel 3/Ess 1, Reflexive/Until next turn, 5m
  - ignore all penalties to Parry
  - damage rolls lose up to [Essence] dice, one per each 1 on the attack roll
* Dipping Swallow Defense: Mel 1/Ess 1, Reflexive/Instant, 2m
  - ignore penalties to Parry; successful parry when active grants 1i

* Fivefold Bulwark Stance: Mel 5/Ess 2, Simple/One scene, 5m/1wp
  - ignore penalties from Parry due to onslaught, wounds, grappling, and non-sensory physical crippling
  - reduce cost of Bulwark Stance by 2m and Dipping Swallow Defense by 1m
  - when using Dipping Swallow Defense, it increases Parry by 1
* Hail-Shattering Practice: Mel 3/Ess 2, Reflexive/Instant, 1m per success
  - may pay 1m per 1 or 2 on an attacker's dice result to remove up to [Essence] successes from it
* Heavenly Guardian Defense: Mel 5/Ess 2, Reflexive/Instant, Perilous/Decisive-only, 4m -or- 4m/1i per success -or- 4m/1wp
  - parry attacks/damage normally deemed impossible to parry (first cost)
  - negate one success on damage roll per 1i spent (second cost)
  - strike away uncountable recurring damage in or out of combat (third cost)

OCCULT
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* Ancient Tongue Understanding: Occ 3/Ess 1, Reflexive/One scene, 6m
  - knows Old Realm and other ancient/esoteric languages, but no others
  - get [Ess/2, rd. down, min 1] successes to all Occult rolls and shaping actions
* Spirit-Cutting Attack: Occ 2/Ess 1, Supplemental/Instant, Uniform, 1m
  - Allows a single attack to strike an immaterial spirit. Attack is made at -3 if spirit is invisible to attacker
* Spirit-Detecting Glance: Occ 1/Ess 1, Reflexive/One scene, 3m
  - can see but not touch immaterial spirits
* Supernal Control Method: Occ 5/Ess 1, Reflexive/Instant
  - free full Occult Excellency 1/scene; reset by raising anima to Iconic and the shedding it back down to Dim
* Terrestrial Circle Sorcery: Occ 3/Ess 1, Permanent/Permanent
  - may buy Terrestrial Circle spells; gain 1 shaping ritual and 1 free Terrestrial Control Spell
* Uncanny Perception Technique: Occ 2/Ess 1, Reflexive/Instant
  - experience unusual sensory trigger when a spirit or fae creature is nearby, even when they're immaterial
  - add [Occult/2, rd. up] successes to Awareness rolls to notice them; may activate Spirit-Detecting Glance as needed
* Uncanny Shroud Defense: Occ 3, Ess 1, Reflexive/Instant, 6m
  - prevent any damage that would fill final health level; may not be used if only final health level is uninjured

* All-Encompassing Sorcerer's Sight: Occ 5/Ess 2, Reflexive/Instant, 4m
  - see immaterial spirits, working of spirit energies, shaping actions/workings/Evocations, wyld/shadowland/sanctum boundaries
  - can make Int+Occult rolls to identify effects at a difficulty of [Effect's Essence Minimum]
* Six Eternities' Travail: Occ 5/Ess 2, Permanent/Permanent, --(1wp)
  - roll dice for up to [Essence] 10s on rolls modified by Ancient Tongue Understanding if an extra wp is spent activating it
  - those dice reroll 10s

* Burning Eye of the Deliverer: Occ 5/Ess 3, Permanent/Permanent
  - All-Encompassing Sorcerer's Sight can now pierce magical disguises, shapeshifting, etc.
  - add [Essence] successes to Awareness rolls to pierce such deception; treat difficulty as 5 unless otherwise stated
* Celestial Circle Sorcery: Occ 4/Ess 3, Permanent/Permanent
  - may buy Celestial Circle spells; gain 1 shaping ritual and 1 free Celestial Control Spell

PERFORMANCE
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* Masterful Performance Exercise: Perf 3/Ess 1, Supplemental/Instant, Mute, 2m
  - add 1 automatic success to a Performance action, and reroll 1s until 1s fail to appear
* Thousand Courtesan Ways: Perf 3/Ess 1, Reflexive/Indefinite, 5m
  - increase Appearance by 1 for rest of scene, even past 5, and may attempt seduction actions without targeting an intimacy
  - may make two simultaneous social actions off of one roll, as long as one of those actions is seduction

PRESENCE
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* Harmonious Presence Meditation: Pres 2/Ess 1, Reflexive/One scene or Indefinite, 5m or 7m
  - three bonus dice to all forms of social influence from all abilities except Stealth
  - while active, the cost of all other social influence charms is reduced by 1m, minimum 1m
  - mote cost dictates duration, see above
* Listener-Swaying Argument: Pres 3/Ess 1, Supplemental/Instant, 3m
  - add one automatic success and one non-charm bonus die for every two points the target's Resolve is boosted by any means, up to 3 dice
* Poised Lion Attitude: Pres 4/Ess 1, Reflexive/Instant, 3m
  - may make a Presence or Socialize-based influence action on own turn in combat without using a flurry

* Awakened Carnal Demiurge: Pres 5/Ess 2, Simple/Indefinite, 5m/1wp
  - make a simple dramatic action lasting 5 minutes, raise Appearance by 1, even above cap
  - when seducing, treat target's base Resolve as 1 lower
* Impassioned Discourse Technique: Pres 4/Ess 2, Supplemental/Instant, 3m
  - add one automatic success to a persuade action
  - add 2/3/4 dice when arguing from a held Principle, based on intimacy intensity
* Threefold Magnetic Ardor: Pres 4/Ess 2, Supplemental/Instant, 4m
  - convert non-charm bonus dice from having Appearance>Resolve into charm successes
  - applies to Presence, Performance, Socialize, and if Hideous also supplements threaten actions

SOCIALIZE
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SPELLS
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TERRESTRIAL CIRCLE
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* Death of Obsidian Butterflies: Instant, Decisive-only/Perilous, 15sm/1wp
  - [Perception+Occult] decisive attack in a line against enemies out to medium range, one range band wide
  - [Essence+Threshold Successes] raw damage, does not reset to base Initiative
  - battle groups take -2 Defense against attack, and take [Essence+Occult+Threshold Successes] raw damage
  - for barefoot characters, area of effect becomes 2L hazardous difficult terrain, Difficulty 2 Dex+Ath to traverse
* Demon of the First Circle: Ritual, Instant, 2wp
  - cast at sundown and completed at midnight
  - [Int+Occult] vs demon's Resolve binds for year and a day or entire duration of one task
  - gives inalienable Defining Tie of loyalty and sets Resolve to 0 for further influence
  - failed binding demands [Wits+Occult] vs Willpower banishing roll
* Flight of the Brilliant Raptor: Instant, Decisive-only, 15sm/1wp
  - [Perception+Occult] decisive attack at up to long range; base damage [Init+WP]; at least 3 damage starts a bonfire
* Infallible Messenger: Until message is delivered, 5sm/2wp
  - deliver a message up to 5min long to a single target, the only person who can see the messenger
* Stormwind Rider: One hour, 15sm/1wp, ***TERRESTRIAL CONTROL SPELL***
  - summon flying mount, use [Wits+Occult] in place of combat movement rolls
  - may leap as per Monkey Leap Technique for free at will as a combat action
  - may reduce rider to a small flat disk, fitting only caster and removing cover effect; may switch at start of own turn.
  - see other powers in book (p.475)

CELESTIAL CIRCLE
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* Travel Without Distance: Instant, Perilous, 25sm/2wp ***CELESTIAL CONTROL SPELL***
  - Teleport with up to [Essence+1] willing allies to any location within [Essencex10] miles as long as seen it before
  - All who teleport suffer a -2 fatigue penalty on all actions for [6-Stamina] hours
  - Can't recast the spell until the fatigue expires
* Demon of the Second Circle: Ritual, Instant, 3wp
  - cast at sundown and completed at midnight on night of new moon once per lunar cycle
  - [Int+Occult] vs demon's Resolve, binds for year and a day or duration of one task
  - gives inalienable Defining Tie of loyalty and sets Resolve to 0 for further influence
  - failed binding demands [Wits+Occult] vs Willpower banishing roll; failure by 3 or more successes prevents banishing attempt

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EVOCATIONS
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Spite's Linchpin
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* Devil Draws No Lines: Ess 1, Reflexive, 5m/1wp -or- 10m/2wp -or- 15m/3wp
  - activated when a demon dies in Linchpin's presence; cost scales with demon's Circle
  - demon dematerializes into Linchpin's Elsewhere until the next time it could've been summoned
  - roll to bind as normal when the normal summoning time comes; can only bind demons of circles you can summon
  - reduce cost by 5m/1wp if demon is killed by the character attuned to the Linchpin
 * Multitudes of the Architect: Ess 1, Supplemental, 6m
  - may make project rolls with conjured tools and inorganic components made of glass
  - counts as Craftsman Needs No Tools for purpose of buying Solar Craft Charms

* Hand of Glory: Ess 2, Simple, 10m
  - begin drawing stable constructs of vitriolic adamant from nothing with the Linchpin
  - costs 10m for the first turn, 2m for each subsequent consecutive turn
  - after 1hr adamant decays into plain green glass, after 1 day dissolves into vitriolic sludge
  - may shed 1L worth of blood to preserve 20m worth of glass construction indefinitely
* Houses of the Holy: Ess 2, Simple, 20m/2wp
  - imbue a place or object with your anima to mark it as a place of power
  - may maintain up to [Essence] places of power
  - when using the Twilight anima power, may pay 2wp to guarantee returning to a place so created
  - above recall only works within [100xEssence] miles of a place of power

* Augery: Ess 3, Simple, 8m/1wp
 - roll [Perception+Occult] against target's Resolve; on success, rip a fact from the target's mind
 - target benefits from phantom intimacy based on severity of task required to divulge secret normally
 - target loses 1wp; in combat, target loses 3 initiative which goes to character attuned to Linchpin
 - at [Resolve] and [2xResolve] threshold successes, power procs again for more detail, wp, and init
* Theses of the Overlord: Ess 3, Reflexive, 1wp
 - while shaping, form a glowing stationary cycling mandala beneath feet, radius 10', for [Essence] turns
 - if you end the round inside the mandala, divide respiration between sorcerous and regular motes as desired
 - sorcerous motes don't degrade inside mandala if a shape action isn't taken
 - distortion and countermagic of spells cast within mandala always acts as if the spell is unfamiliar
 - spells cast within the mandala are indelibly identifiable as casted by the caster

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POWERS
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ANIMA
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* For 1m, can manifest caste mark or know exact time of day.

* Sorcerer's Mantle: Reflexive, 5m
  - gain 5 Hardness for 1 turn. free and automatic at bonfire. doesn't stack, but can be used in Crash
* Discorporate: Simple, One round, 10m/1wp
  - disappear, to reappear at a place of power within 10 miles at next sunset
* Master of Monsters: Simple, 10m
  - touch an Ess 1-3 elemental or first circle demon, bind it as familiar; may have [Ess] such familiars
  - spend 3m to summon familiar to your side reflexively; banish it reflexively for free

SHAPING RITUALS
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* "Chain the Lesser Souls" 1sm per success on an [Int+Occult] demon binding roll.
                           Motes last until next successful summoning or first order that defies demon's nature.


* "Bonfire's Vanity"       Spend 2-3 hours on morning beauty routine requiring a silver mirror at least 3' square.
                           For rest of day, 1/scene roll [Appearance+Occult] simple action and gain [Successes]sm to spend in that scene.
                           Disrupt regimen w/a Gambit at Difficulty [Essence]. Must perform long ritual again on success.

SORCEROUS WORKINGS
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* "Golden Emas"            A golden emas that can run across any terrain including sheer cliffs and deep water as if it were open plain.
* "Palette Cleansing"      May alter hair and eye color at-will.
* "Sssh!"                  Eikichi's cabin on the Heavensward is soundproof.
* "Inside Worlds Without"  Tatsuya's room redecorates itself to match the aesthetic of whichever persona he currently occupies.

MINIONS
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* "Usagi", Heranhal
* Unnamed Avasharam
* Sondok, Who Stands In Doorways
* Gatamello, the Voice Atramentous

CRAFTING
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* Project Slots:         Major: 0/3

* Crafting Experience:  Silver: 24
                          Gold: 7
                         White: 0

* Dice Tricks In Brief:

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TRAITS
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* Essence:           3
  Personal Pool:    19/19
  Peripheral Pool:  31/31 (47) (9m committed to Artifact attunement)
  Sorcerous Motes:   1         (7m committed to Harmonious Presence Meditation)
                               /*(4m committed to Thousand Courtesan Ways)
                               /*(4m committed to Awakened Carnal Demiurge)
* Health:          [ ] -0
                   [ ] [ ] -1
                   [ ] [ ] -2
                   [ ] -4
                   [ ] Incapacitated

* Limit:           10/10
* Virtue Flaws:    None

* Willpower:       8/10
* Base Initiative: 3
* Natural Soak:    1

DERIVED VALUES
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Join Battle:             10 Dice + 3 Successes

Withering Attack:        14 Dice (Spite's Linchpin)
Withering Base Damage:   13 Dice (Spite's Linchpin)
Withering Min Damage:     3 Dice (Spite's Linchpin)
Decisive Attack:         11 Dice (Staves)

Combat Movement:         5 Dice
Disengage:               5 Dice
Resist Poison/Disease:   1 Die

Parry:                   7 (Spite's Linchpin)
Evasion:                 3
Total Soak:              6
Hardness:                4

Case Scene:              5 Dice
Read Intentions:         10 Dice (11 w/r/t Excessively Righteous Blossom)

Guile:                   5 (6 w/r/t Excessively Righteous Blossom)
Resolve:                 5 (6 w/r/t Promises to Blossom)

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INVENTORY
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* Spite's Linchpin (Vitriolic Adamant Wrackstaff)
   Medium Artifact Weapon (A+3/D+12/P+1/O 3) (Bashing, Melee, Reaching, Shield)
* Reck's Raiment (Spidersilk Shirt)
   Artifact Light Armor (S+5/H+4)

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EXPENDITURES (UNSPENT: 0)
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Chargen
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Awareness 3->5  2bp
Integrity 3->5  2bp
Lore      3->5  2bp
Medicine  3->5  2bp
Melee     3->5  2bp
Occult    3->5  2bp
Perform.  3->5  2bp
Presence  3->4  1bp
               15bp spent chargen

Post-Chargen
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Willpower   5->10 10bp
Perception   1->5 16bp
Manipulation 1->3  8bp
Presence     4->5  1bp
Socialize    3->5  2bp
Linguistics  0->3  3bp
-----ESSENCE 2-----
Manipulation 3->4  4bp
Geomancy     0->5  5bp
Architecture 0->5  5bp
Alchemy      0->5  5bp
Socialize: ERB     1bp
Occult: Hell       1bp
Presence: Tempt.   1bp
Integrity: ERB     1bp
Strange Tong. Und  5bp
Fivefold Bulwark   4bp
Hail Shattering P. 4bp
Heaven. Guard. D.  4bp
Spirit-Detect. G.  4bp
All-E. Sorc's S.   4bp
Spirit-Cutting     4bp
Seven Eternities T 4bp
Uncanny Shroud Def 4bp
-----ESSENCE 3-----
Death of Ob. Butt. 4bp
Infallible Messen. 4bp
Hand of Glory      4bp
Cel. Circ. Sorcery 4bp (Control: Travel Without Distance; Shaping: Bonfire's Vanity)
Demon of 2d Circle 4bp
Charisma     3->5  8bp
Manipulation 4->5  4bp
Truth-Render. Gaze 4bp
Wyld-Dispel. Prana 4bp
Chaos-Rep. Pattern 4bp
Order-Affirm. Blow 4bp
Wyld-Shaping Tech. 4bp
C: Writing 0->3    3bp
Occult: Wyld       1bp
Augery             4bp
Devil Draw No Line 4bp
Mult of the Arch.  4bp
Houses of the Holy 4bp
                   (172bp spent post-chargen)

Essence Vacation Charms (E1 or E2) [6/6 selected]
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Bottomless Wellspring Approach
Impassioned Discourse Technique
Threefold Magnetic Ardor
Awakened Carnal Demiurge
Harmonious Presence Meditation
Uncanny Perception Technique

Apology Charms (E1-E3) [4/4 selected]
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Poised Lion Attitude
Burning Eye of the Deliverer
Lore-Inducing Concentration
Theses of the Overlord

BP Costs
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Primary/Secondary Attribute:   4 per dot
Tertiary Attribute:            3 per dot
Caste/Favored Ability:         1 per dot
Other Ability, 1-3:            1 per dot
Other Ability, 4-5:            2 per dot
Specialty:                     1
Merits:                        1 per dot
Caste/Favored Charm:           4
Other Charm:                   5
Caste/Favored Spell:           4
Other Spell:                   5
Evocation:                     4
Willpower:                     2 per dot