the Lunar 'Solar Bond' background is now a Solar background.  Use this to buy yourself a better mate(primarally used for npc mates)
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While refining the Essences of her Chosen, Luna agreed to instill an innate bond within each Lunar, tying that Exalt’s Essence to that of a single Solar. Thus, each of the 300 Moonchildren was mystically associated with one of the 300 Solars as surely as day is paired with night. Whether by design, happenstance or personal interaction, different Lunars formed bonds with Solars with varied degrees of strength. Ma-Ha-Suchi says he scarcely grieved when his spouse was
murdered, though his subsequent headlong plunge into the Wyld suggests he harbored feelings he would not admit. Lilith remained with her First Age spouse Desus despite physical abuse that sometimes shattered her bones, but no one can say whether she stayed because of her Solar Bond or the supernatural mental infl uence of her mate. Whatever the individual relationship might have been, these bonds still exist. As the Solars return to Creation, the Children of the Moon fi nd they cannot ignore their ancient bonds.

     For the default rules of the basic Solar-Lunar bond, see MoEP:Lunars page 20(or I'll just tell you here.  they instantly gain an intimacy that cannot be removed. why was that so hard to add to the description? it's shorter than telling you to go look it up). Dots in the Solar Bond Background indicate a stronger relationship than suggested by the standard rules. Lunars who were intimately connected to their Solar partners could tap into unexpected strength when defending their companions. Each dot of Solar Bond gives the Lunar two dice in her Solar Bond pool. Her player may assign one or more of these dice to any action undertaken with the deliberate purpose of aiding the Solar to whom the Lunar is bonded. Each die may be used once per story, and this dice pool refreshes at the end of every story.

     In addition, each dot of Solar Bond adds one to the Lunar’s Mental Defense Value whenever a social attack might cause her to act against her bonded Solar. Conversely, each dot of the Solar Bond Background reduces the Lunar’s Mental Defense Value(errata/clarification-ONLY against the solar) by one whenever her actions go against her bonded Solar. This bonus or penalty stacks with the default Intimacy created by the Lunar’s bond with the Solar.

X Your bond to a Lunar mate exists, but you haven't yet crossed paths.  Or perhaps he struggles to resist it.

• You feel a strong mystical connection to your Lunar associate.

•• You are drawn to your Lunar partner and he finds your influence difficult to resist.

••• Your Lunar companion can scarcely help being the greatest of friends or most faithful of lovers — even if he hates you.

•••• Your bond-mate died staunchly defending your your First Age incarnation, despite your madness.

••••• Your Lunar spouse's love knows no bounds. The poets of the First Age immortalized his epic devotion, and these tales survive even in the Time of Tumult.



errata:
•the solar can pay for all(or half or any amount) of this background whether the lunar wanted it or not.  The solar can buy(or chip in some portion of the xp for) bond enhancing charms found in the lunar's tree on the lunar's behalf.
•clarification: the mdv penalty from working against the solar applies ONLY against the solar or those trying to talk her out of the betrayal. the lunar doen't suddenly turn gullible in general.
•the fluffly 1 dot text means you(the solar) get an unbreakable intimacy of some type too, same way your lunar gets one at zero dots.  (the intimacies don't have to match, your 'destined love' lunar wafu might see you as a brother or rival, or viceversa)
•• remove the line 'Conversely, each dot of the Solar Bond Background reduces the Lunar’s Mental Defense Value by one whenever her actions go against her bonded Solar.' for any rating under 2. that is now a perk of 2+ level bonds.
•••having at least three dots in this background also gives the solar/lunar bond the following familiar-like properties(for both sides):
-sense borrowing within 100 yards(only one sense at a time, and to clarify it does not deprive either party of access to that sense. this link is undetectable from the outside, the solar can feel when the lunar is borrowing one of his senses and which sense that is and has the option of blocking this, but the lunar cannot tell if the solar is borrowing hers)
-the innate ability to convey simple ideas through gestures only your mate understands and viceversa
-and the ability to store an extra 5 motes of essence in your mate(who's 'charge' she is aware of but can't use herself, and that regenerates only after she has fully regained her own motes. this essence store can be accessed only while in physical contact with your mate, but a brief touch is all that is required to drain the motes back into your own pool if you have the space))
•••at 3+ dots the Solar gets the same automatic/mandatory mdv bonus against social attacks to work against his lunar, but at two dots lower in strength.
•••••unless the bond is at 5 dots in which case the mdv bonus is of equal strength.