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CYNIS DRYAS
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* Dragon-Blooded
  - House Cynis
  - Wood Aspect
  - Spiral Academy

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ATTRIBUTES
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MENTAL                   PHYSICAL                 SOCIAL
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Intelligence       2     Strength           3     Charisma           2
Wits               3     Dexterity          5     Manipulation       2
Perception         4     Stamina            3     Appearance         5

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ABILITIES
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[A] Archery        5     [ ] Linguistics    1     [F] Socialize      5
[ ] Athletics      4     [ ] Lore           1     [ ] Stealth        -
[ ] Awareness      5     [A] Medicine       -     [A] Survival       1
[F] Bureaucracy    4     [F] Melee          2     [ ] Thrown         -
[ ] Brawl          -     [ ] Occult         -     [ ] War            2
[ ] Craft          -     [A] Performance    5
[F] Dodge          5     [F] Presence       3     [ ] Martial Arts   -
[ ] Integrity      3     [ ] Resistance     3
[ ] Investigation  3     [A] Ride           5
[ ] Larceny        4     [ ] Sail           3

SPECIALTIES
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* Performance: Dancing
* Dodge: Light Armor
* Archery: Bows
* Bureaucracy: Shopping
* Ride: Horse

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MERITS
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Backing (House Cynis) ***
Command (Bodyguard) *
Contacts (Merchants) ***
Familiar (Horse) **
Followers (Personal staff) **
Influence (Newly Hatched) **
Resources (Allowance) ***
Retainer (Pale Moke) **

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TRAITS
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* Essence:         2
  Personal Pool:   13/13 [11 + Essence]
  Peripheral Pool: 31/31 [23 + (Essence x 4)]

* Health:          [ ] -0
                   [ ] [ ] [ ] -1
                   [ ] [ ] [ ] -2
                   [ ] -4
                   [ ] Incapacitated

* Willpower:       5/5
* Base Initiative: 3
* Natural Soak:    3     (Stamina)

DERIVED VALUES
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Join Battle:       8a3  (Wits + Awareness) + 3 successes
Melee (Heavy Mortal Lance):
Withering Attack:  7    (Dexterity + Melee + Weapon Accuracy + Spec)
Withering Damage:  13    (Strength + Base Damage)
Min. With. Damage: 1     (Overwhelming)
Decisive Attack:   7    (Dexterity + Melee + Spec)

Archery (Light mortal bow):
Withering Attack:  10    (Dexterity + Archery + Spec) REMEMBER RANGE DUMMY
Withering Damage:  9    (Strength + Base Damage)
Min. With. Damage: 1     (Overwhelming)
Decisive Attack:   11    (Dexterity + Archery + Spec)

Control Roll:      2    (Strength + Brawl + Spec)

ON FOOT:
Combat Movement:   8     (Dexterity + Athletics)
Disengage:         10     (Dexterity + Dodge)

ON HORSEBACK:
Combat Movement:   14     (Dexterity + Ride + Speed Bonus)
Disengage:         14     (Dexterity + Ride + Speed
Unless a smaller/foot opponent has Reaching weapons:
+1 on Withering
+2 on Withering
+1 Defense

Parry:             4     [(Dexterity + Melee)/2 + Spec]
Evasion:           6     [(Dexterity + Dodge)/2 - Armor Mobility Penalty]
Total Soak:        6     (Stamina + Armor Soak)
Total Hardness:    0

Resolve:           3     [(Wits + Integrity)/2]
Guile:             3     [(Manipulation + Socialize)/2]

Read Intentions:   9     (Perception + Socialize)
Instill/Persuade:  7     (Manipulation + Socialize)
Intimidate:        5     (Charisma + Presence)

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INTIMACIES
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* Defining Principle: The thrill is always in the chase, never the capture.
* Defining Tie: Cynis Umora (Need to please)

* Major Principle: Keep one step ahead of the competition.
* Major Principle: In love and war, all is fair.
* Major Principle: Take pride in your House.
* Major Principle: To be rich is glorious.
* Major Principle: Difference between you and me? I make this look gooooood.
* Major Tie: The Threshold (Beautiful wilderness!)
* Major Tie: Lunar Anathema (Deplorable!)
* Major Tie: Cynis Dryas the Elder (I'll live up to her example!)
* Major Tie: Luxury (so good)
* Major Tie: Pale Moke (Someone to lean on)
* Major Tie: Sadoko (Protectiveness)


* Minor Principle: Boys...
* Minor Principle: Generosity can be ostentatious.
* Minor Tie: Barbarians (Gross)
* Minor Tie: The Help (benevolence)
* Minor Tie: The Realm (patriotism)
* Minor Principle: Death may come from any quarter at any time. And I am not safe
* Minor Tie: Sadoko (fear)


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CHARMS
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ARCHERY
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Unobstructed Hunter’s Aim
Cost: 1m per die; Mins: Archery 1, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Balanced, Excellency, Uniform, Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
Sighting along the flow of living Essence, the Dragon-Blood
unleashes a flawless shot. She may add bonus dice to an
Archery roll for one mote each. As long as she attacks a living
target — or an undead one, which stands out as a void in the
Essence of the world — each added die negates one point of
penalty from visual obstruction such as poor lighting or smoke.

Sky-Calming Draw
Cost: 3m; Mins: Archery 2, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Air, Uniform
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon-Blood’s focus quells the wind that would
divert her arrow, ensuring her shot flies true. She extends
the range of a withering or decisive attack by one range
band, maximum long (including those made with Flame
weapons), and ignores penalties from wind or inclement
weather. If her weapon already has long range, she instead adds an automatic success on the attack roll.

Death From Nowhere
Cost: 4m; Mins: Archery 3, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Air/Water, Balanced, Withering-only
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Sky-Calming Draw
As the Dragon-Blood draws back her arrow against her
bowstring, she withdraws and disperses its weightiness, sending it flying like an ephemeral phantom to
pierce her foe’s heart. Her withering attack ignores
(lower of Essence or Perception) points of soak from
armor. If her attack benefits from aiming, she ignores
(higher of Essence or Perception) soak instead.

Harvest of the Hunter
Cost: 1m; Mins: Archery 2, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon-Blood may go to hunt with an empty quiver
yet never lack for arrows. Anything that grows will yield
up arrows to the archer’s gathering hands. She can create
useable ammunition for a bow or crossbow from any kind
of plant, whether it’s a marsh reed or a stalk of corn. In
combat, she doubles 8s on an ammunition check for an
Archery weapon (Exalted, p. 202). As long as she rolls a
single success, she’s guaranteed to scavenge a single arrow.
Outside of combat, she may use this Charm to gather
enough arrows to fill her quiver as long as there’s sufficient
plant life to draw her harvest from, although the Storyteller
may require a special ammunition check to create arrows
in barren deserts or other areas devoid of plant life.

Life-Swelling Sap Strike
Cost: 3m (+1wp); Mins: Archery 3, Essence 2
Type: Simple
Keywords: Decisive-only, Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Harvest of the Hunter
The Dragon-Blood’s arrow bursts into a crush of ever-growing roots or vines in midflight, entangling her
enemy in thick plants. She makes a distract gambit
(Exalted, p. 200). On a success, her projectile bursts
into growing vines, inflicting a −1 mobility penalty on
the distracted character — which stacks with penalties
from armor — for the rest of the scene. He or one of his
allies can cut away the vines with a difficulty 3 gambit
using an edged weapon, or the Storyteller might deem
other actions or conditions sufficient. At the end of
each round in which he remains entangled, he loses
a point of Initiative (which the Dragon-Blood doesn’t
gain). Battle groups lose one Magnitude instead.
If the Dragon-Blood pays a one-Willpower surcharge,
an undead crashed by this attack is incapacitated,
crumbling into soil. This surcharge is waived against
trivial foes. This doesn’t apply to stronger undead,
such as nephwracks, Deathlords, or undead Exalted.
The body of any living mortal slain while covered in
vines won’t harbor a hungry ghost. Outside of combat,
the Dragon-Blood may use this Charm on dying mortals to ensure they leave no hungry ghosts, waiving the
Willpower cost for willing targets.
In Wood Aura, the Dragon-Blood may use this Charm
to make a standard decisive attack instead of a distract
gambit.

BUREAUCRACY
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Geese-Flying-South Administration
Cost: 2m per success; Mins: Bureaucracy 1, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Balanced, Excellency, Water
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Essence of a bureaucracy is flow — the flow of a
leader’s orders to her subordinates, the flow of wealth
in and out, the flow of information, the flow of progress
and delay. The Dragon-Blood may add automatic successes to a Bureaucracy roll for two motes each, and
rerolls 6s until they cease to appear.

Benevolent Master’s Blessing
Cost: 1m; Mins: Bureaucracy 3, Essence 2
Type: Simple
Keywords: Water
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon-Blood marks a subordinate with a sign of
her authority, often handing out a badge or token, or
leaving a swirling black tattoo of Water Essence on his
hand. If the subordinate presents the token or mark,
all who see it know instinctively that he’s the DragonBlood’s servant (or, if they don’t know of her, the servant
of a Prince of the Earth), and that he carries authority to
negotiate on her behalf. In addition, that character gains
a temporary Bureaucracy specialty that applies on rolls
to follow the Dragon-Blood’s orders or pursue her best
interests.

Dashing Brook Method
Cost: 2m, 1wp; Mins: Bureaucracy 4, Essence 2
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Water
Duration: One task
Prerequisite Charms: Benevolent Master’s Blessing
The Dragon-Blood clears the obstacles that impede the
flow of her bureaucracy, channeling its labor into efficacious speed. This Charm enhances a project (Exalted, p.
226) or other bureaucratic task, multiplying the speed
at which the organization makes progress by (highest of
Charisma, Manipulation, or Intelligence). The Attribute
she uses must match her leadership style. This Charm
cannot speed a bureaucratic task that would normally
take more than (Essence) years.


DODGE
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Threshold Warding Stance
Cost: 2m per +1 Evasion or success; Mins: Dodge 1,
Essence 1
Type: Supplemental or Reflexive
Keywords: Balanced, Excellency, Fire, Uniform
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon-Blood’s body is as light as flames, skimming over the ground as she moves to evade. She may
raise her Evasion for two motes per point, or add automatic successes on a Dodge roll for two motes each.
She ignores environmental penalties to her Evasion or
to the Dodge roll.

Flickering Candle Meditation
Cost: 1m, 1i; Mins: Dodge 3, Essence 1
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Fire, Perilous, Uniform
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon-Blood dances like a flame around the flaws in
her enemy’s attack. (Essence) 1s on her enemy’s attack roll allow her to ignore that many points of penalty to her Evasion

Hopping Firecracker Evasion
Cost: 3m, 2i; Mins: Dodge 3, Essence 2
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Fire, Perilous, Uniform
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Flickering Candle Meditation
The Dragon-Blood’s feet strike sparks from the ground,
finally igniting in an explosive leap When she dodges
an attack that misses her Evasion by at least two successes, she may move one range band in any direction.

LARCENY
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Observer Awareness Method
Cost: 1m Mins: Larceny 2, Essence 1
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Water
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
Even the slightest ripple of attention is perceptible
to the savvy Dragon-Blood. When her suspicions are
roused, she may invoke this Charm to roll (Perception
+ Larceny). As long as she rolls a single success, she
can intuitively discern whether she's being watched
and by how many people.

With Larceny 4, Essence 2, the Dragon-Blood may
identify the precise location of an ubserver if she beats
(the higher of his Stealth or Guile).

PERFORMANCE
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UNIVERSAL
Audience-Enthusing Display
Cost: 2m per success; Mins: Performance 2, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Balanced, Excellency, Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon-Blood drinks in her audience’s appreciative eyes and repays them with her masterful
performance. She may add automatic successes to a
Performance roll for two motes each and ignores the
penalty for targeting multiple characters with a social
influence roll (Exalted p. 221).

Talented Improvisation
Cost: 5m; Mins: Performance 4, Essence 2
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Balanced, Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon-Blood is moved by an innate genius for
performance, intuiting the entire composition of a
song after hearing only a few notes or turning a clumsy
misstep into the beginning of a provocative dance.
After making a Performance roll, she rerolls (Essence)
non-1 failed dice. If she uses a stunt to explain how she
recovers from her misstep, this Charm’s cost is reduced
by the stunt’s level.

MUSIC AND SINGING
Sanxian-Charming Fingers
Cost: 3m; Mins: Performance 3, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon-Blood draws on practice-honed perfection
and creative virtuosity, doubling 9s on a Performance
roll to play a musical instrument.

DANCE
Swaying Boughs Arabesque
Cost: 4m; Mins: Performance 2, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
Moving with sensuous rhythm and vivacious appeal,
the Dragon-Blood embodies beauty through dance.
This Charm supplements a Performance roll to dance,
lowering the Resolve of all targets by 1. This both lowers the difficulty of the roll and potentially increases
the bonus dice added by the Exalt’s Appearance
(Exalted, p. 371).

Petal-Strewn Pavane
Cost: 3m, 2i; Mins: Performance 2, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Balanced, Perilous, Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Swaying Boughs Arabesque
The Dragon-Blood makes no distinction between
dance hall and field of battle. She adds (Performance)
bonus dice to any combat movement roll. Additionally,
she can flurry the supplemented movement with a
Performance-based action without flurry penalties.
This Charm can’t be used if the Exalt is wearing medium or heavy armor.
In Wood Aura, this Charm also adds a non-Charm bonus success on the roll, and allows the Dragon-Blood
to ignore the normal penalties for moving through
difficult terrain.

PRESENCE
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Unbearable Taunt Technique
Cost: 2m; Mins: Presence 2, Essence 1
Type: Simple
Keywords: Fire
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
Even the meekest hearts are tinderboxes for the flames
of outrage the Dragon-Blood stirs. She rolls to inspire
a single character with anger. If successful, her target
must immediately respond to her with hostility. His
player chooses the form this takes -- outrage, threats,
or even Joining Battle.
In combat, this influence roll instead provokes an
enemy into prioritizing the Dragon-Blood
instead of any of her allies on his next turn. Even if
he does pay the Willpower cost to resist, he loses two
Initiative if he attacks any other character that turn.

RIDE
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Scattered Pearl Hoof Falls
Cost: 2m per success; Mins: Ride 1, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Balanced, Excellency, Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The hoofbeats of the Dragon-Blood’s mount strike the
ground as swiftly and lightly as pearls falling from a
broken necklace, speeding her onwards to her goal.
She may add automatic successes to a Ride roll for
two motes each, and she ignores one point of mobility
penalty from her mount’s barding.

Tread Rooted in Life
Cost: 4m; Mins: Ride 3, Essence 1
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Balanced, Wood
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: None
At one with the wilderness that surrounds them, horse
and rider move with matchless grace. They may gallop
through undergrowth, weave between trees in a dense
forest, or trample over brambles. The Dragon-Blood
ignores plant-based environmental penalties to her
mounted movement actions.
Any environmental penalties on her Ride rolls due to
plants or vegetation-covered terrain are lowered by
two points.

SOCIALIZE
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Loquacious Courtier Technique
Cost: 2m per success or +1 Guile; Mins: Socialize 1, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental or Reflexive
Keywords: Balanced, Excellency, Fire, Mute
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The Dragon0Blood endears herself to all company with
pleasing and faultless manners. She may add automati-
ic successes to SOcialize rolls or raise her Guile for two
motes each.

SURVIVAL
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Ration-Enhancing Method
Cost: 2m; Mins: Survival 1, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Balanced, Excellency, Wood
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
The wilderness welcomes the Dragon-Blood’s presence,
recognizing her as a Prince of the Earth. She may add automatic successes to a Survival roll for two motes each. If she
enhances a roll to forage for food, it yields enough edible
plants or game to feed a single additional character besides
her for one day per threshold success.


WAR
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Tactics Mean Everything
Cost: 1m per die; Mins: War 1, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Balanced, Earth, Excellency
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
Wise strategy is the foundation upon which victories
are built. The Dragon-Blood may add bonus dice to a
War roll for one mote each, and rerolls 6s until they
cease to appear.


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ANIMA POWERS
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• For five motes, the Wood Aspect becomes immune
to mundane plant-based poisons, and doubles 9s
on rolls to resist other poisons and diseases for the
scene. She gains these benefits for free while at
bonfire.

• For three motes, the Wood Aspect becomes flexible as a sapling in the wind, ignoring one point of
penalty to Evasion or (Essence) points of penalty
on a movement action for an instant.

• A Wood Aspect’s anima flux is laced with toxic
power. A character that takes damage from it is exposed to a poison with Damage 2i/round, Duration
(Essence + Stamina) rounds, and a −1 penalty.

EXPENDITURES
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STARTING BP

   Perception       3 -> 4 (3 BP)

   Archery          3 -> 5 (2 BP)
   Bureaucracy      3 -> 4 (1 BP)
   Dodge            3 -> 5 (2 BP)
   Performance      3 -> 5 (2 BP)
   Ride             2 -> 5 (3 BP)

30 BP
   Awareness         3 -> 5 (2 BP)
   Sail              0 -> 3 (3 BP)
   Athletics         0 -> 3 (3 BP)
   Investigation     0 -> 2 (2 BP)
   Larceny           0 -> 2 (2 BP)
   Socialize         2 -> 4 (2 BP)
   Resistance        0 -> 3 (3 BP)
   Unbearable Taunt Technique (4 BP)
   Ox Body Technique (4 BP)

IN-GAME DBP 12 Spent 4 Remain
   Integrity         0 -> 3 (3DBP)
   Athletics         3 -> 4 (1DBP)
   Socialize         4 -> 5 (1DBP)
   Larceny           2 -> 4 (2DBP)
   Investigation     2 -> 3 (1DBP)
   Observer Awareness Method (4DBP)
   Loquacious Courtier Technique (4DBP)

IN-GAME BP 4 Spent 1 Remains
   Wits              2 -> 3 (4BP)