Body Enhancement Charms
Ox-Body Technique
Cost: None
Duration: Permanent
Type: Special
Minimum Stamina: Varies
Minimum Essence: 1
Prerequisite Charms: None
The bodies of the Exalted are far
more durable than those of mere mortals. To help simulate this, an Exalt may buy
extra health levels as if they were a Charm. A player may purchase this Charm
up to once per dot of human-form Stamina his character possesses. Each Ox-Body
Technique Charm purchased can provide two -1 health levels or four -2 health
levels, at the player’s option, determined at the time of purchase.
Crouching Tiger Exercise
Cost: 5 motes, 1 Willpower
Duration: Varies
Type: Simple
Minimum Charisma: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Shaping the
Ideal Form
Lunars employ Essence to enhance
their muscles via this Charm, using a series of stances and static exercises to
focus Essence into their limbs, increasing their strength and resilience. A
Lunar using this Charm swells into an intimidating, muscular brute. Her tendons
stand out like taught rope, and her muscles seem ready to burst through her
skin. The Exalt’s player makes a Strength + Athletics roll. For every success,
add one to the Lunar’s Strength. That character cannot more than double her
initial Strength through the use of this Charm. This is a dice bonus added by a
Charm and should be considered as such when determining the maximum effect of
other dice-bonus Charms. The Charm’s effects last for a number of turns equal
to the character’s Essence + the number of success rolled. The exercises used
to activate the Crouching Tiger Exercise require the character’s undivided dice
action for a number of turns equal to 10 + (the Lunar’s Strength prior to this
performance of the exercise). These turns of preparation must be concurrent and
uninterrupted and cannot be combined with preparation or other, similar
exercises.
Moonsilver Monkey Exercise
Cost: 6 motes, 1 Willpower
Duration: Varies
Type: Simple
Minimum Charisma: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Shaping the
Ideal Form
By performing a series of
limbering up exercises stances as he directs Essence through his muscles, a
Lunar Exalt can temporarily boost his hand-eye coordination, his movements
becoming fluid and graceful as moonsilver. The Exalted’s player makes a Dexterity
+ Athletics roll. For every success, add one to the Lunar’s Dexterity. That
character cannot more than double his initial Dexterity through the use of this
Charm. This is a dice bonus added by a Charm and should be considered as such
when determining the maximum effect of other dice-bonus Charms. The Charm’s
effects last for a number of turns equal to the character’s Essence + the
number of successes rolled. Enacting the Moonsilver Monkey Exercise requires
the character’s undivided dice action for a number of turns equal to (the
Lunar’s Dexterity prior to the performance of this exercise) + 10. These turns
of preparation must be concurrent and uninterrupted, and cannot be combined
with the preparation periods of other, similar exercises.
Regaining Breath Exercise
Cost: 1 Willpower
Duration: Instant
Type: Simple
Minimum Intelligence: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Crouching
Tiger Exercise, Moonsilver Monkey Exercise
In addition to using his Essence
to fortify his body, a Lunar can draw on his strength of spirit to fortify his
Essence. By entering a trance and focusing his mind inward for a number of
turns equal to (20 – his Stamina), a Lunar can regain motes of Essence. Doing
so requires a Stamina + Endurance roll. For every success, the Lunar gains 2
motes of Essence. The character cannot regain more than his normal maximum
temporary Essence, nor can he regain more than (his permanent Essence x 2)
motes per use of the Charm. These turns of concentration must be concurrent and
uninterrupted and cannot be combined with the preparation periods of other,
similar exercises.
Breath-Drinking Executioner Attack
Cost: 2 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Wits: 4
Minimum Essence: 4
Prerequisite Charms: Regaining
Breath Exercise
The death of an individual
releases her body’s Essence, which forms the target’s lower or “animal” soul.
By means of the Breath-Drinking Executioner Attack, a Lunar can trap and
consume this vital energy to restore his own Essences reserves. By activating
this Charm immediately after slaying an opponent, a Lunar regains the result of
one 10-sided die in motes of Essence. An Exalt cannot regain more Essence in a
given turn than he has points of Stamina. The Exalt may not exceed his normal
maximum temporary Essence through the use of this Charm.
Predator Grace Method
Cost: 1 mote 2 per dice
Duration: Instant
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Dexterity: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Shaping the
Ideal Form
Using this Charm, the Lunar gains
preternatural balance beyond that of even the greatest feline hunter. The Exalt
can walk across surfaces as fragile as bamboo and string with ease and casually
resists efforts to unbalance him. By spending motes of Essence, the Lunar’s
player may convert Dexterity dice into automatic successes when making a single
Athletics roll related to balance and climbing or when rolling to resist or
escape sweeps, clinches, holds and tackles. Upon activating the Charm, the
Lunar’s body and features undergo subtle changes, resulting in a lithe and
graceful appearance that shifts to give him the best balance and grip possible
in the present circumstances.
Panther Stride Stance
Cost: 4 motes
Duration: One scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Manipulation: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Predator
Grace Method
Using this Charm, the Lunar’s
legs shift into the likeness of the legs of a giant cat, and his whole body
twists slightly, becoming lower and more streamlined. For the remainder of the
scene, the character can move at twice his normal movement rate and leap three
times his normal jumping distance. If the target surface is uncertain, the
Lunar’s player must still make a (Dexterity or Wits) + Athletics roll normally
for the character to land successfully after such a leap. A Lunar may carry a
“passenger” on such a leap, though doing so reduces his effective Dexterity by
one and his effective Strength by two. A Full Moon who uses this Charm in
conjunction with his anima power moves at three times his normal movement rate
and can leave five time his normal jumping distance.
Flying Tiger Technique
Cost: 3 motes
Duration: One scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Manipulation: 4
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Panther
Stride Stance
By creating a flap of skin
between his arms and legs, a Lunar can drastically extend his leaping
abilities. Using the skin flap as crude gliding wings, a Lunar using this
technique can extend his horizontal leaping abilities in excess of 10 times his
normal leaping distance, though this depends on his trading height for
distance. He can travel 20 yards per dot of Strength and Athletics, and another
two yards for every yard of altitude he descends. For example, a Lunar with
Strength 3, Athletics 3 who leaps from a branch 100 yards up may glide to a
point on the ground 320 yards away ([3x20] + [3x20] + [2x100] yards). The Lunar
may attempt to extend this distance by rolling Dexterity + Athletics, each
success adding 10 percent to the range. The anima powers of a Full Moon Lunar,
the effect of Panther Stride Stance and other movement-enhancing Charms do not
add to the gliding distance of the Skin-Flap Flying Method.
Cat-Falling Attitude
Cost: 3 motes
Duration: Instant
Type: Supplemental
Minimum Dexterity: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Predator
Grace Method
Using this Charm, a Lunar greatly
improves his ability to avoid damage from a fall. He will always land on his
feet and suffers only one level of bashing damage for every 10 feet fallen.
Furthermore, he only suffers lethal damage if he falls more than 100 feet or
onto treacherous surface such as spikes.
Tree-Dwelling Jaguar Claws
Cost: 3 motes
Duration: One scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Dexterity: 3
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Shaping the
Ideal Form
Using his protean abilities to
grow claws and to adapt his skeleton and muscles, a Lunar Exalted can ascend
trees (or other surfaces where his claws can grip) with surprising ease. The
Lunar normally uses half his movement rate when climbing but may use his full
movement rate without penalty if his player makes a successful Dexterity +
Athletics roll. When faced with difficult climbing conditions (high winds,
overhangs, etc.) a Lunar using this Charm reduces the difficulty of the
Dexterity + Athletics roll by 1 (but not below 1). If the Lunar makes unarmed
Brawl or Martial Arts attacks while the Charm is active, his attacks inflict
lethal damage.
Cat Paw Climbing Style
Cost: 5 motes
Duration: One scene
Type: Simple
Minimum Dexterity: 4
Minimum Essence: 4
Prerequisite Charms:
Tree-Dwelling Jaguar Claws
Using this Charm, a Lunar may
ascend, descend or traverse any surface with relative ease, even if there are
no obvious handholds. Instead, he relies on minute adjustments to his fingers
and toes to exploit minute variations in surface texture. The Lunar may move up
to half his normal movement rate either horizontally or vertically and reduces
the difficulty of all Dexterity + Athletics rolls by 2 (but not below 1). Lunar
characters may carry up to 100 pounds per point Strength while using this
Charm.