Bedlam-Influencing
Charms
Spectacular Insanity
Cost: 5 motes, 1 gossamer
Duration: One story
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Heart: 2
Minimum Essence: 1
Prerequisite Charms: None
The raksha shapes and molds her Virtues
as she passes through Nirakara, changing her response to bedlam. Instead of a
debility, bedlam becomes a spectacular insanity. Invoking this Charm each time
she enters bedlam gives the raksha Willpower and gossamer equal to the relevant
Virtue.
Ambrosial Ascension
Cost: 8 motes, 1 gossamer
Duration: One story
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Cup: 2
Minimum Essence: 1
Prerequisite Charms: Spectacular
Insanity
Raksha who pass into bedlam
with this Charm active take on an angelic, beatific aspect. They radiate glorious, unconquerable
beauty, and it is no less for the ravening look of madness that crawls upon
their faces. They are the grail of every Creation-born’s
desire. If a raksha is in bedlam and this Charm is active, it forces the player
of any character wishing to impede or attack the raksha to succeed on a
difficulty 2 Willpower roll. This roll need not be made more than once per turn
for any character.
Bedlam Masterworks
Cost: 10 motes, 1 Willpower, 1 gossamer
Duration: One story
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Ring: 2
Minimum Essence: 1
Prerequisite Charms: Spectacular
Insanity
Raksha who return from bedlam with this
Charm active bring — things — back with them. These are craftworks of madness,
inexplicable even to the raksha whose spirit constructed them. The raksha’s
player rolls Intelligence + Craft (Glamour) as the bedlam fades. Each success
yields an incomprehensible artifact containing a single gossamer point, which can
be shattered or ravished to claim that gossamer.
Driven Madness
Cost: 5 motes, 1 gossamer
Duration: One story
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Staff: 2
Minimum Essence: 1
Prerequisite Charms: Spectacular
Insanity
The raksha shapes herself
to the rigor of a binding oath. This Charm gives her three bonus successes on
all non-shaping Virtue rolls that help her keep that oath, even when in bedlam.
Raging Vortex Form
Cost: 10 motes, 1 gossamer
Duration: One story
Type: Reflexive
Minimum Sword: 2
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Spectacular
Insanity
At the dry base of the raksha’s well of
Virtue, a monster lurks. Bedlam can trigger a passage through Nirakara and the
assumption of monstrous shape. When a raksha activates this Charm while in
Bedlam, this Charm gives her temporary mutation points equal to half her permanent
Willpower. These do not calcify her and can simulate the permanent effects of
any raksha Charms. The mutations last until the raksha leaves bedlam.
The player must choose the mutations in
question when purchasing the Charm and can change them only when the raksha’s
permanent Willpower increases or decreases.