Foul Air of Argument Technique

Cost: 4m, 1wp; Mins: Bureaucracy 5, Essence 3; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Indolent Official Charm

Those who oppose the Lawgivers often break down under the burden of their own failings. This Charm supplements a deliberate attempt by the Solar to sabotage an organization's operation. Her player rolls ([Intelligence or Charisma] + Bureaucracy), adding the Solar's Essence in automatic successes. Subtract an external penalty of ([the organization's leader's Intelligence + Bureaucracy] ÷ 2) from the successes on the Bureaucracy roll.

If the character succeeds, then the organization suffers a permanent increase in corruption and inefficiency that imposes a -2 internal penalty on all of its actions. This Charm can be applied repeatedly to a single bureaucracy, but no combination of Charms including Foul Air of Argument Technique can impose a greater internal inefficiency and corruption penalty on an organization than (the Solar's Intelligence + Bureaucracy).

Caustic Hatred Diatribe

Same Charm for Abyssal Exalted.
Cost: 3m
Adds Mirror keyword.
Prerequisite Charms: Cunning Subversion Style

The Abyssal's words eat away at organizations like acid, permanently damaging their functionality. Unlike its Solar Mirror, this Charm uses Manipulation in place of Charisma or Intelligence for all rolls and limits. It also has lower trait minimums and activation costs: Social destruction comes easily to Abyssals.