Boundary-Marking Meditation

Cost: 12m, 1wp; Mins: Charisma 4, Essence 3; Type: Simple (Speed 7 in long ticks)
Keywords: Combo-OK, Mandate, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Any Charisma Excellency

The land knows its Steward. This Charm claims a territory for the Lunar. The target region must not be owned by another Essence channeler, and this Charm makes the character own the territory instantly. Boundary-Marking Meditation cannot target a region larger than (Essence x 10) square miles.

All the little gods within the territory accept the Lunar's primacy; if any did not, the Charm would not have functioned. Within the territory, anyone who is not the Lunar or a native little god suffers a -1 external penalty to all actions. The Lunar may exempt individuals from this penalty by announcing this in the presence of the affected person or revoke this exemption the same way.

Characters who survey the land's geomancy or view it with any form of Essence sight can see the boundaries of the Lunar's territory. Thaumaturges' instruments decipher the boundary as a mystic warning away, as if the land is owned by a being of great power. To Essence sight, the edges of the territory simply glow with a pale moonlight.

In the Mandate of Heaven, this Charm makes the character a savant in the region regardless of Background dots.