Know the Soul's Price
Cost: 5m, 1wp; Mins: Investigation 4, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK, Servitude
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Courtier's Eye Technique, Judge's Ear Technique
In the savage world that is Creation, everyone has a price. Even those whom jade coin cannot buy will sell themselves for something—sex, fame, the reclaimed honor of an ancestor or the salvation of the world. The Exalt uses this Charm immediately after interacting with a target. The Solar's player rolls (Perception + Investigation). The difficulty for this roll is 1, but subtract an external penalty of ([the target's Manipulation + Socialize] ÷ 2) from the successes on the Investigation roll. On a success, this Charm forces the target's player to declare the target's price. If the Exalt meets that price, this Charm invokes an unnatural Servitude effect—the target becomes loyal to the Exalt and must spend one Willpower per scene to act in a knowingly disloyal fashion. This servitude lasts until the Exalt betrays the bargain—as by reclaiming an object given as the price—or the target has spent a total of 10 Willpower to act disloyally.
Unholy Unwitting Pact
The same as an Abyssal Exalted Charm. Adds Avatar 1 and Mirror Keywords.
Prerequisite Charms: Deception-Piercing Stare, Spider in Society's Web
The inevitability of entropy is predicated on the hypocrisies of the righteous. Even the Unconquered Sun, supposed shining paragon of virtue, could be bribed to forsake Creation for the bliss of eternal victory in the Games of Divinity. The Abyssal may activate this Charm during any social interaction with a target character, requiring a (Perception + Investigation) roll. Unlike its Solar Mirror, however, the difficulty is equal to the target's Temperance or Essence (whichever is highest). On a success, the target's player reveals her character's price. If the Abyssal meets this price, the target feels a sense of incalculable dread and hears the distant mocking laughter of the Neverborn at the back of her mind as they claim ownership of her.