Spirit-Shredding Attack
Cost: 4m; Mins: Occult 5, Essence 3; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK, Leader
Duration: Five minutes
Prerequisite Charms: Spirit-Grounding Shout
This weapon in the Dragon-Blooded arsenal is especially hated and feared by the spirit hierarchies and is a significant explanation of how the Immaculate Order was finally able to bring the spirits of the Blessed Isle to heel. The Dragon-Blood must first make a successful attack against a spirit, either while the spirit is materialized or with some weapon or attack capable of affecting dematerialized spirits. The attack inflicts its normal damage. In addition, the attacker's player reflexively rolls (the character's Willpower + Essence) against a difficulty equal to the spirit's Essence. Each success reduces the spirit's temporary Essence by an amount equal to the Dragon-Blooded character's permanent Essence. The character does not steal the Essence, it dissipates into the air. If the spirit is destroyed by this Charm, that spirit is irrevocably gone.
Latest Errata: Each threshold success on the activation roll strips away (Exalt's Essence rating)m from the spirit as a Shaping effect. The imposition of permanent death with a killing blow is not Shaping. Leader applies as per Spirit-Chaining Strike.