Discerning Savant's Eye

Cost: 6m, 1wp; Mins: Linguistics 5, Essence 2; Type: Reflexive (Step 2)
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Any Linguistics Excellency

The Solar heroes see through petty mysteries. This Charm lets the character understand encoded, obscured and hidden communication as if it were clear. For example, the Exalt can read weather-damaged stone tablets, recognize the signals in a coded exchange, browse ciphered manuscripts as if they were in their original language and make out the words of someone whose tongue has been cut in half. This Charm can oppose the concealing effects of Letter-Within-a-Letter Technique and similar Charms. The character is never surprised by social attacks while this Charm is in force.

Mystique-Spoiling Guess

Same Charm for Abyssal Exalted. Adds Mirror keyword.
Prerequisite Charms: Scathing Cynic Attitude

The Abyssal contemptuously and effortlessly sees past the mysteries of text and speech, ruining the careful and deliberate art of their presentation or obfuscation.