Lock-Opening Touch

Cost: 3m; Mins: Larceny 3, Essence 1; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None

Mortal thieves must struggle with lockpicks and thieves' tools. The Exalted may use Essence. This Charm enhances a miscellaneous action to pick a lock. It makes success automatic even if the character has no tools (though such use makes the Charm Obvious). If this effect is opposed by another Charm or magical effect, add the character's Essence in automatic successes to the (Dexterity + Larceny) roll to oppose the rival magic.

Chains Cannot Hold

Same Charm for Abyssal Exalted. Adds Mirror keyword.
Prerequisite Charms: None

The soul of every deathknight is a chained and beaten thing. Manacles and other locks seem irrelevant by comparison. Unlike its Solar Mirror, this Charm destroys the mechanism of any non-magical lock being used directly to confine the Abyssal, whether or not he would prefer to keep it intact for his own use later.