Measure the Wind

Cost: 1m; Mins: —; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None

This simple Charm allows a spirit to assess its surroundings and measure the amount of Essence near it. When a spirit spends one mote to activate this Charm, it can see the natural flow of Essence around it and immediately knows the Essence trait of all visible living things within a number of yards equal to its Willpower. The Storyteller must still make a successful reflexive (Wits + Perception) roll for the spirit to find any hidden beings, but the difficulty to find hidden creatures decreases by two when used with this Charm. Any being noticed through the use of this power is also instantly recognized as whatever type of being it is—whether it is a mortal, Exalt, god, ghost or some other thing.