Poetic Expression Style

Cost: 3m; Mins: Linguistics 2, Essence 1; Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Sagacious Reading of Intent

The Solar heroes express their desires clearly. Language barriers do not stop them—their every gesture conveys their desired meaning. This Charm removes external penalties to dramatic actions and combat actions caused by the character not knowing others' languages. She can convey tactical and strategic necessities with expressive gestures and sounds. For example, she can easily convey "Duck!" or work with backwater natives to develop their agriculture. This Charm does not remove penalties to social or military actions, so the character will have a difficult time persuading or leading others—naturally or unnaturally—if she does not know their language.

Infinite Blasphemy Glossolalia

Same Charm for Abyssal Exalted.
Cost: 3m (8xp)
Adds Avatar 1, Mirror and Taint keywords.
Prerequisite Charms: Scathing Cynic Attitude

The deathknight may borrow the hideous fluency of the Neverborn, facilitating communication with other creatures of darkness. While this Charm is active, the Abyssal mentally hears a rasping and eerie "overdubbing" in her native language whenever a creature of darkness speaks to her. This Charm provides no translation when the speaker does not intend to address the deathknight. Nor can it translate any positive emotional concepts such as professions of love or respect, since the Neverborn no longer understand such ideas in any meaningful capacity. Hollow or ironic honorifics do translate, however. The slain [Primordials]] understand pettiness and spite with a vocabulary beyond imagination.

In addition to translation, Infinite Blasphemy Glossolalia also gives Abyssals the ability to speak in a guttural rasping hiss that is understood by any creature of darkness who hears it, provided the Abyssal does not try to convey a positive emotional concept. Everyone else hears the language as disturbing gibberish. (Charms that translate unknown languages can do so normally.)

The Taint drawback to this Charm renders the Abyssal incapable of speaking any other language without spending one Willpower per scene, and he can never make any positive emotional statement. The Taint costs four bonus points or eight experience points.