False Image Feint

Template:Cost 7m, 1wp; Mins: Stealth 5, Essence 4
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Perilous, Mute
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Hidden Snake Recoil, Vanishing From Mind's Eye Method

A hair's breadth from the blade's edge, the Exalt fades from harm. Only her anima is struck. When hit with a decisive attack, the Solar may use this Charm if the attacker rolls a combined total of six 1s and 2s across her attack and damage rolls. Roll the Solar's (Dexterity + Stealth) against her attacker's (Perception + Awareness). If she succeeds, she slips out of sight and into concealment, evading the attack as if she had dodged it. If she succeeds with at least one 10 in her result, she enters stealth while her opponent strikes an afterimage left by the Solar's anima, transferring the damage result harmlessly away from the Solar and returning her opponent to base Initiative. The Solar may leave an object concealed within her anima to receive the strike, reducing the Charm cost by one mote—two if the player makes a clever substitution.

At Essence 5+, forcing an attacker down to base Initiative with this Charm nets the Solar a temporary point of Willpower.