Editing Campaign:Flailing About/Creek Barique (section)

== Charms ==

--Enlightenment--

TIGER-AND-BEAR AWARENESS
Cost: 6m; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 3; Type: Reflexive (Step 2)
Keywords: Combo-OK
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: None
The martial artist practicing this Charm is aware of all that
surrounds him. He respires wisdom, and nothing escapes his notice.
To an observer, the martial artist appears to walk more lightly on
his feet, and the winds seems to whisper in his ears.
For the duration of the Charm, the martial artist is automatically
aware of all beings within a number of yards equal to his Essence,
unless an entity is expending Essence in an effort to conceal itself.
Additionally, learning this Charm brings with it a sort of danger
sense. A martial artist who knows Tiger-and-Bear Awareness can
activate it reflexively when subject to a sneak attack in order to
automatically notice the assault.
This Charm does not grant the ability to see immaterial spirits
or dematerialized elementals in the vicinity.

TIGER-AND-BEAR UNITY
Cost: 4m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 3; Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK, Enlightening
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Tiger-and-Bear Awareness
As she lets the Essence of Creation flow through her, the
martial artist flows through it. As they are already one, she cannot
fail to strike her target true and with great precision.
Attacks supplemented by this Charm gain a number of automatic
successes equal to no more than the attacker’s Martial Arts
score. She chooses the exact number of successes to apply, minimum
zero, after Step Six of combat resolution, allowing her to make her
blow as devastating or subtle as she likes.

--Silver Nightingale Style--

INSPIRING BATTLE HYMN
Cost: 2m; Mins: Martial Arts 2, Essence 1;
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK, Emotion, War
Duration: One action
Prerequisite Charms: None
The martial artist’s voice rises in a song of triumph, and
in response, her allies take heart and fight more fiercely. For
each action in which the Silver-Voiced Nightingale spends
two motes, she and all allies within (Essence x 5) yards
receive a one-die bonus to attacks and +1 MDV. Rolls to
coordinate attacks take a +2 bonus. If the martial artist is
part of a mass combat unit of Magnitude 1 or 2, her battlehymn
confers a +1 bonus to Attack and Morale ratings for
the unit’s action. The martial artist can perform any sort of
combat action while using this Charm, as long as it doesn’t
use any Ability except Martial Arts.
If a character with this Charm has not learned the Charm
Terrifying Battle Shriek, then she suffers a -1 penalty to the
number of bonus dice she receives for channeling Willpower
through her Valor and Conviction. This penalty stacks with
other Virtue penalties imposed by Charms of this style and
is in effect regardless of whether the character is actually
using the Charm.

TERRIFYING BATTLE SHRIEK
Cost: 2m; Mins: Martial Arts 2, Essence 1;
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK, Emotion, War
Duration: One action
Prerequisite Charms: None
The martial artist’s voice rises in a howl that promises
horrible death to her foes. For every action in which the
Silver-Voiced Nightingale spends two motes, her player rolls
(Perception + Martial Arts) and compares the result to the
Dodge MDV of every foe within (Essence x 5) yards. Each
foe whose MDV does not surpass the roll’s successes incurs
a -1 internal penalty on all actions he initiates during the
martial artist’s action, and he adds one tick to the Speed of
his action from the fear-induced hesitation. In mass combat,
this Charm can impose a -1 internal penalty and -1 Morale
on an opposing unit of up to Magnitude 2. The martial artist
can perform any sort of combat action while using this
Charm, as long as that action doesn’t use any Ability except
Martial Arts.
If a character with this Charm has not learned the Charm
Inspiring Battle Hymn, then he suffers a -1 penalty to the
number of bonus dice he receives for channeling Willpower
through his Compassion and Temperance. This penalty stacks
with other Virtue penalties imposed by Charms of this style
and is in effect regardless of whether the character is actually
using the Charm.

HARMONY IN OPPOSITION STANCE
Cost: 3m; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 1; Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-Basic
Duration: Varies
Prerequisite Charms: Inspiring Battle Hymn, Terrifying
Battle Shriek
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When a Silver-Voiced Nightingale uses this Charm, she
moves in perfect counterpoint to her opponent. A brief kata
and several sharp notes allow her to sound him out, using
a (Perception + Martial Arts) roll with a difficulty equal to
his Essence. For every success on this roll (to a limit equal
to her own Essence score), the martial artist may reduce his
Dodge or Parry DV against her attacks by one and add one
to her own Dodge or Parry DV against him. The DV adjustments
last as long as the martial artist continues to fight this
opponent and no one else.
The martial artist also hears snatches of sounds that
matter to her foe: his lover’s name, perhaps; for an introspective
literary man, his favorite poem; or, for a loyal general, a
snatch of his country’s national anthem. From these clues,
the martial artist can determine one of her enemy’s Intimacies
per scene, if she can keep the Charm’s effect running
for five actions.

HAUNTING HEART-RENDING MELODY
Cost: 4m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 2;
Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK, Emotion
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Inspiring Battle Hymn
The Nightingale sings a cascade of notes to arouse an
emotion of his choice while focusing his will and Essence
on his target, who must be within (Essence x 10) yards. The
martial artist’s player rolls (Charisma + Martial Arts). If
the result exceeds the target’s Dodge MDV, the target feels
whatever emotion the Silver-Voiced Nightingale wishes her
to feel about anything or anyone he chooses that is present
at the time. Thereafter, the emotion returns every time the
target sees that thing again. (Intimacies, Virtues and Motivations
may reduce the target’s Dodge MDV for this purpose,
as detailed on p. 172 of Exalted.)
Spending a Willpower point enables the target to fight
past this unnatural mental influence for a scene. If the target
does so three times, she breaks the Charm’s influence.
If a character with this Charm has not learned the Charm
Voice of the Night Bird, then he suffers a -1 penalty to the
number of bonus dice he receives for channeling Willpower
through his Valor and Conviction. This penalty stacks with
other Virtue penalties imposed by Charms of this style and
is in effect regardless of whether the character is actually
using the Charm. 

VOICE OF THE NIGHT BIRD
Cost: 3m; Mins: Martial Arts 3, Essence 2;
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Combo-OK, Obvious
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Terrifying Battle Shriek
The martial artist draws a deep breath as he takes the
stance for an attack, then shouts a violent kiai. The force of
his call strikes the enemy like a punch. By spending three
motes, the Nightingale can make any Martial Arts attack
sonic. He can launch it against anyone within (Martial Arts
x 10) yards, and his player uses (Perception + Martial Arts)
for its attack roll. Charisma replaces Strength for its base
damage. The battle cry’s damage is normally bashing, but it
can be increased or made lethal with a weapon or appropriate
Charm (such as Weeping Nightingale Form). The Nightingale
could even attempt to shout a weapon from an enemy’s
hand or knock her off her feet. Doing the former acts as a
ranged attempt to disarm a target (per the rules on p. 158 of
Exalted), incurring the standard -4 penalty. Doing the latter
follows the knockdown rules on p. 153 of Exalted. (If the
Charm-supplemented attack attempts to deliberately cause
knockdown, its Accuracy suffers the standard -2 penalty, as
well as a -4 penalty since the attack is ranged.) Voice of the
Night Bird cannot be parried without a stunt or a Charm,
though it can be dodged.
If a character with this Charm has not learned the
Charm Haunting Heart-Rending Melody, then he suffers a
-1 penalty to the number of bonus dice he receives for channeling
Willpower through his Compassion and Temperance.
This penalty stacks with other Virtue penalties imposed by
Charms of this style and is in effect regardless of whether
the character is actually using the Charm.

DULCET NIGHTINGALE FORM
Cost: 5m; Mins: Martial Arts 4, Essence 2; Type: Simple
Keywords: Emotion, Form-Type
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Haunting Heart-Rending Melody
Standing straight and pitching her voice to reach all of
her listeners, the Nightingale’s song rings out with exquisite
clarity. So moved are her opponents by its beauty that, as
long as they can hear her and are within (her Essence x
10) yards of her, their attacks against her suffer an internal
penalty equal to (her Martial Arts – foe’s Temperance).
Moreover, if a foe acts on a tick during which the martial
artist is guarding, he finds the loveliness of the Nightingale’s
song so disarming that he cannot attack her without spending
a Willpower point.
These are active effects. They persist as long as the character
sings. A character can stop singing, however, without
deactivating the form. Should she start singing again before
the scene ends, the effects come back into play without
requiring the character to spend more Essence.
If a character with this Charm has not learned the
Weeping Nightingale Form, she suffers a -1 penalty to the
number of bonus dice she receives for channeling Willpower
through her Valor and Conviction. This penalty stacks with
other Virtue penalties imposed by Charms of this style and
is in effect regardless of whether the character is actually
using the Charm. Characters who know both forms cannot
use both at the same time.

=== Combos ===
''(example:)''<br/>
Combo Name: Combo Cost + 1wp
*List of constituent Charms, including Cost and Type.
*Heavenly Guardian Defense, 4m, Reflexive (Step 2).
*Etc