Pearl

Attributes/Abilities

• Character Sheet

  Attributes

  Strength		Dexterity		Stamina
  Charisma		Manipulation		Appearance
  Perception		Intelligence		Wits

  Abilities

  Martial Arts		Performance		Investigation
  Lore		Athletics		Awareness
  Dodge		Larceny		Stealth
  Linguistics		Socialize

  Backgrounds

  Backing		Contacts		Influence
  Mentor		Resources

  Virtues

  Compassion		Conviction		Temperance
  Valor

• Dawn Caste Charms

• Zenith Caste Charms

• Twilight Caste Charms

  Ten Magistrate Eyes

  
  Cost: 3 Motes
  Duration: One Scene
  Type: Supplemental
  The character attunes herself to the world's ambient Essence and becomes preternaturally aware of the order of and links between objects. For the remainder of the scene, add her Essence score in automatic successes to any investigation rolls.

• Night Caste Charms

  Anima Muting Effects

  
  The Hidden Suns may mute their animas, allowing them to exert their powers without the display of power. When a Night Caste Solar expends peripheral Essence, she may spend twice as many motes in order to prevent the expenditure from adding to her anima banner. The character may also extend her muted anima like an imperceptible veil around her. This extended anima lasts for an entire scene and costs 10 motes of Essence to evoke. It mutes the senses of those attempting to perceive the Night Caste and also, the evidence the Exalted leaves behind for those who would follow her trail. Shadows are darker, sounds muffled, and scent and footprints are both much lighter than normal. In game-mechanic terms, this muting increases the difficulty of all rolls to detect or track the Exalted by 1, so long as the muted anima is in effect.

  
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  Athletics
  

  Graceful Crane Stance

  
  Cost: 3 Motes
  Duration: 1 Scene
  Type: Reflexive
  Through the use of this charm, the exalted channels essence through her body, making it extraordinarily limber, deft, and light. For the remainder of the scene, the character has near perfect balance and can stand on things far too narrow and weak to normally support her (the tips of pine trees, horizontal flagpoles, roof gables, and so forth) with no fear of falling or breaking the object. The Storyteller may wish to call for Athletics rolls in the most extraordinary of circumstances (the character is leaping from branch to branch on a moonless night in a snowstorm), but generally, the character can run along even the narrowest ledges or stand on the flimsiest perches with no worries.

  
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  Lightning Speed

  
  Cost: 1 Mote
  Duration: One Turn
  Type: Reflexive
  Prerequisite: Graceful Crane Stance
  The character becomes a blur of motion, Essence leaking from her anima in fine streaks, as she flashes from point to point almost faster than the eye can follow. The character may double her sprinting distance for the turn and has no chance of becoming winded from the exertion, as she is relying on her Essence, not her merely human endurance.

  
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  Awareness
  

  Sensory Acuity Prana

  
  Cost: 5 Motes
  Duration: One Scene
  Type: Simple
  Through the use of this Charm, the character extends her perception, heightening all five senses. The character can see farther and in less light, hear softer sounds and distinguish between them more easily and differentiate various tastes, textures, and scents quite easily - she could be a master chef or perfumer. The basic mechanical effect is to increase the character's Awareness by a number of dice equal to her Essence, though there are obviously many other situations where these senses might come into play - its up to the Storyteller to make a character's extended perceptions a reality by increasing the amount of information available to the player. Characters using this Charm are not any more or less vulnerable to sensory overload than normal mortals - the extended perceptions include the ability to manage the sensations more effectively.

  
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  Surprise Anticipation Method

  
  Cost: 1 Mote
  Duration: Instant
  Type: Reflexive
  Prerequisite: Sensory Acuity Prana
  The character develops a preternatural sense for hazard. Whenever she is about to be placed in immediate danger, her Surprise Anticipation Method activates. There is no roll - the character simply becomes aware of immanent danger. This effect costs a mote of Essence and makes it almost impossible to ambush the character. She is not prescient so much as nearly impossible to catch flat-footed.

  
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  Dodge
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  Larceny
  

  Seasoned Criminal Method

  
  Cost: 10 Motes
  Duration: One day
  Type: Simple
  This Charm grants a character preternatural intuition with regard to criminal subcultures. While under the influence of this Charm, she can easily pick out criminal establishments - pawnshops willing to operate as fences, taverns that are thieves' havens and so on. Likewise, the character can easily pick out those who are actively interested in buying or selling illegal goods and services - he can spot police and officials who will accept bribes and individuals interested in selling or buying drugs, sex, or information. Finally, the character using this Charm can easily read lines of power, differentiating important organized crime figures from small-time operators and quickly tracking down the true thrones and powers of the local underworld. In short, characters with this Charm are at home in any criminal subculture. This Charm doesn't grant the ability to spot agents, provocateurs, and informers.

  
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  Flawlessly Impenetrable Disguise

  
  Cost: 7 Motes
  Duration: One Day
  Type: Simple
  Prerequisite: Seasoned Criminal Method
  By means of this charm, the character can disguise her appearance, her voice, and even her scent. The player may not imitate a specific individual, but may alter her apparent age by as much as 20 years, her ethnicity, her height by as much as six inches, and her gender. It is impossible to see through the character's disguise via mundane means. Characters using this Charm can sometimes be detected via the Unsurpassed (Sense) Discipline Charm, or by the All-Encompassing Sorcerer's Sight Charm - in these cases, the matter is resolved as normal for disguise attempts - an opposed roll of the disguised character's Wits & Larceny versus the Perception & Awareness of the character attempting to detect her.

  
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  Flawless Pick-pocketing Technique

  
  Cost: 3 Motes
  Duration: Instant
  Type: Simple
  With this charm, one of the chosen can pick someone's pocket flawlessly, with no chance of detection. She must be able to touch the target (though no one will notice her do so), and the Exalted must have a pouch, pocket, or other hiding place large enough to put the stolen items into if she does not wish to end the theft with the filched item simply palmed.

  
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  Stealth
  

  Easily Overlooked Presence Method

  
  Cost: 3 Motes
  Duration: One scene
  Type: Simple
  This Charm does not involve hiding so much as becoming difficult to notice. So long as the character does nothing to stand out, make herself obvious, or become the center of attention, those who are not actively looking for someone will simply discount her as part of the scenery. For example, this charm does not work on alerted guards or those watching over restricted areas or on those who intend to stop everyone who passes. Likewise, it cannot conceal a character who is very different from her surroundings; a tall, short-haired, light-skinned woman in a crowd of short, long-haired, dark skinned men is going to stand out too much to benefit from this Charm.

• Eclipse Caste Charms

  Socialize
  

  Wise-Eyed Courtier Method

  
  Cost: 3 Motes
  Duration: Instant
  Type: Simple
  Use of this Charm allows a character to instantly read the superficial subtext of a social situation. The surface attitudes ("she is angry at him") and relationships ("she respects him a great deal, perhaps he is her father or like a father") of the individuals involved are apparent at a mere glance. Characters who are skilled at concealing their motives will project the exterior emotions they are pretending. It's up to the Storyteller's discretion as to how skilled a character must be to appear to feel other than they really do - Socialize or Performance 2 and a serious effort should suffice. This Charm is not a form of mind reading, nor does it offer precise results - it simply allows the Exalted to get her bearings when faced with confusing or unfamiliar social situations.

• Specialties