If the geas just says 'swear loyalty to me'.

This charm imposes a month's worth of hurt on someone who gets tagged with it, and it's pretty much impossible to avoid spending at least one day fulfilling the terms of the geas. It's a bit of a weird charm in that it can backfire horribly but if you need something like this then it's your only option, short of delving deep into the Cecelyne tree.Ĭommitting ten motes and spending another ten motes more is pretty harsh, but it's totally worth it for the final charm in the spirit social combat line. Nothing stopping you from using this to teleport long distances if you combine it with other charms, though. Lets you teleport to talk to one of your worshippers, and then teleport back hopefully after fixing things. Admittedly, getting it via Yasal Crystal does mean it's likely to have some strange demonic effect like 'everything is in monochrome' or 'everyone must be eating cake', but that should be perfectly fine for our purposes. So probably not a huge priority for Eclipse castes in particular, more a priority for everyone with a decent Compassion score. Edit: Actually, it's only Essence 3 so it's not hugely difficult to get via Yasal Crystal either.Now let's have a nice long conversation.' But it still doesn't hurt to have more access to a charm that basically lets you go 'Fuck your combat.

So anyway, since the effect is based purely on Essence + Compassion and there are plenty of high essence spirits with this charm, it's obvious that we'll be using them to perform this one for us as often as possible, probably using Wind-Carried Words technique to call in the dream bomb. This dream world allows long conversations to take place while time is paused, and the only thing which transfers from this dream to the real world is Social Combat effects. Just kidding, it's actually a dream world which they have to spend 3 willpower to leave. With an extremely long range, the spirit can forcibly drag anyone whose Dodge MDV does not exceed their Essence + Compassion into a WORLD OF PAIN. This is the default charm we're going to be bartering for access to whenever we try to open diplomatic negotiations with a high essence spirit. It's one of the better long-range communication tools in the game, and in our case it is essential if we are going to get our high essence spirit allies to invoke WORLDLY ILLUSION. This is a charm that should be included in your basic defensive combo. Manual of Exalted Power: Dragon-Blooded, p136

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