Investigation
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[edit] Swift-Winged Words
--- Investigation 5, Essence 4
Permanent
Social
Any Investigation Excellency
Permanently increases the Rate of Investigation Social Attacks by 1.
This is also an Presence Charm, requiring Presence 5, Essence 4 and an Excellency.
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[edit] Emotion-Discerning Contact
2 motes. Investigation 4, Essence 3
Instant/Reflexive (Step 1)
Combo-Ok, Social, Touch
Any Investigation Excellency
With the slightest touch, a Lawgiver can discern a target’s emotions towards her. She is instantly aware of all emotional-based feelings, Intimacies or Motivation(s) the target may have concerning her (love, anger, hatred, etc) but cannot discern thoughts. For a point of willpower, she automatically knows if the target’s emotions are the subject of Unnatural Mental Influence. At Essence 6, this is no longer a Charm action and has no mote cost. The Solar, however, must still spend 1wp to determine Unnatural Mental Influence.
This is also an Presence Charm, requiring Presence 4, Ess 3 and an Excellency.
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[edit] Within the Mind’s Eye
5 motes. Investigation 5, Essence 4
Instant, Simple
Combo-Basic, Touch
Judge’s Ear Techinque
Some victims are robbed of their ability to speak of a subject, but this is not a problem for a Lawgiver, so long as the target can remember. The Solar must touch his target—who must be willing—and spend 5 motes, at which point he views, in full detail, what the target remembers. • If the target is unwilling, the Solar must first find a way to touch him, usually via a Martial Arts attack. Then the Solar makes a Charisma + Investigation roll with his Essence in automatic successes, vs the target’s DMDV. (This causes the Charm to gain the Compulsion keyword, and a valid target for any defenses against Compulsion effects) • If the target’s memory has been altered, the Solar notices immediately and can instantly tell if it was by sheer trauma, magic, etc. He may make a Wits + Investigation roll at difficulty 3 or the memory thief’s Essence, whichever is higher to piece together what really happened.
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[edit] Burning Eye Witness Method
Cost: 3m / Investigation 4/Essence 3
Reflexive/Indefinite
Keywords: Combo-OK
Prerequisites: Evidence Discerning Method, Crafty Observation Method
The savants of the Solar Exalted were renowned for their immediate and perfect recall. This charm allows a Solar to create a perfect mental image of a location, person or item, completely accurate and detailing the subject exactly as they are at the moment the essence is spent. This requires a dramatic action and stores details from all five senses. For as long as the essence remains committed, the Solar can instantly and perfectly recall the image as a reflexive action, creating a fully interactive mental picture in his mind which includes sight, sound, touch, taste and scent - including details from those senses which may have been enhanced by Awareness charms. When she does so, the Solar can immediately recognize any changes made to the subject since the image was created. Additionally, the Solar can describe the subject so well that others who listen to her may use their Abilities and charms to find more information about the scene, as though they were there in person. If necessary, the Solar may "store" multiple images at once, up to a maximum number of images equal to the Exalt's dots of permanent Essence, and recall them all at the same time with perfect clarity, allowing her to compare multiple scenes and subjects for additional clues.
If the user also possesses the Performance Charm "Phantom-Conjuring Technique", they may use this image to create a fully interactive, 3d illusion of the captured scene, spending an additional mote of essence when recalling the scene to do so. This allows her, and others, to explore the image in much greater depth, adding the Exalt's Essence to all rolls made to glean information from the scene.
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