MeriExalted:Veli Taikaesineet
Pintavirtaus
(Black Jade Reaper Daiklave, Artifact ••••)
Although Surface Current is known to be older, the first reliable records of it are from when the Empress donated it to a grandchild of Ledaal, as part of the hoard of her gifts to the newly founded house. Ledaal Valevuo carried it for many years, passing it on to a worthy younger relative when she retired from active duty. It was last seen in the hands of Ledaal Uhskals on his trip to investigate the Skullstone Archipelago, but he escaped with barely his life, and has been tight-lipped about what happened to him on his trip. Since then, there are tales of an newly exalted solar carrying it after his trip to the Skullstones, but these have not been confirmed.
Surface Current is a gently curving blade made of black jade, with faint moonsliver waves traveling along the blade. Earlier records state that the guard separating the blade and grip was a small band of orichalcum and soulsteel, but according to the latest rumours, the hilt is now guarded by a small soulsteel cup. It has two hearthestone slots, one in the pommel and one hidden by the cup.
Attunement: 5m
Type: Medium (+3 ACC, +12 DMG, +1 DEF, OVW 5)
Tags: Lethal, Melee, Balanced
Hearthstone slots: 2
Era: Late Shogunate?
Evocations of Surface Current
Surface Current carries it's wielder above things that might impede others, notably unstable or moving surfaces, or swiftly flowing fluids. A character attuned to Surface Current ignores all penalties from such things, and when activating charms that would counteract them (such as Graceful Crane Stance, Feather Foot Style, or using Increasing Strength Exercise to stride through a flooding river), their activation cost is decreased by 2 (to a minimum of 1 mote).
Railing-Colliding Nausea
Cost: 1m; Mins: Essence 1
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: None
Duration: Instant
On a surging, slippery deck, the land-lubber is more likely to hurt themself than others. If you successfully parry, your opponent loses 1 initiative as you slowly turn the tide of the battle against them.
Swinging Deck Vertigo
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Resonant, Withering-Only, Stackable
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Railing-Colliding Nausea
When Surface Current connects with an opponent, a pulse of essence pushes through them, down their legs and on to the bottom of their feet, keeping them off-balance. If the withering damage done was greater than the (Essence) of the opponent, they suffer a special -1 onslaught penalty that lasts as long as the wielder keeps the opponent as their primary focus. This effect is cumulative, up to the wielder's (Essence) in penalties, but it does decrease by one each turn that the wielder does not act against that opponent.
Resonant: The penalty is applied when the wielder lowers their opponent below their own initiative, even if the damage was not greater than the opponents (Essence).
Mendaciously Smooth Shorewaters
Cost: 3m; Mins: Essence 1
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Resonant
Duration: One turn
Using Surface Current teaches one to not show one's intentions clearly. When the wielder knows they are being targeted by an Read Intentions action, they may activate Mendaciously Smooth Shorewaters to gain +2 to their Guile until the end of their next turn.
Resonant: The wielder may also activate Mendaciously Smooth Shorewaters as a supplemental charm with an instant duration when making gambits based on deception, such as Distract. The difficulty of the Gambit is lowered by 2, to a minimum of 2.
Rip-Current Deception
Cost: 1Wp; Mins: Essence 2
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: Resonant
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Mendaciously Smooth Shorewaters
Though the surface may be calm, the undercurrents can be fierce. When your opponent fails in their Read Intentions, you may activate this charm to give them a false motivation or Intimacy that they will believe to be true. Their belief will be sustained until it causes them to fail in a social action that should have succeeded, they see you act counter to what they read from you, or they spend 1 Wp to accept that they have been deceived.
Resonant: You may pay 5m instead of 1 Wp as the cost.
The Calm Before White Waters
Cost: 2m; Mins: Essence 3
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: None
Duration: One scene
Prerequisites: Swinging Deck Vertigo, Rip-Current Deception
Favorable waters make your reflection look better than others. When an opponent is misled or unbalanced by your actions, you may activate this charm to cause an onlooker to temporarily gain the minor Belief "The wielder of Surface Current is superior to their opponent". This is not all-encompassing, but rather in terms of skills and talents relevant to the context of the current situation or conflict.
Storm-Wracked Seas Chaos
Cost: m; Mins: Essence 3
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Prerequisites: Swinging Deck Vertigo
Crashing Wave Empties the Deck
Cost: m; Mins: Essence 4
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Prerequisites: Storm-Wracked Seas Chaos
Hidden Shoal Treachery
Cost: m; Mins: Essence 3
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Prerequisites: Rip-Current Deception
Rip-Tide Drags to the Fathoms
Cost: m; Mins: Essence 4
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Prerequisites: Hidden Shoal Treachery
The Eye of the Typhoon
Cost: m; Mins: Essence 5
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Prerequisites: Crashing Wave Empties the Deck, Rip-Tide Drags to the Fathoms
Pilvenrako
(3-dot Orichalcum Chain Shirt)
Menneisyys
Nuoren Yö-kastilaisen ensimmäinen panssari.
Nykyisyys
Kallonkiven saarelta löytyi muuten tyhjä hauta, mutta oli otsaripa, jonka kautta kuului etäisiä kaikuja kauan sitten kuolleesta Yö-kastin aurinkoisesta. Sen auttamana lähti jahtaamaan jotain pahaa(?) tehnyttä Ilma-kastia (jos Keisarikuntaa niin ei julkisesti). Muutamien käänteiden jälkeen kohtasi, ei saanut lyötyä taistelussa, mutta sai painettua otsaripan Ilma-kastin päähän joka veti sen tajuttomaksi. Merisaukko yritti ottaa otsaripaa takaisin, mutta tuli pahat vibat joten ottikin vain panssarin. Ilma-kastin tämänhetkinen tila tai paikka ei tiedossa.
Voimat
Athetics, Stealth.
Joutuva Taimikko
(Standard Manse, Stone of Resilient Bamboo, AotC p.135)
Menneisyys
Nykyisyys
Yli-innokkaasti kasvava manse.
Voimat
Sitkeän Bambun kivi
