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world or a shadowland until such time as he is forgiven for his transgression. This forgiveness can only come from the use of Accept Amercement (above) by a ghost with equal to or higher Essence than the ghost who uses this Arcanos. This Arcanos has no effect on ghosts, nor even on Ghost-Blooded. HIDE THE LIVING NAME Cost: 10 motes, 1 Willpower Duration: Instant (see below) Type: Simple Minimum Temperance: 4 Minimum Essence: 4 Prerequisite Charms: House Arrest Hide the Living Name turns a living transgressor into a ghost for all intents and purposes until his crime is forgiven by a ghostly magistrate with equal or higher Essence than the user of this Arcanos. The Charm strips away the subject’s physical form and life-essence, imprisoning it in an unknown location (many suspect the Labyrinth — which might have dire consequences in the long run, see below). What’s left, the target’s higher soul (or hun), persists as any other ghost might. The subject of the Charm can leave the Underworld through a shadowland and even enter Creation, but no matter where he goes, he remains a ghost (and is incorporeal in Creation, etc.). His physical body does, apparently, age — a few centuries ago, in a rare case, a mortal was stricken to ghosthood by a vengeful magistrate and left in that state for several years. When he returned to a living state, he found that his hair had grayed and that lines had crept across his face. Living targets of this Charm with particularly high scores in any Virtue and low Willpower may find that their bodies become possessed by spectres while they are under the influence of this Arcanos. Spectres are attracted to the bodies of the particularly virtuous (regardless of the Virtue), but are repelled by the leftover Willpower that anchors the living body’s mind. If the sum of the character’s two highest Virtues exceed his Willpower, that character’s body is a potential possession target. A possessing spectre takes a living body back into Creation and wreaks havoc as it sees fit. It cannot read the victim’s mind, so it cannot necessarily destroy the character’s life, but it can certainly break laws and cause trouble no matter where it goes. If a possessed body is killed in Creation, it returns to the Labyrinth and slowly regenerates, and the spectre that took it to Creation is ejected. If the character’s body is possessed at the time that his sentence ends, he cannot return to it until the spectre residing in it is somehow ejected. It is the Storyteller’s call as to whether the target’s body has been possessed at all and particularly whether the body is “out” at the time that the target is ready to return to it. 45 CHAPTER TWO • THE ARTS OF THE DEAD IMPOSE STRICTURE Cost: 10 motes, 1 Willpower Duration: Three days per success Type: Simple Minimum Temperance: 4 Minimum Essence: 4 Prerequisite Charms: Levy Fine The ghost using Impose Stricture can create a shortterm taboo in his local area — within one mile per point of permanent Essence (or the size of a small village). This taboo should be relatively simple — nearly all taboos either preclude a single simple behavior (such as eating pomegranates) or require a single behavior (such as wearing a particular garment at all times). No taboo can be impossible to adhere to — even taboos that are logical impossibilities (“Everyone in this area must be male and female at the same time”) has to have a possible symbolic solution (ritual transvestitism, for instance). Taboos created by Impose Stricture only apply within the Underworld. Impose Stricture implies only a single, relatively minor penalty — violators of a taboo suffer a one-die penalty to all dice pools until one hour past the time that they stop violating the taboo. That is, if the taboo is a single action, violators suffer a one-hour penalty. If it is a continuous action (“Wear no leather”), the penalty applies as long as the criminal violates the taboo and then an additional hour after that. The one-hour duration can be cut short if the violator receives the use of Accept Amercement by a ghost magistrate. CURSE OF THE DAMNED Cost: 10 motes, 1 Willpower Duration: Instant Type: Special Minimum Temperance: 4 Minimum Essence: 4 Prerequisite Charms: Impose Stricture A magistrate-ghost uses Curse of the Damned to apply a permanent taboo to another being — be it a spirit, a ghost or a living being. The target of this Arcanos must have an Essence lower than the ghost using it, and it is difficult to apply — the ghost’s player makes a Manipulation + Lore roll, while the target’s player resists with Willpower. If the ghost achieves more successes, the target suffers from a taboo for the rest of its existence. As with Impose Stricture, above, violation of the taboo results in a one-die penalty to all dice pools for at least one hour after the violation. The taboo should be straightforward, as described in Impose Stricture (with examples given in the boxed text on p. 43). The Curse of the Damned can be removed if the ghost who inflicted it uses Accept Amercement or if any other entity with an Essence higher than the ghostly magistrate who invoked the taboo uses Accept Amercement.
EXALTED • BOOK OF BONE AND EBONY 46 HONORED ANCESTOR WAYS This minor art is uncommon in areas dominated by the Immaculates, but it is quite common in the Underworld just about everywhere else. Honored Ancestor Ways allows its ghost practitioners to more effectively monitor and interact with their living descendants. COURIER IN DREAMS Cost: 2 motes Duration: 50 words Type: Simple Minimum Compassion: 1 Minimum Essence: 1 Prerequisite Charms: None With this Arcanos, a ghost can send a message to a living being through dreams. The ghost can perform this Charm from the Underworld, a shadowland or Creation, and send the message to a subject anywhere in Creation. The message travels instantaneously to the subject’s current location. However, the subject does not receive the message until the next time he sleeps (and if that is more than eight hours away, the subject does not receive the message at all). The ghost may speak up to 50 words to the subject, who sees the Charm’s effect as the ghost standing and speaking the words to him. This Arcanos does not allow for two-way communication — the subject receives the ghost’s message but may not send a reply. HONORABLE DESCENDANT BLESSING Cost: 5 motes Duration: One day Type: Simple Minimum Compassion: 2 Minimum Essence: 1 Prerequisite Charms: Courier in Dreams A ghost can use this Arcanos to send a minor blessing to an appropriately pious living descendant. The ghost simply speaks the descendant’s name aloud, pictures him and spends the necessary Essence, and the subject of the Charm immediately receives a three-dice bonus pool that can be used to supplement any action at any time in the next day. As the Arcanos takes effect, the subject feels a pleasant surge of energy and good fortune. These dice can only be used once — after the subject of the Charm uses the bonus dice, they are gone. This Charm only works on living mortals and Exalts who can trace a line of blood descent from the ghost. DISHONORABLE DESCENDANT CURSE Cost: 6 motes Duration: One hour per success Type: Simple Minimum Compassion: 3 Minimum Essence: 2 Prerequisite Charms: Courier in Dreams
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