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CHAPTER 2 • EXTENDED CHARM TREESOBSERVANT GENERAL’S MEDITATIONCost: 8 motesDuration: SpecialType: SupplementalMinimum Lore: 5Minimum Essence: 3Prerequisite Charms: Forgotten SecretsTechniqueThe character can craft brilliant strategies toachieve any goal. When invoking this Charm, thecharacter chooses a single goal she wishes to achieve,and decides which resources she intends to use inachieving it. She then must spend a number of daysdevising a strategy to achieve her ends equal to (10minus her Permanent Essence.) At the end of thistime, the Solar rolls Intelligence + Lore. For eachsuccess she achieves on this roll, she adds a numberof points to a floating pool equal to her PermanentEssence. For the duration of the endeavor, the Solarmay reflexively spend these points; each pointadds an automatic success to a single roll made inpursuit of the goal by the Solar or any ally of herswho is following the stated strategy. The Solar mayspend no more points than her Permanent Essenceon any one roll. This Charm’s duration ends whenthe points are exhausted, the goal is achieved, orthe Solar chooses to allow it to lapse.A Solar may only have a single instance of thisCharm active at any given time. In addition,any given goal may only be approached with asingle strategy at once; therefore, no undertakingcan benefit from more than one instance of thisCharm.UNFAILING STRATEGY TECHNIQUECost: 6 motes, 1 WillpowerDuration: InstantType: SimpleMinimum Lore: 5Minimum Essence: 5Prerequisite Charms: Observant General’sMeditationThe character’s ability to analyze a situationand apply strategic insight to it is unmatched in all109