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EXALTED • SOL INVICTUSVALUE-ADDING MEDITATIONCost: 15 motes, 1 WillpowerDuration: SpecialType: SimpleMinimum Bureaucracy: 5Minimum Essence: 3Prerequisite Charms: Consumer-EvaluatingGlanceBy carefully seeding rumors and otherwiseworking to adjust the demand for something, theSolar can cause the value of a specific object orquantity to change drastically. The character mustchoose a type of object, substance, or service whichis sold in a broad market, though it can be as rareor common as she desires. She must then spenda period of one day seeding stories and eventswhich will impact this price. At the conclusion ofthis time, she rolls her Wits + Bureaucracy. She mayadd one die to this roll for each additional day shespends, to a maximum of her Bureaucracy score.For each success, she can increase or decrease theoverall market value of the chosen good by 5%. Thisalteration will remain for a period of at least twoweeks. After that time, the price will tend to moveback to its “normal” value, though circumstancesmay cause the altered value to remain in place.TREND-PREDICTING GLANCECost: 12 motes, 1 WillpowerDuration: One dayType: SimpleMinimum Bureaucracy: 5Minimum Essence: 5Prerequisite Charms: Irresistible SalesmanSpiritBy observing the subtle fluctuations of amarket, the Solar learns to predict its behavior farin advance. The character must spend a single daygathering evidence about the current status of themarket in question. Afterwards, he rolls his Wits +Bureaucracy. A single success allows him to predictthe price of the object over the next day; eachadditional success doubles the period which theExalt can predict. Note that this does not allow theExalt to know precisely the timing of fluctuationson the object’s price, only the general trends.PURCHASE-DIVINING STANCECost: 15 motes, 1 WillpowerDuration: Three daysType: SimpleMinimum Bureaucracy: 5Minimum Essence: 5Prerequisite Charms: Bargain-HuntingApproachFollowing the subtle currents of bureaucraticEssence, the Exalt can discover even well-hiddenplaces to buy or sell goods and services efficiently.The Solar must spend one day making carefullychosen inquiries and actions, then observing theireffects on the markets she has the closest access to.By doing so, she can begin to divine the existenceof other markets and potential buyers and sellers,even if she has no means of finding out about themotherwise. By doing so, she can discover the existenceand location of potential buyers or sellers she mightnot otherwise discover. The character must select ageographical radius when she activates the Charm;upon its completion, she learns the location of thesingle buyer for her selected product within thatradius who will purchase it for the greatest price, orthe single seller who will provide it for the least.VIRTUOUS BUREAUCRAT LOCATIONMETHODCost: 3 motesDuration: InstantType: SimpleMinimum Bureaucracy: 2Minimum Essence: 2Prerequisite Charms: Deft Official’s WayExamining the aura and demeanor of abureaucrat or other member of a hierarchicalorganization, the Solar learns how virtuous theperson is in serving her bureau. If the target servesher organization valiantly, the Solar perceives her146