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[devaking]

The motes spent on any Charm with a duration longer than Instant are committed. Willpower isn't.

OMG my mind just blew up with this one

tks

[devaking]

ok, so since i just learned that mote spent on charm with duration are commited,

does that mean that, if taken from personal motes and have a 5+ cost, they trigger a anima level that will stay there until the commitment is relenquised?
or
if 5+ they do trigger but it will fade normally back in time even if the motes are still commited.

[Marros56]

Going through Arms again, and taking a closer look (SO GOOD) and I do have one question.

Many of Flying Silver Dream's charms allow it to use a variety of Solar Charms of it's own volition, Does the wielder need to know these charms?

[Sagara]

Dragon Blooded Lore Charm: Sagacious Elder’s Instruction
What's the Prerequisite "Breath of Inspiration" ? An old name for "Opening the Mind's Gate"?

[Eric Minton]

Going through Arms again, and taking a closer look (SO GOOD) and I do have one question.

Many of Flying Silver Dream's charms allow it to use a variety of Solar Charms of it's own volition, Does the wielder need to know these charms?

Nope! (Except for Eternal Moonsilver Champion's reference to "its wielder's Charms.")

[Eric Minton]

Does Varangia include those huge lakes between Kirighast and Jiara?

Nope. Urim, on the map, is one of the Varang city-states; they're nowhere near that lake region.

[Robert Vance]

Dragon Blooded Lore Charm: Sagacious Elder’s Instruction
What's the Prerequisite "Breath of Inspiration" ? An old name for "Opening the Mind's Gate"?

Yep, exactly. We'll fix that before the final release.

[Robert Vance]

ok, so since i just learned that mote spent on charm with duration are commited,

does that mean that, if taken from personal motes and have a 5+ cost, they trigger a anima level that will stay there until the commitment is relenquised?
or
if 5+ they do trigger but it will fade normally back in time even if the motes are still commited.

The latter.

[Ketrus]

Poison penalties only apply to rolled actions.

I think I goofed that one up—poison should subtract straight from your static values, based on that rule.

What changed your mind? And, as nice as this thread is, can we get authoritative errata / rulings consolidated somewhere?

[glamourweaver]

I think that'd make sense..

Would that logic reasonably extend to Solars as well? A quick check of the core shows they don’t have a banish/summon bow charm like they can melee weapons either (unless it’s the bow formed of their essence).

[The Unsung Hero]

And, as nice as this thread is, can we get authoritative errata / rulings consolidated somewhere?

Here you go.

[Robert Vance]

What changed your mind?

The section on poison penalties specifies that they subtract from actions, not static values.

[Robert Vance]

Would that logic reasonably extend to Solars as well? A quick check of the core shows they don’t have a banish/summon bow like they can melee weapons either (unless it’s the bow formed of their essence).

Yeah, a return of Summoning the Loyal Bow would be fine. Melee is not intended to be the queen of storing things elsewhere.

[Eric Minton]

And, as nice as this thread is, can we get authoritative errata / rulings consolidated somewhere?

It's worth noting that while Vance and I do the best we can to provide answers to folks' questions, nothing in this thread is official errata. We can indicate our personal preferences and understanding of the rules and setting, and suggest our intended directions for future books, but for better or worse, the published text is the published text. Our word on a message board isn't canon.

[VX3]

Flowing God-Dragon Stance. Why is it the only Signature with Prerequisites?*

Weren’t Sigs supposed to be easy to acquire? I was under the impression that making them all 5;3 and Prerequisite: None was consistent across the board to reflect the fact that they are relatively easy to get access to, without any investment in the rest of the tree but with investment in the ability and with some post graduation XP under your belt.

*: Unless of course there are others that I missed as I’m yet to read like %50 of it, as I haven’t digested the whole Charms chapter yet.