A New Beginning/Anima Banner House Rules
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Anima Power Changes:[edit]
Note: Any Castes not listed below are assumed to be unchanged. Abyssals are considered the mirrors of Solars.
Solars[edit]
Dawn[edit]
• (Permanent Essence) to DV, regardless of the opponent's Valor. Mortals and normal animals automatically flee in terror if they attempt to oppose the Dawn Caste. Heroic mortals and demons of the first circle (and non-noble fair folk) may avoid fleeing if they succeed at a Valor roll with a difficulty of the Dawn's permanent essence. Otherwise, as per normal.
Zenith[edit]
• Burn the bodies of the fallen for one mote of essence per body, sending the smoke (and soul) to Lethe and preventing the body from rising after death as a zombie or hungry ghost. This ability is usable regardless of the status of the Zenith's Anima Banner. (There is no cost to invoke this power when the Zenith's Anima is at the 11+ mote level.) • As per normal, but double the permanent essence in additional levels of bashing, lethal and aggravated soak against attacks from the creatures of darkness.
Twilight[edit]
• By spending 5 motes, a Twilight Caste may roll a number of dice equal to his Essence rating, negating a number of levels of damage from an attack in step 10 of attack resolution equal to the number of successes. When his anima banner flares at the 11m+ level of display, he automatically subtracts one level of damage from attacks in step 10 instead; the character may choose to waive this benefit to invoke his anima effect in response to a source of damage at normal cost, if desired. The anima powers of the Daybreak and Defiler Castes also work in this manner.
Night[edit]
• One mote surcharge, per charm, obvious or not, to prevent the motes spent from counting towards the Night's anima banner. The difficulty of the muting effect is equal to the Night's permanent essence AND cloaks the exalt from the eyes of heaven (Outside of Fate) for the duration.
Eclipse[edit]
• The Eclipse knows if and when any Oaths they sealed are broken, as do the parties to the Oath. • 'I will speak the truth as it truly is' is considered equivalent to and synonymous with 'I will speak the truth as I believe and understand it to be' for purposes of the Oath.
Lunars:[edit]
Changing Moon:[edit]
• The illusion is not subject to being pierced by the Changing Moon's anima banner until the 11+ mote level, at which point the effects are as per normal.
