Spell:Becoming the Land's Friend

Source: Book of the Emerald Circle by Brian Hon/Limited Reagent

Cost: 14m, 1wp

Circle: Emerald

Type: Simple

Keywords: Counter-Resist, Emotion, Limited ([Willpower] targets), Shaping

Duration: Until the character sleeps

With a swirl of warm mist, the sorcerer draws elemental Essence from her environment. Her skin takes on the coloring of her surroundings, her hair like leaves or sand. The sorcerer gains the following traits:

● She moves unhindered through all natural obstructions, from dense foliage to craggy mountainous paths; she takes no environmental penalties from natural sources, nor are her actions limited by her Athletics when dealing with unstable footing from natural effects (see Exalted, p. 155). Indeed, she adds (Essence) to her movement speed and all dice pools to move through natural terrain. All natural environments are considered Open Terrain.

● Natural environmental hazards are less harmful to the sorcerer. She automatically succeeds all (Stamina + Resistance) rolls against their Trauma.

● The sorcerer is immune to all natural Poison and Sickness effects unless directly inflicted upon the sorcerer by some character's action.

● Mundane tracking automatically fails to follow the sorcerer through natural terrain. Even supernatural methods of tracking suffer a -(Essence) external penalty to follow the sorcerer through such conditions. She also gains camouflage while in natural terrain, gaining (Essence) bonus dice on Stealth rolls to hide in such locations.

● The sorcerer can always find enough food for herself and adequate shelter without needing to make a Survival roll.

● All wild natural animals (and equivalently intelligent plants) regard the sorcerer favorably; all gain an unnatural Emotion of a positive Intimacy toward the sorcerer upon perceiving her, which vanishes when she is no longer sensed. Resisting this costs the animal (Essence) Willpower (a cost the vast majority will not pay). This empathic bond works both ways, however. The sorcerer is imposed with an unnatural Emotion of her own, which gives her a positive Intimacy toward wild natural animals and plants. Her Virtues also shifts slightly, regarding wild natural animals and plants with the same regard as humans. Resisting this mental influence only costs one Willpower for the duration of the spell, although this will remove the animal's and plant's Emotion effect as well. Gathering fruits, nuts, or pruning dead branches is not considered harmful acts.

Note that this spell, while potent, does not grant the sorcerer the ability to survive in environments she otherwise would be unable be unable to, such as underwater or in lava.

The sorcerer can extend the effects of this spell to her comrades by casting this spell with long ticks, spending an extra five motes per person. To benefit from this spell's effects, her companions must stay within (Willpower) yards of her. If they move beyond this range, the spell's hold on them is broken, and cannot be regained without recasting the spell.