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{{ExaltedArtifact
A [[Casket of Firedust Conversion]] inlaid with green jade in patterns of vines and leaves that turns firedust into briardust.
|summary = Appearance changing acorn
|description = Created just after the Usurpation by a half-man lunar sorcerer being manipulated by an ambitious young sidereal, only seven of these small artifacts are known to exist, though rumors exist of others. In their inert state, each appears as a metal acorn rafted from moonsilver and starmetal. Though unheard of in creation, these seeds are fairly well known (and coveted) by sidereals.


When swallowed, as seed allows the user to alter his or her own features to appear as anyone they like. This transformation process lasts for 10 minutes, while the seed sends tendrils throughout the user's body. This procedure is extremely painful, dealing three health levels of unsoakable lethal internal injuries as the seed takes root. The transformation is not an illusion, but a long-lasting physical transformation that can change the user's voice, accent and even gender (with such cases operating similarly to the Many-Faced Moon Transformation charm [Lunars, pg 128]).
=== Without mote ===


If used to duplicate the appearance of a specific person, the user must first make a disguise roll (''Exalted'', pg. 255) to determine how well the person is mimicked. If the user has any Craft skill based on study and/or reproduction of the human form (e.g. sculpture, portraiture, etc.), she may add those dice to this test. In addition, the seed provides two automatic successes in addition to those rolled. The storyteller should set the difficulty of this roll based on how well the user has studied the person they wish to imitate.
A firewand with briardust in it fires a seed that rapidly opens and begins to put out vines.  If the target fails to dodge, she is immediately entangled in vines.  She may immediately make one Strength or Dexterity + Martial Arts or Brawl roll, difficulty 5, to attempt to disentangle herself from the vines.  (Mobility Penalty, from armour, applies to this roll, even if it is made with Strength.If she fails the roll, she is entangled and can take no actions until she disentangles herself. Every round, on her initiative, she may make one more Strength / Dexterity + Martial Arts / Brawl roll and add the successes to her previous successes on the roll.  She is not free from the vines, and can take no actions, until she has accumulated 5 successes, total.


If, on the other hand, the user elects to don an invented appearance (as most sidereals who use these seeds do), this disguise is considered nearly perfect. Should circumstances arise where someone might suspect the user's true identity, they would be able to do so with Perception + Awareness roll as a difficulty equal to the Intelligence + Larceny + Essence of the use when she activated the seed.
=== With mote ===


The starmetal in the acorn is enchanted to specifically assist the Chosen of the Maidens in the generation of resplendent destinies. Sidereals who change into an invented appearance intended specifically for use with a resplendent destiny reduce the difficulty of the prayer roll for creating that destiny by one and add two dice to the effect test.
The vines are extremely strong, having an effective Strength of 5 and an effective Brawl of 5.  If the target fails to dodge, they immediately grasp her in a clinch.  The target may attempt to escape the clinch every round on her initiative, as normal; the vines do their clinch damage at the end of every round and do not take damage from the clinch. An ally may cut the target from the vines; they need make no roll as long as they have a sharp weapon, but must take a full round to do so.


Making any type of appearance change requires 5 motes be committed to the seed. Under the new form, the user retains all abilities, powers and attributes except Appearance, which becomes that of the new form. The user must remain in that form ''at least'' until the next full moon rises. Any attempts to uncommit the essence simply fail, with the seed grabbing the essence for itself. While in this form, the user may not voluntarily be the target of any shapechanging charms or effects. At any time after the next full moon, the artifact may be deactivated normally.
<noinclude>[[Category:Exalted]]
 
[[Category:Magic Item]]</noinclude>
Upon deactivation, the thousands of tendrils the seed has spread through the user's body come out through his or her skin, inflicting five health levels of unsoakable lethal damage. Once into the open air, the tendrils seek the user's navel, where they meet and reshape back into an acorn.
|instances = The bag found in [[Wyr'palja's mausoleum]] is inlaid with orichalcum and marked with an orichalcum badge in the shape of a Twilight caste mark. It is now carried by [[owner::Stag]].
|rating = 2
|commitment = 5
|materials = [[material::starmetal]]
|power = 3
|usefulness = 2
|impact = 3
|immunity = 2
|drawbackessence = 3
|drawbackessencedesc = (-1 from damage on use)
|drawbackcomponent = 2
|drawbacknoteriety = 1
|drawbackmaint = 0
|campaign = Forgotten Suns
}}

Revision as of 07:24, 11 May 2006

A Casket of Firedust Conversion inlaid with green jade in patterns of vines and leaves that turns firedust into briardust.

Without mote

A firewand with briardust in it fires a seed that rapidly opens and begins to put out vines. If the target fails to dodge, she is immediately entangled in vines. She may immediately make one Strength or Dexterity + Martial Arts or Brawl roll, difficulty 5, to attempt to disentangle herself from the vines. (Mobility Penalty, from armour, applies to this roll, even if it is made with Strength.) If she fails the roll, she is entangled and can take no actions until she disentangles herself. Every round, on her initiative, she may make one more Strength / Dexterity + Martial Arts / Brawl roll and add the successes to her previous successes on the roll. She is not free from the vines, and can take no actions, until she has accumulated 5 successes, total.

With mote

The vines are extremely strong, having an effective Strength of 5 and an effective Brawl of 5. If the target fails to dodge, they immediately grasp her in a clinch. The target may attempt to escape the clinch every round on her initiative, as normal; the vines do their clinch damage at the end of every round and do not take damage from the clinch. An ally may cut the target from the vines; they need make no roll as long as they have a sharp weapon, but must take a full round to do so.