#thunderbolt shield

Attunement: 5m Type: Medium (+3 ACC, +12 DMG, +1 DEF, OVW 4) Tags: Bashing, Melee, Shield Hearthstone slot(s): 1 Era: The Great Contagion

Evocations of Lost Egg’s Resolution 

Lost Egg’s Resolution seemingly can never be held onto forever, but will always save the Exalt until she no longer needs it. Should the wielder face an enemy that threatens a defining intimacy of her own, she increase her Parry by +1 and her Soak by (Essence). However, within the next 24 hours after that conflict has ended, she will find herself unattuned with the experience cost of any evocations purchased refunded to her.

Stand for Ten Thousand

Cost: 2m, 2i; Mins: Essence 1

Type: Reflexive

Keywords: Dissonant

Duration: Instant

Prerequisite: None

While defending her home, her people, her family, the Exalt and her shield stand indomitable. While fighting and enemy who threatens a target of her intimacies, she may activate this evocation to reduce his attack’s raw damage by the strength of that intimacy or increase her hardness by the same. If her soak is greater than her enemies damage pool, then their minimum damage is not applied. The shield absorbs the entirety of the attack.

This charm can only be used once per scene per intimacy that is applicable.

Special Activation Rules: As long as the wielder is not dissonant with Jade, this evocation awakens at no cost when she attunes to Lost Egg’s Resolution.

I Am Many, You Are One

Cost: 4m; Mins: Essence 1

Type: Supplemental

Keywords: Uniform, Dissonant, Resonant

Duration: Instant

Prerequisite: Stand for Ten Thousand

No matter how large the foe, the Exalted is not just one person, she is all those she defends. She will topple mountains before they can fall on those she loves. Supplementing an attack made by Lost Egg’s Resolution allows the wielder to ignore the Legendary Size merit on an opponent for that attack.

Dissonant: A wielder dissonant with Jade can only partially overcome the size of her foe. She may crash a foe if her post-soak damage is (10-Essence) dice of damage. Her decisive attacks can deal a maximum of (3 + Higher of Essence or Strength) levels of damage.

Resonant: An Essence 3+ repurchase of this evocation allows the Exalt to share her resolution. For the next round after hitting with an attack supplemented by this evocation, all of her allies can spend 1wp to ignore the creature’s Legendary Size as well.

I Am Their Wall

Cost: 5m, 3i, 1wp; Mins: Essence 1

Type: Simple

Keywords: Resonant

Duration: One round

Prerequisite: Stand for Ten Thousand

When she takes a stand, her shield raised, nothing may harm those the Exalt wards. This evocation is a special defend other action that defends all targets up to Short range who the Exalt has a Major or higher intimacy towards. She might protect an entire apartment in Nexus from a strike or the entirety of her circle fighting by her side.

If the Exalt activates this evocation multiple times in a single scene, waive the willpower cost for subsequent activations.

Resonant: This evocation can protect anyone out to Medium range as long as the Exalt holds a Defining intimacy towards them.

Insurmountable Pillar Aegis

Cost: -; Mins: Essence 2

Type: Permanent

Keywords: Dissonant

Duration: Permanent

Prerequisite: Stand for Ten Thousand

A mountain does not sway in the breeze nor does it rock in a hurricane. This evocation cements the strongest beliefs of the Exalt in her weakest ones and vice versa, creating an infinite pillar of stability to draw on. She may choose one Minor, one Major, and one Defining intimacy when she learns this evocation. All three of these intimacies count as higher than all other intimacies for the purpose of decision points. If a Psyche effect would cause her to betray one of these, she may spend 1wp to resist that effect even if magic would normally prevent a decision point of require multiple willpower to resist.

Dissonant: Wielders dissonant with Jade cannot master this evocation.

Wall of the Indomitable Guardian

Cost: 7m, 1wp; Mins: Essence 3

Type: Reflexive

Keywords: Resonant

Duration: Instant

Prerequisite: I Am Many, You Are One, I Am Their Wall, Insurmountable Pillar Aegis

Resonant: Only wielders resonant with Jade can learn Wall of the Indomitable Guardian.

Nothing can topple her beliefs, therefore nothing can topple the Dragon-blooded who takes up the shield in defense of all she lives for. This evocation allows the Exalt to perfectly parry any attack that would be directed at her or someone within Medium range who is a defining intimacy of hers after the attack has been rolled. This evocation can only be used to stop an attack from an enemy who directly threatens or opposes her defining intimacy.