Book of Bone and Ebony

ESSENCE LASSO FORM
Cost: 6 motes
Duration: One turn per net success
Type: Simple
Minimum Conviction: 3
Minimum Essence: 2
Prerequisite Charms: Essence Binding
This Charm works similarly to Essence Binding, save
that it works at a range of up to 10 yards per point of
Conviction and that it cannot be blocked, only dodged.
The ghost calls up a binding in the name of his sovereign,
points at the target and spends his Essence, and his player
rolls Dexterity + Bureaucracy at +2 accuracy. This attack
cannot be parried, as it bypasses such defenses. The
target’s hands or feet are bound for one turn per success.
If the target’s hands are bound to his body, he may use no
weapon that requires two hands, nor may he swing his
arms around to make effective Melee or Brawl attacks
against any foe that isn’t right up against him. If the
target’s feet are bound, he is restricted to using unusual
modes of locomotion (walking on his hands, swinging by
a rope, flying) or to hopping no more than one-fifth his
normal movement per turn.
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CHAPTER TWO • THE ARTS OF THE DEAD
NET
Cost: 7 motes
Duration: 1 minute
Type: Simple
Minimum Conviction: 3
Minimum Essence: 3
Prerequisite Charms: Snare the Fleeing Thief, Essence
Lasso Form
Net allows a ghostly magistrate to ensnare a group of
enemies, binding them hand-and-foot in the name of his
lord. The ghost spends his Essence and designates a target
location no more than five yards away per dot of Conviction.
Everyone within five yards of that location is
ensnared in a binding net of Essence, unless they successfully
leap to safety — the ghost uses Dexterity +
Bureaucracy to target the net, and targets must successfully
dodge (not block) it to get out of the area of effect
in time. Those caught in the net are considered to be held
(see Exalted, p. 240) until the effect ends or they expend
a point of Willpower to free themselves from the Arcanos.