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Basic Dragon-Blooded Socialize charms

Attraction-Reading Meditation

  Cost: 4 motes
  Duration: One scene
  Type: Simple
  Minimum Socialize: 4
  Minimum Essence: 2
  Prerequisite Charms: Warm-Faced Seduction Style

In the cutthroat world of dynastic politics, it can be vital to one's political survival to understand who is sleeping with whom. The signs are often quite obvious. Two individuals vanish for a time, returning at some later point, each with smiles on their faces and a slight flush to their skin. Errant glances, and subtle exchanges can say quite a bit and the dynastic gossip is always alert for the small physiological signs of attraction.

This Charm heightens the Dragon-Blood's sensitivity to the minute signs of amore, allowing him to map out the sexual dynamics of any group: Who is sleeping with whom, who wants to sleep with who, who pines unrequited for someone they cannnot attain, and the identity of the errant shy flower ripe for the picking. This Charm detects sexual relationships, both serious and casual, and various layers of attraction. It thus casually determines sexual orientation and can be used to slowly discover the tastes of a given individiual via how they react to various people. This Charm doesn't explain any of the links it determines, and it can only show relationships between people who the Fire Aspect has actually seen together.