[MH] [RPM] Do Charms Have to Break?

[AlexanderHowl]

A charm is a subset of conditional ritual though, as you can easily have a conditional ritual that is not a charm that activates when a condition is met (for example, saying a certain phase in Liturgical Latin). The advantage of the charm is that it can be transfered (anyone who breaks it gains the benefits) versus a standard conditional spell, which cannot be transferred. A magician should probably only use charms to help others, as normal conditional rituals offer superior flexibility.

For example, Black Kat is a powerful magician who is fluent in the Basque Language who possessss Photographic Memory, Magery 8, and Thaumatology-20, giving her 28 conditional rituals. She uses her magic to hang 28 conditional rituals on her person and gives each of them a different Basque phrase as a trigger (which she will not forget because of her Photographic Memory). When the party attacks her lair in New Orleans, she is able to escape them by triggering a conditional ritual that moves her to her apartment in New York by saying 'eat my dust!' in Basque as a free action. If she had it as a charm though, it would have likely taken her two turns (one to ready the charm and one to break it), which could have resulted in her death or capture.