Spirit-Shredding Exorcism

Template:Cost 7m, 1wp; Mins: Occult 5, Essence 4
Type: Reflexive
Keywords: None
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Spirit-Draining Mudra

After capturing a being within the Spirit-Caging Mandala, the Lawgiver strikes apart the pattern, inverting the mandala to rend apart the being's Essence. Roll the Solar's (Intelligence + Occult) against the target's Resolve. This attack can neither be enhanced nor defended against through an application of Intimacies—nor can it be resisted with Willpower. If successful, the target's permanent Essence is reduced by one until it escapes the pattern, and if the difficulty of binding the target has increased due to a number of successful (Wits + Occult) rolls (as per the rules of Spirit-Caging Mandala), then the difficulty returns to its base number, the spirit's Essence -1. Spirit-Shredding Exorcism may not be applied more than once to a single target. If this Charm reduces a being's Essence to 0, it's unable to act until it escapes the mandala.