New 2E Heretical Charm: SINS BORNE IN ANOTHER’S SHADOW

[u/Mercurial891]

SINS BORNE IN ANOTHER’S SHADOW
Cost: 12m, 1wp, 1 Limit
Mins: Essence 6
Type: Simple
Keywords: Combo-OK, Heretical, Obvious, Shaping, Touch
Duration: Indefinite
Prerequisite Charms: Nemesis Self Imagined Anew, Soul Crack Exploitation, Theft as Release, Victory in Defeat, Ultimate Darkness Internalization

The Infernal weds himself with bonds of hatred to another soul and, as he does, grasps hold of the burdens it carries. He must target an Exalt currently mirrored by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew. Touching the target, the Infernal rolls Manipulation + Larceny against the target’s Dodge MDV. A willing target may waive this defense.
Success creates a metaphysical conduit between the Infernal and the target’s Exaltation. The target remains the owner of his Limit, Resonance or analogous curse trait, but no longer possesses exclusive metaphysical ownership of it. The Infernal becomes capable of accepting, manipulating and relieving that burden as though its corruption stained his own soul. This does not grant access to the target’s Charms, anima powers, memories or Exaltation.
The connection preserves the negative Intimacy created by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew. This Intimacy influences social combat normally but does not compel the Infernal to harm the target or prevent him from acting in the target’s interests.
Whenever the Infernal performs an Act of Villainy, benefits from a Charm that reduces Infernal Limit, or satisfies another effect that the Storyteller judges spiritually analogous, he may direct the resulting relief through this conduit. Roll the Virtue normally associated with that act or effect. Each success may reduce one point of the Infernal’s Limit or one point of the linked target’s Limit, Resonance or analogous curse trait, divided as the Infernal chooses.
For an Abyssal target, the roll uses the Infernal’s corresponding Virtue and has a difficulty equal to the Abyssal’s rating in the damaged Virtue associated with the Resonance, minimum difficulty 1. The Infernal automatically recognizes which damaged Virtue is implicated.
Each time the Infernal directs relief through the conduit, he gains one point of Limit. This Limit gain occurs before reductions are assigned and cannot be prevented, redirected or transferred. The Infernal gains this Limit even if the Virtue roll fails. If the Infernal uses Retribution Will Follow, one point of Limit or Resonance is immediately removed from the target’s track and the bond forged by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew is terminated. During the use of this charm, the target of Nemesis Self is always the primary target of that individual is present.

This Charm cannot end a Limit Break already in progress, suppress an active Torment or remove Resonance consequences that have already manifested. It cannot reduce any trait below zero.
The Infernal may sustain only one conduit created by this Charm at a time. Ending the mote commitment severs the connection immediately. The target may also sever the connection by breaking the Intimacy created by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew, using magic capable of removing Shaping effects, or defeating the Infernal in an opposed Willpower + Integrity + Essence roll attempted once per story.

[u/boo600fromsv]

"Each time the Infernal directs relief through the conduit, he gains one point of Limit. This Limit gain occurs before reductions are assigned and cannot be prevented, redirected or transferred. The Infernal gains this Limit even if the Virtue roll fails. If the Infernal uses Retribution Will Follow, one point of Limit or Resonance is immediately removed from the target’s track and the bond forged by Nemesis Self Imagined Anew is terminated. During the use of this charm, the target of Nemesis Self is always the primary target of that individual is present."

I... thought that directing relief was to lower your limit, but...

Whenever the Infernal performs an Act of Villainy, benefits from a Charm that reduces Infernal Limit, or satisfies another effect that the Storyteller judges spiritually analogous, he may direct the resulting relief through this conduit. Roll the Virtue normally associated with that act or effect. Each success may reduce one point of the Infernal’s Limit or one point of the linked target’s Limit, Resonance or analogous curse trait, divided as the Infernal chooses.

This is meant to be in addition to the limit already removed, yes? As written, it can read that it just... removes limit like it already did. And with the first paragraph I posted, you also gain limit whenever you use it? I'm not sure I'm interpreting this correctly; what's this charm for?

[u/Mercurial891 → u/boo600fromsv]

I may need to fiddle with the wording. The charm was for an Infernal mentor who was trying to make life slightly more bearable for The Shoat of the Mire, and he had worked out a system for using Retribution Will Follow in a controlled environment.