LeeRoy said
The Flight Of Separation huh? Neato. And that'll be only a few birds, mind you. As you're on the verge of death
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
No?
She spent a FUCKTON of motes healing herself. I even went so far as to point out that she was nearly back to full steam when Erde got there.
As for the spell, it's listed not in the core book, but a supplement known as "The Book of Black and White Treatises". I will list the spell below.
This is word for word from the book, no alterations
FLIGHT OF SEPARATION
Cost: 10m
Target: Caster
The sorcerer speaks the Word of Ten Thousand Birds, part of the song that all the birds of Creation sing when they gather in one place. Because humans cannot speak this word, the caster is suddenly transformed into a flock of birds in a burst of Essence. The birds fly together at a speed of 20 miles per hour and can travel up to a number of miles equal to the caster’s Essence. Once the birds reach this distance (or some nearer destination), the birds complete the Word of Ten Thousand Birds, and coalesce to become the sorcerer once more. This spell has special timing rules. The character can cast it as a reflexive Shape Terrestrial Circle Sorcery action that takes 0 ticks. It follows all of the other normal rules for sorcery actions, except the character takes her Cast Sorcery action as her next normal action after she re-forms.
While transformed into a flock of birds, the sorcerer keeps all of her Attributes, Abilities, Willpower, health levels, Virtues and soak (including armor). Her Dodge DV increases by an amount equal to her permanent Essence. She cannot, however, take any actions other than Move actions. She may not attack, use Charms, communicate or use her Parry DV. Any health levels of damage are reflected by the deaths of several birds until the caster re-forms, whereupon the damage manifests as wounds and the slain birds dissolve into pools of the caster’s blood. Each sorcerer always becomes a particular species of bird. Abyssal sorcerers invariably become carrion-eating birds.
So... the birds DON'T need to stay that close together. They "fly together" can be EASILY interpreted as "at the same time" or "in the same general direction. And if you really want to use Exalted general rules, "no further apart than the caster's Essence Rating in yards". In addition, she doesn't have to fully speak the word until the spell is over/cancelled.
As for trapping the fairly sizable flock that she'd create, having healed up quite a lot... you'd have to make a pretty decent-sized dome. And from what I understand, Erde can't just poof bigger things into existence like that, and has to concentrate for a time before bigger effects can be conjured... giving the majority of birds time to escape. And even if some DO get trapped or crushed... technically she can just leave them there and take some health damage when the spell is concluded.
I also note that she would only regenerate motes if Erde did not attack, you poor reader, you.
Just because you think you know Exalted doesn't mean you know Exalted.
As for trapping her in an area, you just made surviving SOOOOOOO much easier... as she was already motionless in the post before the Ysolda/Erde conflict started, healing herself. Then trapped under his foot in my most recent post. Have fun with a
perfect defense charm. Unless, of course... you're willing to parley. In such a case, Ysolda's personality allows for forgiveness and letting bygones be bygones.
OwO
On a side note, I have noticed I'm in a "damned if I do, damned if I don't" situation with you people. If I am a nice guy and tell people about my character's abilities, I am "borderline" metagamed against. If I make note of "if this happens, I do this... but if that happens, I do THIS", I get borderline autohit with a "lolyertrappednowgetcrunched" move.
If you all don't want me here because I'm raining on your T1 parade or not doing it right or whatever, just fucking say it.
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