Thanks for the help, I think any Ox Bodies will and should all count toward the normal max. I had forgotten about essence pool boosting charms the best I had come up with before for essence cost mitigation were Abyssal essence gaining charms.
About some of the logistical issues. It's not that...
I’ve been toying with the idea of bring in an npc eclipse that mostly knows charms form other groups. The reason behind this is he is a Sidereal experiment on what impact the use of solar charms has on the length of time before the great curse takes full hold again.
That said other than...
A good reason for two weapon fighting is softening the opponent for the group’s heavy hitter. (aka sapping the opponent’s DV for the kill strike.) It’s very good in conjunction with a coordinated attack.