Familiar and charms?

[Persell]

I was just wondering if defense charms would affect a familiar.  Say a solar takes ride and has a horse as his familiar. Now if he's in mounted combat and someone fires a Porcupine at him... the horse will get hit (i mean the thing fires like 50 arrows in a confined area). The solar uses 5 fold bulwark (or any  other soak/protection defense) would this also protect the horse?


My group was talking about it during our last session, we assumed it would.  


Any thoughts?


Thank You


**edited for typo's**

 

[Flagg]

I could see it played both ways. Mount-defense Charms might make for some interesting Ride trees. Lod knows, Ride needs help in that department.


-S

 

[Solfi]

<snip from the first 2nd. ed. preview article, found here>

Worthy Mount Technique


Cost:


Mins: Ride 3, Essence 3;


Type: Permanent


Keywords: None


Duration: Instant


Prerequisite Charms: Any Ride Excellency


The Solar heroes are as one with their mounts. This Charm lets the character use his Reflexive Charms to assist a loyal animal he is riding rather than himself. Doing so counts as the character using that Charm, but adds one mote to its invocation cost. Because this counts as the character using the Charm, it must abide by all of the normal limitations on Charm invocation. For example, the character cannot use a Martial Arts Excellency to enhance an attack and use Reflex Sidestep Technique to help his mount dodge in the same action without a Combo. He could, however, use either of these Charms to help both himself and the horse in a single action. If the character has a self-invoking Charm, such as Surprise Anticipation Method, then it invokes to protect his mount as well. If the mount faces unexpected mortal danger, the character reflexively spends two motes to enhance the mount's Awareness and allow it to shy.

 

[Flagg]

Well then, that clearly implies that normally such Charms do not protect one's mount.


-S

 

[Persell]

Glad they fixed it then. It's a huge waste of bonus points to buy familiar @ 5 dots when two sessions later a few extras kill the horse with crossbows/archery.


Thanks for the help, sorry... i haven't read much about the 2nd edition changes. But, i signed up for the rss feed so i should be more plugged in now.