As an aside, and I hope I’m not abusing the point of this thread, would something along the lines of “Treat every two 2s as a 1 if no 1s appear” as kind of a lower key variant of Coiling Dragon Dance to allow a higher essence Terrestrial (and Water aspects in general who lack an effect like Coiling Dragon Dance ) to remain competitive. That’s probably a bit too specific and hypotheticals question.

What is the correct timing on the declaration of Grasping Claw Method? It is classified as supplemental, but the text says "upon winning control of a grapple..." Should I declare it before the attack roll or after the attack but before the control roll?

So question about the new Geomantic Prodigy merit:

Is there something about Craft [Geomancy] that makes it special to where it can benefit from a sorcerous merit like this, or is that merit more of demonstration of something that could be done with sorcerer-crafter builds. I'm wondering specifically if there's something that breaks if a sorcerer were to take a merit that did the same thing for Craft [Artifact] or even Craft [First Age Artifice].

Sorry if this has been asked already, I did a read through and didn’t see an answer. A number of DB charms reference 1s on rolls. Does refer to the “final” roll after effects which re-roll 1s have been applied or does it apply prior to this occurring. I am aware that many charms specify that they apply prior to re-rolling effects so I have a sinking suspicion that the fact that terrestrial charms don’t specify this is my answer, however also sort of hoping to be wrong. Sorry again if this was asked.

Pretty sure Vance has said that the ST guide is coming between Lunars and Exigents.

Can you mix Martial Arts charms and Evocations?

E: One of my players has Earth Dragon Style and the giant hammer from Arms, see.

So, Sea's Verdict in the DB book is super-cool - the origin story is badass as hell, and I love the fact that it has its own anima banner. I just had one question regarding that: is the anima banner a Dragonblooded anima banner? Does it have anima flux at bonfire? Or is it a more generic one?

Does the rules for Martial Arts and other Abilities from the core book - that Martial Arts Charms are not compatible with other combat Charms unless they specifically state it - also apply to Dragon-Blooded?

The Slug's Hearthstone lets him sense when anyone else he sees shares his Defining Intimacy of loyalty to the Realm over all else. Obviously it has to generalize at least a little since the exact same phrasing is vanishingly unlikely, but how general does it get? If I have a pair of Defining Intimacies, one of loyalty to the Realm and one of loyalty to my House, does that count for him, or does it need to specifically be to the Realm over all other loyalties ever?

Firstly, thank you for giving us stats for nunchaku and kama in WFHW. Secondly, can you give suggestions for what to call artifact versions of these weapons?

For Golden Janissary Form. If I use a multi attack melee charm while in the form like iron whirlwind attack do I reset to base + 1 for each decisive attack i landed?

Some of these new spells can be used in ways that makes having a ally distorting them work to the player advantage. Can I distort a distortion to lets say change the weather again or regain control of Virtuous Guardian of Flame?

Does fighting an enemy with the Pain Resistance Merit affect Water Dragon Form at all?

Is there an ETA on DB character sheets? I'm anxious to make some characters!