Custom Combination Discipline / Technique

The user of this power may reflexively spend a temporary Willpower point in order to imbue their clothing with extraordinary resilience for the scene. Once so empowered, so long as the wearer is not rendered torpid or dead, the clothing remains unmarred by even the most catastrophic attacks, baleful flame, or caustic acid. Not only do normal wrinkling and minor stains and tears simply melt away, the clothes henceforth resist tearing, mutilation, staining and soiling, such that all it might take is a tug, a sweep of the hand or two, and it will look as if the clothing was fresh from the dry cleaners, shoe repairman, or whathaveyou. The power only protects the clothing and mundane accessories of the outfit, and it does not lend protection to other items carried on the person or to the wearer themself, nor to any armor plating secreted throughout the clothes. All ablative armor mechanics, damage soaking chops, and similar mechanics remain unchanged, except that the clothing will still look pristine, even with shredded armor plates. For the duration of the scene, the user of this power is considered to have one bonus non-stacking Social Trait against anyone who witnesses an attack which would otherwise substantially damage the clothing but does not, and any round during which a permanent Willpower is spent to activate Aegis, this power may be activated simultaneously with that same spent Willpower, in lieu of its normal cost.