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SPIRIT

Reaching into the essence beyond Earthly life and matter, the Spirit mage explores the Otherworlds and deals with creatures beyond mortal understanding. One of the most primal forms of the mystic Arts, Spirit Sphere magick traffics in the hidden side of the natural realm. As a result, its Effects typically use the Gauntlet Ratings chart to determine the difficulty of their associated rolls. Often affiliated with the shaman, Spirit magick is more eclectic than it often appears. A mage who specializes in this Sphere could be a primal devotee, a sophisticated theologian, a medicine-worker deeply versed in cultural traditions, an eclectic metaphysician, a modern Pagan, or anyone else who comprehends the rich world beyond material physics. Almost inevitably, he’ll look deeper than most modern people do, grasping for the spiritual forces behind apparently mundane events.  For an optional Technocratic approach to Spirit, see Dimensional Engineering.

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        DATA                                                                    PRIMAL UTILITY                                            DIMENSIONAL ENGINEERING        

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GAUNTLET RATINGS

 

RATING                       Area                              Difficulty                     

    1                             Cearn                            13+                    

    2                             Node/Graveyard            13+                   

    3                             Deep Wilderness             15+                    

    4                             Rural Countryside            16+                   

    5                             No mans land                 17+                    

    6                             Most Urban Areas           18+                   

    7- 9                         Downtown                      19+                    

    10                           Technocratic Lab*            20+                   

 

 

An area’s Gauntlet Difficulty may vary with time and circumstances; a dark alley on Halloween night might have a Gauntlet of 12+, while a rigidly cultivated garden at noon could have a Gauntlet of 19+. 

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SPIRIT LEVELS

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◉           Spirit Sight/ Spirit Sense

To most of humanity, the spirit world remains invisible. Not to a mage who knows the Spirit Sphere. Although he’ll be most attuned to spirits with Resonance similar to his own, that mage can read the local Gauntlet’s thickness, discern auras, sense spirits of all types, peek into the Penumbra through the Vidare and determine whether or not a material object has a spiritual component (as mystic Fetishes do). Combined with other Spheres, that mage can spot forces, places, or items with unusual ties to the spirit world, such as Awakened objects, elemental spirits, possessed organisms, Shallowings, Nodes, and so forth.

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◉◉        Touch Spirit/ Manipulate Gauntlet

Perception moves to contact. The Spirit-savvy mage can now reach through the Gauntlet for a turn or two; call across the Gauntlet; speak to spirit entities, or touch them for a brief moment; and thin or thicken the local Gauntlet. In the latter case, each success lowers or raises the Gauntlet rating by +1 for each success rolled. (Four successes would raise or lower it by four levels, for example.) That said, a human mage cannot lower the Gauntlet to less than 4 within the mortal world. By adding other Spheres, that mage could project thoughts across the barrier (Mind 4 or 5); stir up elemental disturbances within the Otherworlds (Forces 2 or higher); imbue material objects with ephemeral power (Matter 2); drain Essence from a spirit (Prime 3); or help other living creatures sense or contact the spirit realms (Life 2).

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◉◉◉      Pierce Gauntlet/ Step Sideways/ Rouse & Lull Spirit

Now the mage can cross over, transmuting his living tissue to ephemera. He may carry a few material possessions, although transmuting them as well raises both the difficulty of the roll and the number of successes required for the trip. (Normal clothing and items raise both factors by +1; bulky clothing and items raise them by +2.) That traveler must step sideways on his own; bringing large items or other people across demands a higher Spirit Rank. Meanwhile, a combined Spirit 3/ Mind 2 Effect allows the mage to read Resonance, Synergy, and other spiritual energies (Essence, a spirit’s place within a hierarchy, etc.). At this Rank, a mortal mage can also harm an Umbral entity as if he was using Life 3 against that entity. While Spirit 2 allows the mage to touch that entity, Spirit 3 lets him actually damage its ephemeral Pattern’s integrity the way that Life 3 damages a physical creature’s form.    By combining this Rank with Matter 3 and Prime 2, the mage can also create short-lived objects from ephemera; such creations must be constructed as if they were material things, and they fade away at the end of the Effect’s duration. Finally, this Rank helps the mage rouse the slumbering spirits within objects or places, or else put active spirits to sleep.

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◉◉◉◉      Rend Gauntlet/ Seal Breach/ Bind Spirit

As the mage approaches Mastery, he can tear Gateways in the Gauntlet, allowing groups or large objects to pass through… or close such breaches, too. Both applications, of course, are deeply vulgar. At this Rank, the mage may also compel spirits to appear, bind them into Fetish objects, or tie them to certain spots or prisons. For obvious reasons, such bondage is risky, especially if the spirit is powerful. A brave or foolish Spirit mage can even turn himself into a temporary Fetish, channeling a spirit entity into his mortal body; in such cases, he loses his ability to use true magick, but he may employ the capabilities of the spirit inside him. On the flipside, he can also exorcise a spirit that has possessed a mortal host. In all cases, the mage enters a series of resisted rolls against the spirit, pitting his Willpower against that spirit’s own.

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◉◉◉◉◉    Forge Ephemera/ Gilgul/ Break the Dreamshell

The Spirit Master is now able to command ephemera itself, creating, challenging, and destroying spirit matter as he Wills. With such power, he may craft Realms, imbue or drain a spirit of Essence, instill a soul within an empty shell of Life or Matter, and bestow the awful sentence of Gilgul – the destruction of a mage’s Avatar. Such powers are always vulgar and feature devastating consequences even when the mage succeeds. This power also allows the mage to break the Dreamshell and venture beyond the Horizons, wandering into the Deepest of Umbrae. Such tasks demand at least 10 successes, but a courageous Master can travel as far as his soul wants to go.

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• Spirit Senses: Allows a mage to peek into the Penumbra and determine the local strength of the Gauntlet.

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• Touch Spirit: The mage can affect small things on the other side of the Gauntlet while remaining in the physical world.

• Manipulate Gauntlet: The mage can slightly thicken or thin the local Gauntlet.

• Pierce Gauntlet: The mage can create a temporary rift within the Gauntlet.

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• Step Sideways: The mage can step through smaller rifts within the Gauntlet and enter the Spirit World.

• Rouse And Lull Spirit: The mage can influence spirits, either rousing them to action or lulling them to sleep. It is also possible to harm Spirits with this level.

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• Rend and Repair Gauntlet: The mage can rend or repair the Gauntlet, allowing multiple persons to enter it.

• Bind Spirits: The mage can summon or otherwise compel Spirits to fulfil his orders.

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• Forge Ephemera : The mage can shape ephemera as they see fit, creating new Realms or healing or transforming the Pattern of a Spirit.

• Outward Journeys: The mage can cross the Outer Horizon, entering the Deep Umbra.

• Gilgul: The mage can attack a target's Avatar.

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