Índice 1: Iniciado em Espaço (•)

Correspondence (Space •)

Practice: Knowing
Primary Factor: Potency
Suggested Rote Skills: Academics, Empathy, Medicine

We are all of us defined by our connections, and through this spell a mage learns those definitions. For every level of Potency, the mage learns one of the subject’s sympathetic links. The spell reveals the subject’s oldest and strongest links first. She understands these connections in the same manner the subject thinks of them (e.g. “my childhood home,” not “1414 Willowbrook Drive, Columbus, OH”). If the other half of the sympathetic link is within the mage’s sensory range, she knows that and knows its exact location.

+1 Reach: The mage can “follow” a trail of sympathetic links. When she learns of one of her initial subject’s sympathetic connections, she may choose to learn one of that subject’s connections, and so on. For example, she might follow a wedding ring to its owner, then its owner’s spouse, then the spouse’s place of employment.

+1 Reach: The mage understands the emotional character of the connection in broad terms. “My childhood home” might carry notes of comfort and safety or fear and loathing, depending on the subject’s upbringing.

+2 Reach: The mage may specify the connections she wishes to uncover in general terms (“an object with a strong link to his childhood”) or (“those she hates”). Again, the knowledge is contextualized based on the subject’s perceptions.

+2 Reach: If the subject is a Keyed spell or Iris (p. 243), the mage may use one level of Potency to discover the Key instead of a link.

Ground-Eater (Space •)

Practice: Compelling
Primary Factor: Potency
Withstand: Stamina
Suggested Rote Skills: Athletics, Science, Survival

Space is more flexible than many believe. By subtly pinching or stretching the space around her subject, the mage allows her to cover far more ground with each step than is readily apparent. The mage adds the spell’s Potency to the subject’s Speed. Watching someone under the influence of this spell is alarming: It’s hard for the eye to track her, as each step carries her farther than it should, and in every blink or momentary glance away she seems to leap farther than should be possible in such a short time.

This spell can also reduce a subject’s Speed by its Potency (though not below 1). Those who have experienced this effect liken it to a nightmare wherein no matter how fast you run, you never get closer to your goal.

Isolation (Space •)

Practice: Compelling
Primary Factor: Potency
Withstand: Composure
Suggested Rote Skills: Academics, Intimidation, Subterfuge

Boundaries and barriers are a lie, but it is sometimes useful to lie. This spell subtly warps space and distance around the subject, making empty spaces seem larger and more foreboding. Crowds of people seem tightly packed together, an impenetrable wall of humanity.

Any attempt the subject makes to interact with other people costs 1 Willpower. Even then, any dice pools are penalized by the spell’s Potency. Prolonged exposure to this spell (roughly a day per dot of the subject’s Composure) may provoke breaking points or adverse Conditions like Shaken or Spooked.

Locate Object (Space •)

Practice: Knowing
Primary Factor: Duration
Suggested Rote Skills: Empathy, Occult, Science

All distance is an illusion. Once this truth is understood, all things are in the same place as the mage, and how can one lose track of herself? As long as the subject of this spell is within the Area of the spell, she knows its precise location. Short of concealing magic (which provokes a Clash of Wills), no attempt to hide the subject can fool her unerring senses.

+1 Reach: The caster can continue tracking the subject even if it leaves the Area.

The Outward and Inward Eye (Space •)

Practice: Unveiling
Primary Factor: Duration
Suggested Rote Skills: Firearms, Investigation, Occult

If all locations are one, it must follow that all directions are one as well. While this spell is active, the subject can see and hear in all directions and from all points within her sensory range simultaneously. She can see what’s happening behind her, on the far side of a door, or beneath her feet. She cannot perceive things farther away than her normal perceptions might allow, nor can she see through darkness. In essence, it’s as though everything happening around her were spread out on a flat plain, bereft of obstruction. This allows her to cast sensory-range spells on subjects she might not ordinarily be able to perceive.

The subject is also nearly impossible to ambush or surprise — barring exceptional camouflage or a tremendous distraction to draw her attention, all such attempts are reduced to a chance die. Finally, the subject may reduce any penalties due to range, cover, or concealment (but not darkness or similar poor visibility) by the spell’s Potency.

+2 Reach: The mage may use the spell to see through an existing warp or shortcut through Space; a Distortion Iris, the effects of a Scrying spell, or a magical portal created with Co-Location are all applicable. With additional Arcana based on the nature of the portal, other kinds of Iris may be seen through at the Storyteller’s discretion.