Índice 5: Mestre em Destino (•••••)

Annihilate Spirit (Spirit •••••)

Practice: Unmaking
Primary Factor: Potency
Withstand: Rank
Suggested Rote Skills: Intimidation, Science, Weaponry

The most fearsome spell in most shamans’ arsenal, this terrible magic utterly destroys a spirit. The target spirit may spend an Essence to roll Power + Finesse in a Clash of Wills, a lastditch attempt to reassert its existence through its Influences. If the spell is successfully cast, the spirit is instantly and utterly destroyed — even if it still has Essence, it does not retreat into hibernation, it is simply gone. Short of archmastery, this spell cannot affect spirits of Rank 6 or higher.

Birth Spirit (Spirit •••••)

Practice: Making
Primary Factor: Duration
Suggested Rote Skills: Crafts, Medicine, Expression

By means of this spell, the mage may coax dormant Essence into life, awakening it as a Rank 1 Spirit. This spirit is not under the mage’s particular control, but most newborn spirits feel a kind of respect or gratitude toward their maker. Many mages then use Bolster Spirit and Shape Spirit to improve their ephemeral creation’s capabilities.

+1 Reach: For one Mana, the Spirit created is Rank 2.

Create Locus (Spirit •••••)

Practice: Making
Primary Factor: Duration
Withstand: Gauntlet Strength
Suggested Rote Skills: Crafts, Empathy, Survival

By means of this spell, the mage creates a Locus at a location with the Resonant Condition. A Locus is a location in which the Shadow world is especially close. Spirits don’t need the Reaching Manifestation Effect to use their powers across the Gauntlet at a Locus, attempts to cross over are at +2 dice, and spirits whose natures match the Locus’ Resonant Condition heal at twice the normal rate.

+1 Reach: The Locus generates a number of Essence per day equal to the spell’s Potency.

Essence Fountain (Spirit •••••)

Practice: Making
Primary Factor: Potency
Suggested Rote Skills: Empathy, Expression, Occult

The shaman feeds her spiritual children. This spell generates a quantity of Essence equal to the spell’s Potency within the subject’s Pattern. The Essence has a Resonance of the mage’s choosing, as long as she’s encountered it before.

+1 Reach: The mage may “flavor” the Essence with multiple Resonances she has previously encountered.

Spirit Manse (Spirit •••••)

Practice: Making
Primary Factor: Duration
Suggested Rote Skills: Crafts, Expression, Survival

The master lives among her shadow brethren in a palace of her will. This spell carves out an extradimensional space in the Shadow, one of the fabled “Places That Aren’t” that doesn’t map to any location in the physical world. The Spirit Manse can take any form the mage desires, but its appearance is heavily colored by her Path and her Nimbus. As long as the spell’s Duration lasts, the mage gains the Safe Place Merit at a rating equal to the spell’s Potency.

+1 Reach: The mage may create an Iris between her Manse and the material world, allowing anyone to enter the Shadow directly into her Manse. She may craft a Key to this door if she wishes. The spell becomes Withstood by the Gauntlet Strength.