death

Death 1, Initiate

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Source
Ectoplasmic Shaping	Compelling	Duration	Resolve	Crafts, Occult, Larceny	Shape and mold ectoplasm, or create Open Condition on an object or location for a ghost to Manifest	MtAw2 p128
Deepen Shadows	Compelling	Duration	-	Occult, Intimidation, Expression	Apply Poor Light Tilt in area+1 Reach: Apply Blinded Tilt in an area	MtAw2 p128
Forensic Gaze	Knowing	Potency	-	Medicine, Investigation, Expression	Learn how a subject died+1 Reach: Witness final moments of a corpse’s life	MtAw2 p128
Shadow Sculpting	Compelling	Duration	-	Crafts, Science, Expression	Shape shadows to your liking+1 Reach: Both shape and animate shadows	MtAw2 p128
Soul Marks	Unveiling	Potency	Resolve	Medicine, Occult, Empathy	Learn about a subjects soul.+1 Reach: Can use spell on unattached souls	MtAw2 p128
Speak with the Dead	Unveiling	Duration	-	Socialize, Expression, Investigation	Sense and communicate with ghosts in Twilight. Sense anchors and determine a ghosts rank.+1 Reach: See if an anchor is temporary or permanent+1 Reach: Can be understood by ghosts that don’t share your language	MtAw2 p128

Death 2, Apprentice

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Source
Corpse Mask	Veiling	Duration	-	Subterfuge, Crafts, Medicine	Alter a corpse’s apparent time and cause of death.+1 Reach: Can cast this spell on injured living subjects. Turn cuts to burns etc.+1 Reach: Change corpse appearance completely even age and sex	MtAw2 p129
Decay	Ruling	Potency	-	Subterfuge, Science, Occult	Age an object, lowering durability+1 Reach: Decrease structure instead	MtAw2 p129
Ectoplasm	Ruling	Duration	-	Occult, Expression, Academics	Create ectoplasm from your own orifices or that of a corpse	MtAw2 p129
Ghost Shield	Shielding	Potency	-	Occult, Expression, Academics	Protects subject form ghostly Numina, Influences and Manifestations as well as Death-Based entities +1 Reach to protect from the physical attacks of Ghosts	MtAw2 p129
Sacrificial Relinquishment	Ruling	Potency	-	Intimidation, Medicine, Streetwise	Instead of spending a willpower dot to relinquish a spell you may instead make a blood sacrifice. This must be a sacrifice of Value, such as dozens of small unintelligent creatures, a few intelligent creatures or a single human	SoS 73
Shape Ephemera	Ruling	Duration	Stamina	Crafts, Expression, Science	Shape ephemera into objects, weapons or armor.	MtAw2 p129
Soul Armor	Shielding	Duration	-	Academics, Occult, Survival	Protect soul against hostile spells	MtAw2 p129
Soul Jar	Ruling	Duration	Resolve	Crafts, Occult, Persuasion	Trap unattached soul into container+1 Reach: Bind soul to person with the soulless condition. An unwilling person may Withstand.+2 Reach: Spend a point of mana to make this spell lasting	MtAw2 p129
Suppress Aura	Veiling	Duration	Resolve	Subterfuge, Intimidation, Medicine	Suppress Nimbus to appear as a sleeper to Mage Sight. Impose penalty to Empathy checks and supernatural attempts to read your emotional or mental state.	MtAw2 p129
Suppress Life	Veiling	Duration	-	Subterfuge, Medicine, Academics	Appear to be a corpse+2 Reach: Spend a point of Mana to cast reflexively	MtAw2 p130
Touch of the Grave	Ruling	Duration	-	Survival, Crafts, Persuasion	Interact with ghosts and other things in Death-attuned Twilight. Can pull objects from Twilight and make them visible and solid but with low durability	MtAw2 p130
Without a Trace	Veiling	Duration	-	Science, Stealth, Subterfuge	Leave no forensic evidence like fingerprints	MtAw2 p130

Death 3, Disciple

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Info	Source
Cold Snap	Weaving	Duration	-	Survival, Intimidation, Science	Apply Ice Tilt to area+1 Reach: Also apply Extreme Cold Tilt	-	MtAw2 p130
Damage Ghost	Fraying	Potency	-	Occult, Intimidation, Brawl	Deal bashing damage to ghost	-	MtAw2 p130
Death Touched Item	Perfecting	Duration	-	Crafts, Occult, Subterfuge	Turns ordinary objects into one capable of affecting objects of Death-attuned ephemera and shadow. It can interact with anything in Death attuned twilight or even items crafted of shadows by Death magic. It can deal damage to a Ghosts Corpus or Shadow items structure or prevent harm to the wearer. If the item is brought into twilight it doesn’t lose its material form while under the effects of this spell	-	SoS 64
Devouring the Slain	Fraying	Potency	Resolve	Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion	Can take Willpower or Scour the pattern of an injured person+1 Reach: May affect a healthy person who has recently taken damage+1 Reach: Spell does not count toward limit of Scouring per day+1 Reach: Use spell on ghosts	-	MtAw2 p130
Ghost Gate	Weaving	Duration	-	Occult, Academics, Expression	Create a 2 dimensional gateway that converts anything passing through it into Death-attuned Twilight+1 Reach: Can transform a subject into Twilight directly without a gate	-	MtAw2 p130
Ghost Summons	Perfecting	Duration	Rank	Persuasion, Socialize, Occult	Call a ghost in the local area to you+1 Reach: Spell also creates the Open Condition+1 Reach: Can give the ghost a single word command to follow+1 Reach: When near an Iris to the Underworld can call a ghost from there instead+2 Reach: Can give ghost a complex command to follow	-	MtAw2 p131
Reaping Relinquishment	Fraying	Potency	-	Intimidation, Medicine, Occult	The mage destroys a soul to relinquish a spell safely instead of spending a Willpower dot. Prime ••: The caster can destroy a soul stone instead for the same effect	-	SoS 73
Quicken Corpse	Weaving	Duration	-	Medicine, Crafts, Persuasion	Create a zombie+1 Reach: Create zombie suited for combat+2 Reach: Imbue zombie with exceptional physical prowess	-	MtAw2 p131
Quicken Ghost	Perfecting	Potency	Cost: One Mana(Optional)	Persuasion, Socialize, Medicine	Can boost ghost’s Attributes or heal them+2 Reach: May choose to increase a ghosts Rank	-	MtAw2 p131
Rotting Flesh	Perfecting	Potency	-	Intimidation, Occult, Empathy	Inflict bashing damage+1 Reach: Subject suffers penalty to Social rolls	-	MtAw2 p132
Sever Soul	Fraying	Potency	Resolve	Intimidation, Athletics, Expression	Take the soul from a Sleeper. Inflicts the Soulless Condition+1 Reach: Skip the Soulless Condition and inflict the Enervated Condition instead.+2 Reach: Skip both the Soulless and Enervated Conditions and inflict the Thrall Condition instead.	-	MtAw2 p132
Shadow Crafting	Weaving	Duration	-	Academics, Intimidation, Occult	Shape shadows into objects, weapons or armor.	-	MtAw2 p132
Unliving Vessel	Weaving	Duration	Resistance	Crafts, Occult, Expression	Prepares a Subject under the purview of Death for the Imbue Item Attainment. Can be used on items found in Ghostly Twilight, Items made of Ectoplasm, Corpses and Ghosts which will automatically withstand this spell. The Ghost must either be cast on within Twilight or while Manifested	Needs Prime •••	SoS 69

Death 4, Adept

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Info	Source
Enervation	Unraveling	Potency	Stamina	Occult, Intimidation, Subterfuge	Apply either the Leg Wrack Tilt or the Arm Wreck Tilt+1 Reach: Apply the Immobilized Tilt	-	MtAw2 p132
Exorcism	Unraveling	Potency	Rank	Brawl, Expression, Occult	Destroy Manifestation Condition of a ghost or it’s hostAdd Mind 2: Spell works on Goetia+1 Reach: Target cannot attempt to recreate destroyed conditions for the duration of the spell	-	MtAw2 p132
Goetic Evocation (Death Substitute)	Patterning	Duration	Rank of Entity	Intimidation, Occult, Persuasion	May convert pieces of a persons Psyche from a soul stone into a Ghost	-	SoS 90
Haunted Grimoire	Patterning	Potency	Total Arcanum dots of Rote + Rank	Crafts, Intimidation, Occult	Costs 1 Mana The Mage binds a Ghost to a Grimoire, writing its essence into the vessel’s pattern. This doesn’t host the Ghost’s numina or influences. The Grimoire gains the Open and Resonant Conditions. When cast the spell is increased by the Ghost’s Rank for Primary Factor however the Ghost has a chance to escape with a Clash of Wills to the caster. When someone memorizes a Rote the Ghost has a chance to possess them using a CLash of Wills. This spell is a Wisdom Sin against Understanding	Needs Prime •	SoS 86
Revenant	Patterning	Duration	Rank	Craft, Brawl, Intimidation	Grant a ghost a Manifestation conditionAdd Mind 2: Spell works on Goetia	-	MtAw2 p132
Scribe Daimonomikon	Patterning	Potency	Rank of Attainment + (10 - Caster’s Gnosis)	Crafts, Expression, Occult	Cost 1 Mana Scribe a Daimonomikon for the Mage’s Legacy. A Mage must be of Gnosis 2 or above to cast this. Anyone initiated into a Legacy via a Daimonomikon must spend 1 Arcane Experience and if used to learn more Legacy Attainments must use the Experience cost listed for learning without a tutor. These serve as a sympathetic Yantra worth +2 Dice for members of the inscribed Legacy +1 Reach: For 1 Mana, the Spell’s Duration is Lasting	Needs Prime •	SoS 87
Shadow Flesh	Patterning	Duration	Stamina	Occult, Medicine, Subterfuge	Transform subject into a two or three-dimensional shadow	-	MtAw2 p132
Soul Grafting	Patterning	Duration	Composure	Crafts, Empathy, Occult	Graft another Mage’s soul stone to your own soul, this does not increase Gnosis but grants a +1 for soul stone or +2 for complete souls Gnosis for the purpose of Spell casting time, Determining range for Aimed spells, Clash of Wills, Mana spends per turn, spell control, combining spells and Yantras per turn. You also receive a +2 for Soul Stone and +3 for full souls Gnosis for Calculating Paradox. This is an act against Falling wisdom	Needs Prime ••••	SoS 90
Withering	Unraveling	Potency	-	Intimidation, Medicine, Science	Inflict lethal damage+1 Reach: Spend one Mana, Inflict aggravated damage instead	-	MtAw2 p133

Death 5, Master

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Source
Create Anchor	Making	Duration	Resolve	Crafts, Occult, Persuasion	Apply the Anchor Condition to a subject	MtAw2 p133
Create Avernian Gate	Making	Duration	-	Occult, Crafts, Persuasion	Create a gateway to the upper levels of the Underworld. This gives the area a Death Resonance and the Gateway Condition+1 Reach: The gateway can lead to anywhere in the Underworld the mage has been before	MtAw2 p133
Create Ghost	Making	Duration	-	Occult, Expression, Academics	Create a ghost of Rank 1. ghost is loyal to you+1 Reach: Spend one Mana, the ghost created is Rank 2	MtAw2 p133
Deny the Reaper	Unmaking	Potency	-	Medicine, Occult, Subterfuge	Reverse the effects of decay and age up to a number of months+1 Reach: Can bring the recently dead back to life. Subject suffers Soulless Condition	MtAw2 p133
Empty Presence	Unmaking	Duration	-	Subterfuge, Persuasion, Stealth	Destroys all evidence of a subjects existence and renders them invisible to the naked eye. If the subject takes violent action the spell ends immediately	MtAw2 p133
Sever the Awakened Soul	Unmaking	Potency	Resolve	Crafts, Intimidation, Medicine	Severs the soul of an Awakened mage. Inflicts the Soulless Conditions+1 Reach: Skip the Soulless Condition and inflict the Enervated Condition instead.+2 Reach: Skip both the Soulless and Enervated Conditions and inflict the Thrall Condition instead.	MtAw2 p133