spirit

Spirit 1, Initiate

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Source
Coaxing the Spirits	Compelling	Potency	Composure or Rank	Politics, Athletics, Expression	Compel a Spirit or it’s physical representation to take a single instant action that is in accordance to it’s nature.	MtAw2 p 180
Exorcist’s Eye	Unveiling	Duration	-	Occult, Survival, Socialize	See and speak with any Spirit, be they in Twilight, slumbering in an object or possessing somebody. Can also see the conduit of any Spirit with the Reaching Manifestation+1 Reach: Can see across the Gauntlet, Withstood by Gauntlet StrengthAdd Death 1 or Mind 1: These benefits extend to ghost or Goetia respectively	MtAw2 p 180
Gremlins	Compelling	Potency	-	Larceny, Politics, Subterfuge	Cause Spirit of object to hinder it’s user. Each level of Potency causes one failure with the item to become a dramatic failure. A player’s character can earn a Beat from this as per normal+1 Reach: As long as the object is within sensory range, can decide what failure become dramatic failures	MtAw2 p 180
Invoke Bane	Compelling	Duration	Rank	Brawl, Intimidation, Occult	Force a Spirit to avoid it’s Bane even more then normal. Spirit needs to spend a Willpower to come within the area(this is the Area factor of the spell) of it’s bane and cannot touch it. Spirits above Rank 5 are unaffected by this spell	MtAw2 p 180
Know Spirit	Knowing	Potency	Rank	Academics, Brawl, Socialize	Learn a number of facts about the Spirit equal to Potency: Spirit’s name, Rank, Manifestations, Numina, Influences and roughly how strong these are, Ban, Bane	MtAw2 p 180

Spirit 2, Apprentice

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Source
Cap the Well	Shielding	Duration	-	Politics, Survival, Persuasion	Any attempt to feed from a source of Essence affected by this spell provokes a Clash of Wills	MtAw2 p 180
Channel Essence	Ruling	Potency	-	Occult, Persuasion, Survival	Move Essence equal to Potency but no higher than the Gnosis-derived Mana per turn, from a Resonant Condition or suitable receptacle to a Spirit. You can store Essence into your own Pattern which stays even after the spell has expired. You can hold an amount of Mana and Essence equal to Gnosis-derived maximum ManaAdd Death 2 or Mind 2: Spell may be cast on ghosts or Goetia respectively +1 Reach: Can siphon Essence directly from a Spirit, subject may resist with Rank	MtAw2 p 180
Command Spirit	Ruling	Potency	Rank	Medicine, Athletics, Persuasion	Force a Spirit to undertake a number of actions equal to Potency. Spirit may/will abandon incomplete task if the spell Duration expires. No effect on Spirits above Rank 5	MtAw2 p 181
Ephemeral Shield	Shielding	Duration	-	Animal Ken, Medicine, Stealth	Any Spirit Numina, Influences and Manifestations, Spirit Spells and werewolf Gifts aimed at subject provoke a Clash of Wills+1 Reach: A Spirits physical attacks are likewise affectedAdd Death 2 or Mind 2: Shield affects ghosts or Goetia respectively	MtAw2 p 181
Gossamer Touch	Ruling	Duration	-	Brawl, Crafts, Intimidation	Can interact physically with Spirits in TwilightAdd Death 2 or Mind 2: Affects ghosts or Goetia respectively+1 Reach: Object you carry are likewise physical to Spirits+1 Reach: Unarmed attacks against Spirits deal Potency extra damage	MtAw2 p 181
Opener of the Way	Ruling	Duration	-	Athletics, Computers, Socialize	Shift Resonant Condition to Open Condition or vice versa	MtAw2 p 181
Shadow Walk	Veiling	Duration	-	Occult, Stealth, Streetwise	Subject becomes shrouded from Spirit and Spirit magics notice. Supernatural effects to detect provoke a Clash of Wills	MtAw2 p 181
Slumber	Ruling	Duration	Rank	Expression, Occult, Weaponry	Reduce the rate at which a hibernating Spirit regains Essence. Instead of one Essence per day the Spirit only regains one Essence per Potency days	MtAw2 p 181

Spirit 3, Apprentice

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Source
Bolster Spirit	Perfecting	Potency	-	Medicine, Occult, Expression	Heal a Spirit. Each level of Potency heals two bashing damage+1 Reach: Instead of healing, each level of Potency can increase one of the Spirit’s Attributes by one for the duration of the spell+2 Reach: Spend one Mana to increase the Spirit’s Rank by one.	MtAw2 p 181
Erode Resonance	Fraying	Duration	-	Crafts, Brawl, Intimidation	Remove a subject’s Open or Resonant condition. This effect is Lasting+1 Reach: Any future attempts to create the Conditions suffers a penalty equal to Potency	MtAw2 p 181
Howl From Beyond	Fraying	Potency	-	Expression, Firearms, Medicine	Attack spell deal bashing damage equal to Potency.+1 Reach: the subject gains the Open Condition+1 Reach: Can target beings on the other side of the Gauntlet, but is Withstood by Gauntlet Strength	MtAw2 p 182
Place of Power	Fraying or Perfecting	Potency	Gauntlet Strength	Academics, Expression, Survival	Raise or lower Gauntlet Strength in spell Area by Potency +1 Reach: Alter Gauntlet independently on either side. For example making it easier to enter the Shadow but harder to leave or vice versa	MtAw2 p 182
Reaching	Weaving	Duration	Gauntlet Strength	Athletics, Medicine, Socialize	Interact physically and magically with things on the other side of the Gauntlet+1 Reach: Open an Iris between the physical world and the Shadow, which anybody can pass through. For another Reach may specify a Key	MtAw2 p 182
Rouse Spirit	Perfecting	Potency	Rank	Athletics, Expression, Investigation	Awaken a Spirit early Potency required is equal to the difference between the Spirit’s current Essence and total Corpus+1 Reach: For each additional Reach, the Spirit wakes with an additional Corpus box cleared	MtAw2 p 182
Spirit Summons	Perfecting	Duration	Rank	Persuasion, Socialize, Occult	Call a Spirit in the local area to you+1 Reach: Spell also creates the Open Condition+1 Reach: Can give the Spirit a single word command to follow+1 Reach: Can call a Spirit form the Shadow instead. Spell it Withstood by the greater of Rank and Gauntlet Strength+2 Reach: Can give Spirit a complex command to follow	MtAw2 p 182
Spiritual Tool	Perfecting	Duration	-	Empathy, Occult, Survival	Enhance an item to be more in-tune with the Shadow and Spirits in general. The object becomes both an item of the material world and the shadow and is able to interact with spirits both within Twilight and the Shadow. If the item is carried into either other realm it retains its material form when it returns to the material world	SoS 66

Spirit 4. Apprentice

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Info	Source
Banishment	Unraveling	Potency	Rank	Brawl, Expression, Occult	Strip a number of Manifestation Conditions equal to Potency. Effect is Lasting, but Conditions may be reestablished as normal. No effect on Spirits above Rank 5Add Mind 4: affect Goetia Add Death4: affect Ghosts+1 Reach: Conditions cannot be reestablished until spell duration has expired	-	MtAw2 p 182
Bind Spirit	Patterning	Duration	Rank	Crafts, Brawl, Intimidation	Grant a number of Manifestation Conditions equal to Potency. No effect on Spirits above Rank 5Add Mind 4: effect GoetiaAdd Death 4: effect Ghosts	-	MtAw2 p 183
Craft Fetish	Patterning	Duration	Rank	Crafts, Occult, Persuasion	Create a Fetish an item that contains a Spirit. And can be used to call upon a number of one of the Spirit’s Influence dots and Numina equal to Potency. These abilities cost Essence and the item has the Spirit’s Essence pool. Triggering the bound Spirit’s Ban or Bane destroys the fetish. A fetish without a Spirit may also be created and can hold 10+Potency Essence	-	MtAw2 p 183
Familiar	Patterning	Duration	-	Athletics, Expression, Intimidate	Gain the Familiar Merit for the duration of the spell. Both parties must be willing. Cannot effect Spirits above Rank 2Substitute Death 4 or Mind 4: Bind a Ghost or Goetia respectively	-	MtAw2 p 183
Haunted Grimoire	Patterning	Potency	Total Arcanum dots of Rote + Rank	Crafts, Intimidation, Occult	Costs 1 Mana The Mage binds a spirit to a grimoire, writing its essence into the vessel’s pattern. This doesn’t host the Spirits numina or influences nor does it have an essence pool. The Grimoire gains the Open and Resonant Conditions. When cast the spell is increased by the Spirits Rank for Primary Factor however the Spirit has a chance to escape with a Clash of Wills to the caster. When someone memorizes a Rote the Spirit has a chance to possess them using a CLash of Wills. This spell is a Wisdom Sin against Understanding	Needs Prime •	SoS 86
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 Scream	Unraveling	Potency	-	Expression, Firearms, Medicine	Deal Lethal damage equal to Potency. Can hit targets in Twilight+1 Reach: For one point of Mana damage is aggravated+1 Reach: Can destroy Essence divide Potency between regular and Essence damage+1 Reach: Target gains Open Condition+1 Reach: Can hit target on the other side of the Gauntlet	-	MtAw2 p 183
Shape Spirit	Patterning	Potency	Rank	Crafts, Medicine, Persuasion	Change a Spirit with a number of effects equal to Potency: Change nature, Redistribute Attribute dots, Heal one Lethal corpus, Redefine and redistribute Influences, Add/remove/replace one Manifestation, Add/remove/replace one Numen, Rewrite Ban or Bane. In addition can also change the Spirit’s size, shape and appearance but no bigger than the spell’s Scale factor. Traits must stay within Rank-derived maximums. Change revert at the end of spell duration+1 Reach: For one Mana heal aggravated damage	-	MtAw2 p 184
Twilit Body	Patterning	Duration	-	Occult, Subterfuge, Survival	Turn yourself(and whatever you’re wearing) into Spirit-attuned ephemera, and thus in Twilight+1 Reach: can become immaterial even in realms where Twilight doesn’t normally exist	-	MtAw2 p 184
World Walker	Patterning	Potency	Gauntlet Strength	Athletics, Persuasion, Survival	Bring subject across the Gauntlet, no portal necessary+1 Reach: Give conjured Spirit Materialized Condition	-	MtAw2 p 184

Spirit 5, Apprentice

Name	Practice	Primary Factor	Withstand	Suggested Rote Skills	Description	Source
Annihilate Spirit	Unmaking	Potency	Rank	Intimidation, Science, Weaponry	Utterly destroy a Spirit. The Spirit may spend an Essence to roll Power + Finesse in a Clash of Wills to prevent this. But if the spell succeeds the Spirit is destroyed even if it still has Essence it won’t go into hibernation the Spirit is simply gone. Cannot affect Spirits above Rank 5	MtAw2 p 184
Birth Spirit	Making	Duration	-	Crafts, Medicine, Expression	Create a Rank 1 Spirit+1 Reach: For one Mana, create a Rank 2 Spirit	MtAw2 p 184
Create Locus	Making	Duration	Gauntlet Strength	Crafts, Empathy, Survival	Create a Locus at a location with the Resonant Condition+1 Reach: The Locus generates Essence equal to Potency per day	MtAw2 p 184
Essence Fountain	Making	Potency	-	Empathy, Expression, Occult	Create Essence equal to Potency. The Essence has a Resonance of your choosing, as long as you have encountered it before+1 Reach: Flavor the Essence with multiple Resonances	MtAw2 p 185
Spirit Manse	Making	Duration	-	Crafts, Expression, Survival	Create a place in the Shadow for yourself and gain the Safe Place Merit with rating equal to Potency+1 Reach: You may create an Iris between this place and the material world and may give it a key. But the spell becomes Withstood by Gauntlet Strength	MtAw2 p 185