Alchemy

 

Shaping the Elements (Basic)

This Praxis may be employed for other purposes than creating potions. By winning a Physical Test, you may change the physical shape of an object, sculpting it as if it were clay. Particularly complex or intricate changes may also require one or more Traits in Crafts. Once your remolding is complete, the changes arepermanent. Most object scanonly standup to three remoldings before falling apart from stress.There are separate versions of this ritual for each elemental or material

form: stone, glass, metal, vegetable matter (wood, cloth, grains), livingplants, even ice or water.

 

Destroying the Elements (Basic)

Similar to the previous procedure, this ritual allows you to destroy up to one pound of matter for each success you gain in a Static Mental Test. By spending a temporary Willpower Trait, you may even unmake fetishes or, provided that you have at least two Traits in an appropriate Lore (and you can expect to make some very unpleasant enemies in the process).

As with the previous working, separate versions are required for each different type of material. 

 

Enhance Craftsmanship (Intermediate)

This rite allows you to enhance the mundane qualities of an object. For example, you could enchant a mirror to never crack, forge a blade whose edge will never dull or craft a bow which would never break astring. Though the items prepared using these rituals are not inherently magical, those sorcerers skilled in Alchemy will be able to detect these enhancements by winning a Simple Test.

 

Transformation of the Vile Body (Advanced)

This rite must be performed on a willing target: She literally becomes a factory for poisons and corrosive substances. The subject’s kiss becomes fatal, and her bodily fluids inflict aggravated wounds. Even metals and stone will be corroded by extended contact with her blood. As a side effect, the host becomes immune to all toxins. This condition lasts until the next dawn.

 

 

Conjuration

 

Setting the Stage (Basic)

This common ritual prepares an item to be the target of a Conjuration spell. This attunement has two effects. First, it allows for a free retest when casting any spells along this path that involve the object. In addition, Presto may be performed in a single action if the target of that Advanced spell has been prepared in this manner. After an item has been conjured, it must be reset before it can be summoned again.

 

Reaching Out (Intermediate)

Similar to the Intermediate spell Call to Hand, this ritual allows the caster to retrieve an attuned object from any well-known location, regardless of how far away it is. This process can be reversed by spending a temporary Willpower 

Trait, sending one small object to a well-known location anywhere in the world. In either case, you must be able to hold the item in one hand, and the remote location must be prepared using the Basic ritual: Setting the Stage. 

 

Leverage (Advanced)

This ritual extends the powers of Presto, allowing you to levitate or move any single object. You may also affect a living target (even if he is unwilling) by winning a Mental Challenge versus your opponent’s Physical Traits.

 

 

Conveyance

 

Walking the Clouds (Intermediate)

This dramatic rite allows the sorcerer and her companions to travel high into the air, up to the level of the clouds. By spending a temporary Willpower Trait, you may then traverse great distances and reach any point on the globe within a day. As with similar flights, the destination is fixed once the journey begins. The sorcerer may bring along one additional person for each success on an Extended Static Mental Test.

 

 

Going Home (Advanced)

An enhanced version of Stepping Out, this rite enables the caster to teleport multiple people to or from any well-known location. The ritual costs one Mental Trait per person when it is performed and only willing targets may be affected. If the caster is not present at the origin point, she must have some personal link to the targets. As with the spell, you must either spend a temporary Willpower Trait or perform an Extended Simple Test to determine if you are disoriented upon arrival.

 

 

Cursing

 

Anathema (Basic)

Magical societies often use this rite to brand members who have violated their tenets. This may be a physical mark that manifests in certain conditions (such as a deep red scar that appears in the palm during the waning moon) or a more spiritual brand, visible in the aura or causing other sorcerers andsupernatural creatures to be uneasy around the target (e.g., Garou may find that she “smells funny”). Once set in place, the mark is permanent until removed. As a side effect 

of the branding, the target may never Unweave this effect herself.

 

Voodoo Doll (Intermediate)

By spending a Willpower Trait and defeating your target in a Mental Challenge, you are able to create a sympathetic bond between that individual and an appropriate representation. Any actions performed on the replica will have the equivalent effects on the target; this includes control over physical movements as well as inflicting sympathetic damage. The link lasts for the duration of the ritual, though the subject may ignore its effects for one minute by spending a temporary Willpower Trait. 

 

Tainted Heritage (Advanced)

This rite allows the sorcerer to taint her target, passing on the effects of Inconvenience to others with whom she comes into contact. The scope of the taint must be specified when the curse is cast; it may apply to the target’s family or everyone he speaks to in the next month. Alternately, a Misfortune may be called down upon a small group, similar to the effects of Falling Out. 

 

Seven Plagues (Advanced)

This potent rite is used when simply directing your wrath against an individual is just not sufficient. Once the rite is set in motion, a series of maladies (each equivalent to Misfortune) will rain down upon an entire area or large group. As with other the powers of this Praxis, the sorcerer may only hint at the results; the specific manifestations are determined

by the Storyteller. To determine the severity of the effect, the sorcerer must engage in an Extended Static Willpower Test, each success calling forth one additional blight.

 

 

Daimonis

 

Lesser Daimonic Ward (Basic)

This simple rite allows you to guard an area or person from trespass by certain types of spirits. Any ephemeral beings that wish to enter (or affect) the subject of the ward must first defeat you in a Mental Challenge. Alternatively, you may reverse the protection, creating a mystical prison that holds a spirit within the specified boundary. This protection lasts as long as you are present to support it. However, by spending a Willpower Trait, you may empower the ward for the remainder of the game session, even if you leave the area. This rite protects only against angelic or demonic Umbrood spirits. 

 

Greater Daimonic Ward (Intermediate)

This is an enhanced version of the previous rite, which must be learned first. Any spirit (of the appropriate type) wishing to cross the boundary must spend a Willpower Trait to do so. Even then, the spirit will suffer one aggravated wound per crossing. This protection lasts as long as the components of the ritual (sprinkled salt, iron shavings, carved runes, etc.) remain undisturbed. 

 

Summon Daimonic Being (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced)

This rite places a call into the otherworld, summoning a specific being whose name you know or just any one of a certain type. Completion of the spell puts forth the evocation, but you must win a Social Challenge against the spirit in order to force it to respond. The Basic version of this ritual calls only lesser demons and minor angelic beings, whereas the Intermediate form allows you to summon greater demons and the more powerful angelic hosts. Some sorcerers claim to know an Advanced version that calls upon the demon lords and cherubim, but few sensible folk would take such risks.

 

 

Divination

 

Dowsing (Basic)

This common rite allows you to determine the approximate location of a nearby person or object. This takes the form of a subconscious tug leading you to what you seek. In the case of a specific target, you must either know the subject intimately or have some item closely associated with the individual. Alternately, you may locate the nearest member of

a group, such as a source of fresh water or a particular type of plant. If you are unable to locate your target within an hour, the effect fades. In addition, if your concentration is interrupted for more than a turn, you will lose track of your quarry and must begin again. Maintaining your focus under these conditions requires a Mental Challenge (or a temporary

Willpower Trait). You must recast the ritual with each new target. You may not use Dowsing to track supernatural creatures or things. 

 

Tracking (Basic)

Similar to the previous ritual (Dowsing), this rite allows you to follow an individual’s movements even after he leaves your presence. You must either have personally interacted with your target during the scene in which you cast this ritual or you must possess some physical link to him (a lock of hair, blood, etc.) as a focus. By passing a Static Mental Test (difficulty equal to your target’s number of Mental Traits), you are able to follow another character at a distance of up

to one mile for each Mental Trait you have. If your quarry moves beyond this range, you must win another Static Mental Test to regain the trail. If he is able to remain out of range for at least an hour, he has successfully eluded your

pursuit. In this case, you must again come within line-of-sight before you may attempt to track him again.

 

Past Impressions (Basic)

Though the far future and remote areas are still beyond the range of your vision, recent local events are open to your scrutiny. Make a Static Mental Test to determine what recently happened in an area. Superficial events do not leave impressions for more than an hour, but violent or emotionally charged incidents may linger for days, weeks, even years if

they are powerful enough. These visions come across as disjointed flashes or hazy dreamlike images. Few details are available, but you can make out the general situation. For example, you could tell that two people were having an argument, perhaps even hear snippets of what was said. However, though you could see that someone had been shot, you would not be able to determine the extent of the injury or what type of gun was used.

 

Insight (Intermediate)

As your ability to tap into unseen sources improves, you may begin to answer more complex questions. Insight allows you to perform a standard reading using whatever tools are your stock in trade. Details of the future will be vague and uncertain, though simple cause-and-effect relationships will be revealed. The difficulty of the test is determined by your relationship to the subject of your inquiry. The closer you are to your target, the more difficult it is to keep your answers unbiased. You may now also query through time, though only events within the current chronicle (no more than six months in the future or two years in the past) can be seen.

 

Omen of Fate (Advanced)

This ritual allows you to read aspects of an individual’s fate, including the ones described in the Background: Destiny or the Flaw: Dark Fate. If cast at the beginning of a game session, Omen of Fate may reveal impending dangers or

moments of transition that warrant close attention. You must pass a Mental Challenge and have something belonging to the target, such as a piece of clothing, blood, hair or a treasured item like a wedding ring, in your possession.

 

Scrying (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced)

This rite enables you to peer across space (and occasionally time), looking in on a specific person or location. The Basic version allows you to view current events within a quarter mile of your immediate location. The Intermediate application extends your range of perception to anywhere within a 20-mile radius and up to a month past, and the Advanced form

enables you to see any physical site. A well+known location will be seen and heard clearly, whereas those places less familiar to the caster will provide fuzzier percept ions. Two in-game mechanics may be used to simulate this power. If you are able to reach the location where a desired scene is taking place, you may watch the action as an out-of-game observer. If this is not feasible, a Narrator must be called in to inform you of what you see. Some form of focus, such as

a bowl of water, a mirror or a crystal ball, is required to use this ritual. No one but the sorcerer will see anything in the focus, and the people being observed will not be aware of it.

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