Chapter Three:
 Strange
Magics
 Forgotten Paths
 While Sorcerer Revised consolidates and
presents a multitude of Paths that provide a
number of different options for Hedge
Magicians and Extraordinary Citizens of
 various stripes, there are other, stranger
magics, either less well known among the
common Sorcerer societies, practiced pri-
marily among strange Disparate groups, perhaps, or
because they  ve
’ ve simply been developed more recently
and not widely shared.
This Chapter provides both updates of two previous-
ly published Paths to fit the Aspect system in Sorcerer
Revised (Dowsing and Spirit Chasing), two brand new
Paths (Illusion and Chronomancy), and many new
rituals, for both these and the pre-existing Paths.
Dowsing
 With this Path, a magician uses ritually prepared but
ultimately mundane
locate elemental itemsand
sources, to answer simpleitems.
find specific questions,
This
Path is related to Divination in that both allow the
magician to use external foci and interpretation to read
facts from the world around them. Dowsing is much
more results-oriented than Divination, as it is dedicat-
ed to specific, limited, practical matters rather than
overarching possibilities and circumstances. It might
be said that while Divination focuses on the universal,
Dowsing attends to the specific.
 When dowsing, the magician uses a specific item, or
items, made from normal everyday materials, to find
some sort of object, person, substance, or location, or
to determine an immediate fact. The stereotype of the
dowser is that of the peasant yokel with a forked stick
looking for water, and indeed, that is a common use of
the ability. True dowsers know there is much more to
this magic, however. Facts may be learned through the
judicious asking of questions. Specific items can be
found, and at higher levels even hidden emotions (like
malice, hatred, or even love) can be detected in those
around you.
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Dowsers are more reliant than most on their Foci, the immediate circumstances can be asked
 which often act as their divining tool. If the Dowser instead (“
(“Is there a god?”
god?” is beyond their ken,
lacks the “Prepare Implement”
Implement”  ritual (see below), he but “Is this soup poisoned?”
poisoned?” is valid).
must have a Personalized or Unique focus dedicated to
••••   The dowser may seek out less material or
this Path to be able to use it. As such, most do learn
obvious phenomena, such as seeking out
that basic ritual early on, to provide them with addi-
magic, Mana, illness, or emotions, although
tional options in how to go about their spells.
the specifics must be defined (“
( “ Wards
 Wards””, not
 Any questions asked with Dowsing should be related “any magic I might want to see”
see”).
to the present or immediate past, and only relating the
immediate area/situation; predicting the future or •••••   The dowser can seek out less well defined
defined
finding information relating to far-reaching circum- immaterial phenomena, such as seeking out
stances is the purview of Divination. The distance any sort of Awakened magic, or Mana of any
 Aspect must cover anything being questioned, as well resonance.
as the distance to anything being sought out more ••••••  The dowser can seek out incredibly vaguely
directly. defined objects, people, locations, substances,
or phenomena of any size, for instance seeking
 System
out “the  weakness of the Demon that that’s
’s
Roll:  Perception + Awareness
hounding me”
me”  or “the best resource to
Modifiers:  -1 for well known object/location/etc. improve my studies”
studies”.
+1 to +3 for vaguely defined targets. Distance
Cost:  None for ritually prepared tool, one •  The immediate vicinity (20 feet, or a small
 Willpower to use foci directly.
directly. room)
Duration:  Approximately a scene of searching ••   Same building or area (about 50 feet).
 Aspects •••   About 1 mile.
Potency
••••   About 10 miles.
•  The dowser is able to find small items (up to
•••••   Around 100 miles.
the size of a small book) that already belong to
her, or gain a vague sense of an answer to a ••••••  No limit, although the power may need to be
 yes/no question about immediate reactivated to home in on something far away.
circumstances relating to herself.
Rituals
••   The dowser can find personal items of any
size, and small, specifically defined objects Prepare Implement (•)
belonging to others (“
( “ Joe
 Joe’’s wedding ring”
ring”  is Usually the first ritual learned by any prospective
applicable, but not “ Any book that has the Dowser, this allows the magical preparation of an ob-
ritual I need”
need”). She may also gain a general ject to allow it to be used for this Path. Different object
sense of the answer to a yes/no question types are often better for different types of Dowsing; a
relating to another individual’
individual’s immediate coin on a string might work well for yes/no questions,
circumstances. and a rod likely works best for seeking out specific
objects. A point of Willpower must be spent to enact
•••   The dowser can find specifically defined items the ritual, with the exact preparations depending on
of any size belonging to anyone, seek out the Sorcerer in question.
small, vaguely defined objects, or find
accumulations of mundane substances (an Marked Possession (••)
underground spring, or unexpected “pocket of This ritual allows the Sorcerer to mark a possession
air”  in a building’
air” building’s walls representing a secret of theirs, to make it easier to find in the future using
room). Any sort of yes/no question relating to this Path. This costs a point of Willpower, but there’
there ’s
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otherwise no limit on the number of objects that can

be marked this way. Once an object has been marked,
 Spirit-Chasing
the Sorcerer may detect it anywhere without applying Practiced primarily by Kinfolk Hedge Magicians and
any successes to the Distance aspect, even if her rating  various other scattered shamanic practitioners, this
in the Path would normally be too low to seek it out little-known Path can provide unique abilities to those
 where it is. that study it. While this Path's name implies a similari-
ty to Summoning, it has little relation to Summon-
Complex Insight, Lesser (•••)
ing/Binding/Warding of any kind. Spirit Chasing
This ritual allows the Dowser to seek out infor- instead creates a bond between a mystic and a chosen
mation about themselves or another that’
that’s not defined plant or animal (or, with Storyteller permission, some
in terms of yes/no answers, although this must still other sort of Naturae).
always relate to immediate circumstances and the pre-
Practitioners of this Path believe, as do werewolves,
sent time, and should be limited to about a word or
that within every living creature rest a soul, spirit, ani-
two in response. This costs a point of Willpower, and
mus or similar ephemeral concept. Spirit Chasers try
successes must be spent on Potency to cover the poten-
to watch and learn from these beings; unlike the learn-
tial “target
target””  of the information, and on the Distance
ing of Gifts, however, the animus doesn't necessarily
aspect as normal, if needed.
enter into any kind of “bargain” with the the mystic. In-
Complex Insight, Greater (••••) stead the practitioner studies the spirit, first by making
This works as the lesser version, but the question contact with it, then by asking it questions and mim-
asked can require up to a short sentence in response. icking its natural abilities that manifest in this world,
and finally by putting what it’ it’s learned into practice
Granted Awareness (•••••) through Sorcerous rituals.
 After performing this ritual, either on themselves or For example, a Spirit Chaser studying bears would
on another they wish to grant the insight to, the target begin by watching bears and observing their move-
becomes able to sense a given phenomena that Dows- ments and patterns of life. He would then engage in
ing could seek out at the level of Potency applied to some sort of private ritual of his own devising, plead-
the ritual, although it’
it’s always limited to just the “im- ing for a bear's particular spirit to appear; sometimes,
mediate vicinity ”. This does not allow them to sense this process takes years of work. Next, the mystic
the phenomena behind veiling magics or other powers  would explain to the spirit that he'd like to learn the
that would hide it, but anything that’that’s not supernatu-  ways of bears in their natural habitat. The spirit might
rally hidden, even if not immediately visible, can be require proof of the mystic's sincerity. But if it agrees,
detected with a reflexive Perception + Awareness roll the Spirit Chaser can learn the rudiments of living like
(difficulty 7). This costs a point of Willpower to enact, a bear. He could, for example, discover how to survive
and using it a second time on a target dispels the first on raw meat, roots, berries, nuts or insects, even those
instance of it; it otherwise lasts for about a week at a poisonous to humans. As his understanding progress-
time. es, the mystic could also learn to focus his sense like a
 A six dot version of this ritual exists that costs a bear, hibernate or even grow claws. Spirit Chasers by
permanent dot of Willpower but lasts indefinitely (or no means restrict themselves only to mammals or even
until actively dismissed by the Sorcerer). the animal world. A number of them choose plants for
their Spirit Chasing. This Path is unique to every prac-
Price of Failure titioner.
The most obvious failure is simply an inability to
 While, by default, the practitioners of the Path may
discern what the Sorcerer desires, but botches can
only benefit themselves with the abilities they  ve  ’ve
cause them deeper troubles. It might lead them into a
learned, at higher levels a dedicated Sorcerer eventually
dangerous situation, provide deliberately misleading
learns to grant these gifts to another; the mechanics
and dangerous answers, or fool them into thinking
 work the same way in that case as if the target had cast
 what they ’re seeking out doesn’
doesn’t exist to begin with.
it themselves. Any target of this Path’
Path ’s base effects

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must be willing; it’
it’s to be treated as a gift, not a bur-
den.
The following table provides both the base spells and
general possibilities of Rituals developed at each level,
but the specific mechanics will depend on the animal
in question; sample benefits and rituals for different
plants/animals can be found afterward. If a Sorcerer
 wishes to take this Path for more than one type of
Spirit, they must re-purchase the Path, going through
the whole process again from the beginning. With
Storyteller permission, redundant levels (like level 3)
might provide an additional ritual if you’
you ve
 ’ve already
purchased it once.
 System
Roll:  Manipulation + Occult
Cost:  One Willpower
Modifiers:  -1 if you have Medium, Spirit Sight, or
similar merits.
+1 if you’
you ve
 ’ve angered related Naturae.
Duration:  A scene, unless the ritual or level says
otherwise.
 Aspects
Effects
•  This level allows the mystic to learn how to
“eat” the food of
of the chosen spirit. It requires
that the proper food be available (e.g.,
sunshine and water for plants or crumbs for
insects). He receives full nutritional value from
the meal, as if he were the animal or plant.
Rituals might include chewing cud, hiding
food to eat later and so on.
••   With this level of Spirit Chasing, the character
can extend his sensory perception to match
that of his chosen animal or plant in one
aspect. If the Spirit Chaser has a bond with a
lynx, for example, he could see in the dark.
Discovering hunters, scenting a trail or finding
food are examples of rituals at this level.
•••   Animals and plants have an innate
understanding of self-preservation. Hurt
creatures lick their wounds clean, while plants
use energy from photosynthesis to repair torn
leaves and roots. When winter approaches and
food is scarce, some animals and plants fall
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into hibernation; they awake when spring
comes. This level allows Spirit Chasers the
same luxury; they can fall into a healing sleep
and recover one Health Level for every success
rolled one Health Level for every
e very success rolled
on Spirit Chasing. Each level regained requires
four hours of rest. Thus, a person who got
three success could heal three Health levels
after 12 hours of sleep. Rituals may include
hiding, healing venomous wounds and altering
the process of childbirth.
 
•••• This level of Spirit Chasing grants the mystic
keen insight and wisdom. The Storyteller
decides, based upon the levels of success, what
sort of information to provide. For example, if
a character has chosen the oak tree as her
bonded spirit and rolls three success, the
 wisdom that comes to her might involve seeing
how an event long ago affected the present.
The idea is that the oak has stood for many
 years and of
this level seen
the much.
path toThe Storyteller
provide canplots
clues or use
hooks for the characters. Possible rituals
encompass past visions, detecting lies or leaps
of intuition.
  At this point,
point, the Spirit Chaser may practice
practice a
•••••
unique ability chosen from their spirit. A
practitioner bonded to a deer could run
quickly or jump over a high fence. If a
character chose poison ivy, anyone who
touched him might develop a blistering rash.
 A minimum of three successes is necessary to
invoke this effect; it's perhaps the closest
Kinfolk can ever come to possessing the
shapechanging abilities of their Garou
relatives. Acquiring physical prowess (such as
great strength), offensive powers (growing
claws or fangs) or shielding (sprouting thick
fur) are all possible rituals.
••••••  The rare Spirit Chaser that reaches this
pinnacle may practice another ability chosen
from their spirit, but this one may be more
obvious or simply a lot more potent. Someone
following a bird spirit may be able to fly short
distances without wings, or someone following
a type of vine may be able to suck the life from
another individual. 
 

Subjects  

•-•••   The Sorcerer may only grant the benefits to

themselves.
••••   The Sorcerer may grant the benefits to one
other individual.
•••••   The Sorcerer may grant the benefits to
themselves and one other individual.
••••••   The Sorcerer may grant the benefits to three
people, which may include themselves.

 Sample Patrons
Patrons
The following are a few examples of the abilities cer-
tain types of spirits might grant the Spirit-Chaser fol-
lowing them. They ’re organized by the base effect for
that creature, with rituals at that level following the
base spell. Note that these are just examples, and even
for the same type of spirit, the levels can vary.
Spider

•: The Spirit-Chaser is able to eat insects and per-

haps certain small animals, depending on the exact
type of spider, with only a small handful’
handful’s worth
providing a day ’s sustenance.
-Spinning a Web: This ritual allows the Spirit-
Chaser to spin silk, able to create about a
“handful
handful”” of the substance per success. It’
It’s no
stronger than a spider’
spider’s usual silk, but can help
 with catching insects or perhaps stor-
ing/hiding small objects.
-Liquid Diet: While spiders don’
don ’t exactly drink
blood, the spiritual resonance of it (perhaps
due to the Ananasi) allows the Sorcerer to sub-
sist on it. The ritual involves the act of drink-
ing the blood itself (at least a “point
point””  of it),
and in addition to being able to digest it
properly, for about an hour afterward they be-
come immune to mundane fatigue.
••: The character can sense minor vibrations along
••:
the ground and other surfaces, granting a -2 difficulty
to appropriate Alertness rolls.
-Warning Instinct: After using this ritual,
 which costs 1 Willpower, the character be-
comes attuned to hostile activity aimed against
them. For the next 12 hours, they may roll
 Wits + Alertness, Difficulty 7, to get a vague

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sense of any sort of incoming danger, giving
them about a turn to avoid it or prepare.
-Spider’s Web: This ritual is used within terri-
-Spider’
tory belonging to the character, allowing them
to become acutely aware of their surroundings;
for 1 hour per success, the general direction
and distance to anyone else in the area can be
sensed. This may work against concealing
powers, using the normal means for resolving
such a Seeing the Unseen (V20, pg. 142).
•••:: As normal.
•••
-Antivenin: This ritual allows the Spirit-Chaser
to “bleed
bleed””  out an antitoxin through their
pores, which can be used to cure any sort of
natural toxin affecting themself or another. 1
 Willpower is spent, and 1 success is needed
per the Toxicity of the poison to be cured.
-Paralyzing Slumber: This ritual lets the charac-
ter develop a paralyzing venom of sorts that
sends a target
the ritual, into must
a target a healing sleep. After use
be immediately of
bitten
(an unwilling target resists with Stamina (diffi-
culty 6)), and if successful, they fall into a
slumber akin to the normal third level of the
Path, letting them heal. However, they ’re still
awoken by anything that might normally wake
them up. This costs 1 Willpower.
••••: A Spider-Chaser’
••••: Spider-Chaser’s insight at this level shows
them webs of connection and influence, the vast net-
 work providing insight of various kinds,
kin ds, perhaps show-
ing connections between a body and its murderer, or
between two lovers that are concealing their feelings
from others.
-Cobwebs: Gathered cobwebs, whose denizens
have long since passed, have often survived for
 years. Using this ritual on gathered cobwebs
can show the caster what happened in the area
in the past, back until the point of the web’
web’s
original creation, with level of detail and
 what’’s seen depending on level of success. The
 what
cobwebs are destroyed in the process, and so it
may not be performed on the same web again.
ag ain.
-Metaphysical Vibrations: With this ritual,
 which costs 1 Willpower, an individual, object,
or location can be marked with a sort of pre-
ternatural “ webbing
 webbing”” that connects to the Spir-
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it-Chaser. Any time the target is in danger over
the course of the next month, the caster feels
the pull of that web, and knows the general lo-
cation of their charge.
•••••: The Sorcerer becomes able to climb walls
•••••:
and even ceilings without needing any sort of hand-
hold or other support, nor any sort of roll.
-Exoskeleton: This ritual, which costs 1 Will-
power, grants 3 Armor to the caster, which
doesn’’t stack with mundane armor but does
doesn
stack with other supernatural forms of protec-
tion. The caster’
caster’s skin takes on a hard sheen to
it, feeling like a spider’
spider ’s exoskeleton. It lasts
for 1 hour per success rolled.
-Trap: By spending a point of Willpower and
preparing an area with this ritual, a sort of in-
 visible “ web
 web””  can be set up to trap intruders
(or otherwise). An area about the size of a
small room is marked, and anyone who steps
inside must beat the Sorcerer’
Sorcerer’s successes in a
Strength + Athletics roll (difficulty 7) or end
up trapped in place, as if grappled by an invis-
ible force. They may roll again each turn, with
successes being cumulative, escaping when
they exceed the Sorcerer’
Sorcerer’s total. The ritual lasts
for a full day.
••••••: Those Spider-Chasers that end up at the
••••••:
pinnacle of the path becomes able to instantly ensnare
someone with ephemeral webs. This works as the Trap
ritual above, but instead instantly targeting a single
individual, and the substance visibly being “shot
shot””  at
the target by the Sorcerer.
-Spider Sense:
to surprise It becomes
the ritualist for aentirely impossible
day after this ritu-
al’’s cast. Any mundane attempts at Stealth or
al
deception against them automatically fail, in-
stantly revealing them to the caster, and su-
pernatural attempts must defeat the Sorcerer
at  Seeing the Unseen (V20, pg. 142)  per  the
usual mechanics (higher Power level wins, or
higher number of successes if equal). This
costs a point of Willpower to use.
 Vine, Ivy
•:  The Sorcerer can “f eed
eed”” on trees and other large
plants by absorbing energy from them by touch. A

single use of this will rarely harm them long term, but
continued usage might.
-Bask: By performing this ritual in direct sun-
light, the Sorcerer is able to immediately re-
plenish their internal reserves, as if they ’d just
eaten a large meal and had 8 hours of sleep.
They still require water normally, however.
-Liquid Diet: As the Spider ritual.
••: The Sorcerer gains a sense of ‘life
••: life’’  inherently,
detecting if something’
something’s living or dead on sight, and
 with multiple successes detecting injury or illness, or
other conditions that might imply a state closer to
death.
-Salted Earth: The Sorcerer is inherently able
to tell the level of nutrients and other factors
affecting the sustainability of plant-life in the
area, after performing this ritual.
-Diagnose: With this ritual, the Sorcerer gains
a further sense of what the base Path allows,
granting actual details about the health and
 well-being of the target, and what that means.
If used on the undead, this will even provide
details as to what sort they are, but of course
it’’s unlikely they ’ll sit there and allow you to
it
perform this ritual on them willingly to deter-
mine that.
•••:: As normal.
•••
-Eat Wounds: This ritual, which costs a point
of Willpower, allows the Sorcerer to absorb up
to 1 lethal or bashing wound per success from
another individual, suffering from it them-
selves and healing it normally. This may only
be used once on an individual per day.
-Absorb: For the rest of the day after using this
ritual, the character heals damage twice as fast
so long as they ’re either in the sun or touching
someone that’
that’s in a healthier state than they
are. Prolonged use of this around a healthy in-
dividual might cause their health to suffer, but
the specific details of this are up to the Story-
teller.
••••: Ivy tends to reveal the weaknesses and fail-
••••:
ings of others; for instance it might reveal someone’
someone’s
low Stamina score, a building’
building’s loose support, or a
group’’s most “open
group open”” member.
-Sense Control: This ritual, when cast on
someone or something, reveals details about
others that have some sense of control over
them, whether a mundane sort like blackmail,
or a supernatural sort like a Mage’
Mage’s Mind rotes
or a Vampire’
Vampire’s Presence.
-Symbiosis: As “Metaphysical Vibrations”,
Vibrations”
from Spider.
•••••: The character becomes able to more bla-
•••••:
tantly absorb the life force from someone. When in a
grapple with someone, or otherwise having a large
amount of bodily contact to them, this power can be
enacted, dealing 1 bashing damage to them per success
and healing the same from the Sorcerer. This is soaked
normally by the target.
-Support: By casting this ritual on a willing
participant, and spending a point of Willpow-
er, that character acts as a sort of physical sup-
port, keeping the Sorcerer sturdy and unin-
jured. Whenever they would take damage, af-
ter they  ve
 ’ve rolled their own soak, the target
may roll their soak pool (minus any physical
armor), if any, to further reduce the damage
the Sorcerer takes. However, if damage still
gets through, the target takes it as well.
-Warning: Your character gives off a vague im-
pression that stimulates the same part of the
mind as someone recognizing a poisonous
plant and animal, and they instinctively want
to avoid them. Anyone who wishes to attack
them must succeed on a Willpower roll (diffi-
culty 3 + your Path rating) to do so. This pro-
tection is negated if the Sorcerer attacks first.
••••••: This works as the fifth level, except lethal
••••••:
damage can be delivered and healed.
-Stolen Years: A seemingly minor effect that
can add up over time, when casting this ritual
on someone (which costs 1 Willpower), you
steal 1 day of their lifespan and add it onto
 your own per success. This can be resisted with
 Willpower (difficulty 8), with successes cancel-
ling your own. Most will never know they  ve ’ ve
lost a day or two, but repeated usage of this
ritual can theoretically greatly expand the Sor-
cerer’’s life, if others don’
cerer don’t catch on to what
they ’re doing.
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 Wolf
•: The Sorcerer is able to eat and safely digest raw
meat.
-Shared Meal: A simple ritual, when cast while
sharing a small meal with someone the Sorcer-
er sees as family or close to it, everyone eating
(up to 1 person per success) may benefit as if
they ’d had a full meal of their own.
-Hidden Meal: While wolves will usually eat all
they hunt, especially large game might be
stored away for later, away from scavengers.
Casting this ritual on a store of food or other
perishable resources will make it harder to
mundanely detect, increasing the difficulty of
relevant Alertness rolls by the successes rolled.
••: The Sorcerer gains a Wolf ’s sense of smell, be-
••:
coming able to track by Scent using Alertness, and to
detect other odors normally unnoticeable to people
 with mundane rolls.

-Pre-Scented Trail: By spending a point of

 Willpower and casting this ritual, the Sorcerer
gets a sense of where a discovered trail will
lead to, in approximate distance and direction,
 without having to follow it every step of the
 way.
-Territorial Sense: As “Spider
Spider’’s Web”
Web”  for Spi-
der-Chasers.
•••:: As normal.
•••
-Lick Wounds: After utilizing this ritual, which
costs a point of Willpower, on someone (in-
cluding the Sorcerer themselves) with an active
injury, it begins to close more safely. Hospitali-
zation won’
won’t be needed no matter how severe
the injury is, although severe injuries still re-
quire the normal natural healing period for
the wounds to actually close. Bashing wounds
 will heal twice as quickly, however.
-Stalk: This ritual provides the character with a
 wolf ’s instinct for hiding and moving silently.
They gain a -2 difficulty break on any Stealth
rolls involving moving quietly or carefully for
the next scene. This costs a point of Willpow-
er.
••••: The Wolf-Chaser gains a sense of a large va-
••••: va-
riety of effects on a wide territory marked by them-

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selves or another, seeing who owns it, immediate dan-
gers to and within it, and other relevant information
depending on the level of success.
-Killer’s Insight: By utilizing this ritual right af-
-Killer’
ter killing a living being, nearly anything about
them can be learned, although only things that
affect them directly. While learning who their
best friend might be is unlikely, they may learn
about where they lived or what their favorite
food was. Exact level of detail and relevance of
the information depends on the number of
successes rolled.
-Hunter’s Instinct: This ritual, which costs a
-Hunter’
point of Willpower, grants insight into how
best to defeat a specific foe or marked “prey ”. time and space, and Sorcerers have worked to keep up
They need not be present for the ritual. After  with this sort of belief as well. While Divination allows
its completion, for the next day, a single cho- a Sorcerer to see aspects of the future, and Fortune
sen ability gains a -1 difficulty break for any allows one to tug the strings of fate, some magic users
uses against the target.
•••••:: A Master Wolf-Chaser gains the stamina of present. Traveling years through time is beyond the
•••••
their patron spirit. For so long as the power lasts, they capability of Sorcery, but a user of this Path may gain
never need to roll to resist fatigue or loss of energy, or keener insight on the flow of time, make subtle altera-
to fight the effects of sleeplessness.
-Wolf ’s Maw: The Sorcerer grows a wolf ’s
sharp predatory teeth, which deal lethal dam-
age and don’
don’t require a grapple to attack
someone with. This costs a point of Willpow-
er.  
-Wolf ’s Hide: For the following scene, the
character’’s hide thickens and hardens, allow-
character
ing them to soak Lethal damage with Stamina.
Obvious tufts of fur sprout on them for the
duration of the ritual, which costs a point of
 Willpower.
••••••: The Sorcerer becomes able to harry and
••••••:
 weaken opponents as easily as their patron, if not mo-
reso. They may target specific body parts without an y 
loss of dice or increased difficulty, allowing them to
easily disable and bring down “prey ”  that’
that’s normally
too large for them to handle.
-Perfect Honing: For the day after using this
ritual, which costs 1 Willpower, the Sorcerer is
able to perfectly track and hunt down prey. No
matter what the difficulty or penalty, if it
 would even be theoretically possible to make
ma ke a
roll of any kind to track someone down, they
automatically succeed and gain the number of
successes needed. Supernatural attempts at
concealment may clash against this normally.
Price of Failure
The most likely issue with failing or botching this
Path is that the Spirits the Sorcerer venerates become
offended by the clumsy attempt to mimic their abili-
ties. This might increase the difficulty for further cast-
ings until some sort of chiminage is offered, or if done
repeatedly might cause the spirits to decide to take
more direct action against the Sorcerer.
 Chronomancy
It's well known that mages are supposedly masters of
prefer to focus on manipulations of time within the
tions, or even speed it up and slow it down. Some may
consider these effects comparatively minor when
meas
me asur
ured
ed agai
agains
nstt some
some of th
thee th
things a "true" Mage
ings
can do, but most  Sorcerers will quickly discover just
how usefu
usefull this Path
Path can be.
System
Roll:  Wits + Occult
Cost:  One Willpower
Modifiers:  -1 if the character has successfully
Meditated that day.
Duration:  Varies.
Effects 
Chronomancy does not have Aspects, per se, and in-
stead its effects are based on raw level.
•  See the Flow: At this level, the Sorcerer
becomes aware of the flow of time, able to
keep track of it perfectly, and to react
accordingly. He may be able to sense an area is
 warped by time magics or fae manipulations of
chronos, and his own ability to react quickly
q uickly to
things is improved because of it. In combat,
the Sorcerer gains a bonus to his Initiative
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equal to successes rolled, but capped by Path
rating. Either way, this lasts for a scene.
•• Perfect Timing: After managing to sense the
flow of Time, the sorcerer learns to sync
himself up to it, giving him the ability to
perform actions that require good timing or
the syncing of events more easily. Any action
that requires precise timing, including most
combat maneuvers, can gain a dice bonus
equivalent to the lower of successes rolled or
the caster's Path rating. This lasts until used,
but no longer than a scene, after which the
unused bonus disappears.
•••   Accelerate: Disciples of this Path are able to
more deliberately alter the flow of time itself,
speeding themselves up by slowing things
down to their perception. After casting this
spell, the Sorcerer has a number of extra
actions he can take in combat or similar,
spread out as desired, equal to his successes
rolled, though capped by Path rating. This
cannot be stacked; only one instance can be
active at a time. This follows similar rules for
extra actions as Celerity or Rage; these extras
may not be split further, they occur at the end
of the round, and they must be declared as
being used at the beginning of a round.
••••   Decelerate: With this use of the power,
power, the
Sorcerer becomes able to slow down others as
he previously sped up himself. Each success
rolled, capped by path rating, causes the loss of
one action from another character starting in
the next turn. For instance, if 3 successes are
gained, the target would either lose 3 turns of
actions, or would need to 'split' their dice pool
as if performing the fourth action in a turn
(so, a -7 penalty), or some combination
thereof. This can be canceled out by anything
that would grant extra actions, on a 1 to 1
basis.
•••••   Freeze: The sorcerer, at this level of power, can
stop time in a small area (1 yard diameter),
preventing any actions or any movement for a even some ancient vampires all have means of mussing
number of turns or minutes (in combat or out,  with time in
respectively) equal to successes rolled, capped  With this ritual, the caster wards an area (About the
size of a room) against uses of this path or similar abili-
by Path Rating. Anything moved within ties, creating a Threshold that must be overcome.
becomes frozen as well, but something that's
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only partially within might be manipulated
from the outside; pushing a mattress below
someone you froze right before hitting the
ground, for instance.
••••••  Time-Hop: While true time travel is beyond
 what any Sorcerer is capable of, this spell
allows a Sorcerer to 'hold' themselves in time,
disappearing and then reappearing a number
of turns or minutes later (Depending on if in
combat or not, respectively) equal to the
number of successes rolled (no cap).
 Alternatively, the caster may hop backwards a
number of turns equal to successes gained
(capped by Path rating), in which case the
sorcerer remains as he is (damage taken and
all) but may redo these turns upon reappearing
and replacing his former self, with knowledge
of what happens (actions may generally not be
changed until the Sorcerer does something
different). This is a spell that can be aborted
to, butit
(thus, it still
works costs
as aan action
perf to cast
ect Dodge,
perfect soas
to normal
speak).
If something is occupying the space the
Sorcerer would reappear at after the duration,
they're moved to the closest available area
instead, and they take 1 lethal damage.
Rituals
Grant Time Sense ( ) •
This simple ritual mirrors the first level of the Path,
but applies it to another individual instead of the Sor-
cerer themselves. It costs 1 willpower.
Perfect Reaction ( ••)
 With this ritual, which lasts a day per success, the
mage gains an automatic success to avoid being sur-
prised or ambushed, and this cannot be canceled by a
1. While it's no guarantee against a particularly stealthy
individual, it does give a better chance to notice some-
thing amiss in time.
Time Ward ( ••• )
Rival sorcerers, dark mages, mischievous fae, and
i n ways similar to a Sorcerer using this Path.
 

This ritual is permanent, but the successes are ablative;

if you had 5, and then it blocked a 3 success casting of
Time magic, it would only have 2 left. This costs 1
 Willpower. Note that this doesn't block divination and
similar, only effects that directly alter the flow of time
or the sorcerer's perception of it.
Blight of Ages ( •••• ) and dissuading would be persecutors.
 With this ritual, the chronomancer is able to age a
target they can touch, advancing them towards weak-
ness and eventually death or destruction, depending
on if the target is alive or not. The target must be in
contact with the sorcerer for the entirety of the ritual,
 which costs 1  W illpower.
illpower. Every success ages  the tar-
get organism or object by 1 year. A   sentient being
can resist this with a Willpower roll (dif
iffi
ficu
cult
ltyy 7).
7).
Time Cocoon ( ••••• ) path actually learned its powers by studying the magic
This ritual takes a long time to cast, about an hour as
a base, but allows the Sorcerer to shield themselves
from the flow of time. Similar to the 6th dot of the
Illusion
The stereotype of powerful sorcerers tends to include
magical items, throwing fireballs, and enthralling peo-
ple, but a lesser, yet still very accurate one, is the idea
of the powerful Illusionist, creating images of things
that aren't truly there, distracting more powerful foes
 At a base level, the practitioner creates tricks of the
light, odd sounds, maybe even a minor smell, but the
Mythic casters can create illusions that are as deadly to
an individual as the real thing, in some cases. Howev-
er, these powers are often misrepresented in tales or
recollections, as a tangible illusion of a beast evokes an
image of a Conjurer, not an Illusionist.
Some stories say that the original creators of this
of the fae (Or stealing it somehow, depending who you
ask). This is further supported by the fact that Illusions
created through the Path have a chimerical presence;

base path, they disappear from the flow of time, but even ones that don't have a true solidity do have a
this only applies forward, and lasts for a week per suc- chimerical one, and can damage chimerical beings like
cess gained, during which they cannot be found or Fae.
affected (excep
xceptt by other advanced
advanced Time perception
perceptions),
s), The illusions created with this path aren't perfect. A
including by age, although they may do nothing until mystically attuned individual can detect that they're
1 W illpower
reappearing. This costs 1 W  illpower to cast per roll. illusions (but not see the real thing or prevent damage
from higher level ones) with Perception + Awareness
Unaging ( •••••• )
or Kenning (Difficulty 4 + Path rating of caster). Simi-
This potent ritual prevents the blight of aging from larly, someone with illusion-piercing powers (Auspex,
affecting the caster, allowing for ancient Sorcerers, so Mind/Prime/Forces scans, Mana Manipulation 2+,
long as no outside factors lead to their deaths. For Mind Shields) that are active, if they have more suc-
every success on the casting of this ritual, the chrono- cesses than the illusionist, can see through an illusion
mancer ceases aging for one week . This cos ts 2  W iill-
costs ll- entirely, and prevent higher level effects from damag-

power
user is to cast, and
already can't
under its be 'stacked'
effects. or cast while
At Storyteller the
discre- ing or affecting them (An ability like Auspex that's
either active or not, not rolled, calls for a roll of Per-
tion, its difficulty may increase the older the Sorcerer ception + Awareness or similar (diff 7) to determine
gets; linear magic can’
can’t generally grant “true
true””  immor- effective successes).
tality.
 System
Price of Failure Roll:  Wits + Subterfuge
 A lot can go wrong when messing with the flow of
Cost:  One Willpower, plus one more for
time. A chronomancer might end up freezing them-
any 6-dot Aspect
selves or speeding up an enemy, befuddling their sense
of time, or even disappearing from the flow of it alto- Modifiers:  -1 if the character has successfully
gether. Meditated that day.

 Aspects
Senses Affected

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•-••••• One sense is affected per success allocated

(Base success allows one sense). The number
of senses affected can not be higher than the
Path rating.
••••••  At six dots, magical senses can be fooled as
 well; a Mage  can be fooled
fooled into think
thinking
ing
someone's attempting to pierce his mind with
powerful magics, a  V ampire
ampire using Auspex
Auspex 2
could see an aura on an illusion, or a Fae
could be convinced that a Freehold is nearby,
for instance. This only requires one Sense suc-
cess like any other, but this level of Mythic
understanding is needed to fake that.
Complexity
•  The illusion must build on something existing
and be in the same vein, like turning a cement
 wall gray instead of white, or making a
raspberry pie smell like blueberries. This
change must be single, straightforward, and
simple. The wall could be made a different
color, but couldn't look like colors are swirling
over it, for instance.
••   The illusion must build on something existent,
but can be a bit more complex. A wall could
appear to have blood spattered all over it, or
be made of an entirely different material, a
siren could be made to sound like a bullhorn,
or blueberry juice could be made to taste like
coffee. 

•••   Above illusions can now change and move,

such as a wall made to look like it has blood

trickling down
In addition, it and
mostly pooling
static on the ground.
but separate imagery
can be created. A person humming the same
note over and over (With enough sense
aspects) could be made to appear on an empty
street, for instance, or a box could appear to
be on fire (And even give off heat and the
proper sound with the right aspects, though
no damage could be done, and the fire
 wouldn't  spread or move quite enough). The
size of such things is limited to about that of a
large person.
••••   Changing, separate imagery can be made; a
fire with realistic movement that spreads over
nearby materials, for instance, or a person that
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 walks down the street singing a short tune. •••••   Lasts for up to a month after the
the Sorcerer
Size is limited to that of a large vehicle, and leaves the area.
this limit doesn't change for higher aspects
(Rituals are needed for anything bigger). ••••••  Permanent until dispelled.

•••••   The illusion of full physics or

or reactive abilities
abilities Rituals
can be imbued into an image at this level. For Illusion rituals generally are used to make more
instance, an illusionary ball that bounces off of complex images than a given level (or the Path in gen-
things, makes the right sounds when it lands, eral) normally allows, or do things with illusions that
can be kicked around, and even gets slippery if normally wouldn't be possible.
 water's poured on it. Similarly, a fake person
The Emperor's Clothes ( ) •
could be made, although reactions wouldn't be
so complex as a real person, but they could This ritual lets the caster create static, non-physical 
show basic emotions, react to stimuli, and "clothing" out of nothi
nothing
ng on himsel
himself,
f, generally
generally fairly
have a need for "self preservation". simple looking though a lot of successes might allow
Conversation would be limited to what's pre- something more complex. It only affects the sense of
programmed by the caster, though, so to sight, and thus is really nothing more than something
speak. Objects can be affected by and interact to cover modesty, and people might find it odd to feel
 with things, like the example of getting wet, skin or hair when trying to touch the clothes.
but can't exert force on anything solid, or do
Illusionist's Aroma ( )
••
damage, even indirectly.
••••••  At this level, illusionary objects can physically pleasing
 With this
scentritual, the caster creates
that specifically attunesatovery
thespecific,
person
affect things, although any damage done is perceiving it, on themselves. This reduces social diffi-
limited to bashing (in direct ways; a fake per- culties by -1 (where appropriate, Intimidation obvious-
son could push someone into a real fire, ly isn't affected, and being on a stage giving a speech
though, to do aggravated). This damage is lim-  when not close enough for smell obviously has no
ited to one target (and one action) per turn, effect), and of course covers up any negative smells,
and the dice pool used for both targeting and though incredibly awful ones might require more suc-
damage is equal to caster's Manipulation. If an cesses. It lasts for one day.
illusionary and not autonomous weapon is
made, the attack pool is as normal for the Malleable Mask ( )
•••

 wielder, and the damage is the caster's Manip- This allows a sorcerer to creature an illusion with the
ulation regardless of the norm for that type of usual level of complexity for 1-2 dots, visual and audio
 weapon. only, but it changes depending on who's looking; the
Duration  visage matches what the person expects to see, rather
than what's really there. For instance, casting it on a
 
• Lasts only as long as the Sorcerer Concentrates
guard dog will make it so that a person will see what-
(This counts as an action for split pools), and ever they'd expect a guard dog in a house to look like,
he can't cast another spell. or might even see another animal altogether, depend-
••  Lasts only as long as the Sorcerer is nearby, but ing on their expectations of whose place they're break-
he needn't concentrate on it. He still can't cast ing into. Similarly, a street sign will change the listed
another spell from this Path, though other text based on where a person subconsciously thinks
Paths can be used. they are at a given time, or someone could be made to
hear a band playing better music than they are if they
•••   Lasts for up to an hour after the Sorcerer have a good view of them.
leaves the area, and other spells can be cast.
Shadow Puppet ( )
••••

••••   Lasts for up to a dayday after

after the Sorcerer leaves
the area.  An illusion affecting sight, sound, and touch (but is-
n't physical), the humanoid shape created by this
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moves and speaks and similarly does whatever it is the solutely no free dots are given beyond a 1 in each At-
caster does. This can be useful for either interposing a tribute. So, for instance, at least one Freebie needs to
dangerous looking monstrous visage to scare and react be spent on Willpower.
to others, or for creating a fake version of yourself that If you have access to Changeling: the Dreaming,
makes it difficult to target you in combat or otherwise.  with Storyteller permission, the creation can instead be
Sizable Illusion (
••••• ) treated as a Chimera that’
that’s always Wyrd, granting one
chimera point per success. These creations can never
This ritual uses the basic aspects for a spell, but can
end up being much larger than the usual limit for the buy redes worth more than three chimera points, and
cannot buy Aggravated Damage
Damage.
Path; anything up to the size of a large mansion can be
made. This can be used to make a house seem to ap- Either way, only one of these may exist at a time per
pear in an empty lot, make it look like an elephant is caster, unless a Willpower DOT is spent to make an-
running down the street, create a creepy warehouse in other. Each roll requires one hour, and this ritual costs
an empty field, and anything similar. This ritual costs 1 a Willpower point per roll.
 Willpower.    
Price of Failure
Chimerical Assistant ( ••••••)  A botched Illusion might be visible only to the cast-
Using this powerful ritual, a mythic sorcerer be- er, unknown to them, might form something that does
comes capable of creating a permanent 'assistant' that the opposite of what was intended (creating lights and
can affect the world around it, and has a basic level of sounds around the character instead of a concealing
intelligence. This provides two “Freebie points”
points”  per  wall), or at higher levels even turn against the user
success for the creation of a “character
character””, although ab instead.

 A Sorcerer ’ Grimoire
 s Grimoire (Rituals)
 Alchemy •• Metal that can be crafted into a blade with an ul-
•• Metal
tra-keen edge, one that never needs to be re-sharpened.
The following formula are both those gathered from
••  An adrenaline-boosting “energy drink ”  that
•• 
previous editions and alternative sources of alchemical
improves the user’
user’s Strength by one (to a maximum of
rituals, and those created anew for this book.
five) for a scene. After it wears off, the imbiber takes 1
•  A liquid that, when imbibed, removes minor bashing damage from the exertion of their body.
Health Level penalties (through Injured) until the
•• Eyedrops that, when utilized by someone lacking
•• Eyedrops
individual is wounded again or heals.
the Awareness talent, grants them 1 dot of it, which is
• A powder that, when combined with an alcoholic experienced as strange visual hallucinations.
beverage, immediately recovers them from the effects
•••  A salve which heals three non-aggravated
••• 
of alcohol, both intoxication and hangovers alike.
Health Levels worth of open wounds in a matter of
•  A mirrored material that cannot be chipped or minutes. This must be applied by moonlight by one
smashed.  who loves the wounded. Each success creates one ap-
• An incredibly strong super glue, more potent than plication of the balm.
even the strongest commercial epoxies. ••• Metal
•••  Metal that can be made into a handful of bul-
• A potent poison (one with a Toxin Rating of 7) lets that will inflict a single aggravated level of damage
in addition to any other wounds.
•• A liquid that allows the drinker to go for an en-
•• A
tire week with only one hour’
hour ’s sleep per night. •••  A hallucinogenic compound that grants the
••• 
imbiber a sense of the Astral Umbra, giving them the
•• A powder that grants a vision to whomever con-
•• A
equivalent of a dot of the Astral Projection Numina
sumes it; this vision is always clothed in symbolic lan-
(Sorcerer Revised, pg. 92).
guage, and may either portend future events or show
previously unknown aspects of a current situation.

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•••  A lotion that unnaturally hardens the skin
•••  difficulty to craft an object from it, and a similar diffi-
 where applied, granting the user 1 die of Lethal soak
that stacks with Armor.
•••• A salve that, when applied to the eyes, grants
•••• A
the user the ability to see through the Shroud for one
night (see Wr20).
•••• An unstable metal that can be turned into a
•••• An
projectile that will burst into flames when fired or
launched, inflicting an extra two dice worth of fire
damage and igniting flammable materials.
••••  An incredibly unhealthy “study aid”
••••  aid”  that
sharpens the user’
user’s focus unnaturally, granting them
+1 Intelligence and +1 Wits, which can take them
above their normal maximums for a scene, after which
time they ’ll typically crash hard, needing a full 12
hours of sleep.
••••  A headache-inducing powder that, when in-
•••• 
haled, grants the user two dots of Anti-Psychic ( Sorcer-
er Revised, pg. 91) for a scene, although they suffer
extreme headaches the entire time, causing a -1 wound
penalty equivalent.
•••••  A regenerative powder that, when con-
•••••  against a warded object suffer a +3 difficulty to the roll,
sumed, allows the user to heal damage very quickly
(one level every other turn) for the duration of a story.
 As a side effect, the user sweats very heavily,
hea vily, smells like
a caged beast, and may attract the attention of strange
entities.
•••••  An elixir (requiring at least five points of
•••••  Essentially a far more advanced version of Sword
 vampiric Vitae) that simulates three dots of Potency for
the user for three hours (meaning +3 dice to strength,
and Willpower or Mana can be spent to upgrade those
3 dice to 3 automatic successes instead). This fluid also
creates a ravening hunger, however; for a day and a
night, the drinker will eat whatever food may be near-
by, even rotted or knowingly toxic sorts, although this
may be staved off by spending Willpower.
•••••  A biomimicry compound that allows the
•••••  objects may be pulled “out of ”  the bag or container
user to gain a single aspect of another creature; this
might be claws, gills, etc. A single dose will only grant
one of these, but different sorts can be made with the
same ritual.
••••• An alloy or other material that’
••••• An that’s as solid to
spirits and ghosts as it is to those in the mundane
realms.
••••••   A legendary substance that takes on the  Aspects such as Number, Distance, and Size not need-
••••••
There’s a -2 ing to be accounted for (only a basic success). This
exact properties needed at a given time. There’
culty to any actions taken using that object as a weap-
on, tool, or otherwise.
••••••  A regimen of drugs or potions that ex-
•••••• 
tends the user’
user’s life to an extreme degree; for as long as
they take the regimen (which requires at least one im-
bibement per week), they age one day  for every year
they ’re alive, although if they miss a week, they re-age
at a rate of one month per day, until the regimen’
regimen ’s
restarted or they reach their normal age (which might
mean an inevitable death).
 Conjuration
Prepare Object (•)
This ritual allows a sorcerer to prepare an object for
easy conjuration at a later time, as described in the
base Path level.
Conjurer's Ward (••)
 With this special ritual, a sorcerer is able to ward
one of their own possessions against uses of this or
similar Paths. Those attempting to use Conjuration
and those using similar powers (Correspondence or
Forces, Movement of the Mind, Legerdemain, etc.)
suffer a +2 difficulty as well. This costs a point of Will-
power.
Bag of Holding (•••••)
Summoning, this ritual allows the Conjurer to magi-
cally mark a bag or similar container, along with a
number of objects that could fit through the contain-
er’’s opening, but don’
er don’t necessarily need to fit inside it.
Marking the bag costs a permanent point of willpower,
but the ritual may be recast with no cost to mark other
objects that the user wants connected to it. Once both
the container and any objects have been marked, those
from any distance, no matter where they actually are,
as if they were in the container the entire time, acting
as a sort of mini-portal.
Everything at Once (••••••)
Upon completion of this ritual, the Conjurer is able
to conjure forth any number of objects that have been
prepared with the Prepare Object ritual, with other
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doesn’t allow any further manipulation beyond the

doesn’
immediate “summons
summons””, but can provide a quick and
comparatively easy way to move a large number of
personal belongings.

 Conveyance
Unknowing Leap (•)

This simple ritual works like a basic use of the Path,

but with a couple of minor differences. For one, it
takes five minutes to perform. However, it removes the
extra success required to go somewhere you don't
know about ahead of time, whether by fine tuning
instruments or just meditating to improve your focus.
This costs a point of willpower.
Flight (••••)
Rather than relying specifically on moving from
point A to point B, this ritual grants the caster or an
other subject the ability to fly at their normal running
speed, whether using a minor “talisman
talisman”” to direct their
 will, a set of hover boots, or some other implement
that’’s smaller than the traditional means required of
that
Conveyance. They retain the same sort of maneuvera-
bility they ’d have running at the same speed. This lasts
for a scene, and costs a point of Willpower.
Endless Bound (••••••)
This ritual works (other than the time required) like
a typical use of the Path, except if the user gains more
successes than are needed to move 100 miles, they can
travel as far as they want within the same planet (or
same realm, if somehow used in the Umbra or stranger
places). This costs a point of Willpower.

 Enchantment
 As with Alchemy, the rituals provided here are a
combination of those from obscure sources and
unique rituals designed for this supplement.
• A silver toe ring which protects its wearer from in-
coming projectiles if she is barefooted at the time
(granting +2 dots of Dodge vs. projectiles only).
•  A colored candle that grants the user some one-
time favor after it’
it’s burned (two points of Resources,
 Arcane, Allies, or Influence, depending on the color;
each color is a different ritual). The granted Back-
ground works once to provide that favor, and then

fades.

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• A handful of grave dust that helps the user sleep
soundly, but wakes them immediately if they ’re ap-
proached with hostile intent.
•  An oak picture frame that preserves any painting
or document placed within it for as long as the frame
remains intact. Both frame and contents must be
sealed with almond oil and sprinkled with pure water
 whenever it’
it’s switched out.  visible in darkness or shadows, granting three dice of
• Small stones that improve the psychic abilities of Stealth to the wearer when traveling in dim light. Of
the wielder, reducing the difficulties of Psychic Numi- course, wearing a cloak in public might draw attention
na by 1. to you anyway.
• Small stones that inhibit external psychic abilities,
raising the difficulty of Psychic Numina aimed at the
 wielder by 1.
• An oak box that protects a single, specific item in-
side it from thievery (increasing the difficulties of any
action taken to retrieve it by 2). The magic is good
until the item is removed from the box. Both the box
and item must be treated with willow smoke each time
it’’s closed.
it
•  A piece of amber jewelry that fends off magic,
granting the wearer one die to any roll made to resist
magical effects (such as Sorcery, Spheres, Thaumatur-
gy, and Cantrips, among other possibilities). It will last
for a number of months equal to the creator’
creator’s success-
es before needing to be re-made.
• An auto-targeting scope/laser that needs to be spe-
cifically tailored to a gun it's made for, which causes an
automatic 1 dice bonus for “aiming
aiming”” if the scope/laser
can be looked through or seen, even clumsily, but
doesn't increase the maximum bonus aiming can pro-
 vide, although does work as a normal scope.
• A set of special tools that grant +1 die or -1 diffi-
culty to appropriate Crafts rolls.
• A pair of glasses
g lasses that will improve the sight of even
the most sharp-eyed individual, granting them +2 dice
to any sight-based Alertness rolls. These glasses need to
be cleaned with a specially prepared mixture of rub-
bing alcohol each night after they ’re worn, or they lose
their magic.
••  An iron nail that enables the user to cause
••  difficulty of hostile fae magic against them by two, and
someone to painfully stub their toe. The nail must be
driven into a footprint left by the target.
•• A golden charm that alerts the wearer when the
•• A
talisman maker (or some other single party) is in dan-
ger. The charm must be sprinkled with wine each time
it is used, and works once for each enchanting success.
••  A rowan ring that partially negates fae magic
•• 
aimed at the caster, increasing the difficulty of any
such effect by two. It works for one incident per suc-
cess.
••  A black cloak that makes the wearer almost in-
•• 
•• An experimental firearm that subtracts one from
•• An
the difficulty of shots made with it and adds one more
die of damage, but that will backfire incredibly badly
should the wielder ever botch, injuring them or per-
haps destroying the weapon entirely.
•• A highly modified UV light that can reveal even
•• A
distant traces of someone’
someone’s passing, granting two dice
to any rolls made to track someone, and sets the max-
imum difficulty of such tracking to 9 (preventing “im-
possible”” trails).
possible
••  A high-tech ocular targeting piece, attached to
•• 
both the eye of the user (akin to a contact lens) and a
ranged weapon, removing the penalties of targeted
shots with it entirely.
•• A magically enhanced focus that adds one die to
•• A
the casting of Sorcerous spells or two to Sorcerous
rituals utilizing it.
••• An obsidian torque that strengthens the wearer
••• An
once after it’
it’s blooded, granting them three dots of
Strength that last for one scene per success.
•••   A handkerchief prepared with a strange sub-
•••
stance, that is capable of wiping away any mundane
substance it’
it’s used to clean (blood, ink, fingerprints,
etcetera). The user must hum softly while mopping up.
The rag works once per success rolled in its creation.
•••  An intricate ring that can only be forged by
••• 
those with the blessing of the Fae (whether due to
being Kinain, having an Affinity, or otherwise), which
indicates the friendship of the fair folk, increasing the
lowers the difficulty of peaceful interactions with them
by one. Such rings might draw the attention of fae in
need, however, or those wishing to cause said fae
harm.
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••• A set of jury-rigger’
••• A jury-rigger’s tools that can be used to
repair any broken object for a scene with 3 turns of
 work and a successful Dexterity + Technology
Technology or Crafts
roll (as appropriate) at Difficulty 6, so long as recog-
nizable components remain to work with. After the
scene (or about an hour) passes, the object falls apart
once more, and can’
can’t be fixed again with this set of
tools.
•••  Ephemerally treated bullets (one per success)
•••  manual Dexterity. They provide an additional +2 dice
that deal damage directly to the essence of banes and
infernal spirits, or aggravated damage to beings pos-
sessed or altered by them. They physically vanish after
hitting their target.
••• Hybrid metallic-wooden bullets that do lethal
damage to vampires (and don’ don’t have their damage
halved). With three shots embedded in the heart, they
can even act as a “stake
stake””. One bullet is made per suc-
cess.
•••  A simple device, looking like a small camera,
•••  not be split further, and must be declared at the be-
that can be used to take a picture of a body and dis-
cover supernatural causes of death; the physical cause
of death “glows
glows””  in an obvious way in the photo if it
has a supernatural origin (the bite marks of a Vampire,
or claws from a Werewolf, for instance, or even a heart
magically stopped by Life magic). It must be recharged
at a special station each day it’it’s used, or it breaks
down.
••• Armor made of high tech, experimental mate-
••• Armor
rials that “react
react””  to physical force, providing 2 extra
dice of lethal soak, on top of the normal stats of a Kev-
lar Vest, so long as it comes from kinetic attacks.
a ttacks.
•••• Bones
•••• Bones that can be used to contact the person
they came from. If the individual hasn’
hasn’t fully “moved
on”” (that is, they exist as a Wraith, Spectre, or similar
on
entity, even if forged into something else), the user
may ask them one question per success at any distance.
This works three times before the bones crumble to
dust. Note that the entity is not compelled to tell the
truth, just answer; Subterfuge rolls might be needed to
determine validity.
•••• A book which translates anything written in-
•••• A
side it into the reader’
reader’s native language. This book
must be sprinkled with paper ash before each use. The
translation effect works for one scene per creation
success.
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•••• A chalice that can heal those that drink from
•••• A
it; it must be filled with pure spring water and imbibed
on holy ground, at which point it heals all damage the
user is suffering. It may only be used once per month,
and any single person may only ever benefit from its
effects one time.
••••   A pair of high quality, wire-inlaid stabilizing
••••
gloves that, when worn, grant the wearer superhuman
to all Dexterity rolls that in any way involve the hands,
as well as to any derived traits. In addition, up to a
number of times per day equal to the successes rolled,
one Willpower or Mana may be spent to convert one
of those extra dice into an
a n extra un-penalized action, so
long as that extra action, again, involves use of the
hands (firing a gun, for instance); two Mana or Will-
power total can be spent in a turn to convert both
dice. This is similar to actions granted by Rage or Time
magic, meaning they occur after all other actions, can-
ginning
must be of the underground,
stored round. When out
not ofbeing worn,of they
the view the
sun.
••••  An auto-loader
•••• An a uto-loader for a gun
g un that will quickly re-
load clips or even individual bullets for the gun it’ it’s
attached to; it will do this reflexively for the user up to
once per turn. After a scene in which it’ it ’s used, it needs
to be placed in a container of water mixed with the
crumbled remains of used coal for about 12 hours
before it can be used again, or it ceases functioning.
••••  A specialized EMP device that disables tech-
•••• 
nological devices. When activated (which takes an
action), all technological devices more complex than
clockwork within 25 feet are disabled, ceasing working
for 1 turn per success rolled on the enchantment. This
cannot be targeted. After one such use, the device
must be recharged with a high voltage power supply (at
least 480 Volts) for 12 hours.
•••••  A black cloak that masks the user’
•••••  user’s foot-
steps, even if he walks across a squeaky floor. While
this magic is active, the wearer will be effectively silent
unless he speaks aloud. Silver threads must be sewn
into the garment; a few unravel and fall away every
time it’it’s used, until finally the magic expires when
they  ve
’ ve all detached.
•••••  An exquisite piano which plays beautifully
••••• 
for anyone who strokes its keys, even if they know
 

nothing about music. However, a prayer to the nine

muses (by name!) must be recited before it will play.
•••••  A sword with a bone-splinter of a Saint
••••• 
forged into the hilt. The reversed hilt and quillons of
the sword count as a holy symbol when used by one of
True Faith against the supernatural. True Faith can
also be rolled to improve the sword’
sword ’s damage reflexive-
ly, adding one die per success when used to strike an
unholy creature. Finally, those bearing the blades gain
a +1 rating to their existing True Faith (if they have at
least one) and the Iron Will merit, but only while the
sword’’s drawn and at the ready. They have the statis-
sword
tics of broadswords, causing Strength + 5 damage as
their base, and when channeling True Faith as above
the damage is aggravated to appropriate creatures. The
 weapon radiates an aura of holy flame thatthat’’s visible to
all supernatural abilities capable of seeing it, such as a
 Vampire’’s Auspex and a Mage’
 Vampire Mage’s Spirit or Prime scans.
If the sword is ever used for “dark ” purposes, the mag-
ic is immediately lost.

••••• An amulet that protects the wearer from the

physical attacks of a specific type of supernatural being
(one per ritual learned). So long as the amulet’
amulet ’s worn,
that sort of creature may not physically touch the
 wearer through any means, although longer range at-
tacks or powers work normally. Users of these talis-
mans always feel strangely cold.
•••••  This tube-filled, semi-metallic  de
•••••  devi
vice
ce is at-
at-
tached to the user’
user’s left arm, never the shoulder, a
process that deals one unsoakable lethal damage, but it
then remains attached until removed (which does the
same damage). Once per day, the device can be activat-
ed with an instant action to perform emergency sur-
gery on the wearer; strange tendrils, tubes, or na-
nomachinery find their way into the wielder’
wielder’s body,
stitching wounds closed, breaking apart bullets, and
otherwise working to fix up the wearer over the course
of three full rounds. However, this process is unbeara-
bly painful, causing a -5 wound penalty for the dura-
tion. When it’ it’s finished, however, 1 damage of any
kind per success rolled on the initial enchantment (to
a maximum of 5) is healed, or a toxin/disease of any
rating up to those successes is removed. Until the user
sleeps for at least six hours, minor aches and throbs
remain, causing an effective -1 wound penalty, even
after the “surgery ” is completed.

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•••••• The Winchester: Said to be the first rifle ers to learn those Paths more easily, up to the rating
•••••• The
produced by Oliver Winchester under the Winchester that that’’s been imprinted in them. After reading through
name, then heavily modified by a member of his family such a grimoire, an individual may purchase the next
that dabbled in an odd form of techno-sorcery (“ (“Elec- (or first) dot of one of these paths at new rating x 5, so
trodyne Engineering”
Engineering”, as she called it), the rumor is long as this wouldn’
wouldn’t put them above what’
what’s imprinted
that this gun is capable of killing anything, even the in the Grimoire. This period of study takes at least a
avatars of gods themselves. While not entirely true, as  week per dot of the Path being learned.
celestial entities and god-like beings are probably be-
 yond its scope, it definitely comes close. The basic stats a  Alternatively, such a Grimoire might be able to grant
Sorcerer-specific Merit, Ability, or Background, at
of the rifle are equivalent to an 1873 Winchester lever- about half cost, with the same period of study (a week
action (see Wyld West Expansion Pack Pack , pg. 14, or just per dot).
use the Rifle block in M20) despite its earlier construc-
tion, but with a damage rating of 9. Against mortal  A Sorcerous Grimoire is of course written within the
beings, that's the only real advantage it provides. confines of the Sorcerer’
Sorcerer ’s view of the world, and so
only those with compatible foci are really able to make
Its real advantage comes when turned against super- use of them. As well, most will require some sort of
natural entities, that is, anything with a full supernatu-
minimum Knowledge or specific Specialty in an Ability
ral template or that works under spirit mechanics (So, to be able to properly comprehend, although the spe-
a Mage, Bane, Fomori, Wraith, and Vampire would all cifics are left up to the Storyteller.
apply, but Kinfolk and Ghouls wouldn't). In those
cases, the damage becomes three higher, is always ag- Like a Mage’
Mage’s Grimoire, a Sorcerer’
Sorcerer’s Grimoire will
always be a unique work of art, with magical lettering,
gravated,
normally and is unsoakable
be able even if the
to soak aggravated creature
damage. would
The bul- strange effects occurring when they ’re being read, and
lets will even hit a target in the penumbra or shadow- any number of other odd properties accompanying
lands. them.

Keeping The Winchester working requires a fair bit

of upkeep. For one thing, it only works with bullets
that are hand-crafted for it and carved with intricate
occult sigils, and no more than can fit in the gun at
once can be made ahead of time, or they lose their
power (so, there can be no more than 17 rounds made
at once). Creating new bullets is akin to the process of
casting a level 1 Enchantment ritual for each one
(though that 'ritual' needn't be purchased), as well as a
 Fascination
Simple Protection (•)
 Any user of Fascination can possibly roll Wits + Fas-
cination to recognize and prepare for uses of other
supernatural powers. This ritual allows a user to pre-
pare for this ahead of time, making their resistance
more likely. Successes scored on this ritual, which lasts

successful
end of the Dexterity + Crafts
night on any roll
day the gun(difficulty
is used, it8).needs
By the
to
be 'cleansed' by firing a specially prepared salt round
out of it, then manually cleaning the barrel with a
clean cloth.
 As an additional danger, entities that could be af-
fected by the weapon instinctively know how danger-
ous it is upon seeing it, even casually, and may end up
 working to procure or destroy it.
••••••  Sorcerer’
••••••  Sorcerer’s Grimoire: This Grimoire is ca-
pable of initiating even a sleeping mind into the mys-
teries of Sorcery. Up to one dot of Paths the creator
knows per success on the enchantment ritual are im-
printed into the Grimoire, which can be used by oth-
for onerecognition
tioned night, addroll.
to those rolled for the aforemen-
Strength of Will (••)
This ritual uses the powers of the path on the Sor-
cerer themselves, granting them a strength of will and
confidence that grants them a bonus dice per success
(capped by path dots) for Willpower rolls, with the
normal duration chart for the Path. This costs a will-
power point.
Hatred (•••)
 While this Path is usually utilized to grant a positive
outlook of the character, this ritual does the opposite.
The target (singular) ends up utterly hating the caster
or another named and present target if they have no

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 way to resist the effects of the magic, and will go out of  went into the effect, or in the case of those that don
don’’t
their way to harm them. This ritual is difficult to cast involve rolls (like the Bond), the Storyteller will decide
in real-time, but can be hung as normal and released in the threshold, depending on the exact level of power
the presence of the pre-named target. Either way, it and potency of that use of it. The Storyteller might
costs a Willpower point. also decide that certain powers, like Archmastery
Spheres or Elder Disciplines, may be beyond the scope
Emotional Ward (••••)
of this ritual to undo.
Recognition alone isn’isn’t always enough to resist the
effects of other mind-influencing powers, as some can’
can’t
even typically be resisted to begin with. This ritual,  Fortune
Targeted Blessing (•)
however, which costs 1 Willpower, grants the caster a
pool of dice equal to the successes rolled, which can be Normally, a sorcerer using the Fortune path has
ha s little
spent to either improve their resistance to other men- say over what advantages they get past the general use
tal powers, or to act as a mental shield for those lack- of a blessing in the right context, but this ritual allows
ing typical resistance; in the latter case, roll however the sorcerer a little bit of control. Using the same du-
many of these dice at a difficulty of 8, with successes ration chart as normal for the path, the sorcerer in-
offender’s. Once a die is used to stead gains a -1 difficulty break on a named task, due
subtracting from the offender’
it’s gone from the pool, to the threads of fate working for them. This costs a
improve or create a resistance, it’
don’t expire until used. However, point of  W illpower.
but they otherwise don’
casting this ritual again does not add to this pool, just Eye for Luck (•)
replaces it.
Enchanted Castle (•••••) This
ural simple ritual
influences on allows the Sorcerer
the Fortunes to spot unnat-
of themselves and
 A master Sorcerer is capable of enchanting an area those around them; this will let them recognize things
itself with their influence, which can be anything up to like other Fortune users’
users’  effects,
effects, the Entro
Entrop
p y Sphere
Sphere,,
the size of a large mansion (or perhaps a Castle, as the the Soothsay Art, and any similar sort of power. The
name suggests, should a Sorcerer have access to one). effects last for a day.
 Anyone who enters the area is affected
a ffected as if by the base Lucky Coin (••)
Path, with Aspects built up normally, although any
 With this ritual, the caster can store a Fortune effect
number of people can be affected so long as they  ve ’ ve
on an object, with no aspects needed for the target's
been in the area for a period of at least a few minutes,
definition, and then the next person other than the
and the effects then linger for when the Sorcerer inter-
caster himself who touches it is affected by the spell.
acts with them in the future.
Some benevolent sorcerers use this to leave 'lucky pen-
Break Bond (••••••) nies' around for people to help brighten their days a
 With this potent Ritual, the character is capable of bit. Tricksters might instead leave curses on random
undoing just about any emotional supernatural effect objects for their own amusement.
present on a target, whether themselves or another Fortune’s Protection (•••)
person that’
that’s there for the entirety of the ritual. This
 With this ritual, the mage weaves protective threads
threa ds
 will undo anything that has an emotional
e motional influence on
of fate around himself or another individual, using the
the target, such as Mind magic altering emotions, oth-
usual aspects for duration and target. Instead of severi-
er uses of Fascinate, and the emotional effects of the
ty, however, the mage applies successes to a pool of
Blood Bond (although metaphysically speaking, it
'protection'. Every time the protected individual would
doesn’’t entirely break the Bond, which may then “re-
doesn
take damage within the duration, 1 success is removed
generate””  itself if even a small bit of that Vampire’
generate Vampire’s
from the pool per point (which is then ignored), and if
 Vitae is consumed). This can also remove the lingering
it runs out, the effect ends. The way this damage is
effects of a power or effect that’
that’s otherwise ended, like
avoided should always appear as great strokes of luck;
the derangements caused by Dementation or the long-
the sword point hits the one piece of metal the sorcer-
term effects of the Delirium. The number of successes er is wearing, for instance. 
needed will generally need to be higher than those that

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Sacrificial Curse (••••) for larger injuries, and of course costs a willpower
point.
This powerful Curse work similarly to the Death
Curse ritual (Sorcerer Revised, pg. 77), but instead of Strengthened Pattern (•••••)
relying on the caster’
caster’s own death, it’
it’s cast in response  A master of Healing is able to strengthen their own
to the death of someone close to them (the exact cause Pattern against the ravages of offensive magic and oth-
of death doesn’
doesn’t ma tter); the  W illp
illpower
ower of the “sacri- er unnatural causes of injury. Each success on this
fice”” is what’
fice what’s considered spent, instead of the Sorcer- ritual grants 1 dot of armor that's used to soak damage
er’’s own Willpower (beyond one needed to activate the caused by Pattern-altering magic or similar supernatu-
er
ritual to begin with). ral powers (Including Life, Vicissitude, Holly Strike,
Fair Play (•••••) and similar). This costs a Willpower point and lasts for
This powerful ritual allows the Sorcerer to “level the one scene.
playing field”
field”  against other users of luck-bending ef- Regeneration (••••••) 
fects. Any sort of luck or fate altering power used in The Path of Healing is normally incapable of regen-
their presence for the rest of the day suffers a Thresh- erating lost limbs or organs, but with this ritual,
old equal to half the successes rolled by the Sorcerer through an extreme degree of effort, that limitation
(round down), although existing effects don’ don’t suffer can be worked around. The ritual requires a full hour
from this. It doesn’t
doesn’t   matter if these powers are harm- of work, and the (willing) patient must spend a perma-
ful, beneficial, or who exactly they target, if the Sorcer- nent point of Willpower, in addition to a temporary
er’’s present, they fizzle and fail.
er point spent by the Sorcerer, per limb or organ being

Blessed Coven (••••••)
This special ritual allows for multiple Sorcerers to
utilize teamwork rules, as described for Fortune’
Fortune’s ef-
fects, without all of those involved actually knowing
the Path. For each success on this ritual, one target is
blessed to act as an assistant, rolling the usual dice
pool for Fortune at a +1 difficulty to assist the group as
if they had the Path. The actual casting of the Fortune
effect must occur within the same scene as this ritual’
ritual’s
completion.
Healing
Mending the Cut (•••)
 A normal use of the Path of Healing can only expe-
e xpe-
diate the healing time of Lethal wounds, but this ritual
 works directly on them. The process takes a half hour,
and after it’
it’s completed each success removes one le-
thal wound from the target, to a maximum of the us-
er’’s Path rating. This ritual costs a Willpower point,
er
and can only be used once per injury per target, as
normal.
 Alleviate the Unearthly Wound (••••)
 With this ritual, the caster may apply the normal use
of the Path as it applies to Lethal damage (Stabilizing
and expediting healing times) for Aggravated damage,
though this takes at least a half hour, perhaps longer
regenerated, and at least three successes must be scored
for each.
Hellfire
 With Storyteller permission, you might be able to
take Special Effects instead of rituals when gaining
Path levels, treating their level as the number of suc-
cesses required.
Inflammatory Fluid (•)
This ritual allows a sorcerer to create a special fluid,
 whether by mixing blood, special herbs, or various
chemicals into it, making it highly flammable. Usually
stored in a breakable container, this fluid combusts
 when exposed to open air again, creating a size one
fire, with heat decided by successes scored (Candle at
1, Campfire at 2, Bunsen Burner at 3, etc). Any fluid
created with this ritual turns to ash 24 hours after it's
created. This costs a W 
a W illpower
illpower point.
Elemental Resistance (•••) 
This ritual works as Fire’
Fire’s Weal, but may be applied
instead to a (single) natural phenomena covered by the
Special effects the user has access to (for instance, Bliz-
zard might help resist damage from exposure or direct-
ly taken from hailstorms).
Heat Shield (••••)

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 While Fire
Fire’’s Weal can resist natural flames, this more
potent ritual allows the caster to be nearly immune to
it. Successes on the ritual, capped at the caster’
caster’s Path
rating, are subtracted from any damage that would be
taken from fire over the course of the next scene. This
costs a point of Willpower.
Command the Inferno (•••••)
This ritual, which can be cast more quickly than
normal (one turn per roll), allows the caster to com-
mand the spread of natural flames. Successes rolled are
split between the size and intensity of the flame to be
commanded, and once they  ve  ’ve been garnered, the
ritualist may either define how the flames spread,
dampen them, or contain them. The fire can’can’t do any-
thing it couldn’
couldn’t naturally do, for instance leaping
across a gap or spreading over something entirely in-
flammable. This control lasts for one turn, plus one
turn per success rolled above what’
what’s needed to com-
mand the flames to begin with.
Sympathetic Inferno (••••••)
This powerful ritual allows the caster to call down a
pillar of hellfire down on a target from a long range.
The caster must have an object of personal importance
to the intended target, or a similarly strong sympathet-
ic connection like blood or hair. The ritual is then cast
as with the base effect, with successes purchasing Dam-
age, Area (centered on the target), and Special Effects,
although the Range becomes unlimited. An “aiming aiming”” 
roll is made as normal, which does allow for the target
to potentially Dodge if a larger area is targeted. Once
the ritual is cast, the object or other connection used
to target burns up as well. This ritual costs two points
of Willpower to cast.

New Special Effects

••Blood: This deals an unsoakable point of lethal
damage to the caster, as their own blood is burned in
order to fuel the effect, but if the target is damaged by
the effect, they find themselves wracked with pain and
unnatural fatigue, as their own body works against
them; treat them as having two “phantom
phantom””  points of
additional damage for the sake of calculating wound
penalties and effect on movement.
••••••Balefire: This sickening, unnatural sort of
flame burns a sickly green and carries a corrupted En-
tropic resonance with it (in fact, even purchasing this
special effect tends to make the Sorcerer’
Sorcerer’s resonance

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take on that sort of flavor). Rather than burning clean-  Awaken Node (•••)
ly, it almost boils and moves with a strange viscosity to
This ritual allows dormant producers of Mana (of
it, and it seeks out its intended victim with an unerring any kind) to be uncapped, reawakened, or otherwise
gait. Balefire
Balefire does not need
need a targeting
targeting roll
roll (although
(although it made to produce energy once again. Successes are re-
CAN be targeted to gain additional attack successes to quired equal to the location’
location’s previous rating, multi-
damage), and tends to taint its victim with its foul
plied by two if the area’
area’s something other than a typi-
resonance; repeated uses of it can cause all sorts of side cal Node (such as a Caern or Balefire), and further
effects (represented
ral flaws), to both with variousand
the victim physical or alike.
caster supernatu-
This increased if strange, external effects are what caused it
to go dormant (Storyteller discretion). This effect is
unnatural fire does, however, tend to attract the atten- permanent, though costs a point of Willpower to cast.
tion of Werewolves and other shifters, so the Sorcerer
should be very careful in using it where they might be Suppress Place of Power (•••)
lurking. This effect must be made aggravated. This ritual allows for a Node or similar place of
power to be suppressed for a longer period than al-
Mana Manipulation lowed by the base Path. Upon completion of the ritual,
ri tual,
Study Wonder (•) a Node of rating equal to or lower than the number of
successes rolled has its Mana flow (of any kind; Quin-
 While figuring out the resonance of a Wonder can
tessence, Glamour, etc) blocked for a day, plus an ad-
give some basic idea as to what its intended use is, this
ditional day per success rolled over the minimum re-
isn't always accurate, nor is it very detailed. This ritual
quired. This costs a point of Willpower.
gives more specific information; Intelligence + Occult
is rolled, and the successes scored gives the level of Mana Absorption (••••)
information you receive. One success gives a general  With this ritual, the sorcerer can temporarily store
category of effect (protective,
(protective, offensive,
offensive, mind-altering), more mana, like with the base path effect, but the
three gives a specific use, and five gives information as mana absorbed with the ritual doesn't need to be used
to the specific  type of Wonder (Minor Talisman, Arti- in the next turn, and instead remains in the sorcerer's
fact, etc). This costs a point of  Willpower .  pattern until discharged. This can't be used if the sor-
This ritual doesn't work on Fetishes or other magical cerer already has more than his usual maximum stored
objects specific to other Night Folk, but with proper (because of this ritual or otherwise), until he's back
information, similar rituals can be learned that apply down to normal. The maximum amount of extra mana
to them instead, for the same cost. this ritual can possibly allow a sorcerer to store is
5+Path Dots. This costs a point of Willpower.
 With Storyteller permission, this ritual might instead
be purchased for use with the Alchemy or Enchant- Countermagic Ward (•••••)
ment Paths.
The
that Sorcererprotection
provides is able to against
form a larger
magic bubble of Mana
of any sort over
 Absorb Resonance
Resonance (••) 
an area. For each success rolled, one Mana the Sorcer-
The Sorcerer “soaks in”
in” the Resonance of a location,
er has access to (whether internally or in the form of
object, or another spellcaster they have access to; they
Tass, Dross, Infusions, or similar stores of energy) can
must be present for the entirety of the ritual. Upon a
be added to a Countermagic dice pool that’ that’s rolled (at
successful completion, the Sorcerer’
Sorcerer ’s own resonance is
difficulty 7) against any effect targeting someone in the
replaced temporarily by the sort they  ve
 ’ve absorbed. This
area, with successes subtracting from the caster. This
effect lasts for a day.
 ward lasts for one day, plus one additional day per
Suppress Personal Resonance (••) extra success dedicated to duration.
This ritual lets a Sorcerer suppress their own Reso-  Wellspring (••••••)
nance, similar to a mage using Mind 2, removing the
The Sorcerer is able to create a temporary wellspring
usual social difficulties it can cause, or otherwise mak-
of Mana that matches the Sorcerer’
Sorcerer’s type, similar to
ing
takesit only
difficult
a fewtominutes
recognize. This lasts for a scene, and
to cast. the base Path’
Path’s effect, but the Mana comes in a slow
trickle, is targeted over the area instead of coming
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through the caster, and lasts longer. Successes are split
between duration (in days) and Mana produced per
day (two successes per Mana, capped at five per day).
This Mana can be used by anyone who successfully
meditates there that’
that’s capable of wielding a similar
“flavor
flavor”” of Mana to the Sorcerer; with Storyteller per-
mission this might even mean that a Kinfolk Sorcerer
may produce
Glamour. Gnosis
Unlike or a Kinain
a traditional Node, might
any Manaproduce
not
absorbed in a day goes to waste, as none settles natural-
ly into Tass or similar substances.
Oneiromancy
Sense the Dreamers (•)
This ritual allows the Sorcerer to detect individuals
that are currently dreaming in the surrounding area,
 which can have various uses. Generally, this lasts for a
scene and expands to an area according to successes
rolled; one might only find those in the same room,
 whereas five can detect half a city block.
Dreaming Ward (••)
 A simple effect, cast before falling asleep, successes
scored on this ritual cancel successes on other powers
used to enter or alter the caster's dreams. These suc-
cesses are ablative, meaning that they ’re lost as they
cancel other effects, and so a persistent attacker might
eventually still get through. The effects last for a single
night’’s sleep.
night
Dream Vessel (•••)
The Oneiromancer prepares a specially prepared ves-
sel with this ritual, enchanting it with a pre-prepared
dream or nightmare that plays out once over the
course of a night’
night’s sleep. Multiple vessels can be used
by the same target; the one with the highest number of
successes involved always “plays out”out”  first, followed
then by the next highest, and so on, until no more
 vessels remain or the dreamer wakes up. This costs a
point of Willpower, and the vessel lasts for one day per
success rolled before its magic fades.
fa des.
Recurring Nightmare (••••)
This ritual allows the caster to send a recurring
dream or nightmare to a target, similar to the base
level of the Path, but the repetitions can be played out
over the course of a longer, predefined period, or fol-
lowing a given pattern (once every third night, for in-
stance). This ritual costs a point of Willpower, and
uses normal Distance factors.
Curse of the Dreamless (•••••)
For one night per success, this ritual causes the target
to sleep without dreaming, which leads to mental fa-
tigue and other side effects, especially over time. Will-
power is not regained on any night the target doesn’
doesn ’t
dream, and over the course of longer periods, tempo-
rary mental flaws or derangements might be developed,
at Storyteller discretion. This costs a point of Willpow-
er, and uses normal Distance factors.
Demesne (••••••)
 With this potent ritual, a mythic Oneiromancer is
capable of forging a Demesne, a dream realm that they
can visit, or bring others to with use of other spells.
Every three successes on this roll provides one tempo-
rary dot of the Demesne background, which lasts for
about a week, although recasting this ritual and simply
garnering three successes (no matter the rating) can
extend an existing Demesne’
Demesne’s duration. This can be
used to create a new realm or enhance one’
one’s connec-
tion to an existing one they already have the back-
ground for. This costs a point of Willpower.
 Shadowcasting
Piercing the Mask (•)
 A simple ritual, taking only five minutes to enact,
this allows a caster to see in the dark. One success
allows for low light vision without penalties, and three
or more allows the caster to see with no light whatso-
ever, though usually in various ebon hues, rather than
color or even grayscale. This can defeat even preter-
natural darkness if the ritualist rolls more successes
(use Seeing the Unseen (V20, pg. 142) mechanics if
the opposing power isn’
isn’t normally rolled).
Terrifying Darkness (•)
The caster drapes a small room in darkened shadows
(This ritual requires a minimal amount of light to be
present, if any), shadows which seem to contain a cold,
suffocating tangibility. Anyone else that enters the
room, or that's in there as the ritual's finished (or re-
leased) must make a Willpower roll (Diff 5 + successes
on ritual), or find that the darkness seems to choke
them slightly, causing a -1 to Stamina pools while
there. This ritual costs 1 Willpower to enact.
 Veil of Shade
Shade (••)
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 With this ritual, the caster is able to hide an object 'darkness' to the area that makes it difficult to focus on
or furnishing, no larger than about half his own size, overall, not actually covering it with blackness but
in incredibly dark shadows. In a dark room, they'll instead just causing most people to ignore it.
never be found, and even if brightly lit, the shade re- Success on the ritual creates a blind spot about ten
mains, but obviously may alert someone to the fact feet across for about an hour per success, located any-
that something's out of place. The ritual lasts for a day
 where within the line of sight of its creator and capable
per success on the casting roll.
r oll. of moving at up to the ritualist's walking speed, at the
The Shadow that Serves ( ••)  ritualist's mental direction. Anyone wishing to peer
This ritual calls a shadow entity from the void (some- inside must earn more successes on a Willpower roll
times known as the Abyss) to serve as a spy for the (difficulty 7) than the creator achieved on the ritual.
ritualist. Performing this feat involves allowing the Otherwise, he just doesn't think to consider it. Note
flame of a candle to burn the ritualist, dealing 1 aggra- that this power is wholly supernatural in origin, and
 vated damage and requiring a point of willpower to most mortals will not have had the experience with the
accomplish, and then extinguishing the flame with occult to even consider that they can try to see what is
that same hand. The caster then tightens that fist, so malevolently forcing their attention away. Powers
capable of defeating supernatural deception follow the
digging fingers into burned flesh until blood is drawn,
allowing those first few drops to hit the ground. The normal rules for such. This ritual costs a point of
blood blackens unnaturally, taking the shape of a  Willpower to use.
small, shadowy creature which can serve as a spy for Tripping Shadows (••••) 
the ritualist for one day per success, disappearing on The Shadowcaster thickens the shadows in the area,
the sunrise following the last day. the substance allowing them to trip up and impede
The creature has a stealth pool of 10, rolled at diffi- those who don’
don’t know what they ’re dealing with. This
culty 4, and an alertness pool of 8, rolled at appropri- causes a +2 difficulty to any rolls made to maneuver
ate difficulty. It can move as quickly as the caster could through the area by anyone other than the Shadow-
sprint, never tires, can communicate empathically with caster, and moving at more than half speed requires a
the ritualist by making skin contact, and is always Dexterity + Athletics roll (difficulty 8, after accounting
aware of where the caster is. It's not able to exert any for the above penalty). This costs a point of Willpower
sort of physical force or otherwise communicate. Any and lasts for a full day.
bright light shined directly on it will dissolve it, ending
Shadow Walk (••••)
the ritual early, as will the touch of fire.
Generally, information given is in fleeting emotional By cutting his palms and placing his hands on a
impressions and obscured images; shadows don't shadow-covered surface, the caster becomes able to
commune well with human minds. drink in the surrounding darkness, allowing him to

Blinding Darkness (•••)
This ritual, which costs 1 willpower, allows the caster
to blind a target if they fail a Willpower roll (Difficult
of 4 + successes rolled). This blindness lasts for a scene,
but is rendered useless against powers that would let
someone see in the dark, as it's effectively highly tar-
geted shadows (indeed, one looking at the blinded
person's eyes will have trouble seeing their irises, seeing
just reflected blackness instead). Obviously, this ritual
is most often used by hanging it first.
Shroud of Absence (•••)
Rather than create a writhing, coiling mass of shad-
ows, this ritual instead adds a preternatural form of
fade from sight and dampen sounds made after the
ritual completes. Until the next sunrise, so long as the
caster is at least partially covered by shadows or dark-
ness (including unnatural darkness, but not his own
shadow), he's utterly invisible to passersby, unable to
be seen or heard by mundane senses.
The ritual ends early if the caster does something in-
credibly obvious or attention drawing, such as attack-
ing someone, tripping an alarm, knocking something
heavy over, or making loud enough noises to get past
the ritual's 'dampening'. Supernatural senses may also
allow an individual to spot the Shadowcaster, using the
normal rules for seeing the unseen, and if they make it
clear where the ritualist is to others, the spell also ends.
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Step Through the Abyss ( •••••) 

 Another ritual that
that’’s normally hung, this potentially
maddening ritual allows the Sorcerer to escape more
immediate danger by stepping through the shadows to
someplace…
someplace … else. Called the Abyss by some, the Shad-
owcaster finds themselves assaulted by strange imagery
and unsettling visions while there. They can remain as
long as they want, unassailable by those lacking a way
to get into the strange realm, but doing so for more
than a short period is taxing. For every day the Sorcer-
er remains, roll Willpower (difficulty 4 + days they  ve
 ’ve
been there); on a failure, they lose a point of Willpow-
er, and on a botch, they lose two. If they run out of
 Willpower and fail again, they need to either leave
immediately or else be driven mad (represented by
appropriate mental or supernatural Flaws).
 Whispering Darkness (•••••)
This ritual can be used to cause a patch of darkness
to “spy ” on an area for the ritualist. For one night after
the ritual’
ritual’s use (which costs a point of Willpower), the
shadows in the area funnel all they see to the caster; of
course, the senses of these abyssal entities are warped
and dark, making it hard to make out colors and de-
tails, although general events, shapes, and forms can
generally be determined. Larger numbers of successes
 will generally grant more detail.
Shadowcrafting (••••••)
The Shadowcaster is able to use this ritual to forge
items made of pure, semi-solid shadows, hardened to
an eery sheen by this magic. This can form any simple
or purely mechanical equipment, but can’
can’t form any-
thing capable of chemical reactions, conducting elec-
tricity, or similar levels of technology. Successes are
split between armor/damage/equipment bonus of any
tools being forged, which will last for a full week before
fading into nothingness.
Tenebrous Form (••••••)
The sorcerer learns to not only master the darkness,
but become it. By meditating within the shadows for at
least 10 minutes, the Shadowcaster becomes able to
take on their form, becoming as insubstantial and
fleeting as the darkness itself. They’re unable
unable to be
affected by gravity or physical force, but must at least
partially be touching a solid surface to move about.
In this form, only fire, solidified darkness, and super-
natural banes and weaknesses will harm the ritualist,

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although they in turn may not attack physically. How- Separate mostly-mechanical or simple electron-
ever, they may envelop characters with the same effica- ic devices - Toasters, Lighters, Blenders,
cy as using the fifth dot of Shadowcasting, potentially Clocks, etc.
frightening and shrouding them in the same way. The Can also be used for Digital Web programs -
character is also able to see even in pitch blackness and Minor Data Beasts, Minor Attack Progs, Vi-
supernatural darkness.
ruses.
This ritual costs 1 Willpower and lasts for a scene or Level 2
until it’s ended
ended willingly by the caster.
Ephemera/Necromancy/Daimonic:
 Summoning, Binding, and Ghosts (If using  Wr20, separate into Wraiths
 Warding and Spectres).
Some advice follows for the specificity and availabil- Material:
ity of rituals relating to certain types of entities. As  Any larger animal – Wolves (including Dogs),
 well, there are a few “general
general”” rituals that work outside Dolphins, Monkeys, Elephants.
the bounds of the Path’
Path’s normal Aspects, which cover
the effects of certain older Paths (like Ephemera) that Coiling:
 were folded into this one in Sorcerer Revised. Larger, more complex devices can be chosen -
Televisions, Monitors, Radios, Print-
 Creatures ers/Scanners, Intercoms, Phones, Cameras.
The following is some advice and expanded options
for the creatures that can be affected at each level of Digital Ghosts.
this Path, separated further by the type of S/B/W, if Level 3
the distinction matters to your character. Note that Ephemera/Necromancy/Daimonic:
 while animals are separated fairly specifically, ephem-
eral and supernatural beings are just slightly more gen- Naturae, Astral Preceptors, Astral Angels, Mi-
eralized; the reason for this is that while “rat
rat”” as a crea- nor Astral Deities, Astral Demons, Celestials,
ture type actually covers dozens of species, a “rat natu- Epiphlings, Sentient Chimera, Banes, Chaos
rae”” is usually the most specific “species
rae species”” of spirit that Spirits (Wyld Spirits), Paradox Spirits (bad
a Sorcerer will recognize, and so more general catego- idea), Nephracks, etc. Generally up to Jag-
ries are given. This also helps Ephemera Summon- glings/Servitors in level of po wer
  .
ing/Binding/Warding to be a bit more useful. Material:
Note: Where the word “Minor
Minor”” appears as a distinc- Humans
Huma ns.. This  affects Mediums,  A colytes,
This colytes,
tion, it can be assumed to mean Gaffling, Minion, or dabblers””  in  Numina if they have no
and “dabblers
similar categories of being, as appropriate. other templates.
Level 1 Coiling:
Ephemera/Necromancy/Daimonic: Computers, Alarm Systems, Entertainment
Minor Naturae, Imps, Minor Epi- Systems, Internet Hubs, etc.
phlings/Stereotypes, Minor Banes, Nonsen- Can also be used for more complex Digital
tient Chimera, Minor Celestials (lunes, for in-  Web programs- Data Beasts, Attack Progs,
stance), etc.  Virii.
Material: Level 4
 Any simple creature type – Rats, Bats, Spiders, Ephemera/Necromancy/Daimonic:
Lizards, Flies, etc.
Familiars, Bygones, Risen, Fomori, Drones,
Coiling: Gorgons, Kami, other individual types of Pos-
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Material:
Kinain, Kinfolk, Sorcerers, Psychics, Consors
(human ones), Ghouls, Thralls.
Coiling:
Trinary Computers, Devices, Gadgets, VR sys-
tems.
Level 5
Ephemera/Necromancy/Daimonic:
Fallen Demons, Denizens (Adhene), Elemen-
tals (Inanimae)
Material:
 Vampires (Cainites), Kuei-Jin, Mages, Change-
lings, Hsien, Werewolves, Changing Breeds
(one ritual per type), Imbued.
Coiling:
 Automobiles, Airplanes, Large-Scale Security
Systems, Boats, HIT Marks, etc.
Level 6
Note that Level 6 Rituals should be incredibly diffi-
cult to find and learn, and if misused, it’
it’s very likely
the Summoner will be hunted down by very powerful
beings. Just because the following are theoretically
possible doesn’
doesn’t mean any Sorcerer will reliably and
frequently be making use of them, if they even discover
the rituals’
rituals’ existence to begin with.
Ephemera/Necromancy/Daimonic:
Demon Lords, High Umbrood Gods, Incarna,
Celestine Avatars, Malfeans, Earthbound.
Material:
 Antediluvians/Methuselahs, Archmages, Leg-
endary Shapeshifters (Rank 6), Arcadian Fae.
Coiling:
Legendary Digital Web entities of any sort.
 General Rituals
Rituals
The following rituals don’
don’t use the Aspects provided
for the Path, other than Duration.
Ephemeral Eyes (•)
This ritual allows the Sorcerer to perceive entities in
the penumbra, including any sort of Middle/High
Umbral Spirit that’
that’s present there. This does not allow
them to see anything else in the penumbra, however.
Unlike most rituals, this one requires only a minute to
cast.
Fae Sight (•)
This ritual works like Ephemeral Eyes, but allows the
sorcerer to see Chimera in the Near Dreaming. The
memory loss of the Mists still applies, but no Coma
results.
Mediumship (•)
This works as See Naturae, but for seeing Ghosts, in
the Shadowlands, instead.
Enochian (••)
 With this ritual, the character becomes able to speak
and understand Enochian temporarily, allowing easier
interaction with High Umbral entities. They can be
treated as having +1 dot of the Enochian Ability (or
the Enochian Esoterica Specialty, if using M20).
Granted Sight (••)
This simple ritual works as either Ephemeral Eyes,
Chimerical Sight, or Mediumship (each must be pur-
chased separately), except it allows the perception to be
granted to someone else other than the caster.
Spirit Speech (••)
 After casting this ritual, the Summoner becomes
able to understand the strange tongues spoken by
Middle Umbral spirits, and allows them to be under-
stood by those entities in turn. They can be treated as
having +1 dot of the Iwapo Ability (or the Iwapo Eso-
terica Specialty, if using M20).
Tongue of the Shadowland (••)
 While the dead are known to speak the same lan-
guages they did in life, Wraiths also seem to have a
tongue all their own, allowing universal communica-
tion between them. This ritual allows the caster to
speak and understand that ghastly tongue.
Dolor (•••)
This very short ritual, requiring only three turns to
cast (and this can be sped up with the normal difficulty
increase, as if it were a Path effect), allows the Sorcerer
to damage the Essence/Power/Corpus of a spiritual
entity; each success rolled does one damage, although
this can be soaked by the entity. A separate version of
the ritual must be purchased for Middle Umbral Spir-
its, High Umbral Spirits, Ghosts, Chimera, Digital
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 Web entities, Demons, etc. This costs 1 Willpower to

cast.
Penumbral Vision (•••)
 A more complex version of Ephemeral Eyes, this rit-
ual allows the caster to see the entirety of the Penum-
bra, or any other Umbral Realm that’
that’s directly parallel
to the material realm where they are. This will also
allow the caster to see back into the material realm if
cast from the Penumbra. Three or more successes al-
lows dual perception of both the Umbra and the mate-
rial realm, but anything less and the caster is unaware
of their physical surroundings while using this ritual.
Shadowlands Sight (•••)
 With this ritual, the caster goes into a sort of trance,
and transposes their perception entirely across the
Shroud, letting them see the entirety of the Shadow-
lands, instead of just the Ghosts that may be present
there. With five or more successes on the ritual, a “du-
al perception”
perception”  is allowed, letting the caster process
both the material realm and the shadowlands simulta-
neously. Otherwise, they ’re unaware of the material
realm while watching the Shadowlands. Should the
caster somehow end up on the other side of the
Shroud, this ritual can instead be used to see the mate-
rial realm.
Fetter (••••)
This ritual allows a sorcerer to make himself into a
Fetter for a specific, named ghost for the duration,
 with all inherent benefits and drawbacks to the Wraith
and Sorcerer. This costs 1 Willpower to cast.
Possession (•••••)

This dangerous ritual allows the Sorcerer to open

himself up to Possession; a specific, named spirit,
ghost, or similar ephemeral being that’
that’s present for the
ritual becomes able to temporarily Possess them for the
duration of the effect, as if they had the Possession
charm/rhede (or, if using  Wr20, as if they had the
Puppetry Arcanoi).
Cross Boundary (••••••)
Powerful Sorcerers find themselves able to step
across the Gauntlet like some Mages. With this Ritual,
 which has its difficulty  modified  by the Gauntlet
rating (and  requires  successes appropriate to it), the
Sorcerer may step into the Penumbra.
Penumbra. The ritual
ritual must
be cast again to get back.

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 Chapter Four:
 Arcane
Development
 Eldritch Resources
 While the Awakened have countless
unique abilities and resources of their own,
New Backgrounds
Sorcerers have built up their own power  Feng Shui
bases over the years, whether to compete  Whether via Paths like Mana Manipulation, the as-
 with Mages and other Night Folk or to sistance of the Awakened (or stranger Night Folk), or
help them more efficiently work alongside through some other method, you have access to an
them. area that’
that’s attuned specifically to one type of activity.
The following Backgrounds, Merits, and Flaws  After choosing this Background, choose a single
should be assumed to have the requirement of being a  Ability that this Background applies to. Within that
Sorcerer, but with Storyteller permission, a few might area, that Ability becomes easier to use, as described
be applicable to other character types. Still, you should below. Note that this does NOT stack with uses of the
be hesitant about giving away the few unique tricks Shape Mana ritual or similar abilities that makes a task
and tools linear mages have built up for themselves.  with a given ability easier via Mana or Resonance.
These have all been written with compatibility in However, this Background may be taken more than
mind; all of them should work equally well with both once, representing multiple areas or multiple different
Revised edition games and M20 games.  Abilities that are affected.
•  You have a small space (like a single room)
that provides a -1 difficulty break to the chosen
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••   You have a larger space (a small home or so)
that provides a -1 difficulty break to the chosen
 Ability.
•••   You have access to either a huge area (a
 warehouse, manion, or park, for instance) that
provides a -1 difficulty break, or a small space
that provides a -2 difficulty break.
••••   You ve
You’’ ve prepared a larger space that provides a -
2 difficulty break to the chosen Ability.
•••••   A huge area that you have access to provides a
-2 difficulty break to the chosen Ability.
 Spiritual Relic
 When aligned with energies of death, they ’re often
called Memento de Morte, when aligned with natural
spirits, they ’re often called fetishes (lower case f), and
 when aligned with other beings altogether, they may be
called any number of names. What they all have in
common, however, is that they have a tie to another
layer of reality, and thus make it a little easier to utilize
Sorcery on otherworldly beings or the realms they
dwell within.
Upon choosing this relic, choose one wider realm;
the Middle Umbra, High Umbra, Dreaming, Digital
 Web, and Underworld are examples of valid choices.
The bonuses provided by this relic apply to Sorcery
used on that realm, in that realm, or on entities from
that realm, although this bonus does NOT apply to
humanoid beings that have a tie to that realm; the
Dreaming won’
won’t provide a bonus against Changelings,
nor will the Middle Umbra provide it against Were-
 wolves.
The main drawback of this Background, of course, is
that the relic is otherwise a fairly mundane object, and
so can be broken or stolen fairly easily; it also resonates
 very obviously to entities affected by it, potentially
making an abusive caster a target.
Note that difficulty decreases follow the normal rules
for minimum difficulty for casting a Spell or Ritual.
•   You have one minor relic that provides +1 die
to appropriate Spells and Rituals.
••   You have two minor relics or one slightly
stronger one, which provides +2 dice to
appropriate Spells and Rituals.
•••   You have a relic of middling power, or perhaps
multiple lesser ones, which provide +2 dice
and -1 difficulty to appropriate Spells and
Rituals.
••••   You have a very powerful relic that resonates
strongly with a given realm. This provides +3
dice and -1 difficulty to appropriate Spells and
Rituals.
•••••   Your artifact almost seems
seems to exist partially in
another realm, and so provides +3 dice and -2
difficulty to appropriate Spells and Rituals.
 Trinket
 While Wonder covers objects made via Awakened
Magic and Sorcery, sometimes a Sorcerer who’who’s made
strange alliances may find their way into the possession
of far stranger objects. This background represents
those; this might be a Werewolf ’s Fetish modified to
 work for a Sorcerer (or Kinfolk), a Fae Treasure, a
strange artifact born of Vampiric Thaumaturgy, or
something stranger still.
•  You ve
You’
’ ve come into possession of a single,
temporary item of some kind, like a Talen.
••   You ve
You’’ ve either stolen, been gifted, or lucked
into possession of a minor relic crafted froms
trange magics (Level 1, or created from a Level
1 power).
•••   You ve
You’’ ve managed to get ahold of a somewhat
more powerful, but still minor artifact (Level
2, or created from a Level 2 power).
••••   One way or another, you own a decently
decently
powerful object of some kind (Level 3, or
created from a Level 3 power).
•••••   For whatever reason, you you’ ve
 ’ve somehow
managed to hold onto a fairly major wonder
(Level 4, or created from a Level 4 power).
New Merits
Impossible Ritual (2 pt. Merit)
 You ve
 You’  ’ve somehow managed to develop a ritual that
either works off of a Path that normally doesn’
doesn’t allow
it (like Shapeshifting) or that relies on multiple Paths
(like a ritual needing both Hellfire and Shadowcast-
ing). The exact mechanics of this ritual should be de-
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 veloped with your Storyteller, but of course cannot

exceed the rating you have in the Path(s) it’
it’s based on.
New Flaws
Magical Signature (1 pt. Flaw)
Path Dabbler (7 pt. Merit)
 Your magic is in some way oddly recognizable to
 You ve
 You’’ ve learned to dabble in various paths beyond
those that know how to perceive it. Whether through
those you’
you ve
’ ve dedicated yourself to, allowing you to
Mana Manipulation Prime Scans, aura-viewing abilities
access the basic effects of a multitude of different mag-
like Auspex, or even high scores in Abilities like
ical studies. Every day, choose a single Path you don’don’t
you’re treated as having one dot in  Awareness or Kenning, those with a sense of magic are
have any rating in; you’
able to recognize yours where it lingers. This might be
that Path for the rest of the day, although the difficulty
some odd flicker or visual signature that’that’s visible when
of using that Path is increased by +1, and you do not
 your magic
magic’’s studied, or might be a strange, unique
gain a free Ritual (making it useless to choose “Ritual
sort of resonance that only your own spells give off,
Only ”  Paths). You may choose a different Path every
but it’
it’s unmistakable and leaves a trail with the spells
day.
 you cast.
Ritual Dabbler (3 pt. Merit)
Ritual Ineptness (7 pt. Flaw)
Through overly focused study that bypassed the basic
 Whether you you’re
’re deluded into thinking you’re some
fundamentals most go through, you’ you ve
’ ve learned a single
kind of psychic, cursed with an inability to gather
Ritual in a Path that you don’
don’t have access to, or that’
that’s
power over a long period, or simply unable or unwill-
above the rating you have in a given Path. This ritual
ing to focus on longer feats of magic, you’re you’re utterly
can be up to third level, and you’
you’re treated as having 3
unable to make use of Rituals. You do not gain free
dots of the Path for any requirements of that Ritual Rituals when purchasing a Path dot, cannot buy new
(such as for those that still use Aspects), but otherwise
ones, and are utterly unable to make use of “All Ritu-
may not access the Path beyond it. Some rituals might
als”” or “Ritual Only” Paths. 
als Paths.  All of your effects come
not be suitable for usage without the base Path, at
solely from the base spells provided by any given Path.
Storyteller discretion.
 You CAN, however, still purchase Special Effects for
Sympathetic Mastery (5 pt. Merit) Hellfire.
 Whether through intense practice with sympathetic Stubborn Magic (1 or 4 pt. Flaw)
magic, training under a Master of Correspondence, or
 Your character
character’’s view of magic relies heavily around
a quirk of your magical lineage, you’
you’re better able to
the need for supernatural energy to be channeled into
make use of sympathetic connections for your magic.
every effect. You must  spend a point of Mana to cast
For any spell or ritual that relies on a subject’
subject ’s True
any Spell or Ritual, and this first point does not lower
Name, any well-known name of theirs will work. For
the difficulty of it (further points do as normal, howev-
any connection relying on blood or a similar “piece
piece”” of
someone, a prized possession will work. For anything er). If you have no Mana left, you cannot cast Spells or
perform Rituals.
relying on a prized possession, any possession will
 work, and for those relying on simply having
ha ving any pos- If you don’
don’t need to use any other foci beyond the
session, you can get by with some representation of the Mana, this is a 1 pt. Flaw. If you still require typical
person, like a well-drawn picture or photograph. For foci in addition to the Mana, this is a 4 pt. Flaw.
long range spells/rituals or sympathetic magics that
don’’t directly use the above methodologies, you simi-
don
larly can use a more general connection, but the specif-
ics should be discussed with the Storyteller.

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Backgrounds, Merits, Flaws, and other options for Sorcerers,  
utilizing the Sorcerer Revised systems and providing updated  
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