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Who Remain
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Those Who Remain
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 1 Spectre Creation
Psyche Creation
118
123
Trigger Warning 1 Chapter 6:
Chapter 1: Advantages 131
Lore Bits 2 Death Types 132
The 6th Great Maelstrom 3 Advantages 134
The Guilds 9 Things of the Afterlife 139
The Legions
Projector Groups
13 Chapter 7:
16
Chapter 2: Arcanoi 142
General Rules
General Rules 19 Argos
143
147
Terminology 20 Castigate 158
Time 21 Embody 169
The Basics 23 Fatalism 178
Distances Traveled 30 Flux 190
Maelstroms 33 Inhabit 197
Plasm Rating 37 Intimation 205
Experience 39 Keening 218
Magic and Wraiths 42 Lifeweb 225
You Can’t Take it with You 44 Mnemosynis 235
Soulforging 45 Moliate 246
Chapter 3: Outrage 257
Pandemonium
Undead Creation 50 Phantasm
263
273
Wraiths 51 Puppetry 282
The Risen 55 Usury 297
Role-Playing into the Risen 55
60
Chapter 8:
Risen Character Creation
The Risen Experience 63 Plasmics and More 305
Projectors 67 Those Who Lurk in the Underworld 306
Projector Creation
68 Templates 310
Chapter 4: Chapter 9:
The Shadow the Looms 77 Loresheets 318
Shadow Creation 78 General Loresheets 319
Who Plays the Shadow 90 Guild Loresheets 321
Angst 91 Appendix 1:
The Harrowing 95 Necromancy 337
Chapter 5: Protections for Mortals 337
Spooky Spectres 104 Vampire Powers 338
Spectre Characteristics 105
Shadecraft 109
Spectre Characters 112
Introduction
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TRIGGER WARNING
THIS BOOK HAS
TOPICS OF
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best BULLYING, DEATH,
shadowy and vague. Who shall say where one ends and DEPRESSION, HARM
where the other begins. AND DEATH OF
— Edger Allen Poe MINORS, SELF
HARM, SUICIDE,
Wraiths are things of sorrow and sadness, for all AND VIOLENCE.
Wraiths start their Wraithly existence by dying. Though
in death, they may find a world that is strange, they PLEASE DO NOT
still persist and must survive the harrowing events CONTINUE PAST
they will go through.
THIS POINT IF
Whether you are a fan of Wraith: The Oblivion or just
an aspiring Necromancer, you will find something in
THESE TOPICS
this book for you. While we did not elaborate too far WOULD CAUSE
into things like the Wraith political structures or the DURESS.
wars that happen on the other side, this book will
enable you to use Wraiths in your World of Darkness 5
games as they were meant to be.
If you would like to learn more about the world of
Wraith: The Oblivion, please pick up Wraith: The
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We all need to fight against the
darkness, lest we fall into it…
Chapter 1: Lore Bits
The 6 Great
th
Maelstrom
Wraith: The Oblivion ended in
1999 when the 6th great
Maelstrom destroyed the
Underworld and opened the Abyss.
But in this timeline edit,
Chiron's return saved the
Underworld from the Maelstrom.
The lore listed in this chapter
merely speculates how the
Afterlife survived the 6th Great
Maelstrom. As such, these
writeups are the accounts of how
the Various Dark Kingdoms
survived the 6th Great Maelstrom.
If you wish to know more about
the lore of the Underworld,
please read Wraith: The Oblivion
20th Anniversary Edition.
The Devastation
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In the year 1999, at the turn
of the century, when many
mortals thought the world would
end, they ended up being right;
it just wasn't their world. As
the year approached, the 6th
Great Maelstrom hit the
Underworld with a fury.
A Survivor’s Account
We had weathered so many before; we were
assured all would be just as fine this time. The
Deathlords were wrong. I watched as the world
around me shattered, and the Tempest overtook us.
As the Spectres invaded and I watched my wife fall
into a Harrowing, I wailed.
Then the light shone through the darkness; I
heard the declaration.
“Rise. We do not need a bureaucrat; we need a
general,” The voice spoke, and I was flooded with
memories of lives I did not lead. Battles I could not
have fought in.
“You are now one who will lead in their stead.
Gather your legionnaires, and fight against the
darkness.” The voice ordered, and I did as it bid me
too. I rallied those around me and stood against the
darkness.

Amenti
As the Maelstrom hit the
Amenti, Dark Kingdom of Sand,
the Mummies, the immortals,
stood to face it. As the
Spectres flung themselves
against the walls of the Amenti,
the immortals stood in defiance.
Oblivion tried to pull on the
immortal's Khaibit, their
Shadows, in an attempt to defeat
the immortals. But the immortals
of the Amenti did not falter.
The Oblivion used sheer force
to start overpowering Amenti.
That dark being pushed into the
Kingdom of Sand, assaulting more
and more. The forces of Oblivion
pushed so far that they reached
the great halls. It was then
that Osiris awoke.
Osiris reached out through his
blood, pulling the Children of
Osiris' Vampire bloodline into
the Underworld to defend the
Amenti. This new force of
battle-ready immortals stood
against the tide. They fought
across the sands and pushed the
darkness back.
In the end, Amenti was broken,
defiled, and in ruin. But it has
stood for longer than any other
Dark Kingdom, and it is with the
pride of the ancients that the
Dark Kingdom of Sand rebuilds
the Amenti.
After the battle Osiris
vanished into the Web of Faith
and empowered it, allowing his
new Immortals to be created, and
curing most of the Children of
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The Parts of the Soul According to the Amenti
The Amenti have a different view of the soul than
most of Wraith Society.
Khat: The physical body. It is suspected that the
Risen can derive their physical Disciplines from their
connection to this part of the soul.
Ba: The part of the soul that ventures into the
Underworld. Some theorize this is the Corpus and
the Psyche.
Ka: The part of the soul that remains close to the
body. Some suspect the Kuei to be a form of the Ka.
But Ka most often manifests as a Drone. Because of
this, it may also be some aspect of the Corpus.
Ab: The physical heart, the seat of consciousness.
Khu: The physical and mystical part of the being.
The aura is suspected to be a projection of this part
of the soul, as seen in lifesight. That which holds the
spiritual and material parts together. It also
encompasses the connections to a Wraith’s Fetter.
Ren: The True Name. When read, it can be a brief
summary of the owner’s life.
Khaibit: The Shadow, possibly a source of
necromancy, and why Wraiths cannot resist
necromancy.
Sahu: The indestructible part of the soul. It is
theorized to be the Eidolon.
Osiris of their vampiric
afflictions.
One way the Amenti has been
rebuilding has been to help
restore those poor souls who
were torn asunder by the 6th
Great Maelstrom. Wondering Kas,
Khus, Bas, and the like latch
onto nearly dead mortals and
feel the compulsion to come to
the Amenti's living allies in
the Cult of Isis for healing.
The Flayed Lands
The Dark Kingdom of Obsidian
is the remains of the Aztec
pantheon and is their
Underworld. Long ago, when
Spanish explorers found the
Aztec empire and went to war
with it, they were aided by
Wraiths sent from Stygia and
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Vampires of the, at the time, However, when the Shadow of

Clan Giovanni.
But while this did make life
harder for the Flayed lands, it
still remained. Most Wraiths in
the Flayed lands are members of
one of their Four Great Houses.
However, there has been a
growing problem ever since the
introduction of Catholicism into
their ranks. There's a
disconnect brewing between the
Catholics and the old gods.
When the 6th Great Maelstrom
threatened the Flayed Lands,
they did not cower in fear of
Oblivion's might. Their Jaguar
and Egal warriors took to the
fight. They sacrificed thousands
of Sectres to empower the gods
of the Flayed Lands. But, just
as with the Amenti, it wasn't
enough; they were being overrun.
And that's when the Third
Miracle happened. The God took
advantage of the confusion and
put a stop to the
invasion.
Stygia loomed over them over 500
tribes of people managed to
quickly banded together and
formed a nation of their own.
But Stygia was already on their
doorstep. And Stygia destroyed
them, officially.
The Island of Flint is just
that, a small island off the
coast that the Stygian officials
simply refused to acknowledge.
Due to this, Flint has been used
as a haven for Renegades and
Heretics. Should they pay a
tribute to the tribal leaders.
When the 6th Great Maelstrom
hit the Islands of Flint they
began to sink into the Tempest.
The tribal council called upon
their descendants for help, but
few answered and preformed the
proper rituals. They called upon

The Island of
Flint
Flint is a small
island. Before
European settlers
came to their
world, North
America's
Indigenous People
didn't have an
Underworld.
They preferred to
roam the
Shadowlands as they
did the Skinlands.

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great spirits, but the Maelstrom

swept them away. In desperation,
they called upon Stygia, but no
answer came. It is not known if
the Island of Flint remains. One
cruelty upon another compounded,
and a terrible tragedy occurred.
What is known is that some
Wraiths of Flint survived, but
they are scattered.

The Mirrorlands
The Mirrorlands is home to the
Loa and their Serviteurs. They
are not a full Dark Kingdom in
their own right; they are
similar to the Island of Flint
in this regard. Where the
difference is drawn is that
while a tribal council led
Flint, the Mirrorlands are led
by the Loa. It is located near
Haiti.
The Mirrorlands formed as a
result of the 3rd Great
Maelstrom. Like the other Dark
Kingdoms of the Americas, they
were being decimated by Stygia,
particularly the Fisher Cult.
But the 3rd Great Maelstrom hit,
and the Loa were able to rise.
As Mama Petro used the
opportunity to travel to the
Island Below the Sea, she Serviteurs guild used their
learned the teaching of Les strange form of Castigate to
Mysteres and spread it to her control Spectres to defend
followers. These followers themselves. However, an old
became Les Invisibles and fought enemy of the Mirrorland, Queen
for the Mirrorland's Anacoana, was empowered by the
independence. They even formed storm and fought back at them
their own guild to work with the and neutralized their advantage.
others, the Serviteurs Guild. And so Mama Petro called out for
When the 6th Great Maelstrom someone to help her save her
hit, Les Invisibles and the people. It is said that Barron

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Samedi himself answered the

call. He and several of his
trusted elders took to the
fight, using their powers of
Oblivion to tear through and
bind the Spectres. The tides
turned, and the Vampires of the
Samedi bloodline vanished from
the Mirrorlands.

The Springs
The Springs are an ancient
empire led by Emperor Yu Huang
since the 3rd century BCE. Sadly,
Yu Huang had come to dislike
Stygia and launched an invasion
against the Dark Kingdom of
Iron. Unfortunately for the
Emperor, the 6th Great Maelstrom
destroyed his fleets and
soldiers.
This left the Springs
unguarded against the Maelstrom
as the Spectres descended on the
Jade Palace. And the palace
itself fell into the Tempest.
Fortunately for the soldier
who invaded Stygia, the guilds
did not discriminate in their
attempts to help as many people
as possible take shelter from
the storm.
Yet the Springs remains,
Emperor Yu Huang may still be Stygia
"alive" as the bureaucracy of The 6th Great Maelstrom hit
the Springs has come back in Stygia like a bus. Stygia and
full force. However, the Koreans the Springs had been at war, and
and the Japanese successfully the Maelstrom only worsened
revolted against the Emperor and things.
branded him The Demon Emperor. For weeks the darkness
It is likely that the Dark devastated the Necropoli and
Kingdom of Jade won't be Stygia itself. As the Necropoli
complete for a long time. fell, one by one, many Wraiths
found themselves being helped by

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the Harbinger's Guild, as the
Harbingers helped the people to
flee. Ultimately, the Dark
Kingdom of Wire ended up saving
the Necropoli, as the dangerous
Relic Wire helped keep the
Spectres at bay.
As Stygia was about to
wholesale fall into the Tempest
in the darkest hour, Charon, the
Emperor of Stygia, returned and
performed his three miracles.
Unfortunately, he Transcended
once more for when Stygia would
need him again.
There are three miracles
Charon performed. Some affected
all Dark Kingdoms, but some
focused on their own.
Swar
Swar had always had more
trouble with the Oblivion's
invasion than any others, as
India is vast and has had great
turmoil throughout its history.
Also known as the Dark Kingdom
of India, Svarga, the City of
Delights, dominates Swar, as it
is the seat of power in India.
Ironically, during the time of
British occupation, the Oblivion
began to back off, likely due to
some aspect of Fate's
interference. Some Wraiths of
Swar even believe that Oblivion
would always back off then, and
Stygia just timed it right.
Due to India being constantly
assaulted by natural disasters,
Maelstroms are not uncommon in
this land, and Swar and its
society reflects this. They were
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perhaps the most prepared for
the 6th Great Maelstrom.
However, just as the Maelstrom
was getting started, something
horrible awoke. Some monsters
conjured a great and terrible
storm in the Skinlands in an
attempt to fight each other. As
the fighting went on, thousands
flocked to India to support one
side or the other, only for
their War of Night to culminate
in one of the greatest
destructive feats ever seen.
The blast was so strong that
it whipped out the War of Night.
But the blast did not stop in
the Skinlands; it tore through
the Shadowlands, sending Wraith
and Spectre alike into Harrowing
and blowing a hole in the 6th
Great Maelstrom itself.
On the whole, in the storm was
not but a quietness most
unsettling, a place devoid of
all.
Swar's Shadowlands have been
rebuilding, but those who were
not Harrowed by that blast
remember the stillness, and it
haunts them.
The Miracles of Charon
The first Miracle was the
Shattering of Stygia itself. For
Stygia would have been wholly
destroyed otherwise. Now Stygia
is shattered across the
Underworld as smaller city
sections that themselves grow as
towns. Like the Emperor who
created it, Stygia has been
destroyed and recreated.
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The second Miracle took great
preparation, for he called upon
the Mnemoi and Oracles. Charon
called upon the Oracles to find
the souls and the Mnemoi to
bring back old memories of old
souls. The first of these souls
was Alexander the Great. But
many more are believed to be
coming. Some say that Ivan the
Terrible has returned as well.
The third Miracle was the
greatest. As the 6th Great
Maelstrom ripped through the
Underworld, it hurled countless
Spectres at the denizens of the
Underworld. Charon struck
against the very minds of the
Spectres. You see, the Spectres
have a Hivemind with which they
communicate with Shadows, and
their masters, the Malfeans, and
ultimately the Oblivion itself
uses it to control them.
And so, Charon struck at the
Hivemind using some unknown
Arcanoi. His shattering of the
Hivemind led to disarray in the
latter half of the Maelstrom
raging; this made it possible
for the tides to turn in favor
of the Dark Kingdoms.
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The Guilds
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Oracles worked in
tandem with the Legion of Fate
to try to coordinate the guilds
and the legions.
Alchemists
The Alchemists are one of the
three forbidden guilds. Yet even
in their extra special illegal
status, they helped, as despite
their more illegal nature, they
had been forgiven, as when the
guilds revolted, they had sided
with Stygia.
During the Maelstrom, they
shifted focus from making
trinkets or converting those
items into weapons to be used to
defend against the assaults of
the Oblivion.
Artificers
The Artificers were the
craftsmen guild of their time
until the Alchemists broke off
of them and decided to do their
inferior art of Relic Forging.
Yet still, the Soulforgers
persisted, insisting their works
were more reliable than those of
their Alchemists.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Artificers put
aside their differences with the
Alchemist and worked together to
make the weapons needed to help
anyone they could.

Chanteurs
These bards sing of the great
heroes and the devious villains.
They are a guild of culture and
song. The guild sometimes
disagrees with itself but stays
unified well enough.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Chanteurs used
their songs to rally people and
fought the losing battle of
keeping morale up. Because of
this, many tales of valiant
heroes standing against the
darkness that fell over the
Underworld in 1999.
Harbingers
One of the older guilds, the
Harbingers, started as a guild
of sailors. They quickly grew to
a guild of couriers and postmen.
Some even sought the ability to
fly and traveled and explored
the Underworld and the
Shadowlands.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Harbingers worked
themselves to the bone. Taking
on significant risk, they took
great ships and helped as many
people as possible escape the
falling Necropoli, ferrying them
to new, unfallen Necropoli. Many
a Harbinger died in the winds of
the Maelstrom trying to help as
many as possible.
Haunters
The Haunters are an odd group.
You see, they are Wraiths who
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learned the strange powers of
something called the Wyld. They
have been on a war against the
Shroud itself.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, Haunters aided by
fighting against the forces of
Oblivion, using their strange
Arcanoi to cause all sorts of
odd effects.
Masquers
The Masquers are an odd group
of people. Shapeshifters and
warriors, they mold their Corpus
and serve as warriors and spies.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Masquers used
their healing arts to help
others and their shapeshifting
to create weapons and fight
against the Spectres of
Oblivion.
Monitors
The Monitors are quite the odd
guild. They were a group that
started trying to help and fell
into the habit of offering
protection rackets—a criminal
group led by their seven
families.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Monitors used
their powers over Fetters to
help evacuate Stygia to the
Shadowlands by making Fetters
for them. They also used their
knowledge of Fetters, and with
the help of the Proctors and
Puppeteers, they destroyed the
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Fetters of Spectres in hopes of
making it harder for them to
invade.
Mnemoi
The Mnemoi are one of the
three forbidden guilds. Their
power over memories has been the
foundation of their fall. For
you see, they used to be the
noble judges of Stygia, and
then, one day, the Lady of Fate
came to Charon and told him of
the need for Charon's memories
to be saved as Charon would
enter the Underworld as an
Enfant. He would need his
memories, and so the Mnemoi took
on the task. Several brave guild
members sacrificed themselves
while the rest gathered the
memories of Charon and the
others.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Mnemoi became
Charon's tool to perform his
Second Miracle. You see, many
people from times of old have
had their memories returned to
them in their current
incarnation. They brought back
several key people from history
to help turn the tide.
Oracles
The Oracles are the readers of
Fate. They serve the Lady of
Fate directly. They act under
Fate's direction as they read it
and often think ahead. They do
their best to make sure that
they think ahead and have helped
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with the Second Miracle as they
identify the current
incarnations of those who have
the Second Miracle applied to
them.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Oracles worked as
a through-line between all the
guilds. They were giving the
Necropoli direction and helping
the Necropoli who were cut off
to know when the next blow would
hit. It wasn't uncommon for
Oracles to be basically
everywhere. They worked with the
Mnemoi to help with their
Miracle, and they worked with
the Necropolis to prepare them
for what was to come.
Sandmen
The Sandmen are Wraiths who
operate in the world of dreams.
They can observe and act on the
dreams of mortals. This
eventually becomes having the
ability to project dreams

outwardly to make illusions. And
ultimately, they found their
niche as performers and
playwrights.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Sandmen used
their illusions to trick the
Spectre hoards. More
importantly, they used their
ability to meet in the lands of
Dreams to communicate over long
distances with other Necropoli.
Solicitors
The Solicitors are the third
of the three forbidden guilds,
and they earned it with their
plotting and scheming. Their art
can affect the very wants and
desires of others. Their leader
is unknown, even to Stygia.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Solicitors may
not have had any real presence.
It's unknown whether they
helped, but some speculate that
the unity forged by the hardship
was partially their doing, as
they calmed down the more
outrageous members of guilds and
legions alike to keep everyone
focused on the Maelstrom. Others
think that is nonsense.
Spooks
The Spooks are a group of
thugs and street-level
gangsters. Their power can be
used across the Shroud, but
their power might have been
turned on other Wraiths as much
as on the Quick.
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During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Spooks took a
simple approach: hit it until it
died. They were the basic foot
soldier that protected the
others.
Pardoners
The Pardoners are one of the
greatest enemies of the
Oblivion, as they fight the
Shadow in the head of Wraiths
and can erect shields against
the forces of Oblivion.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Pardoners may
have worked harder than any
other guild. Many of them failed
to save everyone, a fact that
plagues those who failed. They
had to protect against the
Maelstrom's effects, erect
shields against the Spectres
that besieged them, and remove
the Angst that the other
defenders accumulated so as not
to lose anyone.
Proctors
The Proctors are a group
dedicated to traveling to the
other side of the Shroud and
manifesting there physically.
Their guild's focus on just
talking to the Quick has made
them non-controversial, making
even those who would hunt them
not go all out.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Proctors used
their abilities to pull people
to the other side of the Shroud
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for protection. They also worked
with the Monitors to throw
Spectres into Harrowings and
make it harder for them to exist
in the Shadowlands by destroying
their Fetters, but the
Puppeteers took that over after
the first month.
Puppeteers
Stygia has never liked the
Puppeteers, and as such, they
had been subject to a plot from
Stygia. Someone had spent
centuries infiltrating the
guild's leadership, and when
they usurped it, the "grand
plan" was enacted, and the
guild's leadership was cut off
and sent to the forges. The
guild retreated to the other
side of the Shroud and has been
rebuilding on that side for
years.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Puppeteers did
much like the Solicitors and
left Stygia to their own
devices. They even took it
farther, retreated to the other
side, and escaped the Maelstrom
entirely. Though when the
Monitors asked them for help
with the Fetter destruction
project, they relented, as their
allies needed their help,
allowing the Proctors to focus
on pulling other Wraiths to the
lands of the Skinlands.
Usurers
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The Usurers are bankers and
currency traders at their core.
They are simple movers of Pathos
Corpus and any other form of
money with a long history of
maintaining the economy and
acting as middlemen for many
deals.
During the 6th Great
Maelstrom, the Usurers gave up
their wealth of Corpus and
Pathos to the defenders. Feeding
the defender's Pathos and Corpus
to keep them going. This drained
centuries of hoarded wealth and
reset the economy. Solicitor
Conspiracy Theorists often point
to this as a clear indication of
interference.
The Legions
It was due to the guilds not
having their leadership in
Stygia that allowed them to
better survive the 6th Great
Maelstrom more unscathed than
the legions. Tragically, the
only Legion to still have their
Deathlord is the Legion of Fate.
But this does not, in any
measure, mean the legions fell.
No, Alexander is said to have
given a speech to rival the
speech he gave at the Opis
Mutiny and brought them
together.
Under his leadership, they had
pushed back the tide of
Oblivion. However, their
civilian sections fell off as
Alexander saw fit not to waste
resources and leave civilian
life to the Necropoli and the
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guilds. This does not mean the off Stygia, and they were
legions are not in the prepared for the onslaught. They
Necropoli. are led by the same person who
led the Oracle's Guild, the Lady
of Fate.
The Emerald Legion When Stygia shattered, the
Legion of Fate took a step back
Death Type:
and began working with the
Victim of
Mnemoi Guild. You see, figures
Happenstance
of great significance tend to be
Leader:
agents, often unwitting, of
Emerald Lord
Fate. And so, the Legion focuses
(Missing)
on bringing back those the
Throne: Seat
Second Miracle dictates it must
of Thorns
be brought back.
Ever the optimist, the members
of the Emerald Legion were put
to the test when the 6th Great
Maelstrom came. For the Emerald The Grim Legion
Lord was the first casualty of Death Type:
the Invasion of Stygia. Victim of
Seemingly in the wrong place at Violence
the wrong time Leader:
When Stygia shattered, the Smiling Lord
Emerald Legion was forced to (Missing)
change their tactics. They moved Throne: Seat of Burning Waters
to completely defensive postures While the Grim Legion is not
and defended the Necropoli. And wholly made of soldiers, they do
to that end, they were pretty make up a good portion of the
successful. Legion. As such, when the
onslaught came they men and
women of Grim fought back. And
The Legion of Fate when Chiron turned off the
Spectre's lines of communication
Death
the Grim Legion charged, Led by
Type: Victim
the Smiling Lord himself. It is
of Fate
said that they sent many of
Leader:
Oblivion's agents to non-
Lady of Fate
existence, however when the
(Present)
storm cleared, and the Legion
Throne: Seat
counted their Harrowed, the
of Fate
Smiling Lord was missing. There
The Legion of Fate is unique
are whispers that the Smiling
in that its leader was not
Lord is still out there, in the
destroyed when Stygia shattered.
Tempest, holding back some
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Malfean from stopping the
Wraiths from rebuilding.
The Iron Legion
Death
Type:
Victim of
Old Age
Leader:
Ashen Lady
(Missing)
Throne: Seat of Shadows
When the Maelstrom hit, the
Ashen Lady was able to organize
her people to great effect.
However, her top advisor went
into catharsis and betrayed her
by pushing her into a portable
Nihil. This advisor was last
seen diving into the Labyrinth
in an attempt to save his Lady.
Without their leader, the Iron
Legion seemed to enact some
contingency plan. It seemed the
Ashen Lady was prepared for such
an occurrence, and her
Legionnaires retreated to
various specific Necropoli and
fortified.
The Legion of Paupers
Death Type: Victim
of Mystery
Leader: Beggar
Lord (Missing)
Throne: Seat of
Golden Tears
The smallest Legion of the
eight legions, the Legion of
Paupers, have been able to fly
under the radars of most
legions, as their eccentric
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nature has them often
overlooked.
No one knows what happened to
the Beggar Lord. He simply
walked around a corner and was
gone. Some have claimed to have
seen him over the years, saving
random Wraiths. Others believe
this to be some form of mass
hysteria.
The Penitent Legion
Death Type: Victim
of Madness
Leader: Laughing
Lady (Missing)
Throne: Seat of
Succor
An understanding legion, the
Penitent Legion holds both the
mad and their victims in one
group. They help those afflicted
acclimate to not having a broken
mind and existing in polite
society while they also help the
victims of madness cope with the
trauma.
The Laughing Lady's vanishment
is unique in that it happened
after the Maelstrom ended. As
rebuilding began, the Laughing
Lady was assaulted by the
Fishers of all people
The Silent Legion
Death Type: Victim
of Despair
Leader: Quiet Lord
(Missing)
Throne: Seat of
Silence

Despite the connection to
despair and the act of suicide,
the Silent Legion isn't all doom
and gloom. Many of them have
come to accept the Afterlife and
its hardships.
The Quiet Lord acted as a
beacon during the Maelstrom, and
while they attacked many Wraiths
to them, they attracted more
Spectres. It is estimated that
fully 1% of all Spectres that
attacked Stygia attacked the
Quiet Lord specifically.
The Skeletal Legion
Death Type:
Victim of
Pestilence
Leader:
Skeletal Lord
(Missing)
Throne: Seat
of Dust
The Skeletal Lord thought
himself the rightful and proper
Heir for Charon, something
Charon should have confirmed
when the Emperor returned. But
no such decree was given.
Nonetheless, the Skeletal Lord
did his duty to Stygia, and when
Stygia shattered, the Skeletal
Lord was present. Some say the
Skeletal Lord fell into the
Tempest as the ground beneath
him was broken. Others say that
they are still in some piece of
Stygia itself.
Projector Groups
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The Orpheus Group
Transcript taken from [date
redacted].
Miss Kennedy: Alright, let's
begin the debriefing. Want to
tell me about the incident?
Agent 023: We were
infiltrating the building and
trying to figure out what Cult
Corp was doing in there. Our
goal was to look into their
late-night board meetings.
Miss Kennedy: I see; please
describe the incident.
Agent 023: We infiltrated
easily enough at first, then we
ran into the Spectres. They were
dispatched within a minute, but
one of them somehow raised an
alarm. Their Projectors began to
converge on us.
Miss Kennedy: And this was
when the Independents came in?
Agent 023: Yes, they came in
in some Relic vehicle, came
right through the wall, and ran
right into one of Cult Corp's
Projectors.
Then we had a bit of a
standoff as all of us realized
what was going on.
As expected, Cult Corp
deployed more Spectres, and they
broke the standoff.
After a hard fight, only two
of us were left, but we won. All
the ghosts were Harrowed, and
the Projectors returned. All
that was left was to achieve our
goal and listen in on their
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board and try to find out their
plan.
Unfortunately, their board had
left by that time. But in their
haste, they left something
behind. Apparently, they're
working with someone known as
"The Prince" and their right
hand, "The Seneschal." We don't
have much to go off of, but we
confirmed that they aren't
involved with their gangs.
The Orpheus Group is the
originator of projection. They
are an organized group of people
and Projectors with powerful
connections in the NSA. They use
their Projectors to take sneak
peeks in board rooms for
purposes of insider trading,
they perform P.I. work, be hired
for corporate espionage, and
sometimes make silent,
untraceable assassins.
The Orpheus group is inclined
to maintain control over the art
of projection and hunt down
other Projectors to recruit in
their ranks. However, due to
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their contacts in the NSA
suppressing the DEA's hunting of
Pigment (a drug that makes
Projectors), there are simply
too many Projectors for Orpheus
to find them all.
Independent
Hey, you, okay? Who am I? You
don't remember? I gave you that
good Pigment, and then we drove
that Relic car of yours into
that building.
Right, right. First time
projecting. I get it. Yeah,
everything you remember in that
trip was real.
We totally flattened that guy,
and wasn't the rest of that shit
a blast?!
Yeah, friend, we can do that
every couple of nights if you
like. We got to keep those
assholes in the Groups at bay.
Otherwise, they'll try to take
our freedom away.
You want another hit?
Pigment, that wonderful drug,
is the key to the modern
independent Projector movement.
Most independent Projectors
start with a hit of the stuff.
The independent Circles are
less organized, leading some to
get pretty big. But this is a
balancing act; if a Circle gets
too big, Orpheus can come
knocking. But if you're too
small, the Circle's effect on
the local area can be somewhat
limited.

Cult Corp
Mr. Milliner leaned forward at
his desk, "These Projectors
thought they were capable of
invading our domain? And you did
not deal with them?"
Chrissy looked down and was
playing with the hem of his
shirt. "Sir, we bought them
time, and they didn't see any of
your coterie members."
Mr. Milliner leaned back and
nodded. "Yes, but they did
interrupt the Nonno's visit. And
he was not happy…." He began
before a buzzing filled his
breast pocket. "Leave me"
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Cult Corp isn't our name,
that's just the name some
Orpheus agent called the Family
in some briefing, and now the
name is whispered in Projector
Circles like it's our real name.
They had to come up with one
because, from their perspective,
we are a group of seemingly
unconnected businesses that all
work together despite not having
anything to do with each other.
They still haven't figured out
that we are branches of an old
family. A family you were born
into or married into.
Nonno Giovanni runs us as a
project for his designs.
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Even in death there are rules.

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Terminology
■ Angst: A Spectre's magical
energy, they can use it to
fuel Arcanoi. The Magical
energy a Wraith's Shadow
needs to accumulate in order
to fall to Oblivion.
■ Arcanoi: A Wraith's magical
abilities. There are 16
Arcanoi in total.
■ Circle: Name for a group of
Wraiths with a common goal.
■ Corpus: A Wraith's,
Spectre's, and Risen's
metaphysical form. Their
health track.
■ Dark Kingdom: A city or area
of the Underworld under a
specific government's
control.
■ Dark Kingdom of Iron: Also
known as Stygia. The Dark
Kingdom of Western
Civilization
■ Dark Kingdom of Jade: The
Dark Kingdom of Eastern Asia.
■ The Oblivion: Entropy
incarnate. That which we all
will eventually fall into.
The malevolent force in
control of the Spectres. The
last layer of the lands of
the dead.
■ Pathos: A Wraith's magical
energy, they can use it to
fuel Arcanoi. The Magical
energy a Spectre's Psyche
needs to accumulate in order
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to be redeemed.
■ Psyche: A Wraiths soul and
mind, the person they were
when they died.
■ Quick: The Wraith word for
mortals
■ Shadow: The dark reflection
of a Wraith's personality.
■ Skinlands: The mortal realm,
where the Quick reside. The
layer above the lands of the
dead.
■ Shadowlands: The realm in
which all Wraiths find
themselves after death. The
first layer of the Lands of
the Dead.
■ Spectre: A Ghost where the
Shadow is dominant. Often
presents with a darker
Corpus.
■ Tempest: A storm network that
forms the layer beneath and
beside the Underworld. The
third Layer of the Lands of
the Dead.
■ Labyrinth: The home of
Spectres. A strange
metaphysical location. The
fourth layer of the Lands of
the Dead.
■ Wraith: A Ghost where the
Psyche is dominant. Often
presents with pale Corpus.
■ Underworld: The metaphysical
layer in which the Dark
Kingdoms exist. The second
layer of the Lands of the
Dead.
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Time
the location has remained the
same.
Session: Sometimes referred
Time comes in 5 forms. Turn,
to as Chapters. Now we are on a
Scene, Session, Story, and
weird bit of meta time, as one
Chronicle.
Session may span any number of
Turn: A turn is defined as
days, or you can have multiple
the simplest and most
Sessions take place in a single
straightforward amount of time.
day. A Session starts when the
Primarily used for combat, a
game starts and ends when
turn can be used to use
everyone has packed up and gone
Wraithly Healing, activate an
home.
Arcanos, Move, activate a Relic
Story: A story is a
or Artifact, or any number of
collection of Sessions. They
actions. It is common to
travel along the same path, as
refrain from employing turns in
any good story should, and
dialog, even if a player of
typically follow the same 3 act
Storyteller Player Character
structure as one might expect
(SPC) would like to do one of
of a play. Though they are
the above actions, as keeping
often several Sessions, some
the story running smoothly
stories have been known to take
should trump keeping track of
place in a single Session.
simple turns.
Chronicle: Chronicles are a
Scene: A Scene is a group of
group of stories about a group
actions usually occurring in
of characters. Some Chronicles
the same location or between
possess a unified theme, things
individuals. For instance, a
like "Love conquers all," "The
Wraith may be being hunted
darkness must be kept at bay,"
across the Shadowlands by
or "Redemption is possible for
Spectres. Even if the Wraith
everyone." Other Chronicles are
leaves the building they were
more "Last story we were
hiding in to run and goes to a
dealing with Spectres, now, why
different location in the
are there Demons in the
Shadowlands or Embodies and
streets? Just why?" Individual
flees to the Skinlands, the
stories may shift tones as they
Scene may be the same, as the
see fit, even if the overall
Spectres are still trying to
tone is not kept for that one
hunt them.
story.
Alternatively, if a Wraith is
entertaining guests at their
Haunt and the guests are coming
and going as they please, then
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The Basics
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The Basics
Pathos
Pathos and Angst function
interchangeably between Spectres
and Wraiths.
Pathos represents the
emotional state of a Wraith. A
Wraith's base Pathos is put at 5.
To use Pathos, the Wraith must
risk degrading their emotions,
known as a Degradation Check, for
system purposes. To do so, they
roll a die, and on a 6 or higher,
their Pathos does not degrade. On
a 5 or lower, the Wraith's Pathos
does degrade.
Most Arcanoi require a
Degradation Check for activation
(see the individual Arcanoi for
cost requirements).
Pathos can also be used to
fuel some Artifacts, making them
duplicate function as well as
form.
■ Once per Session, a Wraith
can roll their Memoriam
rating, with each success
granting one point of Pathos.
■ A Wraith can roll one of
their Passion ratings at a
time that Passion has been
explored, with each success
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granting one point of Pathos.
■ 1 Degradation Check can be
used to change direction in
the Tempest.
■ Making 1 Degradation Check, a
Wraith regains two
Superficial Corpus levels
lost through normal damage
(one point per turn may be
spent in this way).
■ By Slumbering or Meditating
for eight hours and making 3
Degradation Checks, a Wraith
regains one Corpus level lost
through Aggravated damage.
Shadow Dice
Shadow Dice are ten-sided,
just like regular dice, but
should be a different color than
regular dice, so players can
easily spot them in a pool. (We
suggest black.) When players
build a dice pool for a Wraith
character, they exchange regular
dice from that pool for Shadow
Dice on a one-for-one basis. For
each level of Pathos degradation
affecting a Wraith character,
they gain one Shadow Die.
If the dice pool for the roll
is lower than the character's
Degradation, roll a number of
Shadow Dice equal to the dice
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pool—the exception: Characters
never include Shadow Dice in
Checks or Willpower rolls.
Shadow Dice function as
regular dice in tests and
contests, scoring successes on a
6 or higher. In addition, rolling
a 0 (10) or 1 on a Hunger die
carries additional consequences:
Dark Criticals and Shaded
Failures.
However, Shadow Dice cannot be
rerolled by using Willpower, as
the Shadow makes a mockery of the
Psyche's attempt to tame it.
When the Psyche desires,
they may offer the Spectre a
number of dice up to 5 on any
roll. However, a Spectre may
only roll up to 5 Psyche Dice at
any time.
Dark Critical
A critical win in which one or
more 10s appears on a Shadow Die
is a Dark Critical. The character
succeeds as in a regular critical
– but like a never-lived thing of
Oblivion would, without caring
about foresight or self-control.
The Shadow scored the critical,
perhaps, not you.
The Storyteller and the player
work together to decide on the
level of success and the level of
darkness: by and large, they
scale upward together. The
following are results from a
Shadows darkening success:
■ The Shadow gains 1 Temporary
Angst.
■ The character breaches the
Dictum Mortuum as they
penetrate the Shroud and
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allow the Quick to see them,
if only briefly.
■ The character loses one dot
from an Advantage. Although
the character still needs to
spend time (in a later Scene
or in the background) to take
action to repair the dot, the
Storyteller can allow the
loss to recover more quickly
than other vanished dots. For
example, you might have
damaged a Relic, crippled a
mortal ally, or simply lost
Status in a Guild or Legion
following your outburst.
■ If none of the above
conditions fit the narrative,
such as on Stealth or
Awareness tests, the Dark
Critical turns into a simple
mess, and the test fails as
the Shadow clouds the senses
or otherwise makes a quiet
solution unattainable.
You do not roll Shadow Dice on
a Willpower roll, so you cannot
get a Dark Critical on these
rolls.
When the Shadow takes control,
it still suffers Dark Criticals
as normal as the Psyche tries to
fight back. However, it has some
additional options when it
suffers a Dark Critical.
■ The Shadow reveals that it is
a Shadow in control of the
Wraith.
■ The Shadow loses 1 point of
Temporary Angst.
■ The Psyche gets to see what
the Shadow is doing during
Catharsis; the Shadow cannot

stop this in any way.
Shaded Failure
A failed roll (not enough
successes to reach the difficulty
or to beat an opposing
contestant's number of successes)
in which one or more Shadow Dice
come up a 1 is a Shaded Failure.
Either the character failed
because their Shadow manifested
inopportunely or excessively, or
the character's failure angered
their Shadow into manifesting
inopportunely or excessively. The
following are good results from a
Shaded Failure:
■ The character loses a dot in
an Advantage as on a Dark
Critical.
■ The character suffers one or
more points of Aggravated
Corpus damage. This result
works well for Shaded
Failures on resistance rolls,
as the character breaks out
in bloody sweat from the
stress.
■ If no one in the troupe can
come up with a good idea,
then the Degradation
increases by one.
Remember: If your roll succeeds
anyway, you can't get a Shaded
Failure, no matter how many
Shadow Dice come up 1s.
When the Shadow takes control,
it suffers Shaded Failures as
normal. This is representative of
the Psyche fighting back.
However, there are some unique
options for the Shadow.
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■ The Shadow loses 1 point of
Temporary Angst.
■ The Shadow is unable to use a
Thorn (preferably the one it
was using) for the rest of
the Scene or Session.
■ The Psyche gets another
chance to roll to take
control of the Corpus.
If the Psyche's Pathos is not
empty and not substituting 5 of
its dice pool for Shadow Dice,
the Shadow can offer the Psyche
up to 5 Shadow Dice to roll in
addition to its normal dice pool
for a given roll.
A Wraith may only roll up to 5
Shadow Dice on any given roll.
Wraith Movement
Wraiths move as a mortal, run
as fast as a mortal, walk on
floors like a mortal, and without
Argos, they cannot fly. It is not
uncommon for a Wraith to walk
through walls or allow gravity to
control them and disappear into
the floor.
Corpus
States of Being
Wraith Corpus is very
malleable; as such, they take
damage differently depending on
their Corpus state.
Corporeal: The default state
of a Wraith in the Shadowlands, a
Corporeal Wraith interacts
normally with other Wraiths but
can also suffer damage through
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the Shroud due to the behavior of
objects in the Skinlands.
Incorporeal: Wraiths are
Ghosts, and Ghosts are famous for
one thing, they can move through
objects. While a Wraith is
Corporeal, and if it should
collide with a Skinland object
that would cause harm, such as a
thrown object or a car, it will
take normal Superficial Corpus
damage and become Incorporeal for
a number of rounds equal to their
Stamina Dots. This cannot be
resisted; Wraiths are the
definition of surviving through
any means, and they will always
do this reflexively.
The most important thing to
remember is that this requires
the object to be able to harm a
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mortal. This means that a person
walking through you won't
necessarily cause harm, but
someone running through the
Wraith would.
A Wraith can voluntarily
choose to do this by walking into
a wall or through an actual door.
The Wraith does take the 1 level
of Superficial Corpus damage.
This only applies to the
buildings and items in the
Skinlands, not the Shadowlands.
The Wraith seems to become
hazy when they become
incorporeal. Do note that a
Wraith is only protected from
attacks from the Skinlands; they
are still vulnerable to
Shadowlands attacks and the
attack of other Wraiths.
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Wavering: A Wraith whose wavering state can no longer

Corpus level is filled with resist the pull of the Oblivion
Superficial damage becomes and immediately falls into the
Wavering. This makes their form deeper Underworld.
flicker, not unlike a candle. A Upon arriving, a Harrowing
Wraith in this state is treated initiates (pg. 96).
as a Corporeal Wraith, except to If a Wraith survives, their
become Incorporeal, they suffer 2 Corpus reforms with a number of
levels of unhalfed Superficial Corpus levels equal to their
damage. Stamina healed to full, with all
A Wraith that is Wavering is others being filled with
considered to have 0 Corpus to Aggravated damage. There are no
expend for Arcanoi. particular protections for a
A Wavering Wraith can, at any Wraith when they reform in this
time, initiate the Harrowing. way.
Doing so gives the Shadow 1
Temporary Angst but removes the Wraithly Healing
Wraith from their current
When a Wraith is harmed, it
environment and negates whatever
can force itself to heal. The
attack was being made.
Wraith can make a Degradation
Material: A Wraith in this
check and heals a number of
state of being must be using the
Superficial damage indicated by
Embody Arcanos. However, there
their Plasm Rating (pg. 37).
are whispers that some other
Additionally, Superficial damage
supernaturals can allow a Wraith
to their Corpus heals at a rate
to enter this state; the name
of 1 Superficial damage per hour
Giovanni gets thrown around a
as their emotional state pulls
lot.
them back together.
As far as Embody is concerned,
However, some wounds are
the Wraith is entirely physical
deeper than others. When a Wraith
in the Skinlands and can interact
suffers Aggravated damage to
with the living. As a being of
their Corpus, it can only be
pure emotional energy, the Wraith
healed through Slumber. To enter
does not suffer damage penalties
Slumber, a Wraith must touch one
but can be injured by attacks,
of their Fetters and fade into
the same as a mortal.
it. Slumber lasts for 8 hours,
While material, the Wraith
and if it is interrupted or the
does not turn Incorporeal in
Wraith tries to wake up early,
response to Skinland threats.
they lose all side effects of
While in this state, Wraiths
Slumber. While in Slumber, a
are still subject to attacks from
Wraith may make three Degradation
the Shadowlands.
Checks and heal 1 Aggravated
Harrowed: A Wraith whose
Corpus damage. While in Slumber,
Corpus track is filled with
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all Superficial Corpus damage is
automatically healed.
A Wraith is characterized by
their will to persist. If a
Wraith fills up its Corpus'
health track with all Aggravated
damage, it can completely heal 1
point of Aggravated Corpus damage
by taking 1 Aggravated Willpower
damage. Wraiths have been known
to be not but ribbons of the
ground only to pull themselves
together. This often horribly
disfigures the Wraith.
A Wraith heals Superficial
Willpower damage as normal (VTM
pg. 158).
A Wraith heals Aggravated
Willpower damage as normal (VTM
pg. 159).
The Dead Suffer
COMBAT
See VTM pg. 300.
STYGIAN STEEL
Stygian steel is a special
product that is extra dangerous
to a Wraith. It deals Aggravated
damage to all Ghosts, be they
Wraiths, Spectres, or Plasmics.
FIRE
Skinlands fire acts like any
other source of Skinlands damage
to a Wraith.
However, in the afterlife, the
echo of fire is called Barrow-
DIFFICULTY HEAT OF THE FLAME
1 A candle
2 A torch
3 A Stovetop
4 A bonfire
5 Molten metal
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Flame. It primarily shows up in
places of great destruction and
devastation. Barrow-Flame deals
Aggravated damage to a Wraith,
just as normal fire does to a
Quick. Though, notably, while
this fire still burns and melts a
Wraith and relics, it feels cold,
not hot.
In addition, to Barrow-Flame
there is Soulfire, which is
generated via Soulfire Crystals,
detailed on pg. 306.
MAELSTROM
Those most terrible storms of
the afterlife can and do cause
damage to the Wraiths caught out
in the twisting winds. However,
these storms do not harm Spectres
in any way.
The chart below shows how many
dice the Storyteller rolls for
each minute a Wraith is out in a
Maelstrom with one of the bell
ratings.
Damage dealt by a Maelstrom
cannot be dodged due to the
battering winds directly causing
the damage, and all damage done
is Superficial.
Wraiths may resist a Maelstrom
with certain Castigate Arts, a
Haunt, or some other means,
determined by the Storyteller.
BELL RATING DICE POOL
1 2 dice
2 4 dice
3 6 dice
4 8 dice
5 12 dice
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To use lifesight, a Wraith may

Lifesight roll Intelligence + Insight
against the target's Composure +
Lifesight is, at its most
Subterfuge. A greater number of
basic concept, the ability to
successes allows the Wraith to
understand the living. This is a
understand one of the following:
key component of resolving a
Wraith's unfinished business. ■ The target's current health
Lifesight is often understood track.
to be the reading of auras to
■ The target's mood.
detect the mood and state of mind
and, in the best of ■ The target's state of mind.
circumstances, the very life
■ Whether the subject is a
force of a being.
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any other supernatural being.
Deathsight
The Oblivion is everywhere; it
contaminates even some of the
purest of things. If you do not
believe me, go to any children's
hospital, it corrupts them,
pulling them apart and killing
them.
As a Wraith, you can see this
taint. Where it rests, you will
find the weak points of an object
or person. To do so, roll Resolve
+ Awareness, and you may discern
anything from the target's health
to their physical weaknesses.
With 1 success revealing that the
mortal is ill and the equivalent
of 3 successes revealing the weak
point in a wall that would allow
you to break it.
Once a weak point is noted, be
it in a building or person, add 1
to your dice pool.
Heightened Senses
It's a bit of an odd paradox;
the restless dead, when alive,
ignored so much of the world, and
now, they can experience it all,
and that desire manifests as a
Wraith's heightened senses.
This, in effect, makes Wraiths
really good at eavesdropping,
reading things from far away, and
to those lucky enough to have
Embody, tasting food. You
seriously don't realize how much
you miss that until you try it
again.
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At the Storyteller's
discretion, a Wraith may roll a
Wits + Resolve against difficulty
3 and add the margin of successes
to any Awareness rolls made.
However, this can be a
drawback if a change should
occur, such as if a bright light
turns on or an overpowering smell
should come over you. The Wraith
must roll another Wits + Resolve
roll against difficulty 3 or
greater (Storyteller's
discretion) or take a -3 penalty
to all Awareness and
Investigation rolls for the rest
of the Scene.
Distance Traveled
The Barriers
The Shroud
At its most basic, the Shroud
is just what is between the
Shadowlands and the Skinlands.
Its density varies from place to
place and is used to determine
the difficulties of some rolls.
All supernatural entities that
aren't Wraiths or Wraith-adjacent
(such as Risen and Projectors)
weaken the Shroud in their
presence by -2. So, things like
Werewolves and Vampires make a
Shroud rating of 10 become 8.
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RATING SHROUD DENSITY POSSIBLE CAUSE

5 Impenetrable No deaths took place here, this
land is a place full of life or a
place many mortals care for
Wraiths in the Skinlands
Before the Last Great
4 Nigh Impenetrable No deaths took place here.
Consecrated land
Maelstrom, Wraiths couldn't
generally cross into the
3 Thick Long ago, a death took place
here, a place of joy Skinlands. However, things are
2 Thin A death recently took place changing, and true holes in the
here, melancholic mortals often Shroud have begun to appear. Even
pass through this place worse, necromancers seem to have
1 Frayed A series of deaths took place gotten their act together and are
here, necromancers capitalizing on these changes.
often enact ceremonies here Now, a Wraith can exist in the
0 Absent A necromancer used Split the Skinlands without the use of
Shroud (CotBG p.213) here. Arcanoi. However, when a Wraith
Spectres regularly pass through or Spectre is in the Skinlands
this part of the Shroud without the aid of Arcanoi, they
2 In the Underworld You are in the Underworld have certain disadvantages.
2 In the Tempest You are in the Tempest Sensory Overload: The
1 In the Labyrinth You are in the Labyrinth Skinlands, even at night, are a
bright and overstimulating place.
even then, when most get a
Awareness rolls are made with a 2
glimpse of them, they see the
dice penalty.
terrible visage of some soul
Thick Fog: The difficulty of
echoed in death.
the Resolve + Composure rolls to
When a mortal sees a Wraith,
resist the Fog when a mortal sees
they roll their Resolve +
you is now 5.
Composure against difficulty 3.
They are not afraid if they
succeed with 2 successes on the
margin. If they fail, the mortal
is compelled by fear to flee the
area. If the mortal rolls at
least 1 success on the margin,
they may stand their ground, as
they resist their base fear, but
it is still there, and if someone
starts running, they will likely
follow.
If the Storyteller would have
to make a roll for a group of
mortals, they may choose to let
the mortal with the highest
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Traveling the
Underworld.
Wraiths have a series of
issues traveling from one part of
the Underworld to another.
Fully Fettered: Fully Fettered
Wraiths suffer no issues in the
Shadowlands. However, when they
go down into the Underworld, they
subtract their Stability
Difficulty (pg. 38) from all dice
pools for Rolls. When in the
Tempest, Labyrinth, or Far
Shores, they subtract their
Stability Difficulty + 1 from all
dice pools for rolls.
All Fetters Destroyed: Without
the distraction of their Fetters,
these Wraiths suffer no penalties
in the Underworld. But Wraiths
who fall into this category
cannot enter the Shadowlands for
more rounds equal to 2 times
their Stamina minus their
Stability Difficulty Modifier.
They suffer no penalties in
the Underworld, Tempest, Far
Shores, or Labyrinth.
Some Fetters Resolved: Wraiths
who managed to resolve some of
their Fetters before they were
destroyed are a little bit freer
in their ability to move. They
can only enter the Shadowlands
for a number of Scenes equal to 2
times their Stamina minus their
Stability Difficulty Modifier.
They suffer no penalties in the
Underworld, Tempest, Far Shores,
or Labyrinth.
All Fetters Resolved: Few
Wraiths can ever achieve this; if
a single Fetter is lost without
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being resolved, this is
unobtainable. Wraiths in this
category do not suffer any travel
penalties and ignore their
Stability Difficulty Modifier.
The Dead Speak
In a myriad of societies, it
has been said that the language
of the dead is not meant for
mortal ears. This is not untrue,
but, as with most things, it is
not the whole truth. The language
of the dead is a fact of undeath.
All Wraiths and Spectres can
perfectly communicate with each
other, regardless of the
language. Homer may tell the tale
of the Doomslayers in his native
Greek, while Bach may compose in
his native German, and a Wraith
who died only knowing Spanish may
perfectly understand both of
them. This works in both spoken
and written language.
However, the living shall not
know the language of the dead,
lest we forget. This translation
ability does not benefit Quick at
all. One too many ancient Wraiths
speaking their original tongues,
and suddenly you have an urban
legend about the language of the
dead being a thing.
Maelstroms
Out in the Tempest, there
boils the Maelstroms, horrid
storms that pass from the Tempest
into the Underworld proper. Worst
of which is the Great Maelstroms,
which while rare, cause not but
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devastation in their wake. These
Great Maelstroms are used to mark
eras in the Underworld.
BELL RATING DICE POOL
1 2 dice
2 4 dice
3 6 dice
4 8 dice
5 12 dice
Unfortunately for the denizens
of the Underworld, when it rains,
it pours.
For when a Maelstrom strikes,
the forces of Oblivion take the
opportunity to invade, leading to
walls of wind carrying Spectres
onto the Restless Dead, who did
not make it to shelter in time.
And to make it worse, these
Spectres are unharmed by the
winds that carry them.
Some great thinkers speculate
that Maelstroms are some sentient
beings or tendrils of The
Oblivion lashing out to do as
much damage as possible, as the
hazards of the Maelstroms rarely
fall where there is no Wraith to
harm.
While everyone talks about the
Great Maelstroms in such a way
that the lesser Maelstroms may
seem less dangerous, this is
simply a general
misunderstanding; as any Wraith
who has experienced a Maelstrom
can attest, all Maelstroms are
dangerous. Some Maelstroms are so
strong as to be able to cause
damage to even the strongest
Haunts and the sturdiest
citadels. Due to this, very few
Wraiths can stay alone for long,
as a strong Haunt is a rare
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thing, and other Wraiths will
eventually catch on, no matter
what. As is the way of things, no
place can be kept secret forever,
and when your competitors are as
immortal as you are, it is hard
to do.
Maelstroms have a dice pool
equal to their bell rating, as
seen in the chart below.
STORM WARNINGS
Maelstroms are products of
catastrophe in the Skinlands, but
as in all things, there is no
simple metric to predict the
Maelstrom's approach. Just
because a lot of Quick died does
not mean there will be a
Maelstrom the next day. Quite the
opposite, on more than one
occasion, a Maelstrom had struck
before disaster for the Quick
did. But these preemptive
Maelstroms can be a blessing
sometimes, as a particularly keen
Wraith may act to protect the
Quick they may care about, be
they Fetter, Consort, or just
someone they like, though that
means they have to leave their

shelter. This is not an easy
thing to do in a smaller one, and
sure, suicide in a stronger one.
Each Maelstrom is rated in
"Bells," rated from 1 to 5. 1
Bell means the Maelstrom is
minor, and 5 bells mean
catastrophe is coming. If ever
the bells never stop ringing or 6
bells, then a Great Maelstrom is
inbound, and all Wraiths should
begin panicking, punching through
the Shroud, or running into the
Citadel. Even Citadels may not
resist Great Maelstroms, unlike
all lower Bell ratings.
Hazards of the Storm
It is the folly of the young
to compare a Maelstrom to a
simple storm, such as a hurricane
or typhoon. Maelstroms are not
some meteorological disturbances
like those storms. They are
sorrow manifest, the malice of
the Tempest lashing out, the
nihilism of the Oblivion in the
only form that is fitting of it,
a natural disaster.
While Maelstroms do damage
passively, as depicted on pg. 34,
they may also do damage in other
ways. At the Storyteller's
discretion, some unique hazards
can be applied to areas within
the Maelstrom.
HOWLING WINDS
While the wind of the
Maelstrom itself is dangerous, it
can be avoided by simply staying
in the shelter. However, the
malice of the storm has made it
so that it can prey on the weak-
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minded and those prone to save
others. Sometimes those screams
for help are nothing more than
the storm itself calling as if
using a duck call for Wraiths.
System: In order to tell the
difference between the storm's
howls for help and the genuine
thing, a Wraith must roll Wits +
Insight against difficulty 2 +
the Bell rating. Success means
the Wraith is aware it is simply
the "wind," and they suffer no
further penalties. Failure means
the Wraith takes 1 Superficial
Willpower damage as their resolve
is tested to stay safe. This can
be avoided if they go out to help
the voice, but that comes with
its own problems.
FREEZING RAINS
Maelstroms are typically
merely the raw brute force of
emotions and sorrow manifesting
in the afterlife. However, the
Labyrinth sometimes mixes in some
of its raw negative energy.
System: During a Scene where
this hazard is active, the
Storyteller may roll half the
normal dice pool for the
Maelstrom, indicated by its Bells
rating. For every two successes,
degrade a Wraith's Pathos rather
than deal damage to the Wraith's
Corpus.
ISOLATING FOG
Some Maelstroms come with
banks of thick fog. This fog is
unaffected by the high winds that
persist through the Maelstrom.
Sounds are muffled, visibility
doesn't extend past a foot in
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each direction, and all other
senses feel distant.
System: When a Wraith is
within this fog, increase the
difficulty of all actions to
navigate or locate things within
the fog by the Maelstrom's Bell
rating.
In addition, for each minute
the Wraith spends in the fog,
they must make a Wits + Awareness
roll versus the Bell Rating. On a
success, the Wraith does not get
turned around. On a failure, the
Wraith is hopelessly lost.
Any Wraiths that are in some
way bound together, such as by
rope or holding hands, may
combine their dice pools to
resist this roll. However, if
they combine their successes and
still fall short, they must all
spend 1 Willpower to maintain the
connection. Otherwise, a Wraith
who fails to spend Willpower in
this way is cut off and left
alone.
Spectres may add the Bell
rating of the Maelstrom to their
Stealth rolls when within this
fog.
SEARING LIGHTING
What great storm is complete
without lightning? A Storyteller
may consider the shock from
standard lightning as part of the
usual damage done with the Bell
rating. However, sometimes,
lightning is far more dangerous.
As the lightning flashes, Wraiths
in the area get vivid and
distinct emotional afterimages of
their memories associated with
their Fetters. These images are
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rather strong and sometimes force
a Wraith to relive the whole of
their memories.
System: A Wraith exposed to
this particular form of lightning
must roll their highest Fetter
Rating against a difficulty equal
to the Bell rating of the
Maelstrom. Success means the
Wraith sees the flash for a short
time and is not distracted.
However, failure means the Wraith
takes a -2 penalty to all rolls
for a number of turns equal to
the Bell rating.
A Shaded Failure means far
worse, however, as the Wraith is
pulled into the memories for a
number of turns equal to the Bell
rating. The surroundings and
other characters fit into the
memory as best they can. Each
turn, the Wraith spends 1
Willpower and rolls their Fetter
again with difficulty equal to
the Maelstrom's Bell rating. On a
success, they snap out of the
memory but suffer a -2 dice
penalty to all rolls for a number
of turns equal to the Bell
rating.
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Plasm Rating
The Plasm rating represents
the power and age of a Wraith.
The different Wraiths start with
Plasm is an essential part of
the following Plasm Ratings.
a Wraith's existence. A Wraith's
Wraiths start with a Plasm
Plasm Rating is dependent on the
Rating of 1.
Wraith's age.
Risen start off with a Plasm
Every 100 years of Wraithly
Rating of 1. They cannot raise
existence raises a Wraith's Plasm
their Plasm Rating above 5, or
Rating by 1. If a Wraith wishes
they are ejected from their
to lower their Plasm Rating, they
bodies as the pull of the
must drink from the rivers of the
afterlife prevents them from
Underworld. This can get tricky
maintaining a permanent existence
for Wraith-adjacent people who
in the Skinlands.
don't have access to the
Spectres start with a Plasm
Underworld.
Rating of 1.
Projectors start with a Plasm
rating of 0. They cannot raise
Characteristics their Plasm Rating above 2;
PLASM RATING otherwise, the pull of the
Underworld is too great for their
RATING EMOTIONAL DAMAGE MENDED ARCANOS ARCANOS THORN POWER BONUS STABILITY
SURGE (PER DEGRADATION POWER DEGRADATION DIFFICULTY
CHECK) BONUS CHECK RE-ROLL MODIFIER
0 Add 1 Die 1 point of Superficial None None None 0
damage
1 Add 2 Dice 1 point of Superficial None Level 1 None 1
damage
2 Add 2 Dice 2 points of Superficial Add 1 Die Level 1 Add 1 die or increase 1
damage the difficulty by 1
3 Add 3 Dice 2 points of Superficial Add 1 Die Level 2 and Add 1 die or increase 2
damage below the difficulty by 1
4 Add 3 Dice 3 points of Superficial Add 2 Die Level 2 and Add 2 dice or increase 2
damage below the difficulty by 2
5 Add 4 Dice 3 points of Superficial Add 2 Die Level 3 and Add 2 dice or increase 3
damage below the difficulty by 2
6 Add 4 Dice 3 points of Superficial Add 3 Die Level 3 and Add 3 dice or increase 3
damage below the difficulty by 3
7 Add 5 Dice 3 points of Superficial Add 3 Die Level 4 and Add 3 dice or increase 4
damage below the difficulty by 3
8 Add 5 Dice 4 points of Superficial Add 4 Die Level 4 and Add 4 dice or increase 4
damage below the difficulty by 4
9 Add 6 Dice 4 points of Superficial Add 4 Die Level 5 and Add 4 dice or increase 5
damage below the difficulty by 4
10 Add 6 Dice 5 points of Superficial Add 5 Die Level 5 and Add 5 dice or increase 5
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fragile mortal shell, and their
body dies as they project for one
last time and become a Wraith.
EMOTIONAL SURGE
The Emotional Surge represents
a Wraith's Passions manifesting
to enable them to achieve their
goals.
Some scholars speculate that
the Emotional Surge is just the
Psyche or Shadow Dice manifesting
when the given side is in charge.
At any time a Dice Pool is
formed, you may make a
Degradation Check and add the
number of dice indicated by your
Plasm Rating to your Attribute in
the pool.
DAMAGE MENDED
Once per round, a Wraith may
make a Degradation Check and heal
a number of Superficial Corpus
damage indicated by their Plasm
Rating. See Healing on pg. 26 for
more details.
ARCANOS POWER BONUS
As Wraiths get older, they
gain more power. Whenever a
Wraith uses an Arcanos, they add
a number of dice indicated by
their Plasm Rating. For Shades
OPTIONAL RULE:
Additionally, to resisting
Arcanoi and Shadecraft, a Wraith
may also use their Arcanos Power
Bonus to resist other magic,
such as Vampire Disciplines.
However, necromancy will bypass
this, as it is specifically
designed to do so.
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this applies to Shadecraft as
well.
Whenever a Wraith has to
resist Arcanos or Shadecraft,
they may also add their Arcanos
Power Bonus dice to resist.
ARCANOS DEGRADATION CHECK REROLL
To power Arcanoi, one has to
degrade their Pathos. But as they
age, they gain a better
understanding of how to use their
powers. When you make a
Degradation Check to use an
Arcanos Art, if it is equal to or
below a Level indicated by your
Plasm Rating, you may reroll the
Degradation Check and choose
which result you wish to be the
result of the check.
THRON POWER BONUS
One of the great concerns of
increasing their Plasm Rating is
that the Shadow also gains power
as well. Whenever the Shadow uses
a Thorn that requires the Shadow
to make a roll or forces the
Wraith to make a roll against a
difficulty, the Shadow gains
additional dice or increases the
difficulty by a number indicated
by their Plasm Rating.
STABILITY DIFFICULTY MODIFIER
Much as water seeks its level,
the Stability Difficulty Modifier
represents the forces of the
Underworld trying to keep the
Wraith where they are supposed to
be. See Traveling the Underworld
on pg. 33 for more details.

Experience
Gaining Experience
Experience is, at its core, a
mechanical way of explaining
character progression. This
character progression can come in
many forms, as listed below, but
a Storyteller may find that the
below forms are not all-
inclusive; this is by design. If
a Storyteller feels different,
then they, by all means, may
award experience at their
discretion, as they are the final
arbiters of extra experience
gains.
Showing up (1 point):
Generally speaking, a Wraith
player gains exactly 1 experience
per play Session. This 1
experience is automatic, and a
Storyteller cannot stop a player
from gaining this 1 experience,
even if the player has done
something reprehensible. If that
is the case, the Storyteller and
the rest of the players may need
to talk to that player rather
than worry about what experience
they are gaining.
Progressing the plot (1
Point): This experience is gained
when a player advances the plot
in some meaningful way. Good
examples of this kind of
experience gaining could be
finding out the name of an enemy
that has been harassing the
Circle, finding some clue as to
the mysterious disappearance of a
notable SPC, that "Ah ha!"
moments when all the pieces come
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together in a player's mind, or
when they figure out their next
objective.
Roleplaying (1 Point): When a
player shows a fundamental
understanding of their character
and what they would do in a
situation, that should be
rewarded. Some good examples
include when the characters stick
to their beliefs, when a player
has a character partake in a
moving moment, or even those
entertaining moments when the
characters do something funny. In
other words, when the Storyteller
sees those moments, a player
truly acts as that character
instead of merely puppets the
character.
The Circle (1 Point): At the
end of the day, this is a game.
If people aren't having fun, that
isn't just the Storyteller's
fault; it's everyone at the
table's fault. However,
Storytellers will find that many
players can help the process of
having fun. Suppose a player
performs well during another
Wraith's Harrowing, or their
Wraith makes a personal sacrifice
for the benefit of the Circle. In
that case, they may very well
deserve an additional point of
experience.
A Hero (1 Point): Stupidity,
bravado, or death wishes, are not
what this means to reward. True
heroism is the willingness to
sacrifice something to help
others. These often will leave a
mark on your group, something you
will discuss again and again.
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End of Story The Shadow's

Experience Experience
At the end of any given story, As the Psyche improves itself,
the players may earn extra so does the Shadow. As a rule,
experience. for every three experience the
They Survived (1 Point): A player spends, the Shadow gains 1
climax of a story may be experience.
something incredibly dangerous,
such as fighting off the forces
of the Oblivion, renegades,
heretics, the Hierarchy, or
Spending Experience
In between Sessions, a player
Skinlands aggressors. Either way,
may purchase traits at the
they survived. Feel free to
following costs.
reward them for their survival.
TRAIT COST IN XP
They Won (1 Point): Beyond
INCREASE ATTRIBUTE Next level × 5
merely surviving, they thrived.
They succeeded in some major task INCREASE SKILL Next level × 3
in the story, such as succeeding NEW SPECIALTY 3
in revealing a renegade ADVANTAGE 3 per dot
infiltrator in an intrigue story, ARCANOI Next level × 3
fighting off Spectre hoards in a PASSION Next level × 3*
more combat-focused story, or FETTER Next level × 3*
overcoming the terrors of the DISCIPLINE Next level × 7**
Underworld in a horror-focused PLASM RATING Next level × 10
story.
Cleverness (1 Point): A player * Storyteller permission is
that consistently overcame required to purchase these. These
adversity thrown at them with often require the player to
their wits throughout the story roleplay to get to the point when
may be rewarded an extra you may increase this.
experience at the end of the ** Must have access to the
story. Risen tag, can only choose
Good Shadow Play (1 Point): A Celerity, Fortitude, and Potence.
player who fulfilled the role of
the Shadow in the story can be However, as the Psyche may
rewarded with extra experience. improve, so may the Shadow.
If the Storyteller is playing the TRAIT COST IN XP
Shadowguides for all the players, THORNS 3 per point
it is fine to award this 1 TEMPORARY ANGST Current Permanent Angst Rating
experience to players who also DARK PASSION Next level × 3*
overcame their Shadow in some
way.
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Players and SPCs can train
others in Arcanoi they know. To
do so will require a number of
days equal to the next Dot rating
the learner would have. For
example, three days for the third
dot in any Arcanoi. On each day,
the trainee needs to spend a
point of Willpower.
At the end of the time period,
the trainer makes a Charisma +
Leadership roll against
Difficulty 2 if the person would
like to learn an Initiate art
(the trainer must know the
desired Initiate Art) or
Difficulty 0 for any other art.
With a success, the experience
cost to learn a new Arcanoi art
is reduced by the Margin of
Success, minimum of one. A Wraith
may only train an Arcanoi once
per Dot gained. Or, if they have
maxed out their Dots in an
Arcanoi, they need to purchase a
new power in that Arcanoi before
they can begin training again.
Mentors and Training
Someone with the Mentor
background can use this
background to aid them in their
personal development.
When a Wraith seeks to learn
from a mentor, they may roll that
mentor's Background Level against
difficulty 0. The number of
successes is the amount of
experience reduced from buying
the next Attribute.
However, this must be
accomplished in-game and takes at
least 1 Scene to do. Once a
Wraith does this, they may only
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do so again once they purchase
the trained skill.
Notably, if a mentor does not
hold a higher level in a Trait
than the Wraith, they cannot
train the Wraith. As a general
rule for Storytellers, select 1
or 2 Arcanos that the Mentor has
5 dots in and at least three
skills higher than the Wraith who
purchased the dots.
The Necromancer’s Plaything
Any necromancer who had maintained a
Wraith minion via their foul powers may use this
connection to make their minions more powerful.
To do so the necromancer must spend at least 1
experience.
For every 1 experience spent in this way the
Wraith gains three experience to spend. Some
Storytellers may extend this to other minions the
necromancer has, such as a Vampire’s Ghouls.
Passions
Gaining new or improving
existing Passions is difficult
and requires a lot of roleplay to
pull off. If the Storyteller
feels that a player has put
enough in-game effort and
roleplay, they may allow that
player to buy a new Passion or a
new dot in that Passion.
Fetters
Gaining Fetters is easier than
Passions solely because they are
more tangible. A Wraith that was
closely tied to an artisan, their
next masterpiece may be an
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eligible Fetter for that Wraith
to take. Or their bloodline, a
newborn great-granddaughter, may
be eligible to be a Wraith's new
Fetter.
When something like the
examples above happens, a
Storyteller may allow a player to
purchase a new Fetter at the rate
on the table.
One way to help with this is
using Lifeweb and certain powers
that can help with this.
Magic and Wraiths
Magic affects Wraiths
differently than it affects
humans. As a rule, magic that
targets human bodies cannot
target Wraiths that are not
currently using Embody.
Additionally, magic that affects
a human mind has no effects on a
Wraith unless they use Embody at
level 4 or higher.
Vampire Disciplines
A Vampire may use their
Discipline Power Bonus to resist
Arcanoi as if they were
Disciplines.
ANIMALISM
Wraiths are not animals.
However, if a Wraith is using
Puppetry to puppet an animal,
their puppet may be a target. But
the Wraith is fully in control of
the animal, and control cannot be
wrestled away while the Puppeteer
is in control.
AUSPEX
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While Auspex can help a
Vampire see a Wraith in the
Skinlands, it does not let a
Vampire pierce through the
Shroud. But it does allow them to
see the effects a Wraith may be
producing, such as a Spook's
attacks or seeing through a
Sandman's Phantasm Arts.
CELERITY
Celerity is a solely physical
Discipline and has little effect
on Wraiths. However, if a Vampire
is subjected to Tenpus Fugit,
they do not half their dice pools
while within the effect.
A Wraith cannot take a Draught
of Elegance unless they use an
Embody Art of level 4 or greater
that manifests them into the
Skinlands.
DOMINATE
Dominate only works on a
Wraith if they use an Embody Art
of Level 4 or greater that
manifests them into the world.
Under this condition, commands
issued to a Wraith persist after
a Wraith is returned to the
Corpus. Dominate can also affect
a Puppeteer's consort but not the
Wraith controlling their
consorts, but while the Wraith is
in control, the command cannot be
fulfilled, as the consort cannot
act to fulfill the command.
For example: If a Vampire were
to use Dominate a consort to "run
away" while the Wraith was in
control, they would not, but if
the Vampire was to Dominate a
consort to "forget," then the
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consort would forget, and the

Wraith wouldn't.

FORTITUDE
Fortitude is very inwardly
focused and has little effect on
Wraiths.
A Wraith cannot take a Draught
of Endurance unless they use an
Embody Art of level 4 or greater
that manifests them into the
Skinlands.

OBFUSCATE
Due to the mental demands of
the illusions of obfuscate mixed
with their Lifesight generally
makes it so that Obfuscate does
not work on Wraiths.

OBLIVION
Oblivion is the worst
Discipline from a Wraith's
perspective. It is completely
effective on Wraiths, and
Oblivion Ceremonies bypass a
Wraith's Plasm Rating's Arcanoi
Power Bonus.
Even Embody cannot help a
Wraith escape the Powers of
Oblivion.
PRESENCE
Due to Presence's mental
effects, it does not affect a
Wraith unless the Wraith is using
a level 4 Embody Art that
manifests them into the
Skinlands.

POTENCE
Potence acts normally, though
a Wraith's ability to go
intangible makes it useless after
the initial damage. If a Wraith
is using an Embody Art of level 4
or better, they count as a mortal
for the purposes of this
Discipline.
A Wraith cannot take a Draught
of Might unless using an Embody
Art of level 4 or greater.
PROTEAN
Protean is more about
transforming a Vampire than
affecting others. When Protean is
used to affect others, it cannot
affect Wraiths, as Corpus is
fundamentally different from the
flesh.
BLOOD SORCERY
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but it often fails in most ways.
However, its wards are effective
against Wraiths. Otherwise, it
has little effect on Wraiths.
THINS-BLOOD ALCHEMY
Thin-Blood Alchemy acts the
same way as the Discipline it is
copying. However, it is unable to
affect a Wraith otherwise.
You Can't Take it
with You
Sometimes people die; this is
a fact of life. Sometimes
Supernatural Creatures die; to
some of them, this is not really
a fact of life.
After death, some people
become Wraiths. However, those
who become Wraiths lose all
Merits but keep all Backgrounds
and Background Flaws. If they
knew any rituals or similar they
keep the knowledge of those
rituals, but are unable to
perform them unless they use
Marionette (pg 296) on a Consort
that is capable of casting a
remembered rituals. They may
teach these rituals as well.
Changelings
Changelings only become
Wraiths if they were killed by
cold iron. Otherwise, they
reincarnate.
They take nothing over with
them.
Kuei-Jin
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Due to their closeness to
Wraiths Kuei-Jin do not become
Wraiths. When they die, they are
often thrown into the Oblivion or
go back to their afterlife.
Mages
Mages reincarnate unless they
seek to use their magic to become
a Wraith. However, the Mage loses
their Avatar and may confuse
their Shadow with their Avatar.
Unless they use magic, they
can take nothing over with them.
Mummies
Mummies do not become Wraiths.
The True Immortals can spend time
as a Wraith like being within the
Dark Kingdom of Sand. But if a
mummy wishes for death, they must
accept it and cannot become a
Wraith.
Vampires
Vampires are no less likely to
become a Wraith than a mortal.
However, they take none of their
Vampiric powers with them. They
do, however, seem to have Fangs
when mortals see them through the
Fog.
Werewolves
Werewolves reincarnate and
thus don't become Wraiths often.
The only time they would become a
wraith is if they forgo their
reincarnation cycle. Some
Werewolves will spend a moment
with their Shadow where they are
offered a chance to become a
Wraith and forgo their powers.
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Soulforging
to understand the temperament of
the Corpus they are attempting to
break down. If the Smith fails
Soulforging is, to some, a
the roll, all subsequent rolls
terrible thing. But without it,
are made at -1 dice to the
the Underworld's Wraiths would
required pools.
have no but reeds with which to
build.
Soulforging is an application WORKING
of the Craft Skill and, as such, Now the soul must be broken
may be taken as a Specialty but down. The Corpus is broken into
requires a teacher to learn. A component Plasm, and the
Wraith that does not have the consciousness ceases to exist.
Soulforging specialty and still The Smith starts an extended
attempts to Soulforge another test, with each roll done at an
Wraith will replace all instances hour's end. They roll Strength +
of "Craft" in this section with Craft against a difficulty equal
the lowest of either Awareness, to the Wraith's Stamina + 1. The
Craft, or Occult. successes affect the size and
Soulforging is broken up into complexity.
three stages. Appraising, The Smith determines what they
Working, and Finishing are making at the beginning and
needs a number of successes equal
A Smith needs a Forge. to the number of successes
A standard Forge requires a 2 dot Haunt and required by the Size + Complexity
of the object the Smith wants to
3 dots of Relic tools.
make.
Mobile forges also exist but require 6 dots in
Relic. SIZE
1 SUCCESS Medium object; armor or clothes
A forge must be powered with Soulfire
2 SUCCESSES Medium-Small object or weapon; like a
crystals, and working a forge will exhaust a
breastplate
Soulfire crystal at a rate of 1 Pathos per extended 3 SUCCESSES A Small object or weapons; easily concealed
test. Any total failures on the test will require an tools; like shields
additional Pathos from the Soulfire crystals to 4 SUCCESSES Wraith sized; perhaps a full set of armor
5 SUCCESSES A tiny object; requiring delicate
continue, as the Smith loses control of the heat
craftsmanship
and the crystal burns a Pathos via overheating or
COMPLEXITY
gets too cool and needs additional Pathos; either 1 SUCCESS Basic shape; blunt instrument
way, the end result is the same. 2 SUCCESSES Crude mechanism; like a hinge
3 SUCCESSES Balance symmetrical shape; edged weapon
4 SUCCESSES Wearable attire; a projectile
APPRAISING 5 SUCCESSES Precise mechanical part; flexible or jointed
The smith Rolls Manipulation + item
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Each Shaded Failure done

during a check introduces a Crack
(pg. 48).
At the end of this stage, a
Wraith may use the object as
desired. However, it suffers a -1
on all numbers associated with
it. If it is a Sword with +3, it
would have a +2; if armor would
offer +2, it now offers +1; if an
item has a dice pool of 5, it now
has a dice pool of 4.

FINISHING
This stage turns the
previously shaped object into the
actual object the Smith was
trying to make.
The Smith begins another
extended test making a Dexterity
+ Crafts roll against difficulty
2 at the end of each hour until
the desired number of successes
is gained.
The number of successes must
be determined before finishing is
started. However, they must buy
the first option. You may also
SUCCESSES EFFECT ADDED
NEEDED
1 SUCCESS The item is Finished properly and has
no penalties
2 SUCCESSES Item
3 SUCCESSES Add a secret compartment
3 SUCCESSES Increase a weapon’s damage modifier
by 1 against a specific type of target,
such as Spectres
3 SUCCESSES Increases a piece of armor’s armor
rating by 1
4 SUCCESSES The item gains 25% additional Corpus
4 SUCCESSES A weapon adds +1 to the dice pool to
hit
5 SUCCESSES The tool gains a Specialty of its own
1-5 SUCCESSES Add decorations, the rate depends on
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make deals with your ST for more
options.
A Smith can only apply or add
an effect once per item. If they
roll a Shaded Failure during this
check, the item gains another
crack.
Styles
Not all Soulforging is the
same. The above method is the
most common and basic form from
which all Soulforging is derived.
A Smith that uses a style
declares so at the beginning of
the process and cannot change
styles mid-job.
Nhudric: During each stage of
a Soulforging job, the Smith may
roll Strength instead of the
specified Attribute. During the
Working stage, if three Shaded
Failures are accumulated, the
Corpus is lost, and the Smith
gains 3 Temporary Angst. Adding
%25 more Corpus to the item in
the Finishing stage only requires
2 successes. Breaking an object
of this style is +1 difficulty.
Zurcher: During each stage of
a Soulforging job, the Smith may
roll Composure instead of the
specified Attribute, but the roll
takes 4 hours now. During
Finishing, the number of
successes required to add
Decorations is reduced by 1.
While using an item made in this
style, you add +1 dice to all
Social dice pools to convince
others, as you stand out
visually.
Rose Island: During each stage
of a Soulforging job, the Smith
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may roll Manipulation instead of
the specified Attribute. The
first botch does not make a Crack
during the Working and Finishing,
but the Smith gains 2 Temporary
Angst. When targeted by any
power, such as Arcanoi or
Shadecraft, of Oblivion, such as
a Spectre, Shadow-ridden Wraiths,
or whatever else, the item
cancels out 2 successes, and
those forces suffer -1 die for
all rolls involving the item.
Alloys
Plasm is the raw material that
Soulforging is used for. However,
many Smiths have figured out how
to blend Plasm with various other
things of the Underworld to make
unique materials with which to
forge.
There may be other alloys than
the ones listed below, but these
are the most common types.
Stygian Steel: Stygian Steel
is harder to break and twice as
durable as the normal object.
Additionally, Stygian Steel
objects do unhalved Superficial
damage. Forging Stygian Steel
requires Crafts 4, and the time
required between rolls is
multiplied by 3.
Necropolis Steel: Having
considerably less prestige than
Stygian Steel makes Necropolis
Steel less common. Necropolis
Steel offers the same Corpus
increase as Stygian steel but
offers no additional benefits.
Necropolis Steel requires Crafts
3 to be worked on.
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Ash-iron: Ash-iron is created Relic Steel has the same

by burning one of the few trees statistics as normal Plasm. Relic
that grow along the river. It Steel requires Status (Alchemist)
glows a faint white glow. Due to 3 to be worked on. Relic Steel
its rarity and flexibility, it is can't be alloyed together with
considered to be very valuable. anything else.
When used to make items that need
to be flexible, such as a whip or Cracks
performing actions that require
"Cracks" is a generic term for
your Dexterity attribute, add +1
imperfection in Soulforged items.
dice. Forging ash-iron requires
Below are some possible cracks,
Crafts 3.
but not all possible cracks.
Labyrinthine Adamas: This dark
Compelling: The object is
material seems to take the form
fascinating to some other type of
of shaped smoke. Due to this
beings, often adding +1 to some
resource having to be taken from
dice pool of the being. Examples
the Labyrinth, it is incredibly
include Vampires, Werewolves,
rare, and even among Spectres, it
Ferrymen, and Spectres.
is rather rare.
Fleeting: When dropped, the
A Wraith holder of a
object bounces and falls just out
Labyrinthine Adamas item may make
of reach, usually about 5 feet
2 Degradation checks, and a
away. This does not necessarily
Spectre holder may make one
compel the object to hurl itself
Degradation check and turn the
off a ledge. It often takes a
item invisible for a Scene.
turn to get the item back.
Labyrinthine Adamas has 50%
Lonely: If left alone, the
more Corpus. A Labyrinthine
object slowly moves towards other
Adamas weapon deals Aggravated
Soulforged items.
damage unless it is hitting a
Magnetic: The bearer's Shadow
Spectre, then it deals
obsesses over the item, nagging
Superficial damage. Labyrinthine
the Wraith to ensure it is safe.
Adamas requires Crafts 5 to be
Nihilistic: Whenever dropped,
worked on by a Wraith and Crafts
the item deliberately tries to
3 to be worked on by a Spectre.
bounce away from the owner to the
Relic Steel: The Alchemist
nearest Nihil large enough to
doesn't necessarily care to
swallow it within 5 feet.
sacrifice a soul to create a
Somnambulistic: When the owner
person. To create relic steel, a
Slumbers, perform a check with
Wraith needs 20 dots worth of
one die, on a 1, the item
relics to create an object. Any
teleports to the nearest other
difficulty associated with a
Slumbering Wraith.
Wraith's Attribute considers the
Transient: Supernatural
Attribute to be 1, and 2 for the
creatures on the other side of
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the Shroud can feel the item's
presence.
Vocal: The items emit faint
whispers of anguish at socially
awkward times.
Vulnerable: The item seeks
destruction. Whenever the item is
damaged, it takes 1 extra damage.
This does not hurt it with little
bits of damage, such as clashing
swords.
Weeping: The object
occasionally emits some Corpus
leaving salt stains on Corpus or
Relic garments.
Artifacts
Each Soulforged item is
unique; however, Artifacts can be
laws unto themselves.
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To begin creating an Artifact,
the Smith must select a finished
Soulforged item they wish to
create as an Artifact.
The player and Storyteller
then begin collaborating on the
desired effect and assign a
rating for the Artifact based on
that effect. They then describe
the needed Arcanoi to get the
desired effect. The Storyteller
has the final say on what Arcanoi
is required to produce the
effect.
The Smith can proceed if they
have the desired Arcanoi at the
required rating. If they do not
have the required Arcanoi, they
must gather Corpus and/or Pathos
from Wraiths who have the
required Arcanoi (Often gathered
through Usury). The Smith
requires 3 Corpus and/or Pathos
for each dot in an Arcanoi. So,
if they need Pandemonium 4, they
need 12 Corpus and/or Pathos.
Once the Smith has everything
they need, they take the item to
their forge and begin working
there in an extended test using
their Intelligence + Crafts with
a Difficulty equal to 5 x the
Artifact's rating. Each roll
happens after a day of working on
the Relic. A Shaded Failure or
stopping the process causes the
Wraith to lose the gathered
materials and requires a Wits +
Crafts roll against difficulty 4
to save the Soulforged item.
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Chapter 3: Undead Creation
WRAITHS
Step 1: Concept
What is the core of your
character? Were you a suicide
who saw this as their only way
out, only to have your regrets
make you restless? Or were you a
famous person who died because
an overzealous fan decided they
didn't like that you drank a
Pepsi in a show you guest-
starred on?
What do you Regret?
All Wraiths regret something;
this is the reason they are
still here. You must have a
reason; if you didn't, why are
you here?
Confusion: More people died
with you, so why are you the
only one who crossed to the
Shadowlands?
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Failure: You are a failure;
there is no doubt about that, as
it is why you're here. Now that
you have a second chance, you
may very well succeed.
Guilt: You were a bad person,
you did terrible things in life,
and now you feel the guilt; this
is your chance to get through
it.
Legacy: You built something,
and you believe that thing
should stand. You dedicate a
section of your unlife to making
that flourish.
Love: The last thing you said
to someone important to you was,
"I hate you." That regret was
significant enough that you
couldn't help but remain for
their sake. Or perhaps you left
a child behind, someone who
needs to be taken care of. Or
maybe you loved your lover so

much that you couldn't help but
remain with them.
Missed Chances:
Procrastination is the bane of
all humans, and you
procrastinate to the point of
missing all the important
chances. You won't make the same
mistake this time.
Mission Possible: You were on
a mission, and your resolve was
so great that you couldn't let
your death be the end of the
mission.
Need to Understand: You are
too confounded by your death and
need answers. Be that why you
died, how you died, or even who
killed you.
Resentment: Some people remain
out of pure spite, be that for
the theoretical family that will
move into your family home or to
spite a few select people.
Revenge: Someone helped you
pass to the Underworld, and you
should return the favor.
Unfulfilled Destiny: Fate may
have intervened in your life to
kill you. Like Chiron, you will
become grand after your death.
Unrevealed Truth: You have a
secret that you never got to
tell. Be it the location of a
family fortune, the secret
formula to Coca-Cola, or some
dark secret you need your family
to know.
How did you Die?
Some people like to say that
death is static, that death is a
singular thing, and that there
is one way to die, "simply stop
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living." However, this is not
the case; if it were, every
death would be the same. Below
are the eight ways the Legions
of Stigia define death. Though
this is not a comprehensive
list, it is a list that
determines your death type; as a
player, you are urged to try to
fit into one of these
categories.
Victim of Old Age: Rather
straightforward, you were a
Quick who stopped living after a
long life. Though, you clearly
still have a reason to stay
alive in this dark world.
Victim of Disease: Ever a sad
death, it came to you slowly,
torturously, your life withered
away before your loved ones, but
now, you aren't in pain anymore,
and this is as much a second
chance as you're going to get.
Victim of Violence: Perhaps a
product of war, perhaps a
product of good old street-level
crime, your death was unexpected
at best and painful at worst.
All that is for certain is that
you were killed, and the bastard
that did it may still be out
there.
Victim of Madness: An odd one;
this one encompasses both the
killer and the victim. Maybe you
were a serial killer, haunted by
a conscience now, or perhaps you
were merely one of the killer's
victims.
Victim of Happenstance: It was
a car accident, a stray brick
from a construction site, or
maybe you leaned over the
guardrail, and it just happened
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to give under your weight.
Either way, you are a victim of
a crimeless death; it just
happened.
Victim of the Unknown: Maybe
you were murdered, fell down
some stairs, or were sick. No
matter what, you don't know or
remember your last days, and
that's okay.
Victim of Fate: Technically,
you fit into one of the other
categories, but there is a
difference; Fate itself has some
plan for you; perhaps it is a
simple plan, such as one day,
you'll be the right person in
the right place to solve a
problem or something grander
such as the former Emperor
Chiron's fate was.
Step 2: Attributes
 Take 1 attribute at 4 dots
 Take 3 attributes at 3
dots
 Take 4 attributes at 2
dots
 Take 1 attribute at 1 dot
Health = Stamina + 5
Willpower = Composure + Resolve
Your Plasm Rating starts at 1.
Step 3: Skills
Choose one of the starting dot
allocations.
Jack of All Trades
 One Skill at 3 dots
 Eight Skills at 2 dots
 Ten Skills at 1 dot
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Balanced
 Three Skills at 3 dots
 Five Skills at 2 dots
 Seven Skills at 1 dot
Specialist
 One Skill at 4 dots
 Three Skills at 3 dots
 Three Skills at 2 dots
 Three Skills at 1 dot
Step 4: Passions
Upon your death, you gain
Passions (similar to your
convictions before death). You
gain 10 dots to spend among
these Passions (a maximum of 5
for each Passion.) These
Passions reflect what keeps you
clinging to this new state of
undeath.
Passions are divided into
three parts: A statement of some
kind that expresses the Passion
(i.e., "See my killer brought to
justice" or "Protect my loved
ones"), a core emotion for the
Passion (such as Pride or
Responsibility), and a dot
rating from one to five.
Sample Passions
The following are some examples of Passions:
 Save people (Courage)
 Murder my murderer (Vengeance)
 Bring my killer to justice (Justice)
 Ensure the company I built continues (Pride)
 Guide others to follow my religion (Faith)
The Shadow cannot have more
dots in their Dark Passion than
a Wraith can have in Passions.
This means that if the Wraith
loses enough dots in Passions to
have 4 dots cumulatively among

their Passions, then the Shadow
can only have that many dots in
Dark Passions.
OPTIONAL RULE:
When the Vampire Discipline
Oblivion 3 Passion Feast is used
on a Wraith, it lowers 1
Passion's dots by 1.
Step 5: Fetters
Fetters are people, places, or
objects that hold importance to
you as a restless dead. Fetters
are a Wraith's lifeline,
allowing you to enter Slumber,
the healing sleep of the
restless dead. You gain 10 dots
to spend on Fetters; each Fetter
must have a minimum rating of 1
dot and a maximum rating of 5
dots.
Fetters are typically linked
to your Passions, so if your
Passion was "4 dots Protect my
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lover (Love)," then your Fetter
may be "5 dots the person I
love."
Step 6: Arcanoi
You gain 2 dots in 1 Arcanos
of your choice and 1 dot in 1
other Arcanos of your choice.
You may get an Arcanoi Arts
with the Common tag.
Step 7: Advantages
You have 7 dots to spend on
advantages. You may spend these
dots to remove your Shadow's
freebie points.
Make sure to add your Death
type to your Advantage and
Shadow.
Step 8: Shadow
Continue to The Shadow that
Looms (pg. 98).
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THE RISEN
Role-Playing into
The next question is, "How do
I become a Risen?" There are
several ways to find this out.

the Risen Whether it be somehow joining

The Order of Acheronita Styx
from the Hierarchy, a sort of
Step 1: Intent high class that is allowed to be
Risen, despite the absolute
All Risen have a reason to
illegal nature of the Risen in
rise from the grave. All Wraiths
Stygia, perhaps you will find a
have a reason to stay behind,
Rabbi, a Risen who is likely a
but many Wraiths don't need to
Renegade who can help you to
or even consider becoming a
learn the way.
Risen.
Becoming a Risen requires a
Either way, once you find the
strong Passion that links you to
source, you have to make the
the Skinlands.
source work for you. This could
It would be best to talk to
be anything from some knowledge
your Storyteller about your
to performing tasks for the
intent before your Wraith
given teacher in exchange.
becomes a Risen. Depending on
the Chronicle, the intent should
either be something small for a Training
short Chronicle or a part of a Knowing how to do something
longer Chronicle, or something and being able to do it is a
bigger for a long Chronicle. different thing. Often a Wraith
needs to practice for a bit
before they can Rise.
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■ Simple normal improvement.
Simply normally progressing
with the necessary Arcanoi to
do the job, taking as long as
it takes to do so.
■ Second would be a simple
understanding of time
management. While working on
the necessary powers, they
"think" they will need to
have to become a Risen. This
is a bit of a metagame option
as the Storyteller should
divulge what powers they
would need to get and allow
the players to acquire them
ahead of time.
■ The third way of going about
it is a training montage. A
time skip until the
individual(s) in question are
ready to rise. However, this
may affect certain other
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elements, such as enemies
catching up to them or
friends going missing.
■ Another option is working
together; so long as the
Circle possesses Puppetry and
at least one Arcanoi of
Lifeweb, Embody, or Inhabit,
they could theoretically make
themselves Risen. However,
that option is more for
Storytellers who want to get
to the Skinlands portion.
Step 3: The Pact
This is the hardest part.
Getting the Shadow to allow you
to Rise. Now how does one do
that, or rather, where?
Well, the only place a Shadow
is unfettered from the Wraith is
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the Labyrinth, and as such, the
Wraith must descend into the
depths of that particular hell.
Be it with other Wraiths who can
guide you, such as the various
Helldivers, Wraiths with Argos
who travel there often, or even
other Risen, who have done such
a thing before. However, having
a guide does not guarantee
safety, not in the slightest.
Descending into the Labyrinth
willingly is something very few
Wraiths ever do; as such, it
would be hard for any Wraith to
descend into the depths of the
Labyrinth on request. Unless
those Wraiths are particularly
suicidal, those would not be
Wraiths you would want to have
in your Labyrinth.
Making The Pact
Once within the Labyrinth and
once you are in a thematically
appropriate spot, the Shadow
will manifest due to the unique
location of the Labyrinth's
closeness to the Oblivion.
Now the Psyche negotiates with
the Shadow, though the Shadow
holds most of the cards. Being
in the place where Spectres go
to recuperate, the Shadow can
call out, and they will set upon
the Wraith or their Circle, as
the Shadow is not even remotely
compelled to cooperate.
But, some Shadows see the
benefits in being Risen. The
Voice of Hope, particularly, is
most inclined to work with the
would-be Risen. Some Shadows
even see this endeavour as a
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chance for the Wraith to fail
and want to encourage such
failures. However, they will
always ask for something in
return. This could take the form
of performing Oblivion's will or
just a personal side project of
the Shadow.
Some examples of what the
Shadow may include in the Pact
are as follows:
 A time limit to perform the
action.
 An objective within the
Shadowlands.
 An objective in the
Skinlands.
 The casting of a Relic or
Artifact into the Oblivion
 Betraying the Circle.
Remember, a Wraith is only
compelled to fulfill the Pact
once both parties agree upon it.
Once the Psyche and the Shadow
have reached a consensus, the
Pact is formed. For the Psyche's
part, the Pact costs 1
Aggravated Willpower damage that
cannot be healed while the
Wraith is considered a Risen and
the terms of the Pact. For the
Shadow's part, they cannot
interfere with the rising in any
way.
If the Psyche fails to fulfill
their end of the Pact, the
Shadow gains 1 Permanent Angst.
This sometimes leads to Shadows
trying to undermine the Psyche's
efforts to fulfill the Pact to
get that Permanent Angst.
Step 4: Rising

One cannot rise in the middle
of the Labyrinth. As such, the
Wraith must travel to their
body.
The state of the body is
important for rising. One cannot
rise in a cremated body, but one
sitting in a casket underground?
That will do nicely.
However, coming back can be
very traumatic. Left-over
emotional residue and memories
can cause a Risen to become
panicked. But with panic comes
strength, and with strength
comes a way out of the little
box the Risen found itself in.
Now all this unbreathing,
uneating body needs to do is
Romero itself out of its wooden
prison.
System
To reinhabit one's body and
Rise, a Wraith must Skinride
their corpse as if it was a
mortal. This requires a
Degradation check and a Strength
+ Puppetry roll against
difficulty 4. But the Wraith
will need to claw themselves
through the Shroud, requiring
the Wraith to make a Willpower
roll against the Local Shroud
rating. Fortunately for most
would-be Risen, the Shroud in a
cemetery tends to be rather
thin.
Failing the Puppetry roll
results in the Wraith merely
staying in the Shadowlands,
where they must wait one day
before trying again. However, if
the Wraith fails the Willpower
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OPTIONAL RULE:
Sometimes the Storyteller may
not want to detail the Labyrinth
and the journey to it, be that
simply because they want to get
into the meat and potatoes of
the characters becoming a Risen
or simply not wanting to have
their players delve into that
hellish place, in these cases,
it is possible for the Shadow to
perform the Pact without
manifesting. Though, as a rule
of thumb, it should either take
a few weeks to convince them of
this, or the Shadow should have
some other form of aid. Such as
a few Spectres in their corner.
roll, the Shadow takes the body,
and the Psyche is shunted into
the Conduit for one day, at
which point they may try the
Willpower roll again.
The Conduit
One might expect the Shadow to
rise along with the Risen, as
they are the Psyche's constant
companion, but this is not the
case for the Risen. No, when the
Wraith becomes a Risen, the
Shadow gets put into one of the
Wraith's Fetters (Usually the
strongest one). This Fetter
becomes a Conduit, and without
their Conduit on their person,
the Eisen subtracts their
stability difficulty to all
rolls, as the Risen feels a
constant, dull pain that
distracts them.
In the cases of an animal
conduit, the animal must be
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within a number of yards equal
to 7 – the Risen's Stability
Difficulty to negate this
penalty.
The Conduit is magically
reinforced and has the same
health levels as the Risen's
Wraith form has Corpus. If the
Conduit is destroyed, the Risen
is undone and is launched into a
Destruction Harrowing. But on
the flip side, if the Risen is
destroyed, their body falls to
the floor, and the Wraith is
shunted back into the
Shadowlands. This leaves the
Conduit as something that was
bathed with Oblivion and makes
the Fetter something valuable to
many a Necromancer.
Most conduits are small and
easy to keep with the Risen. It
is not uncommon for the Conduit
to be something that is near the
Risen when they Rise. Due to
this, most Risen keep their
Conduit on them, while a select
few keep their Conduits in a
safe location and just deal with
the distracting pain.
Sometimes the Conduit is
something large, like a
building. Should that be so, any
animal in the building is
subject to becoming a Conduit.
In these cases, the beast's
OPTIONAL RULE:
A Necromancer can use these
abandoned conduits to add +1 die
to their rolls involving their
magic. For Vampires this offers
+1 dice to Oblivion Discipline
Ceremonies.
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Psyche is obliterated, and the
Shadow takes control of the
beast's body. However, while the
Shadow now has a body of its
own, the pain of separation is
often too much for the Shadow to
withstand, so it is compelled to
stay near its Risen. During
Catharsis, the Psyche would be
forced into the beast, allowing
it to do as much as the Shadow,
even run away to force the
Shadow to pursue, as the Shadow
can't stand the pain, but the
Psyche, well, the Psyche often
can.
During select instances, a
Catharsis roll, for example, the
Psyche and Shadow may switch. In
these cases, the Shadow still
needs to keep the Conduit safe,
lest the Pact be broken, at
which point it will roll its
Permanent Angst, with each
failure being a lost Permanent
Angst, to a minimum of 1. During
this time, the Shadow may seek
to fulfil their dark Passions
and subvert the Psyche.

Risen Character
Creation
Step 1: Concept
What is the core of your
character? Were you a suicide
who saw this as their only way
out, only to have your regrets
make you restless? Or were you a
famous person who died because
an overzealous fan decided they
didn't like that you drank a
Pepsi in a show you guest-
starred on?
What do you Regret?
All Wraiths regret something;
this is the reason they are
still here. You must have a
reason; if you didn't, why are
you here?
Confusion: More people died
with you, so why are you the
only one who crossed to the
Shadowlands?
Failure: You are a failure;
there is no doubt about that, as
it is why you're here. Now that
you have a second chance, you
may very well succeed.
Guilt: You were a bad person,
you did terrible things in life,
and now you feel the guilt; this
is your chance to get through
it.
Legacy: You built something,
and you believe that thing
should stand. You dedicate a
section of your unlife to making
that flourish.
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Love: The last thing you said
to someone important to you was,
"I hate you." That regret was
significant enough that you
couldn't help but remain for
their sake. Or perhaps you left
a child behind, someone who
needs to be taken care of. Or
maybe you loved your lover so
much that you couldn't help but
remain with them.
Missed Chances:
Procrastination is the bane of
all humans, and you
procrastinate to the point of
missing all the important
chances. You won't make the same
mistake this time.
Mission Possible: You were on
a mission, and your resolve was
so great that you couldn't let
your death be the end of the
mission.
Need to Understand: You are
too confounded by your death and
need answers. Be that why you
died, how you died, or even who
killed you.
Resentment: Some people remain
out of pure spite, be that for
the theoretical family that will
move into your family home or to
spite a few select people.
Revenge: Someone helped you
pass to the Underworld, and you
should return the favor.
Unfulfilled Destiny: Fate may
have intervened in your life to
kill you. Like Chiron, you will
become grand after your death.
Unrevealed Truth: You have a
secret that you never got to
tell. Be it the location of a
family fortune, the secret
formula to Coca-Cola, or some
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dark secret you need your family
to know.
How did you Die?
Some people like to say that
death is static, that death is a
singular thing, and that there
is one way to die, "simply stop
living." However, this is not
the case; if it were, every
death would be the same. Below
are the eight ways the Legions
of Stigia define death. Though
this is not a comprehensive
list, it is a list that
determines your death type; as a
player, you are urged to try to
fit into one of these
categories.
Victim of Old Age: Rather
straightforward, you were a
Quick who stopped living after a
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long life. Though, you clearly
still have a reason to stay
alive in this dark world.
Victim of Disease: Ever a sad
death, it came to you slowly,
torturously, your life withered
away before your loved ones, but
now, you aren't in pain anymore,
and this is as much a second
chance as you're going to get.
Victim of Violence: Perhaps a
product of war, perhaps a
product of good old street-level
crime, your death was unexpected
at best and painful at worst.
All that is for certain is that
you were killed, and the bastard
that did it may still be out
there.
Victim of Madness: An odd one;
this one encompasses both the
killer and the victim. Maybe you
were a serial killer, haunted by
a conscience now, or perhaps you
were merely one of the killer's
victims.
Victim of Happenstance: It was
a car accident, a stray brick
from a construction site, or
maybe you leaned over the
guardrail, and it just happened
to give under your weight.
Either way, you are a victim of
a crimeless death; it just
happened.
Victim of the Unknown: Maybe
you were murdered, fell down
some stairs, or were sick. No
matter what, you don't know or
remember your last days, and
that's okay.
Victim of Fate: Technically,
you fit into one of the other
categories, but there is a
difference; Fate itself has some
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plan for you; perhaps it is a  Three Skills at 3 dots

simple plan, such as one day,  Three Skills at 2 dots
you'll be the right person in  Three Skills at 1 dot
the right place to solve a
problem or something grander
such as the former Emperor Step 4: Passions
Chiron's fate was. Upon your death, you gain
Passions (similar to your
OPTIONAL RULE: convictions before death). You
When the Vampire Discipline gain 10 dots to spend among
Oblivion 3 Passion Feast is used these Passions (a maximum of 5
on a Wraith, it lowers 1 for each Passion.) These
Passion's dots by 1. Passions reflect what keeps you
clinging to this new state of
undeath.
Step 2: Attributes Passions are divided into
three parts: A statement of some
 Take 1 attribute at 4 dots kind that expresses the Passion
 Take 3 attributes at 3
dots
Sample Passions
 Take 4 attributes at 2
dots The following are some examples of Passions:
 Take 1 attribute at 1 dot  Save people. (Courage)
 Murder my murderer. (Vengeance)
Health = Stamina + 5  Bring my killer to justice. (Justice)
Willpower = Composure + Resolve  Ensure the company I built continues. (Pride)
Your Plasm Rating starts out at  Guide others to follow my religion. (Faith)
1.
(i.e., "See my killer brought to
justice" or "Protect my loved
Step 3: Skills ones"), a core emotion for the
Choose one of the starting dot Passion (such as Pride or
allocations. Responsibility), and a dot
rating from one to five.
Jack of All Trades
 One Skill at 3 dots
 Eight Skills at 2 dots
 Ten Skills at 1 dot
Step 5: Fetters
Fetters are people, places, or
objects that hold importance to
Balanced
you as a restless dead. Fetters
 Three Skills at 3 dots
are a Wraith's lifeline,
 Five Skills at 2 dots
allowing you to enter Slumber,
 Seven Skills at 1 dot
the healing sleep of the
Specialist restless dead. You gain 10 dots
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must have a minimum rating of 1
dot and a maximum rating of 5
dots.
Fetters are typically linked
to your passions, so if your
Passion was "4 dots Protect my
lover (Love)," then your Fetter
may be "5 dots the person I
love."
Your highest-rated Fetter is
your Conduit (pg. 58).
Step 6: Arcanoi
Take 2 dots in Puppetry 1 dot
in Embody, Inhabit, or Lifeweb—
and 1 dot in an Arcanos of your
choice.
If you have the Status
background with a guild, you can
take any initiate powers
associated with your guild.
You may get an Arcanoi Arts
with the Common and Risen tag.
Step 7: Advantages
You have 5 dots to spend on
advantages. You may spend these
dots to remove your Shadow's
freebie points to spend as
normal. Notably, Artifact,
Mentor, and Status do not
translate well into being Risen;
any points put into these are
all but wasted while the Risen
is in the Skinlands.
Risen cannot take any looks
Merits.
Step 8: Shadow
Continue to The Shadow that
Looms (pg. 78)
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The Risen
Experience
Basic Wraith Powers
A Risen maintains the
Lifesight, Deathsight, and
Heightened Senses. They also
have a vague idea of where their
Conduit is at all times, though
this is more of a "Feels like
the ache is coming from that
direction" sort of thing. If
someone is holding their
Conduit, a Risen may use Arcanoi
that require touch or eye
contact on them as if those
requirements have been
fulfilled.
Risen, being undead, do not
feel pain as mortals, taking all
damage except fire damage as
Superficial damage. They do not
need to sleep or eat; eating is
incredibly uncomfortable for
them, and they must regurgitate
it within the hour.
Risen are warmish to the touch
and seem perfectly alive at a
glance. But death and rot leave
their mark. Some Risen are
rotten Skeletons puppeted
around, while others who were
embalmed seem like they did in
life.
Risen and Disciplines
There are philosopher
necromancers, especially among a

particular group of Vampires,
that espouse that certain
aspects of undeath are
immutable, such as the extra
durability of their bodies, the
inherent weakness to fire, and
in some cases, the appearance of
the physical Vampire
Disciplines. The Risen are able
to gain dots in the Disciplines
of Celerity, Fortitude, and
Potence. They activate them as
they would Arcanoi. i.e., if the
power calls for a Rouse Check,
the Risen makes a Degradation
Check. Notably, the Drought
powers can still be used but
require Risen to Touch the
recipient and transfer the
emotional energy to the
recipient.
For Wraiths Becoming
Risen
Sometimes a Wraith comes back
to the land of the living. In
this case, the Wraith may find
some oddities in their new
existence. If their body had any
Looks Merits, they lose them and
may even gain a Looks Flaw.
Risen and Arcanoi
A Risen can get any power with
the "Risen" Tag.
Angst
One reason a Shadow may be
inclined to allow the Pact to go
through is due to the potential
Angst that it may get. Anytime
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the Risen uses an Arcanoi in
such a way that it would give
the Shadow at least 1 Temporary
Angst, the Shadow gains 1
additional Temporary Angst. This
does not apply to Arcanoi with
the "Risen" prerequisite.
Risen and Damage
Healing for a Risen is a bit
different; however, it takes
more energy to heal their
physical being than their
metaphysical one. As such, once
per turn, a Risen may heal 1
level of health damage to their
being by making a Degradation
Check. If the Shadow is in
control of the body, the Shadow
may do so too; however, their
degradation check costs their
Angst.
If a Risen loses all their
health levels but still has
Pathos or Angst (depending on
who is in control), they appear
to go unconscious. The Risen
must roll Stamina + Fortitude
against a difficulty equal to 8
- the Risen's current Pathos
Rating with the number of
successes determining how long
it takes for the Risen to Rise
again; please see the below
table.
SUCCESSES TIME DOWN
5 OR MORE 1 Turn
4
3
1 Scene
10 Minutes
2 1 Hour
1 6 Hours
0 12 Hours
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The Shadow may call for a
Catharsis roll when the Risen
goes unconscious. Or perhaps a
somewhat unconventional
approach, the Psyche may force
the Shadow to take over. Few
Shadows are inclined to take
over, get out of the situation,
and then let the Psyche take
back over without some mischief.
If the Risen loses all health
and Pathos, then the Risen
becomes no more, as the Wraith
is ejected to the other side and
appears somewhere in the
Shadowlands within a number of
yards/meters equal to 10 - the
Wraith's Willpower.
If an enemy manages to
simultaneously destroy the
Risen's heart and brain, the
Risen is no more, and the Wraith
is thrown into a Destruction
Harrowing. If the Wraith
survives the Destruction
Harrowing, they cannot become a
Risen again, as their body is
missing the crucial parts with
which the Risen can control it.
Slumber
A Risen, once in their body,
cannot simply retreat into their
Fetter to Slumber. But their
Fetters are still important for
these restless dead to Slumber.
To enter Slumber, a Risen must
maintain contact with one of
their Fetters for 8 hours; the
Conduit will suffice for these
purposes. If the Risen loses
contact with the Fetter, they do
not gain the benefits of
Slumber.
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The Risen do not rest easy.
While attempting to Slumber,
they are required to make a
Stamina + Survival against
difficulty 2, with a failure
making it impossible for the
Risen to enter Slumber for at
least another hour.
Risen to Wraith,
Skinlands to
Shadowlands
A Risen may abandon their body
and return to the Shadowlands as
they see fit. But this has
certain… hazards.
First is the body; leaving it
in the middle of the street
would be dangerous. And as it is
likely to rot, it would be in
the Risen's best interest to
stash it somewhere cold.
Next, the Risen must make one
Degradation Check and spend a
point of Willpower, then roll
Willpower against the local
Shroud Rating. Upon reuniting
with the Shadow, the Shadow
gains 1 Temporary Angst. If
failed, the Risen stays in the
Skinlands. If a Shaded Failure
happens, the Risen remains in
the Skinlands, gains 1 Temporary
Angst, and cannot attempt to re-
enter the Shadowlands for 24
hours without spending an
additional 1 Willpower when they
make an attempt.
To re-enter the body, they
must make the same checks they
made when they first Rose.
However, the Shadow may spend 1

Temporary Angst and force the
Wraith to renegotiate the Pact.
If the Shadow does this, it does
not count as the Psyche failing
to fulfill their part of the
Pact.
Wrong Destinations
Tales abound of Risen who did
not rise in their own bodies.
Though there is no proof of such
nonsense, our ever-trustful
heads in the Hierarchy and
Puppeteers of the Guild that
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share the name would not lie to
us. So please don't listen to
the stories of mad scientist
making clone bodies or masters
of Inhabit using it to possess
machines. Don't believe the
fools who conspire that Da Vinci
made his mechanical knight for
that very purpose. Or the
Vampire's lies about allowing
you to do so; that one is just a
trap.
These rumors are rather hard
to stamp out, however.
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PROJECTORS
Projector System
Default Abilities
Projectors get all the basic
Wraith abilities when they
Project. This includes but is
not limited to, Lifesight,
Deathsight, Sharpened Senses,
and Insubstantiality.
There are almost no
differences between a Projector
and a Wraith when Projecting.
All Projectors may travel to the
Underworld, though this comes
with its complications. A
Projector has both Pathos and
Angst.
A group of rogue guild members
has made a "living" teaching
Projectors various Arcanoi,
often trading favors in the
living world or something more
dangerous. Projectors can use
any known Arcanoi powers while
they are Projecting. However,
those hedge mages have seen some
success with being able to buck
this rule.
If a Projector is in the meat,
they are treated as if they are
mortals. Other powers from other
Supernaturals that would affect
Wraiths, such as the many forms
of necromancy, tend to affect
Projectors. However, any power
that works on a Wraith's Fetter
has a +2 difficulty when used on
a Projector's body.
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Becoming a Projector
When a mortal suffers a near death or other “out
of body” experience they may attempt to become a
Projector. This is something humans can instinctively
do, and they do not require any previous knowledge
of the process to accomplish it.
To make the attempt they must spend a Point of
Willpower and roll their remaining, unspent,
Willpower against difficulty 4. On a success the gain
Vitality and become a Projector.
Not all Projectors who undergo this process
instinctively know they are Projectors. This lack of
knowledge is commonplace with Projectors who
managed to achieve this through the use of
Pigment.
While a Projector is
considered a mortal by all means
while they are in the meat,
however, the lands of the dead
leave a mark on them. When a
Projector is in the meat, they
may spend a point of Willpower
and activate either Deathsight
or Lifesight.
A Projector is immune to the
effects of the Fog entirely.
Vitality
Vitality is Pathos and Corpus
mixed into one. One's initial
Vitality rating is based on
their Resolve + Stamina.
Vitality is presented in the
same way as a Health Track. And
can suffer Superficial and
Aggravated health damage. This
damage usually occurs during
Projection, when the Projector
suffers Corpus damage.
Whenever a Projector makes a
Degradation Check, they
automatically fail, and the
Projector suffers one

Superficial Vitality damage.
This is called spending
Vitality.
When a Projector's Vitality
track is filled with Aggravated
damage, the Projector is
returned to its meat.
Projectors do not heal
Superficial damage naturally as
if it was Corpus. If they want
to heal Superficial damage to
their Vitality, they may spend a
point of Willpower and heal 1
Superficial damage.
Projector
Creation
Step 1: Concept
Who are you? Do you work for
the Orpheus Group? Did you
survive a car accident that
killed your sibling? Did they
come to you in the evening and
ask you to join them?
Or were you a Pigment junkie,
Projecting for fun? Just a
normal person having a good
time?
Or something far worse?
Step 2: Attributes
 You may take 1 attribute
at 4 dots
 You may take 3 attributes

at 3 dots
You may take 4 attributes
at 2 dots
 You may take 1 attribute
at 1 dot
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Health = Stamina + 3
Willpower = Composure + Resolve
Vitality = Stamina + Resolve
Your Plasm Rating starts at 1.
Step 3: Skills
Choose one of the starting dot
allocations.
Jack of All Trades
 One Skill at 3 dots
 Eight Skills at 2 dots
 Ten Skills at 1 dot
Balanced
 Three Skills at 3 dots
 Five Skills at 2 dots
 Seven Skills at 1 dot
Specialist
 One Skill at 4 dots
 Three Skills at 3 dots
 Three Skills at 2 dots
 Three Skills at 1 dot
Step 4: Passions
Projectors are, in most cases,
just ordinary mortals. And thus,
they do not have Passions as a
Wraith does. They have
Convictions, as seen in VTM Core
Rulebook pg. 146. Please feel
free to connect your Convictions
to your Fetters, as if they were
Touchstones.
Step 5: Fetters
Fetters are people, places, or
objects that hold importance to
you as a restless dead. Fetters
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are a Wraith's lifeline,
allowing you to enter Slumber,
the healing sleep of the
restless dead. You gain 10 dots
to spend on Fetters; each Fetter
must have a minimum rating of 1
dot and a maximum rating of 5
dots.
Fetters are typically linked
to your Passions. In the case of
Projectors, the non-body Fetters
tend to be linked to the
Projector's Convictions. For
instance, if you have a Faith
Conviction, one of your Fetters
may symbolize your faith.
5 dots of your Fetters must be
your Tether.
That Which Tethers
Projectors, being in a near-
death state, have their own
Fetters. However, as Projectors
are on the cusp of life and
death, they have some unique
problems and benefits.
First, the strongest of these
Fetters, that being a 5-dot
Fetter, is their own mortal
body. This is called their
Tether.
Second, a Projector's Fetters
do not cause a Projector to go
into a Harrowing. However, if
their body should perish, the
Projector shall become a Wraith.
Third, a Projector's Fetters
cannot be resolved nor
neglected. As the Projector is
still alive, these Fetters are
considered active connections,
just like the connections a
mortal has in their lives.
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Forth, these Fetters are weak
to the powers of Lifeweb.
However, once the Projector
returns to its body, these
connections are re-established,
as the Projector is now
considered a mortal.
Step 6: Arcanoi
You gain 2 dots in 1 Arcanos
of your choice and 1 dot in 1
other Arcanos of your choice.
You may get an Arcanoi Arts
with the Common tag.
Step 7: Laments
There are two types of
Projectors, Skimmers, and
Sleepers. Pick one.
Skimmers
Skimmers make up the majority
of the non-Orpheus Projectors.
Skimmers can leave their bodies
with either psychoactive drugs
like Pigment or their own forms
of meditation.
ADVANTAGES:
 Skimmers regenerate
Vitality at the rate of 1
Superficial Vitality
damage each hour they are
resting in the meat. This
starts by converting all
Aggravated damage into
Superficial Vitality
damage and then erasing
all Superficial Vitality
damage.
 Skimmers can virtually
Project at will. However,
some may be faster to
Project than others.
 A Skimmer can revive by

simply returning to the
meat and instinctually
entering its body.
 Ripcord: A Skimmer may, in
times of need, pull on the
silver cord of their
Tether and return to their
body from anywhere in the
Shadowlands. This causes 1
Superficial health damage.
DISADVANTAGES:
 All damage to the
Skimmer's Vitality is
reflected as Superficial
damage on their Health
Track. This often takes
the form of bruising along
the areas of damage, but
sometimes is very literal
in its reflection. This
effect does not happen
when they are spending
Vitality as Pathos.
 Superficial damage to the
Health Track, done in this
way, is treated as if the
damage was a new instance
of damage. For instance,
James took 4 Superficial
damage to his Vitality,
which halves to 2
Superficial damage to
their Vitality, which in
turn halves to 1
Superficial damage to
their Health track.
 Aggravated damage to
Vitality translated to
unhalved Superficial
damage to the Health
Track.
 A Skimmer takes 1
Superficial Vitality
damage every hour; this
damage does not translate
to their Health Track.
Alternatively, they can
let their body take 1
Superficial health damage
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Pigment, a Decriminalized Drug
Pigment, also known as Black Heroin and Ghost
Dust, is a drug that’ll knock you out of your body. It
can be found all over, and while local law
enforcement will arrest you for possession, there are
not large-scale sting operations to stop the supply of
Pigment into the market. And it’s become a “safe”
drug for dealers to deal in, as they almost always get
minimum sentences and that even if they are
sentenced at all.
Pigment offers several different effects
depending on which way it is introduced into the
body. Each effect lasts a number of hours equal to 8
– Stamina of the user.
Smokers: When inhaled pigment is at its most
forgiving. The Character must make a Composure +
Wits roll against difficulty 3, with a success offering a
good trip and a failure putting them in the horrors of
a bad trip (which is certainly not them Projecting and
going through a Harrowing). If the smoker has
achieved a good trip, they gain Lifesight and
Deathsight until the effects wear off.
Pill Popper: Pills are a bit of a more potent way to
take Pigment. While taken the user sees
hallucinations and enters a state of mind akin to
sexual arousal. They suffer a two dice penalty on all
rolls involving mental attributes. They gain the ability
to see through the Shroud and can see Wraiths and
other Projected Entities. If they are a Projector they
can Project after this point and suffer no penalties
while Projecting.
Injectors: Injecting Pigment into the blood
directly with a needle can be one of the most
euphoric experiences any mortal can have. However,
this causes them to suffer a 3 dice penalty to all rolls.
But, they can see, hear, and speak to Wraiths. This
also counts as enough of an out of body experience
to attempt to become a Projector permanently.
when their Vitality would
take damage in this way.
 A Skimmer may not Ripcord
unless they are in the
Shadowlands.
Sleepers
Prerequisite: Orpheus
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Sleepers prefer a more brute-
force approach to their
Projections. These are people
who put themselves into
cryosleep or some other form of
near-death state required to
Project.
ADVANTAGES:
 Sleepers do not need to
spend Vitality to remain
Projected, nor do they
take any damage from being
Projected.
 A Sleeper, at any time,
may shunt any Temporary
Angst they have to their
body via their Tether.
Each Temporary Angst sent
to their body in this way
does a level of unhalved
Superficial damage on a
one-for-one basis. Angst
sent off this way cannot
be removed via
Castigation.
 Besides the damage from
shunting Angst into their
bodies, Sleepers do not
take any health damage
when they take damage to
their Vitality.
 While the Projector is not
Projecting, their
Temporary Angst persists
as unhalved Superficial
health damage done to
their bodies. This damage,
and its associated Angst,
heals and disappears at a
rate of 1 health and
Temporary Angst per day.
If they Project while
still having Angst in this
way, the Angst retransfers
into their Projection,
adding to their Temporary
Angst pool, this does not
heal the health damage,
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and the health damage is
considered normal damage
from here on out.
 Sleepers regenerate
Vitality at a rate of 1
Superficial Vitality
damage each night they
rest in the meat. This
starts by converting all
Aggravated Vitality damage
into Superficial Vitality
damage and then erasing
all Superficial Vitality
damage.
DISADVANTAGES:
 Almost exclusively
requires you to be a
member of the Orpheus
Group. Very few people can
afford this method outside
the Orpheus Group.
 Sleepers cannot Project at
will. They require a
process to flatline that
involves a cryogenic
cradle. This process takes
about 4 hours.
 The Sleeper cannot enter
their body again until
their body is awoken. This
process takes about 4
hours.
 While in suspension, the
Sleeper cannot regain
Vitality.
Step 8: Advantages
You have 7 dots to spend on
advantages. You may spend these
dots to remove your Shadow's
freebie points on a one-for-one
basis.
You do not get a death type.
Instead, choose a Shade. If they
die, they lose their Shade, and

its benefits and gain a Death
Type.
Shades
Shades are a kind of Death
Type for the living. The Orpheus
Group first discovered them, but
some Projectors don't like the
classifications and can
completely bypass them.
Each Shade gains 1 dot in one
of two Arcanoi but cannot gain
any dots in a single Arcanoi.
BANSHEE
Banshees are introspective
people. Martyrs and optimists
find themselves as banshees.
They aren't particularly shy
about their convictions. But are
also the type to try to see all
sides before acting.
Arcanoi: gain 1 dot in Keening
or Fatalism.
Prohibited: Outrage.
HAUNTER
Haunters are very adaptive and
able to be at home anywhere.
They tend to be very adaptable
and good at working with
physical objects, but not
necessarily people.
Arcanoi: gain 1 dot in Inhabit
or Flux.
Prohibited: Keening.
MARROW
Marrows live to reinvent
themselves. They are social
chameleons who enjoy
participating in many novelties.
They probably stumbled into
Projection, and if there isn't a
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reason to keep at it, they may
very well lose interest or
charge into the Labyrinth as
they take up hell diving for a
week.
Arcanoi: gain 1 dot in Embody
or Moliate.
Prohibited: Phantasm.
POLTERGEIST
Poltergeists are passionate
people. They love deeply and
hate just as much. They are
masters of manifesting their
Passion into violence and art.
These passions can be difficult
to control, but it's worth it,
as it gives them power.
Arcanoi: gain 1 dot in Outrage
or Keening.
Prohibited: Intimation.
PHANTASM
These guys are creatives; they
enjoy expressing themselves.
They like creating and making
works of art. But some prefer
the stage and are eager for an
audience.
Arcanoi: gain 1 dot in
Pandemonium or Phantasm.
Prohibited: Inhabit.
SKINRIDER
These people have an
incredibly strong sense of self,
so strong that they are inclined
to overpower others' sense of
self. These people tend to
control freaks who know how to
fix issues if only people would
listen to them. They are
organizers and manipulators.
Arcanoi: gain 1 dot in
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Prohibited: Moliate.
WISP
Wisps are like air, flowing
around problems and rarely using
the blunt approach. They range
from manipulating people and
situations or simply cheering up
sad people so they can get the
motivation they need.
Arcanoi: gain 1 dot in Argos
or Intimation.
Prohibited: Puppetry.
Step 9: Shadow
Projectors do not have a
Shadow.
Roll your Maximum Willpower
rating with each success adding
1 Permanent Angst, for this roll
10s do not contribute to crits.
Step 10: Stains
Since Projectors do not have
Shadows, their Angst manifests
as Stains on their Corpus.
A Projector gains 1 Stain for
every 2 dots of Permanent Angst.
A Projector may manifest a
Stain at the cost of gaining 1
Permanent Angst. When a
Projector's Permanent Angst is
raised above their maximum
Willpower, they manifest all
their Stains permanently and
have to spend 1 point of
Willpower to suppress them for a
Scene.
Implementing Stains
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Stains are a clear sign of the
Oblivion on a Projection. This
comes with a stigma, as some
Wraiths may assume the Projector
is a Spectre of some kind. Each
manifested Stain subtracts 1 die
from your social rolls. This
effect is cumulative.
ADDER'S SCALES
This Stain coats the
Projector's Corpus with the
scales of a serpent. While
purely superficial, the real
advantage of this Stain is the
increased flexibility.
Advantage: You gain +3 dice to
escape or avoid being grappled
or pinned down.
Disadvantage: Serpents are
cold-blooded and can be sluggish
in the dark, such as the
darkness of the Shadowlands. You
lose 1 dice in Wits and/or
Dexterity rolls that don't
involve escaping grappling.
ARMOR OF CORPULENCE
Corpus twists and layers over
and over, restricting movement,
but armor has always been
restrictive.
Advantage: The player is
immune to all Superficial damage
and treats all Aggravated damage
as Unhalved Superficial damage.
This Stain does not negate
sources like Soulfire and
electricity.
Disadvantage: The considerable
bulk of their being makes it
hard to move. They suffer a 2
dice penalty to Dexterity rolls
while this is manifested.

BARBED CORPUS
Some people are inclined to
push people away. This tends to
manifest as this Stain, the
quills of the porcupine.
Advantage: This Stain offers 1
point of armor. If the Projector
grapples or is grappled, they do
1 unhalved Superficial Corpus
damage per round they are
grappled or grappling. Unarmed
opponents that strike the
Projector also take 1 unhalved
Superficial damage.
Disadvantage: Whenever you
make a Dexterity roll, you must
also roll your Resolve +
Composure against difficulty 2
or bump into one of your allies
or a structure and damage them
as above. The taint of Angst
makes the allies the initial
target and only harms structures
if no allies are at a reasonable
distance.
BRUTISH
The Projector grew three feet
taller as their Corpus increased
as they formed 150 lbs. of
muscle.
Advantage: The Projector gains
3 dice in their Strength Pool.
Disadvantage: The player loses
1 dice in dice pools that
include Charisma and/or
Intelligence.
CHAMELEON SKIN
Some people blend into the
background. This Stain makes
their Corpus shift color to
blend into the background.
Advantage: The player gains +
4 dice on all Stealth Rolls.
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Disadvantage: This Stain, once
manifested and not being
actively used, continues to
shift and change. While this
power is manifested, the
difficulties of social rolls are
increased by 1.
COMPOUND EYE
The Projector's eyes grow into
those of a mantis or dragonfly.
Advantage: The Projector's
range of vision increases to 360
degrees.
Disadvantage: A wider field of
vision makes it harder for the
Projector to see things further
away. They lose 2 dice for
ranged attacks.
CORPUS CILIA
Small hair-like structures
appear on the Projector's
forearms, allowing them to feel
the displacement and flow of
air.
Advantage: A Projector gains
+1 dice to Awareness checks and
cannot be blinded from things
like fog or being blinded within
30 feet.
Disadvantage: All Wits rolls,
not including Awareness, suffer
a 1 die penalty. Additionally,
the Projector suffers a dice
penalty in a Maelstrom equal to
the Maelstrom's Rating.
DARK SPEECH
Forked-tonged devils may find
this Stain manifesting. This
Stain transforms the tongue into
a dagger-like implement dripping
with venom and able to extend up
to seven feet away.
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Advantage: The character can
use their tongue to make a Brawl
attack and add their Permeant
Angst rating to the damage of an
attack on any Dexterity + Brawl
Rolls made with the tongue.
Disadvantage: The Projector
has no internal filter, saying
things as they arise. While this
Stain is manifested, the
Projector can roll a Resolve +
Composure Roll against
Difficulty 4 to refrain from
saying something.
GOSSAMER WEBS
Some people can't let go of
things, and they tend to
manifest this Stain. The
Projector's Corpus grows web-
like structures that are just as
sticky.
Advantage: On a successful
Brawl attack, the Projector can
leave behind some of these
sticky webs to bind and trap
someone. To do so, they must
spend a Vitality.
One Vitality spent requires a
Strength + Resolve roll at
difficulty 2. Each subsequent
Vitality spent increases the
difficulty by 1. The Projector
can make a called strike to
target a specific spot on the
body. If they aim for the eyes,
that'll blind the target. If
they strike the legs, they'll
remove their movement. If they
strike the arms, the target
removes 1 dice to attack.
Disadvantage: It costs 1 extra
Vitality to pass through walls
as the Projector passes through
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them. And any attempt to bind
someone costs Vitality.
HAMMER FISTS
This is a Stain on brawlers.
The hands of those with this
Stain grow large and cumbersome.
Advantage: Add +3 damage to
all Brawl attacks made while
this Stain is manifested.
Disadvantage: All Dexterity
rolls that require the
Projector's hands are reduced by
2 dice.
SPIDER'S BRISTLES
Some people are horrid on the
inside, making some Projectors
horrid on the outside. Thin
hairy bristles form on the limbs
of the Projector.
Advantage: The Projector can
climb most surfaces, not unlike
a spider. This does not work on
Soulsteel or some of the slicker
parts of the Labyrinth. This
does not work on the raw Corpus
of a restless dead.
Disadvantage: It's easy to
pick things up accidentally.
Sure, someone can be careful,
but once they pick something up,
they need to make a Strength +
Stamina roll against difficulty
2 to remove whatever is sticking
to them.
SPITE FUELED ARCANOI
Some humans are hate-filled
creatures. Projectors who
manifest this Stain have this
hate and can focus it inward to
strengthen themselves.
Unfortunately, this Stain is

rather common, and some
Projectors try to teach it to
others.
Advantage: Projectors add +2
dice to all rolls that include
an Arcanoi.
Disadvantage: This Stain
causes issues with Arcanoi. All
Arcanoi that adds Angst of any
kind adds +1 temporary Angst.
Step 11: Projector Type
There are multiple Projector
Types available.
Orpheus
Orpheus offers several
advantages to Projectors.
Orpheus Projectors gain access
to the Sleeper Lament.
Gain 1 dot in the Status (NSA)
background, and once per story,
you can request the NSA kill an
investigation.
Independent
The first group of Projectors
outside of Orpheus were a
product of the NSA's repression
of Pigment prosecution. They
offer several other advantages.
Independent Projectors gain
access to Arcanoi Arts with the
Projector tag.
When not Projecting, they can
still access their Vitality for
the purposes of fuelling
Sorcery.
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Cult Corp
Cult Corp is just a subsection
of some of the bloodlines of the
Vampire Clan Hecata.
All Cult Corp Projectors are
Ghouls of Clan Hecata and have
all the benefits and downsides
of being so. All Projectors of
Cult Corp are Bloodbound to a
patron Vampire but are often
given more overall freedom than
a normal Ghoul.
If a Projector of Cult Corp
drinks a Draught, they can
permanently buy the increased
dots in the associated physical
Discipline.
Draught of Elegance = Celerity
Draught of Endurance =
Fortitude
Draught of Might = Potence
The first dot in any
Discipline costs the normal 10
experience, but every dot above
that costs 8 x the next level in
experience. Each time the
Projector increases a Discipline
above 1 they take 1 Aggravated
health damage.
When they use a Discipline
requiring a Rouse Check instead
of Aggravated health damage, the
Projector may auto fail a
Degradation check with their
Vitality.
When a Cult Corp Projector
gains 2 dots in all three
physical Disciplines, they gain
access to Arcanoi Arts with the
Risen tag.
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Shadow Creation
Creating a Shadow
1. Chose an Archetype
2. Define your Angst
3. Define your Dark Passions
4. Shadow Merits
Chose an Archetype
The Delver: "What did they
mean by that?" is the motto of
the Delver. This Shadow's goal
is to make you question everyone
you know and whittle down your
trust.
This typically has one of two
effects, either making the
Wraith paranoid and mistrusting
of everyone around them or
making them way too trusting, as
their desire to defy their
Shadow makes them trust even
those they should not.
The Delver has exactly one
thing on their mind, the truth,
and nothing but the truth. She
relentlessly tries to find the
truth and second and third
guesses to find the truth behind
every gesture, every joke, and
every word.
When the Delver is in control,
they will try to seek the
answers to all their myriad
questions. Be it through
coercion or more brutal means.
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The Abuser: This Shadow stems
from past experience, you were
hurt once or even over a period
of time, and while you may have
moved on, the Abuser hasn't. It
lashes out at everyone and
everything that isn't itself,
yelling in the back of the
Wraith's mind and jabbing it
with its most cutting insults.
When the Abuser is in control,
they seek to hurt people in
whatever way they can, be it
good old-fashioned violence or
the bad new-fashioned way of
cutting words and lots of
swearing. This Shadow has been
hurt and will make sure the rest
of the world suffers as they
have.
The Director: The Director is
as patient as it is cunning. It
is an organized mastermind, and
its favorite subject is its
Wraith. The Director's cold,
calculating attack will strip
your defenses one at a time. It
will take note of every fear,
every hesitation, and every
weakness and use them against
you until you are theirs.
When in control, the Director
is not some madman who may
strike out with emotion. No, the
Director is a methodical planner
who plans for their next turn in
the driver's seat. It may not do
anything dangerous now, but it
may hide a Relic for later use,
break something important to
you, or hurt a dear friend of
yours so they won't help you
later.
The False Friend: Cheerful and
very personable, the False
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Friend is almost kind at times.
However, this Shadow is the
expert at the backhanded
compliment. Its primary method
of attack is to isolate you and
get you to trust it. This can
happen by it second-guessing
your allies or even sympathizing
with your enemies. It also is
often a fan of giving you aid
often but taking away that aid
when it is least convenient for
you. Once it has made you make a
fool of all your allies, it has
won because it will never let
you live that down.
When the False Friend takes
control of you, it will do
everything in its power to
sabotage your relationships and
hopefully isolate you from all
your support.
The Parent: Mother knows best
and will ensure you know that.
The Parent will look at every
minor imperfection and attempt
to force you to improve, with
rage and a parent's most
terrible tool, disappointment.
The Parent will always strive
for you to be better until you
do exactly what it tells you to
do. A Parent will never once
accept your friends and will try
and get you to abandon them.
When the Parent takes over,
its primary priority is to
isolate you from the corrupting
influences, i.e., your allies
and friends. They may protect
you by running away from your
life and attempting to "get you
to a safe place," aka the
Labyrinth.
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The Martyr: Ever believing in
you, the Martyr wants you to
give it your all and then give a
little more. The Martyr seeks to
motivate you into giving more
and more of yourself until
nothing is left and it may take
your spot. The Martyr builds you
up as the only person who can
take what is going on and wants
you to sacrifice everything.
When in control, the Martyr
will always try and place you in
a no-win situation, where
sacrifice is the only option, be
it your Relic, your friends, or
even your sanity.
The Monster: The Monster cares
about two things, inflicting
pain and taking what it wants.
If it sees something it wants,
it will try to get you to take
it and encourage you to do
whatever you can to hurt people
while you're taking it. It is a
hoarder, wanting useless things
just because others have them.
When in control, the Monster
is a pale reflection of
Spectrehood; it is as cruel and
violent as those monsters.
Preferring the direct approach,
the Monster will try to cause as
much damage as possible as it
tries to steal from anyone and
everyone.
The Somnambulist: Listen
closely. Do you hear that voice
in the back of your head that
says, "I'll do it tomorrow"?
That is the Somnambulist. It is
the spirit of procrastination
and sloth. It doesn't want you
to worry about anything. Slow
down; after all, "everything
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will be fine." But do not be

fooled. The Somnambulist is as
cunning as any Shadow, and just
when you think you may have won,
don't be surprised when it plays
its little trick.
When in control, the
Somnambulist is not but a lazy
pile of Corpus. Failing all
commitments and, if they can, in
ways that are helpful to your
enemies.
The Perfectionist: If you
thought the Parent was bad,
wanting you to do better and all
that, the Perfectionist knows
you can't. It will never be
pleased with you, criticizing
you for everything you do, from
how you talk, to how you use
your Arcanoi. Any little mistake
can launch the Perfectionist
into a tirade of insults and
battery; it cares not for you,
only that you made a mistake.
When the Perfectionist takes
control, it reveals it has the
same standards that it holds you
to for everyone else. This is
most often in the form of bile
as words spew from its mouth as
it insults everyone it sees.
The Scarecrow: This Shadow
sees pit traps in fields, thinks
ghost bees are real, and that
that guy who has been behind you
for the past two blocks is
following you. The Scarecrow
sees danger at every turn and
isn't afraid to mention it. The
Scarecrow is a paranoid mess,
and it is your problem.
When in control, the Scarecrow
can actually be quite agreeable.
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dissuade everyone from doing
anything remotely beneficial,
usually by pointing out the
dangers and then overemphasizing
those dangers.
The Voice of Hope: A cheery
Shadow, when compared to many
others, this Shadow doesn't
believe you died, and simply
that you need to WAKE UP. This
Shadow believes that the entire
Underworld is a dream and you
are in a coma you merely need to
WAKE UP from. If you ever manage
to convince the Voice of Hope
that you aren't in a coma from
which you can WAKE UP, its
denial will shift from death to
trying to find a cure for your
condition. It will chase down
all leads on a chance to return
to life, from Mages to Vampires,
from psychics to old gods. But
fear not, for when you fail to
find it, it will build you up
and keep your hope going so you
can suffer longer.
When it takes control, the
Voice of Hope rejects all
conventions of Wraith society
and tries to WAKE you UP. This
can take the form of traveling
to the Skinlands to simply
trying to prove the dream is
just that. After all, you can't
die in a dream.
The False Avatar: Something
terrible happened, you were a
Mage, and you died, and now as a
Wraith, something has
fundamentally changed with your
avatar. You feel as if it has
been cut off from you, and yet
you can still hear it; it's even
possible for it to take control
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of your new body sometimes. But
you can trust it, as you always
have. And it even has the
ability to aid you in different
ways, even if it seems incapable
of assisting you with your
magic.
This Shadow pretends to be a
former Mage's avatar, building
on that trust and helping them
out as much as possible. This is
a simple trick. They encourage
their Psyche to use the Shadow
Dice and disregard any Angst
they gather.
When it takes control, it does
its best to help the Psyche out,
but it always seems to mess up.
Probably because it's not used
to interacting with others in
this way, surely it's trying its
best for you.
A Soul Consumed: You were a
Vampire, and you committed the
greatest sin; you Diablerized
someone, and wouldn't you know
it, they're back, and they are
Harrowing you. They may want
vengeance and take it out
whenever they can. They may be
some cunning mastermind biding
their time, if you're lucky, you
Diablerized someone who doesn't
much care, but even then, that
can become a problem, as this
Shadow may play down how much
Angst you have.
When this Shadow takes over,
it acts much like the victim of
Diablerie would and often tries
to use your face to ruin your
relations and drive you to the
Oblivion.
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Define the Shadow's Dark Passions are the Shadow's

goals. They may take the form of
Permanent Angst reflections of the Wraith's own
Passions, such as if one of the
Angst is the fuel of the Passions were to protect a loved
Shadow. Think of it as the one, the Dark Passion may be to
source of their powers. To get hurt them. Alternatively, a Dark
your Shadow's Angst score, roll Passion doesn't have anything to
a number of dice equal to your do with what the Wraith wants
Willpower. The number of but is still self-destructive. A
successes is your Permanent Shadow cannot have more dots in
Angst score, to a minimum of 1. Dark Passions than the Wraith
Beyond the Permanent Angst they are attached to has in
score, you can also acquire Passions.
Temporary Angst, which can
exceed the usual 10 Angst.
Angst is a measure of the
Shadow's power. A Shadow can
The Shadow's
spend Angst to fuel its special
abilities, called Thorns.
Advantages
When the basics of Shadow
Similarly, a Shadow can spend
creation are finished, there are
Angst much like how they would
still 7 dots to spend with which
spend Willpower.
you can round out your Shadow's
personality and abilities. These
Sample Passions dots can purchase additional
The following are some examples of Passions: Angst (Permanent or Temporary),
 I must make it to the Labyrinth. (Self- new or stronger Dark Passions,
Destruction) or the special abilities Shadows
 Hurt everyone. (Wrath) have called Thorns. A Wraith's
 Let the works I built in life crumble. (Humility) Permanent Angst score can never
 Make sure everyone knows I am the best. exceed its Permanent Willpower
(Pride) score at the start of play, but
Temporary Angst can be bought up
to 9 points. Furthermore, while

Dark Passions additional dots in Dark Passions

can be purchased with freebies,
The Shadow is separate from the number of dots in Dark
the Wraith, and as such, it has Passions can never exceed the
its own wants and desires. A number of dots a Wraith has in
Shadow has 7 dots which it can its regular Passions.
use to buy its Dark Passions.
They function identically to THORN 3 PER POINT
normal Passions; however, 1 TEMPORARY ANGST Current Permanent
instead of reasons for the Angst Rating
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Tainted Relic: 1 point/level

Thorns (Maximum of 5)
Activation Cost: N/A
Thorns are unique power the
System: This is a Relic that
Shadow has over a Wraith. Only
only manifests during Catharsis,
the Shadowguide can activate
and the number of points
Thorns, but not only when they
indicates its potency. Each dot
are merely riding, as they may
in this Thorn produces a Relic
spend Angst during Catharsis to
equal to the Relic Background. A
activate them in addition to
Tainted Relic will always
their Arcanoi. These can be
manifest when the Shadow does,
simple tricks or things that
even if it has been "lost" or
actively endanger the Wraith to
"destroyed." A Wraith's Tainted
the forces of Oblivion.
Relic will always have some
significance to them, even if
Spectre Prestige: 1
they don't admit it. A toy from
point/level (Maximum of 5)
an abusive relative they never
Activation Cost: N/A
mention, or a shiv from time
System: Many Spectres have the
spent in prison that they've
ability to communicate with
somehow avoided ever talking
Wraiths' Shadows. This functions
about; these are the kinds of
as the Influence background. It
Tainted Relics they may
can only gain influence with
strenuously deny knowing
Spectres or specific groups of
anything about.
Spectres. Shadows with this
Thorn have garnered the respect
Infamy: 1 point/level (Maximum
of the Shadow-Eaten and will be
of 5)
treated accordingly.
Activation Cost: N/A
System: Memoriam for the
Dark Allies: 1 point/level
Shadow, Infamy measures how much
(Maximum of 5)
fear and loathing the Wraith
Activation Cost: N/A
still inspires in the living.
System: A Shadow with Dark
Just as the Wrath's Psyche
Allies regularly communicates
accumulates Pathos, Shadows can
and plots with Spectres and can
build up Angst. Every time a
call on them for aid. For each
Wraith with Infamy falls into
dot in this Thorn, your Shadow
Slumber, the Shadowguide rolls
can gain 1 additional Spectre it
one Shadow Die for each point of
can call upon for its
the Thorn possessed against
machinations or more powerful
difficulty 0, and each success
individual Spectres. This cannot
gives the Shadow a point of
be used to replicate Pact of
Temporary Angst. Shaded Failures
Doom.
and Dark Criticals remove 1
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of the Wraith. No more than five
points of Infamy can be taken,
and an Infamous Wraith had best
be prepared to deal with the
consequences of the hatred of
the living.
Death's Sigil: 1 to 3 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: Death's Sigil is a
prominent sign of Oblivion's
touch on the character that
manifests no matter where she
goes. Each Sigil is unique; one
Wraith might have wings of
choking smoke, another might
leave footprints of seawater in
the Skinlands, and a third could
exude the odor of burned flesh.
This Thorn naturally makes a
Wraith very distinctive, with
all of the advantages and
disadvantages this offers. Only
by spending 1 point of Willpower
can a Wraith turn off the
effects of this Thorn for a
Scene. The more points put into
the Thorn, the more pronounced
its effect is. A one-point Sigil
might not be that noticeable,
while the three-point version
could go so far as to alter the
effects of the Wraith's Arcanoi.
Shadow Traits: 2 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: The Shadow can
purchase one dot of any
Attribute or Ability, but these
extra points are only available
during Catharsis. This Thorn can
be purchased as many times as
freebie points permit during
Shadow creation. The Shadow
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cannot raise an attribute above
5 in this way.
Nightmares: 2 points
Activation Cost: 1 Angst
System: When the Psyche
Slumbers, a Shadow with this
Thorn may cause them to have
intense nightmares. The visions
this Thorn generates are so
horrifying that the Wraith must
roll Willpower of difficulty 3
or immediately awaken from
Slumber, losing all benefits
from Slumbering.
A Wraith can spend a point of
Willpower before Slumbering to
ensure that they are immune to
this Thorn; only the Storyteller
should be informed that such an
investment has been made.
Aura of Corruption: 2 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: Through this Thorn's
effects, the Shadow somehow
defiles the Wraith's
presentation of themselves,
making their presence unpleasant
to other Wraiths. The effect of
Aura of Corruption is generally
not grotesque; instead, it is
subtly disturbing. Indeed, it
may have no overt impact, merely
serving to make others
uncomfortable. If the light is
somehow harder to come by near
the Wraith, or its teeth are
subtly sharper, unease can
quickly settle into the minds of
its companions. If a Wraith has
Aura of Corruption, take a 1 die
penalty to all social rolls.
This Thorn can be purchased up
to 3 times.
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Mirror, Mirror: 2 points
Activation Cost: 1 Angst
System: Related to the more
powerful Trick of the Light,
this Thorn briefly alters a
Wraith's appearance. Whenever a
Wraith whose Shadow possesses
this Thorn looks in a reflective
surface, the Shadow can activate
Mirror, Mirror. When the Thorn
is used, the Wraith's appearance
in a mirror or any other
reflective surface (a pool of
water is a great favorite) is
horribly distorted in some way.
The distortion usually plays
up one of the Shadow's Dark
Passions, but the Shadow has a
full palette from which to work
when making its face monstrous.
The distorted visage in the
reflection is visible to all,
not just the Wraith itself, and
it usually means that it's got
some explaining to do. Repeated
uses dim its effectiveness; wise
Shadows save it for appropriate
moments.
One of the more popular uses
of this Thorn involves altering
a reflection when only the
mirror, and not the Wraith
itself, can be seen by an
observer.
Shadow Call: 2 points
Activation Cost: 1 Angst
System: Shadow Call allows a
Wraith's Shadow to summon nearby
Spectres. This Thorn can only be
used when a Wraith is in the
Tempest or standing at the mouth
of a Nihil; otherwise, it has no
effect. The Shadow Call is
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audible on the edge of a
Wraith's consciousness as a
thin, piercing shriek, and in
time most Wraiths will come to
recognize its significance. The
Shadowguide rolls against their
Permanent Angst score to make a
Shadow Call. The number of
successes indicates the number
of Spectres summoned; however,
the type of Spectre that answers
the Shadow Call is entirely up
to the Storyteller.
Pact of Doom: 3 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: This Thorn is the
apocryphal deal with the devil.
If a Wraith has this Thorn, they
and their Shadow can negotiate a
pact by means of which the
Shadow will teach them a
predetermined number of levels
in an Arcanos. In exchange, the
Shadow acquires Permanent Angst
equivalent to the number of
levels taught. Both Psyche and
Shadow must agree upon the terms
of the Pact, as the arrangement
is entirely consensual.
The knowledge that the Shadow
imparts under this Thorn comes
from the vast Spectral Hivemind
and does not reflect the
knowledge of the Shadow itself.
Only Shadows with Pact of Doom
can access this knowledge only
when empowered by a Pact. At no
other time can a Shadow call to
the Hivemind for this sort of
knowledge or power. This cannot
be replicated using Dark Allies.
Dark Allies centers on the
Shadow's relationship with

Spectres and their willingness
to aid it.
Trick of the Light: 3 points
Activation Cost: 1 Angst per
Scene
System: By using this Thorn,
the Shadow subtly alters the
Psyche's perception of the
Scene. When the Thorn is
invoked, the Shadowguide should
inform the Storyteller what
exactly the Wraith perceives.
The Storyteller then relays this
to the player. This Thorn only
affects the Shadow's Psyche and
not any other Wraith. Trick of
the Light is not limited to
sight, and any of the other
senses can be affected by its
use. However, only one sense can
be affected per Scene.
Bad Luck: 3 points
Activation Cost: 1 Angst per
Die
System: For each Angst point a
Shadow with Bad Luck spends, the
Wraith's player is forced to
reroll one die (Shadowguide's
choice). The use of Bad Luck
does not have to be announced
until after the original roll is
made.
Shadowed Face: 3-4 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: With this Thorn, the
Shadow completely changes its
Psyche's appearance when it
takes over. Shadowed face allows
the Shadow to have one other
visage (not a variety), which
can be either known or unknown
to the Wraith's associates. For
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an additional freebie point, the
Shadow can assume the Shadowed
face or retain the Wraith's
original appearance during
Catharsis.
Headless, but Without a Horse:
4 points
Activation Cost: None
System: A cunning Shadow can
find the advantages of
separating the head and body.
When this Thorn is taken, the
head of the Corpus falls off,
and the Wraith is forced to
carry their head around. The
head is the primary sensory
organ it usually is, and other
sensory organs in the body pick
up things as more fuzzy than
normal, suffering a 3 dice
penalty in all Checks. This may
also lead to weird situations
where the head and body may be
separated for a period of time,
making for some weird Sessions.
As a Shadow, you live in the
head. During Catharsis, you take
control over both aspects of the
body.
During Catharsis, the Shadow
may spend 1 Angst to take
control of either the head or
body; this usually allows the
Shadow to perform deeds while
the Psyche is forced to watch as
a disembodied head.
Honeyed Tongue: 4 points
Activation Cost: 1 Angst
System: The Shadow is almost
preternaturally persuasive, and
it can really turn on the charm
when it chooses to do so. By
rolling Temporary Angst
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(difficulty is the target's
Manipulation + Subterfuge), the
Shadow can make any one sentence
strangely compelling — and
believable. This covers
everything from "I'm sure Lucien
won't mind if you steal his
Relic beer" to "The Shade won't
bite if you lean over and pet it
nicely."
A Wraith can spend a Willpower
point to counteract the effects
of this Thorn. Honeyed Tongue
can be used only once per Scene.
Tainted Touch: 4 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: This Thorn makes a
Wraith something of a Typhoid
Mary among the Restless. When
afflicted with Tainted touch, a
Wraith spreads Oblivion with the
brush of a finger. Whenever a
Wraith with Tainted touch comes
in contact with another Wraith's
Corpus, he must roll three dice
against difficulty 0. The number
of successes equals the number
of Temporary Angst points the
victim suddenly acquires.
However, if aware of the
touch, the victim can make a
Resolve + Composure roll to
resist, and every success on
this roll cancels one of the
offender's successes.
A Wraith with Tainted Touch
can spend a Willpower point to
turn the effect off for a Scene.
This Thorn can only affect a
Wraith once per day.
Shadowplay: 5 points
Activation Cost: N/A
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System: Shadowplay allows a
Wraith who has used up all of
their actions during a turn to
get another one, but at a cost.
If the Shadow offers, the Wraith
can take an additional action,
but they make a Degradation roll
and gain 1 point of Temporary
Angst. The Wraith cannot ask for
the additional action; the
decision as to whether or not
it's available is entirely up to
the Shadowguide.
While the cost of activating
this Thorn is deceptively low, a
Wraith who comes to rely upon it
can feed their Shadow's strength
very quickly and find themselves
in dire straits when the extra
action they were counting on
suddenly isn't forthcoming in a
crisis.
Shadow Familiar: 5 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: While the Shadow stays
within a Wraith's consciousness,
a Shadow Familiar can serve as
its eyes, ears, and feet. Most
Shadow Familiars take the form
of ravens, rats, or other
creatures of the carrion heap.
The Shadows of other Wraiths
distract them from seeing the
creature whenever possible. The
Shadow Familiar is a minor
servant of Oblivion and remains
in constant contact with the
Shadow, feeding it information
and suggestions. Shadow
Familiars can come in any form,
but all are both small and
harmless.
If threatened, a Shadow
Familiar will run away; if
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attacked, it will dive into the This can be a hard Thorn to

Tempest. If a Wraith's Shadow use, both to make up an
Familiar is destroyed, another appropriate action or statement
one will arrive within a week to and to roleplay it. Shadow
take its place. However, this players should scheme with the
one will be considerably more other player when apt to craft a
particularly effective use of
Freudian Slip. This Thorn is
Shadow Familiar powerful, and players it's used
Standard Dice Pools: Physical 1, Social 0, on should be able to handle the
Mental 3 occasion maturely.
Secondary Attributes: Health 3, Willpower 1
Exceptional Dice Pools: Athletics 4, Stealth 6; Shadow Life: 5 points
Intimidation 4 Activation Cost: 1 Angst
Special: Shadow Familiar takes damage in the
System: Whenever a Wraith with
same way as Wraith does. They heal when the
Wraith does, healing Superficial damage when this Thorn Slumbers, their
its Wraith does, and healing Aggravated Shadow takes control of their
damage when its Wraith does. They cannot be shared Corpus and sets out to do
mentally dominated or influenced as they are its worst. This will not end
bound to their Shadow. They can trouble for the Psyche, as they
telepathically broadcast a single image per
constantly encounter situations
Scene to their master. Depending on whether
or not this familiar has taken a flying form, it its Shadow has created and
can fly; otherwise, it is just a small skittering people whom their Shadow has
creature. wronged. Of course, all the
General Difficulties: 3/1 blame for the Shadow's actions
will land squarely on the
circumspect in its dealings with Psyche.
the Shadow, as even creatures of Wraiths with this Thorn know
Oblivion have a faint sense of that their Shadows do get up and
self-preservation. walk around but have no way of
knowing precisely what their
Freudian Slip: 5 points dark halves do. If characters
Activation Cost: 1 Angst wish, they can invest 1
System: The Shadow can force a additional freebie point in this
Wraith to make a sudden, Thorn and have their characters
involuntary action or a quick, be unaware of their Shadow Life.
unedited statement. Freudian The player, not the Shadowguide,
Slip can also be used to put an controls the character while
unbidden thought into a Wraith's Shadow Life is active.
mind. To resist this Thorn, the
Wraith must make a Willpower Whispers: 6 points
roll against the Shadow's Activation Cost: N/A
Permanent Angst, with a success System: A Shadow with this
countering the effects of Thorn can speak to the Shadows
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their Psyches. This allows the
Shadows to work together,
sharing information and
stratagems. A Wraith can make a
Wits + Awareness roll against
the Shadow's Permanent Angst
score to determine if their
Shadow seems somehow distracted,
but otherwise, there is no way
for them to pick up on the fact
that their other half is talking
to someone else.
Manifestation: 6 points
Activation Cost: 4 Angst
System: The Shadow can
materialize as an entity
separate from the Wraith. While
in this state, the Shadow can
converse, affect objects, and
use Thorns. The manifested
Shadow is in all ways physically
identical to the Wraith from
which it came, and bystanders
may have a great deal of
difficulty telling the two
apart. Even the auras of the two
Corpora are the same.
On the other hand, a
Legionnaire coming across two
identical Wraiths may shout
"Doppelganger!" and charge in,
sword in hand. A Manifestation
lasts for a single Scene. After
manifesting, the Shadow must
rest silently for the next
Scene.
If the Shadow has the Shadowed
Face thorn, they may choose to
activate it when they leave the
Psyche. If they have the Shadow
Traits thorn, the bought
attributes and abilities become
active when the Shadow uses this
ability.
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Devil's Dare: 7 points
Activation Cost: Variable
System: Devil's Dare is the
emotional equivalent of a game
of chicken. To use this Thorn,
the Shadowguide invests a number
of Temporary Angst points
(marked off immediately) and
writes down something that it
dares the Psyche to do before
the end of the Session. The
difficulty of the dare
determines the cost, and if a
player feels that the number is
excessive, they can petition
their Storyteller to have it
lowered.
The dare itself consists of an
action the Shadow is daring the
Psyche to take. It must be
within the Wraith's capabilities
to perform; (i.e., "Tell the
Centurion off to his face" would
be acceptable while "Map the
Labyrinth" would not), and an
impossible dare causes the
invested Angst to be lost.
If by the end of the Session,
the dared Psyche has yet to work
the dare into their actions,
they take Superficial Willpower
damage equal to the number of
Angst points invested in the
dare. If the Psyche succeeds,
the Shadow gains temporary Angst
equal to half the Angst used on
the dare.
Vampiric Nature: 7 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: Related to the Dark
Arcanoi, this Thorn enables a
Shadow to siphon Angst from
others for its own purposes.
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Upon physical contact, a Shadow

with Vampiric nature can roll
the Psyche's contested Resolve +
Composure against any Wraith or
Spectre's Resolve + Composure.
The number of successes the
Shadow achieves on the roll
indicates the number of Angst
points it can absorb. The Shadow
does not need to be dominant for
this Thorn to operate, and it
can gain Angst quite merrily
with the Psyche never suspecting
a thing. Should the Shadow's
target be willing to donate some
Angst, the Shadow can accept up
to five points of Temporary
Angst at a time. This can be
used once per target per
Session.

Who Plays the

Shadow
The Shadowguide
Dedicate a single player to be
a Shadowguide for the others.
This player's job is to guide
the Shadows of others and
generally represent the
Oblivion's influence over the
Wraiths. The Shadows the
Shadowguide is in charge of
cannot inherently communicate
with each other but can and will
work in favor of each other. For
example, a Shadow's Shadow
Familiar may be in danger of
being discovered, but another
Shadow may be able to help their
Familiar out by activating a
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Multiple Shadowguides
Some players may wish to do
things in a more familiar way.
In this case, each player takes
on the role of a Shadowguide for
each other player's Shadow.
In these cases, it is vital to
maintain a degree of separation
between the Wraiths, the
Shadows, and the Players. If the
Wraith plays your Shadow, you
are friends with the Shadow's
actions should not cause
repercussions for the nor the
player.
ST Shadowguide
Sometimes the ST wants to have
more control over the narrative.
In these cases, the ST takes
over the job of the Shadowguide
as is.
Angst
Do you hate yourself? Do you
feel that desire to end? Do you
ever think, "I'm not good
enough"? Did you ever spend long
nights remembering that one time
in grade school when you told a
joke, and no one laughed?
All of these are where Angst
comes from, that negativity,
that desire to want to run away;
perhaps you followed that desire
that is Angst. It is a negative
energy that pools in the back of
your head and feeds the Shadow.
And Angst is the power the
Shadow may draw on and use to
power its designs.
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In the Beginning
A Wraith's initial Angst
rating is determined during the
generation of its Shadow. This
score represents the number of
permanent points of Angst a new
Wraith possesses and indicates
the relative strength of the
character's Shadow.
During play, a character's
Angst rating may increase or
decrease in response to the
events of a story and the
actions of the character (or
their Shadow).
There are two kinds of Angst:
Temporary and Permanent. Unlike
most Traits, a Shadow's
Temporary Angst score may exceed
its Permanent rating up to a
maximum of 10 points. When a
Shadow has accumulated 10 points
of Temporary Angst, it may trade
these points for one point of
Permanent Angst, thus increasing
its strength.
The character's main player
should never know for certain
how many points of Angst their
Shadow possesses.
This reflects the uncertainty
of a Wraith's tenuous existence
on the borders of Oblivion and
their ignorance of just how
powerful their dark side really
is.
The Pitfalls of the
Harried Soul
Angst symbolizes the power of
Oblivion working within a

Wraith. The more Angst a
character possesses, the
stronger their Shadow grows and
the easier it becomes for the
Shadow to assume control of
their actions. The Shadow's
ultimate goal is nothing less
than the destruction of the
pesky Psyche, which prevents it
from fulfilling its darkest
desires.
It will attempt to place the
Psyche in situations with high
Angst potential. Because a
Shadow uses Angst to power its
activities, the more times it
can force the Psyche to
compromise itself, the more
Angst the Shadow garners and the
easier it is for the Shadow to
work its will.
Acquiring Angst
The continual torment of life
in the Shadowlands makes
acquiring Angst inevitable, and
opportunities for doing so are
numerous. The natural condition
of a Wraith character's
existence embodies internal
conflict, and this inner war
results in the consistent
accumulation of Angst.
A Wraith may gain Angst in one
of several ways. Unless
otherwise specified, all Angst
gained is Temporary Angst, which
remains until spent or converted
into Permanent Angst points.
■ Arcanoi: A Psyche-controlled
character's use of certain
Arcanoi automatically
accumulates Temporary or
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Permanent Angst (see Chapter
Five). For example, a Wraith
who uses Castigate • (Playing
With Fire) to acquire
additional dice from their
Shadow gains a point of
Temporary Angst each time
they use this Arcanos.
Likewise, a Wraith who uses
Puppetry 5 (Obliterate the
Soul) to permanently possess
a living human runs the risk
of drastically increasing
their Angst rating due to the
exploitative and inhumane
nature of the action.
Note: If the Shadow dominates a
character when these Arcanoi are
used, the normally gained Angst
is deducted from the Shadow's
current Angst rating.
■ Shadow Dice: In critical
situations, a Wraith's Shadow
can offer their Psyche extra
dice to increase the chances
of accomplishing some action.
Each one rolled on those
Shadow Dice results in the
acquisition of one point of
Temporary Angst.
The Shadow can offer up to
five extra dice to any single
roll. This is the most likely
to be accepted when it's life
or death for the Psyche and
Shadow — matters of survival,
saving a Fetter, or other
times when the need for an
edge will make the Psyche
more willing to deal.
Canny Shadowguides will use
Shadow Dice wisely, picking
emotional moments and
exploiting the Psyche's
desire for the best possible
results of their actions.
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Even if they don't lead to
more Temporary Angst, Shadow
Dice moments can be used to
build the illusion of a
positive emotional connection
between the Shadow and
Psyche. Particularly clever
Shadows will create a
dependence on those extra
dice in their Psyches, then
withhold them at key moments
unless certain concessions
are made.
■ Dark Passions: A character's
Angst score may increase when
the Shadow indulges its own
Passions. When the Wraith
indulges in an emotion that
matches the core of a Dark
Passion, the Shadowguide can
roll against that Dark
Passion (difficulty 7)—every
success results in the
addition of one point of
Temporary Angst.
The Shadow may also attempt
to evoke in someone else an
emotion that powers one of
its Dark Passions (difficulty
9), gaining one point of
Temporary Angst per success.
For example, if Morgan's
Shadow has the Dark Passion
"Acquire as many Relics as
possible (Greed)" and Morgan
looks a little too enviously
at his friend Sascha's Relic
knife, Morgan's Shadowguide
would be free to make a Dark
Passion roll. Note that in
this case, however, Morgan is
acting greedily of his own
volition and not because the
Shadow forced him to. If
Morgan's Shadow pestered him
into ogling Sascha's knife
against his better judgment,
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this sort of Dark Passion
roll could be made instead.
■ Storyteller Discretion: The
Angst rating of a character
should also reflect the
ongoing struggle to deal with
the external and internal
torment of Wraithly existence
in ways that are not as
clearly defined by a system
of rules. Roleplaying Scenes
in which a character
confronts doubts, fears, or
external dangers may warrant
"awarding" a point of
Temporary Angst to the
character by the Storyteller.
The player must agree that
such an increase in Angst is
appropriate to the situation
since such a decision is not
determined by the result of a
roll but is achieved through
mutual consent.
Losing Angst
Gaining Angst is easy; losing
it is hard but possible. There
are several ways in which a
Shadow can lose Angst (usually
at the instigation of the
Psyche):
■ Shaded Failure when the
Shadow is dominant: Shadows
hate failure. A botch on any
roll made by a Shadow-
dominated character results
in the loss of one point of
Temporary Angst per one
rolled above the number of
successes.
■ Castigation: Largely the
exclusive province of the

Pardoners' Guild, this
Arcanos is specifically
geared toward reducing Angst.
Even in the Shadowlands,
confession really is good for
the soul.
■ Shadow-dominated use of
certain Arcanoi: Some Arcanoi
automatically increases a
character's Angst. However,
using the Arcanoi when the
Shadow is dominant causes the
amount of Angst that would
usually be gained to be lost
instead. Similarly, Angst is
lost rather than gained when
a Shadow-dominated character
fails or botches a roll
involving any Arcanoi.
Note: Losing Angst in this
fashion should never be
intentional. It is up to the
Storyteller to carefully
monitor those situations in
which a Shadow-controlled
character seeks to use an
Arcanos to make certain that
the action is not primarily
directed toward the possible
reduction of Angst.
■ Storyteller Discretion: When
a character makes a serious
effort to rid themselves of
unwanted Angst, the
Storyteller may reduce the
character's Temporary or
Permanent Angst rating as a
reward for good roleplaying.
This kind of bonus should be
used sparingly to not devalue
the difficulty of losing
Angst. As usual in situations
that do not involve dice
rolls, this should be a
mutual agreement between the
player and Storyteller.
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Harrowings and Angst
A Wraith who survives a
Destruction Harrowing may
receive a reduction in Temporary
Angst as a reward for good
roleplaying or clever handling
of their situation. This
reflects the increased
confidence and sense of relief
experienced by emerging
victorious from a situation
threatening the character's
existence. Because a Wraith
rarely goes looking for an
opportunity to experience a
Harrowing, it should not be
considered a natural way to lose
Angst.
The following actions may lead
to the accumulation of Angst by
a Wraith character. In some
cases, performing certain
activities automatically results
in increasing a Wraith's
Temporary or Permanent Angst. In
others, a roll determines
whether or not Angst is gained.
■ Being forced into an action
that contradicts a personal
code of morality or honor.
■ Experiencing a situation that
arouses a state of inner
turmoil or external
helplessness.
■ Failure to succeed in
accomplishing a vital task.
■ Inaction due to indecision at
a critical moment.
■ Involuntary destruction of a
Fetter.
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■ Loss of a Passion through
neglect.
■ Making a decision that later
proves to be disastrous.
■ Using Arcanoi that causes an
increase in Angst.
The Catharsis Roll
The Shadow may attempt to take
control of the Wraith by
challenging the Psyche. To do
this, the Shadow must spend a
Temporary Angst and roll its new
Angst rating against the
Psyche's Resolve + Composure +
Eidolon. With the contest winner
gaining or retaining control of
the Wraith's ghostly form. If
the Shadow succeeds, the
Wraith's "body" is taken over
for the remainder of the Scene.
After this, possession control
reverts to the Psyche.
While the Shadow is in
control, the Psyche is helpless
to stop it. The Shadow may seek
to mirror the Psyche's pursuits
of Passions by seeking its own
Dark Passions. Should it use any
of the Psyche's Arcanoi, it can
drain the Psyche's Pathos, but
it cannot degrade the Psyche's
Pathos above 4. Beyond that, any
action the Shadow would perform
in which the Wraith's Shadow
would gain Angst, the Shadow
instead loses the equivalent
Angst, including the use of
Shadow Dice. Furthermore, the
Shadow is not entirely in
control of the mind and cannot
use Willpower.
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When the Shadow is dominant,
it may decide to hide its
actions from the Psyche. Should
it choose to do so, it need not
make any roll to hide, and only
Psyche's with Eidolon can resist
this, as they can roll their
Eidolon Dice alone against
difficulty 1, assuming they have
any.
It is common for Shadows to
see this as less of a joyride
and, instead, more as a chance
to enact some havoc, such as
ruining status with some group,
insulting legionnaires, possibly
messing with the Wraith's
Fetters, or even allies Fetters.
It is possible that the Psyche
can return to control with no
knowledge of what the Shadow has
done, and they won't learn such
knowledge until it is too late
to act on it.
The Harrowing
Make no mistake; the Harrowing
is a way for the Shadow and
other forces of the Oblivion to
kick a Wraith while they are
down. Some say that Harrowings
were once a helpful tool that
helped a Wraith Prepare for
Transcendence, but if that was
true, those times have passed.
Harrowings are perverse plays,
with all the actors being
Spectres. These twisted Oblivion
servants aim to drive the Wraith
to make the wrong decisions and
fail the Harrowing.
The general goal of any
Harrowing is to challenge a

Wraith's Passions, Fetters, or
in some cases, their existence.
But the Spectres cannot simply
rend those away. No, they must
trick and deceive the Psyche
into giving those up, usually
presenting them with "no win"
scenarios.
A Harrowing comprises Spectres
from all casts, with one of
these Spectres being labeled as
the Director of this play. The
Director will work with the
Wraith's Shadow to write the
Harrowing. However, like most
scripts, once it is written,
once the play starts, the
Director takes control of the
Harrowing.
A Harrowing is a gauntlet, and
as such, it can be a bit
uncomfortable. It is designed to
push the Psyche out of their
comfort zone. However, while the
Psyche is meant to be pushed out
of their comfort zone, the
player shouldn't be unless that
player is okay with it.
The Play
The Harrowing is a trap deep
within the Labyrinth; the only
way out is to plunge deeper into
the pit. Refusal to participate
will result in bad outcomes.
During a Harrowing, a Wraith
may use Arcanoi, their Willpower
(except for the last point), and
any other pertinent Abilities.
However, a Wraith must use them
within the context of the play;
if they would try, their powers
won't work for that purpose in
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that part of the Labyrinth.
There are various reasons to
undergo a Harrowing, which are
described below. Once one of
these conditions is met, a Nihil
opens up directly under the
Wraith, and the Wraith is thrown
into the section of the
Labyrinth dedicated to these
perverse plays. There is no way
to avoid the Nihil; even Argos
cannot help the Wraith. There is
no other option than to fall.
Even other Wraiths can't help;
all they can do is hope that the
Wraith succeeds in their
Harrowing.
As a Wraith falls into the
Labyrinth, the Shadow begins to
plot the Harrowing with the
Director. The Shadow reveals the
Passions, Fetters, and history
to make the Harrowing the most
effective. The bread and butter
of the Director's actions are
phobias, regrets, bad choices,
and missed chances. With this
information, the Spectres use
their props and powers of
Moliate to form themselves into
key members in the lives of the
Harrowing victim. While a Wraith
is within the Harrowing, they do
not replace their normal dice
with Shadow Dice, nor can the
Shadow offer extra Shadow Dice.
The Shadow also cannot use their
Thorns on the Psyche.
The Harrowing is a dream and
follows the logic of dreams.
Options can be pulled from
nowhere, the actors can teleport
from place to place, and new
actors can materialize. As
usual, trying to understand a
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dream is pointless, as reality
seems to follow the Shadow and
Director's whims.
However, as the Harrowing goes
on, the Shadow will begin to
feel something as if something
is missing from them. At this
moment, they will realize,
however briefly, that the
Fetter, Passion, Corpus, or even
self it is torturing is its own.
It is not unheard of for the
Shadow to try and assist the
Psyche in the Harrowing. Though
it cannot do much beyond simple
clues, the Director of the
Harrowing will turn on it if the
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Shadow is too open about their
desire to assist the Psyche and
not lose itself.
If the Wraith succeeds, they
will drop out near where they
were initially taken from, near
a Fetter, or in the safety of a
Haunt. Surviving is about three-
quarters of the battle. Those
who fail find themselves set
adrift within the Tempest.
Those who fail a Destruction
Harrowing fall into the maw of
the Oblivion; there is no
parting shot and no time to
appreciate a good outcome or
feel sad for failing.

Escaping the Pits
The most common way to escape
any Harrowing is to solve the
puzzle and roleplay the
solution.
The Storyteller and
Shadowguide should agree on a
solution before the Harrowing
starts; however, if the player
comes up with a sufficiently
clever solution, there is no
reason to penalize them for
their wits. Though, be careful
not to overdo this.
At the end of the Harrowing,
if the victim failed to roleplay
their way out successfully, the
Storyteller may allow them a
roll to escape the Harrowing
with success or failure. This
roll can only be after the
Harrowing has been completed and
isn't supposed to be a
substitute for the actual
Harrowing.
All Harrowings have some
puzzle or test at their core. If
the Wraith manages to roleplay
their way out of this, there is
no reason to offer a dice roll
second chance to them.
Not all Wraiths can solve
their Harrowings. If a brick
wall is reached, and the
character is suffering little to
no progression, it is okay for
the Storyteller to move things
along.
Worst case scenario, the sets
break down, the Harrowing ends
violently, and the Wraith makes
a Resolve + Composure roll
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against difficulty 5 to see if
they somehow managed to escape
unscathed. At the Storyteller's
discretion, and if the Wraith
has managed to get good
roleplay, the Storyteller may
reduce the difficulty as they
see fit.
Harrowed but not
Helpless
Eidolon is a Wraith's friend.
At any point (but only once per
Session), a Wraith may roll
their Eidolon against difficulty
1, allowing each success to
change some aspect of the
puzzle. Be it a clue or one of
the actors being sent away,
making the script a bit harder
for the Spectres. The Eidolon
can only do something story-
appropriate for the script; it
may be very inappropriate to
have your Harrowing interrupted
by a large monster when it's
about a failed experience. But
having a Spectre suddenly offers
forgiveness when portraying a
betrayed friend, well, that is
within the realm of possibility.
Types of Harrowings
Targeted
This type of Harrowing is the
most common type of Harrowing a
Wraith can face, not necessarily
because the conditions are
common, but more because the
other types of Harrowing aren't
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usually ones a Wraith
experiences more than once.
A subject, such as a Fetter or
Passion, is designated as a
Quarry. The Shadow determines
the Quarry, though the Shadow
often includes something
regarding the action that
initiated the Harrowing. Such
as, say the Quarry is about a
three dot Passion, "Find my
killer (Justice)" could focus on
being Harrowed by a group of
Spectres who all look like
friends and claim to be the
killer.
The following events can be
the trigger for a Targeted
Harrowing to initiate.
Losing Will: The Wraith maxes
out their Willpower track with
Aggravated damage, voluntarily
or involuntarily. This causes
them to go through a Harrowing
targeting a Fetter or Passion.
For this kind of trigger, it
should be Fetters or Passions
that are neglected or weak.
If a Wraith succeeds in this
type of Harrowing, they are most
likely to be deposited to the
Fetter that was the Quarry or
the Fetter that was closest to
the subject of the targeted
Passion, or near where it was
taken from, if that place is
safe. The Wraith also regains
the last point of Aggravated
Willpower damage and converts a
number of Aggravated Willpower
damage to Superficial equal to
their Composure or Resolve,
whichever is higher.
Failure merely ejects the
Wraith into the Tempest.
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However, they will convert a
number of Aggravated Willpower
damage to Superficial equal to
their Composure or Resolve,
whichever is lower.
Regardless of the outcome or
events of the Harrowing, the
Wraith leaves with the same
Corpus level they had when they
started the Harrowing.
Loss of Passion: When a Wraith
resolves or loses the last point
in a Passion, that Wraith
undergoes a Harrowing. A Wraith
can also lose Passions due to a
Harrowing, but a Storyteller
should refrain from throwing a
player into a second Harrowing.
The Harrowing should have a
theme that focuses on the
Passion that invoked it, and
that Passion should be the
Quarry of the Harrowing. So, if
the Quarry of the Passion is
"Help people (Compassion)," it
would place them in a situation
where they have to choose to
either help someone or gain
something.
If a Wraith succeeds in this
type of Harrowing, they are most
likely to be deposited to the
Fetter closest to the subject of
the targeted Passion or near
where it was taken from if that
place is safe. The Passion is
maintained at its current level.
Failure ejects the Wraith into
the Tempest. They lose the final
dot in the Quarry Passion. Then
the Storyteller picks a Passion
and has the Wraith roll their
Willpower against a difficulty
equal to the chosen Passion's
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level, with a failure removing a number of points of Aggravated

dot in that Passion's level. damage equal to their Stamina
Unfettered: When a Wraith into Superficial damage.
loses the last point in one of Failure results in the Wraith
their Fetters. This can trigger being ejected into the Tempest
when a living Fetter dies of and permanently losing 1 level
non-natural causes (such as a of Corpus. If a Wraith loses
car accident), or a Fetter is their last level of Corpus, they
destroyed (such as a painting fall into a Destruction
Fetter being set aflame). This Harrowing.
Harrowing focuses on the
destroyed Fetter as the Quarry. Destruction
If a Wraith succeeds in this
Passionless: When a Wraith is
type of Harrowing, they are most
on the verge of losing their
likely to be deposited to the
last dot in their last Passion,
nearest Fetter closest to them,
they are thrown into a
or near where it was taken from,
Destruction Harrowing. If the
if that place is safe. Though,
player does not succeed in this
if their last Fetter were
Harrowing, they roll their
destroyed, the Wraith would be
Resolve + Composure against the
deposited in some part of the
Shadow's Permanent Angst.
Underworld where they would be
If they win, they are
safe, such as an Underworld
transported to a Fetter or
residence. Without any more
Haunt, and the Passion is
Fetters, they cannot visit the
preserved or near where it was
Shadowlands as they have nothing
taken from if that place is
to anchor them.
safe.
A Success in this Harrowing
If the Wraith loses, their
allows the Wraith to consider
last Passion is lost. This
this Fetter Resolved instead of
causes the Wraith to fall into
destroyed.
the Oblivion.
Failure ejects the Wraith into
the Tempest, and the Fetter is
Death for the Deathless: When
not Resolved.
a Wraith's Corpus Level is
Dead but Not Destroyed: The
reduced to 0, they enter a
Wraith has filled their Corpus
Destruction Harrowing. If the
track with Aggravated damage.
player does not succeed in this
They are pulled into a
Harrowing, they roll their
Harrowing. In this case, they
Resolve + Composure against the
are the Quarry.
Shadow's Permanent Angst.
A success allows the Wraith to
If they win, they are
return to a Fetter, Haunt, or
transported to a Fetter or
near where it was taken from; if
Haunt, and the Wraith's Corpus
that place is safe, they may
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or near where it was taken from
if that place is safe.
If the Wraith fails, they fall
into the Oblivion. The player
should roll a new character or
leave the game if they so
decide.
The Storyteller may decide to
have the Wraith turn into a
Spectre. And should that Spectre
show up, they can play the
Spectre's Psyche.
Rewards
Should a Wraith succeed in a
Harrowing, they may receive some
reward.
In a Targeted Harrowing, if
the Wraith successfully defended
their Quarried Passion or
Fetter, it may increase by one
dot. (If the Fetter was
destroyed, it cannot increase in
rating, but the Passion close to
the Fetter may increase). An
alternative is to decrease the
Shadow's Temporary Angst by 1 to
3. This is a common reward for a
Destruction Harrowing.
Group Harrowings
It is rare for a Group
Harrowing to happen. The most
common way is for a shared
Fetter to be destroyed or
something happens that causes
them all to fill their Corpus
Track with Aggravated damage at
the same time. The general
mechanics should be the same as
the normal Targeted or
Destruction Harrowing. If the
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players participate as their
Wraith in the Harrowing, they
cannot play the Spectres in the
Harrowing.
Either all Wraiths roleplay
their way into success or must
roll to succeed as per the type
of Harrowing.
Running a Harrowing
A Harrowing is a group
activity. Sure, one character is
being Harrowed, but a
Storyteller is highly encouraged
to have the other players act as
Spectres within the Harrowing.
Once a Harrowing is initiated,
the first step is determining
the type of Harrowing: Targeted
or Destruction.
The Storyteller should ask the
Harrowed player to leave the
room, as it would ruin the
experience if the player were
there to hear the plan for the
Harrowing. Once they have left,
the Storyteller and the players
should start discussing the
details. At this step, the group
will determine the following:
What is the Quarry?
■
■ What is the escape condition?
■ What is the Setting of the
Harrowing?
■ What are the players' roles
in the Harrowing?
The Shadowguide should be the
leader of the discussion, as
their job is to be able to
deconstruct their Wraith.
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However, once the action starts, can declare the Harrowing cycle
it's the Director's show. to be done and eject the Wraith
Shadowguides should be from the Labyrinth.
encouraged to set up a few Harrowings are punctuation
Harrowing ideas in advance to points to moments of character
streamline the process and keep loss, a way for the Oblivion to
the game moving. really rub it in. Their primary
Once the parameters are set, purpose is to use them as
the Harrowing can begin, and the intense notes that can keep the
star of this perverse play stakes high. If they happen too
should be summoned back into the often, they may slow the
room. Chronicle down entirely and have
The Storyteller sets the the players focusing more on how
Scene, and the action begins. to Harrow each other's Wraiths
The Wrath's Shadowguide should rather than the story you wish
take the lead role, if possible. to tell.
A Harrowing should take roughly
5-10 minutes, as it represents a
break in the plot, and the other
players may want to get back to
Players in a Harrowing
The Harrowed Wraith is
running their characters rather
encouraged to roleplay their way
quickly. But during the
through the scenario. A Wraith
Harrowing, the players won't be
may know they are in a
sitting on their hands; instead,
Harrowing, but refusing to play
they will be taking over the
along is not usually an option.
positions of the various
In a meta sense, simple refusal
Spectres that act out the play.
runs counter to the setting and
If the Wraith figures out how
universe, ones the player
to beat the Harrowing, it ends
accepted when they agreed to
immediately. However, after 10
play this game.
minutes or so, if the
In an in-universe sense, since
Storyteller feels like the
the Harrowing reflects the
Wraith has made no progress or
Wraith and often incorporates
won't be able to figure it out
aspects of the Wraith
within a few minutes, or the
themselves, so to deny the
Wraith has failed their
Harrowing is to deny their self,
Harrowing, the Wraith gets one
and to refuse to confront it, is
last roll to see if they escape.
to refuse their self and not
Otherwise, they deal with the
grow, which in the case of a
consequences of the Harrowing
Harrowing, results in failure.
they were plunged into.
Every Wraith should instead
If a second Harrowing should
seek to solve the Harrowing as
happen due to the first one,
best they can, even if it
then the process starts over
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The other players' primary
goal is to support the
Harrowing. They shouldn't try to
"win" and definitely should not
try to make sure the Wraith
can't succeed; their part is to
be supporting characters in the
play. Unless it is part of the
Harrowing itself, a player
should not try to antagonize the
player to ensure they fail their
Harrowing.
The One That Got Away
Sometimes the Psyche is
clever, and sometimes this
breaks the Harrowing. Sometimes
there is a disagreement between
Shadowguides and Storytellers on
a reasonable solution to the
Harrowing. In these cases, it is
important to remember that this
is a game and let your
Storyteller's decision stand.
However, Storyteller, this
does not mean you should not
take advantage of the sheer
story potential that can be
unlocked. Perhaps the Shadow and
that particular Director may
start to butt heads whenever the
Wraith undergoes a Harrowing.
Perhaps a Spectre in the play
takes personal offense to how
the Wraith got out and may
abandon their post in exchange
for hunting that clever Wraith
down to give him a piece of
their mind, or probably worse.
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Storyteller Driven: If players
don't want to take on crafting a
Harrowing, the Storyteller can
take on this role. While other
characters can still participate
in the Harrowing, they aren't
necessarily part of the planning
process.
Roleplayless Harrowing: A
simple Harrowing that
substitutes planning and
roleplaying with a simple pass
or fail roll. On the one hand,
Harrowings don't interrupt the
game for nearly as long. On the
other hand, the Harrowed
Wraith's fate is left to a dice
roll.
Solo Harrowing: A Harrowing
that only includes the
Storyteller and maybe the
Shadowguide. Many times, the
other players may be asked to
leave the room. This Harrowing
is basically the same as any
normal Harrowing from there.
Unharrowed: This approach is
not recommended. But it can be
implemented as a character goes
unconscious and vanishes for a
Scene. If the Harrowing would
come from the loss of a Fetter
or Passion, it is gone. If it
came from Maxing out Corpus or
Willpower, the character
reappears after the Scene with
the appropriate healing from
that type of Harrowing. If it
was caused by Corpus loss, they
always lose 1 Permanent Corpus
level; when they run out, they
never come back.
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within and thus become slaves to
that darkness.
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Spectre
Characteristics
Angst and Pathos
A Spectre is not but a Dark
reflection of a Wraith. As such,
at any point when the Spectre
must use Pathos to do something,
the Spectre must use Angst
instead.
Powers that would give the
Wraith's Shadow Angst do not do
so; instead, they give the
Psyche Pathos. Anytime a Spectre
character uses a power or
ability that calls for a
Degradation Check, that check,
instead of degrading the
Wraith's Pathos, degrades the
Spectre's Angst.
■ Most Arcanoi require a
degradation roll for
activation (see the
individual Arcanoi for cost
requirements).
■ Angst can also be used to
fuel some Artifacts, making
them duplicate function and
form.
■ A Spectre can roll one of
their Dark Passion ratings at
a time that Dark Passion has
been explored, with each
success granting one point of
Angst.
■ 1 Degradation Check can be
used to change direction in
the Tempest.
■ Making 1 Degradation Check, a
Spectre regains two
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Superficial Corpus levels
lost through normal damage
(one point per turn may be
spent in this way).
■ By Slumbering or meditating
for eight hours and making 3
Degradation Checks, a Wraith
regains one Corpus level lost
through Aggravated damage.
Psyche Dice
For each level of Angst
degradation affecting a Wraith
character, they gain one Psyche
Die. Psyche Dice are ten-sided,
just like regular dice, but
should be a different color than
regular dice, so players can
easily spot them in a pool (we
suggest dark blue or green).
When players build a dice pool
for a Spectre character, they
exchange regular dice from that
pool for Shadow Dice on a one-
for-one basis.
If the dice pool for the roll
is lower than the character's
Degradation, roll a number of
Psyche Dice equal to the dice
pool—the exception: characters
never include Psyche Dice in
Checks, Willpower, or Humanity
dice pools.
Psyche Dice function as
regular dice in tests and
contests, scoring successes on a
6 or higher. However, Psyche
Dice cannot be re-rolled by
using Willpower, as the Psyche
makes a mockery of the Shadow's
attempt to tame it. In addition,
rolling a 0 (10) or 1 on a
Hunger Die carries additional

consequences: Dark Criticals and
Shaded Failures.
When the Psyche desires, they
may offer the Spectre a number
of dice, up to 5, on any roll.
However, a Spectre may only roll
up to 5 Psyche Dice at any one
time.
Light Critical
A critical win in which one or
more 10s appears on a Shadow Die
is a Dark Critical. The
character succeeds as in a
regular critical – but like a
never lived thing of Oblivion
would, with no care of foresight
or self-control. The Shadow
scored the critical, perhaps,
not you.
The Storyteller and the player
work together to decide on the
level of success and the level
of darkness: by and large, they
scale upward together. The
following are results from a
Psyche affecting the success:
■ The Psyche gains 1 Temporary
Angst.
■ The character defies The
Oblivion, as for but a moment
you defy its will, be it an
attack on another Spectre,
work against their plans, or
alerting other Wraiths to the
Spectres in the area.
■ The character loses one dot
from an Advantage. Although
the character still needs to
spend time (in a later Scene
or in the background) to take
action to repair the dot, the
Storyteller can allow the
loss to recover more quickly
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than other vanished dots. For
example, you might have
damaged a Relic, crippled a
mortal ally, or just lost
Status among the Spectre cast
following your actions.
■ If none of the above
conditions fit the narrative,
such as on stealth or
awareness tests, the light
critical turns into a simple
mess. The test fails as the
Shadow clouds the senses or
otherwise makes a quiet
solution unattainable.
■ You do not roll Psyche Dice
on a Willpower roll, so you
cannot get a light critical
on these rolls.
When the Psyche takes control,
it still suffers light criticals
as normal as the Shadow tries to
fight back. However, it has some
additional options when it
suffers a light critical.
■ The Psyche reveals that it is
a Psyche in control of the
Wraith.
■ The Psyche loses 1 point of
Temporary Pathos.
■ The Shadow gets to see what
the Psyche is doing during
Catharsis.
Illuminated Failure
A failed roll (not enough
successes to reach the
difficulty or to beat an
opposing contestant's number of
successes) in which one or more
Psyche Dice come up a 1 is an
Illuminated Failure. Either the
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character failed because their
Shadow manifested inopportunely
or excessively, or the
character's failure gave their
Psyche a chance to manifest
inopportunely or excessively.
The following are good results
from a Shaded Failure:
■ The character loses a dot in
an Advantage as on a light
critical.
■ The character suffers one or
more points of Aggravated
Corpus damage. This result
works well for Illuminated
Failures on resistance rolls,
as the character breaks out
in bloody sweat from the
stress.
■ If no one in the troupe can
come up with a good idea, the
Hunger increases by one. If
this result would take their
Hunger above 5, the character
immediately rolls to resist
hunger frenzy (p. 220) at
Difficulty 4.
Remember: if your roll
succeeds anyway, you can't get
an Illuminated Failure, no
matter how many Psyche Dice come
up 1s.
When the Psyche takes control,
it suffers Illuminated Failures
as normal. This is
representative of the Shadow
fighting back. However, there
are some unique options for the
Psyche.
■ The Psyche loses 1 point of
Temporary Pathos.
■ The Psyche is unable to use a
Fond (preferably the one it
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was using) for the rest of
the Scene or Session.
■ The Shadow gets another
chance to roll to take
control of the Corpus.
Short Life
Oblivion has one goal, to
consume all, and that includes
consuming its minions.
Whenever you roll a Total
Failure, you lose 1 Corpus level
permanently.
OPTIONAL RULE: THE PSYCHE’S AID
The Psyche can, if the
Shadows’ Pathos is not empty,
and it is not substituting 5 of
its dice pool for Psyche Dice,
offer the Shadow up to 5 Psyche
Dice to roll in addition to its
normal dice pool for a given
roll.
A Wraith may never roll more
than 5 Shadow dice on any given
roll.
Deathsight
Deathsight (pg. 30) is
fundamentally linked to the
Oblivion, and as a being in
service to Oblivion, Spectres
gain a stronger version of this
ability.
The Spectre gains + 1 dice to
Deathsight rolls
If a Spectre wishes to increase
their dice pool by +2 it
gives the Psyche 1 Temporary
Pathos.

Dimmed Senses
Oblivion is like a haze over a
Spectre. Their senses are
dimmed, touch is numbed, and
sounds are muffled. Mortals are
invisible to Spectres; even
events in the Skinlands can be
hard to perceive.
All Awareness rolls are made
with a +1 difficulty, except
for Deathsight and Lifesight.
Interactions with the Skinlands
using a Mental Attribute
suffer a -2 to dice pools.
Attempts to penetrate the
Shroud are considered to have
+1 Shroud rating.
Spectres do not have access to
Sharpened senses.
Lifesight
Spectres are beings that lurk
in the darkness; as such rolls
to use Lifesight on mortals have
-2 to the dice pool.
Hivemind
Spectres are servants of the
Oblivion and must serve it
faithfully. However, this does
not mean they are in any way
trusted, as the Hivemind exists
to ensure they are controlled.
All Spectres may make a
Degradation Check and roll
Intelligence + Plasm Rating
against difficulty 2. With a
success, they can establish
brief two-way communication with
another known Spectre for a
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number of turns equal to the
margin of success.
If they get an Illuminated
Failure, they lose connection to
the Hivemind for 10 rounds and
cannot do this again nor be
contacted via the Hivemind.
Tempest Affinity
Spectres are just another tool
of the Oblivion, and while their
dark master loves to destroy
all, it does not like to destroy
its tools while they are being
used.
While in the Tempest or a
Maelstrom, you ignore all
negative penalties.
You suffer no harm from
Maelstroms directly. However,
tossed objects that the
maelstrom sent flying at
speed may still impact you
and do harm.
Psyche
A Spectre is merely Corpus
where the Shadow is in control;
as such, the Psyche acts much as
the Shadow once did, as a
passenger.
Rapacity
A Spectre is compelled to free
all Oblivion within a subject.
This mostly comes from the
erosion of the mental stability
of a Spectre placed on it by The
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Whenever a Spectre encounters
a creature with a Passion or
Dark Passion similar to the
Spectre's highest-rated Dark
Passion and is made aware of
this similarity, they must roll
their unspent Willpower against
the creature's Passion Rating.
A success means the Oblivion
does not compel them to assault
the creature. A failure,
however, makes the Spectre
rapacious, as they are compelled
to destroy that creature.
Often this is a physical
confrontation that results in
Corpus shed as the Spectre takes
the most straightforward
approach to destroy their
target.
Shadecraft
Shadecraft are the specific
tool of Shades to perform The
Oblivion's work. They function
similarly to a Projector's
Stains, suggesting a link
between them.
CHAMELEON PARASITE
This is a Shadecraft that is
often used to define the
Oblivion's deceitful nature. It
often is used by Malfeans to spy
upon the Hierarchy or sneak
their minions into Wraith
strongholds.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks,
plus one Degradation Check for
each day the Shade spends
outside the Tempest
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Stealth
vs. Wits + Awareness
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System: A Shade rolls
Dexterity + Stealth vs. the
target Wraith's Wits +
Awareness. If the Shade
succeeds, it attaches itself to
the Corpus of the Wraith and
becomes nearly invisible. The
only way to detect the Shade is
to have another Wraith put a
strong light source to the Shade
and Roll a Second Wits +
Awareness roll vs. the Shades
Dexterity + Stealth.
The Shade can maintain this
state indefinitely if it has
enough Angst. Each day it spends
outside of the Tempest in this
state, it must make a
Degradation Check, detaching if
it has no Angst left. When it
detaches, it deals 1 Aggravated
Corpus damage to its host.
ECTOPLASMIC TENTACLES
The Shade sprouts tentacles
that can be used just as
effectively as hands.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: Strength + Brawl
System: This tentacle is
always present on the Shade. The
Shade may use this tentacle to
perform an additional attack
this turn using their Strength +
Brawl. Any damage the tentacle
does is unhalved Superficial
damage.
HOUND THE HARROWED
A Shade may attach itself to a
Wraith currently undergoing a
Harrowing and attempt to consume
some of its Willpower and
Pathos.
Cost: None

Dice Pool: Strength + Brawl
System: This Shadecraft can
only be used on a Wraith
currently undergoing a
Harrowing. The Shade rolls
Strength + Brawl vs. the
Wraith's Dexterity + Athletics.
On a failure, the Wraith may
not be subject to this
Shadecraft for the rest of the
Harrowing. On a success, the
Shade latches onto the Wraith,
and whenever the Wraith would
make a Degradation Check or
spend Willpower, the Shade may
make a Dexterity + Awareness
roll vs. the Wraith's Resolve +
Subterfuge. On a success, the
Shade intercepts the Willpower
or Degradation Check, preventing
it from being used as intended,
but it is still used up. If the
Shade intercepts Willpower, the
Shade heals 1 Superficial
Willpower damage, and if the
Shade intercepts a Degradation
Check, they gain +1 Angst.
IMPRISON
The Shade twists themselves to
be wrapped around a Wraith,
complexly enveloping them so
they can carry them off into the
Tempest, where they have a
greater advantage. Some Shades
have also been known to carry
other Shades in their Corpus in
this way for the purposes of
surprise attacks.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Strength + Brawl
vs. Dexterity + Athletics
System: While the Shade has an
opponent Grappled, they roll
Strength + Brawl vs. Dexterity +
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Athletics. On a success, the
Shade envelops their opponent
and compresses them into a ball
of Corpus roughly the size of a
football. The victim cannot take
any actions while imprisoned.
The victim is only released
when the Shade desires or if the
Shade is reduced to one Corpus
level or less. The victim
returns to their normal shape
when they are freed.
MIASMAL BREATH
The Shade released a toxic
vapor akin to the Black Winds of
the Labyrinth.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity +
Athletics
System: The Shade rolls
Dexterity + Athletics once to
set the difficulty for every
other Wraith within 2 meters of
it; they then roll Dexterity +
Athletics to get away. For each
Wraith that fails, they take 2
unhalved Superficial damage.
NUMB THE HEART
Shades with this Shadecraft
focus more on the Wraith's
Passions than their Corpus.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Resolve + Composure
vs. Resolve + Composure
System: The Target must be
Grappled by the Shade for the
Shade to be able to use this
Shadecraft. The Shade rolls
Resolve + Composure vs. the
target's Resolve + Composure.
For every 2 successes on the
margin, the Shade permanently
reduces one of the target's
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Passions by one, starting with
the weakest Passion.
PATHOS DRAIN
The Shade latches onto a
Wraith and drains the Pathos
from their victim.
Cost: None
Dice Pool: Resolve + Composure
vs. Resolve + Composure
System: The Shade must be
Grappling their target to use
this Shadecraft. The Shade rolls
Resolve + Composure vs. the
Target's Resolve + Composure.
With a success the Shade
Degrades the Pathos of the
Victim and adds 1 Angst to their
Angst Pool.
REND THE LIFEWEB
This foul Shadecraft allows a
Shade to harm a Wraith's Fetters
despite not knowing the Fetter.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: N/A
System: This Shadecraft
requires the Shade to be
Grappling their victim. The
Shade rolls Resolve + Composure
vs. the target's Resolve +
Composure. For every 2 successes
on the margin, the Shade
permanently reduces one of the
target's Fetters by one. This
starts with the Weakest Fetter.
SHARK'S TEETH
Oblivion is a maw of
destruction; why should not a
Shade have such a maw?
Cost: None
Dice Pool: N/A
System: The Shade gains sharp,
sharklike teeth. They may
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perform a Bite Attack (VTM Core
pg. 213) though they may not
drain the blood from their
victim. This bite attack does
unhalved Superficial damage.
SIPHON EMOTION
This Shadecraft was designed
to augment the Numb the Heart
Shadecraft and is useless
without it.
Cost: None
Dice Pool: N/A
System: For each Dot of a
Passion reduced by Numb the
Heart, the Shade may increase
one of their Dark Passions by
one Dot.
SPECTRAL SCREAM
The Shade releases a blood-
curdling scream that unnerves
foes and calls other Shades to
their side.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Leadership
System: The Shade rolls
Manipulation + Leadership
against difficulty 4. Each
success on the margin represents
the number of Shades summoned
with this art. The Shades appear
from their own means, such as a
Nihil or merely running over.
STAMPEDE
Shades are rarely ever alone.
With this Shadecraft, they can
combine their powers.
Cost: Each Shade that uses
this Shadecraft must make a
Degradation Check
Dice Pool: N/A

System: Each Shade using this
Shadecraft must perform the same
attack when using this
Shadecraft. For each Shade using
this Shadecraft add +1 to the
damage. So, if 3 Shades are all
using this art, they all gain +3
damage.
TALONS
The Shade's hands grow tearing
claws.
Cost: None
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Brawl
System: The Shade's hands have
claws that allow them to the
Shade to do unhalved Superficial
damage with their Dexterity +
Brawl rolls.
TEMPEST WRACK
The Shade uses its inner
turmoil to strengthen the local
Tempest.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Resolve + Composure
System: This Shadecraft can
only be used in the Tempest or
during a Maelstrom. The Shade
Rolls Resolve + Composure
against difficulty 4.
All Wraiths in the general
area around the Shade, usually
10 meters, sometimes larger,
gain -1 dice on all pools within
the storm.
Spectre
Characters
Those doomed beings who have
succumbed to their Shadow and
now slowly bleed away their
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existence until they are not but
the Oblivion they seek to
spread. They relish in this
self-destruction and have barely
any sense of self-preservation.
But those who persist despite
that, those who stave off the
Oblivion and seek to do its work
longer, run a great risk, for
just as their Shadow Harrows a
Wraith, a Spectre is Harrowed by
their Psyche.
This fatalistic mindset all
Spectres adopt can be a bit
harrowing for some players, as
they are expected to be an
amalgamation of all that is evil
and cruel in this world. And for
others, it may come all too
naturally when they take out
their darker desires on the
fictional scape of the tabletop.
The Storyteller should ensure
a balance between players who
wish to be monsters and those
who would rather be a monster
but not quite that bad.
The most important thing to
remember is that Wraith: The
Oblivion is a game, not some
personal attack or even remotely
real. The Storyteller and the
players should check on each
other when appropriate to ensure
no lines are crossed.
We are playing this for fun,
not to break our morals on the
rocks of philosophy.
Playing a Spectre
There are two ways in which a
player playing a Spectre can get
started. First, they are an
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existing Wraith falling to

Oblivion. Two, they were always
a Spectre.
Whichever is chosen, the
players should keep in mind that
Spectres are not seeking any
redemption, they are Shadows who
got what they wanted, and all
Shadows are a fragment of
Oblivion.
In a Spectre Chronicle, it is
important to remember that while
all Spectres are part of a
Hivemind, they are not mindless
drones. They can think, plot,
and scheme, and even have
Passions.
The usual motivators of a
Spectre are the ending of the
unending pain The Oblivion
forces on them and their Dark
Passions. Try to devise creative
ways to use this destruction,
and as you do with Wraiths, have
your Spectre embody their Dark
Passions.
Remember that your Passions
should not be homogenous with
those of your group, lest you
become the Spectral Hivemind.
Given that the end goal of all
Spectres is to cease existing,
this fatalism makes it so that
any given Spectre is not long
for this world. Players should
not get too attached to their
Spectres.

Oblivion: The Master

Oblivion does not demand much
from Spectres; no, it demands it
all from the Spectre. Every
Spectre is, without question, a torturer. And as much as a
devoted servant to their great Spectre may hate its master, its
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its core that it will fall into
The Oblivion, despite what some
Psyche says. It hates this, and
moreover, it hates those who
cling to hope, those mortals who
have a chance to transcend,
those Wraiths who are guided by
their Psyche, they're all fools,
and it's your job to show them
that.
The only reprieve any Spectre
feels from The Oblivion's
metaphorical lashes is to
torment other souls. For when
they work to spread their
tormentor, their tormentor gives
them a small reprieve as a
reward.
The Shadow that
Possesses
To the dismay of Wraithly
society, it is not uncommon for
a Wraith to become consumed by
their Shadow and become that
which hates itself. Having a
player character be consumed by
their Shadow offers many
opportunities for roleplay, but
be careful. The Spectre's nature
is to corrupt and destroy, which
can ruin the experience for all
if done poorly.
Some players may want to fall;
in this case, they should work
with their Storytellers. If the
Storyteller wishes to include a
Spectre player, they should
select carefully from their
troupe and ensure they pick a
player responsible enough to
handle it.
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Beyond the simple
understanding between a player
and Storyteller, a corruption
arc makes that player the
story's focus. A protagonist, if
you will; this can make the
other characters feel like they
are being ignored. Conversely,
if you focus on a different
player in each Story of the
Chronicle, it may be a matter of
waiting until it is that
player's story.
Finally, you will need a third
person to get involved: the
Shadowguide. As the Shadow's
whole goal is this moment, it
would be wrong not to allow the
Shadowguide to enjoy their
conquest.
Embracing the
Darkness
If a character should undergo
the transformation to become a
Spectre, they need to look over
their character, both Psyche and
Shadow components. It would be
best if you found a reason why
the Wraith should fall, be it
the twisting of a Passion or
Dark Passion.
Think about how the Shadow can
twist the Wraith's Passions
against them. Use the Psyche's
own powerful emotions against
them. Or find some inspiration
from the "Shadow Hooks" below."
Work with the Storyteller to
determine the motivations behind
the transformation so it can fit
into the story.
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The Long View
A Spectre doesn't last long.
That tends to be the case when
both Wraithly society and your
master want you to be destroyed.
Despite this, a Spectre can last
longer than one would think,
especially if they have a
purpose.
With that in mind, you must
consider what your Spectre hopes
to accomplish. Roleplaying
someone nasty has its benefits,
but that sort of goal leads to a
swift fall into the Oblivion.
The best starting point is the
Shadow's Dark Passions. The core
emotion is just the starting
point, but the statement is also
important.
With the Dark Passion being
the cornerstone of your
existence, a broader
understanding of your Spectral
existence is needed. Be sure to
build off of the Wraith's
Fetters and Backgrounds; this
may neatly aid the Storyteller
in developing their current
Chronicle.
The Descent
Once the player, the
Shadowguide, and Storyteller
have come up with the basic
idea, it's time for the fall.
The Shadow should begin setting
it up, hoarding Angst to begin
the fall. Simultaneously, the
Psyche should start making
darker decisions.
Meanwhile, the Storyteller
should place both of them in
situations where they can fall.
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Simultaneously, this fall should
not be overt, lest the other
players get any ideas or
jealousy.
The Shadowguide should
maintain the same attitude as
the Shadow had before this
decision.
The player should also not run
to the pit; a descent does not
happen overnight, and the player
should make sure to make the
fall slow.
It is highly recommended that
the rest of the troupe be kept
in the dark about this fall.
Keeping them unaware allows the
reaction to be genuine.
The Change
The change into the Spectre is
probably the most challenging
part. This is compounded if the
other players are not informed
of this change preemptively.
Once the appropriate amount of
Angst is reached, the
Shadowguide should alert the
Storyteller. And the change
begins.
Now it's time to plunge the
Wraith into a "Harrowing."
This "Harrowing" should
function identically to a normal
Harrowing. Despite the outcome,
the Wraith should fail the
Harrowing and be plunged into
the Tempest.
The fake Harrowing is just for
the troupe's benefit. The
specific Quarry and
circumstances are irrelevant to
the actual fall; these are
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merely props to make the rest of the troupe can sense Spectres.
the troupe think nothing of it. If a Pardoner happens to be in
Immediately after they are the group, the Storyteller may
thrown into the Tempest, shift give the Spectre an Artifact
focus back to the rest of the that can mask their nature for a
troupe and continue as normal. time, but never forever; if that
Maybe the Storyteller should were the case, then the Oblivion
give them a plot clue to keep would have taken over long ago.
their minds off their friend,
who will probably show up in a When the Shadow Wins
few Scenes. At the very worst,
Sometimes the Shadow just
"Suddenly Spectres" is a
acquires enough Permanent Angst
dramatically ironic way to keep
to convert the Wraith into a
their minds off their friends.
Spectre.
You can justify that by having
This in no way means the
the Shadow alert the Spectres
character should be written off.
ahead of time so that it can do
This can allow a large amount of
its transformation unaccused,
roleplaying opportunities.
then sneak back into the circle
Once the Shadow's Permanent
to help fend off the "foul
Angst reaches 10 the Wraith
beings."
plunges into the Tempest. The
It takes time to transform
Storyteller should discuss the
properly into a Spectre. And a
ramifications of this change
Spectre would have an alibi set
with their players. As long as
up beforehand. A few good ones
the Storyteller feels the
are "Emergency guild meeting,"
transformation won't disrupt the
"I reappeared at my Fetter,
Chronicle, there's no reason to
Kate, and she was on a trip to
create a new character. However,
see her grandmother a few hours
you could have the player be the
away when I materialized," "I
Psycheguide for a new Spectre
got lost in the Tempest," "The
antagonist who happens to know
group of Wraiths that we don't
much about the troupe.
like attacked me."

Hiding the Fall

It can be hard to hide that
you are a Spectre. Some Arcanoi
can reveal your changed state;
Castigate will likely be the
bane of your existence. And some
Artifacts are designed to sniff
you out, be careful out there.
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Spectre Creation
There is little difference
between the character creation
of a Wraith and a Spectre. Your
Spectre could have been new to
death or a Wraith for hundreds
of years before they fell.
Step 1: Concept
Think about your concept. A
good place to start is the
Shadow Archetypes. But all
Spectres are members of a Caste.
Caste
There are 6 Castes of
Spectres. Choose one of the
Castes below. All Spectres get
the "Spectre" Tag.
MORTWIGHTS
Barely a Spectre-by-Spectre
standards. These Spectres'
Psyche put up no fight when they
died and succumbed to Oblivion
almost immediately. This isn't
even an actual Caste like the
others, more a pathetic excuse
for a Spectre.
Arcanoi: Spectres of this
Caste can only take Arcanoi
powers with the Spectre Tag. You
gain 1 dot in the Argos
automatically. And 1 Arcanoi at
2 dots.
Weeping Wound: A Mortwights'
death wound seeps Corpus
constantly. You automatically
suffer 2 Aggravated Corpus
damage daily while outside the
Labyrinth or the Tempest. This
is replenished instantly while
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you are in the Labyrinth and the
Tempest.
Plasm Rating: Mortwights start
with a Plasm Rating of 1.
STRIPLINGS
This is not a formal Caste.
This is a group of children who,
unfortunately, passed before
living their lives. Not all
children Spectres are
Striplings, but all Striplings
are children. When you choose
this Caste, you pick another
Caste to be your formal Caste,
but you use this group's details
listed below.
Arcanoi: A Stripling character
has access to Arcanoi as normal.
They gain 1 dot in Outrage and 2
Arcanoi at 1 dot.
Child Form: As you are a
child, you cannot raise any
physical attribute above 2.
Plasm Rating: Striplings start
with a Plasm Rating of 0.
DOPPELGANGERS
We all know a Doppelganger.
We've all met someone who has
fallen to Oblivion after years
of staving it off. These
Spectres are unique in their
ability to look and act like
normal Wraiths.
Arcanoi: A Doppelganger
character has access to all
Arcanoi as normal. And start
with 2 Arcanoi at 2 dots.
Dark Reflection: A
Doppelganger can pass for a
Wraith. They retain Fetters and
are able to travel to the
Shadowlands. They also spend the
same amount of dots at character
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creation, except they replace
step 6 with the Arcanoi they get
normally.
Plasm Rating: Doppelgangers
start with a Plasm Rating of 1.
NAPHWRACKS
Doppelgangers who cannot hide
their true nature find
themselves in this Caste. These
twisted Spectres see it as an
indication of Oblivion's Dark
blessing.
Arcanoi: Nephwracks have
access to Arcanoi as normal.
They start with 3 Arcanoi at 2
dots and have 2 Arcanoi at 1
dot.
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Unobscured: A Nephwrack cannot
disguise the taint of Oblivion
on them, even with Moliate. They
have no Fetters.
Plasm Rating: Naphwraks start
with a Plasm Rating of 1.
SHADES
Shades cling to Dark Passions
with a vice grip. These Wraiths
fell to Oblivion while in the
Tempest; they were caught in a
Maelstrom or a Harrowing.
These are akin to shock troops
and second only to the Malfeans
themselves.
Arcanoi: Shades can only use
Arcanoi with the Spectre Tag and
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start with 2 Arcanoi at 2 dots

and 1 Arcanoi at 1 dot.
Shadecraft: Shades start with Step 2: Attributes
12 dots in Dark Passions and  You may take 1 attribute
gain access to Shadecraft (pg. at 4 dots
110). They gain 1 free  You may take 3 attributes
Shadecraft at the start and can at 3 dots
purchase additional Shadecraft  You may take 4 attributes
for 7 experience each. at 2 dots
Plasm Rating: Shades start  You may take 1 attribute
with a Plasm Rating of 1. at 1 dot

MALFEANS Corpus = Stamina + 5

These are Oblivion's greatest Willpower = Composure + Resolve
minions. Perhaps even Appoleon Plasm Rating = See Caste (pg
The Traveler can find himself 119)
among this Caste. It is highly
encouraged that the Storyteller Step 3: Skills
does not let a player be of this
Caste. But then again, why would
Sample Passions
there be rules for it if it
The following are some examples of Passions:
wasn't allowed?
 I must make it to the Labyrinth (Self-
More often than not, the
Destruction)
Storyteller may need these rules
 Hurt everyone (Wrath)
to craft a villain for a
 Let the works I built in life crumble (Humility)
Chronicle.
 Prove we are alive (Faith)
Arcanoi: Malfeans have access
to Arcanoi as normal. Malfeans Choose one of the starting dot
start with 3 Arcanoi at 4 dots. allocations.
Malfean Nature: No matter
their Resolve + Composure, a Jack of All Trades
Malfean has 10 Willpower. They  One Skill at 3 dots
have access to all Thorns and  Eight Skills at 2 dots
Shadecraft. They can siphon  Ten Skills at 1 dot
Angst from their servants to
power their various powers. At Balanced
any time, they can roll 5 dice  Three Skills at 3 dots
and gain Angst equal to the  Five Skills at 2 dots
success. This Angst is stolen  Seven Skills at 1 dot
from their subordinates. You can
spend between 1000 and 1500 Specialist
experience points to increase  One Skill at 4 dots
Traits and amass powers.  Three Skills at 3 dots
Plasm Rating: Malfeans start  Three Skills at 2 dots
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Step 4: Dark Passions
You gain Passions (similar to
your convictions before death)
upon your fall. These Dark
Passions reflect what keeps you
clinging to this new state of
undeath.
You gain 10 dots to spend
among these Passions (maximum of
5 for each Passion.)
If you are a Wraith who fell
during a Chronicle, you may take
on the Dark Passions of your
Shadow.
What is the core of your
character? Were you a suicide
who saw this as their only way
out, only to have your regrets
make you restless? Or were you
a famous person who died
because an overzealous fan
decided they didn't like that
you drank a Pepsi in a show
you guest-starred on?
Dark Passions are divided into
three parts: A statement of some
kind that expresses the Passion
(i.e., "murder people" or
"torture my friends"), a core
emotion for the Passion (such as
Envy or Wrath), and a dot rating
from one to five.
Step 5: Fetters
Fetters are people, places, or
objects that hold importance to
you as a restless dead. Fetters
are a Wraith's lifeline,
allowing you to enter Slumber,
the healing sleep of the
restless dead. You gain 10 dots
to spend on Fetters; each Fetter
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must have a minimum rating of 1
dot and a maximum rating of 5
dots.
Fetters are typically linked
to your Passions, so if your
Passion was "4 dots Protect my
lover (Love)," then your
Fetter may be "5 dots the
person I love."
Step 6: Arcanoi
Arcanoi choice is based on
your Caste. See above.
Step 7: Advantages
You have 7 dots to spend in
advantages. You may spend these
dots to remove your Shadow's
freebie points.
You cannot choose the Eidolon
Merit.
Make sure to add your Death
type to your Advantage and
Shadow.
OPTIONAL RULE:
When the Vampire Discipline
Oblivion 3 Passion Feast is used
on a Wraith, it lowers 1
Passion's dots by 1; however, it
cannot be used to consume the
last dot in a Passion.
Step 8: Angst
Angst works exactly like
Pathos and anything you can
spend Pathos on, except for
Psyche-specific uses. This
includes fueling Arcanoi, which
would require Pathos. However,
you do not gain any Angst from
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Arcanoi that would give you

Angst. Any power that would give Step 9: Psyche
your Shadow Angst instead gives Continue to Psyche Creation.
the Psyche Pathos on a one-for-
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Psyche Creation
While the Shadow is the darker
part of the soul, the Psyche may
be considered the light side of
the soul. The Psyche is not
unlike the Shadow in that it is
ever present and has the same
abilities.
Psycheguide
The Psycheguide fills the same
role the Shadowguide does.
However, the Psyche does not
resort to tricks of cruelty but
rather brings up happy memories
and praises the Spectre for good
deeds.
On the occasions the Psyche is
Dominant, the Spectre player
takes over, not the Psycheguide.
Psyche Character
Creation
The Psyche is the last part of
character creation.
Step One: Archetype
The Psyche is a part of the
character's soul and thus is
complementary to the Spectre's
being. As normal, the following
archetypes are just suggestions.
If a Wraith became a Spectre,
they might not have an
archetype, as the Psyche is just
the previous part of the
character that was dominant
before the fall.
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Agent: The Agent is a
constructive critic, a friend
who can get you what you need.
They'll ensure you have
everything you need to get on
with your business and get you
to redemption. The Agent is a
genuine friend who focuses more
on helping the Spectre's well-
being over anything else.
Comrade: The Comrade is a
shoulder to cry on, a friend
indeed. The Comrade will defend
its Spectre's actions whenever
it can. Though the Comrade is
rather puzzled when you act out
of complete malice and often
attempts to stop you from going
too over the top with the dark
desires of Oblivion and wishes
you to remember that you were
once a nobler soul.
Confessor: The Confessor is
not the kind to air your dirty
laundry to others, but it will
remind you of your sins. The
Confessors are not afraid to
show their judgment of you, as
they believe their judgment is
an important part of redemption.
Counselor: You can trust the
Counselor with anything and be
sure they will not betray that
trust. They often offer
solutions to problems and help
you get to the root of your
problems. They ask open-ended
questions and offer advice
freely, sometimes when it is
unwanted. It often presents
itself as being emotionally
distant.
Nurturer: Maternal,
supportive, and caring are the
words that best describe the

Nurturer. It is concerned with
the Spectres you hang around
with and wants you not to
associate with these bad
influences. The Nurturer will
scold the Spectre and only wants
what's best for them.
Saint: Proud and commanding,
the Saint knows evil exists and
hates its current state. It will
chastise you and even work
against you to rid your control
of it. It will make liberal use
of its Fonds to be able to
overtake you.
Savior: This type of Psyche is
light incarnate. It wants you to
listen to it and it alone. It
will forgive transgressions
against it. Expect it to preach
to you always and have an
opinion about everything you do.
Step 2: Pathos
Psyche is the fuel of the
Pathos; think of it as the
source of their powers. To get
your Pathos Angst score, roll a
number of dice equal to your
Willpower. The amount of
successes is your Permanent
Pathos score, to a minimum of 1.
Beyond the Permanent Pathos
score, you can also acquire
Temporary Pathos, which can
exceed the usual 10 Pathos.
Pathos is a measure of the
Psyche's power. A Psyche can
spend Pathos to power its
special abilities, called Fonds;
similarly, a Psyche can spend
Pathos how they would spend
Willpower.
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Step 3: Passions
Passions are made the same way
as in Passions (pg. 53) except
that the Psyche only has 7 dots
to spend on Passions.
Step 4: The Psyche's
Advantages
When the basics of Psyche
creation are finished, there are
still 7 dots to spend with which
you can round out your Psyche's
personality and abilities. These
dots can purchase additional
Pathos (Permanent or Temporary),
new or stronger Passions, or the
special abilities Psyche have
called Fonds.
A Spectre's Permanent Pathos
score can never exceed their
Permanent Willpower score at the
start of play, but Temporary
Pathos can be bought up to nine
points.
Furthermore, while additional
dots in Passions can be
purchased with freebies, the
number of dots in Passions can
never exceed the number of dots
a Wraith has in their regular
Passions.
FOND 3 PER POINT
1 TEMPORARY PATHOS Current Permanant
Pathos Rating
PASSIONS Next level × 3
FONDS
Fonds are the manifestation of
the Psyche's power in a similar
way to Thorns (pg. 84). Most
Spectre players are unaware of
their Psyche's Fonds before
manifesting in play.
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Allies: 1 point/level (Maximum
of 5)
Activation Cost: N/A
System: The Psyche has friends
in the local area, somehow
communicating with them. This
functions as the Allies
background (pg. 135).
Inspiration: 1 point/level
(Maximum of 5)
Activation Cost: N/A
System: Memoriam for the
Psyche, Inspiration measures how
well-remembered the Wraith is
and the fondness they still
inspire in the living.
Just as the Spectre's Shadow
accumulates Angst, Psyches can
build up Pathos. Every time a
Wraith with Inspiration falls
into Slumber, the Psycheguide
rolls one Psyche Die for each
point of the Fond possessed
against difficulty 0, and each
success gives the Psyche a point
of Remporary Pathos.
Illuminated Failures and Light
Criticals remove 1 Temporary
Pathos and might cause the
living to think less kindly of
the Shadow.
No more than five points of
Inspiration can be taken.
Memories of Life: 1
Point/level (Maximum of 5)
Activation Cost: N/A
System: While a Spectre does
not recall their prior life, the
Psyche remembers it all, even
things the Spectre themselves
did and forgot naturally.
Whenever the Spectre may wish to
access this past life, the
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Psyche may offer these memories
up to the Spectre. If the
Spectre accepts, they roll
Resolve + Composure against
difficulty 2 + Memories of
Life's level. On a success, they
remember this part of their past
or critical piece of
information. On a failure, their
Angst is Degraded by the
Psyche's Strongest Passion. On
an Illuminated Failure, the
Psyche is gifted 1 Temporary
Pathos.
Mirror: 1 Point
Activation Cost: 2 Temporary
Pathos
System: The Psyche forces the
visage of the Spectre's past
life onto every flat surface the
Spectre sees for a Scene.
When the Spectre looks at the
surface, it must make a Resolve
+ Composure roll against a
difficulty equal to the Psyche's
Permanent Pathos Rating. On a
failure, the Spectre suffers -1
dice to all social dice pools.
Psyche Sigil: 1-3 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: This Fond affects the
physical appearance of the
Spectre. At one dot, the Spectre
may have an angelic halo, while
3 dots may give them angelic
wings, which offer no benefits
to the Spectre. They may also
leave any sensory effect that is
more positive, such as uplifting
theme music or the smell of
fresh fruit.
1 dot in this Fond may offer
+1 difficulty to Stealth or

Intimidation rolls, while 3 dots
can offer the same effect to one
of the Spectre's Arcanos.
Pure Relic: 1 Point/level
(Maximum of 5)
Activation Cost: N/A
System: This Relic only
manifests during Catharsis, and
the number of points indicates
its potency. Each dot in this
Fond produces a Relic equal to
the Relic Background.
A Spectre's Pure Relic will
always have some significance to
them, even if they don't admit
it. A toy from a loved relative
the Spectre never mentions, or a
knife gifted to them from their
father. A Pure Relic will always
manifest when the Psyche does,
even if it has been "lost" or
"destroyed."
Even talking about the kind of
Pure Relics they may have might
lead to strenuously denying
knowing anything about them.
Psyche Trait: 2 Points
Activation Cost: None
System: Whenever the Spectre
asks or when the Psyche offers,
the Psyche may add 1 dot to an
attribute, even if this raises
the attribute above 5. Each time
this Fond is used, the Psyche
gains 1 Temporary Pathos.
This Fond may be bought
multiple times, but each
purchase must be used to gain a
new trait.
Guilt: 3 Points
Activation Cost: 1 Temporary
Pathos
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System: The Spectre is
subjected to tremendous guilt
for an action it just did. The
Spectre rolls Resolve +
Composure vs. the Psyche rolling
its Permanent Pathos Rating. On
a success, the Spectre removes 1
die during its next turn as it
pulls itself together. If the
Psyche wins, the Spectre takes
Willpower damage equal to the
margin of success. If the
Spectre loses with an
Illuminated Failure, the Psyche
gains 1 Temporary Pathos on top
of any other benefits gained.
Indulgence: 3 Points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: Sometimes, the Spectre
doesn't want to deal with their
Psyche trying to always redeem
them. As such, the Spectre may
offer the Psyche up to 5
Temporary Pathos, and the Psyche
may counter if the offer is too
low. Once both sides agree, the
Psyche cannot interfere in the
agreed-upon action. Once the
stated action is complete, the
Psyche gains the agreed-upon
Temporary Pathos.
Freudian Slip: 4 points
Activation Cost: 1 Pathos
System: The Psyche can force a
Spectre to make a sudden,
involuntary action or a quick,
unedited statement. Freudian
Slip can also be used to put an
unbidden thought into a Wraith's
mind. To resist this Fond, the
Spectre must make a Resolve +
Composure roll vs. the Psyche's
Permanent Pathos. With a success
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countering the effects of
Freudian Slip. This can be a
hard Fond to use, both to make
up an appropriate action or
statement and to roleplay it.
Psyche players should scheme
with the other player when apt
to craft a particularly
effective use of Freudian Slip.
This Fond is powerful, and
players it's used on should be
able to handle the occasion
maturely.
Heavenly Light: 5 Points
Activation Cost: 1 Pathos
System: Once this is
activated, the Spectre is
illuminated by a beam of light
that comes from the heavens.
This makes stealth impossible,
and if used in the presence of a
Malfean, the Spectre may lose
Status with them. The Psyche
must be careful not to use this
in times when they might get the
Spectre Killed.
Penance: 6 Points
Activation Cost: None
System: The Psyche may
intercede against The Oblivion's
goal to degrade the Spectre.
When the Spectre would
permanently lose Corpus to The
Oblivion, the Psyche may offer
to step in the way of the loss.
If the Spectre accepts, the
permanent loss of Corpus is
negated, and the Spectre must
perform a deed for the Psyche as
Penance. The Penance can be
anything the Psyche wants it to
be, and the Psyche is not
required to reveal what the
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Penance will be until after the
Spectre accepts. The Penance
usually takes a Scene to
accomplish.
Secret Life: 5 points
Activation Cost: N/A
System: Whenever a Spectre
with this Fond Slumbers, their
Psyche takes control of their
shared Corpus and sets out to do
its work. This will lead to no
end of trouble for the Spectre,
as they will constantly find
themself encountering situations
their Psyche has created and
people whom their Psyche has
wronged. Of course, all of the
blame for the Psyche's actions
will land squarely on the
Spectre.
Spectres with this Fond know
that their Psyche do get up and
walk around but have no way of
knowing precisely what their
lighter halves do. If characters
wish, they can invest 1
additional freebie point in this
Thorn and have their characters
be unaware of their Secret life.
The player, not the Psycheguide,
controls the character while
Secret life is active.
Psycheguiding
The Psyche in a Spectre game
is as important as a Shadow is
in a Wraith game.
The Psycheguide must keep
track of both forms of the
Psyche's Pathos and their
Spectre's host's Willpower.

A Psycheguide must understand
the Spectre and the Mortal
backstory to do their job
better. It is not some righteous
stampede of goodness and light,
and it seldom works, as very few
people have such a disposition.
The Psyche is a part of the
Spectre's soul, just as the
Shadow is a part of the
Wraith's; thus, they complement
each other, not contradict.
The Psyche is a fragment of
goodness. Even if they were
malicious beings in life, they
had goodness, and most of that
malice is now an aspect of the
Shadow.
Psychic Healing
The Psyche battles the Shadow
for the Corpus of the Spectre.
The Psyche does not use abuse
and cruelty to overcome the
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Spectre. It tries to remind the
Spectre of what they were rather
than the monster they could be.
The Psyche also knows that if
the Spectre should fall into the
void of Oblivion, it too will be
destroyed, and it seeks to
prevent that.
Gaining Pathos
The continual torment of life
in the Shadowlands makes
acquiring Angst inevitable, and
opportunities for doing so are
numerous. The natural condition
of a Wraith character's
existence embodies internal
conflict, and this inner war
results in the consistent
accumulation of Angst.
A Wraith may gain Angst in one
of several ways. Unless
otherwise specified, all Angst
gained is Temporary Angst, which
remains until spent or until
converted into Permanent Angst
points.
Arcanoi: The use of certain
Arcanoi by a Shadow-
controlled character
automatically accumulates
either Temporary or Permanent
Pathos (see Chapter Five).
Note: If the Psyche dominates
a character when these
Arcanoi are used, however,
the Pathos that would
normally be gained is,
instead, deducted from the
Psyche's current Pathos
rating.
Psyche Dice: In critical
situations, a Spectre's
Psyche can offer their Shadow
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extra dice to increase the
chances of successfully
accomplishing some action.
Each 1 rolled on those Psyche
Dice results in acquiring one
point of Temporary Pathos.
The Psyche can offer up to
five extra dice to any single
roll.
This is the most likely to be
accepted when it's life or
death for the Psyche and
Shadow — matters of survival,
saving a Fetter, or other
times when the need for an
edge will make the Shadow
more willing to deal.
Canny Psycheguides will use
Psyche Dice wisely, picking
emotional moments and
exploiting the Shadow's
desire for the best possible
results of their actions.
Even if they don't lead to
more Temporary Pathos, Psyche
Dice moments can be used to
build the illusion of a
positive emotional connection
between the Shadow and
Psyche. Particularly clever
Psyche will build a
dependence on those extra
dice.
Passions: A character's Pathos
score may increase when the
Psyche indulges its Passions.
When the Spectre indulges in
an emotion that matches a
Passion's core, the
Psycheguide can roll against
that Passion—every success
results in the addition of
one point of Temporary
Pathos.
Storyteller Discretion: The
Pathos rating of a character
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should also reflect the
ongoing struggle to deal with
the external and internal
torment of Wraithly existence
in ways that are not as
clearly defined by a system
of rules. Roleplaying scenes
in which a character
confronts doubts, fears, or
external dangers may warrant
"awarding" a point of
Temporary Pathos to the
character by the Storyteller.
The player must agree that
such an increase in Angst is
appropriate to the situation
since such a decision is not
determined by the result of a
roll but is achieved through
mutual consent.
Losing Pathos
Gaining Angst is easy; losing
it is hard but not impossible.
There are several ways in which
a Shadow can lose Angst (usually
at the instigation of the
Psyche):
Illuminated Failure when the
Psyche is dominant: Psyche
hate failure. An Illuminated
Failure on any roll made by a
Psyche-dominated Spectres
results in the loss of one
point of Temporary Pathos per
one rolled above the number
of successes.
Psyche-dominated use of certain
Arcanoi: Some Arcanoi
automatically increase a
character's Pathos. However,
using the Arcanoi when the
Psyche is dominant causes the
amount of Pathos that would
normally be gained to be lost
instead.

Note: Losing Angst in this
fashion should never be
intentional. It is up to the
Storyteller to carefully
monitor those situations in
which a Shadow-controlled
character seeks to use an
Arcanos to make certain that
the action is not primarily
directed toward the possible
reduction of Angst.
Storyteller Discretion: When a
character makes a serious
effort to rid themselves of
unwanted Pathos, the
Storyteller may reduce the
character's Temporary or
Permanent Angst rating as a
reward for good roleplaying.
This kind of bonus should be
used sparingly not to devalue
the difficulty of losing
Angst. As usual in situations
that do not involve dice
rolls, this should be a
mutual agreement between the
player and Storyteller.
Catharsis
Just as the Shadow can take
over a Wraith, a Psyche can take
over a Spectre.
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Catharsis is identical to
Catharsis done by Shadows to
Wraiths.
Catharsis Roll
To gain control of a Spectre,
the Psyche must first accumulate
enough Pathos to equal the
Spectre's Willpower. Then they
spend 1 point of Pathos; this
spending can reduce the Psyche's
Pathos below the Spectre's
Willpower without stopping the
Catharsis attempt.
The Psyche then rolls its
current Temporary Pathos vs. the
Spectre's Willpower. If the
Psyche gains more successes, it
gains control of the Corpus for
a Scene.
Roleplaying Catharsis
The Spectre player still
controls the Corpus; the
Psycheguide does not take
control of the character. It is
up to the Spectre's player to
properly Roleplay Catharsis.
While the Psyche is Dominant,
it can access all the Spectre's
Arcanoi and Shadecraft and its
Fonds. Otherwise, this functions
as normal Catharsis.
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care about.
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Death Types
Victim of Old Age
Were you loved, or were you
hated? It matters not in the
end. Your life was long, but
even the longest of lives means
little in the grand scheme.
■ Add a Specialty: Politics
(City Government) or
Leadership (Inspiration)
■ Gain 1 dot in Memoriam
(Family members who remember
you)
Victim of Disease
Plagues kill people. Until the
most recent century, it was just
a fact of life. Your final days
were likely spent on your back
as you felt death's clutches
around you. But in the end, your
will to live has been lost to
the frailty of your flesh.
■ Add a Specialty: Awareness
(Hearing) or Medicine
(Pathology)
Gain 1 dot in Haunt
■
Victim of Violence
Your last moments were not
happy; no, you either barely
remember them or remember them
all too well. Your flight,
fight, or freeze response was in
overdrive, and survival was the
only thing on your mind. But in
the end, it wasn't enough.
■ Add a Specialty: Athletics
(Dodging) or Melee
(Improvised weapons)
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Gain 1 dot in Status
■
Victim of Madness
You didn't want to do it, you
feel kinda bad now, but you
can't help but wonder…
Oh shit, she's right over
there. Is she waving to you? She
is! Shit!
"Hey, you're the LA Butcher!"
Her face hung with a smile that
felt wrong.
Deny everything. She was not
your 4th victim. "No, I'm not!"
"Yes, you are. I remember how
you cut my stomach open."
Shit, shit, shit, she's gonna…
"Guess we're rooming together
since you had to be the one who
killed me." Her smile never
wavered.
Victims of madness are both
the mad and those killed by the
mad. As you can see, it's quite
awkward.
■ Add a Specialty: Subterfuge
(Bluff) or Stealth (Hiding)
■ Gain 1 dot in Memoriam
Victim of
Happenstance
It wasn't your fault; it may
not even be anyone's fault.
Perhaps A pipe fell off a
construction site and impaled
you, maybe a car pulled out in
front of you, or you landed
wrong when you tripped.
Your life ended with an
accident. Take no shame in that.
■ Add a Specialty: Awareness
(Ambushes) or Survival (Urban
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■ Gain 1 dot in Relic
(something that broke when
you died)
Victim of the Unknown
You don't remember. You were
scared and confused, and the
last thing you remember is that
you had plans for your next
meal, but now, you're dead.
Maybe you were murdered, perhaps
it was happenstance, or maybe
you shouldn't have investigated
that noise.
■ Add a Specialty: Insight
(Phobias) or Streetwise
(personal rep.)
■ Gain 1 dot in Eidolon
Victim of Fate
Your death was always going to
happen, probably the way it
happened. Fate has chosen you
for a task. Perhaps dying was
the task, but in all likelihood,
you being a Wraith means you
died to do more. Rejoice, for
you stand beside the greats of
Stygia as an agent of fate. But
be warned; Oblivion watches you
as well.
■ Add a Specialty: Occult
(Reading Fate) or Persuasion
(Bargaining)
■ Gain 1 dot in Mentor (an
Oracle or a Member of the
Legion of Fate)
Victim of Despair
It's okay. It's not your
fault. You needed an escape, and
you took it. But you couldn't
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just run away, could you?
Whether it is more comfortable
to think of it as some cosmic
joke or rationalize it as you
don't really want to end it, it
doesn't matter; you're still
here.
Will you make it better, or
will you flee into the
Shadowlands?
■ Add a Specialty: Stealth
(Blending in) or Subterfuge
(Hiding your emotions)
■ Gain 1 dot in Haunt (the
place where you took your
life)
Advantages
Allies
Same as Vampire: The
Masquerade, pg. 184.
Artifact
Artifacts are the items of
Wraiths. They can take the form
of desks and a chair. They are
small things like knives or
other tools, or big things, like
cars and the like. They are
Soulforged items (pg. 45).
If a player has an Artifact,
then there should be some story
explanation as to why they have
such a valuable item and why
they can use it out in the open
(if they can).
This Background can be taken
multiple times. Each separate
instance counts as a different
Artifact.

• An inconsequential
Artifact. A chair, desk,
ashtray, or something of the
sort.
•• Something with a small
effect, such as a pen that
writes all by itself.
••• An Artifact with some
utility. A Stygian Steel weapon.
•••• A unique or major
Artifact. Something the local
government would like to
possess.
••••• A very powerful and useful
Artifact. Something other
Wraiths would leer at with
jealousy.
Contacts
Same as Vampire: the
Masquerade, pg. 185.
Eidolon
A shadow looms over the
Psyche, but the Psyche rises
above such darkness, be it a
simple desire to be better, a
supernatural stubbornness, or
even another supernatural
consciousness residing within
the Psyche. It serves to battle
the Shadow; if the Psyche is the
warrior, then the Eidolon is its
shield and spear.
Whenever your Shadow harasses
the Psyche in such a way that
allows the Shadow to resist with
some roll, the Psyche may use
its Eidolon to resist. Each dot
of Eidolon represents an extra
die you may spend on rolls to
resist your Shadow's power. Once
you use an Eidolon Die, you
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cannot use it again in that
Session.
• You gain 1 extra die to
roll to resist your Shadow
•• You gain 2 extra dice to
roll against the Shadow
••• You gain 3 extra dice to
roll to resist your Shadow
•••• You gain 4 extra dice to
roll against the Shadow
••••• You gain 5 extra dice to
roll to resist your Shadow
Haunt
A Haunt is not unlike a Fetter
in that it is a place that ties
you to the Skinlands and
Shadowlands; however, a Haunt
offers some unique advantages.
For starters, a Haunt thins
the Shroud in the area by its
Haunt rating, but never less
than 2.
• A small space, no larger
than a closet.
•• A studio apartment, the
living room of a house.
••• A house that can
accommodate a few guests.
•••• A big house or a
specialized haunt, like a well-
defended one or a mobile one.
••••• A Mansion or very well-
defended Haunt.
Loresheet
Loresheets are a mechanism
with which you can ingrain
yourself within the lore of this
world. They should be a pivotal
part of your backstory, some
linchpin that may or may not
have changed you.
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If you are playing as the
freshly dead and take a
Loresheet at character creation
that is not necessarily
appropriate to your life, such
as something wholly supernatural
that you would have no way of
knowing, work with your
Storyteller to see about making
sure you hit the bit of lore
that can justify your Loresheet.
It is possible to have more than
one Loresheet, but you must
first buy all 5 advantages on
your original Loresheet. But to
get another Loresheet, you must
be able to justify it through
roleplay.
Memoriam
What is Pathos? It is an
emotion turned to substance, a
source of power. Your Passions
Empower your emotions, and with
that power, Pathos is created.
However, that power is not only
generated within the Wraith, for
there are those who may remember
the Wraith.
This memory of you is a power
you can tap into, be it warmly
and fondly or from spite and
hatred; Memoriam cares not, and
you can draw power from this
memory. There has been debate
ever since people realized this
effect on whether it is better
to be remembered fondly by a few
people or with great hatred by
an entire country. Still, it is
a moot point, for Memoriam cares
not about the emotion but only
the passion they hold for you.
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Once per Session, you may roll
your Memoriam rating in dice,
with each success giving you 1
Pathos. However, if you get a
Shaded Failure, you lose one
point in Memoriam, for mortals
move on, forgetting the
restless.
• Only one person remembers
you or a handful of people are
aware of you, such as you have
some small memorial that they
pass by.
•• A small group of people
remembers you, sometimes.
••• Your name is on some
building or park.
•••• A large organization
remembers you, and perhaps they
are a charity named after you,
or perhaps they are a cult that
spites your name with their
every prayer.
••••• You are legendary, as in
Alexander the Great, Gaius
Julius Caesar, or Charon, the
ferryman. Alternatively, as
infamous as Joseph Stalin,
Marcus Junius Brutus (yes, that
Brutus), or Elizabeth Bathory.
Mentor
A Mentor is exactly what it
sounds like on the tin. Though
Mentors take many forms, some
are kind and caring, while
others are vile and crass. A
Mentor is not at the beck and
call of the Wraith; rather, they
are there to help when they can.

Mentors are often teachers, a
patron who oversees your work,
or, in some cases, a protector
who wants to help you for some
reason. Expect them to be a
source of tasks and side
missions for you. This usually
involves responsibilities on
both sides but often favors the
mentor.
As with real life, a mentor
and mentee relationship is
incredibly personal, and this
should make its way into
roleplaying.
Mentors often teach Arcanoi to
you (pg. 41), but it is rare for
them to give you exactly what
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you ask for. For instance, you
may want Embody, but your Mentor
doesn't think you are ready to
pierce the Shroud, and as such,
they may teach you Argos instead
so you may better travel around
the Underworld. They also may
help with Stygian politics, new
abilities, or may even get you
out of trouble.
• A Mentor a little older
than yourself but with a few
connections.
•• A Mentor of some
importance but little power.
••• An old and wise Mentor
with a modicum of clout.
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•••• A politically powerful
Mentor who can pull strings on
your behalf and teach you many
secrets.
••••• An almost omniscient
Mentor, perhaps a Ferryman or a
high-ranking Hierarch.
Relics
When an object is destroyed,
it may persist for a time in the
land of the dead. These items
can range from simple little
wooden toys to entire buildings.
However, the reason these
Relics exist varies, from your
favored doll to the Library of
Alexander (now the Library of
Stygia (it's been there
longer)).
Relics can be acquired by
Wraiths and used by them. Pathos
fuels most higher-end Relics as
you force them to operate as
this Shadow of itself.
• A ticket, one that may
hold sentimental value but has
little function use. Ex. A doll,
the keys to your car, or a piece
of jewelry.
•• A minor Relic, something a
little larger. Ex. your lucky
shirt, a trophy, or even a work
of art.
••• A Relic with some actual
use, but still kinda small. Ex.
a multitool, some binoculars, or
a watch.
•••• A greater Relic, often
with moving parts, usually
requiring Willpower to fuel. Ex.
a gun, a scooter, or a tablet.
••••• A huge or valuable Relic,
something sophisticated. Ex. a
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car, a building, or a naval
vessel.
Status
Status is a more concrete
recognition of power than
Notoriety. It does not, however,
measure actual worth or
achievement. Status can also be
used to gain favors from
authorities of whatever kind.
Many in the bureaucracies of
the Underworld, just as in the
Skinlands, have done little, if
anything, to deserve the
authority they have; they have
accrued it over the years and
now wield it.
Status does not necessarily
relate to the Hierarchy,
although most Hierarchy members
possess at least some Status. It
can also represent a ranking in
a Renegade band, a Heretic cult,
or one of the many Guilds. It is
possible, though uncommon, for a
Wraith to possess Status in
several groups. In this case,
the Background must be purchased
multiple times. With Status
comes duty and responsibility,
and Wraiths with high Status
find themselves responsible for
decisions that affect the
existence of many lesser
Restless.
None: No organization
recognizes you.
• An initiate of some kind.
You are most likely responsible
for unpleasant duties but are at
least recognized as part of the
group.

•• After demonstrating your
devotion to the group, you have
been chosen for a position of
some responsibility.
••• You are in the murky
middle ranks. Not low enough to
be pushed around or high enough
to do the pushing, this is a
dangerous place to be, but it
has many rewards.
•••• This level of Status
represents the level of
management and privilege. You
can access the group's resources
and are trusted by its leaders.
••••• Player characters are
unlikely ever to rise higher
than this. Having gained
significant power and respect,
you are a leader.
Steed
For some reason, one of the
mysterious horses of the
Underworld has chosen you as its
master. This could be some
mystery of fate, or you found
it, broke it, and made it your
steed. See pg 309 for the stats
of the steed.
••• Normal Steed
••••• Named Steed
True Faith
Life is hard; death is harder.
And in the hardships of being
undead, Faith can persevere.
Buying this merit allows the
Wraith to gain access to True
Faith, as seen in the VTM Core
Rulebook pg. 222. Though the
Faith always starts at 1, it can
grow over time with repeated
purchases.
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••••• Ture Faith. +1 dot.
Things of the
Afterlife
Artifacts
Stygian Mask
Rating: 1 dot
Masks are symbolic of offices
and stations within Stygian
culture. While a given Wraith
may not respect the man, they
will respect the mask.
Most masks are highly stylized
and often represent their
assigned role, such as a
skeletal grin for a member of
the Skeletal legionnaire. More
modern masks have been taken to
represent the guilds since they
are allowed to move more freely.
Bell of Summoning
Rating: 1 Dot
This Artifact resembles a
small bell. A Wraith may make a
Degradation Check and attune
themselves to the bell. There is
no limit to how many times a
Wraith may attune themselves to
this bell in this way.
When someone rings the bell,
all Wraiths who have attuned to
the bell hear it ring, no matter
how far away they are from it.
The bell rings for one minute
for each Wraith that invested
Pathos into the bell before it
rang. The bell loses one
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invested Pathos per Wraith that
could hear it ring.
If a Wraith has no Pathos
invested in the bell, they
cannot hear it ring, no matter
how close it is.
Instant Nihil
Rating: 2 dots
This very useful bit of
Artifice resembles a glass
bottle filled with black ink.
They must be handled carefully,
as the glass may be broken
rather easily. When broken, they
open a 6-foot diameter hole. If
this hole is opened under
someone, they must succeed on a
Dexterity + Athletics roll
against difficulty 5 to avoid
falling within it. Things that
do fall into it end up in the
Tempest.
The Nihils linger for a week
when opened.
No one is certain where
instant Nihils come from. There
is speculation that the Ferrymen
make them or that Spectres
create them as a way for Wraiths
to throw other Wraiths into
their domain. Officially they
aren't illegal at the Stygian
level but can be at certain
Necropoli.
Scribbler's Pen
Rating: 2
Nhudi originally designed
these useful pens for the
keepers of the Library of
Stygia. These pens function as a
way to transfer Pathos and
Angst, transforming the very
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emotional energy into the
written word.
By spending a week, and
willingly failing a Degradation
Check, the Wraith may transfer 1
Pathos onto the parchment.
Written on the parchment is
something related to one of the
Wraith's Passions. If the Wraith
wishes to transfer 1 Temporary
Angst, they may spend two hours
writing. These words regard one
of the Wraith's Dark Passions.
A Wraith must be careful with
these parchments. If another
person reads them, they would
gain insight into the person,
gaining +1 dice to Manipulation
rolls against the Wraith.
For better or for worse, if
the parchments are destroyed,
the stored emotional energy
returns to the Wraith. This
works with both Angst and
Pathos.
Stygian Steel Armor
Rating: 3
This ornate and well-decorated
armor is a prize very few can
claim to own. Each suit is
different, from Knight's armor
to the armor of a Samurai.
The wearer has 5 dots of
armor. And some are known to
amplify the user's Arcanoi.
To do so, increase the Rating
by 1 to add +1 dice to a
specific Arcanos' dice pool. For
an additional +1 rating, you can
add +1 dice to offer the same
benefit to another Arcanos.
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Weapons
Rating: variable
The Rating is equal to the
damage value on the chart
located on pg. 304.
Soulfire weapons are weapons
that are powered by Soulfire
crystals. Any weapon found in
the VTM Core Rulebook pg. 304.
The user may affix a Soulfire
crystal to it as made with
Invest (pg. 305).
If the weapon is Melee, the
user may spend 1 Pathos from the
crystal to make the weapon do
Aggravated damage.
If the weapon is Ranged, it
requires Soulfire Crystals to
fire. Or a Degradation Check
from the user.

Relics
Slumberbook
Rating: 2 dots
The remnants of a child's
favorite bedtime story, this
book primarily ensures that a
Wraith has a good slumber.
Once per day, the reader may
read the Slumberbook aloud to up
to 10 Wraiths, which includes
the reader. The listeners'
Shadows become soothed by the
tale and lose a dot of Temporary
Angst.
Once a Wraith hears a
Slumberbook, they cannot benefit
from another Slumberbook. And
any readings from another
Slumberbook instead give the
listeners' Shadows 1 Temporary
Angst.
Old Glory
Sporting the colors of many
different countries or groups,
this old flag is not a flag of a
single country; rather, it is a
flag that is the memory of
almost every flag carried into
battle. When Old Glory is flying
and being used as a battle flag,
everyone on the side that is
flying it gains +2 dice on their
Resolve rolls.
Flying Old Glory after a fight
has finished can stir other
Wraiths to fight as if possessed
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General Rules
to, rather than interrupt,
actions taken against the
user. A Wraith can activate
Wraith: The Oblivion rates
one Arcanos power per turn.
Arcanoi on a scale from one to
Any number of powers can be
five dots, just like most
active simultaneously.
other Traits. A character
A Wraith adds half their
gains dots in an Arcanos
Plasm Rating (rounded down) to
either at character creation
dice pools to use or resist
or by purchasing them with
Arcanoi or other magical
experience points later. To
effects.
spend experience points on
Arcanoi, a character usually
needs someone to teach them Tempered Powers
the Arcanos. Certain rare powers require
proficiency in more than one
Selecting Powers Arcanos. Characters must also
possess the listed number of
Whenever a character gains a
dots in the other Arcanos to
dot in an Arcanos, they choose
take these powers.
one power from among the ones
For the purpose of type and
listed, either from their new
other classification, these
Arcanoi level or below. They
powers count as belonging to
must meet the requirements for
both Arcanoi.
the dots, such as being a
These powers didn't always
Risen for powers that require
exist, but when the Revolt
the Wraith to be a Risen or
failed, the Guilds found many
being a Spectre for the
of their monopolies failing,
Spectre exclusive powers.
and many Wraiths could play
The most significant
around with the Arcanoi in an
prerequisite is that of Guild
attempt to gain more power.
Initiates. To get an initiate
As the method goes, the
Art, you must have an
player who wishes to temper an
equivalent number of dots in
Arcanos must provide the
Status with the Guild of your
Storyteller with the general
choosing.
description of the desired
Arcanos Power. Then the player
Using Powers and the Storyteller must agree
Unless otherwise stated, a on the Arcanos power's
Wraith can activate an Arcanos description, making
anytime; this takes little adjustments as needed. During
time or overt action. Powers this process, a dominant
do not usually activate Arcanos is selected between
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tempered. This will be the

Arcanos used for the new
power’s rolls and what it
officially falls under.
Then they need to define the
Dot values of the Arcanoi and
its tempered requirement, the
Wraith must possess the
required dots in the tempered
requirement, or they cannot
begin Tempering.
The Wraith then begins an
extended test with the Target
number being 4 times the total
required dots in Arcanoi to
get the power with the dice
pool is the Arcanoi with fewer
dots + Intelligence. They make
the Arcanos + Intelligence
roll once a week by making two
Degradation Checks. For
example, an Argos 5 tempered
with Usury 3 would have an
equation of (5 + 3) x 4 = 32,
and the Wraith will be rolling
their Dots in Usury + their
Intelligence at the end of
each week.
Additional Arcanoi
The following rules are
applied to purchase Arcanos
powers beyond that of the
traditional 5 dot = 5 power
limit. The player must buy the
new Arcanos Art as if you were
buying the dots of that level.
So buying Level 2 Arcanoi Art
would cost 6 experince. This
is often how guildmembers gain
the Initiate Arts for their
respective guilds.
The Shroud
RATING SHROUD DENSITY
5 Impenetrable
4 Nigh
Impenetrable
3 Thick
2 Thin
1 Frayed
0 Absent
2 In the Underworld
2 In the Tempest
1 In the Labyrinth
At its most basic, the
Shroud is what is between the
Shadowlands and the Skinlands.
Its density varies from place
to place and is used to
determine the difficulties of
some rolls, as seen on the
Shroud Density Table.
Arcanoi and the
Guilds
All 16 Arcanoi have at least
1 Guild associated with them.
As stated before, it is
required that you must have
POSSIBLE CAUSE
No deaths took place here, this
land is a place full of life or a
place many mortals care for
No deaths took place here.
Consecrated land
Long ago, a death took place
here, a place of joy
A death recently took place
here, melancholic mortals often
pass through this place
A series of deaths took place
here, necromancers
often enact ceremonies here
A necromancer used Split the
Shroud (CotBG p.213) here.
Spectres regularly pass through
this part of the Shroud
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the equivalent dots in the
Influence background with the
appropriate guild to learn the
initiate Arts of that Guild.
These Arts are denoted by the
Initiate tag followed by the
Guild’s name. Some Guilds span
more than one Arcanoi; those
are rare to behold and not
impossible to make yourself.
However, as always, the Guilds
are outlawed in Stygia, so be
careful when flaunting these
Arts.
There is another perk to
having influence with a
particular Guild, as Guilds
have allies.
These allies can help with
purchasing and learning
initiate Arts alone; when you
seek to learn the initiate
Arts of an allied Guild, you
can learn the art of that
Guild as if you had influence
equal to the influence you
have in your Guild minus 2.
Unless otherwise stated, any
initiate Arts refer to the
Guild attached to the Arcanos.
Guildmark
While the name is a holdover
from a time that Stygia would
like you to forget, a
Guildmark is not technically
associated with any particular
Guild. A Guildmark is how a
given Arcanos affects a
Wraith’s Corpus. Generally
speaking, the more dots in an
Arcanos a Wraith has, and/or
the more the Wraith uses an
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PRIMARY GUILD ALLIED GUILDS
ALCHEMISTS (FLUX) Artificers (Inhabit), Proctors (Embody)
ARTIFICERS (INHABIT) Harbingers (Argos), Alchemists (Flux)
CHANTEURS (KEENING) Sandmen (Phantasm), Proctors (Embody)
HARBINGERS (ARGOS) Artificers (Inhabit), Oracles (Fatalism)
HAUNTERS Spooks (Outrage), Mnemoi (Mnemosynis)
(PANDEMONIUM)
MASQUERS (MOLIATE) Usurers (Usury), Sandmen (Phantasm)
MNEMOI (MNEMOSYNIS) Pardoners (Castigate), Haunters
(Pandemonium)
MONITORS (LIFEWEB) Puppeteers (Puppetry), Solicitors
(Intimation)
ORACLES (FATALISM) Harbingers (Argos), Usurers (Usury)
PARDONERS (CASTIGATE) Solicitors (Intimation), Mnemoi
(Mnemosynis)
PROCTORS (EMBODY) Alchemists (Flux), Chanteurs (Keening)
PUPPETEERS (PUPPETRY) Monitors (Lifeweb), Spooks (Outrage)
SANDMEN (PHANTASM) Chanteurs (Keening), Masquers (Moliate)
SOLICITORS (INTIMATION) Pardoners (Castigate), Monitors (Lifeweb)
SPOOKS (OUTRAGE) Haunters (Pandemonium), Puppeteers
(Puppetry)
USURERS (USURY) Masquers (Moliate), Oracles (Fatalism)
Arcanos, the more pronounced a
Guildmark will be.
If two Guildmarks affect the
same area on a Wraith’s
Corpus, then the Arcanos with
the most dots will take
priority when showing their
Guildmark. If their dot rating
is the same, then the one they
use most takes precedence, or
it's the player’s choice. In
both cases, this can be
changed by using the other
Arcanos more.
Tags
There are five types of
tags.
The tags are as follows:
COMMON: Common tags can be
learned by anyone who can
learn Arcanoi.

INITIATE: Initiate tags require
you to have the Status
Background equal to the dots
in the guild associated with
the Arcanos power you wish to
learn. Or the appropriate
Properly Initiated background
from a Guild’s Loresheet. Even
if you have the requirements,
you must still be taught an
initiate Art by someone who
has it.
RISEN: This tag is primarily
used by the Risen. Often once
a given individual has access
to the Risen tag, they do not
lose this access.
PROJECTOR: While Projectors
are newer, some have developed
Arcanoi of their own. Any
Projector Art can be used
after the Projector dies, but
only if they use Puppetry to
control some meat.
A restless dead may gain
access to powers with a tag
they usually don’t have access
to via training with a mentor
or other STC who has the
desired power or by another
player.
SPECTRE: Spectres inherently
have access to this tag and
must choose a power with this
tag when available. They may
only start taking Arts without
the Spectre tag when they are
adding new powers per the
Additional Arcanoi section.
If a Wraith uses Arts in
this tag, any Pathos gained is
converted into Angst. All Arts
with this tag are written from
the Spectre's perspective.
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Attunement and
Consorts
Attunement is a long-term
process of repeatedly using
Arcanoi on certain subjects,
effectively making the
Wraith’s and the object’s odd
energies coalesce and
harmonize. All items and
locations are considered
Attuned, while people, be they
supernatural or otherwise, are
called Consorts.
Each time a Wraith
successfully manifests to,
Skinrides, or inhabits a being
or object, they may spend 1
Willpower (only 1 Willpower
may be spent per Scene). All
items and people require 5
Willpower to be spent this way
for a Wraith to be attuned to
them.
Attunement is very useful to
many Arts. Some Arcanoi offer
special benefits, while others
require that you use them on
Consorts.
A Wraith may not be attuned
to more Objects or Beings than
their Composure + Resolve.
Fetters are objects or people
that the Wraith is considered
Attuned to; this does not
count toward the maximum
number of things to which you
can Attune.
If you wish to unattune from
something, you may spend 1
Willpower at any time, and the
Attunement will break.
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Argos
Guild: Harbingers
How does one navigate the
realms of the dead? How does
one travel through the Tempest
without the aid of the
ferrymen? Argos is the answer
to these simple questions.
Argos governs movement in
the Underworld and allows
you to move others with
you.
Guildmark
A Harbinger is a
Wraith that is
familiar with the
Tempest. And to be
familiar with the
Tempest is to be
influenced by it.
A Harbinger’s eyes
are as black as the
sunless sea of the
Tempest, and their
clothes flow with wind
unfelt by others.
Characteristics
Unless otherwise
specified, a Harbinger
using an Argos Art may apply
it to additional voluntary
traveling companions, providing
the same benefits they receive.
All members of the group must
hold hands. Each “passenger”
who lacks Argos increases the
difficulty of all associated
rolls by 1 to a maximum of 10.
Any passenger who loses their
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connection to the Wraith falls
into the Tempest.
When the Harbinger uses any
Argos Art to travel to one of
their Fetters, the difficulty
of any associated rolls is
reduced by the Fetter’s rating
(minimum 2).
 Type: Physical
 Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low
Level 1
WAYFARER’S FREEDOM (COMMON)
Argos was invented by
sailors who were in love
with the sea. And the
sea offered them
freedom.
Cost: None
Dice Pool: N/A
System: Add your
dots in Argos to any
roll used to escape
bindings.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
WEATHER EYE (COMMON)
The Harbinger is
constantly Attuned to the
Tempest’s local fluctuations.
In addition to providing
awareness of nearby events in
the Tempest, this allows swift
travel between two Shadowlands
locations via momentary shortcuts
through the storm.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Wits + Argos
System: The character is
always aware of current “weather”
conditions in the Tempest.
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Looking into the local Tempest

requires a Wits + Argos roll
against difficulty 3. The number
of successes determines the
clarity with which the Wraith
perceives the Tempest.
When the Harbinger uses
Tempest shortcuts to speed
Shadowlands travel, the player
rolls Wits + Argos against
difficulty 3. The margin of
success reduces the travel time,
as shown below.
1 success: Normal for the mode
of travel (walking, driving,
etc.) but without incident.
2 successes: Three-quarters
normal travel time.
3 successes: One-half normal
travel time.
4 successes: One-quarter
normal travel time.
5 successes: As 4 successes,
but the Wraith arrives at a
dramatically appropriate moment,
even if their arrival violates
causality.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive

ENSHROUD (INITIATE)
The Harbinger can manipulate
the membrane between the
Shadowlands and the Tempest,
drawing the sunless sea over
themself for concealment or
plunging into it without entering
a Nihil.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: N/A
System: When the Harbinger
attempts to enter the Tempest.
The Harbinger opens a momentary
portal, which irises shut as soon
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The Harbinger can now add their
Argos Level to all Stealth Rolls.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
STORM SEEKER (SPECTRE)
The Spectre sets themself
adrift in the Tempest to be drawn
toward a storm front by tapping
into their affinity with the soul
storms of the Underworld.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Argos
System: On a successful
Intelligence + Argos roll against
difficulty 4, you navigate the
Tempest’s ebb and flow to find a
brewing storm front. This can
take hours or even days,
depending on local conditions in
the Tempest; the Storyteller may
choose to reduce the time
depending on the number of
successes rolled. You have no
control over the size of the
storm discovered or its heading.
Pathos: None
Duration: N/A
WORMHOLE (SPECTRE)
The Spectre can use a Nihil as
a shortcut between the
Shadowlands and the Tempest. You
simply stretch the Nihil open and
camber in, emerging moments later
from the other end (wherever that
may be).
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Stamina + Argos
System: The Spectre makes a
Stamina + Argos roll against
difficulty 3. On a success, they
pass through the Nihil without
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mishap, arriving safely on the
other side. Additional successes
on the margin indicate that the
Spectre may also choose to hold
the Nihil open for others to use.
Otherwise, the Nihil closes
immediately once you pass
through.
Pathos: None
Duration: The Nihil lasts for
one turn per success on the
margin
Level 2
PHANTOM WINGS (COMMON)
This Art enables the Harbinger
to fly in both the Tempest and
the Shadowlands. Unless aided by
the Tempest’s winds (which carry
their own hazards), this flight
isn’t particularly swift, but the
added mobility can be convenient.
The power’s eponymous wings
always assume the same appearance
for a given Wraith and are
translucent and insubstantial.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Argos
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Argos against the local Shroud
Rating. On a success, the
Harbinger gains one Scene of
flight at any speed between a
stationary hover and the
Character’s normal jogging speed.
Tricky maneuvers or tight
quarters may require a Dexterity
+ Athletics roll at the
Storyteller’s discretion.
The Wraith’s maximum speed
doubles in the Tempest, though
they are still subject to
inclement weather. In a
Maelstrom, this factor increases

by the storm’s force (e.g., a
three-bell Maelstrom multiplies
the Wraith’s maximum flight speed
by five), though again, Phantom
Wings does not protect from the
Maelstrom’s damaging effects.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
WAYFARER’S RESOLVE (INITIATE)
Many Wraiths find travel into
the deeper Underworld constrained
by the spiritual weight of their
Fetters. This Art frees its user
to move between the Shadowlands
and Tempest-bounded destinations
without suffering this
constraint.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: N/A
System: The Wraith adds half
their Argos Rating (rounded up)
to all rolls made when they would
suffer a penalty from the Fully
Fettered (pg. XX) section of
Traveling the Underworld (pg. XX)
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
STORM SURFING (SPECTRE)
The Spectre cuts a path
through a Maelstrom by surfing
upon its turbulent winds. This is
notably different from Tempest
Riding (pg. XX) in that the
Spectre can steer itself actively
amid the storm to chart their own
course.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Argos
System: The Spectre rolls
Dexterity + Argos. On a
successful roll, you can fly up
to the speed of the Maelstrom
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winds as long as you move in the
same general direction as the
storm. Further, you may add any
extra successes beyond the first
to your dice pool for any
maneuver roll they attempt, up to
a limit of the Maelstrom’s rating
x 2.
You must always remain moving,
but they have precise control
over their speed and trajectory —
slowing to a virtual hover or
making hairpin turns.
If you use Storm Surfing while
piloting a Relic Vehicle, you are
limited to the vehicle’s maneuver
rating for any special maneuver
attempts (Relic Vehicle table, p.
319). Storm Surfing remains
active for the Scene; however,
you must activate it again if you
leave the Maelstrom at any point.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
TEMPEST RIDING (SPECTRE)
The Spectre can travel across
the Underworld by gliding upon
the soul storms that rumble up
from the Tempest and through the
Shadowlands. While they have no
control over their ultimate
destination, they can nonetheless
cover phenomenal distances in a
short time. Spectres use Tempest
Riding to propel mass assaults on
Shadowlands citadels, and even
the smallest Maelstrom is liable
to be rife with jeering,
bloodthirsty Shadow-Eaten.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Argos
System: The player rolls
Dexterity + Argos against
difficulty 3. On a successful
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roll, the Spectre launches itself
correctly to catch a passing soul
wind. Additional successes mean
they’ve caught an especially fast
storm current. The Spectre must
make one additional Degradation
Check for each subsequent hour
spent traveling.
The Storyteller determines
where they travel and the
distance covered, though they may
leave the storm current at any
time.
While using this power, the
Spectre may carry objects or even
other passengers up to their
carrying capacity (pg. XX),
though they must hold on to them
for the duration of travel.
Anything they lose hold of is
whipped away randomly through the
storm.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Hour
Level 3
FLICKER (COMMON)
This Art harnesses the
Tempest’s natural currents,
enabling rapid leaps to nearby
destinations. A Wraith using
Flicker may appear to teleport or
may seem to be sucked into a
spontaneously forming Nihil only
to be ejected violently from
another. While this effect
resembles that of Enshroud, the
use of the lesser Art is not
necessary for Flicker.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Argos
System: The player selects a
destination within (Awareness x
100) yards and rolls Wits +
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Fatalism against difficulty 4.
Reduce the travel time by a
number of turns equal to the
margin of success. If the
destination is within the
Wraith’s line of sight and one
turn’s running movement, they
teleport there instantaneously.
While traveling via Flicker,
the Wraith is submerged in the
Tempest. Characters in the
Shadowlands can’t perceive or
target them without using Weather
Eye or another appropriate power.
The Wraith may take additional
voluntary companions as they
travel. To do so, all members of
the group must hold hands. Each
Passenger with no dots in Agros
increases the difficulty of this
power's Wits + Argos roll by 1 to
a maximum of 10. Any Passenger
that lets go during the travel is
lost to the Tempest.
When a Wraith uses an Argos
power to travel to one of their
Fetters, the difficulty of the
associated roll is reduced by the
Fetter’s rating to a minimum of
2.
Angst: None
Duration: One Turn
KRAKEN’S WHIP (COMMON)
There are legends of the
mighty Kraken hiding within the
Tempest, never wholly seen but
sometimes glimpsed. A beak the
size of a vessel, a tentacle
barring a path.
Some Harbingers have figured
out how to summon something that
is believed to be the tip of one
of the mighty beast’s tentacles.
Cost: One Degradation Check

Dice Pool: Wits + Argos
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Argos against the local Shroud
Rating. With a success, something
that is believed to be a Nihil
opens up somewhere the Harbinger
can see, allowing a tentacle to
sprout out of the Nihil and
attack anyone within as many
yards as the Harbinger’s maximum
Willpower.
The tentacle has 3 health and
makes one attack a turn at a
random person within its range;
it uses a pool equal to 3 + the
Harbinger’s Argos Level to
attack. This is independent of
the actions of the Harbinger and
is not controlled by the
Harbinger.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
Duration: A number of rounds
equal to the number of successes
on the Wits + Argos roll
TURN THE ANEMOI’S WRATH (INITIATE)
Stories abound of Harbingers
plummeting through the fury of a
Maelstrom, untouched by its
acidic rain and barrow-flame
lightning, to succor travelers in
need. Turn the Anemoi’s Wrath is
the source of many of these
stories, an Art that makes the
Wraith nigh-invulnerable to the
Underworld’s most savage weather.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Argos
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Argos against difficulty 4. For
a number of Scenes equal to the
margin of success, the Wraith’s
subtracts their Argos for all
Superficial damage taken from
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environmental sources and
Pandemonium Arts.
Angst: None
Duration: A number of Scenes
equal to the margin of success
STORM SQUALL (SPECTRE)
The Spectre can call up a
minor storm from the Tempest to
use as transportation. The squall
might even rip open a Nihil along
the way, depending on where the
Spectre is located at the time.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Argos
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Argos against
difficulty 4. They may carry a
number of other characters or
objects along with them equal to
the number of successes rolled.
They do not have to maintain
physical contact; they’re swept
along by the same winds that the
Spectre rides. Any other
characters who try to hitch a
ride suffer a +2 difficulty to
any maneuvers since the squall is
so small and focused.
The Spectre travels at the
speed of the storm winds (up to
75 mph/120 km/h) and may use
Stamina + Drive or Argos for
basic maneuverability, but Storm
Surfing is required for fine
control. The squall is considered
a level 1 Maelstrom.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
TEMPEST GRASP (SPECTRE)
The Spectre plunges a hand
into the Tempest and pulls out
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the first thing that floats by.
Flotsam found this way is not
always useful but is at least
generally entertaining. Recovered
items are either memories or
minor Relics (lingering memories
from Wraiths long since gone; the
mask of a Skeletal Anacreon, lost
in the 16th century; a mismatched
pair of Relic socks).
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Argos
System: The player rolls
Dexterity + Argos against the
local Shroud Rating. If
successful, you pull an item from
the Tempest. Memories retrieved
in this manner may hold 1 or 2
points of a Dark Passion, which
you may devour to boost your
Angst pool on a 1-for-1 basis.
Minor Relics may be used to
decorate the set of a Harrowing
or even as weapons if
appropriate. Anything retrieved
in this fashion crumbles to
uselessness at the end of the
Scene unless sustained by another
method.
Pathos: Gain 1 point of
Temporary Pathos
Duration: One Scene
Level 4
KRAKEN GRASP (COMMON)
Prerequisite Power: Kraken
Whip
Those who familiarize
themselves with the powers of the
Kraken can learn to direct the
mighty beast.
Cost: None
Dice Pool: None
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System: Whenever you use
Kraken Whip, you can choose the
target of the Kraken Whip.
Angst: None
Duration: None
STORMREADER (COMMON)
Superficially similar to
lesser navigational Arts but far
stronger, Stormreader gives the
Wraith an intuitive sense of the
Tempest, enabling them to
navigate safely over vast
expanses of the sunless sea. This
Art is the cornerstone of the
Harbingers’ ancient mastery of
Underworld travel, allowing
journeys in relative safety
between destinations in the
Tempest.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Resolve + Argos
System: When the Wraith begins
a journey to or from a
destination in the Tempest, the
player rolls Resolve + Argos
against difficulty 5. Successes
reduce travel times, as per
Weather Eye. Additionally,
successes also reduce the
effective level of any Maelstrom
through which the character
passes during the journey.
The Wraith may take additional
voluntary companions as they
travel. To do so, all members of
the group must hold hands. Each
Passenger with no dots in Agros
increases the difficulty of this
power's Wits + Argos roll by 1 to
a maximum of 10. Any Passenger
that lets go during the travel is
lost to the Tempest.
When a Wraith uses an Argos
power to travel to one of their

Fetters, the difficulty of the
associated roll is reduced by the
Fetter’s rating to a minimum of
2.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
TEMPEST-RIDER’S CANCELEER (INITIATE)
Infrequently taught in recent
centuries and always rare outside
the Harbingers’ Guild, this
martial transformation melds
aerobatic flight and vicious
scything attacks. When a Wraith
invokes Tempest-Rider’s
Canceleer, gleaming black
metallic wings erupt from their
back. Impossible to mistake for
Phantom Wings; these are solid,
knife-edged, and limned in cold
fire.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Wits + Argos
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Argos against difficulty 4. The
Wraith can fly as per Phantom
Wings, except their maximum
flight speed is their running
speed. In addition, their
brawling attacks inflict Strength
+ 2 unhalved Superficial damage
to Wraiths and other beings that
treat the slashing damage as
Superficial damage; this deals
Aggravated damage to mortals.
Alternately, if the Wraith
neither flies nor attacks with
the wings during their turn, they
can mantle over adjacent
characters to block incoming
attacks. When so interposed, the
wings provide the Wraith and any
beneficiaries with armor whose
rating equals the Wraith’s dots
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in Argos. While mantling, the
character can use their hands
normally — for example, to attack
with a weapon.
This Art cannot be shared.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
TEMPEST FURY (SPECTRE)
The Spectre calls down the
Tempest in a devastating attack,
blasting through a Nihil if
necessary. This Art is often used
for breaching gates and smashing
Relic Vehicles, though it’s also
handy for simply battering an
individual Wraith with the
storm's power.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Strength + Argos
System: The player makes a
standard Strength + Argos roll
against difficulty 3. This is
considered an attack roll on a
one-yard/meter-diameter area
within your line of sight. The
successes rolled are then applied
as a damage dice pool as the
focused Maelstrom blast hammers
the target. Each success on the
damage roll inflicts 1 unhalved
Superficial Corpus damage on
anything within the targeted
area.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Turn
FAVORED FLOTSAM (SPECTRE)
The Spectre pulls something
directly relevant to the problem
at hand from the Tempest. The
flotsam found depends on the
specific nature of what afflicts
them — whether a physical object
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(a Relic boat if lost in a soul
storm, an Artifact weapon to fend
off a Legionnaire patrol) or a
memory (an opponent’s hidden
desire that can be of aid in a
negotiation; a painful
recollection that can be used as
a distraction before attack or
escape). Some Spectres also use
this Art to hide valued Relics
and rare Artifacts to retrieve
them later at their leisure.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Argos
System: To retrieve the
desired object from the Tempest,
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the player must make a successful
Wits + Argos roll against
difficulty 4. To store an object
using this Art requires only a
successful Wits + Argos roll. The
Storyteller determines the
specific capabilities or impact
the object has and may require
additional expenditures or apply
limitations upon the object
depending on what’s desired —
after all, this should not be a
cheap way to equip yourself
permanently with an arsenal of
Artifact weapons.
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Pathos: Each time you use this they use any powers that
Art to retrieve an object, your facilitate travel between or
Psyche gains 1 Temporary Pathos within the Tempest, Shadowlands,
Duration: One Scene or Skinlands.
The imprisoning Harbinger must
Level 5 maintain at least minimal
concentration (–1 die penalty to
OUBLIETTE (COMMON)
all social and mental dice pools)
Feared by all who’ve seen it
to keep their victim in place and
in action, Oubliette is an Art of
may release their hold at any
unwilling travel. With a glance,
time.
its practitioner can open
Other Wraiths may target the
temporary Nihils directly beneath
pinned character with Arts that
other Wraiths, plunging them into
affect or force travel — for
the Tempest. Alternatively, they
instance, hurling the victim into
can pin targets in place,
the Tempest with another use of
preventing them from escaping
Oubliette. Success on any such
into other parts of the
invocation breaks the pin but
Underworld.
deals Aggravated damage equal to
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
its margin of success as the
Dice Pool: Wits + Argos vs.
unfortunate soul is torn between
Strength + Athletics
two irresistible forces.
System: For either application
This Art cannot be shared.
of this Art, the player makes a
Angst: Gain 1 point of
contested Wits + Argos roll vs.
Temporary Angst
the target’s Strength +
Duration: One Scene
Athletics.
If the Wraith successfully
MAÎTRE APRÈS DIEU (INITIATE)
uses this Art to cast their
This Art has always been rare,
target into the Tempest, a small
due not to any Harbinger
Nihil opens under their target's
recalcitrance but because of its
feet, sucks them in, and
limited applicability. With
immediately closes. The victim
Maître après Dieu, a Wraith can
suffers Aggravated damage equal
apply much of their command of
to the Wraith’s margin of
Argos to a Relic or Artifact
success. Once pulled into the
vehicle; this requires the Wraith
Tempest, the victim may use all
to control and command such a
Arcanoi normally — though if they
vessel. If they do, even the
lack Argos, getting out of the
unlikeliest conveyances can sail,
Tempest may be more of a problem
soar, or speed across the
than the damage.
Tempest.
If the Wraith successfully
Cost: Two Degradation Checks,
pins its target in place, the
2 Superficial Corpus damage
victim may not move for one turn
Dice Pool: N/A
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System: To use this Art, a
Wraith must be at the helm,
wheel, or other steering control
of a vehicle. No roll is
required. As long as the
character remains aboard, in
command, and in control of the
vehicle, they may apply any other
travel-related Argos Art to the
vehicle and all its occupants.
All occupants are considered
“passengers” of the Argos Arts in
use, but the Harbinger does not
suffer increased difficulties for
their presence.
Sharing this Art is impossible
and unnecessary.
Angst: None
Duration: 1 Session
MAELSTROM CAULDRON (SPECTRE)
The Spectre summons a minor
Maelstrom from the very depths of
the Labyrinth, bringing all
manner of accompanying spectral
debris with it. This Art can take
a lot out of the Spectre —
sometimes literally, as they must
channel their very being into the
summoning. Some Spectres have
been torn to shreds while calling
forth a Maelstrom.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks,
1 Superficial Corpus per success
on the Manipulation + Argos
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Argos
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Argos against a
difficulty equal to the desired
Maelstrom level + 5; the
successes indicate the number of
hours the Maelstrom rages. Once
summoned, the Maelstrom is not
subject to your control and rages
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like any other soul storm; refer
to the section on Maelstroms for
details (pg. 286).
Pathos: None
Duration: The Maelstrom last
as long as it would normally last
CHAOS CARVING (SPECTRE)
The Spectre forces their will
upon the seething Tempest,
reshaping it into whatever form
they desire; this is the Art used
to carve settings for Harrowings
from the raw stuff of Oblivion —
anything from a long-forgotten
family home to a company
boardroom.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Argos
System: The player rolls
Intelligence + Argos against
difficulty 4. The number of
successes indicates the degree of
accuracy and detail achieved —
one success means a match of the
room dimensions and basic
furniture. In contrast, five
successes produce a fully
equipped and functional space
with all the comforts of home.
This Art can only create items
and objects. If used for a
Harrowing, other Spectres must
take on the roles of anyone in
the space.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Day

Castigate
Guild: Pardoners
With every Wraith, there is a
Shadow, a menace within our
Corpus. The Psyche is in constant
battle with the Shadow. You may
even hear it now, telling you
this Arcanoi is useless; it is
wrong and scary.
Castigate deals with the
Shadow and the depowering or
empowering of said Shadow and
the Shadow-ridden.
Castigate cannot be used
on a Spectre to reduce a
Spectre’s Psyche’s
Pathos.
Guildmark
A Pardoner’s
fingers blacken
with the Stains of
the Shadow they must
wrestle with; as
their power in
Castigate increases,
this crawls up to the
hands and forearms.
Characteristics
Unless noted otherwise,
the difficulty for using any
Castigate Art on a Shadow is
the Shadow’s Permanent Angst
score.
Failed attempts at Castigation
are particularly dangerous for
the Wraith whose Shadow a
Pardoner has confronted. They may
grant the Shadow one or more
points of Temporary Angst, make
it easier for the Shadow to
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control the Wraith in the future,
or otherwise enhance the Shadow’s
power in the short term.
When a power says “vs. the
Shadow’s Permanent Angst,” this
is a contested roll, were the
Shadowguied rolls the Permanent
Angst rating against Pardoner’s
roll.
 Type: Spiritual
 Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low
Level 1
FINDING THE HIDDEN GHOST (COMMON)
This ability allows the
Pardoner to sense the
location of Spectre and
those Wraiths whose
Shadow is currently
controlling them.
Cost: One
Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits +
Castigate
System: The Wraith
makes a Wits +
Castigate roll against
difficulty 4 to sense the
location of every being
within range that is
dominated by their Shadow;
this includes Spectres and
Wraiths in Catharsis. Each
success on the roll expands the
radius of the sphere of
detection by 15 feet. Failure on
the roll returns no information,
while a Shaded Failure either
provides false positives or
causes the Wraith to miss targets
they’d normally spot.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
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LES YEUX DU CHASSEUR (COMMON)
Tempered: Argos 1
Pardoners may “borrow the
eyes” of their Shadow to detect
the presence and concentration of
Oblivion around them. Although
this Art is commonly used to
locate Spectre, Nihils, and other
Pardoners, it was originally used
to aid navigation through the
Tempest. If a user of Castigate
can navigate the Tempest on their
own, this Art increases the
chance of reaching their
destination safely.
Cost: One Degradation check
Dice Pool: Wits + Castigate
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Castigate against the Shadow’s
Permanent Angst. A successful
roll locates the presence of
Spectres, Shades, Nihils, other
Pardoners, and Restless, whose
Shadows are dominant. The number
of successes scored determines
the size of the area the Wraith
can “scout” in this manner.
1 Success: 10 square yards
2 Successes: 50 square yards
3 Successes: 100 square yards
4 Successes: 500 square yards
5+ Successes: 1 square mile
Note: A successful use of this
Art does not automatically allow
a Paroner to navigate the
Tempest. Argos must also be used.
A Castigate roll must be made
first if Les Yeux du Chasseur is
used to steer in the Tempest. The
player may then subtract the
number of successes they score on
the first roll from the
difficulty of their subsequent
Weather Eye or Storm Reader rolls
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(but they cannot lower the
difficulty below 2 in this way).
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
SOULSIGHT (COMMON)
The most fundamental power of
Castigate is to see the Shadow of
another soul and perhaps even
gain an understanding of it. A
Pardoner cannot use this Art on
themself.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Composure +
Castigate
System: The Wraith rolls
Composure + Castigate vs. the
Shadow’s Permanent Angst score.
With a success, a Wraith can
sense the target’s Shadow. The
larger the margin of success, the
more details learned. One on the
margin indicates the Shadow’s
Angst rating relative to the
Wraith's (weaker, about equal,
stronger), while five successes
reveal the Shadow’s Archetype,
primary Thorn, and Dark Passions.
Angst: None
Duration: One Turn
PLAYING WITH FIRE (INITIATE)
A Pardoner tends to study
their own Shadow a great deal and
thus learns ways to coax out its
power with less risk to themself.
Of course, less risk does not
mean no risk.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Castigate
System: Whenever the
Shadowguide offers the player
additional Shadow Dice to assist
with a task, the Wraith may use

Playing With Fire to add (or, if
they prefer, subtract) dice. The
player rolls Charisma +
Castigate; every two successes
allow the player to add (or
subtract) one die.
Angst: If the player fails the
roll, they gain 1 point of
Temporary Angst
Duration: N/A
RELER SPECTRE (INITIATE)
Tempered: Intimation 3
A Pardoner may use this Art to
summon a Spectre. The Spectre
uses the quickest means available
to travel to the summoner.
However, just because a Spectre
has been called does not mean it
will be friendly. A summoned
Spectre is just as likely to
attack the Pardoner as to talk to
them. Despite the obvious dangers
of using this Art, Pardoners have
put it to various uses.
Among the common uses are
summoning Spectres who possess a
Quick (the Art causes them to
leave the possessed body
immediately), luring Spectre into
traps so they can be captured
with Marrer Spectre, and decoying
Spectres when traveling to or
from the Island Below the Sea.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Castigate
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Castigate against
difficulty 4. For each success
rolled, one Spectre heeds the
summons. This Art cannot be used
to summon a particular Spectre.
Angst: None
Duration: One Day
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SENSE NATURE (SPECTRE)
The Spectre can discover a
Wraith’s Nature by peering into
the dark reflection cast in their
Shadow.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Castigate
System: Roll Intelligence +
Castigate against the target
Wraith’s Willpower. If
successful, you learn the
Wraith’s Nature. The target’s
Shadow does not assist with this
process.
Pathos: None
Duration: N/A
Level 2
BULWARK (COMMON)
A Pardoner’s knowledge of the
Shadow allows them to shield
themself and their companions
from the effects of a Maelstrom.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Castigate
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Castigate (difficulty
of the Maelstrom’s level + 2). If
they succeed, Bulwark shields
them and anyone they touch from
the force of the Maelstrom and
hides them from nearby Spectres.
In most cases, this concealment
works automatically. If the
Storyteller thinks a Spectre has
a chance to see the Wraith, the
Wraith receives a –1 reduced
difficulty on any Stealth or
other roll they make to hide from
the Spectre per the margin of
success that they achieved on
their Bulwark roll.
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Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
LA LANGUE (COMMON)
Tempered: Mnemosynis 2
A Pardoner may use their
Shadow as a translator to
communicate in the secret
language of the Spectre, Loa, and
Les Mysteres. When utilizing La
Langue, a Wraith speaks in the
foul language of the Spectral
Hivemind. Although their cries
are vocalized, they are gibberish
to anyone not in Oblivion's
service. Other Pardoners can
eavesdrop, but the only people
likely to understand a Wraith
using La Langue are Spectres and
Wraiths controlled by their
Shadows.
Cost: One degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Castigate
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Castigate against a difficulty
equal to their Shadow’s Permanent
Angst. On a success, the Pardoner
may communicate with any spirit
of Oblivion, which includes
Spectres, Shadow-ridden Wraiths,
and even Wraiths’ quiescent
Shadows. The number of successes
rolled determines the length of
time the Shadow will deign to act
as interpreter. One success
provides translation services for
a single Turn, two for a Scene,
three for a Session, four and
above allows the Pardoners to
communicate for the Story's
duration.
In the case of a Shaded
Failure or the expiration of the
allotted period for this Art, the
Shadow may deliberately garble
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its translation. The results of
this sort of deception are rarely
uncovered before it’s too late.
Angst: None
Duration: Variable
INTERCEDE ON YOUR BEHALF (COMMON)
This Art allows the Pardoner
to hear the voice of another
Wraith's Shadow. It is often used
to provide a counter argument to
the Shadow’s own arguments. And
allows the Pardoner to attempt to
reveal the Shadow’s trickery.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Castigate
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Castigate vs. the Shadow’s
Permanent Angst. On a success,
the Pardoner can hear the Shadow
talking as if they were their own
Shadow for the rest of the Scene.
This does not allow the
Pardoner to speak to the Shadow
directly. Though the Pardoner
may, of course, speak normally to
the Wraith, and thus the Shadow.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
CATECHIZE (INITIATE)
Also known as “Dark Secrets,”
“Put to The Question,” and
“Inquisition,” this Art allows a
Pardoner to learn a Wraith’s
deepest secrets by studying and
questioning their Shadow. The
Pardoner’s power forces the
Shadow to divulge reliable
information — but only a fool
trusts a Shadow completely.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Castigate

System: The Wraith closely
examines the target Wraith’s
Shadow. (This requires a minimum
of 1 turn, possibly longer.) The
player rolls Charisma + Castigate
(difficulty of the target
Wraith’s Willpower). The Pardoner
may ask the Shadow a number of
questions equal to the margin of
success. The character’s
Shadowguide must provide a
truthful response but can shade
the truth, omit non-crucial
facts, and state half-truths. The
more vague or open to
interpretation the question is,
the greater the Shadow’s leeway
to muddle the issue.
The target Wraith may, if
desired, allow their Shadow to
make an Angst roll to resist the
Pardoner’s Catechize roll — after
all, not everyone wants to have
their dirty laundry hung out for
everyone to see; this causes the
Wraith to acquire 1 Temporary
Angst, though. If the Shadow
controls the Wraith, they always
choose to resist and lose 1
Angst.
Angst: None
Duration: A few minutes for
information gathering
RENVOYER SPECTRE (INITIATE)
Tempered: Intimation 3
This Art is used to frighten
Spectre away by making the user
appear more powerful than they
really are. Like when an animal
raises its hackles to intimidate
an attacker, a Pardoner that uses
this Art expends energy to appear
larger, more potent, and more
dangerous. Renvoyer Spectre does
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not last forever, but it usually
holds long enough for the user to
escape or ready the appropriate
defenses. Renvoyer Spectre also
temporarily inhibits
communication between Spectres
and the Pardoner’s Shadow, thus
preventing the Shadow from
calling the Wraith’s bluff.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Castigate
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Castigate against
difficulty 4 to repel a Spectre
from the immediate area. The
number of successes determines
the number of Spectres affected
and forces them to immediately
flee the Pardoner’s presence.
This effect wears off after a
single Scene, at which point the
vengeful objects of this Art are
likely to return with
reinforcements.
Angst: Gain 2 points of
Temporary Angst
Duration: One Scene
SHADOWSPEECH (SPECTRE)
The Spectre converses directly
with a Wraith’s Shadow. Although
the Spectre may speak aloud for
dramatic effect, this is a
telepathic connection. The Shadow
may choose to respond verbally
also by using the Wraith’s own
voice — assuming the Wraith
doesn’t try to resist the effort.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Castigate vs. Manipulation +
Castigate
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System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Castigate against
the target’s Manipulation +
Castigate. For each success on
the margin, you may make a single
statement to or ask one question
of the Shadow and receive a
corresponding reply. If
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conversing verbally, the targeted
Wraith may make a Resolve +
Composure against difficulty 4 to
keep their Shadow from speaking
through their own mouth.
Pathos: None
Duration: One question per
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Level 3 Dice Pool: Charisma +

Castigate
GIVE HIGHER PASSIONS (COMMON)
System: The player rolls the
The Wraith can use this power
Wraith's Charisma + Castigate
to attempt to induce some of
against a difficulty of the
their own Passions into the
target Wraith’s Permanent Angst
Shadow, temporarily replacing one
rating; the target Wraith may
of its Dark Passions.
spend Willpower to improve this
Cost: One Degradation Check
roll by allowing the Pardoner to
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
reroll up to 3 normal dice. Each
Castigate
success reduces the Shadow’s
System: To successfully
Temporary Angst by 1, and each
implant a Passion, a Pardoner
Angst removed does 1 Corpus level
must make a Manipulation +
of Superficial damage to the
Castigate roll versus a
target Wraith.
difficulty of the Shadow’s
If Purify reduces a Shadow’s
Temporary Angst + 2 (maximum 9).
Temporary Angst to zero, the
Each success rolled equals one
targeted Wraith gains one point
day that the Wraith’s Passion
of Willpower, and the Shadow goes
replaces their choice of the
quiet and listless until it is
Shadow’s Dark Passion.
able to recover some Angst to
Angst: A failure gives 1
refuel itself.
Temporary Angst
Angst: If you roll a 1 or 10
Duration: A number of days
on the Degradation check, you
equal to the margin of success
gain 1 point of Temporary Angst
Duration: Permanent
PURIFY (COMMON)
The Wraith focuses their power
TRIMMING THE BLACK ROSE (INITIATE)
on another Wraith’s Shadow to
This rare but potent Art
weaken it through purification —
temporarily deprives a Shadow of
but the process injures the
one or more of its most dangerous
Wraith. Different Pardoners use
weapons: Thorns.
different methods to accomplish
Cost: One Degradation Check
this. The most common include
Dice Pool: Charisma +
physical torment, rebukes,
Castigate
insults, sermons, or other
System: The player rolls
speech; singing, dancing, and
Charisma + Castigate vs. the
other performances; occult
target’s Willpower. Each success
rituals; and religious
means the Shadow loses the
chants/prayers. Any and all of
ability to use one of its Thorns
these have been proven effective;
for the remainder of the Scene.
it’s simply a matter of the
If the Pardoner knows two or
Wraith's personal approach.
more of the Shadow’s Thorns
Cost: One Degradation Check
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means), they may apportion the
total turns of effect among them
as desired. They may also use one
success on the margin to affect
another Thorn for the remainder
of the Scene.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
TRANSFER ANGST (SPECTRE)
The Spectre channels their own
Angst to empower a Wraith’s
Shadow. The targeted Wraith must
be in direct line of sight but is
unaware that anything is
happening unless the Spectre
draws attention in some fashion.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Stamina + Castigate
System: The player rolls
Stamina + Castigate against the
Target’s Shadow’s Temporary
Angst. If successful, you may
transfer an amount of Angst
points up to the number of extra
successes rolled. The points
transferred are added to the
Shadow’s Angst pool.
Pathos: The Psyche also
receives 1 Temporary Pathos point
for each Angst point transferred
Duration: Permanent
Level 4
ALTER DEMEANOR (COMMON)
With this power, the Wraith
can talk to their Shadow in such
a way that it cares about
different things, such as love
and accomplishment, instead of
simple envy and hatred. By doing
so, the Wraith can make the
Shadow take on a new Archetype
for an extended period of time,
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even one normally reserved for
the Psyche.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Castigate
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Castigate roll
against a difficulty of the
Shadow’s Permanent Angst + 2. On
a success, the Shadow’s archetype
changes for the duration.
Angst: A failure gives 1
Temporary Angst
Duration: One week per success
on the margin
GET THEE HENCE (COMMON)
Just as a Wraith can use their
purity to attack a Shadow, they
can raise it as a shield against
Spectres, barring them from
entering an area (or forcing them
to leave an area they already
occupy). They don’t have to know
the Spectres are present to
affect them, but this Art doesn’t
work against Doppelgangers for
some reason.
Cost: One Degradation Check,
possibly more
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Castigate
System: The Wraith defines the
area they wish to ward and then
rolls a Degradation Check. The
larger the area, the more Pathos
is required. One Degradation Roll
wards an area of up to 800 square
feet; each additional Degradation
Roll doubles the size of the
area.
The player rolls Charisma +
Castigate against difficulty 4;
the ward lasts for a number of

turns equal to the margin of
success.
Any Spectres already present
may resist by rolling their
current Angst, but unless they
win the resisted roll, they are
forcibly expelled from the
affected area. Spectres not
already in the area have no
chance to resist. No Spectres can
enter the area until the ward
falls, even if one or more other
Spectres resisted the original
effect and are already inside.
Angst: None
Duration: A number of turns
equal to the margin of success
COOLING THE BLOOD (INITIATE)
With this Art, a Pardoner can
temporarily weaken (or remove) a
Shadow’s Dark Passions,
diminishing the fires of cruelty
that burn within its heart.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Castigate vs. unspent Willpower
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Castigate against
difficulty 4. The target Wraith
may resist by rolling Resolve +
Composure against the Charisma +
Castigate roll. The margin of
success indicates two things: the
duration of the effect in Scenes
and the number of points by which
the Pardoner reduces one or more
of the Shadow’s Dark Passions.
If the Pardoner knows what one
or more of the Shadow’s Dark
Passions are (typically by seeing
them with Soulsight), they may
choose to target those Dark
Passions or let the Storyteller
determine which ones are
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affected. The current events of
the Chronicle may factor into
this.
For example, if the Shadow’s
currently focusing on one of its
Dark Passions, that one will
almost certainly be affected.
If one of the Shadow’s Dark
Passions is reduced to zero this
way, the Shadow loses 1 Temporary
Angst. If Cooling the Blood
reduces all of them to zero, the
Shadow loses 1 Permanent Angst,
to a minimum of 1.
Angst: None
Duration: A number of Scenes
equal to the margin of success
AWAKEN THORNS (SPECTRE)
You encourage new Thorns to
grow in the ashen soil of the
Shadow with which to bedevil the
targeted Wraith.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Castigate vs. Wits + Composure
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Castigate against the
target’s Wits + Castigate. For
each success on the Margin, the
target Shadow permanently
manifests a new, previously
latent, Thorn. A Shadow has a
number of latent Thorns equal to
its Permanent Angst rating minus
its current number of active
Thorns. On an Illuminated
Failure, the Shadow loses one
already-manifested Thorn.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
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The height of the Wraith's
Art, Defiance, allows them to
resist the Shadow’s attempt to
take them over — or to help other
Wraiths do the same.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Castigate
System: When the Wraith's
Shadow attempts to gain control
of them, they can fight it off by
rolling Charisma + Castigate
against a difficulty of the
Pardoner’s current Angst: The
Shadow has no way to resist. Each
success reduces their Temporary
Angst by 1.
This Art functions the same
when a Wraith uses it to help a
Wraith other than themself, but
this costs 1 Willpower, and the
difficulty is the target Wraith’s
Permanent Angst +1.
Angst: If the roll fails, gain
1 Temporary Angst
Duration: N/A
INNER PEACE (INITIATE)
Tempered: Intimation 5
Rather than opposing an
assertive Shadow, Inner Peace
allows the Psyche to join with
it, allowing the two halves of
the Wraith’s soul to act as a
unified whole. This moment of
unity often reminds the Shadow of
days gone by, making it reluctant
to act aggressively against its
other half.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Composure +
Castigate
System: The player rolls
Composure + Castigate against a
difficulty equal to the Shadow’s
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Permanent Angst. The Player gets
Pathos from both The Shadows Dark
Passions and their Psyche’s
Passions and may use their own
Arcanos and the Shadow’s Thorns,
drawing upon their Temporary
Angst and their Pathos. The
Wraith may not be entirely in
control of themself during this
phase, but the Shadow is not in
control either.
Angst: A failed roll on Inner
Peace rouses the Shadow to new
heights of fury and gives 2
Temporary Angst
Duration: The joining of the
two aspects ends when the Wraith
exhausts all of the Shadow’s
Temporary Angst, or 24 hours have
passed
MARRER SPECTRE (INITIATE)
Tempered: Intimation 3
A Pardoner uses this Art to
restrain an angry Spectre through
a contest of wills. Once
defeated, the Spectre mindlessly
follows the Pardoner wherever
they lead if the Pardoner remains
nearby. Spectres abandoned by the
Pardoner who tamed them gradually
emerge from their Arcanos-induced
fog, return to their old selves,
and are usually hell-bent on
vengeance.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Castigate
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Castigate with a
difficulty equal to the target’s
Psyche’s Temporary Pathos rating.
If the Pardoner wins the roll,
the target becomes incapable of
taking any action or defending

itself for a number of rounds
equal to the Parrdoner’s current
Willpower and follows the Wraith
as detailed above.
Restrained Spectres are
paralyzed but aware of their
surroundings. They lose all their
actions but may try to escape
once per turn. Any attempt to
escape is made by making a
Degradation Check and rerolling
as above. At the Storyteller’s
discretion, Marrer Spectre can be
used to subdue Shadow-ridden
Restless.
Angst: Gain 2 Temporary Angst
Duration: A number of turns
equal to the Pardoner’s Willpower
PURGE (INITIATE)
Also known as Cathartic
Reversal, this Art gives a Wraith
dominated by their Shadow a
chance to regain control of
themself.
Cost: Two Degradation Rolls
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Castigate
System: The Pardoner targets a
Wraith currently undergoing
Catharsis (pg. XX). The player
rolls Charisma + Castigate with
the difficulty equaling the
target’s unspent Willpower. With
one or more successes, the Shadow
and its Wraith must engage in
another Catharsis roll (which
includes the Shadow having to
spend another 1 Temporary Angst;
if it cannot do this, it
automatically loses the roll).
The Wraith receives 1 additional
success on their roll for every
two successes the Pardoner scored
on their Purge roll. If the
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Wraith wins the contest, they
retake control of themself. If
the Shadow wins, it remains in
control, but the Purge
strengthens the Wraith’s Psyche —
treat them as if they have one
dot of Eidolon (or one additional
dot) for the rest of the Session.
Unless the Storyteller rules
otherwise, a Pardoner may not use
this Art on the same Wraith more
than once per Scene.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
CALL THE SHADOW (SPECTRE)
The Spectre drags forth the
targeted Wraith’s Shadow to take
control, even if the Shadow’s
current Angst-point total does
not exceed the Wraith’s Willpower
rating.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Strength +
Castigate
System: The player rolls
Strength + Castigate against
difficulty 5, or the Wraith’s
Willpower, whichever is higher.
If successful, you call forth the
targeted Shadow, which may make a
Catharsis attempt on the next
turn (pg. XX).
On an Illuminated Failure, you
and the targeted Shadow lose 1
Angst point, and the Shadow is
stunned into silence for the
remainder of the Scene.
Pathos: None
Duration: Instant
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Embody
Guild: Proctors
You were once human, and you
can be so once more; with Embody,
you can pierce the Shroud and
manifest in the Fleshlands, even
extending this manifestation
beyond yourself.
Guildmark
When a Proctor Embodies,
they need to focus on
something to allow
them to pass through the
Shroud; this may be a
visual stimulus, in
which case their eyes
may always reflect
the other side of
the Shroud. If it
is the warmth of
the living, then
the Proctor may
develop blisters from
fire. If a Wraith
falls into a Harrowing
from loss of Corpus
while Embodied, the wound
that sent them to the
Labyrinth will never seem
to heal, being present for
the rest of time or until
another Guildmark may cover
it.
Characteristics
Unless otherwise stated, the
difficulty of any Embody roll
equals the local Shroud rating.
When using Embody in the
presence of a Consort, the
Proctor may draw on that
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attunement to ease their passage
across the Shroud.
This reduces the difficulty of
all Embody-related rolls by 3,
the Corpus cost of any power by
1, and allows you to roll an
additional die on the Degradation
Check (if a power both requires a
Degradation Check) costs Corpus,
then only the Corpus cost is
reduced). However, any use of
Embody that leverages a
Consort is perceptible only
to that mortal.
Once Embodied, a Wraith
experiences the full
spectra of mortal
sensation, but they’re
also subject to the
many dangers to which
flesh is heir. When
a Skinlands source
inflicts injury on
a physically
manifested Wraith,
they suffer damage as
if they were mortal,
losing Corpus in place
of health levels on a
one-for-one basis rather
than reducing any damage
to Superficial damage.
 Type: Physical
 Dictum Mortuum Threat:
High
Level 1
WHISPERS (COMMON)
The Wraith may briefly whisper
across the Shroud, making
themself audible to listeners
among the denizens of the
Skinlands.

Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Charisma + Embody
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Embody vs. the local
Shroud Rating. The Proctor may
speak one short sentence per
success.
Angst: None
Duration: One Round per
success
MAINTAIN THE MATERIAL FORM (INITIATE)
The Proctor can draw on their
inner reserves to extend the
duration of other Embody Arts;
this is physically and mentally
taxing, but most Wraiths
willingly pay the price to
prolong their time among the
Quick.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Embody
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Embody vs. the
local Shroud Rating. The
difficulty increases by 1 each
time the Wraith uses this Art in
the current Scene.
Successes on this roll add to
the previous successes to
activate one Embody Art that the
Wraith maintains. Maintaining the
Material Form does not cost an
action and can be done anytime.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
BLACK WHISPERS (SPECTRE)
The Spectre can communicate
directly with the mind of a
mortal. This Art has a variety of
uses, from driving deranged
mortals over the brink to
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delivering faux-infernal
proclamations to cult leaders.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Embody
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Maleficence against a
difficulty equal to the local
Shroud Rating or target’s total
Willpower, whichever is higher.
The Margin of success represents
the number of turns you may
communicate telepathically with
the mortal. On an Illuminated
Failure, the target learns to
ignore your mental whispers,
applying a +1 difficulty to all
future Black Whisper attempts on
them.
Pathos: None
Duration: A number of turns
equal to the margin of success
Level 2
PHANTOM (COMMON)
The Wraith manifests as a
hazy, translucent, and intangible
apparition, only vaguely
reminiscent of their mortal body.
Mortals witnessing this
manifestation react with fear.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Embody
and Charisma + Intimidation
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Embody vs. the local
Shroud Rating. The Wraith
manifests for one turn per
success. While manifested, the
character may take an action to
induce fear in one observer,
rolling Charisma + Intimidation
vs. the mortal’s Resolve +
Insight.
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Duration: One Turn per success
CACHE (INITIATE)
For some Proctors, Relics make
easier first lessons than their
own plasm. This Art allows an
object to pass momentarily across
the Shroud. With effort, the
Wraith can extend the item’s stay
in the Skinlands. In addition to
the obvious communication with
the Quick, this also enables the
character to dump contraband for
later retrieval, loan a Relic to
a mortal ally, or leave a secure
message drop for another Proctor.
Cost: One Degradation Check,
up to 3 Corpus
Dice Pool: Charisma + Embody
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Embody vs. the local
Shroud Rating. The Eelic passes
into the Skinlands, where it
remains for one minute per margin
of success. If the player spends
1 Corpus when activating Cache,
this duration becomes one hour
per success; for 3 Corpus, 1 day
per success. The player may spend
1 Willpower to end Cache
prematurely, immediately
returning the Relic to the
Shadowlands.
While a Relic is in the
Skinlands, it’s considered the
same as any other material object
for purposes of Wraithly
interaction. Cache can’t be used
on Artifacts or Moliated Wraiths.
Soulforged materials, however,
can be affected.
Angst: If the Eelic is
destroyed while in the Skinlands,
it immediately falls into
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Oblivion, and the Shadow gains 1
Temporary Angst.
Duration: One minute, hour, or
day with each success on the
margin
INVESTITURE (SPECTRE)
The Spectre invests a mortal
with Angst, with the goal of
later granting them Spectral
powers (as covered with
Empowerment below). Mortals have
limited tolerance for such potent
emotions and can become unstable
if they receive too much.
Cost: One Degradation Check
per point of Angst the Spectre
wishes to impart on the target
Dice Pool: Strength + Embody
System: The player rolls
Strength + Embody against the
local Shroud Rating. If
successful, you invest the
desired amount of Angst points up
to the number of successes
rolled.
When you use Arcanoi powers
with the "Spectre" tag
subsequently on a target who is
invested with Angst, reduce the
difficulty of any rolls by 2.
If the number of Angst points
invested exceeds the mortal’s
Willpower rating, they are driven
temporarily insane — anything
from a psychotic break to
catatonia, as dictated by the
Storyteller. On an Illuminated
Failure, you snap the mortal’s
mind permanently, leaving behind
a gibbering wreck.
Pathos: None
Duration: Permanent until the
Angst is used

A GHOULISH BODY (COMMON)
Tempered: Lifeweb 1
Many a Proctor has sought to
improve the weaker human form
that Embody allows a Wraith to
Embody into something a bit more
powerful, at the risk of
accepting a horrid creature as a
Fetter.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: N/A
System: Whenever the Proctor
would Embody using an Art of 3rd
level or greater, instead of
Embodying as a mortal, they
Embody as a Ghoul of a Vampire
that is their Fetter.
When the Proctor takes this
power, they select a level 1
Discipline power from the list of
the Vampire’s Disciplines at
level 1. They can only use this
Discipline power when they are
Embodied as a Ghoul. Just as a
Ghoul, the Proctor may purchase
another level 1 Discipline power
of the Disciplines of the Vampire
at the cost of 10 XP per power.
These new powers will always
manifest as the Proctor embodies.
If the Vampire that is your
Fetter dies, you cannot use this
power until you gain a new
Vampire as your Fetter, and you
lose all known Discipline powers
you gained.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
Level 3
STATUE (COMMON)
With this Art, the Wraith can
assume a solid, albeit immobile,
form. The Wraith can materialize
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as a cold, hard, idealized
version of their Corpus, a gory
recreation of their mortal shell
at the time of their death, a
luminous apparition with blazing,
accusatory eyes, or any other
manifestation that reflects a
single strong emotion. While
using Statue, the Wraith can take
no physical action — they do not
move, speak, or breathe.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Embody
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Embody vs. the local
Shroud Rating. Each success on
the margin allows the character
to remain solid for one Scene or
to be touched once (whichever
comes first).
Statue is a physical
manifestation, allowing injury as
if the Wraith were mortal.
However, they have armor equal to
their dots in Embody. When the
effect ends, no trace remains in
the Skinlands that the Wraith was
ever there.
Angst: None
Duration: A number of Scenes
equal to the margin of success.
SKINGRASP (INITIATE)
The ability to physically
manipulate objects in the
Skinlands is one of the Arts that
enables the Proctors’ cross-
Shroud tradecraft. When a Wraith
invokes this power, their hands
simultaneously exist on both
sides of the Shroud, appearing
solid but pale and translucent.
Cost: One Degradation Roll,
one Corpus for each hand (or
other appendages in the case of
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Moliated Wraiths) that the

character wants to manifest
Dice Pool: Charisma + Embody
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Embody vs. the local
Shroud Rating. Success allows the
character’s hands to manifest for
the Scene. While this power is
active, the character’s physical
Attributes cannot exceed the
successes rolled. The Proctor’s
hands match each observer’s
expectations of how a corpse’s
hands would feel.
Skingrasp is a physical
manifestation, allowing injury as
if the Proctor were mortal.
Attacks targeting manifested
hands suffer a -2 dice penalty to
attacks made.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene

DISCIPLINE (SPECTRE)
The Spectre makes their
displeasure known upon the mind
and body of a mortal in whom they
have invested Angst. This Art is
used to remind errant minions who
is truly in charge, though
sometimes it’s employed simply
for kicks or to fulfill Dark
Passions.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Embody
System: Spend a number of
Angst points equal to the degree
of effect you wish to impose,
then roll Dexterity + Embody in a
resisted action against the
target’s Stamina. For each point
of Angst you spend, all of the
mortal’s actions are reduced by
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muscle spasms, or even bleeding Scene. While the character is

from the eyes — for a number of Embodied, the difficulty of all
Scenes equal to the extra Mental and Social rolls increases
successes you roll. by 1. The character must be in a
On an Illuminated Failure, you humanlike form to use Life-in-
go too far and trigger an Death; Wraiths Moliated into
aneurism or similarly deadly objects can’t use this Art.
result. Life-in-Death is a physical
Pathos: None manifestation, allowing injury as
Duration: One Scene if the Wraith were mortal.
Angst: None
Level 4 Duration: One Scene per margin
of success
LIFE-IN-DEATH (COMMON)
This Art enables the Wraith to
SHROUDGUIDE (INITIATE)
manifest in a solid approximation
With Shroudguide and
of their mortal body. This form
sufficiency of resolve, the
has darker hair, and paler skin
Wraith can share the effects of
than the living original, tends
their other Embody Arts. The
to be more attractive, and has
Proctors’ Guild once jealously
cold skin with no pulse or
guarded this Art’s existence, as
breath. This manifestation’s
it threatened their monopoly on
appearance is subject to the
Skinlands action. The secret
vagaries of memory and self-
broke when Charon’s wrath
idealization, so minor
descended on the Guild as fleeing
imperfections wash away.
Proctors bargained whatever they
Otherwise, the Wraith is clearly
could to escape the forges. It’s
recognizable, though close
still not commonly practiced due
friends will notice the
to the toll it exacts on all
differences.
participants.
The focus required to maintain
Cost: Free
this form leaves the Wraith
Dice Pool: N/A
unable to devote their full
System: The Proctor may
attention to their surroundings,
activate Shroudguide in
so they seem a bit oblivious and
conjunction with any other Embody
distracted but can move, speak,
Art that allows manifestation in
and interact with their physical
the lands of the living,
environment.
extending it to a maximum number
Cost: One Degradation Roll
of other Wraiths equal to their
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Stamina. They must be in physical
Embody
contact with all other subjects
System: The player rolls
(though they don’t have to
Manipulation + Embody vs. the
maintain contact after the Art is
local Shroud Rating; each success
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The player pays an additional

1 Willpower per additional
traveler. Each other Wraith loses
2 Corpus and 1 Willpower, and
their Shadow gains 1 Temporary
Angst.
Angst: None
Duration: Same as the power
Augmenting

EMPOWER (SPECTRE)
The Spectre grants them
supernatural abilities by grating
away at a mortal’s very soul with
the power of the Void. These
powers directly manifest the
Stain of Oblivion, resulting in
the subject’s noticeable physical
and mental decay.
Cost: One Degradation check
and two additional Degradation
checks for each dot of an Arcanos
they wish to bestow upon a
Consort. They can only bestow
Arcanos with the “Spectre” Tag
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Embody
System: Roll Manipulation +
Embody against a difficulty equal
to the local Shroud Rating,
reduced by 2 if the target is
invested with Angst already. You
must roll a number of successes
at least equal to the rating of
the power to bestow it
successfully.
You may only Empower the
target with a Dark Arcanos power
that you possess. The Art is
permanent once bestowed and
functions the same as for a
Spectre, including any required
Angst and Willpower costs and any
rolls required. Note that mortals
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and must rely on Investiture from Materialize is a physical

Spectres. manifestation, allowing injury —
On an Illuminated Failure, you and pain — as if the Wraith were
accidentally wipe clean the mortal.
subject’s current Angst pool and Angst: Each level of
may never try another Empower Aggravated damage the Wraith
attempt on them. takes while using this Art gives
Pathos: None 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: Permanent Duration: One Scene per
success or one Day
Level 5
HARROW THE MORTAL FLESH (INITIATE)
MATERIALIZE (COMMON)
Most Embody Arts focus on
The Wraith can reconstruct
bringing the Wraith to the lands
their mortal body in almost
of the living. Harrow the Mortal
perfect detail, briefly assuming
Flesh inverts this process. With
a semblance of their former life.
this Art, the Proctor can drag a
While Materialized, any medical
living subject into the
test reveals them to be a living
Shadowlands, enlisting their aid
human — though their true nature
or giving them a glimpse of what
remains obvious to occult senses.
awaits them upon death.
They can breathe, eat, sweat,
Unprepared and unwilling victims
cry, bleed, and die as any other
of this Art rarely react well to
human. This Art exacts a heavy
their experiences.
toll on the Wraith, but few are
Cost: Two or Three Degradation
unwilling to pay the price once
Checks, 2 Corpus
they realize the benefits: A
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Materialized Wraith has the full
Embody
freedom of action that their
System: The Wraith rolls
former mortal form once
Manipulation + Embody vs. the
possessed.
local Shroud Rating. If the
Cost: Two Degradation Checks,
target is unwilling, they may
2 Corpus
resist with a Resolve + Composure
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
roll. If the target is another
Embody
supernatural being (i.e.,
System: The player rolls
anything but a mortal), this
Manipulation + Embody vs. the
Art’s Pathos cost increases to
local Shroud Rating. The Wraith
Three Degradation Checks.
manifests for one Scene per
With success, the target
success. If the Proctor is
enters the Shadowlands for one
attuned to all living witnesses,
Scene per success (one Hour per
this increases to one day.
success if the Wraith is attuned
The character must be in a
to them). If the target fails,
humanlike form to use
they take 1 Superficial Willpower
Materialize.
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willing, they take 1 Superficial
Willpower damage. If the target
was unwilling, they make a
Resolve + Composure roll with
difficulty equal to the local
Shroud Rating.
If a mortal target dies, they
automatically become a Spectre.
If an Awakened target dies, they
may not become a Spectre,
especially if they are a
Changeling, Mage, or Werewolf.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
if the target is willing or 1
Temporary Angst per failed die on
the target’s Resolve + Composure
roll. If the target dies or is
Soulforged while in the
Shadowlands, the Proctor’s Shadow
gains 10 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Scene per
success
CONVERSION (SPECTRE)
This Art reveals to a captive
Wraith or Spectre audience the
true power and depth of Oblivion,
from which there is no escape
save the Void. Conversion may be
used to strip audience members of
their Willpower or bolster their
Angst.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Charisma + Embody
System: When using the power,
first determine whether you wish
to decrease the target’s
Willpower rating or increase
their maximum Angst pool. Next,
roll Charisma + Embody in a
resisted action against the
target’s Stamina + Occult or
Resolve + Composure (whichever
the target chooses).
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Conversion is an extended
action that works only on a
captive audience of Wraiths or
Spectres. It requires a number of
successes equal to 3 times the
combined total of the Trait being
targeted. So, converting a group
of eight Wraiths with a combined
Willpower score of 48 requires
144 total successes, while a
group of four Spectres with a
combined Angst pool of 26
requires 78 total successes. Once
the required successes are
collected, each audience member
has their Willpower rating
reduced by 1, or their maximum
Angst pool capacity increased by
1 (as appropriate to your stated
goal with the power) permanently.
Attempting conversion is quite
draining and time-consuming, but
Spectres often employ teamwork
(pg XX). Assume that it takes
roughly one hour for every 5
total successes needed.
On an Illuminated Failure,
your Angst pool capacity is
reduced by 1 permanently, and all
successes gained to that point
are lost.
Pathos: Each Permanent Angst
lost increased the Psyche’s
permanent Pathos by 1
Duration: Permanent
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Fatalism
Shroud has a difficulty of 4;
this counts both in the
Shadowlands and Skinlands.
Guild: Oracles
If a subject is aware of the
Fate had played a major part
Oracle’s Fatalism use, they may
in Wraith society ever since the
spend Willpower to allow the
Lady of Fate herself came to
Oracle to reroll dice as normal.
Charon and bid him to be the
This stacks with the Oracle’s own
ferryman, as we all know him.
Willpower expenditure, if any.
Fatalism is the insight into the
Type: Mental
lady and her master. Using it
Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low
allows one to understand the
strands of fate and even
track the webs that connect Level 1
us. KISMET (COMMON)
In the hands of a Risen, Fatalism’s earliest
they may even manipulate lesson is to perceive
fate to their benefit. other beings’ place in
Fate’s design — and
Guildmark their connection to
All Oracles are death. Kismet is the
tattooed with a Art of reading
marking of their Deathmarks, the
preferred method of signs that portend
foretelling the a mortal’s imminent
future. demise or reflect the
Many Oracles have a manner of a Wraith’s
preferred method, be death. It also can
that tarot cards, a reveal the subject’s
Relic of an Ouija board, importance in Fate’s
the reading of bones, or grand tapestry.
even a simple breathing in Cost: Free
of mists. Dice Pool: Resolve +
Fatalism vs. the Mist of
Fate.
Characteristics
Any use of Fatalism requires
the Oracle to see or touch their
subject.
Mists of Fate: Unless
otherwise stated, perceiving a
subject across the Shroud has a
difficulty of the local Shroud
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System: The player rolls

Resolve + Fatalism vs. the Mists
of Fate. One success reveals the
general manner of the subject’s
death (i.e., which Legion would
rightfully claim her). With three
successes, their death’s
proximate cause is obvious.
Additional successes reveal more
details of their death’s
circumstances or indirect causes.
Furthermore, even one success
gives the Wraith a sense of the
subject’s general importance in
the “overall scheme of things;”
this is handy for determining who
in a Scene requires closer
attention and who’s just a spear
carrier.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A

FRIENDLY CARD (INITIATE)

An Oracle knows nothing is
truly left to chance. Fate’s
grand design affects even the
smallest turnings. Through
learning to read these details,
the Oracle can nudge the outcome
of seemingly random minor events
or consistently select the
preferred option from apparently
equal choices.
Cost: One or two Degradation
Checks
Dice Pool: N/A
System: When the Oracle is
confronted with a seemingly
random choice (left Byway or
right Byway, cake or death), the
player may automatically select
the best possible option. As
“best” can be subjective, the
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beneficial (or least damaging) should be going a particular way.

option or the option that best The more successes, the clearer
furthers the story. the path.
In addition, whenever the Angst: None
Oracle is involved in a game of Duration: One Scene
chance or equivalent situation
with a randomly determined Level 2
outcome, the player may spend an
FORESHADOW (COMMON)
additional Degradation Check to
The Wraith's attunement to
add the character’s Fatalism to
Fate allows them to sense when it
one related roll’s dice pool or
turns its attention to them. As a
to subtract half the character’s
constant low-level awareness, it
Fatalism from the result of one
can give a few moments of warning
single-die roll.
of imminent danger. Concentration
Angst: If the roll fails or
can reveal subtler signs of major
the Oracle loses a game of chance
events on the horizon.
despite Friendly Card’s
Cost: Free or One Degradation
intervention, the Oracle’s Shadow
Check
gains 1 Temporary Angst.
Dice Pool: Resolve + Fatalism
Duration: One Scene
vs. the Mists of Fate
System: The player adds the
FORTUITOUS WANDERING (RISEN)
Wraith’s dots in Fatalism to any
Mockingly referred to as “zen
Perception-based roll to detect
meandering” by some returned,
an ambush, trap, or similar
this ability gives the Risen a
source of immediate bodily harm;
general idea of a direction to
this is automatic and has no
follow when pursuing one of their
cost.
Passions. Unfortunately, the
Additionally, once per day,
player won’t know which one their
the Wraith may concentrate for 10
character might be pursuing, and
minutes to sense impending major
there’s always a chance that this
events that will affect them
will take them away from another
directly.
Passion of equal importance.
The player rolls Resolve +
Regardless, it provides direction
Fatalism vs. the Mists of Fate.
in a world that can be
Each success grants one day’s
overwhelming to one of the newly
warning of a significant event
returned.
and whether its net effect on the
Cost: One Degradation Check
Wraith is more likely to be
Dice Pool: Wits + Fatalism vs.
positive or negative.
the Mists of Fate
Angst: Each warning of a net
System: The player rolls Wits
negative event gives the Oracle’s
+ Fatalism vs. the Mists of Fate,
Shadow 1 Temporary Angst.
with the number of successes
Duration: Passive
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RETRACE (INITIATE)
To the practiced eye, every
tug on Fate’s threads leaves
evidence. This Art enables the
Oracle to follow up on these
clues, discerning how a subject’s
destiny has previously been
altered.
Cost: One Degradation Roll
Dice Pool: Resolve + Fatalism
vs. The Mists of Fate
System: The player rolls
Resolve + Fatalism vs. The Mists
of Fate. Each success reveals one
prior alteration of the subject’s
fate, starting with the most
recent and working backward. For
each alteration, the Oracle
learns when it occurred, who was
responsible (at least in general
terms, if they don’t know the
actor), and what the subject’s
unmodified fate would have been.
The more profound the
alteration, the more detail
arises.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
FLASHBACK (RISEN)
This Art allows the Risen to
see images of events that
unfolded near or around one of
their Fetters. For this to work,
the Risen must be in contact with
the Fetter in question; the Scene
they see will be the most
emotionally potent one since the
Risen’s original death. The
images are clear enough to
extract clues from the Scene,
like the face of a murderer or
the words spoken during a heated
argument.
Cost: One Degradation Check
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Dice Pool: Composure +
Fatalism
System: When the character
touches one of their Fetters, the
player can spend 2 points of
Pathos and roll Composure +
Fatalism against a difficulty
equal to 7 minus the Fetter’s
rating. The number of successes
will determine the vividness and
duration of the Scene being
recalled, meaning the character
may see more or learn more.
Repeated uses of Flashback on a
particular Fetter will reveal
Scenes of increasingly
diminishing emotional heft.
Angst: A Shaded Failure will
blind the Risen for a number of
minutes equal to the difficulty
value of the roll and give 1
point of Angst
Duration: One Scene
Level 3
MALOCCHIO (INITIATE)
The “evil eye” is an ancient
and vicious Art. With a whispered
malediction, the Oracle taints
the victim’s threads in Fate’s
tapestry, cursing them with ill
luck and marking them with signs
visible only to other Oracles.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Fatalism
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Fatalism vs. the target’s
Resolve + Composure. For one day
per success, the target suffers
bad luck. There is no standard
mechanical effect, but the
Storyteller should feel free to
shower the victim with lost or
broken possessions, Bad Luck (as

per the Thorn), harassment from
rival factions, and similar
unpleasantness.
While Malocchio remains in
effect, any character who
perceives the victim with any
Fatalism Art automatically
becomes aware of the curse and
its author’s identity.
The player may spend 1
Willpower to increase Malocchio’s
duration to one week per success.
If they decide they can take 1
Aggravated Willpower damage, this
becomes one year per success.
This Aggravated Willpower damage
cannot be healed until these
years are up.
Malocchio’s victim can remove
the curse only through
roleplaying. First, though, they
must be aware that there is
indeed an author to their bad
luck.
Angst: Gain 3 Temporary Angst
— though if it agrees that the
target had it coming, the
Shadowguide may immediately spend
this Angst to add 3 successes to
the roll. The Shadow gains 3 more
Temporary Angst if the Oracle
spent 1 Willpower to increase the
duration to 1 week per success or
1 Permanent Angst if the Oracle
decides to take 1 Aggravated
Willpower damage to make
Malocchio last one year per
success.
Duration: One day per success,
one week per success, or one year
per success
READING THE BONES (COMMON)
With this Art, the Oracle
delves deeper into Fate’s designs
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for other beings or objects. The
resulting visions are snapshots
of what will occur without
outside intervention, so Reading
the Bones often prompts proactive
Oracle to move to reinforce or
deter Fate’s decrees.
Cost: One Degradation Roll
Dice Pool: Resolve + Fatalism
vs. The Mists of Fate
System: The Wraith
concentrates on the subject for
one minute and rolls Resolve +
Fatalism vs. The Mists of Fate.
The Wraith may then ask the
Storyteller one simple question
per success about the subject’s
future as it currently stands
(i.e., without intervention from
anyone who knows Fate’s plan).
The Storyteller is within their
rights to give cryptic or
incomplete answers.
Reading the Bones has one
blind spot: the Oracle
themselves. Such efforts only
yield cryptic and incomplete
answers.
Angst: Any attempt to self-
predict with this Art gives 1
Temporary Angst per success as
paradoxical visions of action and
inaction overwhelm the Wraith.
Duration: N/A
THE FACE IN THE CROWD (RISEN)
This ability enables the Risen
to tell if someone they have met
is linked to one of their Fetters
or Passions. It may even define
which one, but not how the
person’s connected or the reason
for that connection.
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Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Fatalism
System: The player rolls
Intelligence + Fatalism while
speaking to the target, but the
conversation's nature and length
determine the target value's
difficulty. The greater the
familiarity of those conversing
and the longer the conversation,
the lower the difficulty drops,
to a minimum of 3.
If the conversation is short
and forgettable, like “Can you
tell me the time?” then the
Difficulty is 7.
The number of successes
determines several things,
starting with whether the target
is tied to one of the character’s
Fetters or Passions. After that,
more successes reveal which
Passion or Fetter is involved and
how important that connection
might be. A botch, however, is
full of wonderful tidbits of
misinformation.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
FATE REMEMBERED (COMMON)
The Oracle looks through fate,
and instead of seeing the future,
they look back on the echos of
fate in an area and see what has
come rather than what will come.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Resolve + Fatalism
System: The Oracle rolls
Resolve + Fatalism against
difficulty 4. The Oracle can see
back a number of days equal to
the margin of success and select
exactly when they would like to
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view, such as a specific time or
event.
The Oracle can see this vision
as a mist in the shape of the
people or items that were in the
room. The Oracle can walk around
and inspect the vision by rolling
Wits + Investigation with a
minimum difficulty of 3. People
in this vision cannot be
immediately identified due to the
obscuring mist; they can be
identified with a Wits +
Investigation Check against
difficulty 3.
Even if the Oracle chooses to
ignore the vision, it continues
for the rest of the Scene. If the
Oracle remains where the visions
are taking place, they are
distracted and suffer a -2 dice
penalty on all Awareness checks
that do not pertain to the
visions.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
Level 4
SIDESTEP (COMMON)
Heightening their attunement
to immediate dangers, the Oracle
gains preternatural awareness of
attacks before the attackers
swing or fire; this can allow the
Oracle to be where the attacks
aren’t.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: N/A
System: The player adds their
Fatalism rating to all dodging
attempts in combat.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene

ENTANGLE (INITIATE)
Described by older Oracles as
a binding rite, and modern ones
as an invocation of quantum
mechanics, Entangle conjoins two
or more Wraiths’ very existences;
this can be a blessing or a doom,
as the Wntangled characters share
experiences, energies, and
destiny itself.
Cost: Once Degradation Roll
Dice Pool: Wits + Fatalism
System: The Oracle must touch
both subjects (or, if more than
two subjects are to be Entangled,
the whole group must hold hands
or otherwise be in physical
contact with one another and the
Oracle). The player rolls Wits +
Fatalism vs. a difficulty equal
to the highest Willpower among
the subjects; this roll cannot be
resisted.
With a number of successes
equal to or greater than the
number of subjects, all subjects
are Entangled until the Oracle
chooses to end the Entanglement.
During this time, whenever any
Entangled character gains more
than 1 Pathos in a single go,
each other character gains 1
Pathos. However, whenever any
Entangled character’s Shadow
gains more than 1 Temporary
Angst, each other Shadow gains 1
Temporary Angst. Whenever any
Entangled character suffers more
than 1 health level of Aggravated
damage, each other character
suffers 1 health level of
Superficial damage.
Each Entangled character has a
general sense of each other
character’s location and
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emotional state, including
whether their currently Shadow-
ridden. In addition, Entangled
characters find themselves drawn
toward one another or acting on
each other’s behalf during
significant events. This latter
aspect has no mechanical effect,
but the Storyteller should ensure
that all Entangled characters are
somehow positioned to affect the
outcome of critical Scenes. This
serves as an excuse for all
manner of implausible
coincidences as Fate conspires to
put the characters where they
need to be to play their parts in
one another’s dramas or
tragedies.
Entangle works only on
Wraiths, and no more than one
application of Entangle may
affect a Wraith at any one time.
The Oracle may include themself
in any Entanglement without
making a Degradation Check or
spending Willpower, and they
don’t count toward the required
number of successes. They may
spend 1 Willpower to end an
Entanglement of their creation at
any time.
If an Entangled Wraith suffers
a Harrowing, their Entanglement
snaps and the rest of the group
is instantly aware that something
bad happened. The rest of the
group’s Entanglement remains
intact.
Angst: None
Duration: Until Removed
FORTUITOUS MEETING (RISEN)
This Art is the ability to tweak
the coincidences seen by a Risen
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with Fatalism to arrange to “run
in” to someone in a manner that
appears to be entirely
accidental. The target never
knows that the universe
conspired to bring them into the
Risen’s path, and so will
inexplicably turn left instead
of right while driving or might
have a hankering for takeout
Thai from a place across town.
Whatever it takes to bring them
to the Risen while making it
seem like a coincidence.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Fatalism vs. Wits + Insight
System: The player must have
met the target at least once. The
player rolls Manipulation +
Fatalism vs. the target's Wits +
Insight, with the number of
successes dictating how quickly
the target stumbles across the
Risen. A Shaded Failure, however,
the target being spooked into
going the other way instead.
For the power to work, the
target must be within 100 miles
of the Risen and able to travel;
targets being held hostage,
imprisoned, or bedridden, for
example, cannot heed the call. If
the target is unable to come or
is out of range, the Pathos and
Willpower are spent to no effect.
Angst: A Shaded Failure
results in the Risen receiving 2
Temporary Angst
Duration: Until you and the
target meet
Level 5
BREATHING THE MISTS (COMMON)
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The Oracle immerses themselves
in events to come, gaining a
measure of foreknowledge.
Understanding at the time of
these visions is rare. Most
often, Fate provides only vague
generalities. These aren’t enough
to issue intelligible warnings,
but they are sufficient to inform
preparations. The Oracle themself
rarely knows the precise set of
events for which they are
readying until they’re upon them,
but to outsiders, it looks like
they knew exactly what was
coming.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Resolve + Fatalism
System: At the beginning of
the Session, the player rolls two
Degradation Checks and rolls
Resolve + Fatalism against
difficulty 6, noting the margin
of success. Subsequently, at any
time during that Session, they
may expend one or more of these
successes to describe an action
the Oracle previously took to
prepare for the current Scene’s
events. The action must be
something the Oracle plausibly
could have accomplished “off-
screen,” and its complexity and
specificity determine the number
of successes the player must
expend to establish it:
One success: Advantageous in a
minor way (“Well, I have a Relic
handcuff key, but we’ll still
need to get out of the citadel
before the Maelstrom breaks.”)
Two successes: Helps resolve a
generalized, nonviolent plot
obstacle (“Ah, Colonel Sexton, I
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from the Diamond Regent on your
desk. Surely it’s within your
purview to grant us access to the
Imperial Peace Museum?”)
Three successes: Useful in
combat or specific to a given
threat or complication (“I paid a
fortune for this coat. Hoped I’d
never need it, but I see the
Alchemists’ acid-resistant
plasmic leather works as
advertised.”)
Four successes: Fits the
Scene’s details, providing a
major advantage (“Contessa, if
you sign that decree, the Legion
will learn what happened to the
last Anacreon. Don’t think all
your puppets went to the
forges.”)
Five successes: Exactingly
specific and relevant to a major
plot twist (“I suspected you
might betray us, so I took the
liberty of securing the loyalty
of all of your soldiers through
generous contributions of oboli
at the barracks before the
evening’s festivities began.”)
At the end of the Session, any
unused successes carry over to
the next Session. However, the
Oracle loses them if they don’t
use Breathing the Mists at the
beginning of the next Session,
regardless of success or failure.
Angst: None
Duration: Once all successes
are used or until the beginning
of the next Session, whichever
comes first
FATEFUL REUNION (INITIATE)
Tempered: Lifeweb 5
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Oracles can redefine fate, and
this feared power has redefined
many a fate of mortals and
Awakened alike. With this power,
the Oracle binds the soul of
someone to the world of the
living, ensuring they become a
Wraith.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Resolve + Fatalism
System: The Wraith must be
touching an object that would be
the Fetter of their target, and
their target must be a Consort
and roll Resolve + Fatalism
against difficulty 6. The margin
of success determines how strong
the Fetter will be.
1-2 Successes: 1 dot
3-4 Successes: 2 dots
5 or more Successes: 3 dots
If the targets should die,
this object will become a Fetter,
and they will Awaken as a Wraith.
Angst: If the target is one of
the Awakened, such as a Vampire
or Mage, the Oracle’s Shadow
Gains Temporary Angst equal to
the target’s Willpower
Duration: A number of months
equal to the Oracle’s Resolve
ENSNARE (INITIATE)
The Oracle’s greatest weapon
grossly and irrevocably alters a
victim’s destiny. By entangling a
subject in Fate’s web, the Oracle
redefines its existence and role
in things to come.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Wits + Fatalism
System: The player makes an
opposed Wits + Fatalism roll vs.
Resolve + Strength. If the roll
succeeds, the player redefines

the victim’s destiny in broad
terms, preferably ones suitably
vague, to make a good classical
prophecy.
Unless the victim is actively
working to fulfill their new
destiny, all their rolls to
regain Pathos have their
difficulties increased by 1, all
their Fetters are considered to
be one dot weaker, and they can’t
spend Willpower unless for
Arcanoi. The only ways out of
Fate’s snare are to play out
their new destiny to the logical
conclusion or to roleplay their
way back to Fate’s original plan
for them. The table at large —
the Storyteller and all players —
are the ultimate arbiters of when
the victim has met either of
these story objectives.
Angst: Gain 2 Temporary Angst
per success that the subject
rolls to resist
Duration: Until the new
destiny is fulfilled
THE DRUM BEATS ON (RISEN)
Fatalism and synchronicity
converge in this Art, allowing
the Risen to pull on one string
of causality and create a chain
reaction of events that bring
about a desired outcome. It’s
like a series of dominoes
falling, where the Risen can push
the right domino at the right
time to cause the others to fall
into place. This Art allows the
Returned to intuitively know how
that sequence will happen even if
they don't understand exactly
which event might lead to
another.
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The Risen need only focus on a
desired outcome, like “I need a
way to sneak into that building”
or “I need someone at the airport
to overlook their luggage for a
moment.” They then see the first
loose thread connected to that
desire, pull on it, and let the
universe do the rest.
The rest then falls into place
as a series of events. For
example, they want to enter a
building, then spot a discarded
hot dog on the street and the
empty dumpsters in the alley
behind it. With their Art telling
them all three are
interconnected, they drop the hot
dog in a dumpster and wait. A
hungry kitten appears and tries
to get to the food in the
dumpster, but it can’t jump up
that high. A maintenance worker
exits through the building’s
alley door on a smoke break, sees
the kitten, and, the soft touch
that it is, goes to help it out.
The conveniently open door is
overlooked for a few seconds, and
the Risen slips inside.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Fatalism
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Fatalism, with the
difficulty based on the
desperation of the need. The more
immediate the desired result, the
easier it is to predict the
outcome of events, so anything
that needs to happen within up to
three Turns requires a roll at
difficulty 4, while a Scene is
difficulty 5, a day is difficulty
6, and anything up to a week is
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difficulty 7. Beyond that, there

are too many stimuli and outside
forces to navigate cause and
effect accurately; only the
greatest masters of the Arcanos
can reach out that far.
The greater the number of
successes, the more Fatalism is
on the character’s side. Each
additional success above the
first can lower the difficulty of
any roll associated with The Drum
Beats On. So if the Risen is
trying to enter a building
(difficulty 4) and rolls 4, 10,
6, 8, 7, 6, 7, 9, that’s a total
of two successes or one
additional success. That means
when they sneak past the
distracted maintenance worker and
roll Dexterity + Stealth, the
difficulty for that action is
lowered by 1.
A failure produces no effect.
A Shaded Failure, however,
focuses the universe’s unwanted
attention on the Risen, with the
Risen simply having no luck and
somehow attracting all the
unwanted attention possible for a
number of turns equal to the
Shadow’s current Temporary Angst
rating.
Angst: On a Shaded Failure,
gain 1 point of Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Scene, one Day,
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Flux
Guild: Alchemist
Flux is a kind Art. You see,
Flux was derived from the Arcanos
of Inhabit. Long ago, when
Inhabit was enabling Soulforging,
and thus the destruction of
souls, the practitioners of what
would become Flux, Alchemist,
started to experiment with
Relics. Eventually, Flux
broke away from Inhabit
into its own Art.
It's now used to
facilitate the creation
of Relics and the
altering of those
Relics.
Guildmark
As an Alchemist
continues to work
with inanimate
objects, their body
starts to reflect this.
Hinged joints, clockwork
designs, circuitry, weld
marks, and whatever else
they may work with. This
mark is not usually static,
adjusting with the Relics the
Alchemist has worked with.
Characteristics
Unless otherwise stated, each
Flux Art’s difficulty is the
local Shroud rating.
Any Flux Art referring to a
Relic’s “value” is shorthand for
the number of dots the Relic
would be worth if the Alchemist
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purchased it with the Relics
Background.
The weight of matter (or Relic
equivalent) an Alchemist can
affect with any Flux Art depends
on their mastery of Flux and
strength of will. Treat this as a
feat of strength (VTM Corebook
pg. 411), substituting Flux for
Strength and consulting the
“Lift” column for the maximum
mass the Alchemist can alter.
Type: Spiritual
Dictum Mortuum Threat:
Medium-High
Level 1
ROT (COMMON)
One of Flux's most
basic applications
increases the decay
rate in a material
object within the
Alchemist's line of
sight. Its effect on
metal, ceramics, and
other durable materials
is usually too small to
matter. Still, it can
inflict months of
dissolution on organic
matter within a few minutes.
Which can hasten an object’s
destruction and possible
transition to a Relic state,
destroy organic evidence of
wrongdoing, or revolt and terrify
mortals who witness bubbling
corruption claiming their dinner.
Cost: Free or one Degradation
Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Flux
System: The player rolls
Dexterity + Flux against the
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local Shroud Rating. If the applications leave, effectively

Alchemist isn’t touching the seeing an Arcanos “fingerprint”
object, the player also makes a that they can match against other
Degradation Check. The number of instances to identify another
successes determines how much the Flux user.
target object ages over the rest Angst: None
of the Scene: Duration: N/A
1 success: One week
2 successes: One month Level 2
3 successes: One year
REINFORCE (COMMON)
4 successes: One decade
Reversing the entropic lessons
5 successes: One century
of Rot, Reinforce makes a
The Storyteller determines the
material object more resistant to
effects aging has on a given
decay and damage. This Art is
object, including damage if
taxing, as the Alchemist infuses
appropriate. Rot can’t directly
the matter with part of their own
affect living creatures or
Corpus, lending it some of their
Wraiths, though it fosters the
deathless nature.
growth of microorganisms that
Cost: One Degradation Check
might inflict nasty infections if
and 1 Corpus
ingested.
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Flux
Angst: None
System: The player rolls
Duration: One Scene
Dexterity + Flux vs. the local
Shroud Rating. Each success
SENSE FLUXION (INITIATE)
increases the target’s durability
Flux can be a subtle Arcanos,
by 1 for the purposes of any feat
and casual observers rarely can
of strength (pg. XX) required to
tell the difference between its
break or destroy it. This
entropic processes and those of
increase can’t exceed the
nature or the Shadowlands. An
Alchemist’s dots in Flux.
Alchemist always knows her
Angst: None
guildmates’ work, though.
Duration: This power’s full
Cost: Free
strength lasts one day per
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Flux
success. After that, its effects
System: The Alchemist examines
dissipate at a rate of one point
a subject for Flux effects. The
of durability per day.
player rolls Intelligence + Flux
vs. the local Shroud Rating. One
NON-EUCLIDEAN MECHANICS (INITIATE)
success reveals whether or not
As the Underworld echoes of
Flux has affected the target.
destroyed things, Relics are
With three successes, the
unitary objects to most Wraiths.
Alchemist knows which Flux Art
Disassembling a Relic Mustang
was used. With five, they can
with Relic tools results in its
recognize the unique signatures
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Pathos change. The Alchemist Angst: None

skilled in Non-Euclidean Duration: This effect’s full
Mechanics knows how to tease strength lasts for one day per
apart a technological Relic, success, after which it
modify it, and reassemble it in a dissipates at a rate of one point
repaired or upgraded condition. of improvement per day. To make
This Art relies as much on intent the upgrade permanent, the player
and metaphor as it does on may spend an additional
mechanical prowess. To outside Degradation Check and 1 Willpower
observers, the Alchemist’s work when invoking Non-Euclidean
violates anything they knew of Mechanics.
Skinlands physics and geometry.
Cost: Corpus equal to the Level 3
Relic's Dot Rating or One
DECAY (COMMON)
Degradation Check and 2 Corpus
This Art causes deterioration
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Flux
in even the strongest Relics or
System: To repair a damaged
material objects. Metal oxidizes
Relic, the Alchemist works on it
and develops stress fractures,
for one hour. The player spends
ceramics turn brittle and crack,
Corpus equal to the Relic’s value
wood dry rots or molders, etc.
and rolls Dexterity + Flux vs.
Decay can target an entire object
the local Shroud Rating. With
or only a portion of it — a gun’s
success, the Relic is repaired.
hammer spring, one leg of a
Each additional success reduces
table, or the bolts connecting a
the working time by 10 minutes
helicopter’s rotors and hub. As
(minimum 10 minutes).
with Rot, Decay can’t affect
To improve a Relic, the
living beings or creatures of the
Alchemist works on it for one
Underworld. However, its effects
hour. The player rolls one
manifest much faster than Rot and
Degradation Check and 2 Corpus
encompass a wider array of
and rolls Dexterity + Flux vs.
materials.
the local Shroud Rating + 2. The
Cost: One or two Degradation
Alchemist may improve one
Checks
numerical value of the Relic by
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Flux
one point per every success on
System: The player Dexterity +
the margin (e.g., increase a
Flux against the Local Shroud
weapon’s damage by 1, increase
Rating. The target object suffers
armor’s value by 1, streamline a
one level of Aggravated damage
Relic computer to grant a one-die
per success. If the Alchemist
bonus to appropriate tasks in
isn’t touching the object, the
which it’s used).
player must make an additional
No Relic may have a total
Degradation Check.
value of improvements greater
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
than the Alchemist’s rating in
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RELIC DOWSING (INITIATE)
The Alchemist’s affinity for
the memories of matter gives them
an intuitive sense of recently
destroyed items that may have
crossed the Shroud. Relic Dowsing
allows the Wraith to search for
newly formed Relics with a fair
expectation of finding something
(though not always exactly what
they expect).
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Flux
System: This Art is usable
only in the Shadowlands and
requires about an hour of focused
searching. The player rolls
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Intelligence + Flux. The roll’s
difficulty depends on the mortal
population density and the amount
of recent destruction or decay. A
literal urban war zone is 2,
while a pristine, unpopulated
wilderness is 8. Most cities
split the difference at 5.
Successes on this roll
determine what the Alchemist
finds:
1 success: A trivial Relic
with sentimental value to
someone.
2 successes: A minor Relic
with some practical use.

3 successes: A useful or
collectible/profitable Relic.
4 successes: A major, valuable
Relic, or one that’s relevant to
the Alchemist’s interests or
hobbies.
5 successes: A powerful Relic,
immediately useful to the
Alchemist’s current needs.
The Alchemist also can use
this Art to determine the
location of a specific Relic with
which they are familiar (e.g.,
their favorite wrench). In this
case, their difficulty is 7 minus
the Relic’s value. More successes
give them a clearer sense of the
Relic’s position — though getting
to it may be another issue
entirely.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
Level 4
RENDER RELIC (COMMON)
This Art allows the Alchemist
to sense the emotions that went
into a Relic’s creation — and
then to distill the Relic down to
the bare essence of those
component sensations. This
process destroys the Relic but
yields Pathos flavored with the
moment the Relic crossed into the
Shroud. The Wraith can either
absorb this energy themself or
bottle it for later use. Render
Relic isn’t a universal solvent,
though. Some Relics are too large
to succumb to this process, while
others bear a strange immunity to
it — along with the Moliate
signatures of Alchemist Guild
elders.
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Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Flux
System: The Alchemist spends
five minutes in concentration
while touching the Relic. The
player rolls Intelligence + Flux
against a difficulty equal to 7
minus the Relic’s rating. With
success, the Relic is destroyed,
and the Wraith receives 1 Pathos
per margin of success, up to a
maximum of the Relic’s value. The
player may spend 1 Willpower to
channel all of this Pathos into
an appropriate container (bottle,
flask, spittoon) rather than the
Wraith themself.
Render Relic works only on
naturally occurring relics, not
those created deliberately via
the effects of any Arcanos or
other supernatural power. Nor can
it dissolve Artifacts. Finally,
it can’t affect anything the
Wraith can’t pick up and carry.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
Duration: N/A
SCULPT MATTER’S MEMORY (INITIATE)
As an Alchemist’s
understanding of Relics grows,
they see the memories and
emotional investments that bind
and solidify their forms. With
this Art, they can exploit the
flaws and blank spots in these
echoes to temporarily alter a
Relic’s appearance. While so
altered, the item retains its
original function, even if this
is incompatible with its new
form. Tales of Alchemists slaying
enemies with silk bouquets or
working the forges with quill
pens are evidence of this Art.
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So, too, are stories of
impossible smuggling operations
and disappearing criminal
evidence.
Cost: One Degradation Roll and
1 Corpus per the Relic’s rating
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Flux
System: The Alchemist spends
five minutes in concentration
while touching the Relic. The
player rolls Intelligence + Flux
with difficulty 3 if the Relic’s
new form is compatible with its
function, 5 if incompatible, and
7 if it’s nonsensical. The
Relic’s new form lasts for one
Scene per success. The player may
spend 2 Willpower to extend this
to one day per success.
The Alchemist can reconfigure
only Relics they can pick up and
carry in both its original form
and sculpted appearance. They can
freely change a Relic’s overall
dimensions so long as it stays
portable. If a Relic assumes a
form incompatible with its
function (e.g., a sword button, a
bicycle crowbar, a book
toothpick), any skill check
involving its use suffers a +1
difficulty.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene per the
margin of success
Level 5
A MEMORY OF FIRE (COMMON)
As the Alchemist’s familiarity
with Relics and their workings
grows, they come to understand
the mythologies and analogies by
which they function in the
Underworld. In doing so, they
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learn new manners of feeding them
to ensure their continued
function — and can release the
stored Pathos of activated Relics
with but a glance.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence + Flux
System: The Alchemist can fuel
any Relic by infusing it with one
Degradation Check or 1 Corpus.
This replaces the Relic’s normal
Pathos cost for activation.
In addition, they can
deactivate an empowered Relic as
an action. The player rolls one
Degradation Check and rolls
Intelligence + Flux; if the Relic
is under another character’s
direct control, that character
may resist by rolling Willpower.
If the Alchemist succeeds, the
target Relic becomes inert, as if
no Pathos was spent to power it
for the Scene. Said Relic cannot
be repowered for the remainder of
the Scene.
Angst: Each time the Alchemist
fuels a Relic with their Corpus,
they gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: N/A or One Scene
REINTEGRATE RELIC (INITIATE)
Although none among the
Restless have found a reliable
way to return themselves to life
(leaving aside several Arcanoi
that create mockeries of it),
elder Alchemists can return
Relics to the world of the
living. This Art restores a Relic
to its original material state
and transports it across the
Shroud. The Alchemist can apply
Reintegrate Relic to aid mortal
allies, place dangerous Relics

beyond their enemies’ reach, or
even convert their treasured
Relics into Fetters.
Cost: A number of Degradation
Checks equal to 1 half of the
Relic’s level, rounded up, and 1
Corpus for each level of the
Relic
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Flux
System: The Alchemist touches
the Relic while concentrating on
it for a number of turns equal to
its value. The player rolls
Dexterity + Flux vs. the local
Shroud Rating. With success, the
Relic reverts to its material
state and crosses the Shroud into
the Skinlands.
If the Relic is represented on
the Alchemist’s character sheet
with the Relics Background, the
player may spend any amount of
Temporary Willpower up to its
recorded value. The Relic becomes
a new Fetter for the Alchemist
with a value equal to the amount
of Willpower spent.
Reintegrate Relic is usable
only in the Shadowlands.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
per point of the Relic’s value
Duration: N/A
BONTÉ ABYSSALE (INITIATE)
The Island Below the Sea is
home to a vast trove of Relics,
Artifacts, and other wonders that
Les Mysteres collected throughout
the centuries. When the Storm
season abates and the Abyss
becomes placid, numerous Wraiths
travel to and from the Island to
trade with Les Mysteres and the
Loa who serve them. Deals are
struck, contracts are sealed, and
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items are exchanged for the
betterment of Wraiths and the
Shadowlands as a whole. Some
truly rare (or desperate) Wraiths
forge potent pacts with Les
Mysteres that allow them to
summon the bounty of the Island
Below the Sea from afar.
Cost: A number of Degradation
Checks equal to 1 half of the
Relic or Artifact’s level,
rounder up
Dice Pool: Wits + Flux
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Connaissance against the local
Shroud Rating. An oval mirror
with a surface like mercury
forms, allowing the Wraith to
plunge through the portal and
emerge with the object of their
desire. This object can be almost
anything (with Storyteller
approval), but using this Art
binds the Wraith to perform a
service for Les Mysteres
commensurate with the “gift”
summoned by the Serviteur. This
service must be performed within
a year and a day of using Bonte
Abyssale lest the Serviteur faces
the unalloyed wrath of Les
Mysteres.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
Duration: Permanent, or a year
and a day, if the service is not
performed.
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Inhabit
Guild: Artificers
There is no shortage of ghost
stories where a vengeful Wraith
possesses a machine to cause
havoc. Those stories were about
Wraiths with this Arcanoi.
Masters of this Arcanoi can take
control of things in the
Fleshlands.
Guildmark
An Artificer adopts the
wear and tear of the
objects they inhabit. If
they prefer machinery,
they gain scuff marks,
corrosion, or seep
out lubricant.
Cracks may form
around their
joints. Circuit
patterns may flicker
across their body.
Soulforging will
char the Wraith as they
get scorched by the fires
of their forge. And the
longer-serving smiths may
even begin to take this fire
on, producing a heat and glow
akin to it.
All guild smiths have an
additional token, a coin forged
from their own Corpus.
Characteristics
If an object is destroyed
while a Wraith is Inhabiting it,
they are ejected from the item’s
remains and suffers one level of
Lethal damage.
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If a Wraith is attuned to an
object (pg. 149), their Inhabit
rolls against that item are at –2
difficulty.
Unless otherwise specified,
only one Wraith can Inhabit an
object at a time. If an Artificer
attempts to Inhabit something
that already contains another
Wraith, the current occupant’s
successes cancel the
interlopers on a one-for-one
basis. If the Artificer wins
anyway, the initial
occupant is ejected from
the object and suffers
bashing damage equal to
the Artificer’s net
successes.
Each use of Inhabit
on another Wraith’s
Fetter grants the
Artificer’s Shadow
1 Temporary Angst.
Type: Physical
Dictum Mortuum
Threat: Medium-High
Level 1
ASSUME THE SHELL (COMMON)
Inhabit most basic Art
allows a Wraith to insert
themselves into an inanimate
object. They have no control
over it and can’t perceive
anything outside its immediate
area, but they may study its
inner workings and are
undetectable to normal senses.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Inhabit
System: The player rolls
Dexterity + Inhabit against
difficulty 3. Only one success is

necessary for the Wraith to enter
the object; additional successes
provide details of the device’s
principles of operation or
information stored within it. If
a character scrutinizes the
object with any supernatural
perception that could reveal the
Wraith’s presence, the observer
must beat the Wraith’s successes
to detect them.
If the object the Wraith has
entered is destroyed, the Wraith
is ejected and suffers 1
Aggravated Corpus damage.
Angst: None
Duration: Until the Wraith
leaves
SHAPE TRUE JADE (COMMON)
With enough time and raw
material, the Dark Kingdom of
Jade Artisans can use this power
to create a simple object from
True Jade. A handful of True Jade
is not enough to make a sword,
but master Artisans can
efficiently use what they are
given.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Inhabit
System: When attempting to
work with True Jade, the Artisan
makes a Wits + Inhabit roll
against difficulty 6. The number
of successes needed depends on
the desired end product's
complexity. A failure means the
working was unsuccessful, but the
material has not been ruined and
can be shaped into something
else. A Shaded Failure wrecks the
True Jade, rendering it useless
for anything else.
Angst: None
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Duration: Permanent
REVEAL RIDER (INITIATE)
A Wraith learns to read the
subtle signs Inhabit leaves on
objects. With a touch, the Wraith
can determine whether an object
is currently inhabited or has
been in the past.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Inhabit
System: The player rolls
Dexterity + Inhabit against
difficulty 2. Each success
reveals one prior use of Inhabit,
starting with the most recent and
working backward. The Wraith
gains an innate sense of each
Wraith’s identity and will
recognize them on sight; they
also learn which Inhabit Art the
other Wraith used if they know it
themself.
In addition, each success on
Reveal Rider counts as two
successes for opposing Assume the
Shell.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
Level 2
MISFIRE (COMMON)
By passing their hand through
a mechanical or electronic
device, the Wraith may cause a
temporary malfunction. Gears jam,
combustion falters, electricity
shorts out or surges, and complex
electronics throw error messages
or reboot/themselves. Simple
machines are unaffected; a target
must have moving parts or run-on
electrical power to be
susceptible to Misfire.
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Cost: One Degradation Check

Dice Pool: Strength + Inhabit
System: The player rolls
Strength + Inhabit against
difficulty 4. The target device
is disabled for one turn per
success.
The operator may attempt to
fix the problem with a roll of
Wits + an appropriate Ability at
the Storyteller’s discretion; the
difficulty is equal to the number
of successes on the margin; each
success removes one of the
Wraith’s successes.
Angst: None
Duration: One Round per
success

WORK WHITE JADE (COMMON)

Prerequisite power: Shape True
Jade
This power allows the Artisan
to work with White Jade just as
the previous power covers True
Jade. However, due to the
inferior nature of the material,
it takes three times as much
White Jade as True Jade to create
a given object.
Wraiths who have mastered Work
White Jade can also work with the
prepared Corpus of a kuei.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Wits + Inhabit
System: The roll and results
are the same as for Shape True
Jade.
Angst: None
Duration: Permanent
FORGE AFFINITY (INITIATE)
Mixing Inahbit’s knowledge
with the machines with the Art of
Soulforging is a common enough
practice that makes this a lesson
most Wraiths often seek to learn.
While any Wraith can learn the
Smith’s Art, extending one’s
senses into the soul being worked
on the forge remains a closely
held Guild technique.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: N/A
System: The Wraith’s dots in
Inhabit are added to any
Woulforging roll.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
Level 3
CLAIM THE SHELL (COMMON)
The Wraith may enter a Relic
or a Skinlands object and use it
as a surrogate body. They have
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functions and can move its parts
independently, though they can’t
make it do anything else outside
its capabilities. For example, a
Wraith possessing a revolver can
cock the hammer, pull the trigger
and swing out the cylinder and
eject spent shell casings, but
they can’t levitate or aim the
gun nor grasp and load fresh
ammunition. Their senses function
normally, though they’re spread
over the object’s entire surface.
If a Skinlands object is
destroyed while the Wraith
inhabits it in this way, they may
bring it across the Shroud as a
Relic (though creating a Relic
from a container doesn’t also
create Relics from its contents).
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Strength + Inhabit
System: The player rolls
Strength + Inhabit against the
local Shroud Rating. The number
of successes required for success
depends on the item’s size:
1 success: Handheld: tablet or
notebook computer, handgun, power
tool, book
2 successes: Two-handed: small
appliance, greatsword, web server
3 successes: Human-sized:
motorcycle, crew-served heavy
weapon, office furniture
4 successes: Vehicular:
speedboat, garage workbench,
assembly line laser welding robot
5 successes: Industrial:
locomotive, marine diesel engine,
newspaper printing press
6+ successes: Structural:
house, airliner, ship
If the object is destroyed,
the Wraith may convert the item
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into a Relic by spending 1
Willpower and 1 Corpus per
success required to claim it.
Angst: If the object is
destroyed while the Wraith is
within it, the Shadow gains 1
Temporary Angst per success
required to claim it.
Duration: One Scene
SMITH’S TENACITY (INITIATE)
Most common among Artificers
who work the forges, this Art
allows a Wraith to take on some
of the attributes of their work’s
output. When using Smith’s
Tenacity, the character’s skin
takes on a metallic sheen and is
uncomfortably warm to the touch.
Cost: One Degradation check
Dice Pool: N/A
System: The Wraith’s dots in
Inhabit are subtracted from all
Superficial damage dealt to them;
this occurs before halving the
damage.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
Level 4
WIRE RIDER (COMMON)
With this Art, the Wraith can
slide into the global network of
electricity and digital
communication, passing through
power grids and data
transmissions at the speed of
light. Wraithly senses are too
slow and entropy-bound to
perceive this environment as it
truly is, so riding the wires is
a vortex of information and
electrical flows transposed into
a synesthetic fast-forward blur.
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Imprecise use of Wire Rider,
or simply incautious navigation,
can land the Wraith far from
Stygian-claimed territory.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Inhabit
System: The Wraith must have a
material starting point and
destination — while they can
travel through wireless
transmissions, they need
connected endpoints, even ones as
simple as obsolete flip phones.
The player rolls Dexterity +
Inhabit against difficulty 4.
Successes determine the maximum
distance of travel:
1 success: Line of sight or
local cellular tower’s range
2 successes: Same city or
local power grid
3 successes: Same national
power grid or telecommunication
network
4 successes: Same continent or
satellites in low orbit
5 successes: Global or
satellites in geosynchronous
orbit
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
EMPOWER JADE (COMMON)
With this power, the Artisan
can imbue jade items with Pathos
or other Arcanoi that they might
possess. Any jade item — White or
True — can be used to store the
powers of a single Arcanos and
the necessary Pathos fuel.
However, the Artisan can only
infuse the item with their own
Pathos and Arcanoi.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and however much Pathos they
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would like to invest into an
item.
Dice Pool: Wits + Inhabit
System: The Artisan makes a
Wits + Inhabit roll. The
difficulty is 3 for True Jade and
5 for White Jade. If the Artisan
is attempting to imbue an Arcanos
power, it costs a Willpower point
plus another degradation check.
Failure leaves the jade
unempowered.
Angst: A Shaded Failure gives
the Shadow 1 point of Temporary
Angst
Duration: True Jade items have
a permanent duration, while White
Jade items lose their powers
after a number of months equal to
twice the number of successes
rolled.
THE TOOL KNOWS ITS MASTER (INITIATE)
Elder Artificers fear few
weapons wrought by the hands of
the Quick or the dead. This Art
infuses an object with a portion
of the Wraith’s own essence,
compelling it to act as if it
were one with their Corpus — and
what rebel portion of their own
body would willingly harm the
greater part?
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Inhabit
System: The Wraith must touch
the object (material or Relic)
they want to affect. The player
rolls Dexterity + Inhabit against
difficulty 4. For a number of
Scenes equal to successes rolled,
anything or anyone touching the
object are considered to be in
contact with the Wraith for the
purposes of their own Arcanoi —
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effectively, they can channel
their touch through the object
when using their Arts.
In addition, if the object
would damage their Corpus, its
base damage rating is considered
0 (though extra successes on an
attack roll add damage normally).
The Wraith may use this Art
reflexively on a weapon as it
strikes them. The difficulty
increases to 6 for a melee weapon
or 7 for a ranged attack, but
success takes effect before that
attack deals damage.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene or 1 Round
if done reflexively
Level 5
EMPOWER (COMMON)
A Wraith skilled in this Art
can imbue a Relic with one of
their Arcanoi, creating a
temporary Artifact. While this
power lasts, other Wraiths who
know the command to activate the
Relic’s power can invoke the Art
it contains.
Cost: At least One Degradation
Check and 1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Strength + Inhabit
System: The player rolls
Strength + Inhabit against
difficulty 5, +1 if the Relic is
thematically inappropriate for
the Arcanos to be placed in it.
The number of successes indicates
the highest-rated Art the
Artificer may invest in the
Relic.
The player then selects a
single Art the Wraith knows and
pays that Art’s activation cost
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one or more times (including
gaining any Temporary Angst). If
the Art normally has no
activation cost, it costs one
Degradation Check for this
purpose. If the Art normally is
always active, it costs one
Degradation Check per day of use.
This expenditure “fuels” the
Relic for the appropriate number
of uses of that Art. Finally, the
player spends 1 Corpus to “seal”
the newly created Artifact and
chooses a word, phrase, gesture,
or another command that activates
the Empowered Art.
Anyone who knows the Wraith’s
activation command may spend 1
Willpower and use the command to
invoke the Art it contains. If
the Art normally is always
active, each invocation instead
activates it for one day. The
user pays no additional Pathos,
Corpus, or Willpower — those
costs were paid when the Wraith
created the Artifact. However, if
the Art bestows Temporary Angst,
the user’s Shadow receives those
points. The user’s dice pool for
the Empowered Art is normal,
though they may substitute their
Occult Ability for the
appropriate Arcanos. Once all
Empowered applications of the Art
are used, the Artifact becomes a
normal Relic again.
There is no way to “recharge”
an Empowered item save for a
second invocation of this Art.
Angst: None
Duration: Until it is used
COMPEL THE SOULSTEEL (INITIATE)

One of the Artificers’ Guild’s
less pleasant aspects is the work
it’s done over centuries of
turning once-living souls into
material goods. Common wisdom
holds that Soulforged Wraiths are
no longer conscious (if the smith
was competent, anyway), but this
Art questions that comforting
thought.
Compel the Soulsteel allows a
Wraith to draw knowledge from the
soul that comprises a Soulforged
item. Whether this is mere
psychometry or actual
communication with a fragment of
someone’s trapped consciousness
is an ongoing, bitter debate in
Artificer Circles.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Strength + Inhabit
System: The player rolls
Strength + Inhabit against
difficulty 6. Each success allows
the Wraith to ask one question of
the target item. If the soul that
was forged into the item knows
the answer, the character
receives a brief vision or a
moaned response. The soul can’t
lie or dissemble, though it only
answers each question to the
limits of its own residual
memories. Compel the Soulsteel
can only be used once on any
Soulforged item, ever. The
Artificer is not compelled to ask
all the questions they have
gained.
Angst: Each question asked
grants the Shadow 1 point of
Temporary Angst
Duration: N/A
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CREATE WHITE JADE (COMMON)
A useful but terrifying power,
Create White Jade allows an
Artisan to craft a soul into
White Jade. Before a soul can be
transmogrified, its spirit must
be broken (Willpower maxed out
with Aggravated damage and Pathos
ratings of 0). Once that has been
achieved, the Artisan spends
three days working the unlucky
soul into White Jade.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Inhabit
System: Making White Jade
requires an extended roll of
Manipulation + Inhabit, with each
roll done at the end of each day
of work. When 10 total successes
are gained across three days (the
entire time must be invested),
the effort is successful, and the
soul has transformed into White
Jade. Roughly three pounds of
White Jade emerge from each
forged Corpus level, and a Shaded
Failure during the process
transforms the captive soul into
a Kuei.
Before starting the process,
the Artisan must identify what
sort of White Jade they are
creating, i.e., whether it is to
be hard and rigid (useful for
weapons and armor) or soft and
flexible (best for furniture,
garments, etc.). Once the
decision has been made, it cannot
be changed.
Angst: The Shadow gains 1
point of Temporary Angst.
Duration: Permanent
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Intimation
Guild: Solicitors
To have powers over others is
one of the greatest powers a
Wraith can have. This Arcanoi
affects the memories and Passions
of a Wraith, even, in some
instances controlling their
mind.
In the hands of the Risen,
this Arcanoi allows them to
implant their own obsession
within their victims
Guildmark
The left eye of a
Solicitor will glow
with a sinister green
fire as they
increase their
mastery of
Intimation. This
light burns with
the same brightness
as a candle; however,
when the Arcanos is
used, the light
increases in brightness.
A hood or one of the
common Stygian masks can
help to hide this. It may be
considered foolish, but many
a Solicitor will incorporate
the Stylized Catherine Wheel
into their clothing, as it has
represented the guild for some
centuries now.
Characteristics
Unless otherwise noted, the
difficulty of any Intimation-
related roll is the target’s
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Willpower. This has two broad
exceptions:
 Arts that affect a Wraith’s
Shadow use the higher of the
Wraith’s Willpower or the
Shadow’s Permanent Angst.
 Intimation can work across
the Shroud to affect the
other denizens of the Quick
and the World of Darkness. In
such cases, the difficulty
is the higher of the
target’s Willpower or the
local Shroud rating.
All uses of Intimation
on another character
require the Solicitor
to have a clear line
of sight to their
target’s eyes
(though mutual eye
contact is
unnecessary).
Type: Mental
Dictum Mortuum
Threat: Low
Level 1
DISCERN THE LIE (COMMON)
Discern the Lie allows
the Scholars of the Dark
Kingdom of Jade to do
exactly that: discover if
someone speaking to them is,
in fact, lying.
Cost: Wits + Intimation
Dice Pool: Wits + Intimation
vs. Manipulation + Subterfuge
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Intimation vs. the target’s
Manipulation + Subterfuge. A
single success is enough to
uncover falsehood, while a
failure is inconclusive. A Shaded
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Failure will produce an incorrect

result, which can have all sorts
of consequences down the line.
Angst: None
Duration: One Turn

IMPULSE (COMMON)
Immediate desires are the
easiest for a Wraith to gauge.
With a casual glance at a
subject, the Wraith can discern
the desire that’s uppermost in
their mind at the moment. This
isn’t always immediately useful
information — “I wish I had a
pony” isn’t terribly actionable —
but it can give an advantage in
tight negotiations or con jobs.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Intelligence +
Composure
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Intimation vs.
Intelligence + Composure. With
success, the Wraith becomes aware
of the target’s strongest current
desire. Additional successes
provide more detail on the
desire’s focus and causes.
If the desire in question is a
Passion or Dark Passion, the
Wraith identifies it as such, and
additional successes provide
deeper insight into the Passion’s
focus.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A

KNOW THYSELF (INITIATE)

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its members to use Intimation on
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offenders. The most common of the
Guild’s secret Arts ensures that
any Solicitor worthy of the name
knows when they’ve been subject
to Intimation and strengthens
their defenses against it. This
Art also provides some benefit
against certain other Arcanoi.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Wits + Intimation
System: The Solicitor always
knows when another Wraith has
used an Intimation Art on them —
no roll is necessary. Whenever
this occurs, the player may roll
Wits + Intimation vs. difficulty
2. Each success negates one of
the aggressor’s successes.
Know Thyself also can be used
to defend against uses of
Castigate, albeit at lesser
potency (and it provides no
automatic awareness of these
Arcanoi unless the Solicitor also
knows Adrestia’s Communion).
Every two successes on the Wits +
Intimation roll negates one of
the aggressor’s successes.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
DISTRACTION (RISEN)
The target is forced to
remember something else that
needs attending to, breaking the
target’s concentration, if only
briefly.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Resolve +
Composure
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Intimation vs. the
target’s Resolve + Composure. If
successful, the target cannot
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focus on their original concern
and suffers a +2 increase to all
difficulties. The margin of
success determines the length of
the effect.
1 Success: Target is
momentarily distracted.
2 Successes: Target is
occupied for a Turn.
3 Successes: Target is
distracted for three Turns.
4 Successes: The target’s
attention is diverted for a
Scene.
5 Successes: The target feels
compelled to leave the location
to attend to business elsewhere.
The Risen can only Distract
the target once per Scene, and a
Shaded Failure renders the target
immune to further distractions
for the next day.
Angst: None
Duration: Variable
Level 2
EXCISE (COMMON)
Excise removes a want from its
target. The affected desire can
be as simple as a thirst for
another beer or as complex as a
five-dot Passion to restore the
Roman Empire to its rightful
place of global power. This Art
neither softens nor rationalizes
its effects. The subject’s
behavioral changes are obvious,
while the subject remembers their
former desire but can no longer
find any motivation to pursue it.
Cost: One Degradation Check or
two Degradation Checks

Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Intelligence +
Resolve
System: To permanently remove
an ordinary desire, the player
rolls Manipulation + Intimation
vs. Intelligence + Resolve. The
margin of success determines the
complexity and strength of desire
Excise can remove. One success is
sufficient to make the victim
disinterested in that beer, but
curing alcoholism would require
five or more.
To temporarily suppress a
Passion, the player rolls Two
Degradation Checks and then rolls
Manipulation + Intimation vs.
Intelligence + Resolve. Every
three successes reduce the
Passion by one dot. Lost dots
return in full after a number of
days equal to the Wraith’s dots
in Intimation. If a target’s
Passion is reduced to zero in
this manner, it cannot be used to
acquire Pathos. Also, it is
impossible for this Art to be
used to remove a Passion
permanently.
Angst: If the victim is
unwilling to have their desires
reduced, the Solicitor gains 1
Temporary Angst. If the victim is
unwilling to have their Passions
reduced, the Solicitor’s Shadow
gains 1 Temporary Angst per dot
of Passion suppressed.
Duration: Indefinitely if used
to remove a desire, or a number
of days equal to the Wraith’s
dots in Intimation if used to
reduce a Passion.
INQUIRY (COMMON)
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Inquiry allows a Scholar to
force a subject to answer one
question with absolute honesty.
However, this still leaves broad
room for interpretation, meaning
the Scholar had best choose the
words of that single question
carefully. The target can express
the truth however they see fit,
but they cannot lie.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Manipulation +
Resolve
System: The rolls Manipulation
+ Intimidation roll vs. the
targets Manipulation + Resolve. A
single success allows for a
simple question to be asked. More
successes allow for more
complexity.
Angst: A Shaded Failure gives
the Shadow 1 point of Temporary
Angst as well as other effects.
Duration: Until the question
is answered.
LAUNCH A THOUSAND SHIPS (INITIATE)
Turning their Art inward, the
Solicitor makes themself an
object of desire. Observers’
reactions range from sexual
fixation to artistic
appreciation, depending on their
individual ideals. First
impressions are more favorable,
performance art becomes more
memorable, and charm and
seduction have devastating
effects.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: N/A
System: For the rest of the
Scene, the Solicitor adds half
their dots in Intimation (Rounded
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Up) to their Charisma or
Manipulation Rolls.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
REMEMBRANCE (RISEN)
Remembrance is the power to
implant a set of simple
instructions into the target,
conditional on a trigger. Until
that trigger is activated, the
target doesn’t remember the
instructions or even that they
received any, meaning they can’t
be forced to give up any
information about what they’ve
been told to do. Once the trigger
condition is met, the target
suddenly remembers the
instructions like they’ve known
them all along.
The trigger is set when the
Art is used and must be simple,
like a phrase, a particular
scent, or a specific length of
time. The instructions must be
clear, simple, and
straightforward: “Remember this
password” or “after three days,
call this lawyer.” Detailed
instructions involving multiple,
complicated steps are beyond the
capabilities of this Art.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Resolve +
Composure
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Intimation vs. the
targets Resolve + Composure. The
number of successes gained
determines the length of time the
target can remember the
instructions and still be
triggered. The mortal forgets
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that information forever if the
duration expires before the
conditions are met.
1 Success: Target retains the
information for a day.
2 Successes: Target retains
the information for three days.
3 Successes: Target retains
the information for a week.
4 Successes: Target retains
the information for three weeks.
5 Successes: Target retains
the information for a month.
A failure means no information
was implanted, but the Risen can
try again in the next Scene,
while a Shaded Failure means the
target gets the instructions
disastrously wrong.
Angst: None
Duration: Variable
EMOTIONAL INFECTION (SPECTRE)
The Spectre implants a Dark
Passion in a target (whether
mortal or supernatural) or
increases the strength of an
existing Dark Passion; This is a
common means of preying upon
mortals by Staining them with
Oblivion over time.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Resolve +
Composure
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Intimation vs. the
targets Resolve + Composure, this
is an extended action. Implanting
a new Dark Passion requires a
total of 3 extra successes while
increasing the strength of an
existing Dark Passion by 1 dot
requires a total number of extra

successes equal to the current
rating.
The infection — whether new
Dark Passion or increased rating
— dissipates at the end of the
Scene unless the target exercises
their Dark Passion and gains
Angst from it. The infection
becomes permanent if the target
does so for three Scenes in a
row.
The target must be in direct
line of sight, and a wave of
pulsing black light radiates from
you to the target for the
duration of the extended action.
You cannot use this power to
increase your own Dark Passions.
On an Illuminated Failure, you
cannot make an Emotional
Infection attempt on any targets
for the remainder of the Scene.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
Level 3
UNFOLD THE ANIMAL HEART (COMMON)
The Wraith can peer deep into
a target’s Psyche, mapping their
wants and needs in detail. Though
other Intimation Arts may be more
potent, this one made the
Solicitors’ reputation and drove
their centuries of involvement
with Stygian potentates’
machinations.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Intimation
vs. Composure + Subterfuge
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Intimation vs. the target's
Composure + Subterfuge. One
success reveals the target’s
Nature. Each additional success
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reveals one of their Passions,
starting with the highest rated.
If all Passions are revealed in
this fashion, then additional
successes display one of their
desires that isn’t mechanically
represented as a Passion.
If their Shadow currently
controls the target, this Art
instead reveals the Shadow’s
Archetype and Dark Passions. In
addition, the Solicitor’s Shadow
gains 2 Temporary Angst.
Angst: If their Shadow
currently controls the target,
the Solicitor’s Shadow gains 2
Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Turn
WORD OF YU HUANG (COMMON)
With this power, the Scholar
of the Springs can issue a single
command to the subject that must
be followed. The subject cannot
be commanded to perform a self-
destructive act, and they are
free to take advantage of any
ambiguity in the Scholar’s
phrasing.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Resolve +
Composure
System: The Scholar makes a
Manipulation + Intimation roll
against the target’s Resolve +
Composure. The more successes,
the more complicated the command
that can be given. One success
allows for a one-word command,
while five successes permit
orders up to a paragraph in
length. However, the order must
be given (and will be followed)
immediately. If the order is not
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given at once, the power fades,
leaving a resentful and angry
subject.
The Scholar must spend 1 point
of Pathos for every success
gained on the roll, while each 1
results in the acquisition of a
point of Temporary Angst. Those
targeted by this power generally
have no idea they have been
manipulated unless the Scholar
screws up the command, as above.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Scene
APPLE OF DISCORD (INITIATE)
One of Intimation’s less-
subtle Arts, Apple of Discord,
applies an aura of desirability
to a material object or Relic.
The item’s physical appearance
doesn’t change but evokes an
acquisitive or possessive
response in observers; this can
trigger a schism within an
affected group, as in the
eponymous legend, or can be an “I
win” button for a Wraithly snake
oil vendor.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Intimation
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Intimation against difficulty 4
for a target on the same side of
the Shroud; otherwise, the
difficulty is equal to the local
Shroud Rating. For the rest of
the Scene, any other Wraith near
the ensorcelled object must
succeed in a Wits + Resolve roll
against difficulty 4 or gain a
Temporary but functional Passion
focused on acquiring and
protecting the object. This
Passion’s value is equal to the
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number of successes the Solicitor
rolled. Characters who aren’t
susceptible to Passions (i.e.,
non-Wraiths) must succeed in the
same roll or gain an obsession
conviction focused on the object.
Any Passion or conviction gained
through this Art fades at the end
of the Scene.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
CHARGE OF DUTY (RISEN)
With this ability, the Risen
gives the target a simple
instruction that cuts through
everything else in their lives to
become an imperative so long as
it fits their Nature or is
relevant to their circumstances.
It won’t force someone to rob a
bank if that was never in their
cards, but it might prey on the
target’s existing sense of guilt
or obligation and force them to
do the right thing.
It’s a push in the direction
the target was already going, not
a shove in a new direction.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Intimation vs. Resolve +
Composure
System: Roll Charisma +
Intimation vs. the target’s
Resolve + Composure. The margins
of success indicate the target’s
strength of conviction in the
matter. One overall success in
causing a husband to cheat on his
wife might be met with tremendous
guilt, while three or more
successes might see the husband
blame his wife for driving him to
infidelity. A Shaded Failure,

however, allows the target to
realize they were being
manipulated and renders them
immune to further such attempts.
Angst: A Shaded Failure gives
the Shadow 1 Temporary Angst as
well as other effects.
Duration: One Day
Level 4
FILIAL DUTY (COMMON)
An insidious use of the
Arcanos, Filial Duty allows the
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Scholar of the Springs to
manipulate the target's Psyche,
making them willingly wish to
cooperate with the Scholar. The
subject can’t be forced to do
things that directly contradict
long-held convictions or
positions, but they will assist
the Scholar in all other things
as if the Scholar were a
respected member of their family.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Intimation vs. Resolve +
Composure
System: The Scholar makes a
Charisma + Intimation roll vs.
the target’s Resolve + Composure.
The number of successes obtained
determines how long the subject
will remain sympathetic to the
Scholar.
One Success: One Hour
Two Successes: Six Hours
Three Successes: One Day
Four Successes: One Week
Five Successes: One Month.
A Shaded Failure may create a
lifelong enemy.
Once Filial Duty wears off,
the target recognizes what has
been done to them and reacts
accordingly.
Angst: A Shaded Failure gives
the Shadow 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: Variable
IGNITE (COMMON)
This Art implants a complex
desire for anything, ranging from
really good food to total
conquest of all Bohemian
Necropoli. This artificial drive
becomes the obsessive centerpiece
of the victim’s existence. Like
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Excise, Ignite is unsubtle and
psychically violent. Its
behavioral effects are obvious to
the victim and all around them.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Intelligence +
Resolve
System: The player precisely
describes the craving they want
to create, then rolls
Manipulation + Intimation vs.
Intelligence + Resolve.
With one success, the
Solicitor can implant a desire
that naturally follows the
subject’s existing inclinations.
With three successes, they can
create a desire unrelated to
natural interests. With five
successes, the Solicitor can
build an uncharacteristic desire
for the victim’s normal behavior,
so long as it doesn’t oppose
their Ambition or lead obviously
to Oblivion.
Ignite is responsible for many
of the ghost stories of strange,
sudden manias afflicting
residents of haunted houses, and
Wraiths who attempt to intervene
against a desire implanted in
this way may find themselves
dealing with an unexpectedly
violent reaction.
Ignite can’t create a Passion,
nor can its victim gain Pathos
from following the implanted
desire.
If the target’s Shadow is in
control when the Wraith uses this
Art, the Shadow, not the Psyche,
gains the desire. The Solicitor’s
Shadow only gains 1 Temporary
Angst.
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Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
per success.
Duration: Until the desire is
satisfied or a number of Weeks
equal to the Intimation user’s
Willpower. Whichever comes first.
TWO FIRES (INITIATE)
Sufficient understanding of a
subject’s Passions allows the
Solicitor to bind them to their
own Psyche. In doing so, They and
their subject benefit from each
other’s emotional experiences.
Most elder Solicitors maintain
entire Circles of Passion-bound
Wraiths, ensuring a constant
supply of Pathos.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Wits + Intimation
System: The player selects one
of their target’s Passions and
rolls Wits + Intimation with
difficulty equal to the Passion’s
Rating. With success, the
Solicitor gains one dot per
success in the target Passion,
with a maximum rating one less
than that which the target
possesses (e.g., if the target
has the Passion at •••, the
Solicitor can’t gain it higher
than ••). The target’s own
Passion is reduced by one dot.
While Two Fires is in effect,
whenever one of the characters
gains any amount of Pathos from
the affected Passion, the other
also gains one point of Pathos.
If the target’s Shadow is in
control when the Solicitor uses
this Art, they must select one of
that Shadow’s Dark Passions,
which the solicitor gains as a
normal Passion.
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Angst: Whenever the Solicitor can’t receive more than one

gains Pathos from a target Overriding Behavior.
Wraith’s Shadow gaining Angst Note that the victim won’t do
from their Dark Passion, the something diametrically opposed
Solicitor gains 1 Temporary Angst to who they are, but that still
as well. leaves plenty of latitudes.
Duration: One Day per the Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Wraith's Permanent Willpower. On a Shaded Failure, the Shadow
gains 2 additional Temporary
OVERRIDING BEHAVIOR (RISEN) Angst.
The Risen plants an obsessive- Duration: Permanent, a number
compulsive tic into the mortal’s of days specified when the power
brain, forcing them into a rote is used.
of repetitive or ritualized
behavior in order to function. So Level 5
long as the compulsion is
A SINGLE THREAD (COMMON)
repetitive and does not put the
The culmination of the
target or their loved ones in
Wraith's Art, A Single Thread, is
obvious danger, there is any
an insidious power that can
number of potential
elevate the ordinary and cripple
possibilities.
the mighty. The Wraith can
Inflicting obsessive-
rewrite a target’s desires so
compulsive behavior may seem like
subtly that even close friends
an odd thing to do, more
and the victim themself perceive
mischievous or cruel than useful,
the changes in the victim’s
but Risen can use this ability to
Psyche as a natural progression.
destroy the target’s professional
At the same time, the range of
or private life by forcing them
possible changes expands to
to commit questionable acts or
violent shifts in personality and
creating a pattern of behavior to
obvious roads to Oblivion.
cast suspicion on the target.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
More often, however, a Risen uses
Dice Pool: Variable
it as leverage to force a target
System: The Art duplicates the
into following orders at the risk
basic effects of Excise and
of having a loved one targeted.
Ignite, using their normal dice
Cost: One Degradation Check
pools. However, in place of those
Dice Pool: Resolve + Composure
Arts’ usual costs, each use of A
System: The player must roll
Single Thread costs two
Manipulation + Intimation vs. the
Degradation Checks, and all gains
target’s Resolve + Composure. The
in Temporary Angst increase by 1.
more successes gained, the
In addition, with more than five
stronger the implanted
successes, the Solicitor can
obsession’s hold on the target,
enact changes that directly
and the less they think it’s an
oppose the subject’s Nature or
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that are overtly self-
destructive.
Successful use of A Single
Thread is undetectable unless
someone specifically assesses the
victim for signs of outside
influence, a process requiring
extensive psychotherapy or self-
examination. Even then,
introspection requires the victim
to beat the Wraith’s successes
with an Intelligence + Eidolon
roll to detect signs of
tampering.
An outside examination must
beat the Wraith’s successes with
an Intelligence + Insight roll.
Angst: As per the powers
augmented + 1.
Duration: Variable
THE EMPEROR’S SERVANT (COMMON)
Useful in creating Eunuchs for
the Imperial Government, the
Emperor’s Servant is an
expression of mastery of
manipulating the hun. With this
power in their arsenal, the
Wraith can fully control the
minds of others, planting
permanent orders within their
minds.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation
System: The action requires an
entire day with the subject. To
activate the power, the Scholar
rolls Manipulation + Intimation
against the target’s Resolve +
Composure + 2. The more successes
gained, the more complex the
order that can be seamlessly
implanted. This order cannot run
contrary to the Wraith’s
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Convictions or Ambitions, but
anything else is fair game.
Angst: Gain 1 point of
Temporary Angst. A Shaded Failure
gives the Solicitor 1 additional
Temporary Angst.
Duration: Permanent
ADRESTIA’S COMMUNION (INITIATE)
While no Wraith reaches true
accommodation with their Shadow,
a Solicitor who knows this Art
understands what their darker
half wants. Moreover, they can
apply the same knowledge to
others’ Shadows, extending the
reach of their Intimation to
them. The price of such dark
knowledge is a few more steps
toward Oblivion’s precipice.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Same as the
affected power
System: The Solicitor can use
any Intimation Art on a target
Wraith’s Shadow, even if that
Shadow isn’t currently in
control. Though, if the Art would
usually grant the Solicitor's
Shadow Temporary Angst if used on
a dominant Shadow, the Art no
longer gains the Solicitor's
Shadow that Temporary Angst.
Additionally, the Solicitor
can apply Intimation to their own
Shadow, though this is fraught
with peril. Their Shadow always
resists with its Permanent Angst
pool, and if it rolls more
successes, it immediately takes
control for the rest of the
Scene.
Angst: Each use of Intimation
on a non-dominant Shadow grants
the Solicitor’s own Shadow 1
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Temporary Angst in addition to Risen, causing the target to

the power’s normal costs. obsess over the character and
When the Solicitor learns this adding one more unwelcome
Art, their own Shadow gains 1 complication to their existence
Permanent Angst. in the Skinlands.
Duration: Passive Storytellers should feel free
to place parameters on the
TARGET LOCK (RISEN) boundaries of the obsession in
If the Risen are driven by question to ensure the play
their obsessions, this is the experience does not become
ultimate expression of that uncomfortable for anyone at the
overriding need. The Risen can table. Players should discuss
force the target to fixate on a their proposed uses of this power
specific someone or something with the Storyteller beforehand
that consumes them, like a mania. to ensure everyone is
Even the calmest and most comfortable.
rational human being becomes an Angst: The Shadow gains 2
automaton under the influence of Temporary Angst.
this power, mirroring the Duration: Permanent
strength of the Risen’s own
obsession.
The obsession can be focused
on an item, a person, or an
action, but once it’s triggered,
it’s relentless.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Intimation vs. Resolve +
Composure
System: The target must be
within sight, after which the
Risen rolls Manipulation +
Intimation vs. the target’s
Resolve + Composure and vocalizes
the obsession. Each success
strengthens the obsession and
enables the obsession to have
more complex parameters. For
example, one success suggestion
like “he should be with you” can
become a multiple-successes
suggestion like “he’ll only
belong to you once you get his
wife out of the way.” A Shaded
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Keening
Guild: Chanteurs
Being able to manipulate a
Wraith directly is good and all,
but those powers come with a
stigma. A stigma Keening does not
suffer. With Keening, you can
bring others to Outrage or
sympathy; you could make
someone melancholic or
phlegmatic—a subtle changing
of the minds rather than the
brute force of Intimation.
Guildmark
The Guildmark of the
Chanteurs is one of
the only ones that
does not change the
Wraith visually.
Rather the
Guildmark takes the
form of an audible
tune of the
Chanteur’s favorite
song in life. It is a
faint sound drowned out
by any significant sounds.
If one would like to hear
the sound still, they must
make a Wits + Awareness roll
against a difficulty equal to
9 minus the Chanter’s level in
Keening.
Many Chanters are more easily
identified by their musical
instruments. If someone’s walking
around with a harp, they’re
probably a Chanter.
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Characteristics
Keening is a broadly focused
Arcanos, able to affect or create
nearly any emotion in the right
circumstances. While Chanteurs
have an easier time dealing with
negative emotions, their songs
can bring joy, inspire courage,
or plant the seeds of love in a
Wraith’s heart.
Most Keening involves
singing and playing
instruments, but Chanteurs
don’t have to make music to
use Keening’s Arts. Some
Chanteurs work through
dance, acting, humor,
mime, or other forms
of performance in
which music isn’t a
part; this is not
commonly known, and
Chanteurs who can
use other forms of
expression to channel
their powers often
find themselves with a
significant tactical
advantage.
Gaining Pathos from
emotions elicited by
Keening is difficult since
they’re artificial. The
difficulty is 9, or 8 for
Wraiths who have three or more
dots in Keening. It is said that
Pathos garnered from this source
feels somehow blander and more
artificial than that gathered
naturally, though younger
Chanteurs dismiss this as the
grumbling of old fuddy-duddies
who are too hidebound to seek
emotion of their own.

Failed Keening rolls can
create emotional “feedback,”
meaning the Chanteur’s Shadow may
gain 1 Temporary Angst from the
discord.
Keening powers can be applied
across the Shroud at an
additional difficulty of the
current Shroud rating –4.
Type: Mental
Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low-
High
Level 1
HEARING VOICES (COMMON)
The Wraith can make it seem as
if their voice comes from a
nearby person or object rather
than themself.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Keening
System: The Wraith may make
their voice seem to come from an
object up to 10 feet away. The
Wraith can roll Manipulation +
Keening against difficulty 2 to
add two feet per success on the
margin.
Determining the true source of
the voice requires a Wits +
Awareness roll that achieves more
successes than the Hearing Voices
roll.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
SOTTO VOCE (INITIATE)
The cleverest Chanteurs can
hide their powers in ordinary
songs or conversations.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Keening
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System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Keening against
difficulty 3. If they succeed,
their use of Keening seems like
ordinary music or speech.
Any Wraith with even one dot
in any Keening power can perceive
the truth if they achieve more
successes on a Wits + Keening
roll than the Chanteur achieved
on their Sotto Voce roll.
Angst: None
Duration: Same as the Art it
is Augmenting
Level 2
MOOD MUSIC (COMMON)
The Wraith can evoke emotions
through music. “Dark” emotions
are easier to appeal to than
lighter ones, but a skilled
rectilinear of this Art can
create joy almost as easily as
sorrow.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Keening
or Manipulation + Keening, both
vs Composure + Intelligence
System: To create a “negative”
emotion — for example, despair,
fear, self-loathing, hatred,
envy, bitterness, jealousy, or
anger — the player rolls Charisma
+ Keening vs. Composure + Wits,
with the number of successes
indicating the depth and duration
of the feeling evoked.
To create a “positive” emotion
— such as hope, love, courage,
happiness, or tranquility — the
player rolls Manipulation +
Keening vs. Composure + Wits,
using the same depth and duration
rules as negative emotions. These
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emotions can be used to trigger
Passions — or Dark Passions — as
the situation warrants.
Angst: None
Duration: 1 day per success
for one of the Quick, one hour
per success for a Wraith.
COWING THE BESTIAL SPIRIT (COMMON)
The Farmer can intimidate any
Kuei or other wild soul using
forceful, direct language into
not attacking. In some cases, the
Farmer can even command the
obedience of the target.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Keening
System: The Farmer makes a
Charisma + Keening roll against
difficulty 5 and speaks
threateningly to the target. The
number of successes determines
the effect.
One Success: The subject flees
in terror.
Two Successes: The subject
cannot advance toward the Farmer
and may only retreat slowly.
Three Successes: The subject
is frozen in place.
Four Successes: The Farmer may
render the subject “unconscious.”
Five Successes: The Farmer can
control the subject’s movements.
On a failure, the Farmer is
ignored.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
TURN THE DIAL (COMMON)
Formally known as The
Voiceless Horn, this power lets
Chanteurs mess with the volume of
a performance allowing it to
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reach far and wide.
Alternatively, let words never
leave the mouth of an enemy.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Keening
System: The Chanteur selects a
target and rolls a Manipulation +
Keening against difficulty 4. The
target suffers one of the
following effects.
 Increased Volume: The target
is louder, and their volume
can disorient all but them.
All attempts to use Mental or
Social rolls near the target
suffer a -1 die penalty.
 Mute: The target is perfectly
silent; they are unable to
speak or make any noise.
 Sound Carried: The range of
the sound increases out 100
meters × the margin of
success; this does not make
the sound appear any louder.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
CACOPHONY (INITIATE)
The Chanteur’s discordant
playing and singing deafens and
disorients everyone near her and
disrupts other Keening Arts.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Keening
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Keening against
difficulty 4. The number of
successes indicates two things.
The first is the number of turns
anyone within hearing range is
deafened and disoriented; this
inflicts a -1 die penalty on most

rolls and may make some actions
(such as communicating by speech)
impossible. Second, if another
Chanteur is using some other
Keening Art within hearing
distance, if the successes with
Cacophony equal or exceed their
successes with the Art the other
Wraith is using, that Art
immediately ceases to have any
effect. If the other Chanteur
wants to reestablish it, they
must pay any cost again, use
another action, and restart their
attempt.
A Chanteur cannot use
Cacophony with Sotto Voce.
Angst: If the Chanteur uses
Cacophony to disrupt another
Wraith’s Keening, they gain 1
Temporary Angst.
Duration: A number of turns
equal to the margin of success.
Level 3
SATIRE (COMMON)
In the often politically
charged Underworld, a Wraith’s
influence and good reputation are
among their most important assets
— and this Art can strip them
from them in the time it takes to
sing a song. The user composes a
song or story that casts a
particular Wraith in a negative
light (either for some specific
sin or in general), plays it to
an audience, and then sits back
to watch the subject’s social
standing evaporate as fast as
gossip can spread.
Cost: One Degradation Roll
Dice Pool: Charisma + Keening
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System: The player rolls
Charisma + Keening. The
Storyteller sets the difficulty
based on the subject’s
popularity: Satirizing an
unpopular nobleman or Hierarchy
bureaucrat is difficulty 5,
whereas trying to get the Wraiths
of a Necropolis to turn on a
beloved centurion is difficulty 9
or 10. For every two successes
achieved, the subject suffers one
of the following effects:
 They gain one dot of
Notoriety based on whatever
the Wraith's song describes
or accuses him of having
done.
 They lose one dot in Status
(if they had any).
 The difficulty of any rolls
they make involving
Leadership, Politics, and any
other ability the Storyteller
deems relevant increases by
1.
 Other problems may arise at
the Storyteller’s discretion.
For example, Allies and
Contacts may shy away from
the subject, Wraiths may not
attend their speeches or
performances, or their Circle
may expel them.
The user may suffer difficulties
of their own as a result since
few powerful people take being
Satirized lying down.
Angst: If the Chanteur later
discovers the subject genuinely
didn’t deserve to be Satirized,
they gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: The difficulties
caused by Satire typically last
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one Week per success (or until
something happens that would
negate the Satire’s effects, such
as if a Legionnaire accused of
cowardice demonstrates great
bravery in public).
SIREN SONG (INITIATE)
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Some Chanteurs know a way to
sing that attracts another
Wraith’s attention to them in an
almost obsessive way.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Keening vs. the target’s Resolve
+ Composure

System: They must also have
the opportunity to sing to the
target, talk to them at length,
or interact with them in some
similar way. Siren Song only
affects a single target, even if
the Chanteur performs to a large
audience.
The player rolls Manipulation
+ Keening vs. the target’s
Resolve + Composure. The Chanteur
receives extra dice equal to the
number of successes for any
Social Attribute-based rolls
against the victim. Anyone else
trying to make a Social
Attribute-based roll against the
victim loses a number of dice
equal to the successes.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene, per the
Wraith's dots in Charisma
Level 4
CRESCENDO (COMMON)
Music is usually a gentle,
subtle weapon, but not so this
Art, which uses the power of
sound to damage plasm. The target
has to be fairly close to the
Wraith to suffer the full effect,
but the Wraith screams a blast of
music so loud that Wraiths a mile
away can hear it.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Keening
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Keening vs. each
Wraith within normal hearing
distance's Stamina + Composure.
Each success inflicts one Corpus
level of Aggravated damage to
every Wraith within normal
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hearing distance (other than the
Wraith themself).
If the Wraith is Embodied,
singing a Crescendo causes
listeners to experience such
intense fear that they take 1
health level of Aggravated damage
per two successes. A Wraith
cannot use Crescendo with Sotto
Voce.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: N/A
SALVATION SONG (COMMON)
Tempered: Pandemonium 3
A simple sound augmentation
can allow the Chanteur to save a
single Wraith from entering that
Dead but not Destroyed Harrowing.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Keening
System: When a Wraith or
Spectre is attacked by someone
who would fill their Health Track
with Aggravated damage and be
subject to a Targeted Harrowing,
the Chanteur can roll
Manipulation + Keening against
the assailant’s Willpower. With a
success, the attack does not hit,
as if they rolled one less
success than they needed to
inflict the damage.
Angst: When you use this
power, you gain 4 Temporary Angst
or 5 Temporary Pathos if you are
a Spectre.
Duration: N/A
DEADEN SPIRIT (COMMON)
With this power, the Farmer
soothes the savage Shadow through
calm and soothing words; this
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deadens the raging jealousy and
hatred that powers them, bringing
them some form of temporary
peace.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Keening
System: The Farmer makes a
Charisma + Keening roll against
the Shadow’s Permanent Angst. On
a success, the Farmer mollifies
the beast, deadening its emotions
and causing it to calm down. The
target will take no violent
action for one Turn per success
on the margin, instead muttering
to itself or just curling up and
grumbling. A failure has no
effect on the target.
Angst: None
Duration: One turn per success
BANSHEE (INITIATE)
Ancient legends from the
British Isles say that if you
hear a banshee wail, you will
soon die. Such stories may have
arisen from Chanteurs’ use of
this Art, which inflicts painful
injuries that don’t take effect
until a specified condition
occurs.
Cost: One Degradation
Dice Pool: Charisma + Keening
vs. Stamina + Composure
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Keening vs. the
target’s Stamina + Composure.
Each success inflicts one Corpus
level of unhalved Superficial
damage to a victim who hears the
Chanteur’s song, but the victim
doesn’t actually take the damage
until a condition specified by
the Chanteur in that song occurs.
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The most common conditions are
after the passage of a certain
amount of time after the victim
takes a certain number of steps,
or if the victim ever enters (or
leaves) a defined location.
The Storyteller should veto
any condition the Chanteur tries
to impose that’s unbalancing or
inappropriate for the Chronicle.
For example, “if you ever do
anything I don’t like” often
isn’t a legitimate condition, but
“if you ever attack [my loved
one]” might be.
A Chanteur who imposes a
Banshee on someone can remove it
at any time; this requires one
turn in the victim’s presence.
Many Wraiths have tried other
ways to get rid of a Banshee, but
none have succeeded.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: Until activated or
removed
Level 5
REQUIEM (COMMON)
The Chanteur plays a song so
profound that intense emotions
afflict the victim, preventing
them from doing anything but
suffer the psychological storm.
Cost: One Degradation Check,
plus one more if they get 5 or
more successes to use the
secondary effect
Dice Pool: Charisma + Keening
System: The Wraith chooses the
emotion(s) to inflict on the
target.
The player rolls Charisma +
Keening against difficulty 3 when
used on metals. A target who is

supernatural in nature can resist
by rolling Wits + Composure. Each
success paralyzes the target for
one turn; they're so overcome
with emotion that they cannot
speak, move, use powers, or the
like.
Especially strong Requiems
inflict long-term harm on the
target. If the Wraith scores five
or more successes using a “dark”
emotion, the target loses one dot
in a Mental Attribute chosen
randomly by the Storyteller; this
reduction last until the dot is
repurchased with experience. If
the emotions are “bright” or
positive, the target becomes
addicted to the rush and does
whatever it takes to experience
it again.
Angst: If the emotions are
especially “dark,” the Chanteur
also gains 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One turn per success
OUT OF TUNE (INITIATE)
Like a Quick opera singer
breaking a glass with a high
note, this Art allows a Chanteur
to disrupt a Wraith’s attunements
temporarily.
Cost: Two Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Keening
System: You can only use this
power while in the presence of
either the target Wraith or the
person/object the target’s
attuned to.
The player rolls Manipulation
+ Keening against difficulty 6. A
target attacked directly and
prepared can resist by rolling
Resolve + Composure; otherwise,
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the target gets no defense. Each
success achieved weakens an
attunement as follows:
 With Embody, each success
reduces the –3 difficulty
reduction by 1 (Chanteur
player’s choice).
 With Inhabit, each success
reduces the –2 difficulty
reduction by 1.
 With Pupptry, the Puppeteer
must roll Resolve + Puppetry
against difficulty 5 or be
temporarily evicted from
their current flesh suit.
 With other Arcanoi, the
Storyteller decides the
effects based on how
attunement works in their
Chronicle.
The effects of Out Of Tune
typically last for one Day per
success. The victim may cut this
period short by spending the
appropriate amount of Willpower
to reattune the person or object.
Angst: None
Duration: One day per success,
or shorter if the victim spends
Willpower equal to the success.
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Lifeweb
Guild: Monitors
Lifeweb is the Arcanos of
people and things and their
connections. While it heavily
focuses on Fetters, one should
not forget that it focuses
primarily on the connections
themselves.
Guildmark
Monitors never close their
eyes. Their unblinking eyes
never waver.
Some Monitors will take
it a step further and
incorporate web-like
patterns into their
clothing and the ever-
present spiders of
these webs. Older
Monitors find the
practice a bit
unbecoming as the
Guild is supposed to be
in hiding.
Characteristics
Fetters almost exclusively
reside in the Skinlands, so
most Lifeweb Arts use the
Local Shroud Rating at the
Fetter’s location.
Even the most subtle Lifeweb
Art leaves something that can be
detected. If someone tries to
detect the Monitor’s interference
with the Fetter, they can roll
Wits + Awareness vs. a difficulty
equal to 2 + the Monitor’s
Lifeweb rating. One success will
reveal that a Monitor is doing
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something, while 3 successes will
reveal the specific Monitor
messing with them if the victim
can remove a number equal to half
their own Lifeweb rating (rounded
up) from the difficulty.
Type: Mental
Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low-
High
Level 1
SENSE STRANDS (COMMON)
The Monitor develops a
constant intuitive
awareness of her Fetters’
locations. By
concentrating on one,
they can extend their
perceptions to its
immediate vicinity.
Cost: Free or
One Degradation
Check
Dice Pool:
Composure + Lifeweb
System: Once the
Monitor learns this
Art, they always know
where their Fetters are.
No roll is necessary.
When the Monitor
extends their senses to one
of their Fetters, the player
rolls Composure + Lifeweb
against the Local Shroud
Rating at the Fetter’s
Location. Each success on this
roll allows them to use one die
of their normal Wits + Awareness
pool to survey the Fetter’s
location.
If the player does one
Degradation Check when activating
this Art, they may bypass the

Composure + Lifeweb roll and
assess the Fetter’s location with
their full Wits + Awareness pool.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
VIBRATIONS IN THE WEB (INITIATE)
While Sense Strands focuses on
the Monitor’s own Fetters, this
complementary Art extends their
perceptions outward, enabling
them to perceive the connections
between other Wraiths and their
Fetters.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Composure + Lifeweb
vs. Manipulation + Wits
System: When the Monitor
examines another Wraith, the
player rolls Composure + Lifeweb
vs. Manipulation + Wits. Each
success on the margin gives the
Monitor one piece of information
about one of the target’s
Fetters: location, physical
description, or emotional
significance to the target.
The Monitor also may examine
an object or person to determine
if it is a Fetter. Again, the
player rolls Composure + Lifeweb
against the local Shroud Rating.
Each success gives the Monitor
one piece of information about
one Wraith with the target as a
Fetter: location, physical
description, or emotional
relationship with the Fetter. If
the Monitor tries to determine
whether the subject is a Fetter
for a particular Wraith, this is
the first piece of information
they glean.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
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Level 2
STRAND CHANNEL (COMMON)
The Monitor can extend their
presence to a Fetter, channeling
their voice and Arcanoi as if
they were standing beside it.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Lifeweb
System: The player rolls
Intelligence + Lifeweb against
the local Shroud Rating at the
Fetter. For one Turn per success,
the Wraith may use any Arcanos
Art they know as if they are at
the Fetter’s location (though
they may still use them normally
at their own location if they so
choose). They also may speak
through the Fetter, with their
voice seeming to originate from
it.
If the Monitor isn’t already
using Sense Strands to perceive
their Fetter’s location, every
two successes on the roll to
activate Strand Channel count as
one success for Sense Strands.
This applies even if the Monitor
doesn’t know Sense Strands.
Angst: None
Duration: One turn per success
GREATER TETHER (COMMON)
Monitors are sometimes known
to apply the lessons of what they
know of Fetters to the practice
of Attunement.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: N/A
System: The Monitor adds their
Lifeweb Rating to the maximum
amount of Attunements they can
establish.
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Angst: N/A
Duration: Passive
SCAN FOR NODES (COMMON)
Monitors have always
emphasized the connections with
their Fetters, as that is the
primary reason anyone starts
their path on Lifeweb. But
Lifeweb can be used for so much
more. With this power, the
Monitor can detect nodes in the
networks of people; this does not
include networks such as the
internet, as the internet is but
a way for networks to form.
Webs are usually small. It is
rare for a web to expand too far
beyond a specific group, even if
there are strands that would go
beyond them. For instance, two
cities may have webs, but the
road that connects them does not
make them the same network. Just
as how you may have two friend
groups, but their only connection
to one another may be just you.
When you take this power, you
must attune to one of the
following types of Webs.
Mental: These are typically
formal social webs. These webs
generally are financial, such as
who buys from who, who borrows
money from who, and who delivers
to who. It is not uncommon for
links of competition to show up
in these networks as well. It is
rare for any single buyer to be
distinguishable in this web. This
web often looks more at groups of
people as target demographics.
Money is usually the primary
substance that will flow through
this web; this is a vague thing
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to most mortals, something they
may not understand even as they
participate.
Social: These webs can be very
personal, as these webs are made
up of nodes that want to be
connected; friends and enemies,
lovers and haters, and work
friends and fun friends. These
web links are human
relationships, information,
conversations, sex, favors,
feelings, and personal rivalries.
These networks run deeper than
the Mental networks and are the
crux of human life.
Physical: As the name implies,
these webs can be physically
walked on. They are roads,
railroads, sewage systems, and
rivers. They can predict when a
car will turn, generate traffic,
and even create sewage blockages
if needed. Unlike the other two
webs, these webs rarely change. A
Monitor attuned to these webs can
mess with the purpose and
function of buildings and roads.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Lifeweb
System: While interacting with
a potential network node, you
wish to interact with roll Wits +
Lifeweb against the local Shroud
Rating. Interacting may be as
simple as touching an
intersection or a node’s
Shadowland form.
On a success, you glean
information about the network
from the node’s point of view.
Each success should reveal one of
the below options according to
the network the Monitor is
attuned to. Remember, most people

have more than one friend, and
most businesses have more than
one partner.
Mental
• Business contacts
• Rival businesses
• A supplier
• Customer base
Social
• A lover
• An enemy
• A friend
• Someone they’d like to like
Physical
• Nearby nodes that things
that flow on this web tend to go
to
• Nearby nodes that things
that flow on this web tend to
come from
• The times when this node is
most active
• What flows through this node
most
This information is typically
vague. Instead of a lover’s name,
you may get a general description
of the lover, “A man with longish
brown hair and beautiful blue
eyes,” or the symbol of a rival
business but not its name.
On a crit, any one item of the
Monitor’s choosing may have
greater details revealed about
them.
This power can only be used
once in a Scene.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
MOVEMENT IN THE WEB (INITIATE)
Once the Monitor learns to
perceive the energy traces that
bind the Restless to their
Fetters; they can refine this
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sense to uncover more subtle
relationships between the Wraith
and the world of the Quick.
Movement in the Web reveals the
emotional resonance between a
given Wraith and the collective
minds of humanity.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Composure + Lifeweb
System: The player makes a
resisted Composure + Lifeweb vs.
Manipulation + Subterfuge. Each
success on the margin reveals one
key fact about one of the
target’s Backgrounds that
involves a connection to the
living. Typically, these will be
mortal Allies, Contacts, Mentors,
Haunt, Legacy, or Memoriam. If
the scrutinized Wraith has none
of these Backgrounds, that’s
useable information, too,
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
Level 3
SPLICE STRAND (COMMON)
From sensing and using
existing Fetters, the Monitor
moves to build new connections to
the world of the Quick. Through
intense concentration and
physical contact with a person,
place, or thing, they can
establish a temporary Fetter bond
with it — or between it and
another Wraith.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Lifeweb vs. Local Shroud rating,
and/or Intelligence + Lifeweb vs.
Strength + Composure
System: The Monitor first
touches the living being, place,
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or material object they want
to make into a Temporary Fetter.
The player rolls Intelligence +
Lifeweb against the local Shroud
Rating. With a success, the
target becomes a new one-dot
Fetter for the Monitor.
During the same Scene, the
Monitor may transfer the
Temporary Fetter from themselves
to another Wraith, whom they must
touch. The player spends 1
Willpower and rolls Intelligence
+ Lifeweb vs. Strength +
Composure. If the Monitor
succeeds, the Temporary Fetter
transfers from them to the target
Wraith.
The effects of Splice Strand
last for one day per initial
success. After that, the Wraith
with the Temporary Fetter may
roll one Degradation Check daily.
No Wraith may have more than one
temporary Fetter at a time
through this Art.
The Monitor may use Splice
Strand to repair the effect of
Sever Strand. All difficulties
increase by 2, but success
restores the Fetter at its full
strength and permanence (and
ongoing Pathos maintenance is
unnecessary).
Angst: If the Monitor
transfers the Temporary Fetter to
an unwilling Wraith, the Monitor
gains 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Day per initial
success.
EDIT WEB (COMMON)
Prerequisite Power: Scan for
Nodes
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Once a Monitor can identify a
web, they may want to start
altering the webs they have
become aware of. With a few
clever adjustments, a Monitor can
cause a chain reaction across the
entirety of a given web. Or even
use this to insert themselves
into a web.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Lifeweb
System:
Mental web: The player rolls
Manipulation + Lifeweb vs. a
target node’s Composure +
Intelligence. With a success, the
Monitor may alter the node’s
relationship with another
adjacent node. This can make
businesses that are signing a
contract fall through or be used
to make customers buy more at a
store node. In game terms, a
player can alter relationships
between businesses and money
flow.
Social web: The player rolls
Manipulation + Lifeweb vs. a
target node’s Resolve +
Manipulation. With a success, the
Monitor may alter the node’s
relationship with another
adjacent node. Using this on a
social web allows you only to
affect the connection between two
creatures, such as making lovers
dislike each other or making
enemies collaborate. In game
terms, this allows a player to
alter a relationship on the
relationship map or change a
relationship from one of
companionship to competition.
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Physical: The player rolls
Manipulation + Lifeweb vs. the
local Shroud Rating at the Node.
With a success, the Monitor can
mystically compel the drivers on
an interstate to slow themselves
for no reason near a target node.
Or set a pathway on a sidewalk to
open up for the Monitor’s mortal
companions. The exact effects may
be more obscure and are up to the
Storyteller’s discretion. As a
general rule of thumb, the
Monitor should be able to turn
good flow bad and bad flow good.
Though this power only lasts a
number of Scenes per success on
the margin, there are long-term
effects to the disruption in the
node. Lovers may break up, car
accidents may clog up the lines
between nodes, or a failed
contract may ruin the business
arrangements between two
companies.
The Monitor must be able to
see the node to use this power.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene per
success on the margin.
WEB PARASITE (INITIATE)
A Monitor who fully
understands another Wraith’s
reflections in mortal memories
can attune themselves to those
connections, using their power as
if they were their own. In doing
so, they also assume a portion of
their victim’s Psyche. It’s an
unsettling metamorphosis
necessary to deceive the
Underworld’s metaphysics.
However, Oblivion is not so
easily fooled, and the Monitor’s
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Shadow sometimes gains unpleasant
insight into the victim — insight
that the victim’s Shadow
reciprocally shares when Web
Parasite’s effects lapse.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Composure + Lifeweb
vs. Resolve + Intelligence
System: The Monitor must
understand (through Movement in
the Web or basic investigation)
another Wraith’s connection to a
Legacy or Memoriam Background and
must be in a place with an actual
or symbolic connection to the
Background in question.
The player rolls Composure +
Lifeweb vs. Resolve +
Intelligence. Each success
transfers 1 dot of the Background
from its rightful owner to the
Monitor. The Monitor also gains
the target Wraith’s strongest
Passion at 1 dot.
Web Parasite’s effects last
one Week (save for the Angst,
which functions normally). The
player can extend it indefinitely
at the cost of 1 Willpower per
Week. This Art is immediately
obvious, though the victim
doesn’t automatically know who’s
leeching their connections to the
Quick.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
per success. It also gains the
strongest Dark Passion of the
target Wraith’s Shadow at 1 dot.
Anytime the player spends 1
Willpower to extend the effect,
the Monitor’s Shadow also gains 1
additional Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Week
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Level 4 WALK THE WEB (INITIATE)

Drawing on the spiritual tug
SEVER STRAND (COMMON)
of a Fetter, the Monitor can
This unwholesome Art empowers
travel to it with breathtaking
the Monitor to rend Wraiths from
speed; this allows convenient
their Fetters. Unfortunate
travel for ordinary business and
victims of Sever Strand suffer
a swift rescue of a threatened
the usual effects of losing
Fetter. However, a wise Monitor
Fetters, plunging straight into
looks before leaping —
Harrowings.
threatening a Fetter to lure a
Sever Strand resembles the
Wraith into an ambush is a time-
dark Arts by which some Spectres
honored tactic.
can rend Fetters, a fact that
Cost: One Degradation Check
some critics have used to
and 2 Corpus
question the Monitors’ Guild’s
Dice Pool: Composure + Lifeweb
relationship with the Labyrinth.
vs. Local Shroud Rating
Cost: One Degradation Check
System: The player rolls
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Composure + Lifeweb vs. the Local
Lifeweb vs. Resolve + Composure
Shroud Rating at the Fetter.
System: The Monitor must touch
Successes determine travel time,
the target Fetter. The player
regardless of distance:
makes an Intelligence + Lifeweb
1 success: One hour.
roll vs. the Fetter owner’s
2 successes: 15 minutes.
Resolve + Composure. Each margin
3 successes: One minute.
of success reduces the Fetter by
4 successes: 15 seconds (5
1 dot.
turns).
If a Fetter is reduced in
5 successes: One turn.
power but not completely severed,
While traveling via this Art,
it recovers one lost dot per
the Wraith is a hazy, intangible
Hour. A Wraith whose Fetter is
presence in the Underworld. To
severed through this Art (and who
their perceptions, their
survives the subsequent
surroundings are likewise a gray
Harrowing) may reattach the
blur, save for a shining silver
Fetter by touching it and
network of links between Wraiths
suffering 3 Aggravated Willpower
and Fetters. They may take no
damage. Alternatively, they may
other actions while traveling,
use Splice Strand (or seek out a
including using other Lifeweb
friendlier Monitor) to repair the
Arts.
damage.
The Monitor may bring along
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
companions. All members of the
per success.
group must hold hands. Each
Duration: 1 Hour per success
“passenger” who lacks Argos
or Permanent
increases the difficulty of all
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makes one extra Degradation check
per passenger, and each passenger
must spend 1 Willpower or be left
behind when the Monitor departs.
Angst: None
Duration: Determined by
successes
Level 5
SOULS INTERWOVEN (COMMON)
A Monitor who masters the
interplay of energy between
Wraiths and their Fetters may
establish their own new,
permanent bonds. The Wraith using
this Art takes on a willing
mortal as a Fetter. In return,
the mortal can communicate with
the Monitor at will. The mortal
must enter into the bargain
voluntarily, though the Monitor
is free to make promises they do
not intend to keep. That matter
is between them and their Shadow.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Lifeweb vs. Willpower
System: The Monitor must touch
the being they wish to bond as a
Fetter. The player rolls
Intelligence + Lifeweb against a
difficulty equal to the target’s
Willpower. The number of
successes determines the new
Fetter’s strength:
1-2 successes: Fetter •
3-4 successes: Fetter ••
5-6 successes: Fetter •••
7-8 successes: Fetter ••••
9-10 successes: Fetter •••••
As long as the Monitor has the
mortal as a Fetter, the mortal
can spend 1 Willpower at any time
to communicate with the Monitor
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for the rest of that Scene,
regardless of location or
distance. Each party must speak
aloud to be heard, and any
supernatural power relying
exclusively on speech may pass
over this link (in either
direction).
The Monitor can use this Art
on a living (or undead)
supernatural being but doing so
requires an additional number of
Degradation Checks equal to half
the subject’s Willpower, rounded
up. The subject must also make 3
checks of whatever supernatural
energy it uses instead of Pathos
(e.g., Rouse Checks, Rage,
Quintessence, and if all else
fails, Willpower).
The use of Souls Interwoven is
a blatant violation of the Dictum
Mortuum, which is why sensible
Monitors claim it’s impossible.
Angst: Using Souls Interwoven
on a Vampire or other undead
creature also gives the Monitor’s
Shadow an amount of Temporary
Angst equal to half the deathless
thing’s Willpower.
Duration: Permanent
RECLAIMING THE SOUL FROM THE WATERS OF THE
ABYSS (COMMON)
The living and dead share a
close relationship in the
Shadowlands. Monitors use
Reclaiming the soul from the
waters of the Abyss to maintain
contact with their living
relatives and descendants and
create new Fetters for older
Wraiths whose Fetters have eroded
over time.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks

Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Lifeweb
System: The Monitor must
participate in an elaborate
ritual with a mortal who performs
a night-long ceremony to bind the
Wraith to an earthenware pot or
“govi.” The ritual often involves
the Wraith’s living relatives,
who offer great quantities of
food, drink, and even Relics in
return for assistance in the
future.
The Wraith must remain in
contact with the govi throughout
the ritual. The player rolls
Intelligence + Lifeweb vs. the
Local Shroud Rating. The number
of successes determines the new
Fetter’s strength.
1-2 successes: Fetter •
3-4 successes: Fetter ••
5-6 successes: Fetter •••
7-8 successes: Fetter ••••
9-10 successes: Fetter •••••
Restless with pre-existing
Fetters are limited to a single
3-point govi. However, many
Wraiths rely on a govi as their
sole Fetter, in which case the
govi’s rating may be as high as
5.
Govi are permanent Fetters,
and no Wraith may have more than
one govi.
As long as the Wraith has a
govi as a Fetter, the living
relatives to which the govi is
entrusted can spend 1 Willpower
at any time to communicate with
the Monitor for the rest of that
Scene regardless of the location
or distance. Each party must
speak aloud to be heard, and any
supernatural power relying
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exclusively on speech may pass
over this link (in either
direction).
Angst: None
Duration: Permanent
MASTER IN THE WEB (INITIATE)
For all its powers of
manipulation, Lifeweb is an
Arcanos of seeing and knowing.
Elder Monitors who study
Lifeweb’s signs and symbols in
detail can transcend their
perceptions to a state of near-
omniscience. However, the
constant, inescapable flood of
information grinds away the
Monitor’s Psyche — and
invigorates their Shadow with
visions of the damage it can do.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: N/A
System: Once the Monitor
learns Master in the Web, they
may use Sense Strands, Vibrations
in the Web, and Movement in the
Web at will (even if they don’t
already possess the Arts in
question) and without making any
Degradation Checks. For any
involved roll that isn’t a Shaded
failure, the minimum outcome is 1
success for an Art they don’t
possess and 3 successes for an
Art they do possess.
Angst: When the Wraith learns
this Art, their Shadow gains 1
Permanent Angst dot.
Duration: N/A
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Mnemosynis
Guild: Mnemoi
In addition to changing
memories, this Art can be used to
erase memories completely,
removing parts of time. A
practice used to great
effect.
Guildmark
Mnemosynis presents as
a mirror-like surface
upon the Corpus of a
Mnemoi. Many Wraiths
have reflective
eyes, teeth, nails,
or even stained
glass across a
portion of their
Corpus.
Characteristics
Unless otherwise
specified, the difficulty
of any Mnemosynis Art that
targets the Mnemos themself
is 3. Unless otherwise
stated, any Art that targets
another character requires
touch and is their Willpower.
Any Mnemosynis Art that can
target another character can
reach across the Shroud. In this
case, the difficulty of the Art
is the target’s Willpower or the
local Shroud rating, whichever is
higher. The target still uses
their Willpower as their dice
pool in a resisted roll, even if
the Shroud is higher.
Type: Mental
Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low
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KEYS TO THE MEMORY PALACE (COMMON)
One of Mnemosynis’
foundational lessons gives the
Wraith conscious control of
their own memories. By
visualizing a metaphoric
structure, whether a
library or a relational
database, the Mnemos
organizes their mind;
this enables them to
recall even the most
trivial details that
evaded their
conscious notice
when they formed
the memory.
Costs: Free
Dice Pool:
Intelligence +
Mnemosynis
System: When the
Mnemos tries to recall
the details of anything
they previously
experienced or witnessed,
the player rolls
Intelligence + Mnemosynis.
Successes on this roll serve
as equivalent successes on a
Wits + Awareness (or other
appropriate dice pool) roll,
effectively giving the character
a second chance to gather
information as they relive the
event. This Art only provides
information within the Wraith's
perceptions at that moment,
though this may include any other
perception-altering Arts they
were using or subject to.
As a side benefit, this Art
also enhances the integrity of

Memory Palaces
Memory Palaces are not tangible places that can be
physically entered. Rather they exist as mental constructs
a Mnemos can use to organize their memories.
The reason most Mnemoi develop a Palace has to do
with their need to organize the many memories they are
likely to collect.
Most Mnemoi cannot produce more than one Palace
(Intelligence 5 and Resolve 4 are required to make a
second one). So, most Mnemoi make do with one.
Appearance
The Memory Palace is a deeply personal place; as
such, it reflects its creator, often colored in their favorite
colors and taking the form of a building they find
appealing. However, most Mnemoi have a Memory
Palace that looks like some form of medieval castle, likely
due to their first interaction with one taking that form.
Constructing a Palace
When a Mnemos builds their first Palace, they must
start an Extended test where they roll Intelligence +
Mnemosynis against difficulty 25. The Storyteller may
adjust this difficulty as needed, but a standard Mnemos
with a few memories that aren’t theirs tend to have the
standard difficulty. The check is made at the end of each
day they spend building the Memory Palace. For each day
they do not attempt to create their Memory Palace, they
lose one success.
After the target number is reached and the Mnemos
has built their Palace. Each time they gain a new memory
that isn’t their own, they may roll Intelligence +
Mnemosynis against difficulty 2 to incorporate it into their
Memory Palace immediately.
A Mnemos can designate any given memories to
become locked. Doing so cost a point of Willpower.
Additionally, a Mnemos may set a trap in a given
memory. To do so, they must spend a point of Willpower
and roll Intelligence + Mnemosynis against difficulty 1,
with the Margin of success becoming the Difficulty for any become a Drone.
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person who has attempted to enter the Mnemos’s
Memory Palace and access that memory.
Entering the Palace
Once the Mnemos has reached Mnemosynis 4, they
can start to invite other people into their Memory Palace.
This does not require a roll to activate, only contact with
the Mnemos who is inviting you in. Someone cannot
physically enter the Memory Palace in this way; instead,
they project their consciousness within the Palace.
While within the Memory Palace, visitors can stroll
through the memories the Mnemos has left unlocked. If
they want to attempt to force their way into a Locked
memory, they must roll Intelligence + Resolve against a
difficulty equal to the Mnemos’s Mnemosynis.
A Wraith can become trapped in the Memory Palace,
usually by spending too long in the Memory Palace or by
falling into a trapped memory. A trapped Wraith may
attempt to leave the Memory Palace by rolling Resolve +
Composure vs. the Mnemos’s Intelligence + Resolve. A
trapped Wraith can only make this roll once per day. A
trapped Wraith cannot use Willpower to reroll dice while
trapped in this way.
A Mnemos can only have as many Wraiths in their
Palace equal to their Willpower.
Palace Defenders
The Mnemos can make a number of defenders equal
to the Difficulty they initially rolled to make the Memory
Palace. Some Mnemoi intentionally take a higher difficulty
to create more defenders. Some tear down their Memory
Palace to remake it with better defenses.
Each defender has 3 dots in all Attributes and 4 dots in
Melee, Brawl, and Firearm. 4 Health, and no Willpower.
An Invading Wraith may use their powers as normal
while within the Palace. A Wraith who dies in the Palace
may roll Resolve + Composure against difficulty 2, with
their consciousness returning to their body on a success.
On a failure, their consciousness is destroyed, and they
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the Wraith’s memories. The Wraith
may add its Mnemosynis Rating to
any roll it makes to resist an
attempt to use memory-altering
supernatural powers on them
without their consent.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive, or one
Scene
MEMORY VAULT (INITIATE)
This complement to Keys to the
Memory Palace impairs recall
rather than augmenting it. Its
basic technique suppresses either
of the Mnemos’ memories
temporarily or permanently; this
is painless and establishes its
internal consistency, altering
other memories that would
otherwise point to the erased
one’s absence. With this Art, the
Mnemos can numb the pain of an
unpleasant experience, augment a
deception with artificial
ignorance, or render
interrogation fruitless for their
captors.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Mnemosynis
System: When the Mnemos
attempts to erase their own
memory, the player rolls
Intelligence + Mnemosynis against
a difficulty equal to their
Intelligence.
1 success: the offending
memory is gone permanently.
3 successes: on the margin,
the Wraith may set a trigger for
restoring the memory: a code
phrase, a location, a time,
another character, or a specific
event. The memory remains
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suppressed and inaccessible until
the Mnemos encounters the
trigger, at which point the
memory returns.
5 Successes: the Wraith may
cauterize the memory removal. The
memory can never be restored,
even with the most powerful of
Mnemosynis Arts.
Memory Vault can’t remove
memories of Passions or Fetters,
nor can it remove any dots of
Attributes, Abilities,
Backgrounds, or Arcanoi. However,
it can suppress the Wraith’s
awareness that they have those
capabilities.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
Level 2
FURTHER REFLECTION (COMMON)
This Art was developed as a
teaching tool and became
essential to the Mnemoi’s
historical work and later ensured
the Guild’s continuity even as
Stygia purged its leaders.
With Further Reflection, the
Mnemos can Project their memories
(or another being’s memories that
they have made their own) to
someone else’s mind. Depending on
the Projected memories and the
force with which the Wraith
applies them, this can affect
knowledge transfer, soothe or
exacerbate existing emotional
turmoil.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Mnemosynis
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Mnemosynis against the

target's Intelligence + Resolve
unless it is consensual, in which
case it is difficulty 2. With
success, the target experiences a
sensory and emotional montage of
the Projected memories as they
internalize them. It’s readily
apparent to them that they aren’t
their own memories (unless the
Mnemos is actually playing back
the subject’s own memories that
they previously captured with
another Art), but their mind
integrates them to the same
extent that it stores their own
normal experiences.
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If the Wraith uses this Art to
heal painful memories, the
subject’s Shadow loses 1
Temporary Angst per success.
Conversely, if the Wraith uses
Further Reflection to inflict
emotional trauma, the target’s
Shadow gain 1 Temporary Angst per
2 successes, rounded up.
Angst: Conversely, if the
Wraith uses Further Reflection to
inflict emotional trauma, they
gain 1 Temporary Angst per 2
successes, rounded up.
Duration: N/A
WASHED IN THE LETHE (INITIATE)
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When a Mnemos’ very existence
is illegal, it’s only wise to
avoid notice. This Art cloaks the
Wraith in anonymity, making it
difficult for witnesses to recall
or record specifics of the
Mnemos’ identity or actions. They
can clearly remember events and
the Mnemos’ actions, but the
Mnemos themself remain a
nameless, faceless figure,
impossible to describe or
remember.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Mnemosynis
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Mnemosynis against
difficulty 3; this isn’t an
opposed roll, doesn’t require
touch, and doesn’t take effect
until the end of the Scene. After
the Scene’s end, any observer who
tries to connect the Mnemos’
appearance, name, or other
distinguishing features to their
actions during that Scene must
roll Resolve + Intelligence
against the Mnemos’ successes. If
they beat the Mnemos’ successes,
they have normal recall;
otherwise, they cannot identify
the Mnemos as having been present
in the events of the Scene in
question.
Washed in the Lethe doesn’t
remove any other memories of the
Mnemos. If a witness already knew
the character from a previous
acquaintance, they don't forget
the Mnemos or any previous
encounters. Nor do they forget
that the Mnemos owns a Relic
Duesenberg. For that matter, they
retain full knowledge that, in
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the last Scene, someone burned
down Legate Spinelli’s office
(and Legate Spinelli) with
barrow-flame and escaped in a
Relic Duesenberg. They can’t
remember that that particular
Mnemos they knew was the arsonist
in question, even though they
clearly saw the Mnemos do it.
The Mnemos can exempt a number
of witnesses up to their dots in
Intelligence from the effects of
this Art. In addition, any
character who knows Keys to the
Memory Palace is immune to Washed
in the Lethe’s effects unless
they consciously submit to it
when the Mnemos invokes it.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
SWARM NETWORK(SPECTRE)
The Spectre shares up to the
full range of their senses with
other members of their pack.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Composure +
Mnemosynis
System: The player rolls
Composure + Mnemosynis. You
determine which senses to share
and need not allocate the full
range. Likewise, this is not
intrusive; recipients can accept
or decline the sensory input as
they wish. You may network a
number of other characters equal
to your Willpower rating, and the
effect lasts for the remainder of
the Scene.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
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OPEN BOOK (COMMON)
Open Book triggers a subject’s
recall of a specific event,
allowing the Mnemos to experience
and remember it for themself. To
use this Art, the Mnemos must
know precisely what memory they
want to extract: “Where you went
last Thursday night” or “the last
time you spoke to your friend
Aristophanes.” Searching for the
subject’s memory of “the time you
dumped Chretien into the Nihil”
only works if the Mnemos knows
for a fact that the subject did
pitch someone named Chretien down
a hole in the fabric of reality.
Open Book provides only a
headache if the subject doesn't
possess the memory in question.
Costs: spends an amount of
Pathos determined by the memory’s
age.
1 day: Free
1 month: One Degradation Check
1 decade: Two Degradation
Checks
1 century: Three Degradation
Checks
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Mnemosynis vs. Resolve +
Intelligence
System: The player rolls
Intelligence + Mnemosynis against
the target's Resolve +
Intelligence. If the Wraith has
insufficient Pathos, the power
fails.
With success, the character
experiences the memory in
question as it plays out in real-
time; their senses in this
experience are limited to the
subject’s senses when the memory
was made. While the memory plays
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out, the Wraith is unaware of
anything occurring around them
except significant injuries (at
least one Corpus level of
Superficial damage). They may end
the replay at any time.
Once the Mnemos has
experienced the memory in full,
they may subsequently recall it
(through normal recollection or
the use of other Mnemosynis Arts)
as if they were the original
experiencer.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
ENGAGEMENT (COMMON)
Tempered: Castigate 2
Mnemos with this Art
manipulate Spectre by forming a
connection between their mind and
the Hivemind of Oblivion.
Essentially a form of telepathy,
Engagement enables the Mnemos to
transmit thoughts and commands to
the mind of a Spectre (or group
of Spectre) within sight.
The genius of this Art is that
the Mnemoi orders are implanted
in the target’s mind so subtly
that the target believes that the
thoughts are their own. Many
Mnamoi receive harsh criticism
for the use of this Art. The
Rada, in particular, claims that
the mental connection operates in
both directions and believes
Engagement users risk becoming
Oblivion’s puppets. Mnamoi simply
reply that no one complains about
their effectiveness.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
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System: A Mnemoi may attempt
to control a group of Spectres by
rolling Manipulation + Mnemosynis
against difficulty 5 + the number
of targets (the maximum number of
targets is five). The number of
successes determines the amount
of control the user has over the
targets. One success means the
manipulated Spectre responds to
suggestions along the lines of
what they would have done anyway
(Attack the target on the left
first, not me). Five successes
are enough to convince a Spectre
to rend its own Corpus and laugh.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
for each target they control.
Duration: One Scene
TABULA RASA (INITIATE)
Tabula Rasa is the cornerstone
of any Mnemos’ covert activities,
which extends Memory Vault’s
lessons to other Wraiths; this
can be any specific recollection:
memory of an act or a
conversation, knowledge of a
combat tactic, or the appearance
or even existence of a suspected
Mnemos.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Mnemosynis
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Mnemosynis against the
target's Resolve + Intelligence;
each success suppresses the
target’s memory for one hour. If
this is non-consensual, the
Mnemos’ Shadow gains 1 Temporary
Angst.
If the successes rolled equal
or exceed the target’s
Intelligence, the Mnemos may
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spend 1 Willpower to make the
memory removal permanent.
The Mnemos may spend 1
Willpower to remove a memory from
a target’s Psyche while leaving
it accessible to their Shadow, or
vice versa.
As with Memory Vault, Tabula
Rasa can’t remove memories of
Passions or Fetters, nor can it
remove any dots of other Traits.
If the Mnemos removes knowledge
that could provoke an existential
threat (for example, making a
Vampire forget their
vulnerability to sunlight), the
memory returns in full as soon as
the victim sustains any injury or
other trauma related to that
injury.
Angst: If this Art is
resisted, the Mnemos gains 1
Temporary Angst. If the memory is
permanently removed, they gain 2
more Temporary Angst.
If a memory is removed from
the Psyche or Shadow alone, the
Mnemos gains 2 Temporary Angst in
addition to any other gains, even
if this application of the Art is
consensual.
Duration: One Hour per Success
RACIAL MEMORY(SPECTRE)
The Spectre plums the depths
of the Hivemind to glean thoughts
and memories, even from those
that the Void claimed long ago.
With this Art, the Spectre can
access details on matters with
which they are vaguely familiar
or even find the answers to
riddles, the locations of long-
lost hoards, and other details
they could never know otherwise.

Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Mnemosynis
Systems: The player rolls
Intelligence + Mnemosynis against
difficulty 4. Each success
indicates a piece of information
that you “remember” on the
desired subject. You may access
this knowledge in detail for the
remainder of the Scene; only a
general recollection remains
after the effect ends. This Art
applies solely to discrete
information; you cannot use it to
access Arcanoi or other powers.
Pathos: On an Illuminated
Failure, you lose your connection
to the Hivemind for a Scene and
gain 1 Temporary Pathos.
Duration: One Scene
Level 4
PHANTOM PAIN (COMMON)
The Mnemos can exploit the
links between another Wraith’s
memories of their physical form
and the reflections of those
memories in their Corpus. This
offensive (in more than one
sense) Art projects memories of
injury into a target’s mind,
opening psychosomatic wounds as
the victim’s Corpus reacts to the
assault.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Mnemosynis
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Mnemosynis vs. the
target’s Resolve + Intelligence.
The target suffers one level of
Superficial damage per success. A
target who fails to roll at least
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one success on their Willpower
roll to resist also loses their
next action as a sensory
explosion of someone else’s
disfigurement and agony detonates
in their head.
The Wraith may call upon their
Shadow for assistance when using
this Art. If the Shadow agrees to
help, the attack does unhalved
Superficial damage.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
If the Shadow assists and makes
the damage unhalved Superficial
damage, then it gains 1
additional Temporary Angst.
Duration: N/A
SOULKEEPER (INITIATE)
While lesser Arts focus on
specific memories, Soulkeeper
enables the Mnemos to absorb
whole periods of another being’s
existence. These stored memories
reside within the Mnemos’ own
subconscious, where they can
access them as if they were their
own.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Mnemosynis
System: The Wraith declares
which memories they want to store
— up to a year’s worth per
application of this Art. The
player rolls Intelligence +
Mnemosynis against Resolve +
Intelligence. With one success,
the memories are hazy and
dreamlike, bereft of specific
details. Two successes provide
the specifics of emotionally
significant events, while three
successes grant clarity equal to
that of the Mnemos’ own
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experiences. With five or more
successes, the memories are
transferred in exacting detail
with perfect recall.
A character can absorb a total
length of outside memories up to
one year per Permanent Willpower.
Angst: Using Soulkeeper on an
involuntary subject grants the
Mnemos 1 Temporary Angst per
success.
Duration: Permanent
SPECTRAL COMMAND (SPECTRE)
This power forces a Spectre to
follow a single command. This Art
is useful for getting one’s point
across in the moment without
argument but can cause escalating
friction if used
indiscriminately.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Mnemosynis vs. Resolve +
Composure
Systems: The player rolls
Manipulation + Mnemosynis vs. the
target’s Resolve + Composure. The
target must follow the spirit as
well as the letter of the command
for a number of Scenes equal to
the extra successes you roll. A
target under the influence of
Spectral Command may spend 1
Willpower to avoid performing a
directly self-destructive action.
An Illuminated, your
connection to the target through
the Hivemind suffers a short,
making you unable ever to attempt
Spectral Command on that
individual ever again.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
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MUSE OF LIES (COMMON)
One of the most feared
Mnemosynis Art allows the Mnemos
to craft and implant memories.
The complexity and extent of
these falsehoods are limited only
by the Mnemos’ imagination and
attention to detail. Simple
manipulations have covered up
innumerable heinous acts, while
complex constructs have sent
kingdoms to war over decades of
imagined offenses.
Muse of Lies is the
centerpiece of the Hierarchy’s
anti-Mnemoi paranoia: a power
that can make anyone remember
anything.
Costs: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Mnemosynis vs. the Local Shroud
Rating and Charisma + Mnemosynis
System: This Art incorporates
two distinct techniques. The
first is the creation of a false
memory or set of memories; this
requires the Wraith to enter
Slumber for one day per year (or
a fraction thereof) the false
memories span. During this time,
the Wraith gains none of the
normal benefits of Slumber;
rather, they inhabit a dream
state in which they laboriously
build the desired memories from a
first-person perspective. At the
end of this process, the player
rolls Intelligence + Mnemosynis
vs. the Local Shroud Rating. The
number of successes determines
the accuracy and clarity of the
constructed memories. One success
renders a dreamlike, abstract

vision, three successes yield the
desired broad strokes, and five
successes perfectly actualize the
Mnemos’ intent.
Once the Wraith has crafted
the false memory, they assimilate
it into his consciousness, where
it functions as any other natural
memory (including the ability to
apply other Mnemosynis Arts).
However, it is compartmentalized,
and the Wraith remains aware of
its falsehood.
To implant the crafted memory
in themself or another subject,
the player rolls Charisma +
Mnemosynis vs. the target’s
Resolve + Intelligence or half
their Willpower(rounded down) if
they are using it on themselves.
Success begins the process of
implanting the memory; this takes
one turn per year that the memory
spans (minimum 5 turns), during
which both the Mnemos and their
target are locked in a fugue
state. Any damage either party
suffers during this time breaks
the trance and causes this
application of the Art to fail.
If this time passes without
interruption, the memory is
implanted.
The subject’s mind erases or
rationalizes any conflicting
memories, accepting the implanted
memory as something they actually
experienced. If there is a
glaring error or an intimately
trusted individual calls the
memory into question, the subject
may roll Willpower against
difficulty 8(Dots in Mnemosynis +
3). With success, they realize
their memories have been altered,
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though they aren’t automatically
aware of the source.
Angst: When implanting a
memory, the Shadow gains 3
Temporary Angst.
Duration: Permanent
GRAY MAN (INITIATE)
This Art underpins the legends
of Mnemoi assaults on victims’
very identities. It’s the
ultimate disappearing act,
erasing a target from the
collective memory of everyone who
knew them. Written history,
photographs, and similar records
remain, but the Quick and the
dead alike lose all personal
recollections of them. Only this
Art’s scarcity keeps it from
surmounting Muse of Lies in
reputation.
As is only to be expected of a
Mnemoi secret, Gray Man has more
than one face. The Art is equally
efficacious when a Mnemos applies
it to themself. It’s the ultimate
in fugitive protection, providing
near-perfect anonymity.
Costs: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Charisma +
Mnemosynis
System: The Mnemos spends one
month Slumbering within the
target’s Fetter (which means they
first must attune it as their own
Fetter, too). As the Mnemos
emerges from Slumber, the player
makes two Degradation Checks,
suffers three Aggravated
Willpower damage, then rolls
Charisma + Mnemosynis against the
target's Resolve + Intelligence.
The Mnemos can’t use this Art
on a Wraith without Fetters.
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Against a non-Wraith target, they
must first acquire that character
as a Fetter, then Slumber within
them for the requisite time.
If the Mnemos succeeds, all
living memory of the target
vanishes, save for the Mnemos and
the victim themself. Anyone
examining a record of their
existence believes them to be
legendary, apocryphal, wholly
fictitious, dead, destroyed,
transcended, or otherwise no
longer among the Quick or the
Restless. Any memories other
beings form of the victim from
this point forward are connected
to whatever new identity they
manage to scrape together.
Observers who have seen their
image may comment on the uncanny
resemblance to their former
identity but won’t connect the
two unless they make it painfully
obvious. Even then, realization
is slow and nigh-impossible to
share (“Pshaw. Everyone knows
they disappeared in the Tempest a
long time ago.”).
Mechanically, the victim loses
all Background dots. In their
place, they gain a pool of
experience points equal to half
the total experience-point value
of the lost Backgrounds (rounded
up).
They may spend this experience
to purchase replacements for
these Backgrounds as events
during play allow the character
to solidify their new identity or
scrape together fragments of
their old one.
If the Mnemos uses this Art on
themself, they spend one month
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slumbering within one of their
own Fetters. The roll isn’t
resisted, and their Shadow gains
no Temporary Angst. All other
effects are as described above.
Angst: Gain 3 Temporary Angst,
plus one additional point per dot
of Background removed from the
target.
Duration: Permanent
MANIFEST ARCANOI (SPECTRE)
The Spectre establishes such a
deep connection with the Spectral
mass consciousness that they may
tap into the ability to wield any
Arcanoi and Dark Arcanoi.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Composure +
Mnemosynis
System: The player rolls
Composure + Mnemosynis against
difficulty 7. You may “learn”
only one Arcanos with each
attempt, declared when you roll.
On a successful roll, you access
that Arcanos’ 1 dot powers for
the remainder of the Scene and
may “learn” 1 additional dot for
every two extra successes beyond
this.
Pathos: Gain 1 Temporary
Pathos
Duration: One Scene

Moliate
Guild: Masquers
Nicknames: Many look at this
Arcanoi and think of the basic
shape-shifting it can offer
without realizing it provides so
much more. What could you build
in a world where the only
resources are Relics and the
reeds that grow along the
rivers? With Moliate, the
answer is that your friends
were the resource all
along.
Guildmark
When the purpose of
an Arcanos is to
change the shape of
your Corpus, what
possibly could
distinguish a
Masquer? Simple, some
parts of their body
cannot be changed. The
most common feature is
the color of their eyes,
but a notable scar or
tattoo, an oddly shaped
finger, or some other
notable mark.
Characteristics
Failed Moliate rolls often
result in something more or less
the opposite of what was desired:
A Wraith who wants to become more
handsome loses points of
Appearance; a Rend attack instead
heals some Corpus points; new
limbs have their own eerie
intelligence and a hatred of
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their host body. Fixing these
mistakes is troublesome and
taxing at best, impossible at
worst, and fuel for everyone
concerned’s Shadows in the
meantime.
Type: Spiritual
Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low
Level 1
IMITATE (COMMON)
The first Art some Wraiths
learn is how to change
their face to impersonate
another Wraith. They may
only alter the shape of
their face, not any
other part of their
body, and has an
easier time doing
this if they can
see the visage they
want to mimic.
Cost: One
Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Dexterity
+ Moliate
System: The Wraith
rolls Dexterity + Moliate
against difficulty 2 if the
Wraith has a Skinmask of the
subject (see Rend, below), 5
if they have to work from
memory and something in between
if they can see the subject or
has a visual source on which to
rely.
The margin of success on the
roll indicates how good a job the
Masquer did; another Wraith has
to make a Wits + Investigation
roll with the difficulty being
the margin of success on the
Dexterity + Moliate roll to
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realize it’s a disguise. The
change lasts until the Wraith
chooses to change back or is
somehow forced to.
Angst: None
Duration: Permanent
BRILLIANCE (COMMON)
While the eerily painted forms
of the Immortal Guard are already
brighter than is normal for the
Underworld, with Brilliance comes
an enhanced glow that shines out
brightly enough to blind enemies.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: None
System: This process takes
three turns to reach full
brightness. At their full
brilliance, the colors blind all
those near the Guard who do not
succeed on a Stamina + Composure
roll with the difficulty equal to
the Guard’s dots in Moliate.
Attacks against the Guard when
Brilliance has been activated
have their difficulty increased
by 1 for the first two turns the
Art is in play and by 2 for each
consecutive turn after that.
Angst: None
Duration: 5 Turns
SHAPESENSE (INITIATE)
Masquers know the work of
their colleagues. As a result,
they can usually tell when
another Wraith’s been Moliated
and how.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Wits + Moliate
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Moliate against a difficulty
equal to the number of successes
achieved on the roll to alter the
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subject. The more successes
achieved, the more the Masquer
learns. The information gathered
could include what Art was used
to Moliate the subject, who did
the work (or what faction they
belong to), and perhaps even what
the subject originally looked
like.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
STEAL CORPUS (SPECTRE)
With a simple touch, the
Spectre may steal Corpus from
another Spectre or a Wraith and
transfer it to themself or
another. The theft is impossible
to miss, manifesting as a sludgy
fluid pulsing with the black
light of Oblivion.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Moliate
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Moliate in a
resisted action against the
target’s Stamina + Moliate or
Resolve + Composure (whichever is
greater). For every 2 extra
successes rolled, you drain 1
Aggravated Corpus level from the
target. You may ingest this fluid
Corpus yourself or pass it to
someone else; a Spectre or Wraith
who consumes it gains that amount
of Corpus, up to the character’s
maximum. If not ingested by the
end of the Scene, the Corpus
fluid dissipates.
This Art does not restore
Permanent Corpus lost due to
Oblivion.
You must be in direct contact
to use this power. At the
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Storyteller’s discretion, a changing skin color) require 2

clinch maneuver may be required successes, minor changes require
first if the target is wary of 2-3 successes, major changes
you or actively resisting (like adding or removing limbs
contact. and organs) require 4-5
On an Illuminated Failure, you successes, and altering the
fail to transfer any Corpus; entire body requires 7 or more
instead, you suffer 2 unhalved successes. All changes made are
Superficial Corpus levels of permanent (though another use of
damage. Sculpt can change them, of
Pathos: None course).
Duration: One Scene Generally speaking, Sculpt
can’t alter a Wraith’s physical
Level 2 capabilities (or their
Deathmark). It cannot, for
SCULPT (COMMON)
example, add dots of Strength,
Sculpt lets a Masquer alter
increase its running speed, or
their own Corpus — or another
let them make extra attacks in a
Wraith’s; this ranges from simple
turn. Exceptions to that general
adornments (adding colors, glows,
rule include the following
or tattoos), enhancing or
scenarios:
changing a Wraith’s appearance,
A Wraith Moliated to have
and major changes like creating
fangs can perform the Bite
fangs or more limbs. They cannot,
maneuver (VTM pg. XX), while one
however, create additional or
Moliated to have claws or talons
alternate sensory organs. To do
can perform the Claw maneuver
that requires Panoply of Eyes
(VTM pg. XX). Other than this, a
(see below).
Masquer needs Armory (see below)
Cost: One Degradation Check
to shape their body into weapons.
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
A Masquer can add or subtract
or Manipulation + Moliate
dots of their subject’s Looks
System: The subject being
Merits equal to the highest
altered (whether it’s themself or
number of dots the Masquer has in
another Wraith) takes 1 unhalved
any Moliate Art. Giving them
Superficial damage in the
everything from the repulsive
process, but Sculpt otherwise
flaw to the stunning Merit (VTM
cannot cause injury to the
pg. XX).
subject.
A Wraith cannot use additional
The player rolls Dexterity +
limbs to attack more frequently,
Moliate. The number of successes
defend themself, move more
required is up to the Storyteller
swiftly, or the like. But the
but typically depends on the
limbs are otherwise as functional
extent of the changes to the
as their form permits and may
subject’s form: Mere cosmetic
allow the Wraith to do things
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number of limbs cannot (for difficulty 3. One success allows

example, use two hands to play the Masquer to alter the nature
the drums while holding up a of a Deathmark (for example, from
Relic trash can lid to protect a scar to a tattoo) but not the
themself from thrown Relic mark’s form or content. Two or
bottles in their third hand). more successes also let them
What can and can’t be done, and change their form/content or
whether any rolls are required to remove it entirely.
succeed, is up to the Angst: None
Storyteller. Duration: One day per margin
Angst: None of success on the roll
Duration: Permanent
Level 3
SHACKLES (COMMON)
ARMORY (COMMON)
Using some of their own
Many Masquers make terrifying
Corpus, the Guardsman can create
warriors, hunters, and assassins
a pair of shackles with which
because of this Art, with which
they may bind either the hands or
they mold their bodies into armor
feet of an opponent who has
and melee weapons. These “items”
already been immobilized.
ordinarily have a gray,
No one can remove these but a
mirrorlike sheen, but many
Guardsman unless Rent (pg. XX)
Masquers shape and color their
through the use of Moliate. The
Armory creations in ornate ways
shackles share the same eerie
to personalize them.
color scheme as the Guardsman.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
and 2 Corpus
Moliate or Stamina + Moliate
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
System: A Wraith can only use
System: The Guardsman rolls
it on themself. They cannot
Dexterity + Moliate against
create both armor and weapons at
difficulty 3 to manifest the
the same time with Armory. As a
shackles and place them on an
result, creating both requires
immobilized foe. Shackles take
two distinct uses of the Art.
one turn to place on the subject.
To form a melee weapon out of
Angst: None
part of a Masquer’s body
Duration: Permanent
(typically a hand/arm), the
player rolls Intelligence +
UNMARKED (INITIATE)
Moliate (difficulty of Wraith’s
While Sculpt cannot change or
Stamina). The Wraith can roll one
remove a Wraith’s Deathmark, this
additional die in Brawl rolls
old, largely forgotten Art can.
during combat for each margin of
Cost: One Degradation Check
success.
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
A Masquer can create whatever
System: The Wraith rolls
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(swords and daggers are the most
popular) and automatically knows
how to use it without penalty. On
the other hand, shaping part of
one’s body into a weapon prevents
that body part from serving its
normal function. For example, a
hand turned into a dagger can no
longer grasp things. After all,
it’s now a blade, not a hand.
To sculpt the Masquer’s body
into armor, the player rolls
Stamina + Moliate (difficulty
equal to the Wraith’s Strength).
Each success adds +1 armor.
Using Armory requires one
minute or more, depending on the
extent and ornateness of the
changes. For an additional
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Degradation Check, a Masquer can
mold their body in just one turn.
The changes wrought by Armory
are obvious to anyone who sees
the Masquer. A Masquer can
disguise Armory armor, making it
look like his ordinary skin or
clothing, but this costs an
additional Degradation Check and
increases the roll's difficulty
by 1. Weapons can’t be disguised
this way.
All changes a Masquer makes to
their body with Armory are
permanent until they choose to
change them back (at no extra
Degradation Checks required) or
someone else uses Moliate to
force them into another shape.
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Angst: None
Duration: Permanent
SNARE (COMMON)
The Guardsman can cancel out
another Wraith’s ability to use
Argos with Snare. Tactically,
it’s used to keep enemies from
fleeing the field of battle or
prisoners from trying to escape
hell.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Strength + Moliate
System: Any Wraith the
Guardsman is in physical contact
with (this includes Shackles (pg.
XX)) must win an opposed Strength
+ Moiliate roll with the Guard,
or they will be unable to use
Argos.
Angst: None
Duration: As long as you
remain in contact with them.
PANOPLY OF EYES (INITIATE)
Masquers of advanced skill can
create additional sensory organs
— or even give themselves senses
they don’t ordinarily possess.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Stamina + Moliate
System: The player rolls
Stamina + Moliate. If the Masquer
wants to create extra organs for
the senses they normally possess,
the difficulty is 3; if they want
to create organs for new senses,
it’s 5.
The most common use of this
Art is to create more eyes (often
literal “eyes in the back of your
head”) or additional sensory
organs. This makes it difficult
to surprise or sneak up on the
Masquer (increase the number of
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successes needed on any Stealth-
based or similar roll by the
number of successes achieved with
Panoply of Eyes). It also
enhances their perceptiveness
(each success with Panoply of
Eyes grants 1 extra die on any
roll involving Investigation or
Awareness).
But extra sensory organs (of
any type) create the risk of
sensory overload. Every turn the
Masquer uses them in situations
of high sensory input (most
combats, artistic performances,
and the like), they have to roll
Stamina + Awareness against
difficulty 3. Failure means he
wastes the turn trying to
comprehend the sensory input.
A Masquer can also give
themself new physical senses,
such as seeing in the infrared or
ultraviolet spectra, hearing
ultrasonic or infrasonic sound,
or having echolocation like a bat
or sonar like a dolphin. The
Storyteller determines the exact
effects, but this typically
provides the same bonus to
Wits/Awareness as extra sense
organs do in appropriate
situations. Unfortunately, the
same risk of sensory overload
exists.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
SAVOR AGONY (SPECTRE)
The Spectre gains Angst from
the agony of an injury inflicted
upon a mortal or supernatural
target. The energy is drawn out
in a thick, smoky vapor that the
Spectre inhales.
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Cost: Free the tumor cannot store more than

Dice Pool: Strength + Moliate 1 Angst at a time.
vs. Resolve + Composure The Shadow can use this Angst
System: Immediately after a as if it were a part of its Angst
nearby target takes Aggravated Pool. And this tumor presents as
damage, roll Strength + Moliate the 1 Point Death Sigil Thorn.
vs. the target’s Resolve + The tumor can be removed with
Composure. On a success, the a successful Dexterity + Moliate
Spectre gains 1 point of against a difficulty equal to the
Temporary Angst. Spectre's dots in Moliate + 2.
Although anyone can inflict Pathos: The Psyche gains 1
the Aggravated damage, you must Temporary Pathos.
be in close combat with the Duration: Permanent
target (VTM pg. XX).
Pathos: On an Illuminated Level 4
Failure, the Spectre suffers a
REND (COMMON)
kind of psychic whiplash, and the
A Masquer who knows this
Psyche gains one point of
fearsome Art can inflict grievous
Temporary Pathos.
wounds on other Wraiths just by
Duration: One turn
touching them, often leaving them
mutilated and disfigured. With
GRAFT THE HARROWED SPIRIT (SPECTRE)
Rend, a Masquer can literally rip
This dark power is designed to
another Wraith’s face off. These
aid the Shadows of Wraiths by
horrific trophies, known as
placing what amounts to a
Skinmasks, help the Wraith
tumorous growth of Spectral
Imitate the victim (see above).
Corpus on them, which can be used
Cost: One Degradation Check
to aid the Shadow.
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
Cost: One Degradation Check
vs. Dexterity + Stamina
and 4 Corpus
System: The Masquer must touch
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
their target (this may require a
vs. Dexterity + Stamina
Dexterity + Brawl attack roll).
System: Make a Dexterity +
The player rolls Dexterity +
Moliate vs. the target’s
Moliate against the target’s
Dexterity + Stamina. On a
Dexterity + Stamina. Each success
success, the target is infected
inflicts one die of Aggravated
with a tumorous mass of Corpus
damage, plus an additional point
that penetrates their being. A
for each additional Degradation
Wraith's Corpus can only support
Check the Wraith chooses to
a number of these tumors equal to
spend. If the Wraith achieves
their Stamina.
five or more successes, they may
While this Corpus infects the
tear off part of their opponent’s
Wraith, it generates 1 Temporary
Corpus (an appendage or limb,
Angst daily. However, this Angst
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their face, or just a chunk of
plasm).
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: N/A
LARIAT (COMMON)
Prerequisite Power: Shackles
Similar to Shackle but useful
up to a distance of 50 feet,
Lariat can be used on a moving
target. To use Lariat, the Guard
takes part of their Corpus and
flings it at the target.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 2 Corpus
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
System: The Wraith manifests
the Shackles as normal with a
Dexterity + Moliate roll against
difficulty 3 and then makes a
Dexterity + Athletics roll vs.
the target's Dexterity + Stamina.
A success restrains the target as
if they had Shackles on them.
Angst: None
Duration: Permanent
GIRDING (INITIATE)
Prerequisite Power: Armory
Masquers who have mastered the
Art of Armory can use it on other
Wraiths, thus “outfitting” them
for combat, Helldives, or other
perilous duties. With enough time
and resources, Masquers can kit
out entire armies with this
knowledge.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: N/A
System: It works just like
Armory, but the Masquer can use
it on other Wraiths.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
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WITHSTAND OBLIVION (SPECTRE)
The Spectre can draw upon the
pain of others to recover part of
their essence lost through direct
damage by Oblivion (which cannot
be restored any other way). While
this Art can keep Oblivion at
bay, it can also threaten the
Spectre in another way by
strengthening their Psyche.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Stamina + Moliate
System: Immediately after a
nearby target takes Aggravated
damage, roll Stamina + Moliate
against difficulty 5. Each
success rolled allows you to
restore 1 point of any Trait lost
to Oblivion. This is most often
used to restore Corpus levels
lost because of Brief Life (pg.
XX) but may also apply to an
Attribute or other Trait reduced
due to Oblivion-related
circumstances. You cannot restore
a Trait beyond its original
level.
You must be within arm’s reach
of the target, although anyone
can inflict the Aggravated
damage.
On an Illuminated Failure, The
Oblivion lashes out to inflict 1
Aggravated Corpus level of damage
upon the Spectre. And the Psyche
gains an additional 1 Temporary
Pathos.
Pathos: Gain 1 Pathos point
for each point that you restore.
Duration: Permanent
Level 5
BODYSHAPE (COMMON)

The height of the Masquer’s
Art, Bodyshape, allows them to
transform themselves (or another
Wraith’s) Corpus into practically
anything imaginable: an animal, a
piece of furniture, a different
person, or a piece of art.
Cost: Two Degradation checks
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
System: The player rolls
Dexterity + Moliate against a
difficulty that depends on the
complexity of the form being
changed into. Something simple
(like a large puddle of water, a
wall, or a drab-looking chair) is
difficulty 4. At the other
extreme, the form of an Anacreon
wearing full regalia is
difficulty 8.
It takes one turn per point of
difficulty to use Bodyshaping.
Each additional success on the
Dexterity + Moliate roll reduces
this by one turn (to a minimum of
one turn).
A Bodyshaped Wraith retains
their standard Attributes,
Abilities, senses, Arcanoi, and
so forth while transformed
(unless this defies common or
dramatic sense). They gain any
additional physical capabilities
the shape has (such as being able
to fly if they have wings), but
not the supernatural ones.
A Wraith subjected to
Bodyshape cannot lose or gain
more than 10% of its body mass or
size. Not even the most powerful
Masquer can transform a human-
sized Wraith into a tiny mouse or
Gorool.
Bodyshaping lasts for one
Scene per success achieved, after
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which the subject returns to his
normal form. If the Masquer wants
to make the change permanent, it
requires them to take 1
Aggravated Willpower damage.
Angst: If the Wraith's victim
is unwilling, they gain 2
Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Scene per
success or Permanent
TRANSMOGRIFY (COMMON)
Tempered: Usury 3
Prerequisite Power: Wraithride
Masters of Wraithride can
change a host’s Corpus into
nearly anything (mostly inanimate
stuff), including a form that can
be consumed for Pathos
“nourishment.”
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Moliate vs.
Resolve + Composure
System: Once a character has
successfully Wraithridden a host,
the player makes a contested Wits
+ Moliate roll vs. the target’s
Resolve + Composure. Three or
more net successes for the
Tvashtriya allow them to render
the host into an “edible” form
that grants Pathos to the
consumer.
Many users render a target
into a form resembling a cluster
of grapes. Each “fruit” a Wraith
ingests confers 1 Pathos; a
cluster contains one grape per
point of Pathos the target
possessed at the time of
transmogrification.
Angst: Gain 3 Temporary Angst.
Duration: Permanent
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With Reap the Hungry Ghost,
the Farmer may render down the
Corpus of Kuei into rough blobs
that can be easily transported or
stored. This power only works on
subdued Kuei, preferably those
that have been deadened, and does
not work on Wraiths controlled by
their P’o (Shadow) or on
Spectres.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Moliate
System: To render down a Kuei,
the Farmer spends two points of
Pathos and rolls Manipulation +
Moliate against difficulty 5.
This power also requires half an
hour per Corpus level harvested.
With success, the Kuei is worked
down into an easily transportable
lump. A Shaded Failure ruins the
Corpus being worked.
Angst: A Shaded Failure gives
1 point of Temporary Angst.
Duration: Permanent
NET (COMMON)
This Art has a shorter range
but a wider effect than Lariat.
It can be flung 20 feet but
consists of a net rather than a
single pair of shackles and thus
can be used to target a group of
Wraiths.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
vs. Dexterity + Stamina
System: The Guardsman produces
a colorful web 12 feet in
diameter. The Guardsman then
casts this net at their targets,
using a Dexterity + Moliate roll
vs. each target’s Dexterity +
Stamina. Each target must achieve
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more successes than the
Guardsman’s Dexterity + Moliate
roll. The net completely ensnares
any victim it touches, wrapping
around them with sticky fibers to
completely immobilize them.
Breaking a strand of the net
requires a successful Strength +
Brawl roll. It takes between 3
and 6 successes to escape the net
completely. True Jade can be used
to cut the net, though White Jade
will shatter on the attempt.
Relics also shatter, while
Soulforged items do not.
Angst: Illuminated Failures
give 1 point of Temporary Angst.
Duration: Permanent, or until
the net is cut off.
SAVAGE (INITIATE)
While Rend frightens most
Wraiths, this Art, a secret
jealously guarded by the Guild
for centuries, utterly terrifies
them because it lets a Masquer
rip away enough of a Wraith’s
Corpus to damage them
permanently.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Moliate
System: The Wraith must touch
their target (this may require a
Dexterity + Brawl attack roll).
The player rolls Dexterity +
Moliate vs. Stamina + Resolve.
For every two successes achieved,
the Masquer permanently reduces
one of their target’s Physical
Attributes by 1.
The only known way to restore
Attribute points lost to Savage
is painstaking “surgery” with
Sculpt, which requires a number
of successes equal to the margin
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of successes you made + 3 and Track) as it burrows into the

takes days of effort. This can target.
only be tried once per lost On an Illuminated Failure,
Attribute point. If that attempt Oblivion rips through you for
fails, the damage can never be double the amount of Permanent
corrected. Corpus loss that would have
Angst: The Shadow gains 1 occurred originally. You cannot
Temporary Angst per success try another Defy Oblivion attempt
achieved. to counteract this.
Duration: Permanent Pathos: Regardless of this
Art’s final result, you gain 2
DEFY OBLIVION (SPECTRE) Pathos points for each Aggravated
The Spectre preserves themself Corpus level of damage the
by shifting the burden of parasites inflict.
Oblivion to other beings. While Duration: One Turn
this is an effective way to avoid
destruction, it is a damning
betrayal of a Spectre’s nature as
a servant of Oblivion. Even so,
some claim that it is through
this Art that the Malfeans have
sustained themselves for
millennia.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Charisma + Moliate
System: Immediately following
any activity requiring a
permanent loss of Corpus, roll
Charisma + Moliate against
difficulty 5. If successful, you
lose no Corpus; instead, you
eject the gnawing force of
Oblivion in the form of a mass of
caustic parasites equal to the
margin of success.
Each of these parasites
attacks a target in the area, as
determined by the Storyteller.
Make a Resolve + Composure roll
against each target’s Resolve +
Composure. If you get more
successes, the parasite inflicts
1 Aggravated Corpus level of
damage (or 1 Aggravated Health
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Outrage
all that’s needed to get a
mortal’s attention or affect the
course of events among the Quick.
Guild: Spooks
This Art is too slow for a direct
This is the Art of violence
attack, but it certainly can be
and destruction. Thugs use this
used indirectly. Flowerpots
Art to enforce their will and
mysteriously fall from high
warriors who fight against the
windows, runaway hot dog carts
forces of Oblivion.
pushing pedestrians into
traffic: freak accidents or
Guildmark Wraithgrasp?
As one gets stronger in Cost: Free
Outrage, their Corpus twists Dice Pool: Strength +
into more muscular forms; Outrage
these are often lopsided at System: The player
first and eventually even makes a Strength +
out to a hulking mass of Outrage roll against
Corpus that is the the local Shroud
Spook’s new form. rating. With a single
success, the Spook
can exert a few
pounds of force,
just enough to
press a button or
start a pencil
rolling. Each
Characteristics additional success
Any use of Outrage grants one dot of
uses the local Shroud effective Strength for
rating as its difficulty. lifting (see “Feats of
However, in the Labyrinth, Strength,” VTM Corebook
each invocation of Outrage pg. 411). The shoved
feeds the Wraith’s Shadow 1 object can move no faster
Temporary Angst. than half the Wraith’s normal
Type: Physical walking speed.
Dictum Mortuum Threat: High Angst: None
Duration: One Turn
Level 1
TAPTAP (INITIATE)
WRAITHGRASP (COMMON)
Unexpectedly subtle for a
The Spook can push or lift
basic Outrage Art, Taptap was
inanimate objects in the
once a Spooks’ Guild trade
Skinlands. Only simple, straight-
secret. Centuries of leaks have
line motion is possible with
spread it beyond the
Wraithgrasp, but sometimes that’s
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still uncommon, as the Arcanos’
students tend to seek out
flashier manifestations. Wiggling
a finger, the Spook audibly taps
on an object or silently presses
someone else’s skin within line
of sight. This can be a
distraction, but it’s more useful
as a signal — particularly if the
Wraith and their audience know a
tap code (of which the Guild has
several). More recently, younger
Spooks have discovered that this
Art is an excellent way to affect
touchscreen computer interfaces.
Cost: Free or 1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Stamina + Outrage
System: The player rolls
Stamina + Outrage against the
local Shroud Rating. The Spook
can tap or knock lightly on a
surface or silently tap or poke a
single other being. In either
case, this Art works within line
of sight. It isn’t strong enough
to move anything with more
substance than a dust mote.
Communicating via Taptap is
slow, as the Spook must spell out
individual symbols: one word per
Turn in most cases. The
Storyteller is the final
authority on the complexity of
messages that Taptap can convey.
If the player also spends 1
Corpus when activating Taptap,
the Spook can manipulate
touchscreens and other
technologies that respond to
physical input through similar
principles.
Angst: None
Duration: 3 Turns per success
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STONEHAND PUNCH (COMMON)
A simple, brutal telekinetic
strike, Stonehand Punch allows
the Spook to pummel a single
victim across the Shroud or in
the Underworld. They must touch a
Skinlands target, effectively
using Stonehand Punch to convey
their normal Strength across the
Shroud, but they can strike
Underworld targets outside their
reach.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: N/A
System: The player activates
this ability and makes a normal
Brawl attack. If it hits, they
may add the Wraith’s dots in
Outrage to the damage. Against an
Underworld target, this attack
has a maximum range equal to the
Spook’s Willpower in yards.
Stonehand Punch may target both
characters and inanimate objects.
Angst: None
Duration: One Attack
STONEHAND PARRY (INITIATE)
Spooks get in a lot of fights.
After a few Harrowings, smart
Spooks look for ways to avoid
being hit. This age-old Outrage
Art is the brawler’s best friend,
allowing a bare-handed Spook to
block clubs, swords, or Moliated
tentacles.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Strength + Outrage
System: As the Spook is about
to be hit by a close-combat
attack, the player rolls Strength
+ Outrage vs. the local Shroud
rating. Successes on this roll
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cancel successes on the attack on Angst: None

a one-for-one basis. Extra Duration: N/A
successes become levels of
Superficial damage on the Level 3
attacker or weapon that struck
WINGS OF RAGE (COMMON)
the Spook. Using Stonehand Parry
Sometimes a Spook needs to get
is reflexive.
there right now. Wings of Rage
The Wraith may block thrown or
starts as speed and strength born
archaic ranged weapon attacks at
of desperation, allowing the
+1 difficulty. Firearm attacks
Wraith to undertake implausible
and similar faster-than-sight
feats of athleticism.
projectiles are impossible to
Cost: One Degradation Check
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Dice Pool: N/A
System: For the rest of the
Scene, the Spook may add their
dots in Outrage to their
Athletics dice pools.
Additionally, when calculating
the Spook’s running speed, their
dots in Outrage add to their
Dexterity.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
TANTRUM (INITIATE)
A Spook using Tantrum stands
at the eye of a telekinetic
storm, hurling loose objects
about with abandon. This Art is
exhausting to use, but it’s an
excellent means of impairing
multiple aggressors or persuading
groups of meddlesome kids to
vacate. Tantrum simultaneously
affects both the Skinlands and
the Shadowlands, which makes it
something of a double-edged mace.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Stamina + Outrage
System: The player rolls
Stamina + Outrage against the
local Shroud Rating. In a radius
equal to the Spook’s Willpower in
yards, random energies pick up
every small loose object (less
than one pound) and fling it
about in a swirling vortex that
lasts for one Turn per success
rolled.
The randomly moving cloud of
debris makes combat difficult.
Any hand-to-hand or firearm
attack targeting a character in
the Tantrum suffers -1 to dice
pools, and any thrown or archaic
missile weapon attack suffers -2
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to the dice pool. At the
Storyteller’s discretion, other
rolls may suffer similar
impairment from the distraction
and interference.
In addition, each character in
the Tantrum at the beginning of
each turn suffers 2 Superficial
damage from constant battering.
The Spook is immune to
Tantrum’s negative effects, as
they have enough control over the
storm to keep it from blocking
their shots. The radius of the
effect remains centered on them
as they move.
The player may spend 2
additional Corpus when invoking
Tantrum to double the radius of
effect or contract it to one
yard. The player may
alternatively or additionally
spend 2 additional Corpus to
attach Tantrum to another target,
centering its effects on an
object or character rather than
themself.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Scene
Level 4
DEATH’S TOUCH (COMMON)
Death’s Touch grants the Spook
his full capacity for fine
manipulation of objects in the
physical world. Death’s Touch is
a similarly refined Stonehand
Punch in the Underworld, allowing
finesse at range. At this level
of mastery, Outrage begins to
require a steady hand more than a
volatile heart.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Stamina + Outrage
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System: The player rolls
Stamina + Outrage against the
local Shroud Rating to use this
Art across the Shroud. The Wraith
may handle physical objects with
their full Strength and
Dexterity; this includes wielding
weapons or brawling.
In the Underworld, the player
rolls Stamina + Outrage against
difficulty 3. The Spook may
telekinetically project their
hands at a maximum range equal to
their Willpower in meters/yards,
manipulating objects or brawling
at will.
The effect ends immediately if
the Wraith becomes intangible
while Death’s Touch is active.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Scene
WYLDFIRE (INITIATE)
Some Spooks’ rage burns hot,
while others stoke a cold fury.
Wyldfire literalizes the
metaphor, enabling the Wraith to
conjure barrow-flame. This Art’s
raw destructive potential
delights the Shadow, all the more
so because the Wraith has no
control over the fire once they
release it.
Cost: One Degradation Roll and
1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Stamina + Outrage
System: The Spook concentrates
for a full turn, focusing on a
target within their Willpower x
10 yards. The player rolls
Stamina + Outrage against the
local Shroud Rating. The size and
intensity of the barrow-flame
produced depend on the number of
successes:
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1 success: Candle: when you
strike someone with this, it does
1 level of Aggravated damage.
3 successes: Campfire: when
you strike someone with this, it
does 2 levels of Aggravated
damage.
5 successes: Inferno: when you
strike someone with this, it does
3 levels of Aggravated damage.
As always, the barrow-flame
does Aggravated damage, and you
may use the flame to make a
Dexterity + Outrage roll vs. the
target's combat dice pool.
If Wyldfire creates barrow-
flame in the Skinlands, the
resulting conflagration triggers
the Fog.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
per success of the initial
Stamina + Outrage roll.
Duration: One Scene
Level 5
OBLIVIATE (COMMON)
Obliviate is the Wraith’s
nuclear option, unleashed when
there’s no choice but to feed
Oblivion and their own Shadow
alike. Distilling their anger
into raw destructive energy, the
Spook unleashes it in a crushing,
burning spasm of entropy. Like
most Outrage Arts, Obliviate can
affect Skinlands or Underworld
targets.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Strength + Outrage
System: The Wraith must touch
their intended target. The player
rolls Strength + Outrage against
the local Shroud Rating.

The Spook’s Strength or
Dexterity + Brawl attacks do
Aggravated damage on Wraiths and
unhalved Superficial damage on
everyone else.
A living being killed by
Obliviate becomes a Wraith but
immediately falls into a
Destruction Harrowing. A Wraith
reduced to zero Corpus through
this damage likewise suffers an
immediate Destruction Harrowing.
In either case, failure at the
Harrowing doesn’t consign the
character to Oblivion. Instead,
they become a Spectre.
A destroyed Spectre or Plasmic
returns to Oblivion. The
Labyrinth knows its own.
A destroyed inanimate object
falls directly into Oblivion
(unless it’s Inhabited, in which
case it becomes a Relic — and the
luckless Artificer suffers the
same damage that the item took).
Angst: Gain 3 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Scene
ANGER ENOUGH FOR TWO WORLDS (INITIATE)
Most Outrage Arts reach across
the Shroud. This one reaches for
the Shroud, takes it by the
throat, and beats it into
submission. Never willingly
taught outside the Spooks’ Guild,
Anger Enough for Two Worlds rends
the barrier between the Skinlands
and the Shadowlands to shreds. It
exacts a terrible toll on the
Wraith who uses it, but in
extremis, dedicated Spooks are
willing to pay its price.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
and a number of Corpus equal to
your successes
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Dice Pool: Strength + Outrage
System: Anger Enough for Two
Worlds is usable only in the
Shadowlands. The player spends
rolls Strength + Outrage vs. the
local Shroud Rating. The Spook
loses 1 Corpus per success, and
every other character in the
Scene suffers 1 level of unhalved
Superficial damage per success.
The local Shroud ratings drop
by the number of successes
rolled.
If this Art reduces the Shroud
below 2, the Shadowlands and
Skinlands become one until the
Shroud recovers.
The Shroud strengthens at a
rate of 1 per day after the use
of this power.
During this time, the Shroud
is considered to be 0 for
purposes of all rolls relying on
it. All Wraiths in the area can
interact with Skinlands objects
as if they had mortal bodies,
while all Relics become fully
visible and tangible to Skinlands
denizens. Any supernatural power
that normally works on only one
side of the Shroud can affect
anything in the area. This gets
Oblivion’s full attention and is
immediately obvious to every
nearby supernatural being. The
Storyteller determines what these
latter effects do, but they
should have far-reaching
repercussions.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
per success on the Strength +
Outrage Roll.
Duration: One Day, until the
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Pandemonium
Guild: Haunters
Pandemonium is an Art of
madness and creation. Long ago,
there was a group of Wraiths who
descended into the Labyrinth and
found the mysterious progenitor
of Pandemonium.
Guildmark
Among Wraith society, the
Haunters are considered a bit
odd at the best of times;
this has to do with the
rather unique nature of
their Guildmark. Instead
of a change to the
Corpus, like so many
others, or an auditory
hallucination, like
the Chanteurs, their
Guildmark is,
unfortunately, a bit
of a chance upon the
Psyche itself. This can
be as simple as an
oddity of how they open
doors, seeing a shadow out
of the corners of their
eyes, but it will always get
stronger, perhaps they will
start to use words that are
meant to unnerve someone “you
know, we could just throw you
into the Tempest,” or even have
their mannerisms change, such as
suddenly becoming left-handed.
Characteristics
While a Haunter in the
Shadowlands, they can invoke
Pandemonium effects in the
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Skinlands. They also can use
these Arts in the Tempest while
they are there. Skinlands
manifestations are subject to the
Fog, and each roll’s difficulty
equals the local Shroud. In
Stygia and the Tempest, each
Shadow Die that comes up a one
(even in a success) gives the
Wraith’s Shadow 1 Temporary
Angst in addition to any
gained as part of the power’s
usual cost.
Pandemonium and Oblivion
interact strangely. In the
Labyrinth, each roll’s
difficulty is reduced by
1, each die that comes
up as a 10 counts as
two successes, and
each 1 on the Shadow
Dice can evoke the
conditions of a
Shaded Failure,
even if you
succeeded. Total
failures on
Pandemonium rolls in
the Labyrinth are, in a
word, epic. However, the
Haunter’s Shadow never
gains Angst from
Pandemonium applications in
the Labyrinth.
Type: Physical
Dictum Mortuum Threat: High
Level 1
WEIRDNESS (COMMON)
The Haunter inflicts a small,
strange effect on a single mortal
target. This Art’s subject may
shiver from sudden chills, see a
flicker of motion where none

should be, or feel the tickling
feet of spiders nesting in their
esophagus.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Wits + Pandemonium
vs. Wits + Composure
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Pandemonium vs. Wits +
Composure. The target suffers a
penalty to all dice pools, where
they use a physical attribute
equal to the Haunter’s dots in
Pandemonium. This doesn’t stack
with wound penalties and can’t
affect the same target more than
once per Scene.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
TASTE CHAOS (INITIATE)
The Haunter’s affinity for
chaos enables them to detect its
touch on others. This Art’s
capacity to reveal the influence
of Pandemonium and Oblivion has
implications that few Haunters
want to be examined too closely.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Pandemonium
vs. Stamina + Composure
System: The Wraith gazes
quizzically at a target within
line of sight; the player rolls
Wits + Pandemonium vs. Stamina +
Composure. One success reveals if
the target has been affected by
Pandemonium, Spectre powers, or
another manifestation of Oblivion
within the past day. Each
additional success reveals traces
going back an additional week.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
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VIRTUALITY (SPECTRE)
The Spectre employs this Art
to perceive events in the
Skinlands for a brief period.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Pandemonium
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Pandemonium against the local
Shroud rating. The number of
successes rolled indicates the
strength of your connection
across the Shroud: 1 success
results in weak audio or visuals
with bursts of supernatural
interference, while 5 successes
mean a clear connection — as
clear as the barrier between
worlds allows — that captures
every nuance of unfolding events.
Since this power impacts your
senses only, the effect moves
with you while the power is
active. This lasts for the
Scene's duration, although you
may cancel it anytime.
On a Total Failure, backlash
from the Shroud overwhelms your
senses, increasing the difficulty
by 1 of all Perception-related
rolls for the remainder of the
Scene.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
Level 2
BEFUDDLEMENT (COMMON)
The Haunter momentarily
confuses a target, disorienting
them and making them forget where
they are and what they are doing.
This Art is equally effective on
living and Wraithly targets.
Cost: One Degradation Check
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Dice Pool: Wits + Pandemonium
against the Local Shroud Rating
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Pandemonium against the Local
Shroud Rating. For one Turn per
success, the target must succeed
on a Composure + Intelligence
roll against a difficulty equal
to the Haunter’s dots in
Pandemonium to act or to maintain
any supernatural power requiring
concentration. Multiple
applications of Befuddlement add
to the effect’s duration.
Angst: None
Duration: A number of turns
per success
LIQUID SOLID (COMMON)
While any Wraith can pass
through a wall by simply
sacrificing a point of Pathos and
walking straight through it,
sometimes a Haunter would like to
make it so that non-Wraiths can
follow. However, not all Haunters
are so generous, using this power
on floors, causing them to fall
through. Alternatively, some
Haunters have found this a useful
power to hide in rooms within the
Underworld.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Pandemonium
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Pandemonium against the local
Shroud Rating. The Haunter may
affect one object that fits
within 1 cubic meter per success
on the margin. If the Haunter
would rather affect a part of a
structure, they may affect 1
cubic meter of the structure per
success.
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Objects and structures
affected by this power remain
structurally sound; however, any
person or animal trying to
interact with the object passes
through it like a liquid. The
objects cannot be reshaped
through conventional means, as no
tools can interact with the
affected objects or structures.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
POSTMORTEMSCRIPT (INITIATE)
A Haunter versed in this Art
can communicate across the Shroud
via written words and symbols.
Concentrating on their message
and infusing their Corpus with
chaos, they force part of their
substance through cracks in the
walls between worlds, marking any
solid surface. Pandemonium
unpredictability makes each
manifestation different: One
message may appear in moss,
another oozes from the writing
surface in clotted blood, while
glowing gnats hover to spell out
a third. This also renders exact
dictation impossible. With
practice, the Wraith can convey
their intent with acceptable
accuracy. However, a slip in
concentration can reveal their
subconscious worries and desires
or even allow their Shadow to
dictate the message.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Pandemonium against the local
Shroud Rating
System: When the Wraith begins
writing, the player rolls

Intelligence + Pandemonium
against the local Shroud Rating.
They can write for one Turn per
success, with each Turn allowing
them to write one phrase or short
sentence. All writing disappears
at the end of the Scene.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
LURKING PRESENCE (SPECTRE)
The Spectre tears the fabric
of the Shroud, leaving
transparent tatters through which
the living can perceive them.
Cost: One Degradation Roll
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Pandemonium
System: The Spectre rolls
Manipulation + Pandemonium vs.
the local Shroud rating; each
success rolled equals the number
of turns you manifest to the
perceptions of those in the
Skinlands. While this Art is in
effect, subjects who view you are
unaffected by the Fog.
This Art merely reveals your
presence; the Shroud is not
actually rent asunder, nor can
you cross into the Skinlands. The
gouge you carve in the Shroud is
not unlike a window — you face a
single direction, and mortals
must be directly opposite to see
you. Repeated use of Lurking
Presence can permanently lower
the local Shroud rating at the
Storyteller’s discretion.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
Level 3
STRANGE ETHER (COMMON)
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The Haunter can meddle with a
small area’s environmental
conditions, altering temperature,
humidity, wind, precipitation,
and lighting conditions. While
only the strongest Haunters can
cause direct harm with Strange
Ether, it’s easy to arrange
“accidents” through localized
meteorological anomalies. Strange
Ether can alter the environment
on either side of the Shroud, but
meddling with the Tempest is an
act of desperation or insanity,
even for Haunters.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Pandemonium against the local
Shroud Rating
System: The player rolls
Intelligence + Pandemonium
against the local Shroud Rating.
As shown below, their successes
determine the most intense
weather they can invoke. All
Strange Ether effects last for
one minute per dot of Pandemonium
in a radius up to the Wraith’s
Willpower x 10 yards.
1 success: Fog or slight
temperature change (up to
10ºF/5ºC).
2 successes: Mild breeze and
light precipitation.
3 successes: Ambient light
change, in a range from “overcast
winter morning” to “midnight
under a stormy sky with a new
moon.”
4 successes: Strong wind and
heavy precipitation.
5+ successes: As 4 successes,
but each additional success
grants one “ranged” attack with
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an airborne object; the player
rolls Wits + Pandemonium with a
base 1 Superficial damage.
The Wraith can’t engage in
Strange Ether duels to cancel out
each other’s applications of this
Art; multiple uses only worsen
conditions until they’re out of
anyone’s control. In the Tempest,
any failed application of Strange
Ether also generates an immediate
localized Maelstrom (one bell,
unless the situation demands
something stronger).
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
SMALLER ON THE OUTSIDE (COMMON)
Some Relics of fallen
buildings can stand right next to
the memorials to the fallen in
that building, yet the nature of
the Necropolis seems unchanged.
Some interpreting Haunters took
it upon themselves to figure out
why this happens and how to
replicate it. And they succeeded
to a degree with this Art.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Pandemonium
System: Roll Intelligence +
Pandemonium against the local
Shroud Rating. The Haunter can
increase the internal dimensions
of a space by the margin of
success, measured in cubic
yards/meters.
So that if the Wraith had a
space that was 27 cubic meters
and rolled 4 successes on the
margin, they could add 4 cubic
yards/meters to the space.
These extra cubic yards/meters
can be added onto the outer edges
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of the space, allowing you to
build halls and stretch a
specific wall back.
For every 3 successes, the
Haunter can instead add a
yard/meter to all three cubic
dimensions, height, width, and
depth.
At the Haunter’s discretion,
they can omit up to two cubic
dimensions in exchange for adding
another yard/meter to another
dimension. For instance, they may
only want to push one wall out 3
yards/meters.
If the Haunter wishes, they
may spend 1 Willpower to make the
Duration "One Day." They may
spend 4 Willpower to make the
effect permanent if they wish.
The outer dimensions of the
affected space remain unchanged.
Angst: If this Art is used in
the Skinlands, they gain 1
Temporary Angst. If this Art is
made permanent, they gain 1
Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Scene
ESCHER’S STAIR (INITIATE)
This Art momentarily violates
Euclidean geometry, connecting
two doorways or other portals to
one another via the Labyrinth.
This Art can link a door to a
window, a sewer pipe to a piece
of playground equipment, or the
head of the eponymous staircase
to its foot. Such a link goes
both ways. Anyone passing through
it suffers a moment of unsettling
disorientation as they transit
the Labyrinth en route to their
destination. Multiple
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can create infinite loops — or
intricate mazes of twisty little
passages, all alike.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Wits + Pandemonium
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Pandemonium against the local
Shroud Rating. For one Turn per
success, they can link two
similar planes within their line
of sight, so any object crossing
one plane emerges from the other.
Each plane must have a clearly
defined border: a window frame, a
doorway, the head or foot of a
staircase or ladder, a tunnel
mouth, a jet engine’s intake, and
so on. The two planes don’t have
to have identical dimensions or
similar shapes but must be
roughly equal in area.
The player may spend 1
Willpower to expend this Art’s
duration to one Minute per
success. They may spend 2
Willpower to stretch it to one
Scene per success.
Angst: If a character suffers
a severe injury (more than 2
Health levels of Aggravated
damage) from passing through
Escher’s Stair, they gain 4
Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Turn per Success
Level 4
FOUL HUMOR (COMMON)
Forcing their Corpus through
the Shroud, the Haunter creates a
Fortean eruption of anything from
vermin to gore. They can generate
frog rains, locust plagues, wasp
swarms, rat eruptions, and spider
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explosions. The list goes on.
Alternately, they can summon raw
meat, fresh or clotted blood,
slime molds, buckets of phlegm,
acidic or caustic mucus, or other
noxious substances.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 1 Corpus
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Pandemonium
System: The player describes
their desired effect and then
rolls Intelligence + Pandemonium
vs. the local Shroud Rating. The
manifestation has a maximum
radius of the Wraith’s
Pandemonium rating x 5 yards and
lasts three Turns per success. If
the effect is damaging, the
vermin or goo inflicts one level
of Aggravated damage per two
successes.
More subtle and less
disruptive manifestations are
possible, though they go against
the forces upon which this Art
calls. Summoning a non-disgusting
substance additionally costs 1
Willpower for the necessary fine
control.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
If the effect is damaging, the
Haunter gains 1 additional
Temporary Angst.
Duration: 3 Turns per Success
GROTESQUE APPARITION (INITIATE)
Instead of sliming or
infesting an area with their
cast-off Corpus, an adept Haunter
can mold their cross-Shroud
manifestation into an
approximation of their mortal
shape. This Art spawns a short-
lived, life-sized humanoid form

that vaguely resembles the
Haunter. It’s incapable of self-
expression more refined than
inchoate gibbering, but it’s
distressingly robust and
disgusting.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 3 Corpus, any number of
additional Corpus
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Pandemonium
System: The player rolls
Intelligence + Pandemonium vs.
the local Shroud Rating. The
manifestation lasts for one Turn
per success. When the Wraith
creates the apparition, they set
its general behavior (including
whether it attacks and, if so,
whom), but they can’t
subsequently control it — once
unleashed, it’s self-directing.
The apparition has attributes
equal to the Wraith’s own. It
inherits their ability dots (if
any) in Athletics, Brawl,
Intimidation, Melee, Larceny
(usable only for sabotage), and
Stealth. It has Health levels
equal to the Haunter’s Stamina +
Pandemonium.
The player can spend extra
Corpus to enhance its physical
form when creating the
apparition. 1 point of Corpus
buys one dot of Strength, one dot
of Stamina, or 2 Health levels.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: Until it’s been
destroyed
SHROUD REVENANT (SPECTRE)
The Spectre uses the Shroud as
a Conduit to tap into the soul
residue that lingers in a
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recently dead body, commanding
the corpse to lurch into a
zombie-like state for a short
time.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Outrage
System: The player rolls
Manipulation + Pandemonium
against the local Shroud rating.
The corpse is animated for a
number of Turns equal to the
successes rolled unless it takes
sufficient damage to be
destroyed; for these purposes, it
has 5 health levels. Even if the
corpse is hacked apart, the limbs
continue to move until destroyed;
each limb has 1 health level.
The Shroud Revenant is
literally a shambling corpse with
3 for physical traits, no powers,
and only the barest of perception
(for simplicity, use the Traits
for a standard mortal). There is
just enough soul residue to issue
a single command, and the corpse
can perform only the simplest
tasks — attack someone, hold a
door closed, walk in a circle,
and so forth. Once you have given
the command, no further
instructions may be given, and
the Revenant may not leave the
area.
The corpse must be fresh for
this power to work; at most a
number of days dead equal to your
Stamina + Outrage.
Pathos: Gain 1 Temporary
Pathos
Duration: Until the task is
completed or one Day, whichever
comes first
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TEMPUS FUGIT (COMMON)
The Wraith can distort time’s
passage, slowing or hastening the
actions of everyone in their
immediate area. They can’t,
however, reverse or repeat time.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
and 1 Corpus, 3 additional Corpus
Dice Pool: Wits + Pandemonium
System: The player declares
whether they’re speeding or
slowing time and rolls Wits +
Pandemonium against the local
Shroud Rating. The player may
exempt one character per dot of
the Wraith’s Wits, including the
Haunter themself, declared when
they activate this power. This
Art affects a maximum 10-yard
radius and lasts one Turn per
success.
If the Wraith successfully
slows time, all affected
characters and objects slow to
half their normal speed. Objects
in motion move at half velocity,
and slowed attackers can only use
half their dice pool.
If the Wraith speeds up time,
all affected characters and
objects double their speed.
Accelerated characters may make 1
extra dice pool per turn, objects
in motion move at double
velocity, and accelerated attacks
add half their dice pool to
attack.
The player may spend 3
additional Corpus to slow time to
one-third of its normal pace or
triple it. Slowed characters act
once every three turns, while
hastened characters may make 2
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extra dice pools per turn. All
other effects are commensurate.
A Wraith can use Tempus Fugit
once per Scene.
Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Turn per success
TESSERACT BOMB (INITIATE)
Folding an entire structure in
on itself, the Wraith blocks all
egress and ingress. Within this
nightmare, geometry, dead ends,
infinite loops, and gravitational
reversals upend the laws of
physics. If a Haunter wills it
with this Art, their wrath is
inescapable. There are no records
of Tesseract Bomb’s effects in
the Tempest or the Labyrinth,
most likely because no one has
survived to report the results —
but, notably, a Haunter’s Shadow
will do anything to prevent such
experiments.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
and 3 Corpus
Dice Pool: Wits + Pandemonium
System: The Wraith must be
within the building, cavern, or
other enclosed space they want to
Tesseract Bomb. The player rolls
Wits + Pandemonium against the
Local Shroud Rating. The number
of successes rolled determine the
maximum size of structure they
can affect. If the target space
is larger than the roll allows,
they affect only a portion of it:
1 success: Single room
2 successes: One-bedroom
apartment; small shop
3 successes: One-story house
4 successes: Two- or three-
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5 successes: Mansion; parking the target’s thoughts for a

garage; shopping mall
For the rest of the Scene, no
one outside can enter the
affected structure. Entrances are
stuck, locked, or impossible to
find. Attempts at forced entry
fail unless the attacker succeeds
at a Wits + Investigation Roll
against Difficulty 5 and defeats
the Haunter’s successes in a
resisted Willpower roll.
Inside the structure, exits
simply aren’t there. Blank walls
and dead-end hallways replace
windows and outside doors, and
exterior walls have armor equal
to the Haunter’s Wits in addition
to their usual properties. In
addition, if the Haunter knows
Dark Ether or Escher’s Stair,
they can use each power without
paying Pathos or Corpus while the
Tesseract Bomb is in effect.
Angst: If the Haunter uses
Dark Ether or Escher’s Stair
without making the required
Degradation Checks or paying
Corpus, the Shadow gains 1
Temporary Angst for the use.
Duration: One Day
number of turns equal to the
successes rolled.
As a person’s thoughts are
seldom clear and regimented, the
Storyteller should describe what
you perceive in a series of
unstructured impressions,
snatches of phrases, or memory
fragments. You may try
Investigate or similar efforts to
parse what’s useful from the
mental ebb and flow. If the
subject’s feeling strong
emotions, the Storyteller may
require you to make a Rapacity
check (pg. 349) — though at +2
difficulty, since you’re tapped
directly into the target’s
consciousness.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene

TRANSPARENT MEMORIES(SPECTRE)
The Spectre can weave the
Shroud itself to pierce a living
subject’s mind to tap into their
thoughts.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Pandemonium
System: The Spectre rolls
Manipulation + Pandemonium
against the local Shroud Rating
or the target’s Willpower,
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Phantasm
of control, becoming nightmarish,
often taking as their subject the
Wraith’s Passions (or their
Guild: Sandmen
Shadow’s Dark Passions).
Phantasm is the power of
Sometimes, the Wraith’s Shadow
dreams and illusions. Some people
may take over their manipulation
see it as a way to deceive others
of a dream or subject, leading to
or spy on them, but most Sandmen
a truly nightmarish experience.
are more performers than
Type: Mental
tricksters, or is that what they
Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low-
want you to think?
Mid

Guildmark Level 1
A Sandman is always in tune
with the dreams of mortals. SLEEPSENSE (COMMON)
As they start their journey One of the foundations
down this Arcanos, their of Phantasm is the
eyes flash with these ability to watch the
images, though this does dreams a mortal or
nothing to affect their Slumbering Wraith
ability to see. And as experiences. In the
they get stronger, case of the Quick
this effect to determine what
increases, and the stage of sleep
effect begins to they’re in (non-
cover their entire REM (“N”) stages,
face and then their where sleep
whole body. gradually deepens but
no dreams occur,
followed by REM sleep,
Characteristics in which dreaming takes
Unless an Art specifies place). Sleepsense also
differently, the local Shroud allows a Wraith to
rating is the difficulty if a perceive whether a Wraith
Wraith uses Phantasm across the is Slumbering inside an
Shroud. Using Phantasm on a object (and thus whether that
target in the Underworld has a object is one of that Wraith’s
difficulty of the target’s Fetters).
Willpower unless noted otherwise. Costs: Free
Failures on Phantasm rolls Dice Pool: Wits + Phantasm vs.
often have particularly Intelligence + Composure
disturbing or horrific effects System: For a Wraith to spy on
(unless that was the Wraith’s someone’s dreams, the player
intent in the first place). rolls Wits + Phantasm vs.
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Wraith to determine if another
Wraith’s Slumbering inside an
object, the player rolls Wits +
Phantasm against a difficulty
equal to the Slumbering Wraith’s
Willpower. Even one net success
lets them perceive whether
there’s a Slumbering Wraith there
or not.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
CONCLAVE (COMMON)
For most of this century, the
Guild has escaped the Hierarchy’s
attention by conducting meetings
in Dreamscapes. This Art lets the
Wraith meet with fellow Sandmen
at a prearranged dream location.
Reaching this communal dream is
not a matter of travel but rather
of selecting elements of the
ever-changing Dreamscape: a
setting, a tone, or a cast of
performers. Like a set designer
arranging a stage, the Sandman
arrives at the proper vision —
and finds that other members of
the Guild have shown up, too. The
meeting commences with little
ceremony but, more often than
not, much showmanship.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Phantasm
System: To attend, the Sandman
must know the location of the
Conclave. The player rolls
Intelligence + Phantasm against
difficulty 4. On a success, the
Sandman enters the conclave for a
Scene. The Wraith may attend the
Conclave either while awake or
while Slumbering, but in both
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cases, the Corpus is incapable of
action while the Wraith is “out.”
Any Corpus damage inflicted
upon a Wraith in Conclave will
instantly pull the Sandman’s
spirit back into its Corpus.
If a Wraith would like to stay
in the conclave at the end of the
Scene, they must roll an
additional Intelligence +
Phantasm against difficulty 2
with a success extending the
duration by one Scene.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
ELISIA (COMMON)
A Sandman may gently pull a
sleeping soul out of its body and
into the Shadowlands.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Phantasm
System: The Sandman rolls
Manipulation + Phantasm against a
sleeping Quick against a
difficulty based on their sleep
stage.
REM Sleep: Difficulty 2
Transitional Sleep: Difficulty
3
Deep Sleep: Difficulty 4
Trance-like state: Difficulty
6
A trance-like state is
something like watching T.V. or
meditation. This does not
generate a Projector.
Angst: None
Duration: A number of Scenes
per success
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Dreams often contain prophetic
or useful information, and many
Wraiths have some ability to
discern a dream’s meaning. A
Sandman skilled at Dreamreading
has far greater oneiromantic
insight than their fellows.
Costs: Free
Dice Pool: N/A
System: When the Wraith wants
to discern what a dream means
(either one of their own or
someone else’s that they watch
via Sleepsense), the player adds
their dots in Phantasm to any
roll made to understand dreams.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
Level 2
DREAMWEAVER (COMMON)
From watching dreams, most
Sandmen go on to learn how to
alter them. Typically a Wraith
does this to communicate
information or try to subtly
influence the sleeper’s behavior
once they wake up.
Given enough successes, a
Wraith can change virtually
anything, or everything, about a
dream. For example, suppose a
Wraith’s victim dreams of being a
rock star playing a nighttime
concert to a packed stadium. In
that case, they could change it
to a classical music performance,
the stadium to an amphitheater,
nighttime to day, the fans to
tomato-throwing haters, and the
good weather to a rainstorm. At
the extreme, they could transform
an ordinary dream into a
nightmare that will haunt the
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victim when they awaken and
prevent sleep from doing them any
good.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Phantasm
System: For a Wraith to alter
a dream, the player rolls
Manipulation + Phantasm. The
difficulty depends on the extent
of the changes they want to make:
A few trivial changes are
difficulty 1, changing half the
significant details is difficulty
3, and changing all the
significant details is difficulty
6.
Changing a dream has no
specific game effect. How the
sleeper reacts, if at all, is up
to the Storyteller. However, a
Wraith can alter a dream to
become a terrifying nightmare;
this increases the roll to
difficulty 5 or the target’s
Willpower (whichever is higher).
Each success achieved reduces the
Corpus a Wraith regains from
Slumber by 1. If used on one of
the Quick, the effects are the
same as the “sleeplessness”
function of Oneirataxia (see
below).
The more successes a Wraith
achieves on a Dreamweaver roll,
the more vivid the changes to the
dream seem, and the longer they
last.
Angst: None
Duration: Until the sleeper
wakes up
DREAM SEQUENCE (INITIATE)
Some Sandmen can cloud a
mortal’s mind, convincing them
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that what they saw “was just a
dream.” Powerful Wraiths can even
extend this effect to other
supernatural beings. When one of
the Quick pierces the Fog (pg.
284) and perceives a Wraith, it
can pose difficulty and danger.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Phantasm
System: After a mortal
succeeds at seeing through the
Fog, the player rolls
Manipulation + Phantasm
(difficulty equal to the mortal’s
Willpower). Each success achieved
reduces the mortal’s successes on
their Wits + Awareness roll to
perceive nearby Wraiths. If this
reduces the mortal’s success to
zero or below, they become
convinced that they didn’t
actually see anything — they just
had a particularly vivid dream
(or hallucination).
Against a supernatural being,
Dream Sequence doesn’t require
the Fog; the Sandman just
convinces another Wraith,
Spectre, or the like that they
didn’t see something they did.
The Sandman must have three dots
in Phantasm to do this to
Wraiths, Spectres, and most other
Underworld denizens, and four
dots to use Dream Sequence
against Skinlands supernatural
entities.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
Level 3
MORPHEAN EMBRACE (COMMON)
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A Wraith with this Art can
make other Wraiths fall asleep,
just as if they were mortal once
more.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Wits + Phantasm
System: If the target Wraith
wants to experience Morphean
Embrace, the player doesn’t need
to roll to succeed with this Art.
But if the Sandman uses it
against an involuntary subject
(such as an enemy in combat), the
player rolls Wits + Phantasm vs.
the target's Composure + Resolve.
If the Sandman succeeds, the
target falls into an ordinary
sleep; this isn’t Slumber, and
they don't enter one of their
Fetters or regain Corpus Levels.
Instead, they drop to the ground
and start snoozing. Anything that
would awaken a mortal sleeper
(such as a loud noise or jostling
them) will also awaken a sleeping
Wraith. Unless something like
that happens, the target wakes up
about eight hours later.
A Wraith can use Oneirataxia
(see below) on a sleeping Wraith
to keep them from waking up.
Angst: None
Duration: 8 Hours
DEEP SLUMBER (INITIATE)
A Wraith under the effects of
Deep Slumber recovers Corpus more
quickly when Slumbering.
Costs: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Phantasm
System: A Sandman can use this
Art on themself before they
Slumber or on another Wraith
while that Wraith Slumbers. The
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player rolls Intelligence + If the penalty equals the

Phantasm against difficulty 4. subject’s highest Attribute +
Each success achieved adds to the Ability combination, they
number of levels of non- experience a nervous breakdown
Aggravated damage the Slumbering and require medical assistance or
subject heals. These extra levels temporary institutionalization. A
apply even if the subject fails Wraith may try to combat this Art
their Stamina roll after by using Dreamweaver (pg. XX)
Slumbering. during the subject’s nightmare.
Angst: None Pathos: Gain 1 Temporary
Duration: One Slumber Pathos
Duration: For as long as the
NIGHTMARE (SPECTRE) subject sleeps
With a tearing of the Shroud,
the Spectre allows the Stain of Level 4
Oblivion to seep into a sleeping
PHANTASMAGORIA (COMMON)
mortal. While vaguely similar to
Often considered the true
Phantasm, the Spectre has no
height of the Sandman’s Art,
control over or knowledge of the
Phantasmagoria allows a Wraith to
nightmares they unleash. Rather,
weave Pathos into convincing
they simply connect the sleeping
illusions.
victim’s Psyche directly to the
Costs: One Degradation Check
terrible chaos of the Tempest
and one additional Degradation
itself.
Check per Scene you wish to
Cost: One Degradation Check
extend the duration.
Dice Pool: Dexterity + Shroud
Dice Pool: Wits + Phantasm
Rending
System: To create an illusion,
System: Roll Dexterity +
the player rolls Wits + Phantasm
Shroud Rending against the local
against difficulty 3. The number
Shroud Rating; a successful roll
of successes indicates the
plunges the mortal into terrible
difficulty anyone who sees it
nightmares. On a successful roll,
needs to achieve on a Wits +
the subject’s actions are reduced
Investigation roll to resist its
by one die on the following day
effects. If a victim achieves
until they get sound,
that many successes or more, they
uninterrupted sleep. You may also
realize the illusion is just
apply an additional one-die
that, an illusion, and can safely
reduction for every 2 extra
ignore it. Otherwise, they think
successes on the roll. This Art
it’s real and reacts accordingly.
can only be used on a particular
If given reason to suspect the
subject once each time they
image isn’t real (for example, if
sleep, but the effect is
an illusionary loved one doesn’t
cumulative if applied on
act affectionately toward them),
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it.
Phantasmagoria affects sight,
hearing, taste, and smell. The
Wraith can even make it quasi-
solid to other Wraiths and thus
able to affect touch by investing
it with Corpus. For each 1 Corpus
the Sandman “donates” to their
illusion, it acquires one health
level. A Sandman cannot “heal”
their illusion after something
damages it. They must create a
new one if they want a more solid
illusion.
A Corpus-invested illusion can
cause damage (e.g., an
illusionary weapon) if
appropriate. To do this, the
player rolls Dexterity + Phantasm
to hit the target. The target can
dodge as normal. On a hit, the
illusion does damage as normal
for the weapon made.
A Sandman can only create
illusions in the Underworld
unless they have Embody 3, in
which case they can also create
them in the Skinlands.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene per
Degradation Check

TABLEAU OF TERROR (INITIATE)

Some Sandmen have made a
special study of the Art of
Phantasmagoria (see above) in an
effort to make their illusions
more effective for specific
purposes. The best-known result
of this work is Tableau of
Terror, which creates an illusion
so terrifying, horrifying, or
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Costs: One Degradation Check,
plus one Degradation check a turn
to increase the duration
Dice Pool: Wits + Phantasm
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Phantasm vs. all targets
Composure + Resolve.
Anyone who fails to achieve
this number of successes
experiences extreme fear. If they
fail by just 1–2, the victim
flees as fast as possible. If
they fail by 3–4, their Shadow
also gains 1 Temporary Angst, and
they may attack in a frenzy
instead of fleeing. If they fail
by 5 or more, they become
paralyzed or catatonic from fear
and can’t do anything.
Unlike a full illusion created
by Phantasmagoria, a Tableau of
Terror cannot be made solid by
investing it with Corpus. It’s
just a highly convincing image
crafted for a specific effect.
Angst: None
Duration: One Turn per success
Level 5
AGON (COMMON)
One of the deadliest of the
Sandman’s Arts, Agon allows a
Wraith to rip the soul from a
sleeping mortal’s body, causing
excruciating, often debilitating,
pain.
Costs: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Wits + Phantasm
System: The player rolls Wits
+ Phantasm against the local
Shroud Rating. The number of
successes indicates (a) the
number of turns the Wraith may
hold the victim’s soul out of
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their body and (b) the number of
health levels the victim loses
when they awaken. However, the
victim may resist this injury by
rolling Wits + Subterfuge against
difficulty 5, with the margin of
success reducing the damage.
Angst: Gain 2 Temporary Angst.
Duration: One Turn per success
ONEIRATAXIA (INITIATE)
Also known as Sleep
Manipulation (or, to less
respectful, Wraiths, Insomnia
Bomb), Oneirataxia allows a
Wraith to prevent the Quick and
Wraiths from sleeping, waking up,
or dreaming.
Costs: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Phantasm
System: Oneirataxia has three
functions. If a Wraith uses two
or more functions simultaneously
on the same subject, each
additional one costs another
Degradation Check.
First - a Wraith can use this
Art to prevent a mortal from
sleeping or a Wraith from
Slumbering. The player rolls
Manipulation + Phantasm against
the target’s Resolve + Stamina.
Success indicates the target
can’t sleep for 24 hours.
For the Quick, lack of sleep
reduces the victim’s actions by 1
die on each day that follows
until they get sound,
uninterrupted sleep. The
Sandman’s player may also apply
an additional 1 die reduction if
they crit on the roll. (A Sandman
can only use this type of
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subject once each time they
sleep, but the effect is
cumulative if applied on
successive nights.) Furthermore,
if the penalty equals the
subject’s highest Attribute +
Ability combination, the subject
experiences a nervous breakdown
and requires medical assistance
or possibly even temporary
institutionalization. Extended
exposure past this point sends
the subject into permanent
catatonia. A Wraith may try to
combat this Art by using
Dreamweaver during the subject’s
nightmare.
For a Wraith, the inability to
Slumber means they cannot regain
Corpus that way. A use of
Morphean Embrace on a Wraith
affected by this type of
Oneirataxia must achieve more
successes with its roll than the
Oneirataxia attack, or it fails
to affect the Wraith.
Second - a Wraith can prevent
a sleeper from waking up. This
keeps the Quick in a coma-like
state and puts a Slumbering
Wraith into forced “hibernation.”
The player rolls Manipulation +
Phantasm against the target’s
Resolve + Stamina. Each success
indicates that the sleep/slumber
continues for one 12-hour period.
A Shaded Failure on this roll
typically makes the Sandman
themself go to sleep for 12
hours.
Third - a Wraith can prevent a
mortal from dreaming while they
sleep. (This function doesn’t
work on the Restless.) While this
may affect the victim’s behavior
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differently, the game effects are
the same as lack of sleep (see
above).
A Sandman may simultaneously
use two or more functions of
Oneirataxia on a target; this
increases the difficulty for all
rolls to the highest of any of
them, +1 for each additional
function used.
Angst: If the Third option is
used, the Sandman gains 1 point
of Permanent Angst when the
mortal goes mad.
Duration: 12 to 24 hours, or
Permanent
AWAKEN THE LAMENTER (PROJECTOR)
Prerequisite power: Elysia
While Elysia does not generate
Projectors, that didn’t stop some
enterprising Projectors from
figuring out how to use that to
create new Projectors without
resorting to Pigment.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Phantasm
System: The Projector must
first use Elysia on their target,
then makes a Manipulation +
Phantasm roll against difficulty
7. On a success, the loose soul
becomes a Projector.
If the target would like to
help the Projector, they may
spend Willpower to allow the
Projector to reroll up to three
normal dice.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A

Puppetry
Guild: Puppeteers
Some people are more willing
to compromise morals to get what
they want. The Puppeteers are
more okay with taking someone
else’s body for their ends. But
this Art is also the foundation
of the Risen and pulls on the
connection between the body
and the soul.
Guildmark
Puppeteers spend so
long not looking like
themselves that this
takes a toll on their
Corpus. As time
passes, they slowly
become a
Temperedation of
their various
hosts.
Characteristics
No one in the world of
Darkness is inherently
immune to the effects of
puppetry. If a Supernatural
being, other than a wraith,
is subject to Puppetry and is
aware of it, they may spend 1
point of Willpower and reroll
their initial Resolve + Composure
rolls to resist a Puppetry Art.
Unless otherwise indicated,
every Puppetry Art other than
Skinride or Wraithride requires
the Wraith to be Skinriding or
Wraithriding their target. Powers
with Wraithride as a prerequisite
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always require the Puppeteer to
Wraithride their target.
While a Wraith is Skinriding,
they are considered to be fully
in the Skinlands. They are immune
to any event in the Shadowlands
(except Arcanoi which can reach
across the Shroud). However, they
suffer the same Skinlands
effects as their host; this
extends to injury: Whenever
the host receives damage, the
Puppeteer suffers an equal
amount of the same type.
When a Spectre uses
their unique powers on
this Art, they must
first Possess their
target, requiring them
to Skinride a Consort
specifically. A
Spectre uses a more
subtle version of
Puppetry, allowing
them to change their
victim's mind, not
just the body. Due to
this mental
manipulation, Spectre
Arts require the victim
to be touched by Oblivion
somehow, whether through an
illness or other dark Arts.
Type: Physical
Dictum Mortuum Threat: High
Level 1
SKINRIDE (COMMON)
The foundation upon which a
selection of greater Puppetry
Arts is built, Skinride enables
the Puppeteer to slip into a
mortal’s body, briefly puppeting
their flesh as a passenger. The
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Wraith has no control over their
vessel’s actions or thoughts.
However, most other Puppetry Arts
require the Wraith to be
Skinriding their target. Only one
Wraith at a time may Skinride any
given target.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Resolve + Puppetry
System: The player rolls
Resolve + Puppetry against the
target’s Resolve + Intelligence.
With success, the Puppeteer
puppets the host’s body. If
another Wraith is already
Skinriding the host, the Wraith
must beat the original
Puppeteer’s successes to eject
them and usurp their place.
The Wraith is immune to any
event in the Shadowlands (except
Arcanoi, which can reach across
the Shroud). While a Wraith is
Skinriding, they are considered
to be fully in the Skinlands.
However, they suffer the same
Skinlands effects as their host;
this extends to injury: Whenever
the host receives damage, the
Wraith suffers an equal amount of
damage as Superficial damage.
Angst: None
Duration: One day
WRAITHRIDE (COMMON)
Tempered: Moliate 2
A Puppeteer who can make
contact with the Corpus of
another Wraith can invade the
target’s Corpus and remain there
for an indefinite time.
A successful Wraithrider finds
themselves in a dark, quiet
place. Normally, they have no
perception of events outside the
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host Wraith except for the host’s
entry into Slumber (which causes
a Puppeteer's “environment” to
brighten) and attempts to detect
the rider’s presence (which the
Puppeteer might notice as a
buzzing noise).
Wraithride provides no control
or influence over the host
Wraith. It also exposes the rider
to all damage the host Wraith
suffers, including Harrowings and
theft of Corpus or Pathos.
Also, should a Wraithriding
Puppeteer fall into a Harrowing,
they drag their host along with
them.
A Usurer who receives “extra
Pathos” from a Wraith can
sometimes infer the additional
presence of a Wraithrider.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Composure +
Puppetry vs. Strength + Resolve
System: The player rolls
Composure + Puppetry vs. Strength
+ Resolve to invade a target’s
Corpus. The number of successes
achieved must be exceeded in a
resisted roll for another
Wraithrider to force the first
from the host. A successful
Wraithrider can be intentionally
detected only through the use of
Sense Rider. However, a Wraith
who uses Transfer (or other
applicable Usury ability) on a
ridden Wraith can determine the
presence of a rider in their
target’s Corpus with a successful
Intelligence + Usury roll against
the Wraith’s Dexterity + Stealth.
Angst: None
Duration: Permanent

MENAGERIE MASK (INITIATE)
Menagerie Mask expands the
range of subjects that the
Puppeteer can Skinride, allowing
them to puppet animals.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: Dexterity +
Puppetry
System: Upon learning
Menagerie Mask, the Puppeteer can
use Skinride on all primates. A
Wraith may try to Skinride more
exotic creatures by rolling
Dexterity + Puppetry against
difficulty 4, with the number of
successes determining if your
attempt to Skinride the creature
succeeded.
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1 Success: all mammals
2 Successes: birds
3 Successes: fish, reptiles,
and amphibians
A character must learn
Skinride before acquiring
Menagerie Mask.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
LURID VISIONS (SPECTRE)
This simplest perversion of
Puppetry's Arts does not involve
direct control over a target.
Instead, it implants a brief
vision — a flash of inspiration
or simple imagery. Complex ideas
and messages are beyond the scope
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of this Art; at best, a Spectre
may urge the target to make a
left turn or “remember” to pick
up a bottle of liquor.
Cost: One Degradation check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Puppetry
System: While Skinwriding the
target, roll Charisma + Puppetry
against the local Shroud rating.
The successes rolled indicate the
degree of detail possible with
the vision — 1 success might
flash a generic image, while 5
successes can display a specific,
detailed subject.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Round
Level 2
MASTER’S VOICE (COMMON)
The Puppeteer can briefly
seize control of their host’s
capacity for speech. The result
is an eerie blend of the Wraith’s
and host’s voices.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Stamina + Puppetry
System: The player rolls
Stamina + Puppetry against the
host's Composure + Wits. And can
speak one sentence per success.
Angst: If the host resists,
the Puppeteer gains 1 Temporary
Angst.
Duration: N/A
TWITCH (COMMON)
The Puppeteer may take
fleeting control of one of their
host’s limbs. While complex
manipulation is beyond them, they
can grasp or release an object,
cause or prevent a fall, or cause
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brief paralysis to forestall an
attack or other action.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Stamina + Puppetry
vs Resolve + Composure
System: The player rolls
Stamina + Puppetry against the
host's Resolve + Wits. Success
allows brief control (one turn),
as described above. With three or
more successes, the movement
feels natural, and the host
writes it off as a muscle spasm,
momentary indecision, or another
internal factor.
Angst: If the host resists,
the Puppeteer gains 1 Temporary
Angst.
Duration: One Scene
DEFLECT (COMMON)
Prerequisite Power: Wraithride
Deflect allows a Puppeteer to
combat others’ attempts to sense
their presence when riding an
object or another Wraith. This
Art also lets a Wraith channel
damage from their own Corpus to
that of a Wraith they're in
contact with as the damage
occurs.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Puppetry vs. Wits + Puppetry
System: Obviously, a Puppeteer
must first successfully ride an
object or Corpus before they can
attempt to deflect efforts at
detection. Also, they must
realize that someone is
attempting to detect them, which
requires one success on a Wits +
Awareness roll against the
Wraithrider's dots in Puppetry.
To avoid detection, the player

makes a contested roll of his
character’s Manipulation +
Puppetry against the seeker’s
Wits + Puppetry. Detection by a
Usurer cannot be deflected. It’s
up to the Usurer to make sense of
the excess profit.
To deflect damage, the Wraith
must make physical contact with a
target who can receive it (the
Wraithrider cannot deflect
damage). The player rolls
Manipulation + Puppetry. The
number of successes equals the
number of Corpus levels of damage
the Puppeteer can channel.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
FOG’S PROTECTION(COMMON)
Tempered: Embody 1
Most Puppeteers do not worry
about the Fog, as it only applies
when a mortal sees a Wraith. But
some enterprising Puppeteers
prefer to use it to their aid,
able to pull their Wraithly
presence out enough to ensure
that the Fog takes effect even
when they are not visible to the
Quick.
Cost: N/A
Dice Pool: N/A
System: A Puppeteer and/or a
host can add the Wraith’s dots in
Puppetry to Intimidation Rolls.
The host can only add the
Wraith's dots in Puppetry if the
Puppeteer allows.
The host cannot deny the use
of this effect.
Angst: None
Duration: Passive
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ADMIX HUMORS (INITIATE)
This Art lets the Puppeteer
influence their host’s
involuntary muscles and other
bodily functions. They can adjust
respiration, heart rate, blood
pressure, digestion, blood
chemistry, peristalsis,
adrenaline production, and
various secretions and smooth or
exacerbate microexpressions.
Subtle applications of Admix
Humors can affect polygraph
results, sustained exertion, or
social interactions. More
vigorous adjustments can simulate
illness or trigger explosive
voiding.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Stamina + Puppetry
System: The player chooses the
change they want to invoke and
rolls Stamina + Puppetry against
the host’s Stamina + Composure.
With success, they apply one of
the following effects to their
host:
 Add or subtract one die per 2
successes to all Strength and
Stamina pools for the rest of
the Scene.
 Add or subtract one die per 2
successes to all social pools
for the rest of the Scene.
 Simulate the symptoms of one
particular illness unless an
observer succeeds in an
opposed Wits + Medicine roll.
 Trigger sneezing, coughing,
vomiting, diarrhea, or
similar involuntary effects.
 Inflict 1 health level of
unhalved Superficial damage;
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this does not affect the

Puppeteer.
Angst: If the host resists,
the Puppeteer gains 1 Temporary
Angst.
Duration: One Scene

IDLE HANDS (SPECTRE)

The Spectre directs the
subject’s body to undertake a
particular task while their mind
is distracted.
This Art cannot be used to
force a possessed target to
perform a lethal or self-
destructive action.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Resolve + Puppetry
System: While possessing the
target, roll Resolve + Puppetry
vs. the target’s Resolve + Wits.
The Storyteller may allow you
additional dice depending on how
relevant the proposed action is
to the subject’s current state of
mind. For instance, you may get
three additional dice if you want
the subject to write “The bastard
must die” 100 times while they’re
stewing over their hated ex-
lover, but no benefit if you want
the subject to build a pipe bomb
while thinking about how much fun
they’ll have playing with their
new puppy.
While a subject may not resist
this effect by spending
Willpower, repeated use of Idle
Hands on an unwilling victim
makes it increasingly unlikely
that their attention will
continue to drift.
On an Illuminated Failure, the
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performed. They gain one Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst

additional die to their Resolve + if the host is willing and 3
Wits roll for any future Temporary Angst if they resist.
Corruption attempts. Whenever the Host spends
Pathos: None Willpower to assert control over
Duration: One Scene their body, the Shadow gains 1
Temporary Angst.
Level 3 Duration: One Scene per
Success
REIN IN THE MIND (COMMON)
With this Art, the Puppeteer
TRANSFUSE (COMMON)
takes complete control of their
Prerequisite Power: Wraithride
host’s body. The host remains in
A Puppeteer riding another
a semiconscious dream state,
Wraith’s Corpus can lend Pathos
aware of what’s happening but
to their host or take Pathos from
unable to act. When the Puppeteer
their host. If the host is not in
releases control, the host is
Slumber at the moment of
subject to the Fog and reacts
transferal, they can notice the
appropriately.
event, as can onlookers. Bestowal
Cost: One Degradation check
of Pathos produces a momentary
Dice Pool: Resolve + Puppetry
scintillation around the host’s
System: The player rolls
Corpus, whereas theft of Pathos
Resolve + Puppetry vs. the host's
causes fleeting waves of darkness
Resolve + Intelligence. The
to sweep across the host’s
Wraith gains total control for
Corpus.
one Scene per success.
Cost: Free
Once per Scene, the host may
Dice Pool: Stamina + Puppetry
spend 1 Willpower to make an
or Resolve + Puppetry vs. Stamina
opposed unspent Willpower roll
+ Resolve
against the Puppeteer’s Resolve +
System: Once the Puppeteer is
Puppetry. Each net success the
successfully Wraithriding a
host receives reduces the Art’s
target, the player rolls Stamina
duration by one Scene. In
+ Puppetry to bestow Pathos or
addition, regardless of who rolls
Resolve + Puppetry vs. the host
more successes, spending the
Stamina + Resolve to steal
Willpower gives the host one turn
Pathos. The difficulty of
of control of their own body.
bestowing Pathos equals the
If the host is a Consort, the
host’s current Pathos.
Wraith makes all rolls with the
Angst: Pathos theft with this
host’s Physical Attributes. If
Art grants 1 Temporary Angst.
the host is not a Consort, all
Duration: N/A
Physical rolls use either the
Wraith’s attribute or the host’s,
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The Spectre uses the possessed
subject as a kind of spiritual
antenna to broadcast a
hallucination in the immediate
area; this can be used as a
distraction, a scattershot
attempt to soak up some Angst, or
simply for amusement.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Puppetry
System: While possessing the
subject, roll Manipulation +
Puppetry against the local Shroud
rating. The hallucination lasts
but an instant, while the number
of successes determines its
intensity.
With 1 success, the Spectre
creates a momentary distraction,
a flicker out of the corner of
the eye, while with 5 successes,
you manifest a brief yet intense,
full-sensory event. At the
Storyteller’s discretion, 3 or
more successes may trigger an
emotional response strong enough
to fulfill one of your Dark
Passions.
On an Illuminated Failure,
you’re overwhelmed by psychic
feedback; you lose 1 Angst and
are unable to use this power for
the remainder of the Scene.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Turn
PUPPETEER'S STRINGS (COMMON)
Tempered: Lifeweb 2
While many Puppeteers are
inclined to Skinride their given
Consorts, some prefer a more
standoffish approach.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Resolve + Puppetry
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System: While Skinriding a
Consort, the Puppeteer can make a
Resolve + Puppetry roll against
the Consort’s Resolve +
Intelligence. On a success, the
Puppeteer attaches a string that
resembles those of the strands
the Monitors evoke to the
Consort. The Puppeteer can only
have a number of strings equal to
their Puppetry Rating.
While the string is attached
to the Consort, the Puppeteer can
do some unique effects.
 The Puppeteer can use any
Puppeteer power of level 2 or
lower on the Consort without
needing to Skinride them or
even see them. This does not
include Skinride.
 The Wraith can choose to
perceive through all, some,
or one of the target's
senses. At any point, the
Puppeteer can make a single
Degradation Check and
perceive through the Consorts
senses for one Scene. This is
overlayed with their own, and
while it takes getting used
to, the Wraith is able to
perceive both areas without
hindrance.
Angst: If the Consort severs
their string, the Shadow gains 1
Temporary Angst
Duration: Permanent
REINFORCE THE QUICK (COMMON)
Tempered: Usury 2
Some Puppeteers tend to work
with the Quick and form Bonds.
Some of these bonds are often
formed in elaborate ceremonies
filled with song, dance, and

offerings where the Puppeteer
infuses a living relative or
faithful mortal ally with a
measure of its power in return
for offerings of Pathos and
Relics. Reinforce The Quick is
the source of many vodou legends
about supernatural gifts acquired
after possession by a Loa. A
ceremony is not strictly
required, but Puppeteers seldom
turn down a good party.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Usury
System: The Wraith makes
contact with its mortal to
initiate this power. The player
then rolls Manipulation + Usury
against difficulty 5. Success
means the mortal gains the first
level in any Arcanos the Wraith
possesses that can affect the
living world or 1 point in
Potence, Celerity, or Fortitude.
The mortal so infused can have a
number of Arcanoi equal to their
Permanent Willpower (any greater
infusion would shatter their
sanity) and use Temporary
Willpower to fuel their newfound
abilities. Usurers who impart
Arcanoi to mortals in this
fashion also imbue them with a
touch of the personality of the
Wraith to which they are bound.
Reinforce The Quick does not work
on supernatural creatures.
Angst: None
Duration: One Story
SHARED BLOOD, SHARED BREATH (INITIATE)
If a Puppeteer’s host suffers
damage while they’re Skinriding
them, the Puppeteer shares their
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injuries. This Art enables the
Puppeteer to heal their host’s
body along with their own Corpus.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: N/A
System: When healing damage
the Puppeteer incurred as a
result of their host receiving
damage; when the Puppeteer heals,
they may make an additional
Degradation Check and heal their
host for the same amount.
Shared Blood, Shared Breath
can’t heal Aggravated damage. In
addition, this Art is effective
only for a Consort.
Angst: None
Duration: N/A
Level 4
DEFENSIVE RIDING (COMMON)
When a Host takes damage, the
Puppeteer takes an equal amount
of damage of the same type; this
is an often-annoying fact to some
Puppeteers who are more careless
with their hosts and find it
rather annoying.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: N/A
System: For the rest of the
Scene, whenever a host would take
damage of any kind, the damage is
reduced to Superficial damage and
is subject to being halved, as
usual.
Angst: None
Duration: One Scene
RECONFIGURE (COMMON)
Tempered: Moliate 3
Prerequisite Power: Wraithride
With Reconfigure, a Puppeteer
can make various changes to their
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host’s Corpus. Minor alterations
can be effected during the host’s
Slumber without rousing the host.
Such changes include making part
or all of the host’s Corpus
luminescent (as with the Moliate
ability Glow) and transparent (to
let the Puppeteer visually
reconnoiter their surroundings.
A Wraithrider looking out
while their host Slumbers inside
a Fetter sees only impenetrable
darkness), or resonant (so they
can hear the host’s surroundings;
dead silence means the host is
inside a Fetter). Any more
extensive alteration attempted
with Reconfigure on a Wraith in
Slumber may rouse the host. Major
alterations with this Art include
new appendages or sensory organs
and modified teeth or
extremities. A favorite
Tvashtriya trick is to make the
host resemble the Puppeteer, then
abandon the lookalike host, who
serves as a decoy.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Intelligence +
Puppetry vs. Stamina + Resolve
System: Once a character has
successfully Wraithridden a host,
the player rolls Intelligence +
Puppetry vs. Stamina + Resolve,
with the number of successes
required to be determined by the
Storyteller, based on the goal of
the Puppeteer. Suppose a
Puppeteer attempts to use
Reconfigure on a host in Slumber.
In that case, the target’s player
should roll Wits + Awareness
against a difficulty equal to the
Wraith’s Puppetry score and be
roused on a successful roll.
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Changes made with Reconfigure to
the host’s Corpus can likewise be
undone with Reconfigure or the
Moliate ability Sculpt.
Otherwise, Reconfigure’s effects
are permanent.
This Art costs the host loses
1 Corpus level.
Angst: Use of Reconfigure on
an unwilling host grants the
Shadow 2 Temporary Angst; on a
willing host, 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: Permanent
REVIVIFY (INITIATE)
This Art’s name is misleading.
The Puppeteer can’t return the
dead to life. They can, however,
Puppet and control a freshly dead
corpse for a brief time — long
enough to terrify witnesses or
wreak horrifying damage.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Strength + Puppetry
System: Although Skinride
normally works only on living
hosts, learning Revivify allows
the Puppeteer to use it on a
relatively intact human body that
has been dead no longer than a
number of hours equal to their
Stamina. The player rolls
Strength + Puppetry against the
Local Shroud Rating.
They use the host body’s
Physical Attributes for all
appropriate rolls but suffer two
debilitating wounds, reduced by
one per 2 successes.
While the host body is
animate, it remains dead. Its
heart does not beat, and it does
not respire unless the Wraith
consciously draws breath to
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of all previously received wounds number of hours equal to twice

remain in effect. It has a number the Puppeteer’s Stamina
of health levels equal to the Obliterate the Soul: The time
Wraith’s Willpower. It suffers span that the Consort takes
damage only from sources that damage now has an interval of
affect its structural integrity. twice the Puppeteer’s Willpower.
For example, poison is Angst: Gains +1 Angst for each
ineffective, but a shotgun blows use of an augmented Art
off meaty chunks as usual. The Duration: Passive
Wraith shares damage the body
suffers, as per normal uses of SKINRIDE SELF (PROJECTOR)
Skinride. Typically when a Projector
attempts to Skinride their own
Just do yourself a favor and ignore any rumors
you’ve heard about becoming a Risen with this
meat, they simply stop Projecting
power. We of the Puppeteers Guild can assure you and become a normal mortal. Some
that this power is utterly useless for… No, it may Projectors, among the
sound like it is an important part… I mean, yes, they independents, have figured out
possess their corpse, but this art isn’t how they do… how to Skinride their meat to use
no, this Art is not how it’s done, and we are leaving their Arcanoi in the Skinlands
it at that!
and their normal life.
Angst: The Shadow gains 2 Cost: One Degradation Check
Temporary Angst. Dice Pool: Resolve + Puppetry
Duration: One Scene System: A Projector can
attempt to Skinride their body by
PROLONG THE SHOW (INITIATE) rolling Resolve + Puppetry
Prerequisite Power: Rein in against difficulty 4. On a
the Mind success, they enter their meat
Some Puppeteers are just but do not stop Projecting; this
unable to give up on their allows them to use their Vitality
ability to control the Consorts. and Arcanoi while within their
They sought to prolong their meat.
control of their Consorts and Once a Projector does this,
thus prolonged their influence. they cannot leave their meat;
Cost: N/A they can only end Projecting
Dice Pool: None normally.
System: When you take this Angst: Gain 1 Temporary Angst
power, your duration for Rein in Duration: One Day
the Mind is increased to one day
per success. URGES (SPECTRE)
This effect affects other Employing this Art overcomes
powers as well. the target’s Willpower to
Revivify: This power now works undertake a single action of the
for one day, and the dead body Spectre’s choice. The action must
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Passions and must be something
the target is willing to do on at
least some level.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 1 Willpower
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Puppetry
System: While possessing the
target, roll Manipulation +
Puppetry against the target’s
Resolve + Wits. If successful,
the target attempts the action
you desire. If they succeed, you
gain Angst as appropriate for
triggering a Dark Passion. The
target may spend 1 Willpower to
resist performing the action. On
an Illuminated Failure, the
target feels revulsion at the
thought of the action she almost
performed, granting one
addtiional die to their Willpower
roll for future Corruption
attempts.
Pathos: None
Duration: One Scene
Level 5
OBLITERATE THE SOUL (COMMON)
Obliterate the Soul takes the
process of creating a Consort to
its logical and horrifying
extreme.
The Puppeteer assumes
ownership of the host’s body,
feeding the Psyche to your
Shadow. The result is an
uninhabited mortal husk with no
capacity to resist the Wraith’s
Puppetry Arts. It’s a perfect
vessel for extended occupancy —
until the inevitable process of
physical decay sets in.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
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Dice Pool: Resolve + Puppetry
System: Obliterate the Soul is
usable only on a mortal Consort
with no other supernatural
qualities. Once per month, the
player rolls Resolve + Puppetry;
this is an extended roll. If they
miss a month, they lose all
accumulated successes. If they
suffer a Shaded Failure on a
roll, the subject becomes immune
to all further uses of Obliterate
the Soul. When the Puppeteer
accumulates successes equal to
the host’s Willpower, they
succeed. Their Shadow devours the
host’s soul.
The Puppeteer may Skinride the
uninhabited host body at will
without spending Pathos. The body
remains a Consort for all other
purposes. When puppeting the
body, the Puppeteer makes all
rolls with the host’s Physical
Attributes. While the body is
uninhabited, it is catatonic.
Oblivion takes its toll. After
a number of days equal to the
Puppeteer’s Willpower, the body
degrades and suffers one health
level of Aggravated damage. This
damage can’t be healed with this
Art, and additional damage
continues to accrue at the same
interval until the body dies.
Angst: Gain two times the
target's total Willpower in
Temporary Angst.
Duration: As long as the
Consort has Health in their
Health Track.
ANIMATE THE DEAD (COMMON)
Tempered: Usury 3

This Art allows a Puppeteer to
animate and control a corpse
without having to enter it
physically.
Cost: One Degradation Check
and 2-5 Corpus
Dice Pool:
System: Once animated, a
corpse will act in accordance
with its Puppeteer's will. Doing
anything it could do in life
except fly. However, if it was
capable of speech in life, it
must still have its vocal cords.
If the body's muscles are too
decomposed to be used, the
Puppeteer may sacrifice 1 of the
corpse’s Corpus Levels to enable
it to move without muscles.
Angst: 1 Temporary Angst per
corpse reanimated.
Duration: One Scene, can be
extended by another Scene with a
Degradation Check at the end of
the Scene.
Animated Dead
Standard Dice Pools: Physical 4, Social 0,
Mental 0
Secondary Attributes: Health 2-5(Equal to the
amount of Corpus spent), Willpower 1
Exceptional Dice Pools: Athletics 4, Brawl 5;
Intimidation 6
Special: The Animated Dead last for one Scene
per Degradation Check. Its Corpus is
determined by the amount of Corpus spent by
its Puppeteer. If the Animated Dead doesn’t
have muscle tissue with which to move by,
their Puppeteer may sacrifice one of the
Animated Dead’s Corpus levels to enable it to
move. The Animated Dead is immune to all
mental attacks or Intimation Arts and is loyal
to its Puppeteer.
General Difficulties: 4/2
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LEGION (INITIATE)
Repeated use of Puppetry
leaves trace spiritual
connections between the Puppeteer
and their hosts. With Legion,
they can exploit that network,
asserting limited control over
multiple Consorts at once. This
is a profoundly dangerous Art as
each use feeds the Wraith’s
Shadow, and losing control can
give it free rein over several
mortal bodies.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Resolve + Puppetry
System: If any Consorts want
to resist Legion, they do so by
rolling Resolve + Puppetry vs.
the Consorts Resolve +
Intelligence. The Storyteller
makes a single roll for all of
them, using the highest Resolve +
Intelligence among the resisting
characters.
If the Wraith succeeds, they
may direct the actions of all
Consorts for one day. This
direction is considered their
action for each turn. Each
Consort follows their directives
to the best of their ability,
using their normal dice pools,
with a two-die penalty if they
resist.
While commanding their Legion,
the Puppeteer may speak with
their voices. Their words emanate
from all affected Consorts
simultaneously. In addition, they
may spend 1 Willpower to switch
bodies as a free action, though
this requires a successful
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they are currently Skinriding.
Killing the host body,
knocking it unconscious, or
driving the Puppeteer out ends
Legion’s effects immediately.
Angst: 1 Temporary Angst per
Consort
Duration: One day

BLISSFUL UNITY (SPECTRE)

The Spectre makes a special
place for itself in the target’s
soul. In fact, the subject’s soul
and body survive the invasion.
The target is aware of the
Spectre’s presence and remains
conscious and in control of his
body; they simply follow the
Spectre’s orders with no
hesitation. In effect, whenever
the Spectre is “in residence,”
they replace the subject’s free
will.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
and 1 point of Aggravated
Willpower damage that cannot be
healed until the Consort this is
used on has died.
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Puppetry
System: After attuning a
Consort through multiple uses of
Corruption (at least 10 times),
roll Manipulation + Puppetry Suppose you do not achieve
against the target’s Willpower. permanent unity with the initial
There are no modifications for roll. In that case, you may take
Consort status. an extended action each
The extra successes rolled subsequent turn by making an
indicate the strength of the additional Degradation Check and
corrupting influence — for 1 Willpower point, then rolling
permanent unity, you must Manipulation + Puppetry the
accumulate a number of successes target’s Willpower until you
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accumulate the required extra
successes.
The victim is aware that this
process is happening (hence the
resisted action). However, once
you achieve permanent unity, any
resistance vanishes. The target
continues to live their life as
normal, but they now accept your
dominance without reservation.
When the Spectre possesses them,
they follow any commands promptly
and to the best of their ability.
The target counts as a 1-point
Fetter, and to “get behind the
wheel,” the Spectre may now make
one Degradation Check. A mortal
subjected to this power almost
always falls to Oblivion
immediately after death, though
some may become Mortwights.
An Illuminated Failure at any
part of this process indicates
spiritual incompatibility,
rendering you unable to ever use
Blissful Unity on the target.
Pathos: Each time you use this
Art, your Psyche gains 1
Temporary Pathos point.
Duration: Until the Consort
dies
MARIONETTE (INITIATE)
Prerequisite Power: Shared
Blood, Shared Breath
This Art is reserved for the
most trusted members of the
Guild.
Marionette is exactly like
Rein in the Mind, with one very
important distinction: In this
case, the invading Wraith can use
the target’s unique abilities. If
the Puppeteer takes over a rocket
scientist, rocket science is
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suddenly within their grasp. If
they take over an Olympic
athlete, that body’s finely honed
athleticism is at their disposal.
What makes this Art truly
devastating, however, is that it
can also be used on all denizens
of the World of Darkness. A
Puppeteer could possess a Vampire
and use Disciplines such as
Dominate and Celerity or possess
a Mage and turn loose vulgar
magick to the point where Paradox
backlash is inevitable. A
supernatural target is aware of
what’s happening, but the average
mortal “drowses” during their
possession and later rationalizes
abnormal behaviors.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks
Dice Pool: Resolve + Puppetry
vs. Resolve + Composure
System: This power can only be
used on Consorts. The Wraith must
Skinride their target over a
number of weeks equal to 8 –
Intelligence and become familiar
with the Consort's abilities and
their mind. The Wraith then rolls
Manipulation + Puppetry vs. the
Consort's Resolve + Composure.
The number of successes gained is
equal to the number of Scenes for
which the Wraith may fully
possess the target. An Awakened
target may resist by spending
Willpower points to negate one of
the Puppeteer's successes for
each point spent.
Angst: Gain 2 Temporary Angst.
If this is resisted, then gain 4
Temporary Angst
Duration: One Scene per
success in the Resolve + Puppetry
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Usury
Guild: Usurers
Nicknames:
In a world where money can be
made but is utterly useless,
Usury allows a Wraith to trade
something that actually matters,
Pathos — ranging from the
direct transfer to the
brokering of deals to the
empowerment of mortal
offerings.
Guildmark
As Usury depends on an
important interaction
of math and deals,
many Usurers find
their Corpus covered
with intricate
patterns that dance
across their Corpus
with beautiful
mathematical
precision. These
symbols may also take
on the images of
currency the Wraith used
in life.
Characteristics
Unless otherwise stated,
each Usury Art requires the
Wraith to touch their target. To
affect a Skinlands subject, this
requires another Arcanos (e.g.,
Embody, Inhabit, Phantasm,
Puppetry) that facilitates either
physical or spiritual contact.
All rolls are at difficulty 6
unless stated otherwise.
Type: Spiritual
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Dictum Mortuum Threat: Low-
High
Level 1
APPRAISAL (COMMON)
Knowing another being’s
physical and spiritual state is
key to manipulating its life and
death energies. While all
Wraiths have some facility for
such evaluations, Appraisal
makes it an exact science.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: N/A
System: The player adds
the Wraith’s dots in
Usury to all dice pools
for Deathsight and
Lifesight.
Angst: None
Duration:
Passive
GRAY LEDGER (INITIATE)
Each application of
Usury leaves minute
traces on its subject.
A Wraith skilled in this
Art can assess this
history, learning the
details of prior
“transactions.”
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: Charisma + Usury
System: The player rolls
Charisma + Usury against
difficulty 3. Each success is one
prior Usury application, starting
with the most recent and working
backward, in which the subject
was either the user or the
target. For each transaction, the
Wraith learns which Art was used
and when. If the subject was the
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target of a transaction, the energy. If the intent is to give

Usurer also receives a brief Pathos, a failure ensures the
vision of the Usury-user who was Wraith instead takes Pathos.
involved. In addition, the Wraith Angst: Each use of Pathos
learns all applications of Conduit to steal Pathos from an
Suspended Usury Arts (see below) involuntary subject gives 1
that are pending on the subject, Temporary Angst.
regardless of when they were Duration: One Round
applied.
Angst: None CASH MONEY (COMMON)
Duration: N/A The most popular ability in
the Dark Kingdom of Jade, Cash
Level 2 Money, is where most Merchants
(the Usurers of that Dark
PATHOS CONDUIT (COMMON)
Kingdom) stop their studies. It
A Usurer may transfer Pathos
allows the Wraith to fully
between themself and another
utilize any sacrifices made by
Wraith, either voluntarily or
living relatives, converting them
not. This transferal is always
directly into Pathos, which can
clearly visible to onlookers, as
be kept or shared with another
a bright aura flares around the
Wraith as needed.
Pathos recipient during the
Cost: One Degradation Check
process.
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
Cost: Auto Fail one
Usury
Degradation Check per Pathos you
System: Converting a sacrifice
wish to transfer. If you can
into Pathos requires a
reroll, you may make one
Manipulation + Usury roll vs. the
Degradation Check
number of Pathos points in the
Dice Pool: Charisma + Usury or
sacrifice. A success means that
Manipulation + Usury vs.
the sacrificed item has been
Composure + Resolve
transformed into its equivalent
System: To donate Pathos to a
in Pathos. Once this has been
subject, the player rolls
done, Pathos Conduit can be used
Charisma + Usury against a
to share the Pathos with other
difficulty equal to the target’s
Wraiths. If Pathos Conduit isn’t
current Pathos. To siphon Pathos
used, the Merchant simply keeps
from a subject, the player rolls
the Pathos.
Manipulation + Usury vs.
Angst: None
Composure + Resolve. The Usurer
Duration: N/A
may transfer up to 1 Pathos per
success (though they don’t have
to transfer the full amount). PLASM EXCHANGE (INITIATE)
Any failed attempt to use this Any Wraith may expend Pathos
Art can result in disaster, as it to heal lost Corpus levels. A
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System: The player rolls

Charisma + Usury against
difficulty 4. The Wraith may
convert up to 1 Corpus per
success into Pathos (though they
don't have to convert the full
amount).
Angst: None
Duration: N/A

Level 3
CORPUS CONDUIT (COMMON)
A progressive extension of
Pathos Conduit, this Art enables
the direct transfer of Corpus
between the Wraith and another
being. As with the lesser Art,
this may be voluntary or
involuntary, and the transfer is
obvious to any observer.
Corpus Conduit’s double-edged
nature is well known and a cause
for concern among all who seek
healing from unfamiliar Usurers.
Cost: None, or the number of
Corpus being transferred
Dice Pool: Charisma + Usury or
Manipulation + Usury
System: To donate Corpus to a
subject, the player rolls
Charisma + Usury against a
difficulty equal to the target’s
current Corpus or health levels.
To receive Corpus, the player
rolls Manipulation + Usury
against the target’s Resolve +
Composure. The Wraith may
transfer up to 1 Corpus per
success (though they don’t have
the opposite, sublimating their
to transfer the full amount),
own Corpus into Pathos.
though they can’t receive Corpus
Cost: One Degradation Check
or health levels that would put
and 1 Corpus per success
them over their own maximum
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When a living being is
involved in a Corpus Conduit
transaction, health levels
convert directly to Corpus on a
one-for-one basis and vice versa.
Angst: Each use of this Art to
steal Corpus or health levels
from an involuntary subject gives
the Shadow 1 Temporary Angst.
Duration: N/A
SUSPEND (INITIATE)
Used as a promissory note,
compulsion of obedience, or
judicial mechanism of parole,
this Art of Damocles allows the
Wraith to delay the effect of
another Usury power.
Cost: One Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Usury
System: When the Wraith uses
any other Usury Art that targets
another character, make a
Charisma + Usury roll against the
target’s Willpower. With success,
the Art used doesn’t take effect
immediately. Instead, it remains
Suspended for a maximum time
determined by the margin of
success:
1 success: 1 Scene
2 successes: 1 Day
3 successes: 1 Week
4 successes: 1 Month
5+ successes: 1 Year per
success
The target of a Suspended Art
doesn’t automatically sense the
Usury of Damocles hanging over
them. However, success with an
Intelligence + Awareness roll
against a difficulty equal to the
User’s Usury score gives them the
feeling that something’s amiss.
With 3 or more successes, they
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know the Usurer is that feeling’s
source. In addition, a Suspended
Art is automatically evident to
any Wraith with Kismet (Fatalism
•) and may reveal itself to other
supernatural powers of perception
at the Storyteller’s discretion.
At any time before the
Suspended power expires, the
Wraith may spend 1 Willpower to
“call in their marker.” The power
takes effect at that moment,
regardless of the distance
between the Wraith and their
target. If the Suspended power is
not called in before it expires,
it dissipates with no effect. The
Usurer has a constant intuitive
sense of their Suspended Arts and
remaining durations.
At any time, a Wraith may hold
a number of Suspended Arcanos
applications equal to their
Charisma. At Usury 5, the Wraith
may Suspend the Arts of other
Arcanoi they know.
Angst: None
Duration: Depends on the
successes
Level 4
FACILITATE (COMMON)
As a Wraith’s command of life
and death energies grows, they
learn to serve as an
intermediary, channeling Pathos
and Corpus from one being to
another efficiently and without
pause. To Facilitate such a
transaction, they must touch both
the donor and the recipient.
Cost: As the powers being
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Dice Pool: As the powers being
Augmented
System: When the Wraith uses
Pathos Conduit, Corpus Conduit,
or Arcanos Conduit, they can
transfer the specified energy
from one target to another rather
than between one target and
themself. The player chooses
which of the Art’s two dice pools
to use, accepting the associated
difficulty, and successes rolled
apply to both ends of the
transfer.
A Wraith using Corpus Conduit
also may spend 1 Corpus to use
Plasm Exchange mid-transfer,
converting the donor’s Corpus
into Pathos for the recipient;
this requires a separate roll for
Plasm Exchange, using that Art’s
usual system (including its
Pathos cost).
Angst: If the Wraith
Facilitates the transfer of
stolen Pathos or Corpus, both the
Shadow and the recipient gain 1
Temporary Angst.
Duration: N/A
RETURNING THE FAVOR (COMMON)
Returning the Favor does
exactly what its name implies,
allowing a Usurer to send Pathos
back across the Shroud to a
mortal. The results of this
transfusion vary based on how
much Pathos is given, but the
boost of emotional energy given
to the mortal is always
beneficial.
A Usurer can return a maximum
of 3 points at any given time.
Cost: Auto Fail one
Degradation Check per Pathos
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desired to be transferred. If you
can reroll, you may make one
Degradation Check
Dice Pool: Charisma + Usury
System: Returning the Favor
requires only that the Wraith be
within five feet of their target.
They then roll Charisma + Usury
against a difficulty equal to the
number of Pathos transferred +2).
A failure means no Pathos was
transferred.
This power allows a mortal to
make Degradation Checks to use
this Pathos. No mortal can hold
more than 3 Pathos in their body
at a time.
A mortal may make a
Degradation Check to perform one
of the following effects.
 Reduce the difficulty of a
single action by 1.
Reroll up to three dice on a
 roll as if it was Willpower.
 Restore a point of Willpower.
 Fuel any Arcanoi the mortal
may possess, such as from
Reinforce the Quick.
 If the Quick is a Projector,
you can instead heal their
Vitality. They may be
Projecting while this is
done.
OPTIONAL RULE:
At the Storyteller’s
discretion, they may also allow
this Pathos to be given to
supernatural mortals, such as
Ghouls or Sorcerers, and allow
them to use this Pathos as fuel
for their magics.
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Angst: A total or Shaded bound parties + the Degradation

Failure always gives the Shadow 1 checks made by the Usurer.
point of Temporary Angst. The initial application of
Duration: Permanent this Art ensures that each bound
party understands the terms of
OBLIVION’S SEAL (INITIATE) the agreement exactly as the
In legal circles, a contract Wraith intends — in both letter
is termed a “meeting of the and spirit. If Suspend is used
minds,” a common agreement on a with Oblivion’s Seal, the period
set of circumstances and actions. of Suspension begins when a
This Art is the Usury-user’s character breaches the agreement.
means of closing and enforcing Angst: None
such agreements with the full Duration: One Year per success
weight of Oblivion behind them. A
breach of an agreement made under Level 5
Oblivion’s Seal brings immediate
INVEST (COMMON)
and crushing retribution upon the
The Wraith can funnel their
transgressor.
Pathos or Corpus into a Relic,
Cost: At least one Degradation
storing it for future use. They
Check
must focus on the Relic in
Dice Pool: Charisma + Usury
question, channeling their energy
System: To initiate this Art,
and carefully sealing it away
the Wraith must verbally state
with a gesture or command phrase.
the terms of the agreement they
Anyone who knows this key may
intend to enforce in the hearing
then access the stored energies.
of all other parties to be bound.
Cost: One Degradation Check
The player makes any amount of
and auto-fail one Degradation
Degradation Checks and rolls
Check per Pathos you wish to
Charisma + Usury against a
invest. If you can reroll, you
difficulty equal to 3 + the total
may make one Degradation Check
number of characters to be
Dice Pool: Manipulation +
bound). Each other bound party
Usury
agrees to the terms, and that
System: The player rolls
player makes one Degradation
Manipulation + Usury against
Check. With success, this power
difficulty 4, then spends the
affects all targeted characters —
amount of Pathos or Corpus they
including the Wraith themselves,
want to Invest into the Relic.
if they are to be a bound party.
Each success invests one point of
During this time, any character
Pathos or Corpus. Any excess
who breaches the agreement
points are lost. Any Relic may
immediately suffers a number of
contain either Pathos or Corpus,
dice of Aggravated Corpus damage
but not both, at once.
equal to the total amount of
Among this Art’s other
Degradation Checks made by all
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by which Wraiths create Soulfire

Soulfire Crystals
Crystals. To do this, the Usurer
invest the Pathos into the air Soulfire crystals are not unlike barrow-fire (pg.
around 1 Corpus generating a XX), as they do Aggravated damage when a
Soulfire Crystal. And can be Wraith without special equipment (2-dot Artifact
merged using this Art. All damage or Relic) attempts to touch them. Soulfire crystals
a Usurer takes from a Soulfire
never burn the Usurer that made them.
Crystal containing their own
Soulfire Crystals are used in Soulforging and
energy is unhalved Superficial
damage. as stored Pathos by Wraiths. The smallest Soulfire
A Usurer can also invest 1 Crystals hold one Pathos and are about the size
Pathos to make a single coin of the last segment of a person’s thumb. While
which anyone can absorb for later the standard 10 Pathos Soulfire Crystal is about
use; this does not cost any
the size of a 12-ounce soda can, and some are
Corpus.
Angst: None even shaped like one too. A 50 Pathos Crystal is
Duration: Permanent, until about the size of a car’s engine block. Most
used Soulfire fuelled weapons have a slot meant to
accommodate a 10-Pathos Soulfire Crystal.
ARCANOS CONDUIT (INITIATE) Soulfire Crystal fuelled weapons can only do
This Art requires either great
Superficial damage to the Usurer who made the
trust or great desperation to
use. It allows the Wraith to Crystal.
briefly loan or borrow mastery of A Soulfire crystal does not have to be made all
an Arcanos. Usurers don’t like to at once. If a Usurer has a 3-Pathos Crystal, they
admit it — such knowledge wins may add more Pathos onto it, increasing the
them no friends — but Arcanos Crystal’s size in the process. However, a Usurer
Conduit doesn’t have to borrow
can only add Pathos to a Crystal they made. As
Arcanoi from a willing subject.
Cost: Two Degradation Checks the Soulfire Crystal burns them and makes it
Dice Pool: Charisma + Usury impossible to add more Pathos. Some say this is a
vs. Composure + Resolve way of effectively Trademarking one’s own
System: The player designates crystals, others speculate that it is possible, but no
a single Arcanos to be
one has been able to maintain contact with the
transferred and rolls Charisma +
Crystal long enough to complete the transfer.
Usury against difficulty 4. The
Arcanos transfer lasts for one
had before, and they can use all
Scene per success. The donor
of the donor’s Arcanos powers.
loses a number of dots in the
If the Usurer uses Arcanos
specified Arcanos equal to half
Conduit on an unwilling subject,
the margin of success, rounded
the roll to activate this Art
down. The recipient’s rating in
becomes a resisted Charisma +
that Arcanos becomes equal to the
Usury roll vs. the target’s
number of dots transferred,
Composure + Resolve.
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If either Wraith enters a
Harrowing, Arcanos Conduit ends
immediately, and all stolen or
borrowed Arcanoi return to their
rightful owners.
Example: Pham has Argos ••••,
including Weather Eye (Common •),
Enshroud (Ancient •), Phantom
Wings (Modern ••), Flicker
(Common •••), Turn the Anemoi’s
Wrath (Initiate •••), and
Tempest-Eiders Canceleer
(Initiate ••••). Miranda has
Argos • but only Weather Eye.
Pham loans three dots of Argos to
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Miranda. While the loan lasts,
Miranda has Argos ••• and can use
all of Pham’s one-, two-, and
three-dot Argos Arts. Pham’s
Argos is reduced to •, and he can
use only his one-dot Argos Arts
until the loan expires.
Angst: 2 Temporary Angst per
Arcanos dot the Usurer steals
from an unwilling target.
Duration: One Scene Per
Success
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Those Who Lurk in

the Psyche and controlled by the
Shadow.
A Kuei can abandon their

the Underworld bodies; these Kuei-go or "bad

dogs" often form packs with each
Kuei other, causing trouble for any
Wraiths or Spectres that they
The Ka is the part of the soul
happen upon.
that viciously protects the body
Kuei can be trapped in their
upon death. The Ka or Kuei may
bodies by placing Jade on the
manifest when someone dies and
Eyes and Tongue. Though the Kuei
is not properly put to rest.
rarely volunteer for this. After
When a spirit manifests as a
3 years, the Kuei succumbs to
Ka, it is a drone; only when the
Oblivion.
Shadow, also known as the P'o,
Unlike the Wounded Ka Spirit
mingles with it does it become a
below, these versions of the Ka
Kuei.
are the naturally occurring form
The Kuei tend to be vicious
of the Ka.
and mindless creatures, lacking

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Attributes: Strength 4,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 5, Charisma
0, Manipulation 2, Composure 1,
Intelligence 1, Wits 2, Resolve
2 Arcanoi: Argos 2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus 10,
Willpower 3
Skills: Brawl 4, Stealth 5,
Intimidation 3, Awareness 3
Arcanoi: Argos 1, Embody 1,
Pandemonium 1, Outrage 1,
Moliate 1 (They can
theoretically have any Arcanoi a
Normal Wraith can have)
Passion: 5 Dots, Protect their
body (Self Preservation)
Fetter: 5 Dots, their body
Special: The Kuei are weak to
the sun, taking 1 Aggravated
damage per turn it spends in
sunlight. There is no sunlight
in the Shadowlands. And if
subjected to human body fluids
for one continuous hour, they
are destroyed. The Claws of a
Kuei do unhalved Superficial
damage.
Kraken
No one has ever seen the Kraken
in full, just a tentacle in the
Tempest, an enormous eye, and
the occasional beak the size of
a sailing vessel.
Legends speak of Harbingers
who have made deals with the
Kraken, giving them access to
greater mastery of Argos. Such
as:
Attributes: Strength 10,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 10,
Charisma 5, Manipulation 0,
Composure 5, Intelligence 0,
Wits 3, Resolve 5
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Secondary Attributes: Corpus
100, Willpower 10
Skills: Athletics 5, Brawl 5,
Stealth 5, Intimidation 5
Angst: 10
Special: None
Steed
Steed Type: Normal
No one is certain why horses are
the only animal to pass over to
the other side, but it's
theorized that these horses are
more like Relics rather than
Wraiths. Most of them are as
below, but some who are older
tend to get more dots in Argos.
These horses count as
Vehicles.
Attributes: Strength 4,
Dexterity 5, Stamina 5, Charisma
1, Manipulation 1, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus 8,
Willpower 4
Skills: Athletics 5, Brawl 2
Arcanoi: Argos 5
Angst: 3
Special: A Steed can run up to
speeds of 55 mph, and due to
their restless nature, they can
travel consistently for a day at
a time without rest. However, it
needs 8 hours of rest after it
has traveled for a day. This
time can be ignored if you
perform 3 Degradation Checks.
The White Horse
Steed Type: Named
No one is certain why horses are
the only animal to pass over to
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the other side, but it's
theorized that these horses are
more like Relics rather than
Wraiths. Most of them are as
below, but some who are older
tend to get more dots in Argos.
These horses count as
Vehicles.
Attributes: Strength 4,
Dexterity 5, Stamina 5, Charisma
3, Manipulation 1, Composure 4,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
2 speeds of 55 mph, and due to
Secondary Attributes: Corpus 8,
Willpower 6
Skills: Athletics 5, Brawl 2
Arcanoi: Argos 5, Keening 2
Angst: 3
Special: A Steed can run up to
speeds of 55 mph, and due to
their restless nature, they can
travel consistently for a day at
a time without rest. However, it
needs 8 hours of rest after it
has traveled for a day. This
time can be ignored if you
perform 3 Degradation Checks.
While this horse regards you
as its master, you gain + 2 to
Charisma rolls.
While riding this horse, you
gain + 3 to Persuasion rolls.
The Red Horse
Steed Type: Named
No one is certain why horses are
the only animal to pass over to
the other side, but it's
theorized that these horses are
more like Relics rather than
Wraiths. Most of them are as
below, but some who are older
tend to get more dots in Argos.
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These horses count as
Vehicles.
Attributes: Strength 4,
Dexterity 5, Stamina 5, Charisma
1, Manipulation 1, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus 8,
Willpower 4
Skills: Athletics 5, Brawl 2
Arcanoi: Argos 5, Outrage 3
Angst: 3
Special: A Steed can run up to
their restless nature, they can
travel consistently for a day at
a time without rest. However, it
needs 8 hours of rest after it
has traveled for a day. This
time can be ignored if you
perform 3 Degradation Checks.
While this horse regards you
as its master, you deal +2
damage.
While riding this horse, you
gain +3 armor.
The Black Horse
Steed Type: Named
No one is certain why horses are
the only animal to pass over to
the other side, but it's
theorized that these horses are
more like Relics rather than
Wraiths. Most of them are as
below, but some who are older
tend to get more dots in Argos.
These horses count as
Vehicles.
Attributes: Strength 4,
Dexterity 5, Stamina 5, Charisma
1, Manipulation 1, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
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Secondary Attributes: Corpus 8,
Willpower 4
Skills: Athletics 5, Brawl 2
Arcanoi: Argos 5, Pandemonium 3
Angst: 3
Special: A Steed can run up to
speeds of 55 mph, and due to
their restless nature, they can
travel consistently for a day at
a time without rest. However, it
needs 8 hours of rest after it
has traveled for a day. This
time can be ignored if you
perform 3 Degradation Checks.
While this horse regards you
as its master, your passive
Corpus regain is now every 30
minutes rather than every hour.
While riding this horse, you
gain an aura of disease.
Everyone around you takes 1
unhalved Superficial damage
within 5 meters of you. This
damage can only be applied once
per Scene. Mortals in this Aura
can develop a lethal disease.
The Pale Horse
Steed Type: Named
No one is certain why horses are
the only animal to pass over to
the other side, but it's
theorized that these horses are
more like Relics rather than
Wraiths. Most of them are as
below, but some who are older
tend to get more dots in Argos.
These horses count as
Vehicles.
Attributes: Strength 4,
Dexterity 5, Stamina 5, Charisma
1, Manipulation 1, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
2 a different part of the soul.
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Secondary Attributes: Corpus 8,
Willpower 4
Skills: Athletics 5, Brawl 2
Arcanoi: Argos 5, Castigate 3
Angst: 3
Special: A Steed can run up to
speeds of 55 mph, and due to
their restless nature, they can
travel consistently for a day at
a time without rest. However, it
needs 8 hours of rest after it
has traveled for a day. This
time can be ignored if you
perform 3 Degradation Checks.
While this horse regards you
as its master, you can make any
Quick that dies where you can
see them turn into a Wraith,
never a Spectre.
While riding this horse, you
can kill a Quick with a single
touch, and all damage you do
does 1 unhalved Superficial
damage.
Wounded Ba/Ka
/Khaibit/Khu/Sahu
Spirit
When the 6th Great Maelstrom
tore through the Underworld many
Wraiths were Harrowed to the
point that the Labyrinth seemed
to overflow with the Harrowings.
This left some Wraiths to be
battered by the winds and
degraded; in some very
unfortunate cases, their souls
were ripped apart.
When a mortal is near death,
the Wounded spirit may use
Puppetry to invade its body.
Each wounded spirit represents
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Ba: The purest part of the
Psyche itself, but without most
of its other parts, is left
adrift, attempting to fulfill
Passions it has no way of
knowing.
Ka: Akin to a drone. These
wounded spirits seek their
original bodies yet cannot
recognize them.
Khaibit: A Shadow ripped from
the body, and without the
support of Oblivion. It may be
drawn to follow darker people in
hopes of siphoning Angst from
them without knowing what to use
it for.
Khu: The Aura of all beings
and a spiritual connection in
and of itself. It is known to
seek its Fetters and may slumber
on the first Fetter it finds.
Sahu: The Eidolon, seeking to
transcend yet unable to resolve
anything without the other parts
of its soul.
Attributes: Strength 1,
Dexterity 1, Stamina 1, Charisma
1, Manipulation 1, Composure 1,
Intelligence 1, Wits 1, Resolve
1 Wraith to save a dying person.
Secondary Attributes: Corpus 3,
Willpower 2
Skills: Stealth 5, Awareness 3
Arcanoi: Fatalism 2, Moilate 2,
Puppetry 2 (it is uncommon for
them not to take Wraithride),
Passion: 5 Dots, become whole.
Fetter: none
Angst: 8
Special: None of these wounded
souls can raise an attribute
above 2.
These wounded spirits are, by
their nature, often unwilling to
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fight and often wander the
Shadowlands searching for a
completed soul to bond with. A
possessed mortal is healed to
the point of being stable and
may add 1 dot to any attribute.
If a Wraith should find one of
these spirits, and if they can
get them to Wraithride (Puppetry
1) them. They receive one of the
following effects based on the
type of spirit.
Ba: The Wraith gains 1 dot in
one of their Passion for as long
as the Spirits is Wraithriding
them.
Ka: The Wraith gains +1 Corpus
for as long as the Spirit is
Wraithriding them.
Khaibit: The Wraith gains -1
Permanent Angst for as long as
the Spirit is Wraithriding them.
Khu: The Wraith gains 1 dot in
one of their Fetters for as long
as the Spirit is Wraithriding
them.
Sahu: The Wraith gains 1 dot
in Eidolon for as long as the
Spirit is Wraithriding them.
The Spirits will leave a
It may also leave of its own
accord for no apparent reason.
Templates
Some Storytellers may like to
pick the Arcanoi for the Wraiths
their Necromancer has gotten a
hold of. Otherwise, they may
wish to allow their players to
do so. Here are some Wraith
templates to allow for the use

of Necromancers and Storytellers
alike.
However, the Storyteller
always determines if a given
Wraith can access Initiate Arts.
These Wraiths use the Angst
score expressed as follows:
Angst: X (Y)
X equals the Wraith's
Permanent Angst, and Y equals
the Wraith's Temporary Angst.
Catharsis does not affect the
Necromancer's control over a
given Wraith.
Alchemist
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Alchemist Guild
itself but are masters of Flux
regardless.
They are less useful than most
Wraiths until a Necromancer goes
to the other side, as they're
Relics.
Attributes: Strength 3,
Dexterity 4, Stamina 1, Charisma
3, Manipulation 2, Composure 2,
Intelligence 3, Wits 2, Resolve
2 must use its Arcanoi to affect
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
6, Willpower 4
Skills: Craft 4
Arcanoi: Flux 4, Inhabit 2,
Embody 2
Angst: 5 (2)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
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Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg 31).
Artificer
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Artificer Guild
but are masters of Inhabit.
Often more useful than their
Alchemist counterparts, they can
interact with and operate
machinery.
Attributes: Strength 3,
Dexterity 4, Stamina 2, Charisma
2, Manipulation 1, Composure 2,
Intelligence 3, Wits 3, Resolve
2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 4
Skills:
Arcanoi: Inhabit 4, Argos 2,
Flux 2
Angst: 4 (8)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg 31).
Chanteur
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Chanteurs Guild
itself but rather are masters of
Keening.
The Chanteurs are a useful set
of Wraiths for the musically
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inclined. They can also
influence people through more
subtle means.
Attributes: Strength 2,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Charisma
4, Manipulation 3, Composure 1,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
2 made in this book. By default,
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 3
Skills: Performance 3
Arcanoi: Keening 4, Phantasm
2, Embody 2
Angst: 3 (5)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Harbinger
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Harbinger Guild
but are masters of Argos.
These Wraiths make ideal
guides for those Necromancers
who manage to enter the
Shadowlands. However, they are
also rather effective at
escaping their masters.
Attributes: Strength 3,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Charisma
2, Manipulation 1, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 4, Resolve
3 Special: This creature has all
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 5
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Skills: Survival 3
Arcanoi: Argos 4, Inhabit 2,
Fatalism 2
Angst: 4 (4)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Haunter
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Haunters Guild
itself but are masters of
Pandemonium.
These odd Wraiths can use all
sorts of weird and unique
powers. The only issue is their
oddities; some even more
powerful ones have been known to
slow time to prevent you from
using Necromancy on them.
Attributes: Strength 2,
Dexterity 1, Stamina 3, Charisma
3, Manipulation 2, Composure 2,
Intelligence 3, Wits 4, Resolve
2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
8, Willpower 4
Skills:
Arcanoi: Pandemonium 4,
Outrage 2, Mnemosynis 2
Angst: 2 (4)
Plasm Rating: 1
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,

it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Masquer
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Masquers Guild
itself but are masters of
Moliate.
These shapeshifting Wraiths
are quite dangerous, as they
have weaponized their
shapeshifting.
Attributes: Strength 2,
Dexterity 4, Stamina 1, Charisma
3, Manipulation 3, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
2 the benefits of a Wraith, as
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
6, Willpower 4
Skills:
Arcanoi: Moliate 4, Usury 2,
Phantasm 2
Angst: 5 (7)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
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These Wraiths are not all
members of the Mnemoi Guild
itself but are masters of
Mnemosynis.
The major problem with these
Wraiths is that a Necromancer
may very well forget that they
have bound them, so the
Necromancer must be careful.
Attributes: Strength 2,
Dexterity 1, Stamina 2, Charisma
3, Manipulation 3, Composure 3,
Intelligence 4, Wits 2, Resolve
2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 5
Skills:
Arcanoi: Mnemosynis 4,
Castigate 2, Pandemonium 2
Angst: 3 (3)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Monitor
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Monitors Guild
itself but are masters of
Lifeweb.
The Monitors are one of those
weird sets of Wraiths. Some seem
to be able to disable their
Fetters and remove any power the
Necromancer would have over
them. But if one can get a
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Monitor to serve them, they gain
a great tool for locating
Fetters.
Attributes: Strength 1,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Charisma
3, Manipulation 2, Composure 4,
Intelligence 3, Wits 2, Resolve
2 Angst: 4 (6)
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 6
Skills:
Arcanoi: Lifeweb 4, Puppetry
2, Intimation 2
Angst: 2 (4)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Oracle
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Oracles Guild
itself but are masters of
Fatalism.
It's somewhat rare that one of
these Wraiths is even located.
Let alone their Fetters. But
when they are found, they're
often relatively docile. "It is
fate" seems to be their
catchphrase when a Necromancer
manages to bind them.
Attributes: Strength 2,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 1, Charisma
3, Manipulation 2, Composure 2,
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Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
4
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
6, Willpower 6
Skills:
Arcanoi: Fatalism 4, Argos 2,
Usury 2
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Pardoner
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Pardoners Guild
itself but are masters of
Castigate.
These Wraiths are useless to a
Necromancer who seeks to use
Wraiths personally. However,
they can be useful if a
Necromancer doesn't want to
control a legion of Spectres,
which are often harder to
control.
Attributes: Strength 2,
Dexterity 2, Stamina 2, Charisma
4, Manipulation 3, Composure 3,
Intelligence 3, Wits 1, Resolve
2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 5
Skills:
Arcanoi: Castigate 4, Intimation
2, Mnemosynis 2

Angst: 6 (4)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Proctor
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Proctors Guild
itself but are masters of
Embody.
These Wraiths are some of the
most useful or useless Wraiths a
Necromancer can encounter. On
the one hand, they can
materialize in the Skinlands
perfectly. Thus, they can be
excellent saboteurs or fighters.
On the other hand, they are too
good at materializing in the
Skinlands and become so real
that they are susceptible to
powers that affect the mind,
like Dominate.
Attributes: Strength 1,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Charisma
4, Manipulation 3, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 2, Resolve
3 Intelligence 2, Wits 2, Resolve
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
6, Willpower 5
Skills:
Arcanoi: Embody 4, Flux 2,
Keening 2
Angst: 4 (1)
Plasm Rating: 1
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Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Puppeteer
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Puppeteers Guild
itself but are masters of
Puppetry.
It is almost universally
undisputed that Puppeteers are
one of the most valuable Wraiths
for Necromancers. Making someone
else do whatever you want
through Puppetry is terrific.
Need an enemy to betray
another enemy? Send a Puppeteer.
Need someone to say the right
thing at the wrong time? Send a
Puppeteer.
Want to convert a nuisance
into an asset? Send a Puppeteer.
Just be careful, their Guild
is globally active, and your
name will make its way through
their grapevine.
Attributes: Strength 3,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Charisma
1, Manipulation 2, Composure 3,
4
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 7
Skills:
Arcanoi: Puppetry 4, Lifeweb
2, Outrage 2
Angst: 5 (4)
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Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Sandman
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Sandmen Guild
itself but are masters of
Phantasm.
These Wraiths are masters of
stagecraft and performance.
While they are less likely to be
effective at combat, their
ability to interact and read
dreams makes them good spies,
while their ability to project
illusions makes them expert
tricksters.
Attributes: Strength 2,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Charisma
3, Manipulation 4, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
1 Skills: Athletics 5, Brawl 2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 3
Skills: Performance 4
Arcanoi: Phantasm 4, Keening
2, Moliate 2
Angst: 4 (2)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
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things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Solicitor
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Solicitors Guild
itself but are masters of
Intimation.
Using Dominate on a Wraith is
impossible, but unfortunately,
the Wraith form of Dominate can
work on everyone else. These
Wraiths are a contest to
control, as who is in charge
when a Necromancer dominates a
Solicitor? Is the Necromancer
ordering the Solicitor, or is
the Solicitor ordering the
Necromancer without their
knowledge?
Attributes: Strength 2,
Dexterity 1, Stamina 2, Charisma
3, Manipulation 4, Composure 3,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 5
Arcanoi: Intimation 4,
Castigate 2, Lifeweb 2
Angst: 5 (1)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with

the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
Spook
These Wraiths are not all
members of the Spooks Guild
itself but are masters of
Outrage.
Spooks are the brutes of the
afterlife. The Spooks are thugs
who will take little issue with
even the most gruesome tasks. If
a Necromancer needs someone who
can break someone else's legs,
they send a Spook.
Attributes: Strength 4,
Dexterity 2, Stamina 3, Charisma
1, Manipulation 2, Composure 2,
Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve
3 Angst: 3 (4)
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
8, Willpower 5
Skills: Athletics 4, Brawl 4,
Melee 3
Arcanoi: Outrage 4,
Pandemonium 2, Puppetry 2
Angst: 4 (6)
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
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These Wraiths are not all
members of the Usurers Guild
itself but are masters of Usury.
Though not the most useful
Wraiths at first glance, once
you realize that Corpus and
Health are interchangeable
regarding Usury, thus a
Necromancer can use them for
healing.
Attributes: Strength 1,
Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Charisma
4, Manipulation 3, Composure 3,
Intelligence 2, Wits 2, Resolve
2
Secondary Attributes: Corpus
7, Willpower 5
Skills:
Arcanoi: Usury 4, Moliate 2,
Fatalism 2
Plasm Rating: 1
Special: This creature has all
the benefits of a Wraith, as
made in this book. By default,
it is in the Shadowlands and
must use its Arcanoi to affect
things across the Shroud. But if
summoned to the other side by a
Necromancer, it must act with
the normal impediments a Wraith
suffers while in the Skinlands
(pg. 31).
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history, and it seeps into
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THE CHAINS OF VENICE

V enice is a great city to visit. Come on

down and enjoy the city on the water. In
life, it is a wonderful city with
beautiful monuments; in death, it is a
place filled with thralls chained together
performing tasks with no benefit. Their
Willpower, desires, and Passions ground down.
However, that all changed in the early 2010s.
The master of the Necropolis of Venice,
Augustus Giovanni, was assaulted and likely
perished, freeing all the Wraiths under his
thrall.
In the moment of freedom, almost 100,000
Wraiths fled from their Vampire overseers who
tried to re-enthrall them. Now they hunt you,
or are they the hunted?

LORE

We're all in this Together: You
made some friends while you
were in Venice. You gain 2 dots to
spend between Allies and Contacts.
Venetian Chains: These chains
used to be used to bind the Wraiths
of the Venice Necropolis; now, these
necromancy-infused Relics are yours.
You may use these chains as a
weapon that deals unhalved
Aggravated damage to Wraiths.
Additionally, you may use them to
bind other Wraiths instead of
damaging them. You cannot use these
chains as a weapon until you unbind
the bound Wraith. Wraiths bound by
these chains cannot use Arcanoi.
Know thy Enemy: You gain
+2 dice when interacting with the
Vampire Clan Hecata. This does not
work when the Hecata uses their
Oblivion Discipline Powers or
Ceremonies.
Old Cellmate: In that
place where hope went to die, you
had a "cellmate" who was older and
more learned than you. You gain a 5
dot Mentor who has suffered at the
hands of the Giovanni.
We Must Persevere:
You have spent years in their chains.
They barely let you get pardoned and
seemed to take pleasure when you
underwent Catharsis or when your
friends became Spectres. So, you
developed a defense mechanism.
Once per Story, if your Shadow
would gain Permanent Angst by
reaching 10 Temporary Angst, you
can reduce the Temporary Angst to 5
and prevent the increase of
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DISEMBODIED

S ome Wraiths have separated themselves

from the body's weaknesses so much that
they have altered their beings to the
point of no longer having a standard
metaphysical form.
These disembodied Wraiths are a class of
their own, able to hide from even Lifesight.
Although they are rare to interact with, some
Wraiths speculate that they are all over the
place and prime candidates for the Mnemoi and
Solicitors Guilds. However, this is undoubtedly
just speculation.
System: Upon taking this Loresheet, you lose
all dots in Embody. You cannot gain dots in
Embody.

LORE

States of Being: You can become
Incorporeal at will without taking any
damage. You can also return to your
corporeal form at will.
Devil on the Shoulder: When
you are within 1 yard of someone,
you can make a Degradation Check
and make it so only they can hear
your words. You gain +1 dice on all
Manipulation rolls you make while this
is active.
Light as a Feather: Your
Corpus becomes light enough to
allow you to float; you may move
horizontally and vertically as if you
were walking upward.
The Shroud of Normality:
This Artifact was handcrafted to help
those who are disembodied. Wearing
this Shroud allows the Disembodied
to interact with the world as if they
didn't have the complications of being
disembodied. This Artifact takes
several forms, from a full body suit for
you to inhabit a cloak to give you a
defined shape to a simple pair of
gloves you can hold.
Truly Disembodied:
You have transcended the
metaphysical and are now nothing but
a floating voice. You are inherently
invisible and cannot be seen through
normal and supernatural visions. You
cannot interact with things directly,
such as picking items up or touching
people. Unless you actively talk, you
automatically pass all Stealth Rolls,
even if they are contested.

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ALCHEMIST GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

A
lchemist are Artificers who didn't like the
concept of turning people into furniture.
And so, they turned their attention to the
remnants of the Skinlands.
This caused many Artificers and Nhudri cultists
to slander them and claim they threatened the
economy. They were branded "Alchemists" to
compare them to the charlatans who claimed to be
able to turn lead into gold.
When the split finally came to pass, the
Alchemists took the name as a point of pride.
However, the Guild's constant disregard for the
Dictum Mortuum was an ever-present thorn in their
side.
The Alchemists were not invited to the Compact
of the Guilds when the Revolt happened. This led
the Alchemists to side with Stygia during the revolution. This allows
them a certain amount of protection, as the Necropolis tends to
overlook them.
LORE

A Relic of Particular Value: Relics
are the foundation of the Alchemists.
Fortunately, you've got your hands on
some Relics. You gain 2 dots to spend
in the Relic Background.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of your Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that your right arm
becomes a very specific clockwork
construct for a moment, at will. Any
member of the Guild will recognize
this as a mark that permits you to
learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
The Winning Side: Despite
being one of the more despised
Guilds, the Alchemists sided with
Stygia during the Revolt. Once per
Session, if you were caught violating
the Dictum Mortuum, then you can
be forgiven by the officials as you're
just doing your work.
Resourceful Relicforging:
Your Relic forging is so efficient, and
thus, you lose less. You only need 15
dots worth of Relics to have as much
material as one Wraith's worth of
Corpus.
Relic Finder: An
Alchemist in nothing without their
Relics. Once per Session, you may
look at an object in the Skinlands and
roll Composure + Flux against
difficulty 6. The item is guaranteed to
become a Relic upon its destruction.
You can only use this on an object
once.

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ARTIFICERS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

T he oldest Guild derives its political power

from its initial monopoly on Soulforging and
its continued mastery of the art. The Guild
has the privilege of being derived from the
first three apprentices of Nhudri.
As one of the most conservative Guilds, they are
led by old Wraiths who were best able to avoid the
forges. Their leadership is called the Council of
Masters, of which every Masterforger has a say, even
if they do not practice this right regularly.
During the Revolt, the Artificers were one of the
leading proponents of the event and were duly
punished. The revolution saw their monopoly on
Soulforging shattered as common Wraiths got their
hands on the ancient techniques. Though the Guild
still posits that they are still the only true
masters of the craft.

LORE

Good Quality Artifact: You are
an Artificer, and what is an Artificer
without an Artifact? You gain 2 dots
in the Artifact.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that the wear and
tear on your left arm will become a
series of specific cracks, for a moment,
at will. Any member of the Guild will
recognize this as a mark that permits
you to learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
Inhabit the Soulforged:
Normally, Inhabit Arts do not work
on Soulforged items or Relics. You
may now use Inhabit powers like
Assume the Shell on Shadowland
Artifacts and Relics.
Forge Master: Artificers
are masters of the art of Soulforging
and sometimes cultists of Nhudri. As
such, you have become quite adept in
the forges. When you are Soulforging,
you gain +2 dice to all rolls on the
checks.
A Perfected Forge: This
3-dot Haunt holds 4 dots worth of
Relic tools and one 10 Pathos Soulfire
Crystal. It has been given to you by
the Guild so that you may perform
your craft in a private and secure
location, such as a Guild compound.
Once per Story, you may gain an
additional 10 Pathos Soulfire Crystal. If
the forge is lost for some reason, you
gain a new one at the beginning of the
next Story.

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CHANTEURS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

A Guild of free thinkers, they only ever

formed their Guild to defend against other
Guilds. Even then, they were a conglomeration
of solo performers and small circles,
competing with each other over the grand stage
that is Stygia.
The Guild proper was formed by Homer and Taliesin
the Bright, specifically to combat the
Nightingales, their primary competition for the
Arcanos of Keening.
Few Chanteurs fought on the front line of the
Revolt, but nonetheless, they found themselves on
the revolutionaries' side. And yet, the Guild
survives, as everyone needs entertainment.

LORE

Apprenticeship: You have gained
the attention of an old bard who has
survived the 6th Great Maelstrom. You
gain a 2 dot Mentor.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that you can
change your song for a moment to
play a simple, specific tune. Any
member of the Guild will recognize
this as a mark that permits you to
learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
A Perfect Instrument: This
4-dot Relic was some person's
favorite instilment in life (possibly even
yours), be it a string instrument, wind,
or whatever you prefer. When you
are using this instrument, you can say
a magic word, and the instrument
begins to float in the air a couple of
feet behind you and act as an
accompanying performer giving you
+3 dice on Performance rolls.
Bardic Fame: You have
made quite the name for yourself in
both life and death. You gain 5 dots
to spend between Memoriam and
Fame. The Memoriam represents
fame you had in life; the Fame is fame
you have in death.
Old Stories: You have
become intimately familiar with
Stygia's ancient history. Once per
Story, you may spin a tale of the
heroes of Stygia of old and inspire
your allies to do deeds as great as the
ones of the heroes. When in battle,
you may inspire those who fight with
you, granting them +1 to all dice rolls
for the remainder of the Scene.

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HARBINGERS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

T he Harbingers are an old Guild of wayfarers

of the maritime persuasion. They trace
their history back to before they held the
monopoly on the use of Argos. Back in their
heyday, they were a loose confederation of
Wraiths held together by their Harbormasters.
During the Revolt, the Guild's official
position was not to revolt against Stygia. But
many of their members did join the revolution.
This allowed the Harbormasters to remain mostly
in place after the Revolt. The Necropoli that
deposed their Harbormasters only got isolated as
the Guild of messengers and travelers stopped
visiting these Necropoli.

Compass Node: You have an
Artifact that takes the form of a
small stone. You always know the
direction the stone is from you, no
matter the distance. If you lose the
stone or it is destroyed, you get a
new one at the start of the next
Story.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that the winds
that whirl about you will form a
whirlwind around you for a
moment at will. Any member of
the Guild will recognize this as a
LORE
mark that permits you to learn all
Guild Initiate Arts.
Friends all Around: You
gain 4 dots Contacts; these
contacts must be spread around
different Guilds, Legions, Necropoli,
and/or other groups. No single
group can get more than 2 dots in
contacts from this merit.
The Emissary: You have
been declared the emissary of a
powerful Wraith. You gain a 4 dot
mentor whom themselves have 5
dots in Status with a Guild, Legion,
or Necropolis. Once per Session,
you can invoke their name in any
social roll and gain +2 dice on any
social roll.
Great Ship: You gain
a 5 dot Relic Ship. This ship will
serve your will. While on your ship,
you have complete control over its
facilities; you can open and lock
doors, turn the engines or sails,
load and fire weapons, and so on.
No one else can take control of
this vessel from you, though you
can allow someone else to drive it.

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HAUNTERS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

A In the earliest days of the Shroud's forming,

some Wraiths desperately wanted to eliminate
it. Even as Chiron declared that this was a
bad idea, they continued. They continue to do so to
this day. The Haunters' primary goal has always been
to destroy the Shroud, no matter what has been said
about them.
To this end, they have been waging a cold war with
Stygia for as long as the Dictum Mortuum has
existed. Though they are a slippery bunch, all
efforts to eliminate them have failed. And now, they
are continuity making many Quick question what
happens after death.
Even the Revolt only strengthened them. The
Haunters who were taken off to the forges were
merely the distracted ones who wanted things like
"political power" and "Rights."

Prowling Grounds: What is a
Haunter without a place to haunt?
You gain 2 dots in Haunt.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of your Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that your right arm
becomes a very specific clockwork
construct for a moment, at will. Any
member of the Guild will recognize
this as a mark that permits you to
learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
LORE
A Case Study on the Fog:
The Haunters are all about scaring the
Quick. You may add or subtract 3
dice from a Quick's Resolve +
Composure roll to resist the Fog.
Wyld Friend: You gain a 4
dot ally, either a Werewolf or a
Changeling. Obviously, this ally is on
the other side of the Shroud, but they
will act friendly to you should you
ever meet.
War on the Shroud:
You know the main goals of the
Haunter's Guild. You know their
greatest secret is that they wish to
tear down the Shroud. To this end,
you've figured out how to, or the
Guild has done something to you that
weakens the around you. The Shroud
is 1 level weaker around you.

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MASQUERS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

T he Guild that controls one of the oldest Arcanoi is

the Masquers. And just as many a Quick can think of
ways to employ the art of shapeshifting, the
Masquers are, quite literally, in some cases,
centuries ahead of any Quick's thoughts for the uses.
Originally, they used their powers to make people more
beautiful, hesitant to abuse their powers for more…
practical applications. But with all things, time would
present opportunities for them to find uses. With this,
infiltration and assassinations became what the Guild was
known for. When the Revolt happened, the Masquers
followed their close allies, the Usurers, into the fray.
Likewise, when the Usurers left the cause, the Masquers
followed. Many blame the Masquers abandoning the cause as
the reason for the failure.
In modern days, the Masquers are more than happy to supply their talents to
many who would look the other way concerning Guild matters.

LORE

Face another can love: You or
someone else has changed you to be
more attractive. You gain 2 dots in
the Looks merit.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that the one part
of your body that cannot change can
be pressed against someone else's
Guildmark, and they will vibrate. Any
member of the Guild will recognize
this as a mark that permits you to
learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
Assumed Unlife: Whenever
you are trying to impersonate
someone, you gain +2 dice to any
checks to maintain your cover
Fluid Corpus: Either
through vigorous experimentation or
some odd trick of your understanding
of yourself, your Corpus is so
remarkably malleable that you can
virtually pour yourself into a pitcher
without Moliation. All Moliate
attempts made on your form
(including Rend) are at -3 difficulty,
and you can squeeze your Corpus
through a hole the size of a quarter
without having to spend a Corpus
Level or make a Moliate roll.
Plasm Famulus: This
fine art requires a delicate hand, and
somehow you have managed it. This
small creature is made from your own
Plasm and is permanently attached to
you by a slender intangible cord of
Plasm (Storyteller's discretion on how
long you can stretch this cord, the
current record is three miles). While
the Famulus is connected to you, you
can see through its eyes and use it as
a Conduit to perform other Arts. The
creature uses all your stats to do
anything. However, it cannot have a
Strength, Intelligence, or Wits score
above 2; its maximum Corpus is 4.
The Famulus has its own intelligence,
and if its cord is severed, it will try to
return to you. If the cord is severed, it
can be repaired with Sculpt. If it is
destroyed, it can be recreated by
spending 7 days working on a new
one, at the end of which you must
take 1 point of Aggravated Willpower
damage, 4 points of Aggravated
Corpus damage, and make 5
Degradation Checks, as well as giving
the Shadow 1 Temporary Angst.

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MNEMOI GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

T he Mnemoi is a Guild that fell far before the

others. Their power started as the simple
retention of memories and formed well before
Stygia.
When they developed the power to alter and project
memories, they found themselves used by the systems of
Stygia. Only to fall to their hubris and alter one too
many memories. A crime that has branded their Arcanos
illegal and prompted the legions to hunt them with all
prejudice.
But even in this hunted state, with all their high-
ranking members having been taken to the forges, the
Mnemoi persist. While their leadership may be gone,
their memories endure. And now Minos and his second-
in-command, Phaedra, carefully rebuild their Guild.
The Ancients, old Mnemoi, who survived the Guilds fall
and now select the new members to aid them.

LORE

Old Lore: The Mnemoi have found
how to keep ancient lore in their
members' heads. Add 2 specialties in
your mental skills. You still have to
have dots in these skills.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that the reflective
surface on your body will change
from whatever color it is to rose gold
for a moment. Any member of the
Guild will recognize this as a mark
that permits you to learn all Guild
Initiate Arts.
Heart Memory: You have
been selected to hold within you a
core memory of Charon. Be it a
memory of an important prophecy of
the Lady of Fate, or some deal with a
Deathlord. You can't access the
memory, but other Mnemoi know
you have this memory. Once per
Story, you can call upon the local
Mnemoi to help you out of an unlife-
threatening situation. Additionally,
other Mnemoi will go out of their
ways to protect you, or rather the
memory you hold within you.
Knows Too Much: Every
Mnemos has a portion of Charon's
memories. The Mnemoi Guild is a
memory vault for Charon and his
eventual return. However, Minos puts
many barriers on these memories so
that your average Mnemoi can't
simply read them. Yours, for
whatever reason, are easier to access.
Once per Story, you may pull on
these memories to gain insight into
some aspect of Stygian society. From
a law to a truth about ancient lore. If
other Mnemoi know you can do this,
they may report you to Minos and
even turn against you.
Immortality of a Sort:
The higher-ups in the Mnemoi have
deemed you worthy of their form of
immortality. When you fall into
Oblivion or become a Spectre, you
can create a new character as an
infant and continue as if you were the
same character but missing the last
week. For all intents and purposes,
you have overwritten some poor soul
with your memories. However, there
is a chance some of that poor soul's
memories may creep back.

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MONITORS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

T he Monitors, unlike most Guilds, do not focus on

Lifeweb as a sacred part of their Guild;
instead, it's more of a means to an end. The
first Monitors focused on using Lifeweb to help
others, but that quickly devolved into a series of
protection rackets.
However, the Guild would take these rackets too
far, and when the Revolt happened, many Stygian
officials, whose Fetters had been threatened by the
Guild, took the opportunity to take their vengeance.
Now the Guild is filled with a paranoid lot of people
who continue to do so, controlling other Wraiths for
their protection. And yet, some seek to mend this
past, even with all these criminals.

LORE

Protected Fetter: One of your
Fetters has a special protection
preventing it from being detected
as what it truly is. Any attempt to
identify this one Fetter has +2 to
its difficulty.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that tattoo-like
webs appear to mask your face,
coming from your eyes, for a
moment. Any member of the Guild
will recognize this as a mark that
permits you to learn all Guild Initiate
Arts.
Backup Fetter: You're a
clever one who has used your
knowledge of Fetters to avoid losing.
Once per Story, you may specify one
Skinlands Item. This item becomes a
Backup Fetter. If one of your Fetters is
destroyed, the Dots in the Fetter are
transferred to this item, and the
Fetter is not considered destroyed.
Though you still undergo a
Harrowing. Though a Wraith can only
have one Backup Fetter at a time, this
does allow a Wraith to protect
themselves from ever truly having a
Fetter destroyed.
The Web of Life:
Everything is connected. In recent
years the Monitors have come to
realize this. You can see the strings
that attach you to your Consorts,
Attuned Items, and Fetters. Once per
Scene, you may perform an
Intelligence + Lifeweb roll vs. their
Resolve + Subterfuge and be able to
see the strings that lead to the
Wraith's Attuned Items and Consorts
for the rest of the Session. If someone
does this to you or uses Vibrations in
the Web on you, the revealed item's
strings glow a faint green.
7 Families: 7 families
lead the Monitors Guild. Each family
tracks their lineage back to the times
of Rome. The families are the
Anemas, Ioveanus, Lucceia, Neria,
Pompilia, Sergia, and Umbria. You
have been adopted into the family of
your choice and are given a path to
leadership within the Guild, given how
many of the Families' leadership was
in Stygian during the 6th Great
Maelstrom.

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ORACLES GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

T he Oracles are one of, if not the oldest

Guilds in the Underworld. Since the
Underworld's earliest nights, there have been
Wraiths dedicated to reading the strands of
fate. These early Wraiths collaborated and shared
their knowledge and methods until the modern-day
Arcanos of Fatalism were formed.
During the Revolt, many Oracles chose to remain
neutral, and many suspect they saw the outcome
before the revolution had started and decided to
protect themselves rather than risk anything.
However, this didn't stop some Oracles from
partaking, and thus the whole Guild was punished.
Yet, the Legions seem not to be too invested in
their persecution.

Clever Reading: If you use
Fatalism to cheat at a game, you
gain +2 dice to cover it up or deny
it.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that you can
alter your Guildmark to resemble
mists for a moment. Any member
of the Guild will recognize this as a
mark that permits you to learn all
Guild Initiate Arts.
Through Heaven's Eyes:
From the ground, you cannot see
the tapestry Fate has been weaving
for some time. Once per Story,
you can look at this tapestry and
LORE
be invigorated by its comfort. You
heal all Superficial Willpower
damage, and then all your
Aggravated Willpower damage is
reduced to Superficial.
Justin, the Nick of
Time: Justin is someone that
seemingly only Oracles can see, but
that doesn't mean he can't interact
with other people. At any time of
the Storyteller's digression, Justin
can appear. He may appear to do
unhalved Superficial damage with
his trusty Rapier and his 10 dice
pool, only to vanish before the
round ends. He may appear to
undo locks or somehow distract
guards. He may appear just to offer
a bit of advice to the Oracle. All
anyone is sure of is that he is an
agent of fate.
The Reed Bundle:
These reeds are simple reeds taken
from the rivers of the Underworld
and tied together with Relic rope.
They offer no specific benefits by
themselves, though the Lady of
Fate once owned them. Somehow,
they have ended up in your
possession, and even the ones for
prophecy. The Oracles predicted
they would be in the hands of the
one who would lead them through
these dark times. Whether that is
you or not is a matter of fate.

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PARDONERS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

L ong ago, there were no Pardoners, only

Solicitors. They delved into the minds of
Wraiths and tried their best to aid them. But
it was not enough, so the Solicitors had a
schism, as some plunged their work into the Shadow
and tried to help others. However, this worried many
Solicitors, as some fell into the Shadow due to
their hubris.
Eventually, the tensions reached far too high,
and the two groups parted ways, allowing the
Pardoners to be formed. They took up the mantle of
the lantern as a symbol to represent their "carrying
of Light against every Shadow."
While the Solicitors had their problems with
them, the people of Stygia quickly accepted the
Pardoners as a part of society as they helped the
people.
When the Guilds revolted, the Pardoners joined,
though their hearts were not in it. But they united
to fight the Shadow, and Charon's persecution of the heretics aided
the Shadow.
LORE

Spoil the Rod: Inquisitors love
these items. They are the myriad
torture items they use to beat the
Angst out of their clients. Whenever
you use this Artifact, the difficulty of
Castigate rolls is reduced by 1.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that you can, for a
brief moment, remove the dark marks
from your fingertips. Any member of
the Guild will recognize this as a mark
that permits you to learn all Guild
Initiate Arts.
Iron Lantern: The Pardoners
are represented by their Iron
Lanterns. These lanterns are typically
carried or hung outside a place of
work. When you open the lantern to
expose the light, you may make a
Degradation Check to fuel the flame
with your Pathos. As long as the light
shines (30 minutes per Degradation
Check), it has the same effect as Get
Thee Hence using its Pardoner's dice
pool.
Trusted Pardoner: Many
people trust their Pardoners. They
have to, as they are privy to their
deepest secrets. Fortunately, this
makes many people more inclined to
placate their Pardoners. You gain +2
dice on social rolls on Wraiths you
have pardoned, even if you are
unaware that you pardoned them.
Pardoner's Favor:
Pardoning takes well to you. Every
Pardoner that would pardon you
gains +3 dice when battling your
Shadow. You also halve the damage
you take from any Castigate Art.

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PROCTORS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

T he Shroud was not always there, and when the

Shroud first manifested, the Proctors were a
small group of people trying to overcome the
problem of being unable to get to the Mortals.
When the Revolt happened, the Proctors were one
of the biggest proponents and were summarily
punished. Now the Proctors are one of the most
punished and hunted. Those Proctors not sent to the
forges were forced to teach legionnaires the
secrets of Embody, allowing them to chase proctors
across the Shroud. But many a legionnaire has grown
to respect the Proctors due to their experiences in
the Fleshlands.

Fake Life: Oddly enough, false
identities are easy enough to come by.
You gain 2 dots in the Mask
Background (VTM Core rulebook pg.
190).
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that you can make
your eyes reflect a specific location on
the other side, a lighthouse. Any
member of the Guild will recognize
this as a mark that permits you to
learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
Distorted Fog: You've
learned to distort the Fog's effect on
LORE
the Quick. When you use Embody, and how weak mortals are in this
you can manipulate the Fog to make it world. When you are using Embody,
so that when a Quick fails their you never count as a Mortal. This
Willpower Roll, instead of being means you still take damage as a
frightened, they are unable to see you. Wraith; a Vampire cannot control you
Friends on the Other using Dominate. You still benefit from
your Arcanoi as normal. You may
Side: The Proctors are legendary for
make a Degradation Check to be
their alliances with the Quick. You
treated as a mortal for the remainder
gain 5 dots to spend on Allies or
of the power.
Contacts in the Skinlands.
Alive but not Mortal:
Embody is a powerful Arcanoi that
makes a Proctor effectively human.
But there is a problem with that now
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PUPPETEERS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

P uppeteers started as a large variety of

localized groups of Wraiths helping their
allies among the Quick. And Chiron hated
them from these humble beginnings. As such,
the Puppeteers banded together to protect
themselves.
Unfortunately, this would be their undoing,
as, during the Revolt, their leadership would be
taken out by sleeper agents who had made their
way to the top.
Nowadays, Puppeteers have found new life among
the modern dead as these new dead have served to
rebuild the Guild, with a few of the old masters
acting as advisors.
LORE

Exorcism Resistant: You gain +1
dice to resist any attempt to remove
you from a Consort by outside
means, even if the effort wasn't
deliberate.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that you may focus
and take on your true face for but a
moment. Any member of the Guild
will recognize this as a mark that
permits you to learn all Guild Initiate
Arts.
They are Arisen: The Guild
and the Risen have been friendly since
the Guild's beginnings. You gain a 4
dot Mentor who is a Risen.
Willing Consort: You're
pretty experienced in Puppetry, and if
there's one thing a good Puppeteer
knows how to do, it's to sniff out
weak-willed Consorts. You gain a
Consort who's got a reason just to let
you take their body; perhaps they are
depressed or want you to take
control of them because they enjoy it
for whatever reason. If they die, you
can gain a new one next Story. This
Consort is a 4 dot ally and does not
resist any time you use Puppetry on
them.
Who will Pull the
Strings?: The Puppeteers have been
without leadership for some time and
are incredibly decentralized. This is
useful to an extent, but the Guild
needs proper leadership, and it's
starting to become apparent as their
bargaining powers are diminishing
more and more. You may be that
leader. Once per Session, you may
succeed on any social roll against
another Puppeteer.

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SANDMEN GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

P hantasm was, for all intents and purposes,

an Art. And almost every Sandman for
centuries agreed. Even as the Guild ended up being
highly factionalized, they would put on shows of
dreams and illusions in the Oneiric Theatre.
But many a power-hungry official would threaten
the Sandmen to use their illusions for nefarious
deeds. And many would comply and even get used to
this way of life.
When the Revolt came, the Sandmen were split in
twain. They were fighting themselves as much as
the legions and the Guilds. Now, due to their
majority being on Chiron's side, the legions
tolerate their presence, and the occasional
illusionary support helps.

LORE

An Amazing Performer: While
the Chanteurs are known as
performers in the streets, the
Sandmen are masters of the theatre.
When rolling a Performance Roll, you
gain +2 dice to the roll.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that, at will, a
dream of you breaking from chains
will play across your Corpus. Any
member of the Guild will recognize
this as a mark that permits you to
learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
Dreamcatcher: The
Dreamcatcher has been an object of
the Sandmen of the Dark Kingdom of
Flint. The purpose of these Sand-
infused items is simple; they protect
the user from Sandmen. You can
place this catcher on your head or the
head of another, and the user gains
+4 dice to resist Phantasm Arts.
The Director: When it
comes to the plays, the Sandmen are
great playwriters and directors. Once
per Story, you can get a troupe of
actors together and create a play. This
can be done as a distraction, a setup
for some attempt, or even to ensure
people have a good time.
The Sand Harvester's
Handbook: This is the sandmen's
greatest secret, The Sand; with this
handbook, you learn how to harvest
Sand. To do this, you first need to find
a Sandmaker. This is a Quick who is
creative enough to produce Sand.
Whenever you interact with a Quick's
dream, you may have them roll Wits
+ Charisma against difficulty 5. If they
succeed, they are a Sandmanker.
Once you find a Sandmaker, you may
begin harvesting Sand from them. Roll
Dexterity + Phantasm against difficulty
4 to harvest a single dot of Sand from
them. A Quick can only produce 1
dot of Sand per Story. Whenever you
roll a Phantasm Roll, you may spend
any amount of Sand to reduce the
difficulty by the amount of Sand you
spend.

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SOLICITORS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

F or years, the Solicitors had been a Guild

mired in false intrigue and conspiracies.
While there were undoubtedly conspiracies,
they never were as far-reaching as the rumors
would have anyone believe.
But when the Black Death raged across Europe, a
thousand Solicitors took the opportunity to make
themselves stronger. And nearly a century before the
Revolt, the Solicitor's Guild was struck down by the
Hierarchy and slandered to near destruction.
After the Revolt, they have become what everyone
has always feared they were. They abandoned their
patrons, and their Guild became a genuine alliance.
They work at the edges of memory towards some
unknown objective. Though even as they may be a
secret society, there is one law all Solicitors follow, lest they be
destroyed; Thou Shall not use Intimation on accepted Guildmates.
LORE

Stygian Mask: Fortunately for the
Solicitors, it is quite fashionable to
wear masks in Stygia, assuming they
aren't the reason for that trend. This
2 dot Artifact covers your Guildmark
and prevents you from being easily
identified. Add 3 dice on rolls to deny
your identity while you wear this
mask.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that your green
eye will shine in a five-spoked wheel.
Any member of the Guild will
recognize this as a mark that permits
you to learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
designate one Trivial character, such
as a soldier or a low-level bureaucrat,
and you recall that they are a sleeper
of some kind. You may use this to
make them perform simple tasks for
you, like opening a cell door and
looking the other way or moving the
bureaucratic machine forward for
you.
Guild Ambassador: The
Solicitors often have some contact
with other Guilds or legions. You gain
5 dots in Status with other Guilds or
legions of your choice. You cannot
gain more than 2 dots in any given
group in this way.
shine with a green light, some
Solicitors have gotten to the root
of this Guildmark. Whenever you
look at another person, you may
roll Wits + Intimation against
difficulty 3 and see all active uses
of Intimation on that person, able
to fully see how this given
individual is compelled. This also
gives an unexpected benefit; if
you make the roll at difficulty 4,
you can also see all mental
powers that have been used on a
given individual. In addition, you

Known Sleepers: You know The True Green Eye: gain +2 dice to resist Intimation

a few sleepers placed in your While the Intimation Guildmark Arts.

Necropolis and can use them to your makes the left eye of the Solicitor
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SPOOKS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

T he Spooks have always been a Guild that did

dirty work. From the earliest days, the Guild
had been a part of the Haunters but chose to
refine their Pandemonium into a more reliable
Arcanos, their Outrage.
The Guild has been a source for foot soldiers and
warriors who could protect the Fetters, Haunts, and
loved ones of others but has also turned their
attention to the Oblivion itself.
When the Revolt failed, these times protecting
others' Fetters and the shared brotherhood with the
Legions, forged by the war against the Oblivion,
kept most of the Spooks from facing major
repercussions.

Tough Corpus: You've been in a
few scrapes. As such, you're a little
prepared for some damage. Your
Corpus has hardened to the point
where you add 1 point of armor to
your armor rating, even if you don't
have armor.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that when you
make a fist and flex, your Corpus
convulses for half a second. Any
LORE
member of the Guild will recognize
this as a mark that permits you to
learn all Guild Initiate Arts.
Hunters Hunted: You've
been in a few scrapes with ghost
hunters. When fighting a Hunter, you
gain + 2 die to attack them.
You Son of a Bitch, I'm
In: Once per Story, you can assemble
a team of Spooks. You get 4 Spooks
with Outrage 4, 6 Corpus, and an 8
dice pool for any Outrage Art. The
Storyteller may add more as they see
fit.
Someone's got to do
It: The Guild has, since its inception,
always been necessary. You gain 3
dots in Status with your local
Necropolis. In addition, if you are
caught breaking the law, you can get
out of the punishment by working for
the Necropolis.

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USURERS GUILD
[GUILD LORESHEET]

A ble to facilitate the transfer of Pathos and

Corpus, the Guild found a comfortable place
within Stygian society. They enforced a strict
code of honesty lest the people lose faith in
their Guild.
But when the Revolt happened, the Guild was
unwilling to commit to either side, leading to them
putting up token aid. And they pulled this aid the
movement things started going bad. This was,
unfortunately, enough not to pardon them from
Chiron's vengeance. Even if it meant the Emperor
would gut his courts and economy.
Now they sit in the ashes of their great Archives,
which stretched back to the Bronze Age, trying to
rebuild what they had.

LORE

Pocket Change: At the start of a
Story, you gain 3 Pathos worth of
coins. The Guild supplies these coins.
You may or may not be certain about
what services they are paying you for.
Properly Initiated: The
leadership of the Guild has changed
your Guildmark so that a pattern of
scales will appear at will and only for a
moment. Any member of the Guild
will recognize this as a mark that
permits you to learn all Guild Initiate
Arts.
Corpus/Pathos in a Bottle:
When you use Corpus Conduit or
Pathos Conduit, you may designate a
container as the recipient of the
Corpus or Pathos. The container
must have an interior, such as a bottle,
and is always considered willing for
the purposes of this Background.
Generally speaking, they may only
hold an amount of Corpus or Pathos
equal to their dot rating as a Relic or
Artifact.
Old Laws: Once per
Session, you may roll an Intelligence +
Politics roll against difficulty 3. Upon
success, you recall some old and
oddly specific law that can be used to
defend some action you have done. If
this law does not immediately justify
your action, it gives you + 2 dice to
convince someone of your right
doings.
The Vault: This 4 dot
Haunt is designed to protect your
possessions. Any attempt to break
into The Vault has + 5 to its difficulty.
You may allow anyone to enter your
Vault and can designate what they are
allowed to take. If they take anything
they aren't supposed to, they must
roll a Dexterity + Larceny roll at
Difficulty 6 for each item they try to
take or be ejected from the Vault
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APPENDIX 1:
N ECROMANCY
As a Concept
devious, employing powers to
force Wraiths to do their
bidding. However, for each
manipulating Necromancer, there
Vampiric Oblivion is a necromancer who is willing
Oblivion is a dark power that to help Wraiths. It's just a
degrades a Vampire's soul. As matter of finding the right one.
developed by the Hecata,

Protections for
Oblivion preys on the Shadow's
weakness to the Discipline
namesake, the Oblivion.
This is why a Wraith does not
add their Plasm Rating to rolls Mortals
to resist this most horrid of
Disciplines. Sorcerous Necromancy
Warding Circle
True Immortal's This ritual has the intended
purpose of stopping Wraiths and
Necromancy Spectres from entering.
Particularly favored by mortals
The True Immortals are deeply
as many other Supernaturals have
linked to the Underworld, and
their own methods of halting the
their Necromancy is rather
Restless Dead. This ritual takes
potent. Their connection to the
nine weeks to learn and memorize
Underworld has made them less
and costs 9 experience.
inclined to turn their
Cost: Some magical source,
Necromancy on Wraiths,
such as Vitality or preserved
preferring to target Spectres.
Vampire blood. Or two Willpower
Dice Pool: Intelligence +

Sorcerous Necromancy Occult

System: After laying down a
Mortals are far less inclined circle of salt and chanting for
to Necromancy. However, hedge
mages and annoying necromancers
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15 minutes, the caster makes an
Intelligence + Occult roll at
Difficulty 5. On a success, the
warding circle lasts for one
day.
If a Wraith seeks to enter the
warded area, they must roll
Resolve + Composure vs. the
successes rolled upon casting
the Warding Circle. This counts
if they are trying to pass
through in the Shadowlands or
Skinlands. On a failure, the
restless dead takes 2 Aggravated
Corpus damage and cannot pass
through the barrier for the
remainder of the Scene.
Skinland Artifacts
Ghost Cloak
This cloak of unknown origins
is frayed at the edges. All that
is known about it is that it is
a very effective tool against
the Restless Dead.
Whenever someone wears the
Ghost Cloak and pulls the hood
over their head, they are
invisible to the Restless Dead.
However, if they should attack a
Wraith, they are no longer
invisible to that single Wraith.
Vampiric Powers
Obfuscate
Level 2
GHOST SHROUD
Amalgam: Oblivion 2
Obfuscate is unable to hide
from Wraiths. This is a fact,
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OPTIONAL RULE:
Oblivion is a Discipline with
an odd category, with it being
mental. Due to this it
technically should have little
effect on a Wraith, who is
without a mind. You may change
Oblivion to the Sorcery
category rather than have it in
this weird place.
for the illusions of Obfuscate
cannot affect the powerful
sights of Wraiths. However, the
Samedi disagree.
Cost: Free
Dice Pool: None
System: Whenever you are using
an Obfuscate power, it can now
affect Wraith's sight.
Duration: Passive
Oblivion
The only real Vampiric
Discipline that can accurately
affect Wraiths is the power
named after their great enemy.
Level 2
SPEAK WITH THE DEAD
While anyone can command a
Wraith some prefer to simply
talk to their dead allies
Cost: One Rouse Check
Dice Pool: Resolve + Oblivion
System: The Necromancer rolls
Resolve + Oblivion against
difficulty 3. On a success they
may converse with the Wraith for
the rest of the Scene as if they
were present. The Necromancer
must say what they are saying to
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the Wraith out loud. But the
Wraith's replies can only be
heard by the Necromancer.
Duration: One Scene
Level 3
CORPUS LEECH
Amalgam: Fortitude 3
Corpus is the stuff that makes
up a Wraith, and with enough
force, a Necromancer can consume
and convert it into health.
Cost: One Rouse Check
Dice Pool: Resolve + Oblivion
vs. Resolve + Composure
System: The Necromancer rolls
Resolve + Oblivion vs. the
Wraith's Resolve + Composure.
Each success allows the
Necromancer to convert one level
of Corpus to 1 level of health.
Allowing the Necromancer to heal
Superficial damage. If the
Necromancer gains three
successes, they may instead
transfer three Corpus and heal 1
Aggravated Health box.
Duration: Instant
Level 4
GIFT OF THE CORPSE
Amalgam: Fortitude 4
Prerequisite Power: Defy Bane
This power allows the
Necromancer to ignore the usual
banes they suffer as a Vampire,
turning them into more of a
walking corpse than a Vampire.
Cost: Two Rouse Checks
Dice Pool: Stamina + Oblivion
System: The Vampire rolls
Stamina + Oblivion roll at
difficulty 5. On a success, the
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Vampire becomes a walking corpse
with the following benefits…
 The Vampire only takes 1
Superficial damage from
sunlight per turn, and
only if it directly
touches the Vampire.
 The Vampire takes no extra
damage from being staked
and is not paralyzed, and
takes damage normally.
 The Vampire cannot enter
Frenzy.
Should the Vampire leave this
state while subjected to one of
the effects mitigated above,
they become affected normally.
In addition, the Vampire takes
a more corpse-like completion
and suffers -1 dice to all rolls
that use Social Skills.
Duration: One Scene
Oblivion Ceremonies
Level 1
PRESERVE CORPSE
Sometimes a necromancer wishes
to preserve a corpse, such as
when they animate it, or some
members of the Giovanni family
like to keep their favorite
corpse around.
Prerequisite Power: Ashes to
Ashes
Ingredients: Grave Dirt,
defiled holy water, and rare
herbs
Process: The Vampire expends
vitae and mixes it with the
grave dirt, defiled holy water,
and rare herbs creating an
elixir capable of preserving a
corpse.
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System: Upon a successful body. They gain no special

Ceremony roll, the Necromancer protections from powers that
creates an elixir to preserve a affect the mind.
corpse. They then use this The target may be someone
elixir to coat the corpse, and other than the caster, but the
while it remains coated, it does caster must have a piece of them
not rot. One casting of this if they are not present.
produces enough elixir to If the target wants to resist,
preserve one adult human corpse. they may roll Resolve +
Composure vs. the casters
Level 4 Composure + Intelligence. On a
success, the target resists.
IMPREGNABLE SOUL This protection last until
There are two types of Wraiths sunrise.
a normal person is likely to
have interacted with in their
SOUL STEALING
lifetime, the Proctors and the
A Necromancer focuses not on a
Puppeteers. The Proctors aren't
dead subject but on a living
that big of a problem to
one. This necromancy power rips
necromancers; it's the
the soul from its body and
Puppeteers that can do some real
generates something akin to a
damage.
Wraith with a 5-dot Fetter that
Prerequisite Power: Necrotic
is their abandoned body.
Plague
Prerequisite Power: Skuld
Ingredients: A holy symbol
Fulfilled
that has been damaged and is now
Ingredients: One Human
misshapen (preferably by hand),
subject, powdered silver, a
incense
bowl, a cloth soaked in alcohol
Process: The Necromancer
Process: The Necromancer puts
lights the incense, gets on
the powdered silver in a bowl
their knees, holds the misshapen
and mixes it with their blood.
holy symbol in their hands, and
They then mark the face of the
offers a mock prayer of
victim with their blood in any
protection from "horrid
way they prefer. Some
apparitions" for themselves or
necromancers write their names;
someone else.
other necromancers write
System: After a successful
esoteric symbols, and others
Ceremony roll, the target of the
still slap the blood on their
ceremony gains +5 dice to resist
victim's face.
attempts of possession, be they
The Necromancer then cleans
Puppetry, the Auspex 5 power
their hand with a cloth soaked
Possession, or some other avenue
in alcohol to clean away all
of possession. This extends to
silver and blood. They then
attempts to pull the
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While exiled
in this way, the
victim is a
Projector (pg.
67). However,
once they return
to their body,
they lose their
Projector status
and lose all
Vitality.
Additionally,
they gain a
Stain on their
Corpus that
resembles the
symbol the
Necromancer put
on their face.
If the
Necromancer
casts this
ceremony at
level 5, this
out-of-body
experience can
be used to
create a normal
Projector (pg
67).

Level 5
GIFT OF LIFE
While Gift of
the Corpse is a
good power to
have, some
the victim's head and chant necromancers
while maintaining eye contact. have developed it further. By
System: Following a successful performing this ritual, the
Ceremony roll, the victim is necromancers can better benefit
excised from their body for one from the powers and even
day.

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overcome death itself. However,
it has its own issues.
Prerequisite Power: Gift of
the Corpse
Ingredients: One Human
Subject, a Mask, a black-handled
knife, a raised platform (such
as an altar or table, and
incense
Process: The Necromancer dons
the mask and places the human on
the raised platform while
lighting the incense. The
Necromancer then sacrifices the
human by plunging the knife into
their heart. The Necromancer
must allow the victim to bleed
out as their blood leaves the
body. Once the victim has died,
the Necromancer removes their
mask and transforms completely.
System: Once the victim is
killed, the Necromancer makes
the Oblivion Ceremony roll. With
a success, the Necromancer
becomes a corpse and gains the
following benefits.
 The Necromancer adds 3
dice to resist Frenzy
rolls.
 The Necromancer takes only
Superficial damage from
the sun and only if the
skin is directly exposed
to it.
 The Necromancer takes no
extra damage from being
staked and is not
paralyzed, and takes
damage normally.
 The Necromancer can eat
food and drink non-blood
liquids.
 The Necromancer only has
access to the Disciplines
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of Auspex, Fortitude, and
Oblivion (at the
Storyteller's discretion,
they may have access to
other Disciplines. The
most appliable Disciplines
are the bloodline
Disciplines of Clan
Hecata, which are
Dominate, Obfuscate, and
Potence)
When this power wears off, the
Beast takes its toll. The
Necromancer loses 3 dice to
resist Frenzy for the next six
days.
The benefits of this ceremony
last as long as the corpse is
preserved besides mummification.
Once the corpse rots enough to
begin decomposing properly, the
power wears off.
The Body of a Saint
In the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox
Church faith it is believed that the bodies of Saints and
Beati will not decompose. This is mostly true. This
phenomenon, known as Incorruptibility, allows a body
not to decompose or decompose incredibly slowly.
If a mortal dies with 4 points of True Faith, their
body decomposes at 1/10th the rate of an average
human body, while if a person dies with 5 points of
True Faith, their body does not decompose.