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Calendar than those around him. The Charm allows the ghost to “skip” over minutes or hours. To the ghost, it seems as though time simply jumps forward a few minutes or hours. To those watching, the ghost seems to disappear, only to return after a few minutes or hours. The ghost’s player must roll Intelligence + Occult, and for every success, the ghost can jump forward up to 30 minutes. The player rolls and determines the maximum amount of time the character can leap forward. After that maximum duration is determined, the character picks any amount of time up to that maximum that he wishes to jump. Note that the ghost cannot perceive events that happen in the interim, nor can he make conditional jumps — “jump forward until these guys leave” is not permitted. This Arcanos is a fine way to escape combat, but the ghost cannot jump backward. Any time he skips over is forever lost to him. This Charm can only be used in the Underworld, as Setesh’s Calendar has no power over Creation. HOURS LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES Cost: 6 motes and 1 Willpower per person Duration: Varies (see below) Type: Simple Minimum Compassion: 4 Minimum Essence: 5 Prerequisite Charms: Staggered Dark Stars Movement Hours Like Autumn Leaves allows the most powerful ghosts to pull themselves and nearby companions forward along Setesh’s Calendar. For all ghosts caught in the pull of this Charm, the world seems to flicker as they jump forward in time. Observers see all ghosts affected by the Charm vanish, only to reappear later. The player of the ghost using this Charm must roll Intelligence + Occult and the ghost must spend 6 motes for himself and every entity to be dragged forward with him, as well as 1 Willpower per being. For every success, the whole group can be moved forward in time up to 30 minutes. The player rolls and determines the maximum amount of time the group can leap forward, and after that maximum duration is determined, the character picks any amount of time up to that maximum that he wishes to jump. Note that the ghost cannot perceive events that happen in the interim, nor can he make conditional jumps — “jump forward until these guys leave” is not permitted. The total span jumped is at the discretion of the ghost using this Charm (those brought along have no control over the span of time over which they jump). Willing subjects of this Charm should be within 10 yards of the ghost using it. An unwilling subject can only be brought along if the ghost is physically touching her. It is rumored that the ghosts of Stygia have a more powerful version of this Charm that allows ghosts to leap forward years, rather than hours. 39 CHAPTER TWO • THE ARTS OF THE DEAD UNCOMMON ARCANOI The arts below are collected into trees of Arcanoi, and they are typically taught from a common source. Knowledge of these Arcanoi slowly radiates throughout the Underworld over time, and each tree of Arcanoi can be traced back to its ghostly progenitor. EVOKE THE ANCIENT CLAY Most ghosts can materialize. However, Materialize is extremely expensive in Essence, and for ghosts, Materialize only lasts one scene. The Lintha ghosts of the West have discovered a slow progression of Arcanoi that culminate in abilities that far exceed Materialize in every way that matters. Of course, Materialize has no prerequisite, and Evoke the Ancient Clay is a chain of Arcanoi, but each of these arts provides benefits of its own, and many provide limited versions of Embody at far lower Essence costs than that art. WHISPER Cost: 1 mote Duration: One scene Type: Simple Minimum Valor: 1 Minimum Essence: 1 Prerequisite Charms: None This Charm allows a ghost’s whispered voice to be heard in the portion of the living world that corresponds to his location in the Underworld. The ghost must literally whisper as he uses this ability — if he speaks at normal volume, those near him in the lands of the dead hear him normally, but those in the living world do not. The ghost’s whispers can be heard clearly within one yard of his location. A successful Perception + Awareness roll must be made for those within 10 yards to hear the whispers, and an additional success must be achieved for every 10 yards distance for anyone further away. MARSH LIGHT Cost: 1 mote Duration: One scene Type: Simple Minimum Valor: 1 Minimum Essence: 1 Prerequisite Charms: Whisper Marsh Light allows a ghost to create a light or a small group of lights in the living world in the spot corresponding to her current location in the Underworld. The light or lights must form simple shapes and can only move with the ghost. The lights often pique the curiosity of the living. Players of living creatures who see the lights and aren’t actively engaged in something they consider to be important (combat, critical craftwork, healing a friend, etc.)
EXALTED • BOOK OF BONE AND EBONY must make a successful Conviction roll for their characters, or they spend a turn considering the lights. Living creatures or spirits with an Essence higher than the ghost’s are immune to this effect. SWEET WINSOME LIGHT Cost: 4 motes Duration: One minute per success Type: Simple Minimum Valor: 2 Minimum Essence: 2 Prerequisite Charms: Marsh Light Sweet Winsome Light creates a beautiful bobbing light that attracts all who see it. Ghosts use this Arcanos to lure their prey — or their enemies — to their doom. The light dances in the wind, eternally just five or ten yards out of reach, and it appears to be a traveler’s torch or a glowing talisman. The Sweet Winsome Light can be created within 20 yards of the ghost’s current location or (for an additional mote of Essence) at the spot in Creation corresponding to the ghost’s current location in the Underworld. To create the light, the ghost’s player rolls Charisma + Occult, and it lasts for one minute per success. The light attracts all who see it. Animals that notice it automatically move toward it (though they don’t charge with all their will — their handlers or riders may resist the Arcanos with standard Ride feats if they can keep their own heads about them). Living beings (even Exalted) resist the Sweet Winsome Light with a Conviction roll. For each turn that the light is visible, the target’s player must get at least one success on the Conviction roll, or the target moves toward it at his best possible speed. A spent point of Willpower negates the effect of the Sweet Winsome Light for a full minute. TINKER’S BODY Cost: 4 motes Duration: One scene Type: Simple Minimum Valor: 2 Minimum Essence: 2 Prerequisite Charms: Marsh Light A ghost using Tinker’s Body can assemble a patchwork body for himself in the living world out of nearby scraps, trash and trinkets. The ghost remains intangible but is able to motivate the collection of objects and feel through the Tinker’s Body as though it was his own flesh and blood — at least to some extent. The ghost cannot speak through the Tinker’s Body, though he can clap, stomp and make similar gross-motor sorts of sounds. The ghost loses two dice from all Social dice pools while “wearing” the Tinker’s Body — a penalty that may be reduced if the ghost’s player succeeds in an appropriate Craft roll for his character to fabricate a suitably expressive face. The ghost’s Mental Attributes are unchanged in the 40 Tinker’s Body, while his Physical Attributes depend on the composition of the body. The Tinker’s Body gets one dot in each of the three Physical Attributes, and the ghost gets an additional four dots to be split between the Physical Attributes based on the objects out of which he constructs the Tinker’s Body — a Tinker’s Body made of twine and straw may have a Dexterity of ••••• and Strength and Stamina of • each, while one made of loose brick and stone may have a Dexterity of • and Strength and Stamina of ••• each. The Tinker’s Body is only a shell; it has four health levels (-0/-1/-2/-4). Wound penalties represent bits of the body being knocked off or otherwise destroyed, rather than pain and shock. SLEEPER’S CAUL Cost: 3 motes Duration: One scene Type: Simple Minimum Valor: 2 Minimum Essence: 2 Prerequisite Charms: Marsh Light Sleeper’s Caul enables a ghost to make a static solid body in the land of the living. This body is not truly the ghost’s own body; it is a shell, and even if it is destroyed, the ghost remains unharmed. The Sleeper’s Caul has a Strength and Dexterity of 0; it cannot move. Its Stamina is equal to the ghost’s Stamina. The Sleeper’s Caul can hear, speak and see (even blink and move its eyes). The ghost has a sense of touch, even if it cannot move, so it does feel pain. The Sleeper’s Caul has three health levels (no wound penalties apply, since the body can never perform actions). EMBODY Cost: 5 motes Duration: One scene Type: Simple Minimum Valor: 2 Minimum Essence: 3 Prerequisite Charms: Sleeper’s Caul Embody allows a ghost who is disembodied in the material world to create himself a temporary body out of Essence. This body takes the ghost’s likeness (which may not be exactly the same as his appearance in life!). The meat-body that the ghost pulls together with Embody is not a fully functional body by comparison to the ghost’s normal abilities in the Underworld, a shadowland or during Calibration. The ghost has its normal Intelligence, Wits and Social Attributes while in this temporary body, but as an improvised bag of flesh, its other Attributes are all reduced by two dots (to minimum of •). The meat-body has four health levels (-0/-1/-2/-4), and the ghost really does feel the pain of any wounds it takes — and it is obviously not well suited for combat.
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