Arcanoi

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Guild alliances

Initiate Arcanoi are capped by your Status background, -2 for allied Guilds.

  • Example: A member of the Alchemists Guild with Status 4 can buy Initiate Flux up to 4, Initiate Inhabit up to 2, and Initiate Embody up to 2.
Primary Guild Arcanos Allied Guilds and Arcanoi
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 Pandemonium Spooks (Outrage), Mnemoi (Mnemosynis)
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)

Guild instruction (optional)

  • Limited to your own guild
  • For common arcanoi, finding an instructor is automatic (unless there's local trouble, then roll Charisma + Streetwise vs 8)
  • For initiate arcanoi, roll Charisma + Streetwise vs 8 (10 if there's local trouble; a botch creates local trouble, duration at staff discretion)
  • ICly takes a number of days equal to the new level
  • XP cost for first dot is reduced from 7 to 5
  • XP cost for additional dots is reduced from (current * 3) to (current * 2)
  • Reference: Wraith20 pages 147-148

Specific Arcanoi

Argos

  • Primary Guild: Harbingers
  • Allied Guilds: Artificers (Inhabit), Oracles (Fatalism)
  • Argos can be shared with others without Argos, except as stated
    • Each one gives you +1 difficulty (to maximum 10)
    • They have to maintain physical contact with you (lose contact = fall into Tempest)
  • Using Argos to travel to one of your Fetters: Difficulty reduced to Fetter rating (to minimum 4)
  • Reference: Wraith20 151
Common Argos
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Weather Eye Perception + Argos vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Phantom Wings 1 Pathos Wits + Argos vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Flicker 1 Pathos Wits + Argos vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Stormreader 3 Pathos Perception + Argos vs 8
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Oubliette 3 Pathos, gain 1 Angst Wits + Argos vs 6
target resists with Strength + Athletics vs 6
No sharing
Initiate Argos
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Enshroud 1 Corpus if concealing Wits + Argos vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Wayfarer's Resolve n/a
No sharing
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Turn the Anemoi's Wrath 1 Corpus Perception + Argos vs 8
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Tempest-Rider's Canceleer 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus Wits + Argos vs 8
No sharing
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Maitre après Dieu 4 Pathos, 2 Corpus n/a
Effectively sharing on steroids

Castigate

  • Primary Guild: Pardoners
  • Allied Guilds: Solicitors (Intimation), Mnemoi (Mnemosynis)
  • Failure gives the Shadow 1 to 2 temp Angst
    • Can also make it easier for the Shadow to later seize control
  • Unless specified, difficulty is the target Shadow's Permanent Angst or the target's Willpower, whichever is higher
  • Reference: Wraith20 155
Common Castigate
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Soulsight Perception + Castigate vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Bulwark 1 Pathos per Maelstrom level Charisma + Castigate vs target's Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Purify 1 Corpus per success, +1 temp Angst per 1 rolled Charisma + Castigate vs target's Permanent Angst
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Get Thee Hence 1 Pathos, +1 per doubled area Charisma + Castigate vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Defiance 1 Pathos, +1 Willpower if used on others Charisma + Castigate vs user's Angst, or target's Angst +3
Initiate Castigate
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Playing With Fire Charisma + Castigate vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Catechize 1 Pathos, +1 Angst Charisma + Castigate vs target's Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Trimming The Black Rose 2 Pathos Charisma + Castigate vs target's Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Cooling The Blood 1 Pathos Charisma + Castigate vs 7
May be resisted by rolling Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Purge 2 Pathos Charisma + Castigate vs target's Willpower
Only usable once per scene

Embody

  • Primary Guild: Proctors
  • Allied Guilds: Alchemists (Flux), Chanteurs (Keening)
  • Unless specified difficulty is equal to local Shroud rating
  • When in the presence of a Consort:
    • Difficulties reduced by 3
    • Pathos or Corpus costs reduced by 1
      • If Art costs both, only Corpus benefits
    • Arts using a Consort are only perceptible to that Consort
  • When Embodied, Health Levels are replaced by Corpus, but otherwise work the same
  • Reference: Wraith20 159
Common Embody
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Whispers 1 Pathos Charisma + Embody
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Phantom 1 Pathos Charisma + Embody
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Statue 2 Pathos, +1 for additional effects Charisma + Embody
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Life-in-Death 2 Pathos Manipulation + Embody
Must be in a human-like form
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Materialize 3 Pathos, 3 Corpus Manipulation + Embody
Must be in a human-like form
Take 1 Temp Angst per level of damage taken while materialized
Initiate Embody
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Maintain the Material Form 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus Manipulation + Embody
+1 difficulty per time used in a single scene
Does not count as an action
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Cache 2 Pathos Charisma + Embody
Duration can be increased by spending Corpus
Spending 1 Temp Willpower ends the effect early
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Skingrasp 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus per appendage Charisma + Embody
Appendages may be targeted as limbs
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Shroudguide 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus, 1 Willpower per target Targets lose 2 Corpus and 1 Willpower
Target's Shadows gain 2 Temp Angst
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Harrow the Mortal Flesh 3 Pathos, 3 Corpus, +6 Pathos if target is another supernatural Manipulation + Embody
May resist by rolling Willpower vs 10 minus the local Shroud rating

Fatalism

  • Primary Guild: Oracles
  • Allied Guilds: Harbingers (Argos), Usurers (Usury)
  • Unless otherwise stated, all uses require seeing or touching the target
    • Perceiving targets across the Shroud has a difficulty of the local Shroud rating
    • Perceiving targets on the same side of the Shroud is normal difficulty
  • If the target is aware that Fatalism is targeting them, they may also spend Willpower for extra successes on the effect
    • Stacks with the user's
  • Reference: Wraith20 163
Common Fatalism
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Kismet Perception + Fatalism vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Foreshadow None (1 Pathos for active effect) Automatic
Secondary effect: Perception + Fatalism vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Reading the Bones 2 Pathos, +1 Temp Angst per success if used on yourself Perception + Fatalism vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Sidestep Up to your Wits in Pathos per turn, 1 Willpower to target others Gain 2 Temp Angst for each hit taken while using
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Breathing the Mists 4 Pathos, 1 Willpower Perception + Fatalism vs 6
Initiate Fatalism
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Friendly Card 1 or 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus +1 Temp Angst if your roll still fails, or +3 if you botch
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Retrace 1 Pathos Perception + Fatalism vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Malocchio 3 Pathos, +3 Temp Angst unless Shadow agrees Wits + Fatalism vs target's Willpower
May spend 1 temp or 1 perm Willpower to increase duration, in which case gain 3 temp or 1 perm Angst respectively
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Entangle 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower per target Wits + Fatalism vs highest target's Willpower
No spend required when targeting yourself
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Ensnare +2 temp Angst per success rolled by target Wits + Fatalism vs 6
May be resisted by rolling Willpower

Flux

  • Primary Guild: Alchemists
  • Allied Guilds: Artificers (Inhabit), Proctors (Embody)
  • Unless stated, all difficulties are the local Shroud rating
  • Arts referring to a Relic's 'value' are equivalent to the Background rating it'd take to purchase the Relic
    • The item's level
  • Users may substitute Flux for their Strength score when rolling on the Feats of Strength Chart
    • Requires spending 1 Pathos per instance
  • Reference: Wraith20 168
Common Flux
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Rot 1 Pathos Dexterity + Flux
If not touching the target, spend 1 Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Reinforce 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus Dexterity + Flux
Cannot exceed user's dots in Flux
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Decay 2 Pathos, +2 temp Angst Dexterity + Flux (vs 6 in Tempest or 5 in Labyrinth)
Also costs 1 Willpower if not touching target
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Render Relic 1 Pathos, +1 Angst Perception + Flux vs 7
May spend 1 Willpower to channel created Pathos into a container
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png A Memory of Fire 1 Pathos OR 1 Corpus, +1 temp Angst if using Corpus When deactivating: Perception + Flux
If Relic is being used, target user may roll Willpower to resist
Initiate Flux
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Sense Fluxion Perception + Flux vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Non-Euclidean Mechanics 1 Corpus per dot of the Relic's value (Or 2 Pathos and 2 Corpus for improvement) Dexterity + Flux vs 6 (Or 7 for improvement)
Difficulty increases to 8 (Or 9 for improvement) without appropriate tools
May spend 2 Pathos and 1 Willpower to make improvement permanent
Capped at user's rating in Flux
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Relic Dowsing 3 Pathos Perception + Flux vs a variable difficulty (see text)
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Sculpt Matter’s Memory Pathos equal to the Relic's value Perception + Flux vs a variable difficulty (see text)
May spend 2 Willpower to extend duration to 1 day per success
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Reintegrate Relic 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus, and +1 temp Angst per point of Relic's value Dexterity + Flux

Inhabit

  • Primary Guild: Artificers
  • Allied Guilds: Harbingers (Argos), Alchemists (Flux)
  • If the item a Wraith is Inhabiting is destroyed, he's ejected and suffers one level of Lethal damage
  • If a Wraith is Attuned to an object, Inhabit rolls on it are at -2 difficulty
  • Only one Wraith can Inhabit an object at a time
    • Other Wraiths may be pushed out by using the same Inhabit ability as the occupant
      • Successes cancel at a 1:1 ratio
  • Each use of Inhabit on another Wraith's Fetter generates +1 Temporary Angst to the user
  • Reference: Wraith20 173
Common Inhabit
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Assume the Shell Dexterity + Inhabit vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Misfire 1 Pathos Strength + Inhabit vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Claim the Shell 3 Pathos Strength + Inhabit vs local Shroud rating (Or 8 in the Tempest)
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Wire Rider 2 Pathos Dexterity + Inhabit vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Empower Variable, see text Strength + Inhabit vs 8 (+1 if the Relic is inappropriate for the chosen Arcanos)
Initiate Inhabit
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Reveal Rider Dexterity + Inhabit vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Forge Affinity Automatic
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Smith's Tenacity 1 Pathos None
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png The Tool Knows Its Master 2 Pathos Dexterity + Inhabit vs 7
Must touch the object
May be used reflexively on a weapon as it strikes
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Compel the Soulsteel 3 Pathos Strength + Inhabit vs 8

Intimation

  • Primary Guild: Solicitors
  • Allied Guilds: Pardoners (Castigate), Monitors (Lifeweb)
  • Unless otherwise noted, all difficulties are the target's Willpower
    • Arts that affect the target's Shadow use the Shadow's Permanent Angst or the Wraith's Willpower
      • Whichever is higher
    • In cases where Arts are used across the Shroud, the difficulty is either the target's Willpower or the local Shroud rating
      • Whichever is higher
  • Reference: Wraith20 178
Common Intimation
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Impulse Manipulation + Intimation
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Excise 2 Pathos, +1 temp Angst if target is unwilling Manipulation + Intimation
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Unfold the Animal Heart 2 Pathos Wits + Intimation
+2 temp Angst if used by the Wraith's Shadow
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Ignite 4 Pathos, +1 temp Angst per success Manipulation + Intimation vs (Variable, see text)
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png A Single Thread 4 Pathos, 2 Willpower Manipulation + Intimation
Initiate Intimation
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Know Thyself 1 Pathos Wits + Intimation vs (Dice in the attacker's dice pool)
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Launch a Thousand Ships 2 Pathos None
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Apple of Discord 1 Pathos Wits + Intimation vs 7 (Or Shroud rating if target is on the other side)
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Two Fires 4 Pathos Wits + Intimation
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Adrestia’s Communion +1 temp Angst, additional normal costs of another Art Per Art being used
Gain 1 Permanent Angst when learning this Art

Keening

  • Primary Guild: Chanteurs
  • Allied Guilds: Sandmen (Phantasm), Proctors (Embody)
  • Gaining Pathos from emotions generated with Keening is at difficulty 9
    • Difficulty 8 for those with 3 or more dots in Keening
  • Failed Keening rolls give the user 1 temporary Angst
  • Keening may be used across the Shroud at an additional difficulty of the local Shroud rating -4
  • Reference: Wraith20 182
Common Keening
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Hearing Voices 1 Pathos Manipulation + Keening vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Mood Music 1 Pathos, or 2 Pathos for positive emotions Charisma + Keening vs 7 (8 for positive emotions)
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Satire 2 Pathos Charisma + Keening vs (Variable, see text)
Gain +1 temp Angst if user discovers target didn't deserve it later
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Crescendo 3 Pathos, +1 temp Angst Charisma + Keening vs 8
May not be used with Sotto Voice
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Requiem 3 Pathos, +1 Pathos per success Manipulation + Keening vs 7
+1 temp Angst if inflicting a dark emotion
May be resisted by rolling Willpower
Initiate Keening
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Sotto Voice 1 Pathos Manipulation + Keening vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Cacophony 2 Pathos Manipulation + Keening vs 7
Gain 1 temp Angst if used to interrupt another Wraith's Keening
May not be used with Sotto Voice
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Siren Song 2 Pathos Manipulation + Keening vs target's Willpower
May only affect one target
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Banshee 3 Pathos, +1 temp Angst Charisma + Keening vs 8
May spend a Pathos to cancel later
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Out Of Tune 3 Pathos Manipulation + Keening vs 8
May resist by rolling Willpower

Lifeweb

  • Primary Guild: Monitors
  • Allied Guilds: Puppeteers (Puppetry), Solicitors (Intimation)
  • If a target Fetter is in the Skinlands, the difficulty is the Shroud rating at the target's location
    • Shadowlands is diff 7
    • Tempest is diff 8
    • Labyrinth is diff 9
  • Targets may roll Perception + Awareness vs 7 to identify when they're being targeted by Lifeweb
  • Reference: Wraith20 186
Common Lifeweb
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Sense Strands 1 Pathos (optional, see text) Perception + Lifeweb
Primary use is automatic
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Strand Channel 2 Pathos Intelligence + Lifeweb
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Splice Strand 3 Pathos Intelligence + Lifeweb
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Sever Strand 2 Pathos, 1 Willpower, +1 temp Angst per net success Intelligence + Lifeweb
Fetter resists with Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Souls Interwoven 5 Pathos, 3 Willpower Intelligence + Lifeweb
Initiate Lifeweb
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Vibrations in the Web 1 Pathos Perception + Lifeweb
May resist by rolling Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Movement in the Web 1 Pathos Perception + Lifeweb vs target's Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Web Parasite 1 Willpower, +1 temp Angst per success Perception + Lifeweb vs local Shroud rating
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Walk the Web 3 Pathos, 2 Corpus Perception + Lifeweb
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Master in the Web +1 permanent Angst when learned When learned, user gains a mentally debilitating condition

Mnemosynis

  • Primary Guild: Mnemoi
  • Allied Guilds: Pardoners (Castigate), Haunters (Pandemonium)
  • Unless otherwise stated, difficulties are as follows
    • 6 to target yourself
    • Target's Willpower if targeting another
      • Any non-consensual use allows a Willpower roll to resist
      • If used across the Shroud, difficulty is local Shroud rating or target's Willpower, whichever is higher
  • Reference: Wraith20 190
Common Mnemosynis
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Keys to the Memory Palace Intelligence + Mnemosynis
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Further Reflection 2 Pathos Charisma + Mnemosynis
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Open Book Variable, see text Intelligence + Mnemosynis
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Phantom Pain 3 Pathos Charisma + Mnemosynis
+1 temp Angst
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Muse of Lies Variable, see text Variable, see text
Initiate Mnemosynis
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Memory Vault 1 Pathos Intelligence + Mnemosynis
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Washed in the Lethe 2 Pathos Charisma + Mnemosynis
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Tabula Rasa 2 Pathos Charisma + Mnemosynis
+1 temp Angst if non-consensual
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Soulkeeper 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower Intelligence + Mnemosynis
+1 temp Angst per success if non-consensual
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Gray Man All Pathos, 1 perm Willpower Charisma + Mnemosynis vs 9
May be resisted with Willpower vs user's Charisma + Mnemosynis

Moliate

  • Primary Guild: Masquers
  • Allied Guilds: Usurers (Usury), Sandmen (Phantasm)
  • Failed Moliate rolls result in the opposite of what was wanted
  • Reference: Wraith20 196
Common Moliate
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Imitate 1 Pathos Dexterity + Moliate vs variable, see text
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Sculpt 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus from the target Dexterity + Moliate vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Armory 3 Pathos Intelligence + Moliate vs Stamina +3
Difficulty is Strength +3 for armor
May not make armor and weapons in the same use
May only be used on yourself
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Rend 1 Pathos, +1 temp Angst Dexterity + Moliate vs target's Stamina +3
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Bodyshape 4 Pathos Dexterity + Moliate vs variable, see text
+2 temp Angst is non-consensual
May spend 1 permanent Willpower to make permanent
Initiate Moliate
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Shapesense 1 Pathos Dexterity + Moliate vs variable, see text
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Unmarked 1 Pathos Dexterity + Moliate vs 8
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Panoply of Eyes 2 Pathos Strength + Moliate vs variable, see text
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Girding As Armory
May be used on other Wraiths
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Savage 3 Pathos, +1 temp Angst per success Dexterity + Moliate vs target's Stamina or Willpower +3, whichever is higher

Outrage

  • Primary Guild: Spooks
  • Allied Guilds: Haunters (Pandemonium), Puppeteers (Puppetry)
  • Any use across the Shroud uses the local Shroud rating as the difficulty
    • Difficulty is 7 in the Shadowlands
    • Difficulty is 6 in the Tempest
    • Difficulty is 5 in the Labyrinth
      • Each use of Outrage in the Labyrinth also gives the user +1 temp Angst
  • Reference: Wraith20 200
Common Outrage
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Wraithgrasp 1 Pathos Strength + Outrage
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Stonehand Punch 1 Pathos Normal Brawl attack
May spend an additional Pathos to add Outrage rating to the damage dice pool
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Wings of Rage 2 Pathos None
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Death's Touch 3 Pathos Stamina + Outrage
Each attack gives +1 temp Angst
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Obliviate 3 Pathos, +3 temp Angst Strength + Outrage
Initiate Outrage
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Taptap 1 Pathos Stamina + Outrage
May also spend 1 Corpus to manipulate touch screens
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Stonehand Parry 1 Pathos Strength + Outrage
Does not count as an action
May block thrown and archaic ranged weapons at +1 diff
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Tantrum 2 Pathos, 2 Corpus, +1 temp Angst Stamina + Outrage
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Wyldfire 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus, +1 temp Angst per success Stamina + Outrage
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Anger Enough for Two Worlds 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower, 1 Corpus per success, +1 temp Angst per success Strength + Outrage
Only usable in the Shadowlands

Pandemonium

  • Primary Guild: Haunters
  • Allied Guilds: Spooks (Outrage), Mnemoi (Mnemosynis)
  • When using Pandemonium across the Shroud, the difficulty is equal to the local Shroud rating
  • In Stygia and the Tempest, the difficulty is 6
    • Each 1 rolled, regardless of successes, gives the user +1 temp Angst
  • In the Labyrinth, use is at difficulty 6
    • Each 10 rolled counts as 2 successes
    • Each 2 rolled also counts for a botch, in addition to 1s
    • Users of Pandemonium in the Labyrinth never gain Angst from its use
  • Reference: Wraith20 204
Common Pandemonium
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Weirdness 1 Pathos Wits + Pandemonium
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Befuddlement 1 Pathos Wits + Pandemonium
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Strange Ether 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus Intelligence + Pandemonium
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Foul Humor 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus, +1 temp Angst Intelligence + Pandemonium
+1 temp Angst if the effect is damaging
Summoning a non-disgusting substance requires spending a Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Tempus Fugit 4 Pathos, 1 Corpus Wits + Pandemonium
May spend additional Corpus to speed up/slow down time further
May be used once per scene
Initiate Pandemonium
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Taste Chaos Wits + Pandemonium
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Postmortemscript 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus Intelligence + Pandemonium
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Escher’s Stair 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus Wits + Pandemonium
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Grotesque Apparition 2 Pathos, 3 Corpus, +1 temp Angst per success Intelligence + Pandemonium
May spend additional Corpus for enhanced abilities
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Tesseract Bomb 3 Pathos, 3 Corpus Wits + Pandemonium

Phantasm

  • Primary Guild: Sandmen
  • Allied Guilds: Chanteurs (Keening), Masquers (Moliate)
  • Unless otherwise stated, uses across the Shroud are at a difficulty equal to the local Shroud rating
  • Unless otherwise stated, using on a target in the Underworld has a difficulty equal to the target's Willpower
  • Reference: Wraith20 209
Common Phantasm
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Sleepsense Perception + Phantasm vs 6
If determining whether a Wraith Slumbers in an object, difficulty is the target's Willpower or Pathos, whichever is higher
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Dreamweaver 2 Pathos Manipulation + Phantasm vs varied, see text
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Morphean Embrace 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus Perception + Phantasm vs target's Willpower
Roll isn't needed against a willing target
Unwilling targets may resist with an Intelligence + Subterfuge roll
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Phantasmagoria 3 Pathos Perception + Phantasm vs 6
May spend 1 Pathos to extend the effect each turn
May spend Corpus to grant illusion health levels
May only be created in the Underworld unless Embodied
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Agon 3 Pathos, +2 temp Angst Perception + Phantasm vs local Shroud or 8, whichever is higher
May resist with Wits + Subterfuge vs 8
Initiate Phantasm
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Dreamreading Perception + Phantasm vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Dream Sequence Manipulation + Phantasm vs target's Willpower
Requires Phantasm 3 to affect other Shadowlands entities
Requires Phantasm 4 to affect Skinlands supernatural creatures
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Deep Slumber Intelligence + Phantasm vs 7
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Tableau Of Terror 2 Pathos Perception + Phantasm vs 5
May spend 1 Pathos per turn to maintain
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Oneirataxia 2 Pathos Manipulation + Phantasm vs varied, see text
+1 Pathos per additional function performed at the same time

Puppetry

  • Primary Guild: Puppeteers
  • Allied Guilds: Monitors (Lifeweb), Spooks (Outrage)
  • Only works on normal Mortals
    • Unless Menagerie Mask is learned
  • Unless otherwise stated, difficulty is the local Shroud rating
  • All uses may be resisted by rolling Willpower vs 6
  • Unless otherwise stated, all Arts excepting Skinride requires already Skinriding the target
  • While skinriding, a Wraith is considered to be fully within the Skinlands
    • When the host receives damage, the Wraith receives the same amount of the same type of damage
  • Reference: Wraith20 213
Common Puppetry
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Skinride 1 Pathos Strength + Puppetry
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Twitch 1 Pathos Strength + Puppetry
+1 temp Angst if the host resists
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Master's Voice 1 Pathos Stamina + Puppetry
+2 temp Angst if host resists
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Rein in the Mind 4 Pathos Stamina + Puppetry
+1 temp Angst if target is willing
+4 temp Angst if target resists
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Obliterate the Soul 5 Pathos, 2 Willpower Strength + Puppetry
May only be used on a Mortal Consort with no supernatural qualities
Gain an amount of temp Angst equal to the host's Willpower x 3
Initiate Puppetry
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Menagerie Mask Automatic, effects are varied
Must purchase Skinride before purchasing Menagerie Mask
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Admix Humors 2 Pathos Stamina + Puppetry
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Shared Blood, Shared Breath Normal Pathos expenditure x2, 1 Willpower None
May not heal Aggravated damage
Only works on a Consort
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Revivify 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower, +2 temp Angst Strength + Puppetry
+1 temp Angst per success
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Legion 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower None
Only works on Consorts

Usury

  • Primary Guild: Usurers
  • Allied Guilds: Masquers (Moliate), Oracles (Fatalism)
  • Unless otherwise stated, all Arts require touching the target
    • To affect a Skinlands target, this requires other Arcanoi that allow touching across the Shroud
  • Unless otherwise stated, all difficulties are 6
  • Reference: Wraith20 217


Common Usury
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Appraisal Automatic
Does not require touch
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Pathos Conduit 1 Pathos Charisma + Usury vs target's current Pathos
Difficulty is target's Willpower to siphon
Each use to steal from an involuntary target gives +1 temp Angst
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Corpus Conduit Charisma + Usury vs target's current Corpus or health levels
Manipulation + Usury vs target's Willpower to receive Corpus
Health levels convert to Corpus, and vice versa
Each use to steal from an unwilling subject grants +2 temp Angst
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Facilitate None
If used to transfer stolen Pathos or Corpus, user and target gain +1 temp Angst
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Invest 2 Pathos, 1 Willpower Manipulation + Usury vs 7


Initiate Usury
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Gray Ledger Charisma + Usury
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Plasm Exchange 1 Pathos Charisma + Usury
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Suspend 2 Pathos Charisma + Usury
1 Willpower to activate early
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Oblivion’s Seal Variable Pathos Charisma + Usury vs 3 + total number of bound targets
Each target spends 1 Pathos
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Arcanos Conduit Up to 10 Pathos, 1 Willpower Charisma + Usury vs 8
If target is unwilling, +2 temp Angst per dot of Arcanoi stolen

Risen

Even if a Risen can't use an Arcanos, they can still learn it (subject to other limits):

  • They may have learned it before becoming Risen.
  • They may cease to be Risen.
  • It may benefit other dice pools.

Risen-only Arcanoi

Fascinate

  • Reference: Wraith20 396
  • Must make eye contact with the target
    • Preferably when alone
  • Cannot force anyone to do anything against their Nature
Fascinate
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Distraction Manipulation + Fascinate vs target's Willpower
Only works once per scene per target
A botch prevents usage on the same target for a day
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Remembrance 1 Pathos Manipulation + Fascinate vs target's Willpower
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Charge of Duty 2 Pathos Charisma + Expression vs target's Willpower
+2 temp Angst on a botch
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Facilitate 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower, +1 temp Angst Fascinate + Intimidation vs target's Willpower
+2 temp Angst on a botch
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Target Lock 3 Pathos, 2 Willpower, +2 temp Angst Manipulation + Fascinate vs target's Willpower

Serendipity

  • Reference: Wraith20 397
Serendipity
# of Dots Art Name Spend Roll
Dot-filled.png Fortuitous Wandering Serendipity + Awareness vs 6
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Flashback 2 Pathos Serendipity + Awareness vs 9 minus the Fetter's rating
+1 temp Angst on a botch
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png The Face in the Crowd 2 Pathos Serendipity + Empathy vs varied, see text
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Fortuitous Meeting 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower Manipulation + Serendipity vs 7
Must have met the target at least once
+2 temp Angst on a botch
Target must be within 100 miles and able to travel
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png The Drum Beats On 4 Pathos, 1 Willpower Manipulation + Serendipity vs varied, see text
+1 temp Angst on a botch