Arcanoi

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)

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 Spend Roll Weather Eye Perception + Argos vs 6 Phantom Wings 1 Pathos Wits + Argos vs 6 Flicker 1 Pathos Wits + Argos vs 7 Stormreader 3 Pathos Perception + Argos vs 8 Oubliette 3 Pathos, gain 1 Angst Wits + Argos vs 6 target resists with Strength + Athletics vs 6 No sharing

Initiate Argos Spend Roll Enshroud 1 Corpus if concealing Wits + Argos vs 7 Wayfarer's Resolve n/a No sharing Turn the Anemoi's Wrath 1 Corpus Perception + Argos vs 8 Tempest-Rider's Canceleer 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus Wits + Argos vs 8 No sharing 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 Spend Roll Soulsight Perception + Castigate vs 6 Bulwark 1 Pathos per Maelstrom level Charisma + Castigate vs target's Willpower Purify 1 Corpus per success, +1 temp Angst per 1 rolled Charisma + Castigate vs target's Permanent Angst Get Thee Hence 1 Pathos, +1 per doubled area Charisma + Castigate vs 7 Defiance 1 Pathos, +1 Willpower if used on others Charisma + Castigate vs user's Angst, or target's Angst +3

Initiate Castigate Spend Roll Playing With Fire Charisma + Castigate vs 7 Catechize 1 Pathos, +1 Angst Charisma + Castigate vs target's Willpower Trimming The Black Rose 2 Pathos Charisma + Castigate vs target's Willpower Cooling The Blood 1 Pathos Charisma + Castigate vs 7 May be resisted by rolling Willpower 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 Spend Roll Whispers 1 Pathos Charisma + Embody Phantom 1 Pathos Charisma + Embody Statue 2 Pathos, +1 for additional effects Charisma + Embody Life-in-Death 2 Pathos Manipulation + Embody Must be in a human-like form 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 Spend Roll 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 Cache 2 Pathos Charisma + Embody Duration can be increased by spending Corpus Spending 1 Temp Willpower ends the effect early Skingrasp 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus per appendage Charisma + Embody Appendages may be targeted as limbs Shroudguide 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus, 1 Willpower per target Targets lose 2 Corpus and 1 Willpower Target's Shadows gain 2 Temp Angst 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 Spend Roll Kismet Perception + Fatalism vs 6 Foreshadow None (1 Pathos for active effect) Automatic Secondary effect: Perception + Fatalism vs 6 Reading the Bones 2 Pathos, +1 Temp Angst per success if used on yourself Perception + Fatalism vs 6 Sidestep Up to your Wits in Pathos per turn, 1 Willpower to target others Gain 2 Temp Angst for each hit taken while using Breathing the Mists 4 Pathos, 1 Willpower Perception + Fatalism vs 6

Initiate Fatalism Spend Roll Friendly Card 1 or 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus +1 Temp Angst if your roll still fails, or +3 if you botch Retrace 1 Pathos Perception + Fatalism vs 6 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 Entangle 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower per target Wits + Fatalism vs highest target's Willpower No spend required when targeting yourself 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 Spend Roll Rot 1 Pathos Dexterity + Flux If not touching the target, spend 1 Willpower Reinforce 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus Dexterity + Flux Cannot exceed user's dots in Flux Decay 2 Pathos, +2 temp Angst Dexterity + Flux (vs 6 in Tempest or 5 in Labyrinth) Also costs 1 Willpower if not touching target Render Relic 1 Pathos, +1 Angst Perception + Flux vs 7 May spend 1 Willpower to channel created Pathos into a container 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 Spend Roll Sense Fluxion Perception + Flux vs 6 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 Relic Dowsing 3 Pathos Perception + Flux vs a variable difficulty (see text) 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 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 Spend Roll Assume the Shell Dexterity + Inhabit vs 6 Misfire 1 Pathos Strength + Inhabit vs 6 Claim the Shell 3 Pathos Strength + Inhabit vs local Shroud rating (Or 8 in the Tempest) Wire Rider 2 Pathos Dexterity + Inhabit vs 7 Empower Variable, see text Strength + Inhabit vs 8 (+1 if the Relic is inappropriate for the chosen Arcanos)

Initiate Inhabit Spend Roll Reveal Rider Dexterity + Inhabit vs 7 Forge Affinity Automatic Smith's Tenacity 1 Pathos None 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 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 Spend Roll Impulse Manipulation + Intimation Excise 2 Pathos, +1 temp Angst if target is unwilling Manipulation + Intimation Unfold the Animal Heart 2 Pathos Wits + Intimation +2 temp Angst if used by the Wraith's Shadow Ignite 4 Pathos, +1 temp Angst per success Manipulation + Intimation vs (Variable, see text) A Single Thread 4 Pathos, 2 Willpower Manipulation + Intimation

Initiate Intimation Spend Roll Know Thyself 1 Pathos Wits + Intimation vs (Dice in the attacker's dice pool) Launch a Thousand Ships 2 Pathos None Apple of Discord 1 Pathos Wits + Intimation vs 7 (Or Shroud rating if target is on the other side) Two Fires 4 Pathos Wits + Intimation 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 Spend Roll Hearing Voices 1 Pathos Manipulation + Keening vs 7 Mood Music 1 Pathos, or 2 Pathos for positive emotions Charisma + Keening vs 7 (8 for positive emotions) Satire 2 Pathos Charisma + Keening vs (Variable, see text) Gain +1 temp Angst if user discovers target didn't deserve it later Crescendo 3 Pathos, +1 temp Angst Charisma + Keening vs 8 May not be used with Sotto Voice 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 Spend Roll Sotto Voice 1 Pathos Manipulation + Keening vs 6 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 Siren Song 2 Pathos Manipulation + Keening vs target's Willpower May only affect one target Banshee 3 Pathos, +1 temp Angst Charisma + Keening vs 8 May spend a Pathos to cancel later 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 Spend Roll Sense Strands 1 Pathos (optional, see text) Perception + Lifeweb Primary use is automatic Strand Channel 2 Pathos Intelligence + Lifeweb Splice Strand 3 Pathos Intelligence + Lifeweb Sever Strand 2 Pathos, 1 Willpower, +1 temp Angst per net success Intelligence + Lifeweb Fetter resists with Willpower Souls Interwoven 5 Pathos, 3 Willpower Intelligence + Lifeweb

Initiate Lifeweb Spend Roll Vibrations in the Web 1 Pathos Perception + Lifeweb May resist by rolling Willpower Movement in the Web 1 Pathos Perception + Lifeweb vs target's Willpower Web Parasite 1 Willpower, +1 temp Angst per success Perception + Lifeweb vs local Shroud rating Walk the Web 3 Pathos, 2 Corpus Perception + Lifeweb 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 Spend Roll Keys to the Memory Palace Intelligence + Mnemosynis Further Reflection 2 Pathos Charisma + Mnemosynis Open Book Variable, see text Intelligence + Mnemosynis Phantom Pain 3 Pathos Charisma + Mnemosynis +1 temp Angst Muse of Lies Variable, see text Variable, see text

Initiate Mnemosynis Spend Roll Memory Vault 1 Pathos Intelligence + Mnemosynis Washed in the Lethe 2 Pathos Charisma + Mnemosynis Tabula Rasa 2 Pathos Charisma + Mnemosynis +1 temp Angst if non-consensual Soulkeeper 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower Intelligence + Mnemosynis +1 temp Angst per success if non-consensual 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 Spend Roll Imitate 1 Pathos Dexterity + Moliate vs variable, see text Sculpt 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus from the target Dexterity + Moliate vs 7 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 Rend 1 Pathos, +1 temp Angst Dexterity + Moliate vs target's Stamina +3 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 Spend Roll Shapesense 1 Pathos Dexterity + Moliate vs variable, see text Unmarked 1 Pathos Dexterity + Moliate vs 8 Panoply of Eyes 2 Pathos Strength + Moliate vs variable, see text Girding As Armory May be used on other Wraiths 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 Spend Roll Wraithgrasp 1 Pathos Strength + Outrage Stonehand Punch 1 Pathos Normal Brawl attack May spend an additional Pathos to add Outrage rating to the damage dice pool Wings of Rage 2 Pathos None Death's Touch 3 Pathos Stamina + Outrage Each attack gives +1 temp Angst Obliviate 3 Pathos, +3 temp Angst Strength + Outrage

Initiate Outrage Spend Roll Taptap 1 Pathos Stamina + Outrage May also spend 1 Corpus to manipulate touch screens Stonehand Parry 1 Pathos Strength + Outrage Does not count as an action May block thrown and archaic ranged weapons at +1 diff Tantrum 2 Pathos, 2 Corpus, +1 temp Angst Stamina + Outrage Wyldfire 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus, +1 temp Angst per success Stamina + Outrage 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 Spend Roll Weirdness 1 Pathos Wits + Pandemonium Befuddlement 1 Pathos Wits + Pandemonium Strange Ether 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus Intelligence + Pandemonium 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 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 Spend Roll Taste Chaos Wits + Pandemonium Postmortemscript 1 Pathos, 1 Corpus Intelligence + Pandemonium Escher’s Stair 2 Pathos, 1 Corpus Wits + Pandemonium Grotesque Apparition 2 Pathos, 3 Corpus, +1 temp Angst per success Intelligence + Pandemonium May spend additional Corpus for enhanced abilities 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 Spend Roll 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 Dreamweaver 2 Pathos Manipulation + Phantasm vs varied, see text 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 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 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 Spend Roll Dreamreading Perception + Phantasm vs 6 Dream Sequence Manipulation + Phantasm vs target's Willpower Requires Phantasm 3 to affect other Shadowlands entities Requires Phantasm 4 to affect Skinlands supernatural creatures Deep Slumber Intelligence + Phantasm vs 7 Tableau Of Terror 2 Pathos Perception + Phantasm vs 5 May spend 1 Pathos per turn to maintain 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 Spend Roll Skinride 1 Pathos Strength + Puppetry Twitch 1 Pathos Strength + Puppetry +1 temp Angst if the host resists Master's Voice 1 Pathos Stamina + Puppetry +2 temp Angst if host resists Rein in the Mind 4 Pathos Stamina + Puppetry +1 temp Angst if target is willing +4 temp Angst if target resists 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 Spend Roll Menagerie Mask Automatic, effects are varied Must purchase Skinride before purchasing Menagerie Mask Admix Humors 2 Pathos Stamina + Puppetry Shared Blood, Shared Breath Normal Pathos expenditure x2, 1 Willpower None May not heal Aggravated damage Only works on a Consort Revivify 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower, +2 temp Angst Strength + Puppetry +1 temp Angst per success Legion 3 Pathos, 1 Willpower None Only works on Consorts

Usury

• Primary Guild: Usurers
• Allied Guilds: Masquers (Moliate), Oracles (Fatalism)
• Reference: Wraith20 217

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

Serendipity

• Reference: Wraith20 397