Spirit charms

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Name	Type	Description	Books
Absorb Fetish	Unclassified		Weaver
Access Caern	Unclassified	Spirits may usually not access caerns from the Umbra. This Charm allows the spirit to access the fundamental nature of the caern (eg. Wisdom, Enigmas, etc.) to facilitate other Charms. The Firebirds (See Falcon's Brood) use this Charm to remotely access their Light Web through Wisdom and Enigmas caerns. Power cost is 6.	AM
Acquisition	Unclassified	This Charm allows a spirit to 'borrow' a small item from the material world. If the spirit successfully rolls her Gnosis, she may choose to acquire an item near her. The object disappears from the material world and appears fully in the Umbra. At the end of the scene, the object returns to the physical world. If the object is moved (or hidden) in the Penumbra while the Charm is in effect, it will reappear in the corresponding place in the physical world. (Note that the spirit might be able to Reform somewhere else and take the object far away!) The ability only works on inanimate objects no larger than a suitcase. The Power cost depends on the size of the object acquired: A handful of coins or a stack of dollar bills costs 1 Power, anything the size of a hat costs 2, and a suitcase costs 3.	AM City
Agony	Specialty	The spirit can attempt to incapacitate a creature by magnifying its pain. The creature incurs double the dice pool penalties from its wounds. If the target attempts to take an action with a dice pool smaller than this penalty, he or she must burn a Willpower point to make the attempt. Even simple actions can take great effort while this charm is in effect. Since this is a combat ability, the duration is 1 round. The Power cost is 3.	AM West Ratkin Breedbook
Airt Sense	Common	Most spirits have a natural sense of the airts (directions) of the spirit world, and they are able to travel about without much difficulty. They can create or find spirit tracks at will. The Storyteller rolls Gnosis for a spirit to locate a particular place or individual in the Umbra. However, even spirits aren't infallible, and a botch can lead them into an unforgiving realm (especially if they are leading a pack of werewolves).	WW1 WW2, West WWR DA2
Appear	Unclassified	With this Charm, a spirit may manifest in front of a mortal observer without assuming a material form. The spirit cannot, however, affect the material world in any way while using this Charm. Each use costs 5 Power	AM City
Arcanos	Unclassified		Mokole
Armor	Specialty Common	This Charm grants a spirit a measure of protection. By expending 2 points of Power, the spirit gains a soak pool Equal to its Gnosis for the remainder of the scene.	WW2 West WWR DA2
Armored Sheath	Unclassified		PG1
Asphyxiate	Unclassified		Egypt
Assess Character	Unclassified	This Charm allows the spirit to evaluate the general strength of a character in an individual. The spirit rolls Gnosis (diff 7); the number of successes indicates how accurately it may evaluate a subject. A Garou's moral character might be reflected in his Nature or Renown; Storytellers should have a fairly good feel for how noble or base any given character (player or not) is.	AM Weaver
Atomic Blast	Unclassified		WW1
Blast	Specialty	This Charm allows the spirit to direct its Rage at opponents from a distance. Depending on the spirit, this effect may take different forms. Some spirits send bursts of fire at their targets, while others use glass, lightning, and even swarms of insects. The spirit causes its rage in dice of Aggravated damage; no roll to hit is required. However this attack drains a point of Power from the spirit. AKA: Blast Flame, Lightning Bolts, Lightning, Throw Glass, Glass Shards, depending on the book.	WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Blighted Touch	Bane		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Block Umbral Travel	Unclassified		Caerns
Blood Sucking	Unclassified	This Charm allows the spirit to suck blood from a target and gain Power from it. The spirit must enter combat with its victim, and gains 1 Power point per 5 points of damage inflicted. If the victim is a vampire, the damage is subtracted from Blood Points instead of Health Levels. This Charm costs 3 Power.	AM
Body Wrack	Unclassified		NY
Break Reality	Wyld Specialty		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Break Wind	Unclassified	This Charm allows a spirit to release a rich, pungent gas from an orifice (usually the rear one). All who smell this (it's thick enough to be visible as a floating cloud of roiling, greenish gas) must make a Willpower roll or choke on it, falling to the ground or running away, desperate for fresh air. The radius is initially 3 yards around the spirit, and then the cloud travels windward for 3 turns. If the victim is a Shifter who cannot escape the area of effect, she must roll to resist frenzy. This costs 5 Power.	AM
Breath of the Rogue Wolf	Unclassified		RoP
Breeding Trance	Unclassified		Fomor Wyrm2
Burrowing	Unclassified		Wyrm1 Wyrm2
Calcify	Weaver Specialty		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Call for Aid	Unclassified	This Charm grants the spirit the ability to call for the aid of like spirits. The spirit makes a Willpower roll versus a difficulty based on the likelihood of fellow spirits being nearby (3 when spirits are within sight, 8 for common spirits in their habitat, 10 for rare spirits or those outside their habitat). This Charm costs 5 Power.	AM Weaver
Call the Wind	Unclassified		Aust
Cause Panic	Unclassified		Wolf
Choke	Unclassified		Umbra2
Cleanse the Blight	Specialty	This Charm is similar to the Rite of Cleansing, in that it purges spiritual corruption in its vicinity. The Storyteller must roll the spirit's Gnosis at a difficulty determined by the strength of the Blight. Most spirits have a limit to this Charm, such as only being able to cleanse woods, for example.	WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Cling	Unclassified	The spirit may attach itself to any target. Only successful grappling, reducing the spirits Power to 0, or forcing the spirit into Slumber can remove the clinging spirit. In order to cling to an opponent, the spirit must make a successful attack roll. Once successful, the spirit acts at Willpower+5 for grappling purposes. This Charm costs 1 Power.	AM
Cloak of Ignorance	Unclassified		VF
Closed Passage	Weaver		DA2
Combat Coordination	Unclassified		Caerns
Conformity	Unclassified		City
Consume Essence	Unclassified		Wyrm1 Wyrm2
Consumption	Unclassified		Ghost
Control Currents	Unclassified		BDT
Control Dreamtime	Unclassified		Aust
Control Electrical Systems	Specialty	The spirit can exert control over an electrical system. The Storyteller rolls the spirit's Gnosis (difficulty from 3 to 9 depending on the system's complexity). This Charm can allow the spirit to overload a system, shut it down, or manipulate it. For example, it may use a security system to open some doors and lock others.	WW1 WW2 WWR
Control Forest	Unclassified		Russia
Coral Shards	Unclassified		BDT
Corrupt Dream	Unclassified		Umbra1
Corruption	Bane		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Corrupt Mnesis	Unclassified		Mokole
Craft Technology	Unclassified		Weaver
Create Bridge	Unclassified		ST1
Create Current	Unclassified		BDT
Create Fires	Specialty	With a successful Gnosis roll, the spirit can create small fires. The difficulty varies (from 3 for small fires to 9 for conflagrations). The fires must have fuel in order to keep burning.	WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Create Object	Unclassified		Umbra1
Create Shadows	Unclassified		Umbra2
Create Wind	Specialty	The spirit can create wind effects. The Storyteller rolls the spirit's Gnosis. The difficulty varies, from 2 for a breeze to 10 for a tornado.	WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Cry of the Nargun	Unclassified		Aust
Crystallize	Unclassified	This Charm is possessed only by Crystal Spirits. The spirit is able to transform part of a creature's substance into crystallized matter. The spirit makes a Rage roll against the target's Willpower. Each success inflicts one Health Level of Aggravated damage as a portion of the target's body becomes crystalline and brittle. Garou can attempt to soak this damage by rolling Gnosis (difficulty 6). Only the gift: Mother's Touch or some other form of magical healing will restore the crystallized portion of a creature's body to its original form. If a target loses all of its Health Levels to this form of attack, it becomes a crystal statue of itself and dies unless it can be healed of at least 3 Heath Levels within 24 hours. Power cost is 4.	AM
Cut	Unclassified		PG1
Dark Omen	Unclassified		PG1
Dark Whispers	Unclassified		Mokole
Descent into Duat	Unclassified		Egypt
Desiccation	Unclassified		Egypt
Disable	Unclassified	With this Charm, a spirit can temporarily paralyze its target. The target is paralyzed for a number of turns equal to the successes on a roll of the spirit's Rage vs the target's Stamina+3. This Charm costs 1 point of Power per a target's remaining Health Levels or Power Points; the spirit must spend a minimum of 10 points.	AM Weaver
Disappear	Unclassified		Aust
Disorient	Wyld Specialty		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Dissolution	Unclassified		Egypt
Divide and Conquer	Unclassified		Weaver
Domination	Unclassified		Posessed
Drain Essence	Unclassified		App
Drain Gnosis	Specialty		Umbra1 Aust Weaver DA2 Rokea
Drain Mental Abilities	Unclassified		Wyrm1
Draw Pathos	Unclassified		Posessed
Dream Journey	Unclassified	While the target is asleep, the spirit can intride on his dreams. Nothing the spirit does will carry over into the waking world, but its actions will hurt, arouse, or comfort for as long as its subject slumbers. Although such dreams are really vivid, the sleeper may or may not remember the visitation in the morning. Mortal creatures may only touch the spirit by crossing into the Dream Zone while awake. Each visitation costs 10 Power.	AM Umbra2
Dream Warp	Unclassified		Wyrm1 Mokole
Earth Swimming	Unclassified		Aust
Ease Pain	Unclassified	This Charm allows a spirit to ease a material creature's pain for a scene; it heals no damage, but soothes even the most terrible wounds. When the Charm fades, the spirit can use it again, spending 1 Power each hour or so. If the spirit departs, the pain returns. Power cost is 1.	AM
Eat Mnesis	Unclassified		Mokole
Embody	Unclassified		Wyrm1 Wyrm2
Enhance	Unclassified		Wyrm1
Fearful Flight	Unclassified		Wyrm1
Field Sense	Unclassified	Like Forest Sense, except that the spirit can sense all that transpires in the earthly field(s) which make up its domain. Power cost is 10.	AM
Flare	Unclassified		Umbra1 Heavens
Flee	Unclassified	This Charm effectively gives the spirit a Willpower of 15 for use in escaping a foe; this includes any rolls that actively give the spirit a chance to avod the presence of others through pacific means. This Charm costs 2 Power per round.	AM Weaver City
Flood	Specialty	The spirit can cause all the waters in a given area to rise rapidly, causing flooding. Doing so requires 1 Power.	WW2 West WWR
Fluidity	Unclassified		PG1
Fog of Ash	Unclassified		NY
Fomor Creation	Unclassified		Wyrm1
Forest Sense	Specialty		WW1 WW2
Fortune	Unclassified		F2
Freeze	Specialty	The spirit can lower the temperature drastically in the immediate area. The spirit loses a point of Rage for the remainder of the scene, but everyone in the area of effect suffers the spirits newly Race in dice of Aggravated damage automatically. Using this Charm may have additional effects at the Storyteller's discretion. Some fire-spirits have similar abilities involving flame that are more powerful than the Create Fires Charm.	Russia WW2 West WWR
Frozen Breath	Specialty		Russia WW2 West
Gateway	Unclassified		Wyrm2
Gaze	Unclassified		VF
Give Power	Unclassified		Mokole
Gnosis Drain	Unclassified		Egypt
Group Fusion	Unclassified		Umbra1 Weaver
Guard Domain	Unclassified		Heng
Hand from Beyond	Unclassified		Wyrm1
Harass	Unclassified		VF
Haunt Sense	Unclassified		RoP
Healing	Specialty Common		WW2 West WWR DA2
Hide	Unclassified	The spirit has the ability to conceal itself. An opponent wishing to find the spirit must roll Intelligence+Wits vs the spirit's Willpower+5. This Charm costs 5 Power.	AM Weaver
Hoarfrost	Unclassified		Aust
Hold	Unclassified		PG1
Hypnotic Stare	Unclassified		Egypt
Ice Shards	Specialty		Russia WW2 West
Ignorant Dreaming	Unclassified		Aust
Ignore Call	Unclassified		VF
Illuminate	Unclassified		WWR
Illusory Desire	Unclassified		Wyrm1 Wyrm2
Incite Frenzy	Bane		WW1 WW2 West WWR
Induce Harano	Unclassified		Aust
Infection	Unclassified		Ratkin
Information Flow Tap	Unclassified		City
Informational Link	Unclassified		Umbra1 Weaver
Inner Pain	Unclassified	The spirit may cause a living being intense pain. For each 2 points of Power spent, the target loses 1 die from her dice pools for a turn. While the Charm cannot inflict lasting damage, the victim will not be able to tell the difference. If the Power spent exceeds the victim's Stamina, she must make a Willpower Roll (difficulty 7) or fall unconscious for a turn. Even when she awakens, she will lose 2 dice from all actions for the scene's duration.	AM
Insight	Unclassified	Through this Charm, a spirit can gain insight into any one hidden aspect of the target's self. If the spirit chooses a specific aspect upon which to gain insight, this ability costs 10 Power. If the spirit merely searches for the easiest piece of insight, the Charm costs only 5 Power.	AM Weaver
Intangibility	Unclassified		Umbra1 Umbra2
Invisibility	Unclassified		Russia
Iron Will	Unclassified	The spirit can lock its mind upon certain goals from which the spirit cannot stray(i.e., guard a location, hunt down a target, remain unpossessed). This Charm costs 1 point of Power per hour.	AM Weaver
Keening	Unclassified		VF
Kindle	Unclassified	This Charm gives the spirit the ability to kindle life's fragile spark wherever that potential exists. Thus, spirits with this ability may cause seeds to germinate, fertilization to occur, or fruit to grow on trees. This Charm also allows a spirit to kindle powerful emotions in other beings. At their most powerful, these emotions can blot out any other emotions in the target for the duration of the Charm. Kindle costs 5 Power.	AM City
Kiss of Glowing Corruption	Unclassified		RoP VF
Life Drain	Unclassified		Russia
Liquefy	Unclassified	The spirit, even when Materialized, may merge its form with water, blood, oil, or any other liquid substance. This is often used if a spirit wishes to disengage from a losing battle and does not have the Power to Reform. The Power cost is 5.	AM
Lure	Unclassified		Rokea
Materialize	Common	This Charm lets a spirit take a physical form on Earth. The spirit must have a Gnosis score equal to or greater than the area's Gauntlet rating. A spirit's physical form appears just as the spirit appears in the Umbra. the spirit's Gnosis rating is used for all Social and Mental rolls. Stamina and Dexterity use the spirit's Willpower as a dice pool. Strength uses Rage. All rules for spirit Traits in the Umbra apply to the physical world. Materialized spirits don't have Abilities, but their dice pools are assumed to take the spirit's knowledge into account. In some circumstances, such as a toad-spirit trying to program a computer, the Storyteller should divide the spirit's dice pool in half and raise the difficulty numbers to reflect the spirit's lack of knowledge. Materialized spirit forms do possess Health Levels like most physical creatures. Spirits usually have 7 Health Levels, but the Storyteller may make exceptions for things like elephant-spirits or particularly monstrous Banes. If a spirit "dies" in the Material world, it enters Slumber automatically upon its return to the Umbra. Many spirits will not use this Charm except in extraordinary circumstances. The modern world is far from welcoming to their kind.	WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2 Mokole
Materialize Tool	Unclassified		PG1
Mimicry	Unclassified		Wyrm1
Mnesis Travel	Unclassified		Mokole
Neck Snap	Unclassified		Egypt
Neutral Scent	Unclassified		Umbra2
Nightmare Control	Unclassified		Egypt
North Wind	Unclassified		Aust
'Noxious Gas	Unclassified	The spirit can produce a malodorous cloud that will linger for one scene. The size of the cloud depends on the number of Power points spent. Anyone breathing the fumes of the cloud must soak the damage each turn. If the amount of damage taken is higher than the target's Stamina, she passes out. Of course, the victim can also resist damage by holding her breath or by using winds to dissipate the cloud. The Power cost is 1 per die of damage.	AM
Nullify Dream	Unclassified		Umbra1 Weaver
Open Moon Bridge	Specialty		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Open Sky Bridge	Unclassified	Like the Charm: Open Moon Bridge, except that it opens portals in the sky. There does not have to be a caern present. The total distance covered is 1000 miles. This Charm is used to travel along either solar "roads" in the realms of the Celestine Helios, or lunar roads in the realms overseen by the Celestine Luna. Only those spirits associated with Helios or Luna may use this Charm. Power cost is 5.	AM
Open Wounds	Unclassified		NY
Paralyze	Unclassified		Russia
Paralyzing Stare	Unclassified		Umbra2
Passion Drain	Unclassified		Aust
Peek	Specialty		WWR
Poison Bite	Unclassified		Egypt
Poison Spines	Unclassified		Aust
Possession	Bane		WW1 WW2 West WWR
Prophesy	Unclassified		Russia
Purify	Unclassified	The spirit can remove toxins from physical beings (such as Garou). The spirit spends 1 Power point per Health Level to heal damage from poisons. An additional expenditure of 3 Power flushes the poison from the being's system.	AM
Quake	Unclassified	The spirit can cause the ground in the physical world which corresponds to its current Penumbral location to rumble and shake. The Power cost is 5 per 1 mile radius; additionally the spirit can increase the intensity of the quake by spending more Power per mile.	AM
Quit Reality	Unclassified		Weaver
Raging	Unclassified		Wyrm1 Wyrm2
Ravening Mist	Unclassified		Egypt
Realm Sense	Common	The spirit can sense all that transpires in its Domain both in the Umbra and on Earth, although it still requires successful Gnosis rolls for specific perceptions. This Charm is usually associated with Naturae, woodland spirits of Gaia, but most spirits bound to an area possess this ability. Free-floating spirits without direct ties to Earth may have this Charm, but with the abilities to sense only their dens in the Near-Umbral Realms or home Domains.	WWR DA2
Reef Sense	Unclassified		BDT
Reflect Bonded Garou	Unclassified		Umbra1
Reform	Common	Spirits may dissolve their forms and transport themselves through the Umbra to their home Domains. Glass Walkers refer to this Charm as "re-spawning". It takes a spirit a full turn to try and re-form. The Storyteller must roll the spirit's Gnosis successfully for this Charm to succeed. Spirits use this charm to flee their enemies.	WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Repair Pattern	Unclassified		VF
Report	Unclassified		Wyrm1 Wyrm2
Reverse Gauntlet	Unclassified		Aust
Ringbark	Unclassified		Aust
Sap Will	Unclassified		PG1 Umbra2
Scale	Unclassified	This Charm allows a spirit to climb on the Pattern Web without becoming stuck, calcified, or allerting Net or Pattern Spiders to their presence. This Charm costs 2 Power.	AM Weaver
Scent of Safety	Unclassified	This Charm allows the spirit to instinctively home in on the best path to the nearest safe haven. This costs 6 power.	AM
Scry	Unclassified		Wyrm1 Wyrm2
Seduce	Unclassified		Aust
Shape Moon Path	Unclassified		Aust
Shapeshift	Specialty		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Shatter Glass	Specialty		WW1 WW2 WWR
Short Out	Specialty		WW1 WW2 WWR
Shroud of Flesh	Unclassified		Wyrm1
Siren Song	Unclassified		Russia
Snatch Wireless Packet	Unclassified		City
Solidify Reality	Weaver Specialty		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Spasm Shock	Unclassified		VF
Spear Liver	Unclassified		ST1
Spirit Static	Weaver Specialty		WW1 WW2 WWR
Spirit Wall	Specialty		West
Sporing	Unclassified		Wyrm2
Stasis	Unclassified		Wyrm1 WWR
Steal Essence	Unclassified		VF
Steal Mnesis	Unclassified		Mokole
Suffocation	Unclassified		PG1
Suggestion	Unclassified	This is a lesser form of the Charm: Corruption. The spirit can convey a sensory image and suggest that the target pursue it. If the target resists, the spirit rolls its Gnosis against a resisted roll of the target's Willpower. Any sense can be used, so the target could be asked to seek out a flashing light, a cold place, a cu of warm tea, a patch of rabbit fur, or a bottle of perfume. Although the involuntary effect of the charm lasts for one scene, the target can still hold the image in his mind if he wants to pursue it further. The Power cost is 1.	PG1 AM
Swarm	Unclassified		Aust
Swift Flight	Specialty		WWR DA2
Take Homid Form	Unclassified		Mokole
Take Power	Unclassified		Mokole
Take Suchid Form	Unclassified		Mokole
Taking the Forgotten	Unclassified		RoP
Tear the Gauntlet	Specialty		West
Tech Sense	Unclassified		PG1
Telepathy	Unclassified		Caerns
Throw Crystal	Unclassified	This Charm is similar to Throw Glass, except that the shards directed by the spirit are made of crystal. Power cost is 5.	AM
Tracking	Specialty		WW2 West WWR DA2
Translate	Unclassified		Egypt
Tunnel	Unclassified		Aust
Umbra Passage	Unclassified		Mokole
Umbraquake	Specialty		PG1 WW2 WWR DA2
Umbrastorm	Unclassified	The spirit can cause a great downpour in the surrounding Umbra. Due to the strange nature of the Umbra, it is not always just water that falls from the sky. The Power cost is 5 for a storm 1 mile in diameter, with 40 m.p.h. winds. The size of the storm increases by 10%, or the wind by 10 m.p.h. for each additional 2 points of Power spent. Storms created by this Charm last until they die down naturally.	AM
Unbindable	Unclassified		SG1
Updraft	Specialty		WW1 WW2 West WWR DA2
Vengeance	Unclassified		Aust
Venom Blood	Unclassified		NY
Warp Dream	Unclassified		Umbra1
Warp Reality	Unclassified		WW1 WW2 WWR
Wasting	Unclassified		RoP
Weaken Delirium	Unclassified		Sc2
Weaver Mask	Unclassified		Posessed
Whirlpool	Unclassified		Heng