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
• 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 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)
• Reference: Wraith20 159

Fatalism

• Primary Guild: Oracles
• Allied Guilds: Harbingers (Argos), Usurers (Usury)
• Reference: Wraith20 163

Flux

• Primary Guild: Alchemists
• Allied Guilds: Artificers (Inhabit), Proctors (Embody)
• Reference: Wraith20 168

Inhabit

• Primary Guild: Artificers
• Allied Guilds: Harbingers (Argos), Alchemists (Flux)
• Reference: Wraith20 173

Intimation

• Primary Guild: Solicitors
• Allied Guilds: Pardoners (Castigate), Monitors (Lifeweb)
• Reference: Wraith20 178

Keening

• Primary Guild: Chanteurs
• Allied Guilds: Sandmen (Phantasm), Proctors (Embody)
• Reference: Wraith20 182

Lifeweb

• Primary Guild: Monitors
• Allied Guilds: Puppeteers (Puppetry), Solicitors (Intimation)
• Reference: Wraith20 186

Mnemosynis

• Primary Guild: Mnemoi
• Allied Guilds: Pardoners (Castigate), Haunters (Pandemonium)
• Reference: Wraith20 190

Moliate

• Primary Guild: Masquers
• Allied Guilds: Usurers (Usury), Sandmen (Phantasm)
• Reference: Wraith20 196

Outrage

• Primary Guild: Spooks
• Allied Guilds: Haunters (Pandemonium), Puppeteers (Puppetry)
• Reference: Wraith20 200

Pandemonium

• Primary Guild: Haunters
• Allied Guilds: Spooks (Outrage), Mnemoi (Mnemosynis)
• Reference: Wraith20 204

Phantasm

• Primary Guild: Sandmen
• Allied Guilds: Chanteurs (Keening), Masquers (Moliate)
• Reference: Wraith20 209

Puppetry

• Primary Guild: Puppeteers
• Allied Guilds: Monitors (Lifeweb), Spooks (Outrage)
• Reference: Wraith20 213

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