Wraith Rituals

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Wraith rituals are collections of magic that aren't arcanoi of any kind, they require the check listed in their description.

Ferryman’s severance diff 8 occult.

Make a Diff 8 mentals(occult) check, success severs the shadow to become a spectre and casts it into the labyrinth. This allows both spectre and wraith access to +3 max traits and the other’s pool of angst and pathos.

Soulcrafting diff variable craft(any)

Spend a pathos to create an artifact with crafting rules equal to your circle. At -2 diff, this takes an action.

Tempest pass diff 3 survival.

Make a difficulty 3 mentals(survival) check to clear the tempest seas for a scene and create a byway to cross.

Stamp diff 2 finance.

Make a difficulty 2 finance check and spend a pathos to make a small coin or stamp that contains one pathos and can be used as currency. Wraiths can only gain 5 pathos from a maximum of 5 stamps in a single scene. Wraiths with usury can make stamps that have pathos equal to their max rating in Usury.

Jade Crafting diff variable craft(any).

Make an artifact with true jade, with crafting rules increasing the trait of items with the artifact tag by 1 at +1 diff, instead of the normal +3. This takes an action.

Commune with artifact Diff 1 empathy.

Make a difficulty 1 socials(empathy) check to commune with the soul inside an artifact. It will talk to you.

Sever the strand diff 3 occult.

When a wraith is ready to pass one way or the other, a lifeweb user(Lifeweb 2) can sever all their fetters ritualistically with a difficulty 3 mentals(occult) check. This either allows the target to pass on and reincarnate, or makes the wraith fall to oblivion. The more fetters the wraith has the less likely they are to use this ritual. There is a group of reapers that uses this ritual to allow newly cauled wraiths to reincarnate early before they have a chance to experience the underworld, generally by resolving 1 fetter in a harrowing. This group is called the black butterflies.

Abscesses diff 7

3rd circle spectres can construct powerful nihils that lead directly from the labyrinth to the skinland. Doing so requires shroud-rend 5 and tempest weaving 5 and a successful mentals or socials(Expression check). Success brings a labyrinth fort to the surface of the skinlands just hidden by the shroud. Non-spectres in abscesses lose ties, and are down 4 traits on most challenges. In addition they must make a diff 5 courage check to enter the abscess.

Become risen diff 6 occult, empathy, or survival.

This is the ritual to become a risen. The wraith who will become a risen enters into the labyrinth in a harrowing and must successfully complete the harrowing related to one of their passions. A dead body must also be prepared in the skinlands with a diff 2 mentals(occult) check. Success in the harrowing allows the wraith to return for up to 1 month to the world of the living, in which they doggedly pursue their passion which was their reason for returning.

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