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Appendix I: The Spirit World
creatures in the physical world, spirits have just three:
Power, Finesse and Resistance.
POWER
Power represents the spirit’s raw impact on the spirit
world, through force of will or its form. Mind and body
are one in the spirit world, and the distinction between
the two means little to spirits. The spirit’s Power is used
for all rolls that would normally involve Intelligence,
Strength or Presence.
FINESSE
The spirit’s Finesse trait represents how well it can
manipulate spirits, people and the environment around it.
It measures, in effect, its skill in imposing its own concepts
on others. The spirit’s Finesse is used for all rolls that
would normally involve Wits, Dexterity or Manipulation.
RESISTANCE
The spirit’s Resistance trait measures the strength of
the idea behind the spirit and how easily it is damaged
and influenced by others. The spirit’s Resistance is used
for all rolls that world normally involve Resolve, Stamina
and Composure.
CORPUS
Rather than Health, a spirit has Corpus dots that
represent the resiliency of its ephemeral form. Corpus dots
equals a spirit’s Resistance + Size. Spirits regenerate Corpus
in the same amount of time that mortals heal damage
(World of Darkness Rulebook, p. 175). If a spirit loses
all its Corpus, it is discorporated. If it loses all its Essence
and Corpus, the spirit is destroyed.
OTHER TRAIT S
A spirit’s maximum Essence is determined by its Rank
(p. 279); any given spirit may have any amount of Essence
up to that barrier. The lower a spirit’s Essence is, the more
desperate it grows for sustenance.
Spirits have a Willpower trait that’s used as normal. A
spirit’s very existence necessitates a certain will to survive
and grow. Most spirits regain spent Willpower at the rate
of one point per day, though the rate increases if the spirit
is particularly successful at harvesting Essence with an
appropriate resonance.
Spirits possess Initiative, Defense, Speed and Size as
other entities do. Initiative is equal to Finesse + Resistance.
A spirit’s Defense is equal to its Power or Finesse,
whichever is higher. Speed is equal to Power + Finesse
+ a “species factor.” Spirits that take human or animal
form have a species factor equal to their earthly counterpart.
Spirits of inanimate objects usually have a species
factor equal to 0 (save for spirits of cars and other objects
designed to move quickly), while spirits of more abstract
form generally have a species factor of 10.
A spirit can generally be of any size, depending on
what it represents and how powerful it is. Exceptionally
strong spirits are often larger than their weaker kin.
SKILLS AND MERIT S
Spirits don’t possess either of these categories of traits.
A spirit suffers no penalty for untrained Skill use, however,
as long as the task is appropriate to the spirit’s area of
influence. A spirit of information can rifle the database of
a computer using Power + Finesse alone, without suffering
the usual –3 penalty for attempting what would ordinarily
be a Computer task without actually possessing the
Computer Skill.
INFLUENCES
All spirits have an ability to influence the thing that
gave them existence. As they grow in power and Rank,
they can then manipulate or even create that thing. Most
spirits have only the Influence that most directly corresponds
to their own nature. A dog-spirit likely has the
Influence: Dogs, and a spirit of wrath has the Influence:
Anger. As a spirit merges with other spirits to grow in
Rank, it gains other influences.
Influence can be used across the Gauntlet, if the spirit is
in the area of effect of a locus of compatible resonance. Otherwise,
the spirit must use the Reaching Numen to influence
the physical world while it remains in the Shadow.
Each use of an Influence requires a Power + Finesse
roll and the expenditure of one (or more) Essence. When
a spirit attempts to use an Influence to affect the emotions
or thoughts of a sentient being (mortal, werewolf, vampire
or the like), the roll is contested. Mortals roll Resolve or
Composure, whichever is higher, to resist. Supernatural beings,
which are harder to affect with simple Influences, may
resist with Resolve or Composure + the appropriate trait
(Primal Urge for werewolves, Blood Potency for vampires,
and so on).
Level Effect
• Strengthen The spirit can enhance its sphere of
influence: make an emotion stronger,
an animal or plant healthier or an
object more robust (gaining an extra
point of Health or Structure per Rank
of the spirit, for example). These
changes last for one minute per
success. The cost is one Essence.
•• Manipulate The spirit can make minor changes
within its sphere of influence: slightly
change the nature or target of an
emotion, or make minor changes
to an animal’s actions, a plant’s
growth or an object’s functioning.
These changes last for up to 10
minutes per success. The cost is two
Essence.
••• Control The spirit can make dramatic changes
within its sphere of influence:
twisting emotions or dictating an
animal’s actions, a plant’s growth
or an object’s functioning. The
changes last for up to 10 minutes per
success. The cost is three Essence.