Arcanoi

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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
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)
  • 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