Puppetry

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Puppetry is the arcanoi of manipulating and posessing mortals. The signature arcanoi of the puppeteers guild leaves users face smooth and homogeneous.

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Puppetry

⚫ Skinride

Challenge: Socials(intimidation) vs Socials(Willpower) Cost: 1 pathos Duration: One night

A Wraith can spend a pathos to possess a mortal with a socials(intimidation) v socials(willpower) challenge for the night while possessing they can see through the target's eyes and use their other senses, but must employ higher levels of this Arcanoi to take control.

⚫⚫ Override

Challenge: Socials(intimidation) vs Socials(Willpower) Cost: 1 Pathos Duration: One action

A wraith can spend a pathos and make a socials(intimidation) v socials(willpower) test to control an action of the person they’re riding.

⚫⚫⚫ Reign in the Mind

Challenge: Socials(intimidation) vs Socials(Willpower) Cost: One pathos Duration: One scene

This power upgrades override and skinride. By spending a pathos and making a successful socials(intimidation) v socials(willpower) test, the wraith controls the body they’re riding for a scene. They use their own skills and attributes.

⚫⚫⚫⚫ Heavenly Puppet Strings

Challenge: None Cost: One pathos Duration: One Scene

The wraith can channel it’s emotions into strings to move itself like a puppet on a string. By spending a pathos the wraith cannot be grappled or paralyzed for the scene. As an additional benefit they may spend a pathos instead of a permanent virtue when they fail a courage check to resist the effect.

⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ Obliterate the Soul

Challenge: Socials(intimidation) v socials(willpower) Cost: One pathos Duration: Three months

The wraith takes full possession of the human it’s possessing with a socials(intimidation) v socials(willpower) destroying its soul and riding it until the body is destroyed or decays, generally about 3 months. Using this power gives you 3 temp angst. This power also upgrades Skinride allowing the wraith to use it on supernaturals. Wraiths can only use up to level 3 of this power on supernaturals.