System: Creating the gorningstakkr is always an extended ritual. The spa-kana must speak spells of healing and protection while spinning the thread and weaving the cloth to be used in the shirt. The shin is then embroidered with runes of healing and protection (Wunjo, Sowilo and Othala are the most common, as well as Kenaz to represent the craftwork involved). The most basic version of the wound-proof shirt weaves Entropy magic into the shirt to bring luck, and Life magic to heal wounds that are received (the nature of these shirts allow self-healing magic to he applied to the wearer rather than the user, similarly to the way modem Technocracy medical patches can be used even by those not trained in the arts of Enlightened Medicine), The amount of" damage the shirt can heal is dependant upon the number of successes the spa-kona garners while weaving the shirt.

More skilled spa-kana are able to weave shirts that are literally proof against die Effects of Wades, spears and arrows. Such shirts count as Class 4 Armor (providing four additional soak dice), but do not hinder mobility. In addition, the shirt converts lethal attacks from stabbing or cutting weapons into hashing damage, as the blades are unable to penetrate the cloth. The an of weaving may also be used to harm as well as heal. If the spa-kona speaks spells of death and vengeance while spinning and weaving, and soaks the threads in poison, she may create a cursed shirt that will kill the wearer. The shin is embroidered with baleful and destructive runes (Thurisaz, Hagalaz, and Isa, as well as Tiwaz: if the vengeance is just). The wearer of the shirr is affected as if subject to the Rip the Man-Body effect (page 171 of Mage).