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Awaken Flame (• • or • • • Forces, • • • Spirit, sometimes • • Prime) The Spirit Ways 87 |
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Fire is a talkative and hungry spirit, easily aroused and quick to take
action. With a few words or a pinch of spirit dust, a shaman can awaken that
spirit, giving the fire its own
direction and life. Once awakened, the fire retains its essential nature,
which is to bum and grow. However, it now possesses a limited capacity to
grow in certain directions and not in others. Once awake, this elemental
being has its own desires and wishes, so the shaman must convince it to
cooperate. Awakened Fire is chaotic and dangerous, but Fire has long been
a friend of man, so it can sometimes be helpful.
[Once Fire is awake, the shaman must communicate and barter with it. Fire is often temperamental, quick and hungry, but it can be tricked or enticed by a clever shaman (with a sufficient Manipulation + Subterfuge roll). The addition of Forces 3 and Prime 2 allows the mage to actually create the fire she wishes to awaken. Most versions of this rote require the mage to throw some offering into the fire, or sometimes to sing for it. Once Fire is awake, the mage may talk to it as she talks to any other spirit.] |