Lifeweb
Name: Lifeweb
Guild: Monitors
Status: Regulated
Marking(s): Eyes never closed.
Contents
Introduction
Lifeweb is one of the thirteen primary Arcanoi from Wraith: The Oblivion. Wraiths who know Lifeweb can use it to strengthen, weaken, or watch over Fetters.
Even though the Monitors' powers revolve around only one aspect of a wraith’s existence, they are surprisingly flexible. Not only can Monitors monitor their own Fetters, but they can examine those of other wraiths at will. Ties to Fetters can be severed, created, strengthened, or weakened. Monitors do not have an ability to directly fight or damage another wraith, but can be potent foes nonetheless.
A Fetter is one of the most important things a wraith can possess, and Monitors know this. Some Monitors choose to focus on the positive aspects of their abilities by helping weak wraiths strengthen what few Fetters they might have, or by keeping an eye on another’s Fetters. Others choose to use Lifeweb as a force of destruction, working to destroy the Fetters of rivals, or to bribe weaker wraiths into forcing them to keep them from taking out one of their few remaining Fetters. Because of the potential for abuse, the Hierarchy keeps an eye on Monitors, although a few have managed to slip through the cracks of the bureaucracy.
A failure to use Lifeweb properly can range from the minor, such as following a bad link to a Fetter, to severe, where a Monitor manages to sever one of their own Fetters from them.
Basic Abilities
○○○○○ Locate Fetter: A Monitor may check on any of their Fetters at any time.
Standard Powers
{First / Second Edition}
●○○○○ Sense Strand: A Monitor can trace a link between a wraith and their Fetters.
●●○○○ Web Presence: A Monitor can affect the area around a targeted Fetter with Arcanoi, or communicate with a wraith in the vicinity.
●●●○○ Splice Strand: A Monitor can create a temporary Fetter.
●●●●○ Sever Strand: A Monitor can strip a Fetter from another Wraith.
●●●●● Soul Pact: A Monitor can claim a mortal’s soul and turn them into a Fetter.
Alternate Powers
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Sources
- WTO: Wraith: The Oblivion Second Edition, p. 148-149
- WTO: Wraith: The Great War Rulebook, p. 74 , 90, 122-123
- WTO: Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition, p. 186-188
- WTO: The Hierarchy, p. 106
- WTO: The Book of Legions, p. 93
- WTO: Ends of Empire, p. 103
