Spirit Sight, Spirit Sense - The Spirit initiate gains the ability to
sense the Near Umbra around her. She can see auras, ghosts
and spirits, especially those that her own Avatar is most attuned
to through Resonance. Some mages are better at seeing Wraiths
and the Dead, others at seeing the spirits of Nature. All
spirit-mages can sense these, especially in areas where the
Gauntlet is thin, but each person seems to have an easier time
dealing with creatures on the same spiritual wavelength.
Touch Spirit, Manipulate Gauntlet - The mage now gains
the ability to briefly touch spirits and objects he can see on the
other side of the Gauntlet - the Penumbra. He can pick up a
fetish stick dropped by a Garou, push a spirit out of a room or
even hit one over the head with an object from the spirit world,
and the spirit may do nothing to stop this unless it possesses
some Gift which allows it to manifest on the other side of the
Gauntlet. Although this limited expertise allows only brief contact,
it can be enough.
Pierce Gauntlet, Rouse & Lull Spirit - A mage may now
make a hole in the Gauntlet, allowing himself to enter the Umbra,
a feat called "stepping sideways" by the Garou. The mage's body
and possessions are translated into ephemera, the stuff of spirit,
but will possess a certain glow which the more aware denizens of
the spirit realm will recognize as belonging to a living being. At
this level, any action he takes against an Umbrood creature,
physical or otherwise, will be felt. Once in the Penumbra a mage
can go anywhere she likes, up to the borders which mark the
Horizon between the Near and Deep Umbra.
Rend Gauntlet, Seal Breach, Bind Spirit - The mage
may now rip the fabric of the Gauntlet asunder and he - and
anyone else who wants to, mortal or spirit - can travel through
without difficulty. This is, of course, highly vulgar; most polite
mages will seal the breach after they and their friends pass into
the Umbra. The mystick can also repair breaches which others
have made in the Gauntlet, and reinforce the barrier's fabric to
make it that much harder to tear.
Forge Ephemera, Outward Journeys - A Master of
Spirit gains a divine power, for he may now take ephemera, the
substance of Spirit, reweave it in whatever fashion he desires,
repair it or rip it asunder. The mage may now heal spirits' Power,
help create Horizon Realms or Umbral domains or even attack a
victim's Avatar.
From Mage: The Ascension 2nd edition © 1997 White Wolf Publishing,
Inc.