Projection Range

This also affects power level — greater ranges increase the power final level.

Range	Description	Roll modifier
Personal	Affects only the projector.	+2
Touch	Affects the projector or something the projector is physically touching.	+1
Eye	Affects a target the projector can look directly into the eyes of.	+0
Voice / Glare	Affects anything the projector can clearly speak to (≈15–50 paces).	-1
Sight	Affects anything the projector can see.	-2
Arcane Connection	Affects a target via a personal link (hair, name, etc.), even at great distance.	-3

Notes:

• Arcane Connections must be acquired and prepared ahead of time.
• Power range impacts powe level. For example, increasing a power from Touch to Voice range raises the final power level by a set increment.
• Ritual powers and some spontaneous powers may also leverage these ranges, but higher ranges make spontaneous projecting more difficult unless the projector has sufficient Form + Technique + Stamina + die roll.

Projection Targets

The Target of a power determines how much or what kind of thing the power affects. Like Range and Duration, the Target contributes to the final power level — more complex or larger targets increase the level.

Target	Description	Roll modifier
Individual	Affects a single person, object, or animal. The default, most common target.	+2
Part	Affects only a part of a single object or being (e.g., a limb, clothing).	+1
Group	Affects a collection of similar things — up to ~10 individuals/items.	+0
Circle	Affects anything within a drawn circle at the time of projecting.	-1
Room	Affects everything within a room (~100 paces in size).	-2
Bloodline	Affects all members of a bloodline; newborns are affected upon birth during the duration of the projection. Requires Talent??	-2
Structure	Affects everything in a building-sized structure.	-3
Boundary	Affects everything within a large defined area (e.g., village or forest edge). Requires a ritual.	-4

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Notes:

• Terram: one cubic pace of stone or one cubic foot of metal.
• Group targets can be increased with size modifiers (for larger groups or items).
• Circle powers end when the circle is broken — useful for ongoing effects.
• Room, Structure, and especially Boundary targets require increasingly more powerful psychic power and are often Ritual powers.
• The size of the Individual varies by Form:
  • Humans and xenos: one person
  • Animal and plants: one creature up to Size +1

Projection Durations

Duration defines how long a power’s effect lasts. Durations affect the final level of a power — longer durations require more power to sustain.

Here are the standard durations, in order of increasing power:

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Standard Durations

Duration	Approx. Time	Description	Roll modifier
Momentary	Instantaneous	The effect happens and ends immediately. Useful for damage, creation, healing, or destruction.	+2
Concentration	As long as projector concentrates	Ends when the projector stops concentrating. Can be disrupted.	+1
Diameter	About 2 minutes	The time it takes the sun to move its diameter across the sky.	+1
Sun	Until next sunrise/sunset	Ends at the next sunrise or sunset, whichever comes first.	+0
Ring	As long as a ring remains intact	Power persists as long as the circle drawn during projecting remains unbroken. Often used with the “Circle” target.	+0
Moon	About 28 days	Lasts until the next new or full moon.	-1
Year	Until next solstice/equinox	Long-lasting power; requires a ritual.	-2

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Special Notes

• Momentary is unique: it is used for permanent effects (like healing or creating things) that don’t need sustaining.
• Ring duration is tied to the physical integrity of a drawn circle. It can last indefinitely — or end immediately if the circle breaks.
• Moon and Year durations require Ritual powers.
• Higher durations make Spontaneous power much harder (or impossible without Warp Essence).

Arcana Moves Framework

1. Parlour Tricks (Fool’s Arcana)

Small, subtle, or ambiguous effects

• Stat Basis:
  Intuition, Perception, or Dexterity
• Nature:
  • Quick, low-cost, often deniable
  • Coincidences, sensory tricks, minor manipulations
  • Feels like “luck” or “skill” rather than obvious magic
• Examples:
  • Distract someone with a fleeting illusion
  • Nudge probability slightly in your favor
  • Conceal a small object
  • Create a brief sensory disturbance

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2. Spell Projections (Lesser Arcana)

Direct, immediate magical effects

• Stat Basis:
  (Reason OR Intuition) + Willpower
• Nature:
  • Fast, forceful, clearly supernatural
  • Requires focus and control
  • Often used in conflict or decisive moments
• Examples:
  • Deal harm or disrupt a target
  • Create force, barriers, or energy
  • Directly influence a mind or object
  • Alter the environment instantly

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3. Ritual Projections (Greater Arcana)

Slow, powerful, reality-shaping workings

• Stat Basis:
  (Reason OR Intuition) + Willpower
• Nature:
  • Requires time, preparation, components, or conditions
  • More stable, far-reaching, or symbolic effects
  • Often interacts with Duration / Target / Range at higher scales
• Examples:
  • Bind a place, bloodline, or entity
  • Create long-lasting enchantments
  • Summon or open pathways
  • Rewrite conditions of reality over time

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Simple Roll Structure

Roll: 2d10 + relevant stats, advantages and modifiers

Roll Result	Outcome
15+	Full Success – The projection works exactly as intended, with maximum control and no drawbacks.
10–14	Success with Complication – The projection works, but with a cost, limitation, or unintended side effect.
≤9	Failure / GM Move – The projection fails or partially manifests; the GM introduces consequences or escalation.
Double 1	Botch – Catastrophic failure. Magic backfires, creates unintended consequences, or escalates the situation dramatically.

Two Paths of the Occult

1. Ecstatic / Intuitive Path

“I experience the truth.”

Core Traits

• Intuition, emotion, altered states
• Embodiment, trance, possession, dreams
• Direct contact with hidden reality

Methods

• Ritual trance, dance, breathwork
• Vision quests, dreams, psychedelia
• Symbolic thinking rather than logic

Strengths

• Flexible, adaptive, creative
• Strong connection to Dream, Gaia, Chaos
• Can bypass rigid structures of the Illusion

Weaknesses

• Unstable, unpredictable
• High botch risk (loss of control)
• Hard to reproduce or teach

Archetypes

• Shaman
• Mystic
• Witch
• Oracle

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2. Academic / Rational Path

“I understand and control the truth.”

Core Traits

• Reason, structure, systemization
• Knowledge, symbols, formalized magic
• Control over forces rather than surrender

Methods

• Grimoires, formulas, sigils
• Precise ritual structure
• Naming, classification, logic

Strengths

• Reliable, repeatable
• Strong control over outcomes
• Works well with large-scale effects (rituals, structures)

Weaknesses

• Rigid, limited by paradigm
• Can reinforce the Illusion instead of breaking it
• Requires preparation and knowledge

Archetypes

• Magus
• Occult scholar
• Priest
• Alchemist

1. Aeon of Ignorance (Paradise)

Humanity exists in divine unity, aware of its true nature. No separation, no suffering.

Planes:

• Metropolis (Truth layer) — fully present, but experienced directly as reality
• Paradise — the only perceived state of existence
• No division into other planes

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2. Aeon of Wilderness (Nod)

Post-Fall wandering. Reality becomes unstable; fragments of truth remain visible.

Planes:

• Illusion (Surface) — begins forming as a separating veil
• Gaia (Human-adjacent) — primal life and instinct dominate
• Metropolis — partially hidden but still bleeding through
• Early overlap with Dream Realms

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3. Aeon of Magic (Hyperborea / Atlantis)

Awakened elites manipulate reality. Boundaries between worlds are thin.

Planes:

• Dream Realms (Human-adjacent) — actively accessed
• Inferno (Control vs Suffering) — emerges as destructive force
• Gaia — still strong
• Illusion — unstable and permeable
• Metropolis — reachable through magic

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4. Aeon of Monuments (Early Civilizations)

Reality is stabilized through ritual, architecture, and hierarchy.

Planes:

• Elysium (Control) — manifests as order, hierarchy, divine authority
• Illusion — anchored and strengthened
• Inferno — suppressed but present beneath
• Dream Realms — begin to withdraw
• Gaia — increasingly controlled

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5. Aeon of Empires (Imperial Order)

Large-scale systems enforce law and control.

Planes:

• Elysium vs Inferno — dominant opposing forces shaping reality
• Illusion — stabilized through institutions
• Gaia — marginalized
• Dream Realms — largely inaccessible
• Early formation of Underworld (Death layer) as systemized afterlife

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6. Aeon of the God (Monotheism)

A single divine authority governs existence. Magic is suppressed.

Planes:

• Elysium — dominates as divine order
• Inferno — redefined as moral punishment
• Underworld — structured realm of the dead
• Illusion — reinforced through belief
• Other planes largely hidden

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7. Aeon of Horizons (Exploration)

The world becomes mapped and finite. Mystery fades.

Planes:

• Illusion — expands globally and becomes totalizing
• Gaia — pushed to edges and wilderness
• Dream Realms — retreat further from waking reality
• Underworld — remains but distant and abstract

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8. Aeon of Reason (Scientific Age)

Reality is defined by rationalism and materialism.

Planes:

• Illusion — becomes rigid and self-sustaining
• Limbo (Breakdown) — emerges as suppressed truths and forgotten realities
• Labyrinth (Breakdown) — manifests as psychological and existential disorientation
• Other planes are denied, ignored, or pathologized

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9. Aeon of Collapse (Present Age)

The system destabilizes. The Demiurge is absent. Reality begins to fracture.

Planes:

• Void / Outside (Beyond) — begins to encroach at the edges of existence
• All planes begin to overlap and bleed into each other
• Metropolis (Truth) — increasingly visible beneath the Illusion
• Inferno & Elysium — lose stable control
• Dream, Gaia, Underworld — re-emerge into waking reality
• Limbo & Labyrinth — expand and consume weakened structures