Geistbane

Effect

It is said long ago that the Blessed Few shared the making of this spell with the Priests of Morr, hoping that the cult would help to preserve them from prosecution. The cult tells another story, that this spell’s secrets were stolen from a Priest of Morr’s dreams centuries ago. Regardless, the spell assists in dealing with spirits and the undead, and both the cult and many Hedgewise can replicate its effects, each in their own way.

By casting this spell on a prepared concoction of oil and herbs, the mixture becomes abhorrent to spirits. Smearing it on the entrances to a home can bar a spirit from entering it, and any such beings must make a Hard (–20) Willpower Test to enter a dwelling protected in this way.

If the mixture is smeared onto a weapon, that weapon counts as magical for the purposes of harming spirits, ghosts, and other undead entities who can only be harmed by such means. If used against an Undead creature who can be harmed by normal weapons, or if the weapon is already magical, this oil grants that weapon the Damaging quality instead when used against such signs.

This spell ends if such a weapon is used to harm a living creature, as the touch of fresh blood renders the oil inert.

Related School

Lore of Hedgecraft

CN: 0
Range: Touch
Target: 1
Duration: Willpower Bonus Hours