For the Promethean: The Created Transmutation, see Contamination.
Contaminate is one of the Dark Arcanoi and allows Spectres to manipulate the Shadows of wraiths, drawing them closer to Oblivion. Many think of it as a dark version of Castigate.
Basic Abilities[]
- Perceive Contamination: This allows a Spectre to see the Oblivion inherent in a being.
- Sense the Shadow: A Spectre can observe the Shadow of a wraith.
Standard Powers[]
Shadowspeech: A Spectre may communicate with the Shadow of a wraith.- Sense Nature: A Spectre can find a wraith's Nature.
- Transfer Angst: A Spectre can transfer Angst to a wraith's Shadow.
- Awaken Latent Thorns: This allows a Spectre to create new Thorns in a Shadow.
- Call the Shadow: The Spectre can help a wraith's Shadow overcome their Psyche.
Alternate Powers[]
Wraith: The Great War[]
Contaminate abilities during the Great War are the same as the basic abilities and standard powers with the following exceptions, which replace the skills of the same level or where noted.
- Diagnose the Darkness: Other than the name change, the same as Perceive Contamination.
- Dissect: A Spectre can determine a wraith's Nature by studying the Shadow. Similar to Sense Nature.
- Contamination of the Tongue: A Spectre can speak directly to the Shadow. Similar to Shadowspeech.
- Contamination of the Soul: Essentially the same as Transfer Angst.
- Contamination of the Mind: A Spectre can assist a Shadow into going into Catharsis.
- Contamination of the Will: A Spectre can concentrate the Oblivion within a wraith or Spectre to help them develop temporary abilities.
Other Books[]
- Power Transform (WTO: Doomslayers: Into the Labyrinth ): A Spectre can change the power source of a wraith's Arcanos, forcing them to use Angst for abilities that formerly cost them Pathos and vice-versa.
References[]
- WTO: Dark Reflections: Spectres, p. 39-44
- WTO/cMET: Oblivion, p. 240-242
- WTO: Doomslayers: Into the Labyrinth, p. 60
- WTO: Wraith: The Great War Rulebook, p. 177-178
| Wraith: The Oblivion Arcanoi | |
| The Great 13 | Argos · Castigate · Embody · Fatalism · Inhabit · Keening · Lifeweb · Moliate · Outrage · Pandemonium · Phantasm · Puppetry · Usury |
|---|---|
| Forbidden | Flux · Intimation · Mnemosynis |
| Dark Arcanoi | Blighted Insight · Contaminate · Corruption · False Life · Hive-Mind · Larceny · Maleficence · Shroud-Rending · Tempest-Weaving · Tempestos |
| Risen | Fascinate · Serendipity |
| Jade | Chains of the Emperor · Way of the Artisan · Way of the Farmer · Way of the Merchant · Way of the Scholar · Way of the Soul |
| Miscellaneous | Alloyed · Behest · Connaissance · Displace · Kinesis · Leechcraft · Tempered |