By calling upon a spirit whose aspect aligns with a particular sort of physical endeavor, the mage can draw
the entity through the Gauntlet and shape it into a material form suitable to the task at hand.
Successfully casting this spell enables a mage to
draw a spirit through the Gauntlet and shape it into
a form suitable for the task at hand. Only a spirit
aligned to the endeavor the mage has in mind (a
spirit of violence for a weapon, for instance, one of
protection for armor, or one of communication for a
cellular phone) can be thus manipulated. For each
success accrued in the casting, the item created
has a +1 equipment bonus, up to the mage’s dots in
the Matter Arcanum. If the spirit is willing to be
summoned and used in this manner, it may use its
Influences and Numina to aid the mage (and, if the
endeavor is within the spirit’s purview, it will gain
Essence by doing so). This item has a presence in
Twilight and in Shadow, and can be used, without
any other effects, to interact with beings or objects
in either; armor will guard against attacks originating
in Twilight, while a phone can call another phone
presently in Shadow (even if said phone would not
normally be able to receive calls there).
If the mage wants a specific spirit and that spirit is
not nearby, then she must use Space 3 in the casting
of the spell. Doing so enables the spirit to immediately
come to the mage’s location (or compels it, in the
event that the spirit is unwilling and the willworker
overcomes its resistance). The mage cannot call a
non-specific spirit (whether willing or unwilling) at
range with this spell; she must do it through some
other means, drawing the spirit through the Gauntlet
and reshaping it only after it arrives.
This spell is subject to the normal penalties to bind
a spirit (Mage: The Awakening, p. 317), even when
used on one that is willing.
Silver Ladder Rote: Divine Artifice
As the spiritual leaders of the Awakened, mages of the
Silver Ladder enjoy converse with the beings Shadow.
Those sufficiently skilled in such lore can enjoy their
service, as well, even altering their very shapes into
instruments useful to almost any task.
