Greater Beast Control

Mind	●●●
Instant	None
Covert	Ruling
Duration	Prolonged
Mage The Awakening Sourcebook, p.211 Rotes
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The mage can manipulate a median mind (anything up to, but not including, primates, cetaceans and cephalopods). He can exert control over most animal life, compelling such creatures to perform actions according to his desires so long as they are not completely inimical to such actions.

• Practice: Ruling
• Action: Instant and contested; target rolls Resolve reflexively
• Duration: Prolonged (one scene)
• Aspect: Covert
• Cost: None

This spell works the same as Beast Control, except that median minds can be commanded.

The effect lasts until the tasks are completed or for one scene, whichever comes first.

Adamantine Arrow Rote: The Way of Fang and Claw

• Dice Pool: Presence + Animal Ken + Mind vs. Resolve

Human allies, whether Awakened or otherwise, can be reliable, but they are sometimes insufficient to a task. A rat can scamper between the walls of a house much more easily than any person, and rare indeed is the human being capable of eliciting the same sort of response from others as a full-grown charging grizzly bear. Mages of the Silver Ladder use the same magic to control the actions of both treasured pets and less valued animal servants.