Shadow Scream (Spirit ••••)
Practice: Unraveling
Primary Factor: Potency
Suggested Rote Skills: Expression, Firearms, Medicine
The mage calls forth a writhing torrent of ephemera, raw Essence, and half-formed spirits, which tears into her foes with gleeful abandon. This is an attack spell; its damage rating is equal to the spell’s Potency, and it inflicts lethal damage. This spell can target physical beings or spirits in Twilight.
+1 Reach: For one point of Mana, the spell inflicts aggra- vated damage.
+1 Reach: The mage may divide the spell’s Potency between damage rating and destroying Essence contained in the target’s Pattern. 1 Potency destroys 1 Essence.
+1 Reach: The target becomes more vulnerable to spiritual predation: she gains the Open condition.
+1 Reach: The spell can target beings on the other side of the Gauntlet.