Banishing

Banishing Cheat Sheet

Attributes & Skills Needed

• Magic – Used to create your banishing dice pool

• Willpower – Used to resist Drain

• Banishing Skill – Increases your dice pool

• Optional: Mentor Spirit modifier, Banishing Focus rating

Banishing Variables

• Target Spirit – The spirit you want to banish

• Spirit’s Force – Force of the target spirit

• Target’s Summoner Magic – If the spirit is bound, summoner’s Magic adds to resistance

• Mentor Spirit Bonus – If applicable

• Banishing Focus – Optional, can add hits or reduce Drain

• Wound Modifier – Subtract from dice pool if injured

• Your Hits – Rolled by you

• Spirit Hits – Rolled by GM

• Drain Damage Value (DV) – Calculated from spirit hits

Banishing Steps

Step 1: Build Your Banishing Pool

1. Choose a target spirit, noting its Force, type, and whether it is bound.

2. Add your Magic Attribute to your dice pool.

3. Add your Banishing Skill to your pool.

4. Add Mentor Spirit bonus if applicable.

5. Optionally, add Banishing Focus rating if not saved for Drain resistance.

6. Subtract any Wound Modifiers.

Step 2: Roll the Pool

• Roll your dice pool.

• Count your hits.

• Notify GM if you glitch.

Step 3: Compare to Spirit

• GM rolls spirit’s Force for hits; if bound, also add summoner’s Magic rating.

• Subtract spirit hits from your hits:

  • Hits ≤ 0 → Banishing fails, nothing happens

  • Hits > 0 → Each remaining hit reduces the spirit’s owed services. If services drop to zero, spirit will leave on its next action

Step 4: Calculate Drain

• Drain DV = Spirit hits × 2 (minimum 2)

Step 5: Resist Drain

• Start a new dice pool: Willpower + Drain Resistance Attribute

• If Banishing Focus wasn’t used earlier, add it now

• Roll your dice pool. Each hit reduces Drain DV by 1

Step 6: Apply Drain Damage

• If Drain DV > 0 after resistance:

  • Physical if Spirit Force > Magic

  • Stun otherwise

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