Al’Ath
Al’Ath or the Guardian of the Spirit Trees is a type of spirit and minions of the Alder Man.
Background
These spirits appear to be clusters of branches and leaves, held together by vine wrappings. All of the Al’Ath pulse in a regular beat, akin to a slow heartbeat.
Stats
Rank: 2
Attributes: Power 4, Finesse 4, Resistance 3
Willpower: 7
Essence: 10 (15 max)
Initiative: 7
Defense: 4
Speed: 18
Size: 4
Corpus: 7
Influences: Trees ••
Numina: Blast, Chorus, Material Vision, Reaching, Wilds Sense
Influence (Trees ••): With a roll of eight dice, the spirit can strengthen or manipulate a tree near it in the physical world, making that tree more robust, or subtly encouraging it to grow in certain ways. Strengthening a tree costs one Essence, and subtly manipulating it costs two.
Blast: This Numen works like an ultimate stream of bad luck, with coincidences arranged to smite its foes. A brick might fall on an Uratha’s head in the city, or a thick tree branch might fall on him in the woods. The range is equal to 40 yards, and the spirit suffers no penalties for range. Roll eight dice to hit, and add two dice to the roll for every point of Essence spent to fuel this power. The damage is lethal.
Chorus: By spending one Essence (and on a successful roll of eight dice), the spirit can send a message to any other spirit of its type or to any tree-spirit. Gaining more successes yields a more detailed message.
Material Vision: On a successful roll of eight dice, the spirit can see through the Gauntlet for a number of minutes equal to the number of successes on the roll.
Reaching: This Numen allows the spirit to create a power conduit through which it can attack its enemies across the Gauntlet. Roll eight dice, and if successful, the spirit can use its Blast Numen through the Gauntlet.
Wilds Sense: On a successful roll of seven dice, the spirit can track down loci or individual spirits of interest over miles and miles through the Shadow Realm. More successes gives more detailed information.
Ban: Cannot harm anyone holding an alder branch.