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Witchcraft, the power of Nature, over Nature itself. The slow shaping of the waves on rock, or the violent change of a mudslide. All of these are powers under your command, the limitation being the life-force you can draw upon... and your humanity.

==Rules==
Witchcraft is powered by Nature. By default [[Witch|Witches]] are taught to influence, not to force. But at times, as Nature itself, force is needed, to maintain equilibrium. The [[Witch]]'s powers reflect this. They can call upon Spirits of nature, or even ancestors to do their bidding, Charm [[Nature|Natural]] creatures and Shape plants, the weather or, given time, even the earth itself to their whims.
Witches dislike the unnatural ways of Wizards and can oppose their powers using [[Witchcraft]].
''Check the [[Witchcraft|Witchcraft skill]] for more information.''

==Lifeforce==
Lifeforce is a stress meter that's part of the scene. It refills when a new scene starts.  The value of Lifeforce is dependent upon the area, varying from 0 (in a derelict satelite), 1 (a high-tech sterilised plant or the ISS), 2 (a warehouse or factory), 3 (a single's appartment or a field), 4 (a house (a home that's lived in by a family) or a nice park) to 5 (a wonderful glade in a forest). The value is dependent on the amount of natural life as well as the quality (that's why homes of families have much more lifeforce than an apartment).

===Refill===
Lifeforce refills between scenes only, unless otherwise called by the GM.  Lifeforce can also be taken (or given) to the witch, for each box of physical stress the Witch can spend one box its next action, but the cost of this is high. A running tally is kept of the life-force spent this way, and each time after the witch has spent someone's life force a [[Witchcraft]] check is made to overcome the value. On a failure the [[Witch]] loses some of her humanity (an Aspect is turned into a trouble... permanently until some great attonement is made). Once all her Aspects are turned like this, the [[Witch]] becomes a [[Hag]] and the player loses control over it.

===Loss===
Lifeforce can be used by the witch to give her spells more strength or increase the effect.

==Loss of Humanity==
A tally is kept of each box of Physical stress the [[Witch]] used to power spells, denoting the witches Loss of humanity.  This tally lowers very slowly by the [[witch]] deliberately but gently persuading instead of acting as a force to restore balance. Each scene that the this is accomplished in lowers the tally by one.  Troubles can slowly be returned to feats at Major milestones, by the GM's fiat and only if the witch refrained from losing more Humanity.

==Summoning==
A [[Witch]] can summon Natural creatures (animals) to do its bidding. As per usual the cost is higher the harder it would be that the creature would be nearby and the faster the creature needs to be there. Apart from that it follows the normal [[Summoning]] rules.

The [[witch]] can also choose to control the animal directly, which will make the creature leave immediately after having been controlled this way.  Should the creature die, the [[Witchcraft_(magic)|Lifeforce]] of the creature is involuntarily added to the [[Witch|Witch's]] taken life-force tally, and forces an immediate humanity loss check.

==Power Source==
Witchcraft's power comes from [[Nature]]. It can be used against and affected by [[Unnatural]] creatures and powers.

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