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mystic
Once the spiderling has found her place in the world, she must then tie it into the Great Web. The first rite taught to any Ananasi is the Rite of Spinning. This rite creates the haven that allows Ananasa to communicate with her children, as well as allowing the Ananasi to speak with the others of her kind through the Great Web by creating her place of solitude, the Sylie. The Sylie looks like a vast cobweb, spun in any of a number of styles, placed in a secluded corner of the character's abode, usually the tops of trees, deep in a cave, an attic, or even a closet. The character is able to directly communicate with the two Ananasi closest to her geographically, sending messages on an almost telepathic level; these messages can only be directly communicated if the other Damhan is also inside her Sylie. The character can also extend knowledge through the Great Web by tapping into the vast resource of knowledge that resides in its strands. Once inside the strands, the character can obtain or leave knowledge as the Storyteller sees fit. Any communication with Ananasa must be initiated by the Great Mother. Over the course of their lives Ananasi perform this rite many times, whenever they move to a new home, or whenever they advance in Rank, re-establishing themselves on the Great Web.
System
The character must undertake a week of purification, removing all outside objects from the area that is going to become the Sylie and spending most of her time guarding and protecting the area from any outside influence. The player must roll Intelligence + Occult against a difficulty of 10. Each day of undisturbed fasting and meditation reduces the difficulty by 1, down to a minimum of 4- The character must then spend four Gnosis points. If successful, the character can now build a Sylie. This Domain exists both in the physical world and in the Umbra, although it doesn't appear to be anything more than a mass of cobwebs to mundane senses. Each success on the roll reduces the difficulty to crawl sideways in the immediate area - for the Damhan alone - by 1.
The weaving of the Sylie takes a number of hours equal to the square footage of the area that will become the Sylie. During this time, nothing can interrupt the Ananasi or the character must start the ritual over again from the beginning.
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