Owl (Empathic Bond)

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Contents 1 Requirements 2 Known Abilities 2.1 Attribute Modifiers 2.2 Specialty Access 2.3 Charms 2.4 Additional Abilities 2.4.1 Traits Granted 3 Suspected Abilities

Requirements

Unsure.

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   You sense a sort of mild condescension from the tawny female owl, as though it considers you to be immature or childlike in some way.

You imagine what it would be like to have a deep bond with the tawny male owl, and you feel a distinct echo from within it.

You experience feelings of insight, wisdom, patience and serenity.

You experience visions of stars burning in a moonless sky, rain hissing onto the surface of a dark lake, the silouhettes of mountain peaks at dusk and wind whistling through a shadowy forest.

Known Abilities

Attribute Modifiers

Those who form an empathic bond with an owl receive bonuses to their Willpower, Charisma and Perception.

Specialty Access

Initial bonus specialties are provided to:

Awareness: 1
Centering: 1

Additional bonus specialties with bond development in order of appearance:

Introspection and Telesmatic Weapon: 1

Discipline: 1

Channeling: 1

Awareness and Centering again to 2

Fire Affinity, Water Affinity, Air Affinity and Earth Affinity: 1

Pyromancy, Hydromancy, Cthonimancy, Aeromancy: 1

Specialty access is provided for:

Fire Affinity, Water Affinity, Air Affinity and Earth Affinity: 2
Pyromancy, Hydromancy, Cthonimancy, Aeromancy: 2

Note: For Coven characters that bond to the Owl, specialties are quite different; 11 for each of the elemental magick skills, and 10 for each of the elemental affinities.

Charms

The ability to recall your conjured followers to your side. To do this, concentrate on recalling the desired follower or followers.

The ability to summon a water spirit. To do this, concentrate on summoning a water spirit

The ability to call your familiar to your side. To do this, concentrate on calling your familiar.

The ability to summon a earth spirit. To do this, concentrate on summoning an earth spirit.

The ability to send your familiar to safety. This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is. To do this, concentrate on sending your familiar to safety.

The ability to summon a loamphlage. To do this, concentrate on summoning a loamflage.

The ability to urge your familiar to specific action. This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is. To do this, concentrate on urging your familiar to undertake the desired action.

The ability to convert spiritual energy into more refined forms. You sense that this bond is enabling you to acquire elemental fire, elemental water, elemental earth and elemental air energies with this ability. To do this, concentrate on channeling my spiritual energy into the desired type of energy.

The ability to urge your familiar to specific action. This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is. To do this, concentrate on urging your familiar to undertake the desired action.

The ability to perceive subtle energy flows. To do this, concentrate on perceiving subtle energy flows. (astral perception)

The ability to channel spiritual energy from yourself to your familiar. To do this, concentrate on channeling my spiritual energy outward.

The ability to summon a water elemental. To do this, concentrate on summoning a water elemental.

The ability to summon a earth elemental. To do this, concentrate on summoning an earth elemental.

The ability to enchant a staff (or similar object) with the power of the clouds, enabling its holder to fly. To do this, concentrate on the sky joining the earth within the desired staff, cane, or walking stick.

The ability to summon a night spirit. To do this, concentrate on summoning a night spirit.

The ability to summon a air spirit. To do this, concentrate on summoning an air spirit.

Additional Abilities

Owl familiars open and charge the Sahasrara(willpower) chakra periodically and allow for various elemental energy powered attacks.

Attack                     Activity Cost

Wisp of Moonfire           11        
Gale of Shrieking Wind     16        
Stream of Elemental Water  17      
Stream of Elemental Air    17     
Jet of Stormwater          18      
Bolt of Elemental Earth    19      
Gout of Fire               19      
Blast of Earthfury         21      
Sheet of Moonloam          23     
Gout of Earthflame         17     
Rain of Moondew            30 
Gust of Moonwind           17

Note from Ralnos: There seems to be three tiers of elemental attacks. The one shown here is a bottom tier attack, which means it takes only one type of elemental energy and very minimal amounts of it. The middle tier attacks take two types of energies, as far as I know, and take more significant amounts. (Stream of Elemental Water takes one water energy per use, Jet of Stormwater takes around 3 and some air energy as well.) The top tier attack (only one is known so far) hasn't been much tested yet.
Note from Castien: I`m not sure there is such a well defined pattern. Blast of Earthfury(earth+chaos) and Gale of Shrieking Wind(air+sonic) both seem to use one type of energy. You also could look at the special attack rating for your specialty attacks to see which of the 4 magics they use.

At "Fairly Healthy" bond strength, 1 bonus specialty and +1 maximum is granted in each of Aeromancy, Cthonimancy, Hydromancy, Pyromancy, Air Affinity, Earth Affinity, Fire Affinity and Water Affinity.

Traits Granted

Owl familiars grant Night vision and reduced Light sensitivity that increases based on bond strength.

Suspected Abilities

Twilight has also said that Owl eventually obtains the Cloud Cane charm, which enchants any staff or rod to grant wingless flight.