ADEPHI: The Exile

By Peloquin (ka.vanadis@karlskrona.mail.telia.com), revised by Brett Anderson (andersonb@mindspring.com)

Origins

And there was war in Heaven. Lucifer Morningstar, Lucifer Lightbringer, first among angels, rebelled against The Throne of the Word. And was defeated for his sin. Michael, judge and lord of the Adephi known as Seraphim, the warriors, cast down Lucifer into the Pit, to serve under Leviathan, Corrupter of the Vermii.

But among the Adephi warriors and mages were also three score legions who had refused to take sides, neither rebelling against The Word, nor slaying the Lost Ones.

They were also cast out. But not to Hell, no.

That would have been too easy a punishment for them. Instead, they were doomed to live among the mortals, watching the slow corruption of a pure world by the hands of The Vermii.

Always different. Odd. Exiled.

But slowly the seeds of hope were sown. Why just take the punishment lying down, some said. Why not organize, fight for a better world, and join the greater cause? That way, maybe one day The Word would forgive them, and return their high seats in the Silver City. And the Adephi Society was created.

If you think you saw someone leap off a roof with great white wings from his back, you did. They are here. They never left.

Society

The society is a very loose one, in a way. There are three "classes" among the Adephi, Warlord, Magelord and Seraph. The Warlords are the leaders, the thinkers, the judges and rulers of the Silver Society. They are not supreme rulers. If a Warlord would order something like the Charge of the Light Brigade, he would be mocked and stripped of rank and privileges. The Magelords are the scholars, the magicians, the philosophers of the Adephi, and are trusted with much. The Seraph are warriors. They take pride in using bazookas and miniguns to depopulate a Wyrm-infested city, and afterwards join the Garou in cleansing the city. And they never give up. Kill one squad and you have three waiting for you when you get home. And they're all waiting for the back up. Well, there aren't that many of them left anymore. Battles have taken them one by one, and only about 3000 (out of 60,000) remain. If you think that sounds like a lot, consider this, the world population is about 5-6 billion people today, and the Adephi are scattered all over the world. But they are still out there. Waiting. Watching. Occasionally squishing the odd Sabbat pack or Black Spiral pack....

Appearance

The Adephi are beautiful. No Adephi may have an appearance below 2, and you get 2 free points to put in Appearance. Each member of the Adephi appear as someone of a particular race. This has nothing to do with where they were born or their culture; it is simply how they decided to appear. Once their race is chosen it remains consistent over their lives. Now, the Adephi were without gender at first, but somehow they split into the normal two genders of mortals, even though they could not procreate. They are barren, as unable to bear child or conceive child as a lump of rock. But they -- ahem -- can perform.

The Adephi can fly. With a little concentration (roll Willpower, diff: 5) huge white wings grow out of their backs, and they can fly at speeds of up to 80 mph. The wings are always white, though some have taken for a habit of coloring them other hues, such as black, red, gold or blue, just for fun. Yes, they use ordinary hair coloring stuff even though they're feathers. And the wings do not rip their clothes or anything, as they are not physical in that meaning.

New Happenings

A strange thing has begun to happen among the angels. Some angels who were killed actually entered an unborn child and were raised as humans. They did this instinctively upon the moment of their "deaths." Maybe one in 500 deaths would result in this, but with only 3000 those are descent odds! The angel simply occupies a fetus upon conception within 20 miles of her death. The soul that was meant to go in that body simply finds another body. It has been theorized that the angels could do this but never proven. In the last 30 years more angels than ever have come out of humanity. No one is sure why. These angels have a perspective on humanity that their brethren may never share and they are quickly becoming mankind's greatest hope.

Powers

They may not be hurt by common weapons, and soak all normal damage immediately. Any damage that would be aggravated to any other being is Normal to them, and may be healed with the expenditure of Faith. If they are attacked by a Baali, Wyrmspawn, demon and the like, any damage they suffer is aggravated. They heal aggravated damage at the normal human rate.

The Adephi also have nine main powers: Holy Vision, Might of the Word, Ethereal Voices, Healing, Geas and Rapport, Movement, Guardianship and Stealth. An angel may begin with one of these powers and later learn more as they progress in Divinity.

With Holy Vision, the Adephi is able to see into the future and remember it afterwards. It is done by scrying, staring into a bowl of blood, preferably ones own. It is a painful process and costs all but one of your Willpower points.

System: Roll Willpower and sacrifice all but one Willpower point. A botch means you just lie there moaning for a while, seeing nothing.

Successes	Vision
1	You see vague, hazy images a day in the future.
2	You see clearly a week into the future, but the images are stiff and unmoving, like a slide show.
3	You can see a month into the future like an edited movie.
4	You can see a full year into the future.
5	You can see ten years into the future.
6	You can see a century into the future, but because every incident is painfully jammed into your head at once, you lose three health levels.
7	You know when Armageddon will occur and you lose five health levels.

This power is only available to Magelords, and the ST should decide if a player is to have it.

For each dot of the Might of the Word you have, you can gain an extra action per turn (as per Rage), one instant success or an extra point of Strength (like Potence). If you take this power during character creation, you start out with two points. It costs seven freebies to buy additional dots or the current rating x 3 in experience points. You may have up to six dots.

With Ethereal Voices, the Adephi uses his voice to injure, hypnotize or entrance someone. The roll depends on the desired result. To damage, roll Stamina + Performance. To hypnotize, roll Charisma + Performance. To entrance, roll Wits + Performance. Each success either does a point of damage or acts as a level of Dominate (hypnotize) or Presence (entrance).

This power allows Adephi to heal themselves or others at a touch. An Adephi must touch the person and expend 1 point of faith. Then she rolls Wits + Medicine. The number of successes equals the number of health level restored.

A Geas is a forced oath, a promise that must be kept. The Geas power is scored from 1 to 5. It can not be learned by any other being. The Angel rolls Perception + Geas, on a success he detects a need or strong want in the target. The degree of the want is relative to the number of successes scored on the detection roll.

Successes	Degree of want	Duration
1	Trivial (Pick up something from the store)	1 hour
2	Minor errand (Do the laundry)	2 hours
3	Minor errand (Small cash "loan")	3 hours
4	Normal errand (Borrow a car)	1 day
5	Fairly large favor (Large (for person under Geas) cash loan)	2 days
6	Large favor (Cover up crime, violation of ones conscience)	1 week
7	Huge favor (Assist in a crime as accessory)	2 weeks
8	"Forget the law"	Month
9	Who do I have to kill?	6 Months
10	What blood bond?	1 Year

After he first detects a need he must offer to fulfill it for the person. Note the level of the need is based on the target's abilities. Raising $100 is very small for the CEO of a company but fairly large for a ten-year-old child. If he fulfills his end of the bargain then he is able to Geas the target at the same level at a later time. He does not need to declare a Geas at that time; in fact there is no time limit on the storage of Geases. The favors can be parceled out at any level up to the maximum owed. For example, one Geas owed at level five could become two favors, one at level three and the other at level two. Also he can offer to Geas himself in return for a favor at that time. He would then owe the person a Geas, which He must fulfill and can not resist.

When he first requests a return favor from a person that person may refuse by a Willpower roll with more successes then the favor's original level was. Vampires, mages and shape changers may use Willpower points for automatic successes (one point = one success), but may still roll the number of dice equal to Willpower. Therefore a vampire with Willpower of 6 may get 12 successes to resist at the most (6 from Willpower and 6 more possible from rolls).

If the person fails his roll then time wears away at her. The time limits are above by level of the requested favor. For each additional "level" that the Adephi adds to the Geas he can decrease the time by 2 levels. For every time increment that goes by without the completion of the Geas the target loses one point from one of her physical attributes at random. If any score falls below 1 the target slips into a coma, after the next time increment the target dies. While the target is in coma she is allowed another Willpower roll. If she succeeds in this roll or dies the Adephi will know. He is also able to speed up the time increments. For every extra level he puts into the Geas from what was originally owed, the time is one level lower. For example, He is owed a 7th level favor from Joan, He requests a level 5 favor from her but uses up the remaining 2 levels so that Joan must work faster. So now Joan must complete the Geas in 3 hours or she begins to feel the affects. An Adephi is able to track anyone who owes him a Geas. He rolls Perception + the remaining level of the Geas owed. If he succeeds then he will have an idea where the person is. The number of successes will result in more precise idea of the subject's whereabouts. 4 or more successes will tell exactly where the subject is. Note: this is an instantaneous sense, it reveals the location of the target at that moment, not a continuous idea of where all the subjects are.

This power allows the angel to establish a link between himself and a mortal. This link allows the angel to get information on the mortal. When the angel uses this power she must specify what she is looking for up front: social information (Mercurian), morality (Malakim), or emotional reactions (Elohim).

This power refers to sustained movement. It is not another form of Celerity.

*	The character can locate the quickest way to get to a place that he has been to before.
**	The character can fly or run faster than normal. She rolls Stamina + Movement. For each success she can travel 5 miles per hour faster on foot or 10 mph faster flying.
***	The character is able to "Blink" or make short range Teleports. The angel roles Dex + Movement, the number of successes equals 15' each.
****	The character can bring someone along with him. He rolls Str + Movement. Each success allows one person or and extra 200 lbs. to come along.
*****	The character can now teleport. The distance is measured in miles. She rolls Willpower. For each success she can travel up to 50 miles. She can also expend Willpower for an automatic success, 1 point equals an additional 2 successes, before the roll.
******	This is the same as level five of this power, except that the angel can send someone without going himself. The angel must be within 10 feet and able to see the target. The mechanics are otherwise the same as the previous level.

This power is the one made famous by "Guardian Angels." It allows the angel to get close and influence events better. It is an indirect power and only at the upper levels does it have a direct and obvious influence, usually it is very subtle. An angel would not use this on an enemy. It will fail if the angel had no positive concern for the subject.

*	The angel can "attune" herself to a particular individual. The angel must touch the subject for only a moment. She rolls Perception + Empathy and uses a Faith point. The angel can attune herself to as many people as she has points in Divinity. The attunement lasts for 3 days, but can be renewed at anytime. If the angel harms the person in anyway the attunement automatically breaks and can not be renewed for a week.
**	The angel can become invisible. This only works when the angel is within 20' of the attuned subject. The power is put into effect by Wits + Stealth and expends a faith point. If the angel takes any violent action he immediately appears unless it is in the direct defense of the attuned subject. In which case he must make a Willpower roll against Difficulty 6. There is no duration on this power except the presence of the attuned person. He can only be touched if he is trying to touch something himself.
****	The angel has an equivalent of danger sense in regard to the subject of the attunement.
****	The angel can read the mind of the attuned. She rolls Perception + Empathy. The number of successes indicates how deeply the angel can probe.
*****	The angel can make "suggestions" to the attuned. The angel just says the words and rolls Manipulation + Empathy. The number of successes indicates the speed of compliance and how radical of a suggestion the subject would listen to. At least 5 successes would be required for the subject to go against her nature. It requires one point of Willpower point.
******	The angel now has a glimpse of the attuned's destiny. Everyone has one, but some are better than others. Initially, the angel uses 3 points of Faith and a Willpower point. This gives them the overview for the person. It is general and sometimes vague. The angel can answer specific questions about the person's destiny at a point of Faith. These questions are normally used to help guide the person toward his destiny. Typical questions normally are used to answer morally or situationally ambiguous decisions for the person. Things like what job or major to take or whether or not to pursue a relationship with someone, or whether or not something is worth fighting over.

This power works just like Obfuscate, except Faith is used instead of Blood points.

Archetype

Defender: One of the most common of the archetypes. This angel is driven to defend humanity from evil. This angel is not so naive as to think that all people are good, but would define people with a low humanity as evil also. The problem is that "low" humanity is a judgement call and several of the angels are becoming more and more hard lined. They defend humanity from everything bad; this would include helping a poor old widow keep her house from the "evil" Realtor, if his humanity was low enough or if the angel thought it was the right thing to do. These angels recover Faith and Willpower when they assist in protecting themselves. If there is a large enough risk then they may recover more points.

Healer: These angels try to heal the pain in the world. They understand love like no other being in the universe. They will always strive for a nonviolent resolution except with those who are considered beyond help (e.g., demons, Fomori, Souleaters, vampires who succumb to the Beast). If they kill a mortal with a humanity score of 7+ they lose all of their Willpower. However they gain one point of Faith and 2 points of Willpower for each level of damage that they heal!

Politician: These angels are looking for the peaceful resolution to every conflict. This doesn't mean that they are nice though. They can be as cutthroat as any warrior, but they are just so nice about it.

Character Creation

Attributes: 10/7/5

Abilities: 20/12/8

Willpower: Starting 4

Backgrounds: 12 (they're old)

Faith: Maximum available for your Divinity, which starts out as 1.

Powers: One major power with 2 points.

Merits and Flaws: The Adephi may not have any Flaw that makes their appearances ugly, as their ethereal physiques doesn't allow for the marring of their beauty.

New Ability

The knowledge of the true nature of Heaven, Hell, the Triat and the Universe.

*	Student: You know there was a war in Heaven and that the old religions have certain specks of truth in them.
**	College: You know why the demons want human souls, and who the Devil really is.
***	Graduate: You know the true nature of the Awakened beings in the World of Darkness.
****	Professor: You have knowledge of the Great Answer (No, it isn't 42...)
*****	Magelord: There is nothing in the Multiverse you don't know about.

Possessed by: Magelords, The Word, Initiated humans, a few Initiated Awakened.

Specialties: The Triat, The Eternal War, and the Multiverse, Awakened Beings (as per race)

New Backgrounds

This Background reflects how much of your Heavenly weapons and/or armor you were able to bring with you when cast out. The weapons of the Adephi only work in the hands of Adephi, and a suit of their armor worn by, say, a mage, will be just the same as any other armor, with full penalties and only the normal protection.

*	You have the leather undergarments from your old suit of armor, giving you +1 armor.
**	You have your old shield, giving you +2 armor without any penalty other than the fact that you cannot use the arm you wear it on for anything other than protection.
***	You have the sword. Diff: 7 Damage: Str+4, all Aggravated and an additional +2 Aggravated on Baali, Wyrmspawn, and the like. The sword also burns with a bright, white flame. It can be activated by expending a point of Faith.
****	You have the chainmail suit for wearing underneath the armor. +5 Armor. No penalties.
*****	You have the full suit of armor, with shiny helm and breastplate, leg protectors, and all the other stuff that are included in a suit of armor. +7 Armor, no penalties.

The armor of the Adephi looks quite impressive, as it shines like silver but gives better protection than a suit of titanium. The design is often very simple, sleek, streamlined, but protective enough to cover the whole body. The helm is also simple, as it is basically just a pointy, bell shaped, slightly Asian design, with chainmail hanging as a face guard, and with a thick plume from the top of the helm. The plume? Hey, it's whatever color the Adephi wants, although black is never used by Magelords.

For each point, a body can be secured, though it will usually be either sickly or a child's (5 health levels, losing hurt and wounded), for two it can be fully developed, for three it can be superior, (9 Health levels, an extra Bruised and Hurt). Note that characters begin automatically with one normal body. If the player wishes to begin the game with a superior form they have to pay the full 3 points. Despite their basically human nature, Angelic bodies do not require food, sleep, or drink.

This works like normal, however, the retainers are usually aware of the character's status and will often possess true Faith of their own. The person does not automatically know the character is an angel, but the angel decides. In addition, for each level, along with one person comes, a religious group who acts as a contact. The group could be anything from a church to a pious family living in the woods.

This is specifically among the angels and is a very important aspect of ones social standing. It is impossible to have a rank more than 2 levels higher then your Divinity allows. Also only one angel at a time from each path can have status of 5. An angel can influence this rank by his actions, but can not raise it higher than his Divinity will allow. An angel will usually defer to one of higher status and/or Divinity, but Divinity wins in a conflict or tie.

*	Neonate
**	Disciple
***	Brother
****	Archangel
*****	Archangel of (insert Path: War, Freedom, Love or Redemption)

Merits & Flaws

5 pt merit

You have never given over your form to be reborn as a mortal. You are limited to 2 points Empathy, you must pay one more freebie or one more experience point per level to purchase Compassion or points on the Path Redemption . You automatically gain 2 points Awareness, and you have 5 extra Knowledges.

2 pt Merit

You believe humanity is basically good, and are able to understand their failings. You have a -1 modifier to difficulties on Hope rolls.

All Angels have faith and this is where their powers are derived from, hence as a Merit it is disallowed.

3 pt Flaw

You have seen the world and have little faith in it. All Hope roll difficulties are increased by two.

3 pt Flaw

You have just discovered, after a human life of approximately 20 years, that you are an Angel. You have an intuitive understanding of many things, but lack more complicated details. You know other Supernaturals exist, but little about them. You may take no knowledges relating to the supernatural.

Faith

This is a pool and rating that ranges from 0-20. This is where the angels' power comes from. It works like a blood pool, up to a maximum rating dictated by their Divinity rating. This is their contact with the Divine. To an exiled angel this is the most important thing in the world. There are several ways that faith can be used.

There are some ways of regaining Temporary Divinity. First, you 'reload' it by meditating for a while (roll Intelligence + Willpower, Diff: 6). Secondly, by performing acts associated with your archetype.

Faith can be transferred from the angel to another being at a touch. All they have to do is expend a temporary faith point. This works like Faith and fades at a point a day or a point for every humanity "sin" roll immediately in addition to the daily loses. If faith is shared on 3 separate occasions with someone who is not an angel it works like a blood bond, although it would be called a "soul link" or "awe." It does not warp the person and their morals as much (at least among the righteous) but the power is about the same. A supernatural could refuse the faith before it is given to them, and would need to do so every time, on a contested Willpower roll against the angel. Few angels would do this, except the Warriors. If it is shared 3 times between angels then the affects are a little different. It is much more like the Vinculum. This is one way that angels say hello and goodbye to other known angels, another time is right before going into battle.

Level	Power
*	The angel can ward off vampires by brandishing a holy symbol or uttering prayers. The angel rolls Faith against a difficulty equal to the vampires Willpower. The number of successes indicates the number of steps backward the vampire is forced to take. If no successes are scored then the vampire does not need retreat but can not advance. If the angel botches then the vampire can approach unhindered. If the angel is able to touch the vampire while praying or with a holy symbol then the vampire takes one point of aggravated damage for each success.
**	The angel can resist Dominate by expending a point of Willpower.
***	The angel can now sense the presence of evil and the unnatural. The angel need not be trying to locate the evil, but must be in a quiet place and undistracted by anyone. The angel will be unable to precisely determine what she is sensing only that something evil is near.
****	The angel can now gain another power. In fact, he gains the first point free at this level of Faith.
*****	The angel is unaffected by disciplines such as Presence or Obfuscate.
******	The angel is so pure and holy that she can fill a vampire or any being with a humanity of 4 or less with self-loathing, disgust, terror, and even physical pain. Any such creature hearing the angel pray, preach, or recite psalms or being touched by the person, may be forced to flee immediately by any available means. A being who is unable to flee is reduced to a gibbering wreck, flailing on the floor and screaming, sobbing or begging forgiveness. To avoid fleeing, the being must either expend one Willpower point per turn or make a Stamina roll each turn (difficulty 5+ Intelligence). That's right the higher the being's intelligence the harder it is, because the more torture and guilty she will feel.
*******	The angel gains a third power at first level.
********	The angel can project light from his very being. The light goes out to a radius equal to 5 times the angel's Willpower. Although it can illuminate further. This light affects people based on the target's humanity score (Path/Via/Road scores are not the same except Heaven. The path score counts as half, round up, for dealing with this power).
*********	Two things happen at this level. First the angel gains a fourth power at level one. Secondly, the angel can hear peoples prayers. If they are sincere and prayed within 100' feet of him, they are accessible. The angel must be relatively undistracted at that moment. Upon hearing the prayer he is under no compulsion to fulfill the prayer, but refills his temporary faith or Willpower if he does. Angels would see it as impolite to talk about someone's prayers to God, but he can and will discuss them with other angels or people with True Faith if it is necessary.
**********	The angel can see into the very soul of any being a see the heights and depths to which their lives could take them. She would also be able to turn any being into a nonsupernatural version of itself. In other words, vampires become mortal, mummies can die the final death, wraiths gain Transcendence or OblivionŠ It has no effect on mages strangely enough.

Divinity

The Divinity rating of the character works like Humanity or a Sabbat path. However it also works like a Dharma and Archetype, in that the character's abilities are limited by it and the being can regain Faith and Willpower from living by the code. There are four roads now. There were more in the beginning, but the War has taken its toll. Currently the roads available are: Warrior, Love, Faith/Redemption & Freedom. There are also rumors of a Road of Darkness, but they are hotly denied and may even start a fight with one of the Warriors.

Basic Beliefs: This is the militant branch of the Adephi society. They see themselves as the Sword of God. They appreciate mercy, but rarely find it within themselves to administer it to anyone without True Faith. They go strictly by the eye for an eye mentality and are some of the worst enemies to have.

They believe (correctly, although simply) that they were cast out of Heaven for failing to fight and they now make up for that error. They believe that by this behavior they will be readmitted into Heaven. They look down on other Paths as weak and misguided. They seek to teach by example. When they deal with anyone who breaks the Law or acts immorally in their presence they will seek to punish the sinner. They will not punish worse than the offense, but they can still get brutal in their definition of just reward. When dealing with someone with humanity of 8+ they will act superior around them and try to keep them straight. When around a being who has True Faith they will consider that person a "lesser among equals" unless it is an angel of higher status.

When these angels destroy a being of humanity 5 or lower they regain one point of Temporary Divinity.

Ethics of the Path

• Punish sin when you find it.
• Set an example in honor, disciple, respect, and purity.
• Always keep your word.
• Never disobey an angel more divine than yourself, even if it means your life. Make a simple protest then do what God demands of you.
• Expect the same from everyone that you meet.

Hierarchy of Sins

Rating	Minimum wrongdoing
10	Fail to punish a sinner who commits an act against God.
9	Disobey a superior.
8	Break your word.
7	Behave disrespectfully to a good being (Humanity of 9+).
6	Fail to save an innocent though it puts you in danger.
5	Fail to speak out against sin.
4	Fail to correct false doctrine spoken in your presence, even though it may cause a "scene."
3	Fail to save an innocent though it puts you in mild danger.
2	Break one of the Ten Commandments.
1	Kill an innocent (child or person with humanity of 8+).

Hierarchy of Sins

Rating	Minimum wrongdoing
10	Ever harming a human when it is not in his best interest, or ever punishing a human beyond informing him of his error.
9	Ever slightly hurting a human who is at no fault (allowing her to suffer minimal physical damage, be badly frightened, etc.)
8	Ignoring a human in peril at very great risk to yourself.
7	Ignoring a mortal in great danger when your own life could easily be lost.
6	Ever allowing your Wrath to control you.
5	Letting your personal feelings cause you to be more brutal than necessary.
4	Hurting an innocent when it could easily be avoided.
3	Allowing a mortal to suffer unjustly when stopping it would require only minor inconvenience or minimal danger.
2	Hurting a mortal out of greed.
1	Killing a human unjustly.

Basic Beliefs: These angels still hold to their right to abstain from the battle between God and the Devil. They think that they probably should have helped, but they had a right to decide for themselves, after all isn't that what Free Will is all about? It seems that these would be the bitterest of angels feeling unjustly punished, but that is not the case. They see that not only does one have a right to choose, but the responsibility to deal with the consequences afterwards. God acted as their behavior dictated and He was totally within His rights to do that.

They feel that people need a purpose in life, but that it should be their own decision as what it is. They are the champions of the oppressed and powerless. They believe that God is right, but that redemption is better than automation. God created Free Will for a reason and the reason was so that a person could freely devote themselves to Him.

Ethics of the Path

• It is wrong to kidnap/imprison someone for any reason other than the punishment of a crime.
• Fight all forms of injustice or oppression.
• Advocate Freedom coupled with Responsibility.

Hierarchy of Sins

Rating	Minimum wrongdoing
10	Allowing yourself to be controlled, when preventing it would mean a great threat to your life.
9	Allowing a human to be controlled when doing otherwise would be threatening to your life.
8	Refusing to destroy any regime that restricts the rights of a person to privacy, personal decision, or freedom of expression.
7	Refusing to breakdown repressive social structures.
6	Preventing someone else from performing a self-destructive act.
5	Refusing to use personal resources to secure freedom.
4	Gaining profit from any enterprise or organization that oppresses others.
3	Killing anyone for any purpose but protecting yourself or someone else, maintaining the Balance, or securing freedom.
2	Actively restraining freedom.
1	Using others to benefit yourself or your ends.

Basic Beliefs: These angels believe that the best way to get to Heaven is to be as fruitful as possible. They want earth to return to its state of Eden. To do this they must convert the entire earth, no easy task. They see their task as fighting Lucifer from the inside out. They consider anyone who claims to be Christian and has a Humanity of 8+ or spends at least half of their experience point increasing their humanity until it reaches that point. Also anyone with True Faith is consider a peer of sorts in this War.

They believe that as they approach their goal Eden will reopen and then begin to expand and grow, until it covers the entire planet. So they are always on the lookout for the return of Paradise on Earth.

These angels recover Divinity by talking with someone about morality for more than 1 hour (1 point), baptizing someone (3 points), and attending a True Church Service (2 points).

Ethics of the Path

• Read the Bible for at least an hour a day.
• Share your faith.
• Deny your self of sin.
• Watch for signs of Eden's return.
• Teach the Bible to people (Christians or not).

Hierarchy of Sins

Rating	Minimum wrongdoing
10	Miss a QT.
9	Don't share your faith for two days in a row.
8	Kill a mortal of humanity 7+.
7	Fall into the same sin for more then 2 hours a day, even one day.
6	Kill a mortal of humanity 6-4.
5	Break on of the Commandments.
4	Violate a verse in the D-ship study.
3	Kill a mortal of Humanity of 3 or lower.
2	Fail to share with someone who appears interested.
1	Allow someone to leave the church without doing everything short of physically stopping them.

The effects of the path ratings:

Rating	Faith Pool	Maximum expenditure*	Score maximum	Requirements**
1	2	1	6	Promotion from an angel of higher rank.
2	3	1	6	Promotion from an angel of higher rank. Have a status of 1-2
3	4	1	6	Promotion from an angel of higher rank.
4	6	1	6	Promotion from an angel of higher rank. Have a status 2-3.
5	8	1	7	Promotion from an angel of higher rank. Complete a quest of moderate difficulty.
6	10	2	7	Promotion from an angel of higher rank. Have a status of 3-4.
7	12	3	8	Promotion from an angel of higher rank. Search out and destroy a group of 4 or more individuals who are true diabolists.
8	16	5	8	Promotion from an angel of higher rank. Have status of 4.
9	18	8	9	Promotion from an angel of higher rank. Have a status of 4 (increased immediately to 5 upon promotion, have the XP ready!).
10	20	10	10	Promotion from at least 3 angels of rank 9 or 6 of rank 8. There is only one angel of this rank at any given time for each of the Divine Paths. He is able to "suggest" who he would like to take over his place, but the three angels of highest status after him truly decide. Have a status of 5. Complete a great quest/task at rank 9, this would be something monumental like stopping a World War or destroy a 4th generation Baali and his 20 5th generation retainers.

^*Per turn.

^**All questions must be met after ones last promotion. Also, experience must be used to raise this core. This accounts for the time spent searchine ones soul.

Words

Any angel can gain a Word. This is when the angel embodies the Word. In fact the Word becomes their Nature and Demeanor, and therefore allows them to gain Willpower and Faith. The Word would be awarded by at least 7 angels of status 7 or more agreeing on it. The Word must be requested and can not be forced on any being. Once a Word is taken the only way it can be removed is for the angel to die, be stripped of it by his Archangel, or to Fall. The Word functions like a nature and demeanor but the angel is able to gain Faith and Willpower in several number of ways. The number is one half of the angel's Divinity (round up minimum of one). The requirements are what the angel wants them to be (storyteller must agree). However once decided it is always so. When the angel meets the requirements of her Word she gains as much as 4 points of Faith and Willpower. Some tasks will receive less if they are very easy. Each task can be done a number of times a day, but receives one less Faith and Willpower each time that day. The "clock" resets itself at every dawn, when the angel receives one Faith anyway. This is true even if the angel just used each and every one of their rites only moments before.

They begin with a nature and demeanor like any other character in WoD; it is not until they surrender to their Word that they change it. Her old nature no longer impacts her in any way in terms of recovering Faith and Will, but the angel's personality will influence what Word she takes and therefore they are often similar.

After the angel has received a Word her powers will begin to take on a nature of the Word, almost as a trademark. She is also able to develop a new power which directly affects her Word, the experience cost is normal for the angel, but if another tries to learn it from her it cost an extra 50% from normal.