System: The level of these fetishes dictate how powerful they are and how much influence they exact. Their purpose is to enhance diplomatic relations between the Garou and the spirit the mask she wears represents, and are often used for summoning rites. They give a bonus of 1 die for each level of the fetish to all rolls involving the spirit type in question, both for summoning and diplomatic purposes, and most accomplished Theurges own several Spirit Masks. Various cultural influences have produced talen-paint which does the same job but is more flexible due to the fact that its representation is not fixed; this paint has a Gnosis of 5 and a fixed level of 2. It is often used in Australia. In either case a Gnosis point must be spent in addition to the normal activation roll.
Spirit: A spirit affiliated with diplomacy is bound into the talen-paint, but a mask has a spirit bound into it of the same type as it represents. Banes can be bound into these fetishes but generally produce repulsive results; they have been known to turn on their owners and slowly corrupt them with Wyrm-taint.