Powell Chrestomathy

The Powell Chrestomathy is the main caucus for all of the mystagogues of Oregon and southern Washington (northern Washington and Seattle mystagogues generally belong to another Caucus in British Columbia).

Caucus House: Powell's City of Books (Athenaeum ••••• •)

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• Sanctum: X
  • Size ••••: X
  • Security •••••: X
• Laboratory •••: X
• Library ••••: The Chrestomathy has extensive archives, but specializes in Portland History, Secret Societies, Seers of the Throne, Abyssal Spirits.
• Scriptorum: The rote collection of the Chrestomathy Scriptorum is quite vast - easily the one of the biggest on the West Coast.
  • Subject ••••••: The Chrestomathy Scriptorum specializes in Death, Mind, Prime, Space, Spirit and Time Arcana.
  • Depth •••••: The Chrestomathy Scriptorum contains up to five-dot Rotes.
  • Skills ••••: The Chrestomathy Scriptorum specializes in rotes involving the Academics, Craft, Occult and Persuasion skills.

• Roll: Athenaeum rating (5) + Scriptorum modifiers
  • Target Number: Rating of total dots in Rote, plus Target Number modifiers
  • Researching the Rote: Once it has been determined whether or not the rote exists, the rote must actually be found through research. See the Research Rules, below.
• Scriptorum Modifiers: Add a number of dice equal to the Scriptorum rating of the Arcana that the rote belongs to. Add only the highest rating of any Arcana that apply, but only if all of the Arcana in the rote fall within the Scriptorum rating for those Arcana. If the rote's level falls outside of the Arcana scale, no Scriptorum modifier applies to the roll.
  • Scriptorum 5: X
  • Scriptorum 4: X
  • Scriptorum 3: X
  • Scriptorum 2: X
  • Scriptorum 1: X
• Target Number Modifiers
  • Any of the Arcana in the rote are beyond the Scriptorum Arcanum ratings: +5
  • Rote belongs to an Athenaeum Skill (Academics, Occult, Crafts, Investigation, Persuasion): -2
  • Good Arcanum + Skill Thematic Synergy: -2
  • Average Arcanum + Skill Thematic Synergy: +0
  • Poor Arcanum + Skill Thematic Synergy: +2
  • Rote is a Tradition Rote: +2
• Research Rules: Roll Intelligence + Academics, TN = twice the above Target Number, with each roll taking one hour. If the initial roll to determine if a rote is in the library fails, this research roll must still be carried out - the researcher cannot know the rote isn't there if he or she doesn't actually search for it.

• Rote Research, for finding rotes in the Athenaeum
  • Powell Chrestomathy Rotes

Gatherings

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Titles in the Powell Chrestomathy

Curator

Hypatia, of the Seekers of Truth. Mastigos Mysterium, Master 1º, Clavicularius
Hypatia is the Curator of the Powell Chrestomathy and the keeper of the Secret Vaults.

• Gnosis 6, Mind 4, Space 5, Spirit 3

Strategoi

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Savants

• Agrippa, of the Seekers of the Sublime Truth. Obrimos Mysterium, Master 2º (Spirit, Prime), Eyes of Ain Soph. Kabbalism, Jewish Mysticism.

Censors

Rutilus, of X. X X, Adept 2º (Death, Mind), Bokor

Aquisitors

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Other Mystagogues

• Glaucon, of the Seekers of Sublime Truth. Obrimos Mysterium, Disciple 2º, Eyes of Ain Soph
• Dantalion, of X. X X, Disciple 1º (Mind)
• Artemis, of X. X X, Disciple 1º (Life), Sodality of the Tor
• X, of X. X
• X, of X. X