Editing Gladius et Aegis: Of service (section)

=Create Arcana=

''Arcana'' are supernatural powers and like ''Aspects'' are defined in a freeform fashion. Only creatures with supernatural powers have ''Arcana'' - if you opted to create a character with a ''Puissance Attribute'' of zero, then you can skip this step.

Each ''Arcana'' is ranked from Rank 1 to Rank 4, representing different levels of control and versatility with that supernatural power. This Rank does NOT represent how powerful the effects created are, as that's covered by the ''Puissance Attribute''. Essentially ''Arcana Ranks'' define what effects you are able to achieve rather than the scale of those effects.

Broadly, the guidelines are as follows:

* ''First Rank - Protect Self / Sense Arcana''. For example, within the Arcana of Pyromancy, this might allow a wizard to be able to protect himself from flames and from fire spells, to remotely sense the presence of fire, and to measure its heat and direction.
* ''Second Rank - Counter Arcana / Affect Arcana''. For example, within the Arcana of Pyromancy, this might allow a wizard to disrupt fire magics as they are being cast, to stop flames igniting, to shape flames that are already present, to weaken or encourage flames, to direct the course of a spreading fire.
* ''Third Rank - Negate Arcana / Create Arcana''. For example, within the Arcana of Pyromancy, this might allow a wizard to fully extinguish flames, to draw heat out of an area, to banish a fire-spirit, to unweave a pyromantic wall of flame already in place, to summon and fling fireballs, to conjure a wall of flame.
* ''Fourth Rank - Redirect Arcana / Master Arcana''. For example, within the Arcana of Pyromancy, this might allow a wizard to catch the fireballs of enemy wizards and send them back at them, to take control of a fire spirit summoned by another, to summon fire spirits to do his bidding, to transform himself into a living pillar of flame.

The number of ''Arcana Ranks'' you gain is determined by your campaign power level. Note that you can choose to spread these out over several Arcana, or stack them onto one or a few Arcana as you choose. For example, 4 Ranks in the Pyromancy Arcana costs the same in character generation terms as 2 Ranks of Pyromancy plus 2 Ranks of Geomancy. 

* ''Disadvantaged'' - You have 2 Arcana Ranks.
* ''Average'' - You have 4 Arcana Ranks.
* ''Advantaged'' - You have 8 Arcana Ranks.
* ''Exceptional'' - You have 16 Arcana Ranks.
* ''Extreme'' - You have 32 Arcana Ranks.

See [[Gladius et Aegis: Arcana|the page on Arcana]] for more details and ideas for this step.