Hawthorn Path

You have formed a strong bond with the spirits of the hawthorn trees, a rare path usually taken by Blessed folks with an affinity for fire. 
The hawthorn is a small tree of passion and protection, commonly used as fencing. It grows year round, with it's branches forming thick, thorny hedges, fragrant flowers, and red berries. It is commonly rumored that hawthorn wood burns hotter than any other. With it's sharp thorns and affinity for burning, the Hawthorn Tree has a strong inclination for protecting people and controlling fire, which it offers to those that invoke it. 
Note that any hostile use of this magic to attack a living creature will render it unholy and cause the user to become Tainted.
==Gift Effects==
* As long as you are not Tainted, as a stunt, you may exhaust this gift to call upon the Hawthorn spirits and ask for a specific blessing. 
**Declare what it is you're looking for
**Roll your Will, Presence, and Supernatural vs 3. 
***If you score one success you may ask to spark or snuff a torch within Short range, to grant you knowledge of any property lines or borders set by markers within the last 150 years within Medium range, to grant a d8 assist bonus to the Presence dice of a target within Medium range, or another blessing of similar value. 
***If you score two successes you may ask for the spirits to spark or snuff a bonfire within Medium range, to grant a d12 assist bonus to the Negotiation dice of a target using the gift of Seduction within Medium range, to call forth and give you a handful of hawthorn berries or seven thorns, or another blessing of similar or lower value. 
***If you score three successes you may ask for the spirits to create a mantle of thorns to cover your arms, back, and head and grant you the gift of Spines for one scene, to remove all supernatural effects that last for a Scene, Respite, or Chapter from a target within Medium range, or another blessing of similar or lower value. 
***If you score four successes you may ask for the spirits to cause all hawthorn in your current Landscape to have one year's worth of hawthorn growth in a single minute (around 1 foot), to create a new fire elemental, or another blessing of similar or lower value. 
***If you score five or more successes you may ask for the spirits to cause all hawthorn in your current Landscape to have twenty years worth of hawthorn growth in one minute (around 20 feet), or another blessing of similar or lower value.
* When you take this gift, you also gain the Gift Hawthorn's Brambles at no additional experience cost.
==Notable Users of this Gift==
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