Alder Path

A popular choice for the scholarly and the academic among the Blessed, you have formed a strong bond with the spirits of the alder trees. 
The alder is a water-loving tree. It has oily, water-resistant timber that is regularly used to build underwater foundations and bridges. It's parts can be harvested to make many dyes, red from its bark, green from its flowers, and brown from its twigs. With so many roles in the world, the Alder Tree has a strong understanding of the roles of people in the universe, which it can grant you when invoked.
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 Alder spirits and ask for a specific blessing. 
** Declare what it is you're looking for
** Roll your Will, Academics, and Supernatural vs 3. 
***If you score one success you may ask for the spirits to give you knowledge of any elementals within Short range, to grant a d8 assist bonus to the Academics 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 force an elemental within Near range to manifest, to grant a d12 assist bonus to a target's Academics dice if they are within Medium range, to call forth and give you a twig of alder wood, or another blessing of similar or lower value. 
***If you score three successes you may ask for the spirits to command tomorrow's weather in your current Landscape to change slightly to something more beneficial to you, to call down lightning to strike a target within Short range of you for Damage flat 4 Penetrating if it is already raining, to permanently dye an inanimate object within Near range a vibrant red with alder dye, or another blessing of similar or lower value. 
***If you score four successes you may ask for the spirits to shift the weather in the current Landscape dramatically over the next few hours, or another blessing of similar or lower value. 
***If you score five or more successes you may ask for the spirits to shift the weather in the current Landscape dramatically over the next three rounds, or another blessing of similar or lower value.
* When you take this gift, you also gain the Gift Alder's Calamity at no additional experience cost.
==Notable Users of this Gift==
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