Primordial Pathways

Primordial Pathways are connections between worlds, threaded through the Primordial Dream and touching all of the realms within the World of Darkness. Beasts — and some Heroes — can open the Pathways wide enough to slip through, stepping from world to world like moving between Chambers through a Burrow.

Opening Primordial Pathways
Opening a Pathway to the exact location from which the Beast created a Chamber is easiest, but desperate Beasts and cunning would-be intruders can use similar locations by spending a point of Willpower during the attempt and incurring an additional dice penalty based on how well the location matches.

Beasts can’t open Pathways without one “end” of the connection being the Lair. If a Beast doesn’t know exactly where she wants to go, she can feel for and open a Pathway to somewhere random but still resonant within a specified world.

Opening Pathways is easier if the Beast first imposes Lair traits on the external end of the Pathway-to-be.

Dice Pool: Wits + Resolve

Action: Instant

Cost: 1 Willpower

Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The attempt goes badly wrong and damages the Lair. The Chamber used for the Pathway loses all of its Burrows, isolating it from the rest of the Lair until the Beast can redefine them.

Failure: The Pathway does not open.

Success: The Pathway successfully opens and lasts for the opening character’s Resolve in turns.

Exceptional Success: The Pathway successfully opens and lasts for the rest of the scene.

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How Primordial Pathways Work
Pathways aren’t portals or magical doors. When opened, the Pathway causes the Chamber and the external location to “overlap.” This causes Beasts to merge with their Horrors. Anyone in the external location attempting to leave while the Pathway is active instead finds themselves transitioning to another Chamber through one of the Lair’s Burrows. Anyone still in the Chamber when the Pathway closes ends up in the external location. Collapsing a Chamber immediately closes any Primordial Pathways open to it.