Silken Ties

Required	Spider Discipline 4
Target Area	Local region (village, district, or guild)
Duration	1 Hour
Action	Special
Cost	3 Mana (Active)
Effect	The Spider does not need friends, only threads to pull. Passive: You maintain a fabricated persona complete with documents, stories, and witnesses who believe the lie. You may designate one Cover Identity (name, profession, region of origin). All relevant legal documents, correspondence, and minor rumors exist to support it. Gain +2 on Deception checks to maintain the identity. Official inquiries (e.g., by guards or informants) match your fake story unless the Storyteller declares magical or direct eyewitness contradiction. At Rank 5 you gain a secondary fabricated persona. If these personas are ever exposed, you can rebuild each one over the course of 1 month. Active: Once per day, you may call in a favor or access (item, location, person) that would logically be in your web of silent contacts. Roll Spider + Gather Information Skill OR Deception Skill vs. a flat difficulty (based on rarity/risk). On success, the contact delivers the item, opens the door, or creates the needed distraction within 1 hour. This does not reveal you directly, even to the contact unless you choose to appear.