{"id":"mage/power/rote/ephemeral-mutation","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Ephemeral Mutation","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":105}],"entries":["A related form of torment, inflicted with {@sphere Spirit|M20} 4/ {@sphere Prime|M20} 2 or {@sphere Spirit|M20} 5/ {@sphere Prime|M20} 2, can reshape a spirit the way that {@sphere Life|M20} 4 or 5 can reshape a human being. Beyond the damage inflicted by the attack, this variation on the spirit-wrack lets the mage do horrible things to the entity.","Most spirits can reform themselves with little difficulty; even so, these “ephemeral mutations” can be painful, humil-iating, and possibly – if the mage manages to make the spirit look like something else – dangerous to that spirit if it appears to be prey to other entities. (Reshaping, for example, a demon to look like a fresh damned soul and then dropping it into a hell for other demons to hunt.)"],"tags":["hdydt","feat"],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"hdydt-feats"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/ephemeral-mutation","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/ephemeral-mutation","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/ephemeral-mutation/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":105,"folio":105,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Ephemeral Mutation","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"A related form of torment, inflicted with Spirit 4/ Prime 2 or Spirit 5/ Prime 2, can reshape a spirit the way that Life 4 or 5 can reshape a human being. Beyond the damage inflicted by the attack, this variation on the","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}