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[Tessie]

Any spell with an instantaneous effect reapplies that effect every ritual interval of the mage who cast it.

An AoE spell affects all valid targets within the area while they are in that area. Targets leaving the area stops being subjects to the spell, and new targets entering the area becomes subjects to the spell. (As Dave explains two posts below the one linked to on rpg.net)

[Tessie]

Most things that can function as pack totems won't leave ghosts when they die, and even if they did, they'd still have to become a Geist. On top of that, part of the game focuses on solving the mystery of the Geist's identity and having a Geist you used to know could seriously change that aspect of the game. It could still be plenty enjoyable, though.

On the other hand, the totem could already be a Geist. That way, you'd know (part of) their history as a Geist but not necessarily anything about who they were before, and they'd already have gone through the process of dying and then...

[Tessie]

Agreed. Forces to increase the force you impart with your body would be represented as bonus dice on Strength based rolls.



Shielding is conceptually based on protecting the subject. As such, you can't really do anything with Shielding that primarily hinders the subject. That said, most ideas for effects to "Shield" a subject from something beneficial could probably be replicated with Fraying or Unravelling....

[Tessie]

Given the right circumstances, it's definitely possible for a cabal or even a single mage to wipe out all the vampires in a city. And it probably has happened at least once in the setting, considering how mages and vampires have existed for millennia among Sleepers.
But the required circumstances (that the mage/cabal has the motivation, the right tools, the right knowledge, the right mindset to go through with it, the time and resources to spare, no pushback from other mages, and that the vampires doesn't have the right defenses, investigative tools, or raw power to withstand an assault)...

[Tessie]

Agreed. The fact that the caster can't utilize the Yantra bonus doesn't mean the spell stops qualifying for that Yantra....