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The basic power in Chaos is the Black Pathway. People with abilities of 1 to 9 can use that. To use the Logrus, you need 5 - 8, and for Advanced Logrus Skills, you would really be looking at 9 and above. The Tail of the Serpent is a separate discipline, which falls in the 2 to 8 range.

The three different developments have an effect on pre-requisites.

Black Pathway
This is something which was much more powerful before the Pattern was drawn, but which the creation of shadow has rendered much weaker than the Pattern, though still not without its uses. The Black Pathways power comes in two levels of knowledge, the basic and the advanced.

An alternative replacement to Logrus, involving the creation and control of black pathways from the raw stuff of chaos, to carry one through shadow. Unlike Logrus, it includes no ability to rack spells. Unlike Pattern and Logrus, it is a learned ability, rather than something one assays.

As a power it works better in or near Chaos than elsewhere, where the Shadow veils are weak and easy to penetrate. It works best in raw chaos of the form which existed before the Pattern was drawn (and which still exists inside shadow veils), when there were no actual shadow veils at all. The Abyss is not such raw chaos. It is a distilled or compressed form which even most Chaosites cannot handle (though there may be some who can).

At 0, Chaosians can travel and cross Black Pathways when led by others (e.g. like grunts in an armed force)

For how many extra points you can spend at each level use the table below

Chaos Powers	Points that can be spent
1	5
2	15
3	20
4	25
5	30
6	35
7	40
8	45
9	50
10	whatever

Abilities available with 1 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Travel Black Pathway	Can travel independently on a Black Pathway	Black Pathway	Nothing
5	Detect Weak Points	See note	Black Pathway	Nothing

Abilities available with 2 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Summon Black Pathway	See note	Black Pathway	Travel Black Pathway
5	Extend Black Pathway	Extend a Black Pathway into Shadows beyond Ygg.	Black Pathway	Travel Black Pathway
5	Jewel/Tail Link	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Nothing

Abilities available with 3 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Carry Others on the Black Road	See note	Black Pathway	Travel Black Pathway
5	Swish of the Tail	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Nothing
5	Gate Generation	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Nothing

Abilities available with 4 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Enhanced Sensitivity To Weak Points	See note	Black Pathway	Travel Black Pathway & Detect Weak Points
5	Wielder of the Tail	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Jewel/Tail Link, Swish of the Tail

Abilities available with 5 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Permanent Pathway	See note	Black Pathway	Travel Black Pathway & Detect Weak Points
5	Combine Power With Others	See note	Black Pathway	Permanent Pathway
5	Cast through the Tail	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Wielder of the Tail
5	Create/Manipulate Shadow Path	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Wielder of the Tail
15	Summon the Sign of the Logrus	See note	Logrus	Nothing

Abilities available with 6 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Rapid Shadow Travel	See note	Black Pathway	Permanent Pathway
5	Logrus Sight (through Sign)	See note	Logrus	Summon the Sign of the Logrus
5	Summon/Control Tendrils of the Logrus	See note	Logrus	Summon the Sign of the Logrus

Abilities available with 7 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Shadow Manipulation (Black Pathway)	See note	Black Pathway	Permanent Pathway
5	Shadow Manipulation (Serpent)	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Wielder of the Tail & Gate Generation
5	Catalyse	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Wielder of the Tail
5	Rack Arcane Forces	See note	Logrus	Summon/Control Tendrils of the Logrus
5	Tendril Conjuration	See note	Logrus	Summon/Control Tendrils of the Logrus
5	Logrus Defence	See note	Logrus	Summon/Control Tendrils of the Logrus
5	Shadow Travel	See note	Logrus	Summon/Control Tendrils of the Logrus
5	Logrus Flow Adjustment	See note	Logrus	Summon/Control Tendrils of the Logrus

Abilities available with 8 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Greater Shadow Manipulation: Create Shadow Pockets	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Shadow Manipulation (Serpent)
5	Greater Shadow Manipulation: Erase Shadows	See note	Tail of the Serpent	Shadow Manipulation (Serpent)
5	Shadowmastery	See note	Logrus	Summon/Control Tendrils of the Logrus & Logrus Sight
5	Mould Shadow	See note	Logrus	Shadowmastery
5	Shape Logrus Tendrils	See note	Logrus	Summon/Control Tendrils of the Logrus & Logrus Sight
5	Create Ways	See note	Logrus	Shadowmastery
5	Create Logrus artifacts	See note	Logrus	Shadowmastery

Abilities available with 9 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Logrus Tendril Servants	See note	Logrus	Shadowmastery
5	Summon Primal Chaos	See note	Logrus	Shadowmastery
5	Summon and Bind Creatures of Chaos	See note	Logrus	Shadowmastery
5	Meta-Shadow Manipulation: Logrus	See note	Logrus	Shadowmastery & Shape Logrus Tendrils
5	Logrus Armour	See note	Logrus	Shape Logrus Tendrils

Abilities available with 10 or better Chaos

Cost	Name	Note	Area	Required
5	Control Primal Chaos	See note	Logrus	Shadowmastery
5	Conduct Primal Chaos Energy	See note	Logrus	Control Primal Chaos & Shape Logrus Tendrils