Lilith's Favor
Description: Some mages are masters at controlling the pain that they feel. Using this rote the mage feels no pain, regardless of how wounded she is. This is both good and bad, especially since the mage cannot easily tell how hurt she is, which can be rather dangerous. Verbena use to perform this rote by ritually cut themselves in a spiral pattern. At the start of the cut it hurts, but then it feels less and less and in the end nothing at all.
System: The mage will not suffer wound penalties down to his stamina number of wound boxes (after that the damage is so severe it causes practical hinders for the mage despite the absence of pain). To find out how hurt the mage is if the situation isn't obvious (like with an arrow in the back), use perception+ alertness with a difficulty of 6.
Source: SCRIBD (Apprentice Rotes for Mage: The Ascension), Uploaded by Beth on Jun 19, 2008, originally part of "The Grimoire of the Cabal of Pure Thought", a resource for my Mage: The Ascension game. None Commercial.
