Stance of the Perfect Defender
Description: This rote is very common among Akashic, who use it toconsiderable effect when they are attacked by multiple opponents. Bykeeping track of the location of all their assailants and maneuveringaccordingly, the Scale can prevent them from using their numericalsuperiority to their advantage.
System: Each success negates 1 pt of a multiple attacker bonus per success. Whilethis can only be employed when a single mage is being attacked by multipleopponents, if the mage scores well enough, this rote can actual increase the difficulty for multiple attackers, as they get in each other's way.
Source: SCRIBD (Apprentice Rotes for Mage: The Ascension -- Apprentice level rotes), 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.