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	== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Chantry/ Construct ==
			In the hazardous world of the Awakened, it’s always a good
			idea to have some like-minded associates and a stronghold
			with some fair security. Since the Golden Age of Wizardry,
			such places have been called Covenants: centers where a group
			of allied mages stake out territory, consolidate resources, and
			agreed to assist and defend one another when need be. In later
			years, the Order of Reason adopted that idea and built the
			Technocratic Union around that principle. By the 20 th century,
			Tradition mages call those places Chantries, the Union calls them
			Constructs, and other mages call them by whatever sounds like
			a culturally appropriate name (temple, lodge, mosque, etc.).

			In game terms, a Chantry or Construct is a base of
			operations. A character with this Background belongs to such
			a base and has certain benefits from, and responsibilities to,
			the group that maintains that base. Most Technocratic agents
			belong to a Construct by default – that’s just how the Union
			operates. Mystic mages have a more of a choice about such
			things, but many of them belong to Chantries as a matter of
			practicality. There is strength in numbers, after all.

			Because '''Mage'''’s character-creation rules assume that beginning
			characters are new to the Awakened game, a character with this
			Background begins as a low-ranking member of an established
			stronghold. She gets the benefit of a belonging to a group of older
			and more experienced peers (who are probably Storyteller-run
			characters), but starts off at the bottom of the pecking order too.
			The elders have her doing errands and chores around the Chantry,
			and she lacks political clout within the group. Growing beyond
			that stage is one of the keys to a young mage’s journey.

			A group of mystic mages can also create their own Chantry,
			an option that’s not open to Technocratic operatives. (The
			Union frowns on such individualism.) By pooling points among
			the members, the group can assemble the resources necessary
			to build a place of its own. In game terms, these construction
			points reflect time, money, favors, labor, and other things spent
			in the process of establishing the stronghold. (A point-based
			building system was included in '''The Book of Chantries''', but
			that system has since been discarded.) The more points the
			group assembles, the larger the Chantry can become.

			:Secure Squat -- 10-20 point pool
			:Small Sanctuary -- 21-30 point pool
			:Mystic Chantry -- 30-70 point pool
			:Stronghold -- 71-100 point pool
			:Power Center -- 101+ point pool

			A Chantry or Construct can take whatever form seems
			appropriate. One might be a rural woodland grove; another
			could be an abandoned movie theater; a third may be a
			secluded mad laboratory; and a fourth sets up shop in an office
			building, Viking long-house, law firm, or machine shop. Low-
			level Chantries and Constructs have a few mundane resources
			– some magickal wards, a security system, perhaps a handful
			of unAwakened aides, communication services, and so forth.
			At the Mystic Chantry level, the place can get a few paranormal
			trappings: scrying pools, portals to Horizon Realms, spirit
			guardians, that sort of thing. Strongholds and Power Centers have
			extensive mundane and magickal/ hypertech resources; such
			places should be hashed out in detail with the Storyteller and
			demand huge investments of time, power, labor, and materials.

			The stability of this pool depends on the continued
			cooperation and survival of the contributors. If a mage quits or
			gets killed, his points are lost. If the entire group fractures, all
			points are lost and the Chantry dissolves. Surviving members
			might pool some experience points and make up the difference
			for the lost contribution. Otherwise, that Chantry joins the
			many broken fellowships and strongholds sprinkled throughout
			mage history.

			Incidentally, other Backgrounds that are connected to
			the Chantry must be purchased separately. The following
			Backgrounds may be added to a Chantry: Allies, Arcane, Backup,
			Cult, Familiar, Influence, Library, Mentor, Node, Patron, Retainers,
			Resources, Spies, and Wonder. For details about combining
			Background points toward a shared Background Trait, see
			'''Pooling Backgrounds''', (pp.301-302).

			:X -- No place to call home.
			:•• -- One pool point or membership in a tiny Squat.
			:•••• -- Two pool points or membership in a small Sanctuary.
			:••••• • -- Three pool points or membership in an average Chantry or Construct.
			:••••• ••• -- Four pool points or membership in a Stronghold.
			:••••• ••••• -- Five pool points or membership in a Power Center.

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