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• -- What Effect are you trying to accomplish? | • -- What Effect are you trying to accomplish? | ||
| − | • | + | • -- Which Spheres are you using? |
| − | Step Two – Ability: Can You Do It? | + | |
| − | • | + | === Step Two – Ability: Can You Do It? === |
| − | • | + | • -- How does your character focus belief and practice into making it happen? |
| − | • | + | • -- Which tools and/ or rituals are you using? |
| − | • | + | • -- How long does it take? |
| − | • | + | • -- Is what you’re doing vulgar or coincidental? |
| − | • | + | • -- Are any allies assisting you? |
| − | Step Three – Roll | + | • -- Do you have any mundane skills that might help? |
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| + | === Step Three – Roll === | ||
Are You Successful? | Are You Successful? | ||
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| − | + | • -- Roll your Arete/ Enlightenment versus appropriate difficulty (minimum difficulty is 3): | |
| − | + | ** Coincidental: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 3 | |
| − | + | ** Vulgar Without Witnesses: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 4 | |
| − | • | + | ** Vulgar With Witnesses: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 5 |
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| − | • | + | • -- Add or subtract modifiers (maximum +3/ -3). |
| − | • | + | • -- If you need to hit your target, roll appropriate combat Traits. |
| − | • | + | • -- Spend Quintessence and/ and or Willpower (if desired). |
| − | • | + | • -- Check the number of your successes. |
| − | Step Four – Results: What Happens? | + | • -- Do you need to roll more successes? |
| − | • | + | • -- Repeat for extended rituals/ rolls. |
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| − | from your own successes. | + | === Step Four – Results: What Happens? === |
| − | • | + | • -- What sorts of results did your magick have? (Damage, Duration, apparent effects, etc.) |
| − | • | + | • -- Did someone dodge, soak, resist, or use counter-magick against your Effect? If so, remove the successes they rolled from your own successes. |
| − | • | + | • -- Did you succeed? If so, determine its results. (Take Paradox if required.) |
| − | + | • -- Did you fail? If so, Effect fizzles. (Take Paradox.) | |
| − | + | • -- Did you botch? If so, take Paradox as below: | |
| − | + | ** Coincidental Botch: Gain one point of Paradox per dot in the highest Sphere used. | |
| − | + | ** Vulgar Without Witnesses Botch: Gain one point of Paradox + one point per dot in the highest Sphere. | |
| − | Vulgar With Witnesses Botch: Gain two points of Paradox + two points per dot in the highest Sphere. | + | ** Vulgar With Witnesses Botch: Gain two points of Paradox + two points per dot in the highest Sphere. (Paradox has different rules in Mage Revised; see the Paradox Points Generated chart.) |
| − | (Paradox has different rules in Mage Revised; see the Paradox Points Generated chart.) | + | • -- Did you get more than five points of Paradox? If so, Storyteller may roll for backlash. |
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Revision as of 09:32, 5 June 2017
Contents
Casting Magickal Effects
All elements described below are detailed between pp. 528-547.
Step One – Effect
What Do You Want to Do, and How?
• -- What Effect are you trying to accomplish? • -- Which Spheres are you using?
Step Two – Ability: Can You Do It?
• -- How does your character focus belief and practice into making it happen? • -- Which tools and/ or rituals are you using? • -- How long does it take? • -- Is what you’re doing vulgar or coincidental? • -- Are any allies assisting you? • -- Do you have any mundane skills that might help?
Step Three – Roll
Are You Successful?
• -- Roll your Arete/ Enlightenment versus appropriate difficulty (minimum difficulty is 3):
- Coincidental: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 3
- Vulgar Without Witnesses: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 4
- Vulgar With Witnesses: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 5
• -- Add or subtract modifiers (maximum +3/ -3). • -- If you need to hit your target, roll appropriate combat Traits. • -- Spend Quintessence and/ and or Willpower (if desired). • -- Check the number of your successes. • -- Do you need to roll more successes? • -- Repeat for extended rituals/ rolls.
Step Four – Results: What Happens?
• -- What sorts of results did your magick have? (Damage, Duration, apparent effects, etc.) • -- Did someone dodge, soak, resist, or use counter-magick against your Effect? If so, remove the successes they rolled from your own successes. • -- Did you succeed? If so, determine its results. (Take Paradox if required.) • -- Did you fail? If so, Effect fizzles. (Take Paradox.) • -- Did you botch? If so, take Paradox as below:
- Coincidental Botch: Gain one point of Paradox per dot in the highest Sphere used.
- Vulgar Without Witnesses Botch: Gain one point of Paradox + one point per dot in the highest Sphere.
- Vulgar With Witnesses Botch: Gain two points of Paradox + two points per dot in the highest Sphere. (Paradox has different rules in Mage Revised; see the Paradox Points Generated chart.)
• -- Did you get more than five points of Paradox? If so, Storyteller may roll for backlash.
