Difference between revisions of "Casting A Spell"
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What Do You Want to Do, and How? | 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? === | === 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 === | === Step Three – Roll === | ||
Are You Successful? | Are You Successful? | ||
| − | + | * -- Roll your Arete/ Enlightenment versus appropriate difficulty (minimum difficulty is 3): | |
** Coincidental: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 3 | ** Coincidental: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 3 | ||
** Vulgar Without Witnesses: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 4 | ** Vulgar Without Witnesses: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 4 | ||
** Vulgar With Witnesses: Difficulty = highest Sphere + 5 | ** 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? === | === 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. | ** 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 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.) | ** 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. | |
Revision as of 09:34, 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.
