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;Tools and Rituals
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*Using a personalized instrument..............................................................-1
!scope="col"| Activity
*Using a unique instrument........................................................................-1
!scope="col"| Catagory
*Using a unique and specialized instrument.............................................-2 (total)
!scope="col"| Difficulty Modifier
*Working with unfamiliar instruments...................................................+2/ +1
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*Working without usual instruments..............................................................+3
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*Using instruments when you don’t need to..........................................-1
!scope="col"|Tools and Rituals
*Using personal item from target (sympathetic magick)..........................................-1 to -3
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*Appropriate Resonance (personal, instrument, ritual, or Tass)..........................................-1
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*Opposed Resonance (personal, instrument, ritual, or Tass)..........................................+1
|Using a personalized instrument
*Manipulating Mythic Threads/ hypernarrative...............................................................-1
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| -1
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|Using a unique instrument
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| -1
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|Using a unique and specialized instrument
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| -2 (total)
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|Working with unfamiliar instruments
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| +2/ +1
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|Working without usual instruments
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| +3
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|Using instruments when you don’t need to
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| -1
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|Using personal item from target (sympathetic magick)
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| -1 to -3
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|Appropriate Resonance (personal, instrument, ritual, or Tass)
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| -1
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|Opposed Resonance (personal, instrument, ritual, or Tass)
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| +1
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|Manipulating Mythic Threads/ hypernarrative
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| -1
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!scope="col"| Time and Effort
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|Spending Quintessence
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| -1 per point, max. -3
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|Spending extra time
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|(per additional turn each roll; max. -3) -1
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|Fast-casting
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| +1
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|Turning time backwards
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| +3
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!scope="col"| General Circumstances
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|Researches lore about subject before using magick
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| -1 to -3
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|Near a Node
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| -1 to -3
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|Distant or hidden target or subject
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| +1
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|Juggling several Effects at once
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| +1 per two Effects
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|Mage distracted
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| +1 to +3
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|Mage in conflict with Avatar
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| +1 to +3
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|Domino Effect
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| +1 per two coincidences after first; see p. 539.
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|Outlandish to godlike feat
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| +1 to +3
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;Time and Effort
*Spending Quintessence -1 per point, max. -3
*Spending extra time (per additional turn each roll; max. -3) -1
*Fast-casting +1
*Turning time backwards +3
;General Circumstances
*Researches lore about subject before using magick -1 to -3
*Near a Node -1 to -3
*Distant or hidden target or subject +1
*Juggling several Effects at once +1 per two Effects
*Mage distracted +1 to +3
*Mage in conflict with Avatar +1 to +3
*Domino Effect +1 per two coincidences after first; see p. 539.
*Outlandish to godlike feat +1 to +3





Revision as of 18:39, 5 June 2017

Mage Information
Activity Catagory Difficulty Modifier
Tools and Rituals
Using a personalized instrument -1
Using a unique instrument -1
Using a unique and specialized instrument -2 (total)
Working with unfamiliar instruments +2/ +1
Working without usual instruments +3
Using instruments when you don’t need to -1
Using personal item from target (sympathetic magick) -1 to -3
Appropriate Resonance (personal, instrument, ritual, or Tass) -1
Opposed Resonance (personal, instrument, ritual, or Tass) +1
Manipulating Mythic Threads/ hypernarrative -1
Time and Effort
Spending Quintessence -1 per point, max. -3
Spending extra time (per additional turn each roll; max. -3) -1
Fast-casting +1
Turning time backwards +3
General Circumstances
Researches lore about subject before using magick -1 to -3
Near a Node -1 to -3
Distant or hidden target or subject +1
Juggling several Effects at once +1 per two Effects
Mage distracted +1 to +3
Mage in conflict with Avatar +1 to +3
Domino Effect +1 per two coincidences after first; see p. 539.
Outlandish to godlike feat +1 to +3



Notes
  • Maximum net modifier +3 or -3.
  • Minimum difficulty 3, maximum difficulty 10. If you employ the Thresholds option, max difficulty is 9; in the latter case, extra modifiers add to threshold, requiring one additional success per +1 difficulty modifier.
  • Modifiers that would take the difficulty above 10 add additional successes at a one-to-one ratio; a +3 modifier to difficulty 10, for example, would demand at least three successes.
  • If you use both the threshold option and modifiers that take the difficulty above 10, then each additional +1 difficulty over 9 demands an extra success. A +3 modifier to difficulty 9 would require at least three successes.