Difference between revisions of "Levels of Quiet"

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|Very familiar
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|4 to 6
|Close possession or companion
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|Delusions and disconnection become more severe; mage perceives things that no one else can see, starts denying the experiences of other people, and begins to behave irrationally even by Awakened standards.
 
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|Three
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|Familiar
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|7 to 10
|Possession or casual friend
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|Mage’s senses backfire, creating blindness (real or conceptual), vivid hallucinations, and erratic – perhaps dangerous – behavior. Hobgoblins might appear, manifesting the mage’s delusions in ways that other people can perceive.
 
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|Four
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|Visited once
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|11 to 15
|Casual acquaintance or object used once
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|Mage either gets trapped in a mindscape of his own design, or else behaves so irrationally that he becomes a danger to himself and everyone nearby.
 
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|Five
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|Described location
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|16 to 20
|Briefly touched or met object or person
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|Mage either drops into total catatonia or takes on many of the characteristics of a Marauder but without immunity to Paradox.
 
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|Six+
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|Anywhere on Earth
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|21+
|No connection
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|Mage goes Marauder and becomes a Storyteller character.
 
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Latest revision as of 19:00, 7 June 2017

Mage Information
Level Paradox Discharged Delusions or Disassociation
1 1 to 3 Minor quirks or occasional delusions; mage begins to manifest odd behavior and minor disassociation from his baseline reality.
2 4 to 6 Delusions and disconnection become more severe; mage perceives things that no one else can see, starts denying the experiences of other people, and begins to behave irrationally even by Awakened standards.
3 7 to 10 Mage’s senses backfire, creating blindness (real or conceptual), vivid hallucinations, and erratic – perhaps dangerous – behavior. Hobgoblins might appear, manifesting the mage’s delusions in ways that other people can perceive.
4 11 to 15 Mage either gets trapped in a mindscape of his own design, or else behaves so irrationally that he becomes a danger to himself and everyone nearby.
5 16 to 20 Mage either drops into total catatonia or takes on many of the characteristics of a Marauder but without immunity to Paradox.
6 21+ Mage goes Marauder and becomes a Storyteller character.