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Rules Option Summary

Willpower

• • May only spend one point per turn

  • Maximum is Composure+Resolve

  • Spend one point for +3 on any roll

  • Spend one Dot to Relinquish a Spell

  • Gain one per night of rest

  • Gain one by fulfilling your Vice, once per Scene

  • Gain all by fulfilling your Virtue, once per Session

Mana

• • Spend one if casting Improvised Magic from any Arcana but your two Ruling

  • Spend a quantity if required by the Spell description

  • Maximum is determined by Gnosis

  • May only spend a number determined by your Gnosis per turn

  • Spend three to restore one Bashing or Lethal Health level, a number of times per day determined by Gnosis

  • Spend one to reduce Paradox by one point

  • Gain three by Scouring (taking one Resistant Lethal damage)

  • Gain three by Degrading (reducing one Physical Attribute by a dot for two days), a number of times per day determined by Gnosis

  • Gain one or more with an Oblation at a Hallow or by your Legacy

  • Gain one or more with Prime or Tass

  • Gain one or more by Sacrificing a living being

  • Artifacts may supplement your personal supply

Magical Tools, Soulstones

• • Invoke a Magical Tool while Casting to reduce Paradox by one point

  • Invoke a Soulstone Tool in the area with an appropriate gesture, even if not at hand

  • Invoke a Soulstone Tool to convert a Vulgar Spell to Covert if entirely within your Ruling Arcana, once per Chapter

Spells

• • Improvised Spells are a pool of Gnosis+Arcana

  • Rote Spells are a pool of Attribute+Skill+Arcana

  • Each successive attempt is at -1 to the Spell Pool

  • Each Spell active on a Mage beyond their Stamina causes a -1 to Casting

  • Maximum number of Active Spells is Gnosis+3

  • Rote Spells require a hand motion (Mundra) to be performed

  • Success on casting rolls normally counts towards the Potency Factor

  • Vulgar castings flare Nimbus (Composure+Occult to flare intentionally)

  • Damage of Spells is limited for Rotes (lowest of Attribute, Skill or Gnosis) and Improvised (Arcana)

  • Spend a Turn using High Speech to gain +2 to the Spell Draw, or 30 minutes during Extended Casting

  • Spend a Turn using High Speech to draw Runes and gain +1 Duration Factor

  • Any Instant Spell may be cast as Extended instead, requiring an amount of time determined by Gnosis

  • Spells may be Countered as a Defensive Instant Action, if the Spell's Arcana is known by the Counterer ( Gnosis + Arcana )

  • Pre-cast Spells may be active at the start of each Chapter, equal to Stamina. Successes are equal to Resolve*Gnosis

  • At Gnosis 3, it is possible to Combine multiple Spells into a single casting

Factors

• • Each -2 you take to a Casting pool increases the number of Targets, Duration or Area of the spell

  • You may use Advanced Factors if 1 Dot higher in the Arcana than is required

    • • Standard Prolonged Duration, -8 = 24 hours

      • Advanced Prolonged Duration, -2 = 24 hours

XP Advancement Costs

• • Merits (New Dots x2)

  • Rotes (Max Dots x2)

  • Skills (New Dots x3)

  • Wisdom (New Dots x3)

  • Attributes (New Dots x5)

  • Arcana (Ruling, New Dots x6)

  • Arcana (Common, New Dots x7) *Can only learn up to the 4th dot unless tutored by appropriate Path mage

  • Arcana (Inferior, New Dots x8) *Can only learn up to the 2nd dot unless tutored by appropriate Path mage

  • Gnosis (New Dots x8)

  • Specialties (3)

Ruling / Inferior Arcana

• • Acanthus (Time, Fate) / (Forces)

  • Mastigos (Mind, Space) / (Matter)

  • Moros (Death, Matter) / (Spirit)

  • Obrimos (Prime, Forces) / (Death)

  • Thyrsus (Spirit, Life) / (Mind)