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Could someone use wyrm-granted/tainted abilities against other servants of the wyrm? Does infighting between servants happen a lot? Say if a Mage or someone else was "Wyrm Tainted", using the metaphorical fire to fight fire? How would this register on a spiritual level? Is it even discernable, or is the Wyrm Taint just a big smear on the soul? I guess to put it in context, say someone is struggling against indulging in negative behavior, like they're an addict or a gambler, or sort of a bully/abuser, but they're genuinely trying to turn it around.

Werewolf noob here, has there been/can there be any situation where a werewolf loses it's faith, or has a crisis? Other than Black Spiral Dancers and their corruption, I mean.

So I've been having my players roll a dice pool of Arete+The highest sphere level used, resulting in dice pools of around 6. I've just recently discovered this isn't how you do it, and you're only supposed to roll Arete? So my cabal has 3 arete. This kinda makes it seem like magic is impossible to do now, requiring 2 successes in a dice pool of three? I tried reading up on Extended Rolls but I cannot for the life of me understand what they mean by Arete +Willpower. Like if someone has five willpower do they now have 8 dice in a pool? If that was the case why not just add it to the original roll? I'm confused why is this game so awesome and convoluted:'( edit: OH and if someone wants to accomplish a minor effect that would require a lvl 1 sphere but it happens to include a sphere he has more levels in, it gets harder?

Hello everyone. I thought I had this game in the bag but apparently I've been playing the game wrong? Is my life mage character not supposed to be able to mutate their body and have bone blades? A hermetic alchemist not supposed to drink potions that turn their flesh to iron? Idk, I'm worried I'm treating it like a superhero game.

Been playing mage for a couple of months now and I think I understand Paradigms, until someone asks "does your character believe he can?" I mean, I would think so if he's attempting to do it. Like if I know I can manipulate reality with my will alone whats stopping me from doing whatever I want? (Besides the usual suspects of Paradox, other mages, The Man)

A vial of ash.

A mixture of burnt incense and the remains of smoked herb, finely ground and placed into a small glass vial before being sealed. When worn on the person, looking on it fills one with memories of lonely nights. The mixed ashes deter bad luck, and the scent of the incense still lingers in the odd breeze.

A tuft of fur belonging to a beloved animal, bound in a leather pouch or with leather cord.

A simple trinket, but with it carries the love one has for their animal companion. Should one lose track of their treasured friend, the talisman will serve to protect them and assist in finding eachother again.

Lucky joint case

A tin joint case, slapped with stylish stickers.

It might have something in it, or it might not.

Is it Friday? Are you around friends? Oh look, you even put your lighter you thought you lost earlier in there.

Let's say by a high authority within the technocracy, someone wanted someone else and all their deviant buddies dead. The target and their cabal is unaware of this, how would one go about it? Edit: The target was an unenlightened operative that worked as a plant in a police department, knowing nearly nothing about the higher happenings of the technocracy. He Awakened, and due to his madness believes he's in a 1950's noir film. He's been investigating happenings that an infiltrator in the technocracy does NOT want to be exposed for, that's pretty much the angle.

So I've read through the core book once.

My brain has holes in it now, but I'm just curious if someone can give me an offhand answer mechanically of how rituals work, what they need to have/roll to basically buff themselves in preparation for a fight, and if they can have lingering enchantments on themselves like a force field or something. Also one of my players is -basically- an ex technocrat grunt who doesn't believe in magic but uses hypertech so that's also sort of a hangup lol.

Before the last session my Mage party had inherited an old chantry from one of their mentors and had a house warming party to celebrate becoming a cabal intent on finding the secrets behind the "Vitae" they've acquired. They had a plan to ambush some fledgling vampire one of them had been seeing romantically by inviting him to a house party, only for someone completely different to show up. This thing appeared as if it was trying to act human but referred to itself as "This Vessel" or "We". At first it was polite and cordial, it's purpose at the house not clear to the mages just yet. It offered more Vitae in exchange for cooperation. (One of the cabal members is ghouled.) After a brief Q and A with our "Brother" here, combat ensued when the mages declined the offer and threatened the creature. It proceeded to nearly one shot one of them by shoving his hand through their chest, and they managed to all bring it down after it tanked a few shotgun blasts and a snapped neck, slit throat, and severed leg after burning points to dodge other more dangerous attacks. It then proceeded to get up, knit its wounds and thank the party for this 'evaluation', only for it to peel the reinforced front door off like it was made of cardboard to join 6 identical looking figures standing just outside. The cabal is understandably shaken as fuck with three of them now receiving the same psychic bleedover as the ghouled mage, due to being dosed during combat. After this session, I feel like my mages don't realize how powerful they are (3 arete and atleast one 3 dot sphere) as they mainly used guns (the ghouled mage attempted a potence neck-snap. One other mage did do Agg damage to it with a prime-infused bone blade, which was pretty sick. Also, probably the only reason it decided to play dead.) I'm super excited for next game when they all start putting pieces together.

I have a player who wants to use magic drugs! I must not be magepilled enough because it's got me stumped and whenever I try to relate my own drug experiences it doesn't seem to click, so...How do they go to the spirit realm to escape the material? is it somewhere you'd actually wanna go? Can they use drugs to astral project?

Session four, game is starting to really come together as they've obtained a chantry and become a cabal working together to uncover some sort of plot.

They've now decided they're going to lure a "vampire" who one of the characters was having a fling with, and interrogate them.

Can't wait for their hubris to blow up in their faces when they figure out a cornered dog is most dangerous LOL.

Fourth game into my first mage game, and one of my players has managed to get themselves lvl 1 blood bonded. The addiction is compelling them to take additional doses, and it feels as though they're aiming for ghouldom, I'm fine with it from what I know, just curious as to how someone might figure out how to break a blood bond if they've no prior knowledge to what Vitae actually does to the body (botched esoteric roll). If he wants to break it, is it really as simple as one roll? I'd expect a lengthy and taxing ritual to have it performed right with some big consequences, I wanna treat Blood Bonding as serious as it is and as tastefully as I can. Edit: just realized blood bonding and being ghouled aren't necessarily the same thing. This changes things slightly.