u/Tri-angreal

I'm looking through Mage right now because I'm trying to figure out the dice math, and I want to benefit from the experience of those lucky enough to have played:

First, is casting high level (highest sphere 5 or so) vulgar with witnesses nearly impossible? 'Cause if the difficulty is 9 or 10, even max Arete will barely help you do more than augment your senses, which isn't really vulgar anyway.

If so, how do you do that? Just stack quintessence or work near a node? Just wondering if I'm getting this right and witnesses are thematically supposed to make magick SUPER hard.

Second, what level of Mage does the typical game assume? 5th edition, being street level, assumes and balances around neophyte characters (except maybe Hunter?). What about Mage 20th? Because if a starting mage at creation has 1-3 Arete, then they're rolling 3 dice and probably aren't doing anything more impressive than 2-success feats, which are...fairly tame once you incorporate range, targets, damage, and duration.

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Super loose and breezy; they almost fan my legs as a walk, thin material that breathes and is super lightweight, and if they're cotton they're wicking too. And since they're long, they keep the sun off. Finally, they fit casual and semi-casual events.

Is there a shirt equivalent? Something made of super thin material that lets air through, is baggy and loose so it lets the air flow, and long sleeved?

I'm just looking for the name of the style/type of shirt so I can look for them properly.

Hi folks!

I'm putting together a home theater / D&D setup, and I'm at the point in looking for a projector where I'm ready to tear my hair out and start eating broken glass.

I've been all over the internet and to brick and mortar stores looking for a projector with the following traits, and as far as I can tell they don't exist.

So, if you know of a make and model that fits the bill, please, I beg, please tell me where to find one!

I'm looking for a projector that:

HAS 3D keystoning (simultaneous horizontal and vertical keystoning)

HAS HDMI ports or USB ports to accept input from a laptop

HAS built in tilting (I can buy a stand or mount, but if it swivels up and down on its own, great!)

DOES NOT HAVE wifi, AI, operating system, apps, built in Google, Amazon, Netflix, or Android, cameras, microphones, or anything else that records or tracks anything, which means auto keystoning is out and auto focus is out.

Frankly, I'm looking for a projector that does what ones from the 90s did; take a video input, throw it against the wall, with dials to adjust it for distortion. Modern digital H+V keystoning and ports are awesome advancements, but I don't want the damn snooping slop that thinks it can think for me that seems to be in everything down to the kitchen sink these days.

PS. Bluetooth is fine, I guess.

EDIT: Pricing is unimportant right now. I would prefer not to spend more than $1000, but right now I'm begging so choosing is gauche.