Questions tagged [mage-the-ascension]
Mage: The Ascension is a roleplaying game based in the World of Darkness. Mage explores modern-day willworkers shaping reality in a world where most of humanity doesn't believe in magic.
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At which point was Ars Magica turned to its own thing as opposed to being how magick worked in the past?
Based on my knowledge of White Wolf products, at a certain point, Ars Magica had a role similar to that of current Dark Ages books for Mage The Ascension. However, right now, Mage has its own Dark ...
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Are there any books for or adventures written for a Werewolf and Mage cross-splat game?
I was looking at Blood Treachery which describes an adventure involving cross splat interaction between mages and vampires and that got me curious on whether there was a book involving werewolf and ...
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Raise the Dead rote
How can a Raise the Dead spell can be performed in Mage the Ascension? Considering the dead the zombie-like creature from medieval fantasy settings, with no mind, but able to follow simple commands, ...
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Can Laham mages learn Demon Lores?
On Page 80 of Book of Secrets, there is the Nephilim/Laham merit. It mentions providing several infernal investments if you opt to be a Laham. While it makes no mention of providing access to Demon ...
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Can you use Prime in order to treat businesses as nodes?
In Page 526-527 of Mage20 the book mentions how Primal Utility (Prime) can be used to treat businesses as nodes. Does this require a mage to have the technocrat version of Prime or can any mage whose ...
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Is there a drawback to using Heart's blood rote repeatedly?
In the Mage Revised edition there is a rote called Heart's blood a mage can use with Prime 1 sphere. It reads as such. The Mage can sacrifice their health for Quintessence, at a rate of one point per ...
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How does one pay off flaws?
The description of the Sterile merit in M20 Book Of Secrets reads as such: For some physical reason, you’re unable to sire or conceive children. Whether this is a Merit or a Flaw depends upon whether ...
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Is there a way to restore the soul points of someone who made a soul pact?
In The Book Of Madness(Revised) the game offers mechanics for selling one's soul piecemeal at a time. Each mage has a (Willpower+Arete)*10 soul points which is the amount of their soul they can trade ...
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How can I publish my alternate sphere rules for Mage?
I have been designing alternative rules for Mage: The Ascension. (My alternate magic rules are published on the V5 Homebrew Wiki.) I want to find a way of publishing them, without infringing on the ...
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Does magic that quickens healing help with damage dealt by Heart's Blood?
Heart's Blood rote reads as such. An initiate of Prime can easily sense the flow of Quintessence through his own body — his life energy. This energy flows from the Tellurian, through the Life Pattern ...
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Without Avatar, can I spend Quintessence in any way to cast spells?
I'm reading Mage: The Ascension (I believe it's second edition). The description of the Avatar background says that "the rank of Avatar also represents the limit of Quintessence points that a ...
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Passing through solid objects
What Spheres are required to emulate Kitty Pride powers from X-Men (Marvel) or Flash ability to "vibrate through" from Justice League (DC)? Context: my virtual adept is built to be a perfect ...
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What level of supplemental Sphere is required for the effect?
Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary Rulebook has a lot of inconsistency when it comes to required Sphere Levels in Sphere effect descriptions. Sometimes it's: add Mind X to that Effect ...which is ...
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Required spheres for a Mages to survive a point blank nuclear blast
The story teller and I had a disagreement on how or if a mage could survive a nuclear explosion at ground zero. They can see a countdown and know when the detonation will occur. They have 10 minutes. ...
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Are there any known methods for a Mage to strengthen their avatar?
I remember the person who introduced me to Mage The Ascension mentioning "It is a symbiotic relationship between the mage and the avatar. As the mage grows in strength, so does the avatar." ...
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