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<br>[[Alternate Sphere Magic]]<br><br>

[httpsMage://www.v5homebrew.com/mw/images/2/23/Alternate-character-sheet.pdf Alternate Character Sheet]<br>The Ascension

Like most roleplaying games played around a table,<br>table, This game uses dice to determine the whims of<br>whims of chance. Anytime a character performs an action<br>an action under adverse conditions or when the outcome is<br>outcome is unclear, his player rolls dice to <br>see whether the task<br>succeeds or fails.<br>

You just need two six sided dice to play. I have<br>have changed this from the original game, Mage: The<br> Mage: The Ascension from rolling a ten sided <br>dice. I did a<br> little math and it just made <br>since.<br>

For a success in this game, rolling a 7 or 11 with two <br>with two 6 sided dice has the odds of 2/9 <br>which is 0.2222.<br>

A success in Mage is made by rolling a 8, 9, or 10 on <br>or 10 on one 10 sided die, which has the odds <br>of 3/10 which is 0.3.<br>

So, with a few other modifications the game mechanics<br>mechanics are basically the same.<br>

Characters possess a variety of traits, describing<br>describing their innate capabilities, trained <br>skills, and even<br>how many wounds they can suffer before dying.<br>before dying. Two types of trait are especially important:<br>important: Attributes and Skills. Each of these <br>traits is rated in<br>dots (●), ranging from 1 to <br>5, much like the five-star system many critics <br>star system many critics use to rate movies. Forexample, a character <br>example, a character might have a DexterityAttribute of ●●● <br>Attribute of ●●● (3 dots) and a Firearms Skill of<br>●● (2 dots).<br>

appropriate Attribute to the most appropriate Skill. <br>Skill. When your character shoots a gun, you add his Dexterity<br>his Dexterity to his Firearms for a total number <br>of dice rolls.<br>

represented by bonuses and/or penalties to your dice<br>dice rolls. On one hand, quality tools might give him a<br>him a bonus to repair a car. On the other hand, a <br>thunderstorm might cause hazardous driving conditions, <br>conditions, levying a penalty on any driving <br>rolls, and a distant <br>target is hard to hit with a <br>gun, represented by <br>range penalties.<br>

with his Glock 17 pistol, your character suffers a <br>a -2 penalty.<br>

circumstance imposes dice-roll modifiers and how<br>how great those modifiers are.<br>

So, we can say that that the number of times you<br>you get to roll the dice is determined like so: <br>so: Attribute + Skill + modifiers (if any) In general, <br>general, bonuses are always added before <br>penalties are applied. <br>

Now that you know what to roll, lets see how to<br>to read the results. Each roll uses two dice, and a <br>and a result of 7, or 11 is considered a <br>success. You might <br>have more than one of <br>these, in which case you have multiple <br>multiple successes. The dice don't just tell youwhether <br>whether your character succeeds or fails it shows youhow <br>how well he does. If none of your die rolls succeed,<br>your roll fails. Obviously, the more die rolls you have<br>you have the better your characters chances of <br>success, and the <br>greater your odds of gaining <br>multiple successes.<br>

If one of your rolls turn up snake eyes, it cancel out <br>cancels out one success. If you roll snake eyes, <br>and none of you other<br>rolls succeed it is a <br>botch.<br>

When a roll fails, you can try again with a +1 difficulty<br>difficulty modifier.<br>

Combat Fighting is a series of die rolls, until someone<br>someone surrenders or is rendered unable to <br>fight. The rolls<br>determines whether or not your character hits and<br>character hits and how much damage he inflicts <br>on his target. The numberof dice rolls is <br>of dice rolls is determined as above, but a knife ismore deadly <br>more deadly than a fist, and a gun is more deadlythan all. <br>than all. Each success gained on your attack roll<br>represents a point of damage inflicted against the<br>the targets Health trait. If the target has no more<br>more Health left, he is unconscious or dead (depending<br>(depending on the type of damage done).<br>

There are two types of damage: bashing (caused<br>(caused by blunt weapons such as fists or clubs; these<br>clubs; these wounds heal quickly), lethal <br>(caused by sharp<br>weapons such as knives and <br>bullets; these wounds<br>heal slowly). There are <br>a number of complicationsinvolved in combat, <br>involved in combat, such as a targets Defense Rolls.(which are <br>(which are subtracted from any attack successstargeted <br>targeted against him), Roll to hit and applysuccesses <br>successes as damage minus any successful deffense<br>defense rolls.<br>

Lets see how it looks in action. Your character tries<br>tries to shoot at a thug who just killed his friend. Your<br>friend. Your characters Dexterity is 3, his <br>Firearms 2, and hes<br>using a Glock 9mm pistol. <br>You therefore get to roll thedice five times. <br>dice five times. The thug is about 30 yards away whichis a -1 <br>is a -1 penalty. So, you are reduced to 4 dice rolls. But <br>But thats not all. Its raining cats and dogs. The <br>Storyteller decides that theres an additional -1 penalty <br>penalty for poor visibility. That leaves you <br>just 3 dice rolls. <br>If a roll yields a 7 or 11 <br>that is one success. If the <br>thug is hit. He <br>suffers 1 points of lethal damage to his Health <br>Health for every success. Lets say you make 2 successs. <br>It hurts, but it might not be enough to stop him. and he <br>and he staggers away. Your character needs to decide whether to <br>decide whether to give chase and close the <br>distance, or try to fire again.<br>

The number of times you roll for an action is made up<br>made up of an attribute added to an abillity. Each of these<br>Each of these are given a rating from 1 to five:<br>

That dice pool is then subtracted by a difficulty level<br>level from 0 to 6.<br>

The number of successes you have is also given a<br>given a rating from one to five:<br>

The attributes your character has are listed here,<br>here, they are devided divided into 3 categories:<br><br><br>

<br>Avatar - Represents your Your ability to store quintessence <br>

<br>Now that you know the basics of the Storytelling System,<br> System, you can proceed to create your own <br>characters. You’ll be<br> able to judge what sort of <br>traits you’ll need based ontheir titles (they’re <br>their titles (they’re mostly self-explanatory), and knowthat the more <br> that the more dots you have in a trait the better yourcharacter <br>character will be when accomplishing tasks with it. <br><br>Here is a quick overview of how to begin the character<br>character creation process: <br><br>The 3 categories of attributes are divided into 3 levels of<br> 3 levels of points: 7/5/3 <br><br>The 3 categories of abilities are also divided into 3<br> into 3 levels of points: 13/9/5 <br><br>

<br>You also get 6 dots that can go into your Mage's magical<br> magical knowledge called Spheres. The catch is <br>that none of them<br>can be higher than your level <br>of Arete. <br><br>

<br>Willpower starts at 5 and can’t begin higher <br>than 7. <br><br>

<br>To increase an Attribute requires 5 freebie <br>points. <br><br>To increase an Ability requires 2 freebie <br>points. <br><br>To increase a Background requires 1 freebie <br>point. <br><br>To increase Willpower requires 1 freebie <br>point. <br><br>To increase Arete requires 4 freebie <br>points. <br><br>To increase a Sphere requires 7 freebie <br>points. <br><br>Prioritize the categories with 3 levels of <br>points. <br><br>

<br>Additionally, characters also have a number of advantages<br>of advantages called Backgrounds. <br><br>

<br>We will now go over the combat system. It is <br>very simple. <br><br>Combat is broken down into three steps, <br>Initiative, Attack,and Resolution. <br> and Resolution. <br> During initiative, both players roll <br>Dexterity + Wits.Whoever has more successes <br> Whoever has more successes gets to go first. <br><br>Each player declares either to attack or <br>defend. <br><br>

<br>Then the defender either takes the hit,<br>

<br>The successes of the attack roll minus the defense roll<br>equal defense roll equals damage, which is either <br>Bashing or Lethal. <br><br>If a weapon is being used the storyteller can increase the<br> increase the modifier for an attack by up to +3. <br>Some guns allow you toshoot multiple times in <br> shoot multiple times in a turn. <br><br>

<br>Roll as many times as your Stamina points to eliminate a<br> eliminate a point of bashing damage for each <br>success. <br><br>If the fighting continues you roll again for <br>initiative. <br><br>Keep track of the damage to your health with <br>this chart: <br><br>

<br>Each point of damage is marked with a / for bashing damage<br> bashing damage and an X for lethal damage. <br>If you acquire 7 bashing damageyou are <br> you are unconscious, further bashing damage can become<br> lethal damage. Either way, you apply a penalty to<br>to everything you roll as the damage goes up. If you acquire<br> If you acquire more than 7 in lethal damage, <br>you can die. <br><br>

<br>There are 12 Spheres in this system that are divided into<br> divided into coincidental & vulgar magic. The <br>first three levels of eachsphere are limited <br>sphere are limited to coincidental effects, and the highestlevels <br> levels of the sphere are divided into two levels of more<br>

Transformation, Travel, Understanding, and <br>Vanishing <br><br>

<br>The Mage can effect things they’re personally <br>connected to. <br><br>

<br>The Mage can work magic as long as it doesn’t <br>defy physics. <br><br>

<br>The Mage can manipulate and bend the laws of <br>physics. <br><br>

<br>Arete is added to the Sphere you are using to get the<br> get the number of dice to roll when casting a <br>spell. No Sphere<br> can be higher than your level <br>of Arete. You can also onlyspend up to your <br> spend up to your level of Arete in quintessence on a singlespell. <br>spell. A mage can optionally roll fewer dice to avoid a<br>

<br>A Mage’s Avatar is the maximum Quintessence they <br>can store. <br><br>

<br>This system of magic can connect to occult themes, <br>themes, for interesting role playing. <br><br>There are 12 Spheres in this system. Each Sphere <br>Sphere connects to one of the 12 signs of <br>the Zodiac. And <br>each Zodiac sign connects to <br>one of 10 planets in <br>Astrology. The 10 planets <br>and 12 signs connect with <br>the 22 Major Arcana of <br>the Tarot. <br><br>

<br>(Aries / Emperor) + (Mars / Tower) <br><br>

<br>(Taurus / Hierophant) + (Venus / Empress) <br><br>

<br>(Libra / Justice) + (Venus / Empress) <br><br>

<br>(Pisces / High Priestess) + (Neptune / Hanged Man) <br><br>

<br>(Virgo / Hermit) + (Mercury / Magician) <br><br>

<br>(Leo / Strength) + (Sun / Sun) <br><br>

<br>(Gemini / Lovers) + (Mercury / Magician) <br><br>

<br>(Sagittarius / Temperance) + (Jupiter / Wheel of Fortune) <br><br>

<br>(Capricorn / Devil) + (Saturn / World) <br><br>

<br>(Aquarius / Star) + (Uranus / Fool) <br><br>

<br>(Cancer / Chariot) + (Moon / Moon) <br><br>

<br>(Scorpio / Death) + (Pluto / Judgement) <br><br>

<br>Here are some finishing touches to add to your character <br>character sheet. <br><br>

<br>There are 9 Traditions representing the different kinds <br>kinds of Mages and their world views. You can pick whichever <br>pick whichever one you feel resonates with your <br>character: <br><br>

<br>If you have your own Coven you can also list <br>it as your Cabal. <br>Cabal. <br> All characters need to have a concept which can be anything <br>can be anything you want to make up. However <br>here are some example concepts that you might <br>that you might like to use: <br><br>

<br>There are two more important categories at the top of the <br>top of the character sheet, called Nature & <br>Demeanor. Nature is your inner character. and <br>inner character. and Demeanor is what you project into the outside <br>outside world. Below you can pick one of these for each: <br><br>

<br>Your character's Avatar Essence is also on the character <br>character sheet. An Avatar represents a Mage's <br>soul, and the <br>essence represents the drive a mage <br>has at their core. <br>There are four essences you <br>can pick from: <br><br>

<br>All Mages also have a Resonance. As a Mage uses magic <br>magic their Resonance changes. Other Awakened can <br>read a Mage's <br>Resonance as well. You start with <br>one dot in one Resonance <br>trait, and add dots as <br>you continue working magic. <br><br>

<br>Dynamic represents change. Entropic represents destruction. <br>destruction. And Static represents protection. <br><br>In these alternate rules we also have another trait called <br>called Purpose. You can fill in the dots anyway you like into <br>like into these 3 categories: <br><br>

<br>Mages tend to have certain tools for using magic. When a <br>When a Mage has access to these tools, The difficulty for casting <br>difficulty for casting magic is reduced. You can <br>pick at least one at the start of the game. Here <br>the game. Here is a list of suggestions for you to choose from: <br>from: <br>