Mage Charts

Magick Difficulties (Maximum modifiers +/-3. Minimum difficulty 3, maximum 10)

Taken from Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pg 171
*Activity*	*Difficulty modifier*
Researches lore before using magick	-1 to -3
Has item resonating with target’s essence (sympathetic magick)	-1 to -3
Near a node	-1 to -3
Uses unique focus	-1
Uses focus without needing it	-1
Extra time spent on magick	-1
Spending a point of Quintessence	-1 per point spent (max 3/turn)
Using Tass with appropriate resonance	-1
Using Tass with opposed resonance	+1
Fast-casting	+1
Distant or hidden subject	+1
Mage distracted	+1 to +3
Mage in conflict with Avatar	+1 to +3
Domino effect	+1 to +3
Monumental feat (pulling Moon from orbit)	+1 to +3

Experience Costs

Casting Magick

*Trait*	*Cost*
New Ability	3
New Sphere	10
Willpower	current rating
Knowledges	current rating
Talents and Skills	current rating x 2
Attributes	current rating x 4
Tradition Specialty Spheres	current rating x 7
Sphere	current rating x 8
Arete	current rating x 8

Coincidental – highest Sphere + 3 Vulgar without Witness – highest Sphere + 4 Vulgar with Witness – highest Sphere + 5 Coincidental Botch – 1 per dot in highest Sphere Vulgar Botch – 1 + 1 per dot in highest Sphere Vulgar Witness Botch – 2 + 2 per dot in highest Sphere

Taken from Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pp 139 and 169

Degrees of Success

Botch – The mystic makes a critical mistake. Gain Paradox or spend Willpower to counter the botch.
Total failure – No successes but no botch. Can continue at +1 difficulty.
Partial success – 50% of the successes required. Accomplished what he set out to do but not as well as he would have liked. May continue at +1 difficulty.
Success – 100% of the successes required. Accomplished exactly what he set out to do.
Extraordinary success – 150% of the successes required. Does more than intended.

Taken from Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pg 171

Magickal Feats

Taken from Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pg 170
*Feat*	*Successes* *Required*	*Example*
Simple	1	changing the color of your eyes, lighting a candle, using Mind magick to sense someone nearby, conjuring a business card
Standard	2	changing your own shape, causing oil lamp to explode, influencing someone’s mood with Mind magick, conjuring a ball of flame
Difficult	3	transforming into something bigger/smaller than yourself, igniting a gas main, deep-reading someone’s mind, conjuring a chainsaw
Impressive	4	changing someone else’s shape, blowing up a house, taking over someone’s mind, conjuring a car, making yourself disappear
Mighty	5-10	turning someone into sludge, incinerating an armored tank, obliterating someone’s mind, conjuring a mythic beast, making all furniture on a room disappear
Outlandish	10-20	turning a roomful of people into sludge, igniting a warship’s weaponry, Mind-controlling a horde of madmen, conjuring a demon, making a mansion disappear
Godlike	20 or more	making a skyscraper disappear, finding one particular person in New York using Mind magick, summoning a horror from the Deep Umbra, levitating a mountain, creating a Horizon Realm

Damage and Duration, Time, and Correspondence Ranges

**Forces** adds one success when used for damage; **Mind** subtracts one success
Taken from Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pp 170-171
*Successes*	*Damage*	*Duration*	*Time Effect*	*Correspondence Range*
One	None	One Turn	1 year	Line of sight/blood relation; body sample
Two	x1	One Scene	5 years	Very familiar(home/office)/friend; prized possession
Three	x2	One Day	20 years	Familiar (local mall)/co-Worker; possession
Four	x2	One Story	50 years	Visited once/acquaintance; anything used once
Five	x2	Six Months	100 years	Saw or heard about it/stranger; touched casually
Six +	x3	Storyteller	500 years	Anywhere on Earth/no connection
Ten +	N/A	N/A	1000 years	N/A

Spirit Gauntlet

*Technocratic dimensional science treats these like nodes.
Taken from Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pg 170
*Area*	*Difficulty*	*Successes Needed*
Node	3	One
Deep Wilderness	5	Two
Rural Countryside	6	Three
Most Urban Areas	7	Four
Downtown	8	Five
Technocracy Lab*	9	Five