Nazareth Awakened [Mage: The Awakening] [OOC]
TillForPie
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He's likely to make it to BR's apartment, yes. I didn't fast-forward him there because I want to keep all the PCs on the same time frame for now.
My bad, I'd noted that when I was reading posts but forgot to address it in mine. His ID had the same name as his meds did: Richard Sullivan.Mosier said:
TillForPie
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With that we've reached the end of Chapter One. Woo!
Chapter Two will begin once I've received everyone's advancement instructions.
Chapter Two will begin once I've received everyone's advancement instructions.
TillForPie
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I suspect the most popular decision will be to save exp in order to stockpile enough for Gnosis/Arcana increases at the end of Chapter Two but rounding out your character with more skills and skill specialties is possible.
For those who are unsure how to best spend their rote dots, the three best types of spells to get rotes for are, 1.) Spells that provide benefits based on the number of successes scored (as opposed to ones that simply either work or don't, like the various mage sight spells); 2.) Vulgar spells (as using a rote will reduce the chances of a vulgar spell causing Paradox); and 3.) Spells from your non-ruling arcana (because it costs a point of mana to cast a spell from a non-ruling arcana unless you're using a rote - this means that at Gnosis 1 it's actually impossible to cast a non-ruling arcana spell that has a built-in mana cost unless you're using a rote). So any spell that your character is liable to use often that meets one of those three criteria is probably a good candidate for purchasing a rote of.
For those who are unsure how to best spend their rote dots, the three best types of spells to get rotes for are, 1.) Spells that provide benefits based on the number of successes scored (as opposed to ones that simply either work or don't, like the various mage sight spells); 2.) Vulgar spells (as using a rote will reduce the chances of a vulgar spell causing Paradox); and 3.) Spells from your non-ruling arcana (because it costs a point of mana to cast a spell from a non-ruling arcana unless you're using a rote - this means that at Gnosis 1 it's actually impossible to cast a non-ruling arcana spell that has a built-in mana cost unless you're using a rote). So any spell that your character is liable to use often that meets one of those three criteria is probably a good candidate for purchasing a rote of.
Yar. I'm going to be picking up Space as my new Arcana, I think...and I'll definitely want a rote or two from there.
I don't think I can really do Vulgar magic with Time and Fate with just 2 dots in them yet...
I'll definitely be saving exp. I want Gnosis, but I also want Time 3 asap. That's where the stuff gets real.
I don't think I can really do Vulgar magic with Time and Fate with just 2 dots in them yet...
I'll definitely be saving exp. I want Gnosis, but I also want Time 3 asap. That's where the stuff gets real.
TillForPie
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Potentially won't have to save exp for Time 3.I'll definitely be saving exp. I want Gnosis, but I also want Time 3 asap. That's where the stuff gets real.
Just so everyone knows how it's going to wind up working: At the end of Chapter Two everyone will be getting the remainder of the stuff due to them as new characters - 3 more rote dots, the High Speech merit, and a level bump for their first arcanum (which is to say, to a single ruling arcanum that they have at level 2 - they'll either have one or two such arcana depending how they spend their dots now).
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