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Skynet: /* Rotes And Your Mentor */

2022-04-29T00:10:45Z

‎Rotes And Your Mentor

Skynet: Updated difficulty of Rote practice rolls based on mathematical analysis

2022-03-25T01:18:23Z

Updated difficulty of Rote practice rolls based on mathematical analysis

Skynet at 23:44, 22 March 2022

2022-03-22T23:44:05Z

Skynet at 23:43, 22 March 2022

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RoyalBatty: /* Enlightened Grimoire */

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‎Enlightened Grimoire

RoyalBatty: /* Choice Of Rotes */

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‎Choice Of Rotes

RoyalBatty: /* Choice Of Rotes */

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‎Choice Of Rotes

RoyalBatty: /* Enlightened Grimoire */

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‎Enlightened Grimoire

RoyalBatty: /* Choice Of Rotes */

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‎Choice Of Rotes

RoyalBatty: /* Rotes And Your Mentor */

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‎Rotes And Your Mentor

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 Just as Vampires can roll their Mentor rating at a difficulty of 3 + Ritual Level to determine if their Mentor is both willing and able to teach them a Ritual free of cost, a similar mechanic applies for learning Rotes for Mages.
-When wanting to learn an Enlightened Grimoire rote from their Mentor, a Mage rolls their Mentor rating at a difficulty of 3 + Highest Involved Sphere Level.   When wanting to learn of an existing rote that is not in Enlightened Grimoire, a Mage rolls their Mentor rating at a difficulty of 6 + Highest Involved Sphere Level.  You may ask your Mentor for a rote that has not actually been submitted before ("Hey Jimbo, is there a rote that ...").  The ST will need some time to make some decisions about that rote, but it is an option.
+When wanting to learn an Enlightened Grimoire rote from their Mentor, a Mage rolls their Mentor rating at a difficulty of 4 + Highest Involved Sphere Level. You may ask your Mentor for a rote that has not actually been submitted before ("Hey Jimbo, is there a rote that ...").  The ST will need some time to make some decisions about that rote, but it is an option.
 When that roll succeeds, the mentor is happy to teach the rote to their pupil as a matter of course.  When that roll fails, the mentor either doesn't know it or feels that their pupil must first make it worth their while to teach it and will administer a task.  When that roll botches, the mentor is either not willing or able to negotiate: they've been picked at a particularly bad time, and can be asked again in a month.

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-The process of refining, tinkering with and perfecting the rote are represented by an extended roll.  An Attribute + Ability dice pool is selected by the ST based on the Instrument(s) and Practice(s) being used in the description of the rote.  So, if someone describes a rote where they must sing a particular song, the roll might be Charisma + Performance.  The difficulty is 8 (specialties apply) and cannot be modified by the "magic enhancing abilities" rules.
+The process of refining, tinkering with and perfecting the rote are represented by an extended roll.  An Attribute + Ability dice pool is selected by the ST based on the Instrument(s) and Practice(s) being used in the description of the rote.  So, if someone describes a rote where they must sing a particular song, the roll might be Charisma + Performance.  The difficulty is 7 (specialties apply) and cannot be modified by the "magic enhancing abilities" rules.
 Each individual roll costs 1 Downtime and each Downtime point represents an entire day or night being dedicated to practice. For every 5 rolls made, your Mage accumulates 1 point of Paradox, 2 if the Rote is vulgar (and not practiced in a Sanctum), representative of the mistakes the mage makes along the way.  You may space out your rolls as you see fit: there is no time constraint requirement, only a completion requirement.  For each skill roll, a failure indicates no progress.  A botch requires you to start over.

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 = A selection of custom rotes =
- * Rote Name: Stop Killin', Just Smoke
+== Stop Killin', Just Smoke ==
 * Rote Type: MN
- * Rote Type: MN
+* Required Spheres: Mind 3
 * Practice: Ecstasis
- * Required Spheres: Mind 3
+* Paradigmatic Keyphrase: Your Mind is My Mind, My Peace(High) is Your Peace(High)
 * Instrument: Drugs (In particular drugs that invoke a euphoric or calming effect and produce a smoke or highly effusing smell)
- * Practice: Ecstasis
+* Spell Effect: Coincidental
+** The Cultist takes a particularly deep drag from a smokable or vapable drug and then expels it into the air of the area they occupy, in doing so they intentionally share and slightly expedite the effects of the euphoric sensations from the high they've invoked by imbibing the substance they've just smoked, encapsulating the experience of it, and projecting it outwards through the smoke and the smell.
- * Paradigmatic Keyphrase: Your Mind is My Mind, My Peace(High) is Your Peace(High)
+** Though through a practical view it appears as though the Cultist intends to invoke the principle of a 'contact' or 'second hand' high, in truth those followers of the First Bud that devised this method of 'calming a room' view it as the decoherence of the boundaries of place and person so that the understandings of the importance of peace, comprehension, and the importance of shared progress towards the better.
+** Mechanical Effect: This effect is meant to be similar in function to the Mind 3 sleep spell effect mentioned in HDYDT pg. 128 in terms of usage and resistances, though it is intended to cause greater complacency and calm, as opposed to sleep. Successes are intended to be divided between number of targets, the strength of the mental complusion, and perhaps the amount of time the subjects remain complacent.
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 When that roll succeeds, the mentor is happy to teach the rote to their pupil as a matter of course.  When that roll fails, the mentor either doesn't know it or feels that their pupil must first make it worth their while to teach it and will administer a task.  When that roll botches, the mentor is either not willing or able to negotiate: they've been picked at a particularly bad time, and can be asked again in a month.
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 In order to prevent as much "Whoops, actually the mechanics are..." as possible, two staffers will need to review the requested rote before it is approved, but once it's approved, it's upheld.
-Rotes that are called out in Enlightened Grimoire as being specifically proprietary to a particular group remain specifically proprietary, like ''Distill The Azoth Elixir'' (p. 73 of EG).  If you are not part of that group and the rote's description specifically calls out that this is a guarded secret, it remains a guarded secret.
+Rotes that are called out in Enlightened Grimoire as being specifically proprietary to a particular group remain specifically proprietary, like ''Distill The Azoth Elixir'' (p. 73 of EG).  If you are not part of that group and the rote's description specifically calls out that this is a guarded secret, it remains a guarded secret.  Please note that this just means the Rote itself: the spell effects in proprietary rotes are not magically off-limits to someone else coming up with something similar.  For example, just because ''Distill The Azoth Elixir'' essentially describes a potion that can heal Aggravated damage, that doesn't mean another Craft can't also make up a potion that heals Aggravated damage.
 == Modern Nights Rotes ==

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 There are '''Enlightened Grimoire Rotes''' (EG Rotes), '''Modern Nights Rotes''' (MN Rotes), and '''Personal Rotes'''.
-Enlightened Grimoire Rotes are the rotes found in the unofficial work entitled ''Enlightened Grimoire''.  Modern Nights Rotes are rotes that players contribute as supplemental world building.   In terms of their IC popularity, if Rotes were movies or TV shows, then the Rotes found in Enlightened Grimoire are the enduring, iconic classics: they're ''The Godfather'', ''Terminator 2'', and ''The Wizard Of Oz'' in terms of their prominence in mage culture. Countless have experienced them, everybody has at least heard of them.  Modern Nights Rotes are more obscure, but still popular within individual Crafts.  Extending the movies and TV metaphor, they're the works that still have a special place among certain cultures but aren't mainstream classics, like ''Reefer Madness'' and ''Paris Is Burning''.
+Enlightened Grimoire Rotes are the rotes found in the unofficial work entitled ''Enlightened Grimoire''.  Modern Nights Rotes are rotes that players contribute as supplemental world building.   In terms of their IC popularity, if Rotes were movies or TV shows, then the Rotes found in Enlightened Grimoire are the enduring, iconic classics: they're ''The Godfather'', ''Terminator 2'', and ''The Wizard Of Oz'' in terms of their prominence in mage culture. Countless have experienced them, everybody has at least heard of them.  Modern Nights Rotes are more obscure, but still popular within individual Crafts.  Extending the movies and TV metaphor, they're the works that still have a special place among certain cultures but aren't mainstream classics, like ''Reefer Madness'' and ''Paris Is Burning''.  This metaphor is not entirely appropriate since there are Rotes that are called out in Enlightened Grimoire as being specifically proprietary to a particular group.  In those individual cases, those Rotes remain secret as they are described, like ''Distill The Azoth Elixir''.
 Personal Rotes are ones your mage has created themselves and are thus known to your mage and whomever your mage decides to teach.

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	Enlightened Grimoire Rotes are the rotes found in the unofficial work entitled ''Enlightened Grimoire''. Modern Nights Rotes are rotes that players contribute as supplemental world building. In terms of their IC popularity, if Rotes were movies or TV shows, then the Rotes found in Enlightened Grimoire are the enduring, iconic classics: they're ''The Godfather'', ''Terminator 2'', and ''The Wizard Of Oz'' in terms of their prominence in mage culture. Countless have experienced them, everybody has at least heard of them. Modern Nights Rotes are more obscure, but still popular within individual Crafts. Extending the movies and TV metaphor, they're the works that still have a special place among certain cultures but aren't mainstream classics, like ''Reefer Madness'' and ''Paris Is Burning''.		Enlightened Grimoire Rotes are the rotes found in the unofficial work entitled ''Enlightened Grimoire''. Modern Nights Rotes are rotes that players contribute as supplemental world building. In terms of their IC popularity, if Rotes were movies or TV shows, then the Rotes found in Enlightened Grimoire are the enduring, iconic classics: they're ''The Godfather'', ''Terminator 2'', and ''The Wizard Of Oz'' in terms of their prominence in mage culture. Countless have experienced them, everybody has at least heard of them. Modern Nights Rotes are more obscure, but still popular within individual Crafts. Extending the movies and TV metaphor, they're the works that still have a special place among certain cultures but aren't mainstream classics, like ''Reefer Madness'' and ''Paris Is Burning''.
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		+	This metaphor is not entirely appropriate since there are Rotes that are called out in Enlightened Grimoire as being specifically proprietary to a particular group. In those individual cases, those Rotes remain secret as they are described, like ''Distill The Azoth Elixir''.

	Personal Rotes are ones your mage has created themselves and are thus known to your mage and whomever your mage decides to teach.		Personal Rotes are ones your mage has created themselves and are thus known to your mage and whomever your mage decides to teach.

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	In order to prevent as much "Whoops, actually the mechanics are..." as possible, two staffers will need to review the requested rote before it is approved, but once it's approved, it's upheld.		In order to prevent as much "Whoops, actually the mechanics are..." as possible, two staffers will need to review the requested rote before it is approved, but once it's approved, it's upheld.
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		+	Rotes that are called out in Enlightened Grimoire as being specifically proprietary to a particular group remain specifically proprietary, like ''Distill The Azoth Elixir'' (p. 73 of EG). If you are not part of that group and the rote's description specifically calls out that this is a guarded secret, it remains a guarded secret.

	== Modern Nights Rotes ==		== Modern Nights Rotes ==