Some Awakened prefer to use more poetic reference for the Arcana (such as a Disciple of Forces announcing himself as “a Disciple of the Arcanum of all force and energy”), but this is not universal, and some deliberately avoid it, to prevent any confusion on This, of course, also means that mages are aware of the names of the 10 Arcana and use them conversationally with one another. Say, “He has clearly studied the Practices of Patterning and Unraveling for the Life Arcanum,” or “He is an Adept of the Arcanum of Life.” Likewise, a tremendously powerful mage might indicate her prowess by referring to herself as “a third-degree Master, of the Arcana of Death, Matter and Prime.” While mages understand that the willworker in question has attained the fourth tier of Life Arcanum proficiency, they would not indicate as much by saying, “He knows the fourth level of the Life Arcanum.” Instead, they might They know that Unraveling spells require greater training and discipline to cast than Ruling or Fraying effects, but are not quite as difficult to master as those of Making. To be clear, mages recognize that an individual capable of casting Life Arcanum spells that call upon the Practice of Unraveling is at least an Adept of Life. Even the Seers of the Throne and the Scelesti teach their apprentices these distinctions and, thus, they have become part of the lingua franca of Awakened society as a whole.įrom a rules mechanics perspective, the 13 Practices are divided among the five dots of each arcanum, according to a set progression. Perhaps, in those elder days, there were other, more esoteric categorizations, but today, only these 13 remain and, from the most hidebound of théarchs to the most irreverent of Libertines, almost all Awakened pass the understanding of these Practices along to their students. In the Time Before, in days of Atlantis, if the stories are to be believed, the Awakened codified a system of 13 mystic practices, the 13 categories of effect into which all magical feats could be placed. The 13 Practices and what the Five Dots represent
0 kommentar(er)
