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Part 1: Casting Magick

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	For the sake of clarity and easy access, certain important rules and charts have been repeated throughout this page.		For the sake of clarity and easy access, certain important rules and charts have been repeated throughout this page.

	== '''Part 1: Casting Magick''' ==		= '''Part 1: Casting Magick''' =
	The key to Mage’s magick system is this: every mage does as he or she Wills. Although World of Darkness mages do use spells, tools, Procedures, rotes, and rituals, the things they do with those instruments change reality in accordance with the individual mage’s desires. That’s why we put that contentious (some say pretentious) “k” at the end of the word: because each mage changes the world in his or her own way, and that’s a bit more significant than simple “magic.”		The key to Mage’s magick system is this: every mage does as he or she Wills. Although World of Darkness mages do use spells, tools, Procedures, rotes, and rituals, the things they do with those instruments change reality in accordance with the individual mage’s desires. That’s why we put that contentious (some say pretentious) “k” at the end of the word: because each mage changes the world in his or her own way, and that’s a bit more significant than simple “magic.”

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	That’s true even for the simplest Rank 1 perception Effects. You could have three Virtual Adepts using the same Effect in three different ways: one might activate a scanning app on his cell phone; the second could close her eyes, do some threepart yoga breathing, and extend her senses outward; and the third takes a few hits off a joint, open his eyes and sees deeper than the usual levels of human perception. In game terms, all three mages belong to the same group and yet perform the same Effect in their own way – the rules are the same but the roleplaying is unique. The ways in which you make your character’s magick happen depend on the way you want to play that character and the ways in which you see that person meeting their immediate needs.		That’s true even for the simplest Rank 1 perception Effects. You could have three Virtual Adepts using the same Effect in three different ways: one might activate a scanning app on his cell phone; the second could close her eyes, do some threepart yoga breathing, and extend her senses outward; and the third takes a few hits off a joint, open his eyes and sees deeper than the usual levels of human perception. In game terms, all three mages belong to the same group and yet perform the same Effect in their own way – the rules are the same but the roleplaying is unique. The ways in which you make your character’s magick happen depend on the way you want to play that character and the ways in which you see that person meeting their immediate needs.

	=== '''Here’s How You Do It''' ===		== '''Here’s How You Do It''' ==
	Okay, so how, in game terms, do I cast a spell?		Okay, so how, in game terms, do I cast a spell?

Sparda: /* An Extension of the Self */

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An Extension of the Self

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	=== '''An Extension of the Self''' ===		= '''An Extension of the Self''' =
	Magick is an extension of the mage.		Magick is an extension of the mage.

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