Useful Mage Charts

Magick Difficulties

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

From Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pp 139

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

From Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pp 169

From Mage: the Ascension 2nd Edition, pg 171

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.

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

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
Forces adds one success when used for damage; Mind subtracts one success

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
*Technocratic dimensional science treats these like nodes.