Arcana | Name | Description | Ref |
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One Dot Attainments | |||
All | Counterspell | Clash of Wills (Gnosis+Arcana) to counter a spell of that Arcana. Costs ● if countering higher than your current rating. | MTA 2e p192 |
Two Dot Attainments | |||
Each | Mage Armor | Effect | MTA 2e p193 |
Death | Downgrade kinetic attacks from lethal to bashing, does not need to roll to stay conscious if health boxes filled | ||
Fate | Add Fate to Defense, use Defense against firearms, if attack dodged can pay ● to add Fate to weapon attack against attacker on the next turn | ||
Forces | Add Forces as Armor, automatic success against fire and electricity, no effect on mental attacks | ||
Life | Add 1/2 (round up) Life to Armor and Defense, use higher of Wits and Dexterity for Defense | ||
Matter | Add Matter as Armor, immune to Armor Piercing, no effect on mental attacks | ||
Mind | Add Mind to Defense, if attack dodged can pay ● to inflict Beaten Down (contested by Clash if supernatural) | ||
Prime | Reduce damage equal to Prime from entirely supernatural attacks | ||
Space | Add Space to Defense, use Defense against firearms, if attack dodged can pay ● to redirect to another target with Space successes on the attack | ||
Spirit | Downgrade kinetic attacks and those from ephemeral beings to lethal to bashing | ||
Time | Add Time to Defense, use Defense against firearms, if attack dodged can pay ● to reduce target's Initiative by Time for the scene | ||
Death | Eyes of the Dead | Peripheral Mage Sight reacts to ghosts, can see ghosts and souls in Twilight with Active Death Sight. Can spend ● to interact with them for a scene | MTA 2e p193 |
Fate | Conditional Duration | Create condition under which spells end, in exchange for bonus to Duration. Costs ● to use | MTA 2e p193 |
Forces | Precise Force | If using a full turn to hit an object can get bonuses to rolls and ignore Durability. | MTA 2e p193 |
Life | Improved Pattern Restoration | Can spend ● to heal 1 Bashing, or ●● to heal 1 Lethal. Scouring Physical Attributes does not affect derived stats | MTA 2e p194 |
Matter | Permanence | Can spend ● to get Advanced Duration on Matter spells rather than Reach | MTA 2e p194 |
Mind | Mind's Eye | Peripheral Mage Sight reacts to Geotia, Astral entities and other projections in Twilight. Active Mage Sight can see them. Can spend ● to interact with them for a scene | MTA 2e p194 |
Prime | Universal Counterspell | Can use Counterspell on any spell. Can spend ● to target the least Arcana of that spell rather than the greatest | MTA 2e p194 |
Space | Sympathetic Range | Can cast spells using sympathetic range | MTA 2e p194 |
Spirit | Spirit Eyes | Peripheral Mage Sight reacts to spirits in Twilight. Can spend ● to interact with them for a scene | MTA 2e p194 |
Time | Temporal Sympathy | Can cast certain Time spells on the past of a subject | MTA 2e p194 |
Three Dot Attainments | |||
All | Targeted Summoning | Specify a second Arcana that a summoned being should possess, at a cost of an additional ● | MTA 2e p194 |
Four Dot Attainments | |||
Death | Inviolate Soul | Spend ● to Clash of Wills any attempt to tamper with your soul, influence Nimbus or Aura, or try to possess you | MTA 2e p195 |
Fate | Unbound Fate | Spend ● to Clash of Wills any attempt to forcibly bind you with magical oath, contact or geas, supernatural compulsion or change your destiny | MTA 2e p195 |
Forces | Environmental Immunity | Spend ● to be immune to Environmental Tilts or Extreme Environments for a scene | MTA 2e p195 |
Life | Body Autonomy | Spend ● to Clash of Wills any attempt to alter your body with supernatural powers, be targeted by any power that would injure you or be the subject of an attack that inflicts a Personal Tilt | MTA 2e p195 |
Matter | Durability Control | Spend ● to raise or lower Durability of an object up to Matter dots for a scene | MTA p195 |
Mind | Intuitive Leap | Spend ● when you roll three or more successes on a Social or Mental roll to make it Exceptional and place a Condition on the subject | MTA 2e p195 |
Prime | Imbue Item | Can make items that contain spells | MTA 2e p196 |
Space | Everywhere | Can spend ● instead of using Reach for Advanced Scale | MTA 2e p196 |
Spirit | Honorary Rank | Gain equivalent Rank as a Spirit equal to Spirit dots. Can spend ● to reduce a Spirit's Doors by 1 | MTA 2e p196 |
Time | Time in a Bottle | Can spend ● instead of Reach for Instant Casting Time | MTA 2e p196 |
Five Dot Attainments | |||
All | Create Rote | Generate a new Rote. Casting a Rote that you created gives you Rote Quality on the roll. | MTA 2e p196 |
Notation Legend | |
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Dot of a Trait Rating (Skills, Merits) | • |
Power Trait Point (Vitae, Mana) | ● |
Willpower Point | ○ |
Activation Damage | B/L/A |
Special/Other Activation Cost | ※ |
Alternate Costs | ●/●●● |
Costs per Item | ●/item |
Optional Costs | (●) |
Cost Ranges | ● to ●●● ●●+ |
Combined Notation Example | ●(○) ●/item, 1L |