Índice 1: Iniciado em Tempo (•)

Divination (Time •)

Practice: Knowing
Primary Factor: Potency
Suggested Rote Skills: Academics, Empathy, Investigation

The mage can look into her subject’s most likely future. Without Reach, the mage can only see generalities: “Will I meet Anna again soon?” is a valid question, while “What time will the police arrive?” is too specific to return an answer. This spell can see far into the future, such as telling the mage that a young cashier might eventually become a state Governor, or that a child prodigy might become a superstar, but looking too far from the present increases the likelihood of the answer being superseded by the point the future becomes the present. The Storyteller must decide what the future holds, taking into account the nature of the story as well as cues from the mage’s questions. The caster can ask one general question per level of Potency, receiving answers of “Yes,” “No,” or “Irrelevant.”

+1 Reach: The mage can ask more specific questions and receive mostly accurate answers. The answers need not come in the form of “Yes,” “No,” or “Irrelevant.” Instead the mage can ask questions like “Will Anna marry?” or “Will I ever bear a child?” and receive more information, such as “Anna will meet an old flame, Jason, and the two will reunite and one day marry.”

Green Light / Red Light (Time •)

Practice: Compelling
Primary Factor: Duration
Suggested Rote Skills: Computer, Larceny, Subterfuge

The mage may manipulate the subtle timings of events, smoothing or obstructing her subject’s progress. Cast positively, the subject finds elevators and taxis arrive just as he needs them, stop lights turn green, and he arrives on time for meetings. Cast negatively, anything that can delay the subject will delay him.

Momentary Flux (Time •)

Practice: Knowing
Primary Factor: Potency
Suggested Rote Skills: Investigation, Streetwise, Survival

The mage can sense whether a subject will prove beneficial or baneful in the most likely future. The mage can see whether the stranger crossing the street to approach her at night is as threatening as he seems, or whether he has come to offer advice, for example. The spell itself does not tell the mage exactly what will happen, only whether it will prove good or bad for her. The stranger may augur as a bad omen for her; this could be due to his malicious intent — or maybe he’s running from some danger, or even carrying a cold.

Although often used to assess potential dangers, mages can cast this spell with themselves as the only subject, assessing whether their own actions will help or harm them.

Mages with Time •• may use the Temporal Sympathy Attainment to cast this spell on a subject in the past, but the spell still reveals positive or negative outcomes for the future. The spell is Withstood by temporal sympathy.

+1 Reach: When reacting to the information gained from this spell, the mage gains a bonus to Initiative equal to Potency.

Perfect Timing (Time •)

Practice: Unveiling
Primary Factor: Duration
Suggested Rote Skills: Empathy, Socialize, Streetwise

The mage knows just the perfect time to act, whether it’s with a kind (or condemning) word, a punch, or even simply slipping out a door at the right time. This spell does not directly alter time or affect others, but rather grants the subject a perfect temporal assessment of the situation. Others might describe her as “in the zone,” mistaking her preternatural sense of timing for incredible focus.

The subject can spend a turn during the spell’s Duration planning an action. The subject loses any Defense and must remain still while planning. A turn spent planning grants a bonus to the next action equal to Potency. This bonus can only be applied to mundane instant actions; extended actions and spellcasting rolls do not benefit from it.

Postcognition (Time •)

Practice: Unveiling
Primary Factor: Potency
Suggested Rote Skills: Academics, Empathy, Investigation

The mage can see into the past of a subject, witnessing events as though she were physically present to view them. By default, the caster may only view Unchanged subjects, but with Time •• she may view the more distant past, in which case the spell is Withstood by temporal sympathy.

The mage views the subject in “real time” from a moment declared when casting until the Duration of Postcognition expires. While viewing the past, the mage loses all Defense and may not take any actions or cast further spells.

+1 Reach: The mage can “scrub” the vision like a video, speeding it up, slowing it down, rewinding it, pausing it, etc.

+1 Reach: The mage remains aware of her surroundings, and does not lose Defense.