Sphere Mixers 010 - Mind 2 and Prime 1
Welcome to part 10 of Sphere Mixers! This is where every Monday and Friday I take two Sphere Ranks at random and ask everyone to post their ideas for...
- Conjunctional Effects using both of these Spheres or
- Two Effects, one of each Sphere, that work well together.
Mind 2
•• Read Surface Thoughts/ Empathic Bond/ Create Impressions/ Mental Impulse Now the mage begins to skim the contents of unshielded minds, discern emotional states, read memories that have been left behind on objects or places, and project single words or emotional impulses to other people. The simpler the emotional content, the easier it is to send or read; a flash of rage, for instance, is easy to project or receive, but the complex stew of reflective melancholy presents a challenge to inexperienced Mind-mages. (Game-wise, such complex feats demand more successes than a simple feat does.)
Prime 1
• Etheric Senses/ Consecration/Infuse Personal Quintessence A beginning study of Prime allows the mage to perceive and channel Quintessence from Nodes, Tass, Wonders, and magickal Effects. She may spot energetic ebbs and flows, can sense and at least try to read Resonance and Synergy signatures, and could also absorb Quintessence into her personal Pattern. Mages without at least one dot in Prime cannot absorb Quintessence beyond their Avatar Background rating. A Prime-skilled mage, however, may do so.
When infusing her Quintessence into an object, that mage may also consecrate the object with her personal energy. When she shapeshifts, steps sideways, or otherwise alters her Pattern’s metaphysical nature, that consecrated object will then change with her. In the process, it also picks up her personal Resonance… which, because it both identifies her and becomes essentially connected to her, is not always a good thing.
Posted Jun 30, 2025, 3:05 PM UTC