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+ | =Sphere Levels= | ||
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|rank1=Sense Life | |rank1=Sense Life | ||
|rank2=Alter Simple Patterns, Heal Self | |rank2=Alter Simple Patterns, Heal Self | ||
− | |rank3=Alter Self, Transform Simple Patterns | + | |rank3=Alter Self, Transform Simple Patterns <br /> (includes healing other people, ST Handbook 13) |
|rank4=Alter Complex Patterns, Transform Self | |rank4=Alter Complex Patterns, Transform Self | ||
|rank5=Transform Complex Patterns, Perfect Metamorphosis | |rank5=Transform Complex Patterns, Perfect Metamorphosis | ||
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|rank5=Time Travel, Time Immunity | |rank5=Time Travel, Time Immunity | ||
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+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Optional Technocratic variants== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Data=== | ||
+ | * Reference: New World Order Revised 74 | ||
+ | * Also available to non-Technocrats | ||
+ | * At levels 1-2, Correspondence and Data can substitute for each other; once you reach 3+, you have to pick one and stick with it | ||
+ | |||
+ | <div style="max-width: 400px"> | ||
+ | {{ :Template:StatChart | ||
+ | |title=Data | ||
+ | |rank1=On the Ones and Zeroes | ||
+ | |rank2=The Reach and the View | ||
+ | |rank3=Collocation, Firewalling, Surveillance Hub | ||
+ | |rank4=Between Space, Dimensional Cohabitation | ||
+ | |rank5=Redistribute Physical Properties, Fold Space | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Data range chart: | ||
+ | * Replaces Correspondence range chart | ||
+ | * Requires extended Intelligence + Enigmas ("Successes needed" and "Time per roll" refer to this) | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" | ||
+ | ! Data sphere level !! Successes needed !! Time per roll !! Connection required | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1 || 8 || Four hours || Subject's presence or body sample, source code, or government identification database information | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2 || 6 || Two hours || A close possession or close companion, sample code, personal email, or social media account | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 3 || 4 || One hour || Casual possession or associate, legacy code, sock puppet, or throwaway email or media accounts | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 4 || 3 || One minute || Acquaintance or used item, derivative code, or IP address | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 5 || 2 || One turn || Briefly touched item or met person, code from same language, or rerouted IP string | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Dimensional Science=== | ||
+ | * Reference: Guide to the Technocracy 49, 206 | ||
+ | * Nodes sanitized by the Technocracy count as Gauntlet 2-4 with this sphere, 9 otherwise (+help gauntlet) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Primal Utility=== | ||
+ | * Reference: Syndicate Revised 79 | ||
+ | * Focuses on abstract economic forms of Primal Energy, rather than physical | ||
+ | * Access outside the Syndicate is restricted at staff discretion | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ :Template:StatChart | ||
+ | |title=Primal Utility | ||
+ | |rank1=Assess Primal Utility, Deposit Primal Utility, Exploit Primal Venture | ||
+ | <div class="footnote">Can use Primal Ventures (SR 81), but not regular Nodes</div> | ||
+ | |rank2=Create Gadgets, Perfect Material Exploitation, Primal Innovation | ||
+ | <div class="footnote">Cannot create pure Prime weapons, but can enhance existing weapons</div> | ||
+ | |rank3=Create Stable Extraordinary Devices, Living Asset Exploitation, Use Tass and Primal Storage | ||
+ | |rank4=Create Tass, Exploit Opportunity, Liquidate Assets | ||
+ | <div class="footnote">Cannot turn Primal Energy directly into Devices, but can turn it into Tass and then use that via Primal Energy 3</div> | ||
+ | |rank5=Create Living Assets, Create Primal Nodes and Ventures, Liquidate Living Assets, Market Compensation | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | =Specialty spheres= | ||
+ | * Each mage gets a specialty sphere based on their Tradition. (MtA 90: "''Some'' Orphans, especially Hollow Ones, have no specialty sphere." Emphasis added.) | ||
+ | * If you don't have a single choice listed here, then pick one and set a +note. | ||
+ | * If self-service XP spending doesn't recognize your specialty, then use +request. (+xpreq will tell you to use self-service.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| | ||
+ | | style="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 25px" | | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" | ||
+ | ! Tradition !! Specialty sphere | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Akashic Brotherhood || Mind | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Celestial Chorus || Prime | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Cult of Ecstasy || Time | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Dreamspeakers || Spirit | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Euthanatos || Entropy | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Order of Hermes || Forces | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Sons of Ether || Matter | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Verbena || Life | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Virtual Adepts || Correspondence | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | | style="vertical-align: top" | | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable" | ||
+ | ! Convention !! Methodology || Specialty sphere | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" | Iteration X || BioMechanics || Life | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Statisticians || Entropy or Time | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Time-Motion Manager || Forces or Matter | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="4" | New World Order || Ivory Tower || Mind | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Operatives || Mind or Forces | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Q Division || Forces or Matter | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Watchers || Correspondence, Data, or Forces | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" | Progenitors || Genegineers || Life | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | FACADE Engineers || Life or Entropy | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Pharmacopoeists || Life or Mind | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="5" | Syndicate || Disbursements || Correspondence, Data, or Mind | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Enforcers || Forces or Mind | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Financiers || Entropy or Mind | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Media Control || Mind or Life | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Special Projects Division || Dimensional Science or Forces | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="6" | Void Engineers || Border Corps Division || Forces | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | DSEATC || Dimensional Science | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Earth Frontier Division || Correspondence, Data, or Forces | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Neutralization Specialist Corps || Dimensional Science | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | Pan-Dimensional Corps || Correspondence, Data, Dimensional Science, or Time | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | Research and Execution || Dimensional Science or Forces | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Reference: Guide to the Technocracy page 134 | ||
+ | |||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Mage]] | [[Category:Mage]] | ||
[[Category:Stats]] | [[Category:Stats]] |
Latest revision as of 21:50, 24 August 2024
Contents
Sphere Levels
Optional Technocratic variants
Data
- Reference: New World Order Revised 74
- Also available to non-Technocrats
- At levels 1-2, Correspondence and Data can substitute for each other; once you reach 3+, you have to pick one and stick with it
Data | |
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On the Ones and Zeroes |
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The Reach and the View |
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Collocation, Firewalling, Surveillance Hub |
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Between Space, Dimensional Cohabitation |
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Redistribute Physical Properties, Fold Space |
Data range chart:
- Replaces Correspondence range chart
- Requires extended Intelligence + Enigmas ("Successes needed" and "Time per roll" refer to this)
Data sphere level | Successes needed | Time per roll | Connection required |
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1 | 8 | Four hours | Subject's presence or body sample, source code, or government identification database information |
2 | 6 | Two hours | A close possession or close companion, sample code, personal email, or social media account |
3 | 4 | One hour | Casual possession or associate, legacy code, sock puppet, or throwaway email or media accounts |
4 | 3 | One minute | Acquaintance or used item, derivative code, or IP address |
5 | 2 | One turn | Briefly touched item or met person, code from same language, or rerouted IP string |
Dimensional Science
- Reference: Guide to the Technocracy 49, 206
- Nodes sanitized by the Technocracy count as Gauntlet 2-4 with this sphere, 9 otherwise (+help gauntlet)
Primal Utility
- Reference: Syndicate Revised 79
- Focuses on abstract economic forms of Primal Energy, rather than physical
- Access outside the Syndicate is restricted at staff discretion
Primal Utility | |
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Assess Primal Utility, Deposit Primal Utility, Exploit Primal Venture
Can use Primal Ventures (SR 81), but not regular Nodes
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Create Gadgets, Perfect Material Exploitation, Primal Innovation
Cannot create pure Prime weapons, but can enhance existing weapons
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Create Stable Extraordinary Devices, Living Asset Exploitation, Use Tass and Primal Storage |
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Create Tass, Exploit Opportunity, Liquidate Assets
Cannot turn Primal Energy directly into Devices, but can turn it into Tass and then use that via Primal Energy 3
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Create Living Assets, Create Primal Nodes and Ventures, Liquidate Living Assets, Market Compensation |
Specialty spheres
- Each mage gets a specialty sphere based on their Tradition. (MtA 90: "Some Orphans, especially Hollow Ones, have no specialty sphere." Emphasis added.)
- If you don't have a single choice listed here, then pick one and set a +note.
- If self-service XP spending doesn't recognize your specialty, then use +request. (+xpreq will tell you to use self-service.)
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Reference: Guide to the Technocracy page 134 |