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[Dave Brookshaw]

Not believing in the Exarchs is like not believing in America if you're European - their influence is everywhere, they meddle in your government, the world is set up to their advantage and if you have oil you'll end up with a missile in your house one way or another.

The Exarchs have a palpable, measurable effect on the Supernal World when they're focusing on something. The Seers self-interestedly do their bidding. A mage has to be an *idiot* to deny they exist, and most mages aren't idiots.

The controversy is whether a mage believes the Seer doctrine that the Exarchs...

[Dave Brookshaw]

It won't.

They should (should) be in Fallen Worlds.

[Dave Brookshaw]

And that's why Dark Era writers should always contact people who know about the gameline involved first.

[Dave Brookshaw]

They're Beast Aeons.

[Dave Brookshaw]

they know their spell worked, it stays in spell control, but it has no effect - there's no difference to how it feels from a spell that's being fully Withstood. The mage might realize that they tried to mind control an illusion, or they might assume that they just need more power.

[Dave Brookshaw]

It's mostly the same as mages, but it doesn't differ by region of the Anima Mundi (no safe areas for them) and if killed by the wind they lose Chambers out of their Lair rather than have a Paradox Condition.

The BPG doesn't just cover beasts in the AM: due to the game's crossoveriness it says what happens to all major templates. Werewolves have it easiest, Prometheans the worst, and Demons easy until it suddenly and horrifcally isn't.

[Dave Brookshaw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Calatafimi

EDIT: Scooped! Yeah - Garibaldi's famous battle that led to the unification of Italy.

[Dave Brookshaw]

no. the astral isn't a dream

[Dave Brookshaw]

There's a Condition for "was a big enough of an idiot to use an Exarch as a Yantra without first being a Seer"

[Dave Brookshaw]

No, you can only have one set of three. If you're in an Order they come with membership and training, if you're Nameless you get to buy them.

Mages who learn a new set find it pushes the old set out.

You do, however, keep any special Order Merits you had, although IIRC there's a cap on how much Status you can have in an Order that isn't your own. A Seer with Prelacy who defects doesn't lose Prelacy, for example.

Most Orders are grudgingly accepting of "career changes" in younger (lower status) mages, but are much less happy the more senior you are....

[Dave Brookshaw]

Not all.

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[Dave Brookshaw]

You still have to be able to cast a praxis as an improvised spell.

The rating refers tot he fact that you buy them for a flat XP fee, that doesn't change for praxes based on higher-dot spells.