Questions tagged [quintessence]
In Mage: the Ascension, quintessence is the substance that makes a thing "real" or "actual."
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How does the Prime Sphere affect gaining and storing Quintessence in M20?
The rules on Quintessence seem a bit all over the place in Mage 20th Anniversary so I wanted to clarify a few things, on how the various Prime ranks affect the way a Mage can deal with Quintessence. ...
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How can a mage gain quintessence besides gathering at a node?
In M20 there doesn't appear to be many given methods for recharging quintessence beyond finding a wellspring or finding some tass. (Unless you are at prime 5 in which case you can just make nodes ...
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Is there a drawback to using Heart's blood rote repeatedly?
In the Mage Revised edition there is a rote called Heart's blood a mage can use with Prime 1 sphere. It reads as such.
The Mage can sacrifice their health for Quintessence,
at a rate of one point per ...