Wod Mage Mod : Restitution - FAQ

1. What is the Mage Mod?

3. What is "Mage : the Ascension"?

4. Why does the game crash to the desktop or hang when I enter LAN mode or when I log in to Internet mode?

If it finds any characters that don't quite fit in with the currently selected mod then it crashes to the desktop (or hangs) when they are selected. This is a particular problem when you consider that the last used character is always selected when you enter.

The solution to the problem is to load the mod that the last character was used in. Select a basic character using a standard skin at that point. Start a LAN game and exit. Then the other mod should load ok.

6. I used the "Awaken Mage" tome and the rote tomes but I can’t find any rotes. Where are they?

After using the "Awaken Mage" tome you must advance your character either directly with the Story-Teller tools or with experience that the Story-Teller gives, you. You will need to increase you Sphere levels, but don’t forget that any Sphere levels above your Arete are ignored. So increase your Arete as well.

The disciplines and tomes will appear to you when you play the game on a server without the mod. But when they try to execute the code nothing happens, because the code is not on the server.

9. I am having trouble adding rotes into the game. The readme doesn't say what they are?

Any spell a Mage casts will be based on levels in these 9 spheres. E.g. Invisibility requires Forces 2 and Correspondence 1.

Any ability can be cast in two ways. Either a well-defined method (a rote) or off the spur of the moment (dynamic). Rotes are by nature very limiting, but easier to use. Dynamic casting is more difficult but can do virtually anything within the sphere definitions.

Dynamic casting is done by discussion with the storyteller and role-playing out the results. It really is beyond the game system to perform.

Rotes however are well-defined effects and can be more easily simulated in the game. They cost no experience, but you need the correct sphere levels to cast them.

To learn a rote: obtain the correct sphere levels, and Arete (any sphere dots above the Arete score are ignored) and the read the appropriate tome. Look for mage_tomeforcesrotes etc.

The tome will not vanish, as it could contain more rotes that you don't already know. But after reading if you had sufficient Sphere/Arete levels some new "disciplines" will have been added to your list.

If someone else has cast a rote on you then you can’t just right click on the icon. Instead you must use the "Unweaving" discipline (in the main “Magick” group). This requires that have Prime 1 in order that you can "see" the effect on you. "Unweaving" is very hard to do, but don’t give up. Unless the caster of the spell was very good indeed you should be able to remove the effect, though it may take a very, very long time! This may get easier when I have implemented extended casting in a later version.

13, What is the "Dynamic Effect Type" discipline for and what do the sphere disciplines do?

The name comes from the rules (actually it may have been Ars-Magica but never mind). What it refers to is an effect that has not been learnt beforehand (i.e. is not a rote). So it fits quite well.

When you play the PnP game and you want to cast a spell you have to decide on the following before rolling the dice:

• The Sphere levels required
• Whether the effect is vulgar or coincidental

• The Sphere levels are easy, they are done by using the appropriate sphere discipline the correct number of times.
• The Vulgar/Coincidental choice is where the "Dynamic Effect Type" icon comes in. It toggles between Vulgar and Coincidental Magick.

15. How do I cast rotes?

Rotes are cast in exactly the same way as in the Vampire game. The only difference is that they cost 0 experience and they refer to the Sphere and Arete levels of you character.