Mana

From Masq
Category: Backgrounds
Reference: Sorcerer (Revised edition/WW04254), page 53.


Whether they call it chi, essence, ki, pneuma, psychic energy, ionized electrolytes or any number of other traditional names, sorcerers can tap into sources of energy that empower them in their performance of magic. Meditating or resting on ley lines, in holy places or even in supercharged chemical baths grants the magician who understands their nature a source of power. Other sorcerers ingest a diet of rare substances believed to invoke potency or engage themselves in strenuous rituals, exhausting daily regimens of practice or hypnotic empowerment. Whatever the individual's methods, she exhibits an energy that helps her work her Art, a force described by some as being akin to breath or spirit, or, in Latin, "Mana."

When performing Path or ritual magic, a sorcerer may expend Mana to lower the difficulty target number. As usual, her difficulty cannot be lowered by more than three; however, Mana may reduce threshold instead, though never below one. Recovering Mana requires the sorcerer to perform her chosen method of recharging and succeed in a Perception + Meditation roll, difficulty 7, with each success restoring one point.


x : You have to get by on your skill alone.
• : May store a pool of/expend one Mana.
•• : May store a pool of/expend two Mana.
••• : May store a pool of/expend three Mana.
•••• : May store a pool of/expend four Mana.
••••• : May store a pool of/expend five Mana.


Available to: Mortal+