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	'''Liches''' are mages who seek to use magic to make them immortal. Mind you, this isn't as simple as using Life or Death spells to stave off the inevitable, since those can still be dispelled. Instead, most liches steal the bodies of other beings or transform themselves into ghosts, spirits, or Morpheans (basically dream-mages).		'''Liches''' are mages who seek to use magic to make them immortal. Mind you, this isn't as simple as using Life or Death spells to stave off the inevitable, since those can still be dispelled. Instead, most liches steal the bodies of other beings or transform themselves into ghosts, spirits, or Morpheans (basically dream-mages).
	*'''The [[Tremere]]:''' ''Magic Hungers.'' The most infamous group of liches and reapers, they started off as a Legacy that claimed to find a way to alter their souls through a "Seventh Watchtower" unifying all the Subtle Arcana, granting them eternal life so long as they consumed the souls of other beings and gave up their own souls to the Watchtower's hunger. They have since grown large enough to function as an Order encompassing many smaller Legacies (or "Houses", as they're called by the Tremere) they've twisted to fit their ends, and many Tremere liches develop an alarming similarity to vampires. Instead of Gnosis, they have Hollow, which behaves similarly for the most part but grants several soul-related abilities at the expense of forcing the Tremere to feed on stolen souls to survive while causing them to lose their Path. These drawbacks are of no concern to them; in their eyes, ~~the loss of the soul~~ ties them to the cosmic oversoul's own hunger and the Paths are nothing more than constraints on the soul's true potential.		*'''The [[Tremere]]:''' ''Magic Hungers.'' The most infamous group of liches and reapers, they started off as a Legacy that claimed to find a way to alter their souls through a "Seventh Watchtower" unifying all the Subtle Arcana, granting them eternal life so long as they consumed the souls of other beings and gave up their own souls to the Watchtower's hunger. They have since grown large enough to function as an Order encompassing many smaller Legacies (or "Houses", as they're called by the Tremere) they've twisted to fit their ends, and many Tremere liches develop an alarming similarity to vampires. Instead of Gnosis, they have Hollow, which behaves similarly for the most part but grants several soul-related abilities at the expense of forcing the Tremere to feed on stolen souls to survive while causing them to lose their Path. These drawbacks are of no concern to them; in their eyes, their hunger for souls ties them to the cosmic oversoul's own hunger and the Paths are nothing more than constraints on the soul's true potential.

	'''Nameless''' are those who aren't a part of the Pentacle Orders or the Seers, either because they awakened somewhere with very few or no other mages at all, or they simply haven't been noticed by them. Those that join either one but then leave, get kicked out, or decline the invitation are called '''Apostates'''. The two sometimes are part of the '''Nameless Orders''', the various minor orders that lack the influence and resources of the Pentacle and the Seers.		'''Nameless''' are those who aren't a part of the Pentacle Orders or the Seers, either because they awakened somewhere with very few or no other mages at all, or they simply haven't been noticed by them. Those that join either one but then leave, get kicked out, or decline the invitation are called '''Apostates'''. The two sometimes are part of the '''Nameless Orders''', the various minor orders that lack the influence and resources of the Pentacle and the Seers.

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	===Practices===		===Practices===
	Practices are the codification of magic. They simply define the effects of spells rather than having mechanical benefits- to make a spell, you pick the Arcana and Practices it would use, figure out how they combine with each other (e.g. if you want to see into the infrared spectrum, you'd combine Forces and Unveiling, and turning a person into a frog would require Life and Patterning; more complex spells may require more complex combinations of ~~Spheres~~ and Practices), and set up relevant spell factors to define other effects such as potency and duration- more potent changes, such as making a spell's effects indefinite or allowing it to be cast from further away, require Mana, Reach (which may increase Paradox risk depending on your Gnosis), or both. You don't need any levels in these to use them (although it helps with actually pulling them off): having a high enough Gnosis and Arcanum rating lets you use them.		Practices are the codification of magic. They simply define the effects of spells rather than having mechanical benefits- to make a spell, you pick the Arcana and Practices it would use, figure out how they combine with each other (e.g. if you want to see into the infrared spectrum, you'd combine Forces and Unveiling, and turning a person into a frog would require Life and Patterning; more complex spells may require more complex combinations of Arcana and Practices), and set up relevant spell factors to define other effects such as potency and duration- more potent changes, such as making a spell's effects indefinite or allowing it to be cast from further away, require Mana, Reach (which may increase Paradox risk depending on your Gnosis), or both. You don't need any levels in these to use them (although it helps with actually pulling them off): having a high enough Gnosis and Arcanum rating lets you use them.

	There are thirteen of them for regular Mages, five for Archmages and an Ascended one. The base Practices are:		There are thirteen of them for regular Mages, five for Archmages and an Ascended one. The base Practices are:

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	Those that neglect their Faults spawn Tulpas, sentient spell effects that seek to draw the Rapt back to their obsession. Some especially unlucky Rapt lose all their Wisdom during the Awakening itself, leaving them trapped in their own Oneiros until they can manifest a Tulpa for their consciousnesses to possess.		Those that neglect their Faults spawn Tulpas, sentient spell effects that seek to draw the Rapt back to their obsession. Some especially unlucky Rapt lose all their Wisdom during the Awakening itself, leaving them trapped in their own Oneiros until they can manifest a Tulpa for their consciousnesses to possess.

	'''Scelesti''' (sing. Scelestus) are the Nephandi of the setting. They're banned Legacies who either seek to control over Paradox or simply seek power, which they gain through the Abyss. The least powerful of them "only" deliberately infect their spells with Paradox, granting them power at the risk of staining their souls. More advanced Scelesti enter the Dur-Abzu, the twisted Abyssal reflections of the Supernal Realms, and twist their paths to gain control over Paradox with the aid of the anti-Watchtowers, the Ziggurats; they also frequently make pacts with Abyssal beings. This latter type of Sclestus often embody the opposite of what their Watchtower stereotype is - Acanthus who view oaths as meaningless and spread chaos wherever they go because destiny isn't real to them, Mastigos who isolate and judge all as unworthy sinners whose selves aren't worth trying to perfect, materialistic Moros who reject the alchemy of transformation and rebirth in favor of a ~~neverending~~ decay unbound by any concept of "ending", hardcore atheist/nihilist Obrimos that subvert the very concept of sublimity and elevate themselves as gods in the place of an absent Divine, and Thyrsus who have become captains of industry that subjugate nature and spirits alike in the name of human supremacy.		'''Scelesti''' (sing. Scelestus) are the Nephandi of the setting. They're banned Legacies who either seek to control over Paradox or simply seek power, which they gain through the Abyss. The least powerful of them "only" deliberately infect their spells with Paradox, granting them power at the risk of staining their souls. More advanced Scelesti enter the Dur-Abzu, the twisted Abyssal reflections of the Supernal Realms, and twist their paths to gain control over Paradox with the aid of the anti-Watchtowers, the Ziggurats; they also frequently make pacts with Abyssal beings. This latter type of Sclestus often embody the opposite of what their Watchtower stereotype is - Acanthus who view oaths as meaningless and spread chaos wherever they go because destiny isn't real to them, Mastigos who isolate and judge all as unworthy sinners whose selves aren't worth trying to perfect, materialistic Moros who reject the alchemy of transformation and rebirth in favor of a continual decay unbound by any concept of "ending", hardcore atheist/nihilist Obrimos that subvert the very concept of sublimity and elevate themselves as gods in the place of an absent Divine, and Thyrsus who have become captains of industry that subjugate nature and spirits alike in the name of human supremacy.

	They replace their Wisdom with Joining, which represents their growing attunement to the Abyss- an attunement that will utterly destroy them when their souls become completely lost to the Abyss.		They replace their Wisdom with Joining, which represents their growing attunement to the Abyss- an attunement that will utterly destroy them when their souls become completely lost to the Abyss.

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	==Archmagi==		==Archmagi==
	~~Recently introduced~~ in ''Imperial Mysteries''. When a mage hits Gnosis 6 and Arcana 6, if they obtain the proper Quintessence (basically, a one time mystical quest item), they may attempt to cross the Abyss and awaken a second time, becoming retardedly powerful if they succeed, and becoming a witch from ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' if they don't, complete with barrier, flocks of abyssal intruders around them, and so on. They get their own pocket dimension where they cannot be harmed, but cannot affect anyone else as long as they stay inside of it. Archmagi are so powerful, they can kill people so hard that they never existed in the first place, but all level 6+ arcana effects require arcane experience and quintessences, and it's recommended that the PCs only manage to obtain quintessences after decades and decades of work.		Introduced in ''Imperial Mysteries''. When a mage hits Gnosis 6 and Arcana 6, if they obtain the proper Quintessence (basically, a one time mystical quest item), they may attempt to cross the Abyss and awaken a second time, becoming retardedly powerful if they succeed, and becoming a witch from ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' if they don't, complete with barrier, flocks of abyssal intruders around them, and so on. They get their own pocket dimension where they cannot be harmed, but cannot affect anyone else as long as they stay inside of it. Archmagi are so powerful, they can kill people so hard that they never existed in the first place, but all level 6+ arcana effects require arcane experience and quintessences, and it's recommended that the PCs only manage to obtain quintessences after decades and decades of work.

	Why ''don't'' they run the World of Darkness, you ask? The short answer is "there's lots of sides". The slightly longer answer is "they're mostly immortal, mostly hiding in their reality-proof bunkers in case you do go nuclear in a way they don't approve of, and mostly can undo your work eventually". Also (hopefully), the lesson less exalted Magery grimly hammered home session after session: "hubris is dangerous". With power of this magnitude comes commensurate punishment for ambition or failure; your Supernal screwups have consequences as far reaching as any of your ''other'' spells of that scale.		Why ''don't'' they run the World of Darkness, you ask? The short answer is "there's lots of sides". The slightly longer answer is "they're mostly immortal, mostly hiding in their reality-proof bunkers in case you do go nuclear in a way they don't approve of, and mostly can undo your work eventually". Also (hopefully), the lesson less exalted Magery grimly hammered home session after session: "hubris is dangerous". With power of this magnitude comes commensurate punishment for ambition or failure; your Supernal screwups have consequences as far reaching as any of your ''other'' spells of that scale.

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	*'''The Flood:''' Banishers who learn how to suppress and "cleanse" locations of supernatural power, like Hallows and Loci, and draw power from those places they've suppressed.		*'''The Flood:''' Banishers who learn how to suppress and "cleanse" locations of supernatural power, like Hallows and Loci, and draw power from those places they've suppressed.
	*'''Logophages:''' Banishers who seek magical knowledge, destroying it so only they know it and gaining power from the act.		*'''Logophages:''' Banishers who seek magical knowledge, destroying it so only they know it and gaining power from the act.
	*'''Timori:''' Banishers who steal Mana and Gnosis from other awakened to extend their lifespans. This leads them to become addicted to stolen Gnosis and dislodges the Life Arcanum from their bodies, causing them start ~~to crystallize~~.		*'''Timori:''' Banishers who steal Mana and Gnosis from other awakened to extend their lifespans. This leads them to become addicted to stolen Gnosis and dislodges the Life Arcanum from their bodies, causing them to start crystallizing.

	'''Liches''' are mages who seek to use magic to make them immortal. Mind you, this isn't as simple as using Life or Death spells to stave off the inevitable, since those can still be dispelled. Instead, most liches steal the bodies of other beings or transform themselves into ghosts, spirits, or Morpheans (basically dream-mages).		'''Liches''' are mages who seek to use magic to make them immortal. Mind you, this isn't as simple as using Life or Death spells to stave off the inevitable, since those can still be dispelled. Instead, most liches steal the bodies of other beings or transform themselves into ghosts, spirits, or Morpheans (basically dream-mages).

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	===Paragons===		===Paragons===
	The term for beings that inhabit Emanations, realms that are between the material world and the supernal realms. Ranging from humans that have adapted to the realm to fantastical creatures, they all posses some capability to cast spells of the ~~realms~~ defining arcana.		The term for beings that inhabit Emanations, realms that are between the material world and the supernal realms. Ranging from humans that have adapted to the realm to fantastical creatures, they all posses some capability to cast spells of the realm's defining arcana.

	===Preta===		===Preta===