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Tradition Title & Page Number Tradition Title & Page Number
Archetype Title & Page Number Archetype Title & Page Number
Avatar Essence Title & Page Number Avatar Essence Title & Page Number
Talent (* indicates Secondary) Title & Page Number Talent (* indicates Secondary) Title & Page Number
Skill (* indicates Secondary) Title & Page Number Skill (* indicates Secondary) Title & Page Number
Archetype Title & Page Number Archetype Title & Page Number
M20 68, 512, 524, HDYDT 71 M20 69, 519; HDYDT 114
M20 68, 514 M20 70, 520, 526; HDYDT 42
M20 69, 515 M20 71, 521, 525; HDYDT 90
M20 69, 516 M20 71, 522, HDYDT 107
M20 69, 516
Background Title & Page Number Background Title & Page Number
Inappropriate (-1 to -4) Book of Secrets 46 Phobia (-2 or -3) Book of Secrets 50
Infamy (-1 to -5) Book of Secrets 62 Phylactery (-7) Book of Secrets 94
Inner Knight (5) Book of Secrets 77 Physically Impressive (2) Book of Secrets 37
Inner Strength (2) Book of Secrets 45 Pitiable (1) Book of Secrets 54
Insane / Infamous Mentor (-1) Book of Secrets 63 Poison Resistance (2) Book of Secrets 37
Insensate to Pain (5) Book of Secrets 38 Poker Face (2) Book of Secrets 37
Intemperate (-2) Book of Secrets 49 Powerful Ally (5 to 8) Book of Secrets 77
Iron Will (3) Book of Secrets 45 Probationary Member (-4) Book of Secrets 68
Jack-of-All-Trades (3) Book of Secrets 45 Profiled Appearance (-2) Book of Secrets 41
Jinx / Infernal Contraption (-2 to -10) Book of Secrets 88 Prestige (2) Book of Secrets 56
Judge’s Wisdom (4) Book of Secrets 46 Prestigious Mentor (1) Book of Secrets 54
Language (1) M20 643 Primal Marks (-3) Book of Secrets 90
Legendary Attributes (5) Book of Secrets 77 Prone to Quiet (-4 to -5) Book of Secrets 91
Lifesaver (-3) Book of Secrets 53 Property (2 to 5) Book of Secrets 56
Light Sleeper (1) Book of Secrets 36 Psychic Vampire (-5) Book of Secrets 93
Lightning Calculator (1) Book of Secrets 44 PTSD (-2 to -5) M20 647
Local Hero (3) Book of Secrets 58 Regal Bearing (1) Book of Secrets 54
Locked Vidare (-1) Book of Secrets 85 Repulsive Feature (-2) Book of Secrets 40
Loyalty (1) Book of Secrets 53 Research Grant (2) Book of Secrets 57
Lucky (3) Book of Secrets 71 Rising Star (3) Book of Secrets 58
Manifest Avatar (3) Book of Secrets 71 Rival House (-1 to -5) Book of Secrets 63
Mark of Favor (3) Book of Secrets 71 Rivalry (-3 to -5) Book of Secrets 66
Master of Red Tape (4) Book of Secrets 58 Rogue (-4) Book of Secrets 68
Mayfly Curse (-5 or -10) Book of Secrets 42 Rose-Colored Glasses (-2) Book of Secrets 50
Mechanical Aptitude (1) Book of Secrets 44 Rotten Liar (-3) Book of Secrets 66
Medium (2) Book of Secrets 69 Sanctify (2) Book of Secrets 57
Mental Lock (-1) Book of Secrets 47 Scientific Mystic / Techgnosi (3) Book of Secrets 45
Mistaken Identity (-1) Book of Secrets 63 Secret Code Language (2) Book of Secrets 57
Monstrous (-3) Book of Secrets 41 Sect Enmity (-1) Book of Secrets 64
Mr. Red Tape (-4) Book of Secrets 67 Self-Confident (5) Book of Secrets 46
Naïve (-1) Book of Secrets 63 Shapechanger Kin (4) Book of Secrets 74
Narc (-3) Book of Secrets 65 Shattered Avatar (5) Book of Secrets 77
Natural Channel (3) Book of Secrets 72 Short (-3) Book of Secrets 41
Natural Leader (2) Book of Secrets 56 Short Fuse (-2) Book of Secrets 50
Natural Linguist (2) Book of Secrets 45 Shy (-1) Book of Secrets 48
Natural Shapeshifter (3) Book of Secrets 72 Sleeping with the Enemy (-3) Book of Secrets 66
Nephilim / Laham (7) Book of Secrets 80 Socially Networked (2) Book of Secrets 57
New Kid (-1) Book of Secrets 63 Soft-Hearted (-1) Book of Secrets 48
Nightmares (-1 or -3) Book of Secrets 47 Spark of Life (5) Book of Secrets 78
Nightsight (3) Book of Secrets 38 Special Responsibility (-1) Book of Secrets 64
Nine Lives (6) Book of Secrets 79 Speech Impediment (-1) Book of Secrets 48
Noble Blood (1) Book of Secrets 36 Sphere Inept (-6) Book of Secrets 94
Noted Messenger (3) Book of Secrets 58 Sphere Natural (6) Book of Secrets 79
Notoriety (-3) Book of Secrets 65 Spirit Magnet (3, -3, 7, or -7) Book of Secrets 73
Oathbreaker (-4) Book of Secrets 90 Spirit Mentor (3) Book of Secrets 74
Obsession (-2) Book of Secrets 49 Strangeness (-1) Book of Secrets 85
Officially Dead (2) Book of Secrets 56 Sterile (1 or -1) Book of Secrets 36
OCPD (-3) Book of Secrets 53 Stormwarden/Quantum Voyager (3 or 5) M20 643
Old Flame (-2) Book of Secrets 65 Subculture Insider (2) Book of Secrets 58
Offline (-1 or -3) Book of Secrets 63 Supernatural Companion (3) Book of Secrets 74
Oracular Ability (3) Book of Secrets 72 Sympathizer (-1) Book of Secrets 64
Overconfident (-1) Book of Secrets 48 Taint of Corruption (-7) Book of Secrets 96
Overextended (-4) Book of Secrets 68 Throwback (-1 to -5) Book of Secrets 85
Paranormal Prohibition or Imperitive (-2 to -8) Book of Secrets 83 Ties (3) M20 643
Parlor Trick (3) Book of Secrets 73 Time Sense (1) Book of Secrets 44
Perfect Liar (2) Book of Secrets 56 Too Tough to Die (5) M20 644
Permanent Paradox Flow (-2, -4 or -6) Book of Secrets 89 Troublemaker (-2) Book of Secrets 65
Permanent Wound (-3) Book of Secrets 41 True Faith (7) M20 644
Merit or Flaw (value) Title & Page Number Merit or Flaw (value) Title & Page Number
Derangement Title & Page Number Derangement Title & Page Number
Trait Title & Page Number Trait Title & Page Number
System Title & Page Number System Title & Page Number
Accelerated Youth or Decay HDYDT 111 Botches and Magick M20 393
Actions M20 388 Botching and the Rule of One M20 393
Action Summaries M20 391 Bringing “There” to “Here” HDYDT 80
Advantages (Optional Rule) M20 658 Bustin’ Stuff (Optional Rule) M20 439, 457
Adversarial Backgrounds Book of Secrets 35 Casting Magick M20 500, 528
The Agama Sojourn M20 478 The Cauls M20 232
Allies, Totems, & Self-Possession (Optional Rule) HDYDT 124 Certámen M20 143; Book of Secrets 112
Ancestor Venerations Book of Secrets 193 Changing Focus & Allegiance M20 339
Animals M20 618 Channeling the Dead HDYDT 87
Animating the Dead HDYDT 87 Channeling Quintessence M20 332, HDYDT 43
Anti-Magick (Optional Rule) M20 545 Chantries M20 77
Apprenticeship M20 337 Child-Mages Book of Secrets 115
Appropriate and Opposed Resonance M20 535 Cinematic Damage (Optional Rule) M20 412
Archmastery of Spheres (Optional Rule) M20 68 Cloning/Creating/Impersonating a Living Creature HDYDT 23
Armor & Shields M20 447 Coincidental Magick M20 63, 530, 533
Astral Travel M20 87, 476 Colors of Magick HDYDT 43
Aura Colors and Textures HDYDT 53 Combat M20 409
Automatic Successes (Optional Rule) M20 539 Combat System Charts M20 445
Avatar & Genius M20 338 Combat Tactics M20 416
Avatar Essences M20 266 Complementary Rolls (Optional Rule) M20 389
Avatar Storm (Optional Rule) M20 479 Computer Systems and InfoTech Book of Secrets 116
Awakening Substances M20 443 Conceptual Entropy HDYDT 134
Bargaining HDYDT 91 Countermagick M20 545
Belief M20 567 Crafting Wonders Book of Secrets 151, 160
Binding Oaths HDYDT 133 Creating a Realm HDYDT 41
Biotech M20 657; HDYDT 23 Damage M20 334, 412
A Bit of Spirit? (Optional Rule) HDYDT 16 The Data Sphere (Optional Rule) M20 467
Blessings and Curses HDYDT 133 Defense HDYDT 67
Body Control (Optional Rule) M20 285 Differential Background (Optional Rule) M20 302
Body Modifications HDYDT 21 Difficulties M20 386
System Title & Page Number System Title & Page Number
The Difficulties of Going Back in Time (Optional Rule) HDYDT 111 Magick and the “Free Botch” Option M20 393
Disembodiment and Void Adaptation M20 88 Magick in the Otherworlds M20 483
The Disparates M20 196; Book of Secrets 233 Magick and Violence M20 413, HDYDT 57
Disparate Protectorates Book of Secrets 234 Magickal Duels M20 430
Dividing Successes (Optional Rule) M20 538 Magickal Reference Charts M20 502
Dividing Successes in Advance (Optional Rule) M20 538 Management of Human Resources (Optional Rule) M20 595
Do: The Peaceful Way (Optional Rule) M20 428 Marauder Quiet M20 230
Dodging the Blast (Optional Rule) M20 438 Martial Arts Abilities HDYDT 59
The Domino Effect (Optional Rule) M20 539 Melee Weapons M20 450
Dramatic Feats M20 403 Mental Resistance, Recognition, & Duration HDYDT 117
Drugs, Poisons, & Disease M20 441 Merits & Flaws (Optional Rule) M20 652
Drunken Style (Optional Rule) M20 424 Minimum Abilities (Optional Rule) M20 276
Electrocution M20 438 Minimum Driving Skill (Optional Rule) M20 459
Elements and Spheres HDYDT 27 Mixing Practices M20 572
Elemental Assault and Defense HDYDT 37 Morbidity and Jhor HDYDT 84
Elemental Kinetics HDYDT 28 Movement M20 400
Enchanting Objects HDYDT 45 Multiple Actions M20 388
Energizing Organisms HDYDT 47 Mystic Physics HDYDT29
Energy Vampirism HDYDT 49 The Negation Men Book of Secrets 249
Exorcism HDYDT 125 Neurodiversity and Mental Traits Book of Secrets 42
Explosions M20 437 Nephandi Ranks M20 226
Extended Actions M20 389 Night-Folk Counterspelling M20 546
Falls and Impact M20 439 Nodes M20 78
The Fallen M20 224; Book of Secrets 240 The Old Roads, Paths of the Wyck, & the Null Zone M20 86
Fallen Traditions M20 139 Ordeal Book of Secrets 216
Fate and Fortune HDYDT 132 Paradigms M20 568; Book of Secrets 188
Feats of Focused Chi HDYDT 64 Paradox in Mage Revised (Optional Rule) M20 550
Features and Flaws (Wonders) (Optional Rule) Book of Secrets 156 Patch ‘Em Up (Optional Rule) M20 409
Fire M20 436 The Periphery M20 81
Flight HDYDT 75 Pooling Backgrounds M20 301
Focus M20 62, 565; Book of Secrets 167 Portals to Elsewhere M20 86
Forces and Weight HDYDT 29 Powers of True Faith (Optional Rule) M20 645
Gates and Portals HDYDT 79 Practices M20 573; Book of Secrets 196
The Gauntlet M20 82,475 Practice and Coincidence M20 572
General Action Rolls (Optional Rule) M20 414 The Precepts of Damien M20 168
Genius Eidolons M20 266 “Prepped and Ready” Instrumental Operations Book of Secrets 206
Ghost-Calling HDYDT 85 Primary Instruments Book of Secrets 170
Gnosticism M20 39 Professional Skills & Expert Knowledges (Optional Rule) M20 277
HAB/HOO/HYP & RBD/PBD M20 534 Prophecy and Hindsight HDYDT 55
Hacking Book of Secrets 123 Protective or Offensive Countermagick (Optional Rule) M20 545
Harsh Weather and Environments M20 435 The Protocols and the Rule of Shade M20 140
Harvesting Quintessence Through Sacrifice (Optional) HDYDT 49 Psychic Assault HDYDT 121
Healing M20 406, 408 Psychic Resonance HDYDT 122
Higher Limits on Flaws (Optional) Book of Secrets 35 Psychic and Spiritual Elementalism HDYDT 35
Horizon Constructs M20 187 Psychic Trauma M20 407
Illusion HDYDT 129 Pulling on Mythic Threads M20 530
Initiative Movement M20 399 Puppetry and Possession HDYDT 122
Instruments M20 588; Book of Secrets 205 Questioning Coincidence M20 372
Inventing, Modifying, & Improving Technology M20 463 Quiet M20 554
Invoking Spirit Possession HDYDT 123 Quiet Manifestations M20 559
Knocking People Unconscious (Optional Rule) Book of Secrets 102 Quintessence M20 79
Left- and Right-Hand Paths M20 574 Quintessence Amounts HDYDT 51
Levels of Sphere Progress and Expertise M20 68 Quintessential Blessings HDYDT 48
Living and Virtual Foundations Book of Secrets 154 Raising & Buying Backgrounds with XP (Optional Rule) M20 336
Locking an Effect M20 511 Ranged Weapons M20 452
Losing My Religion HDYDT 135 Reality Zones (Optional Rule) M20 21, 611
The Mad M20 234; Book of Secrets 243 Reflexive Action M20 388
Mages, the Blood Bond, and the Effects of Vitae Book of Secrets 76 Resisted Actions M20 390
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