Gnosis

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New Advantage: Gnosis Those who Awaken to the Mysteries can work their will on the fabric of reality. This magical, empowered will is measured by Gnosis, the quality separating the Awakened from Sleepers. Gnosis marks a mage’s connection to the Supernal World and his Path’s Watchtower. It is the mechanism by which he can contact a higher reality.

As part of the Mage Template, mages receive one dot of Gnosis as a result of their Awakening. Additional dots may be acquired with the expenditure of experience points, or initial Merit dots can be spent to add extra Gnosis<ref>[[Mage The Awakening Sourcebook|MtA]], p. 66</ref>.

A Sleeper whose soul flickers is said to Awaken. He receives a blinding flash of insight, but does not gain a Gnosis rating. This Awakening is temporary unless it is cemented by the nascent mage’s successful attainment of a Watchtower. If he fails its tests, his insight fades and he falls back to Sleep.  For those who do succeed and become mages, further increases in Gnosis come with hard work and dedication (i.e., the expenditure of experience points).

{{info}} Players roll Gnosis + Arcanum when casting '''improvised''' spells<ref>[[Mage The Awakening Sourcebook|MtA]], p. 110-129</ref>.

{{info}} Gnosis governs how many points of [[Mana]] a player can spend in a single turn and also limits how much [[Mana]] a mage can hold within his Pattern.  

{{info}} Mages can maintain only a certain number of active spells simultaneously, equal to Gnosis +3. A mage cannot exceed this limit. If he has already reached it, he must cancel one of his active spells before he can cast a new spell.

{{plus}} The higher a mage’s Gnosis, the more quickly he can cast elaborate or powerful (Extended Casting) spells<ref>[[Mage The Awakening Sourcebook|MtA]], p. 121</ref>.

{{plus}} Mages with Gnosis 6 or higher can increase their [[Attributes]] and [[Skills]] past 5 dots.

{{plus}} Mages can '''combine spells''' into a single casting, limited by his Gnosis<ref>[[Mage The Awakening Sourcebook|MtA]], p. 128-129</ref>.

{{minus}} Gnosis determines a character’s potential to gain mastery of an Arcanum and even master successive Arcana<ref>[[Mage The Awakening Sourcebook|MtA]], p. 76</ref>.

{{minus}} The higher a mage’s Gnosis, the harder it is for him to cloak or hide his personal or magical resonance from others.

{{minus}} A mage’s odds of causing a [[Paradox]] with his magic increase as his Gnosis rises<ref>[[Source::Mage The Awakening Sourcebook|MtA]], p. 123-125</ref>.



===Gnosis===
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===Arcana Mastery===
{{Tables/Arcana Mastery}}


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