Siphon Mana

Prime	●●●●●
Instant	None
Vulgar	Unraveling
Mage The Awakening Sourcebook, p.231 Rotes
Guardians :	Needle in a Bug
Ladder :	Press Gang
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The mage can siphon Mana at sensory range from an unwilling mage and add it to his own pool.

• Practice: Unraveling
• Action: Instant; subtract target’s Stamina
• Aspect: Vulgar
• Cost: None

One Mana point is channeled per success. The caster cannot add more to his pool than the maximum amount allowed (based on his Gnosis^[1]). Each successive casting against the same target within the same scene suffers a cumulative –2 dice penalty.

Sleepers or other creatures cannot be siphoned (they do not have spendable Mana). (Although they can be killed without the need of a spell to yield their Health’s worth in Mana^[2].)

Silver Ladder Rote: Press Gang

• Dice Pool: Resolve + Intimidation + Prime – Stamina

Just as kings of old demanded tithes from their vassals, some mages of the Silver Ladder exact tribute from willing allies, unwilling rivals and outright enemies.

Guardians of the Veil Rote: Needle in a Bug

• Dice Pool: Composure + Intimidation + Prime

Guardians of the Veil use a variant rote to mitigate the threat posed by a hostile willworker.