Deduction

(• Life, • Mind)                                                                                           Hidden Lore   18
By sensing the small details of a stranger's life pattern and integrating them using sharp insight, a Verbena mage can decide whether the stranger represents a threat to her loved ones. In recent decades, new initiates have given this rote a pop-culture spin by expressing their conclusions in the manner of Sherlock Holmes: "1 perceive that you are left-handed, dabble in watercolors, were once a member of the Merchant Marines, and have recently visited India." Showing off with this rote around the coven is considered bad form.

[For each success rolled, the difficulty of an accompanying Mental, Intuition or Enigmas roll is reduced by -1. See "Abilities and Magick," Pa. 174 for details.]