Entropy Effects
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• • Beginner's Luck — There is a statistical possibility that any random attempt to do anything will actually succeed. You can get a hole-inone
the first time you pick up a golf club or hit the bull's eye at a rifle range on the first try. The trouble is doing it the second time, as the chance
gets exceedingly improbable. One lucky shot is in the realm of possibility, but five holes-in-one from a rank amateur is beyond belief.
Most mages agree that skill and practice will beat blind luck any day. When faced with any feat that she has never attempted before (or at least
succeeded in), however, a mystic may use the Effect to call on the force of beginner's luck and do the impossible.
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For each success with this Effect, the Storyteller may add one success to any non-magical Skill roll that a mage's player has two dice or less to
attempt, in addition to any successes that the mage makes on her own. The "automatic successes" from this Effect last until they are used in some
spectacular success, at which point the magic expends itself.
Each future attempt to use this same magic for the
same feat adds one to the difficulty, reflecting diminishing returns. Mages who wish tocontinue to make spectacular successes should learn additional levels of the Skill in question. No one stays a beginner for long.