Entropy Effects

• • Games of Luck — By controlling localized probability, the mage can influence the outcome of nearly any game of chance. He can tell

which horse will come in, who'll get the winning poker hand and how the dice will fall. As with all Effects of this sort, the mage's successes get

increasingly improbable as they continue. At low levels of success, the mage might influence the events but not completely get the desired result.

At high levels, the mage can exert a fine (but not exact or total) control over the outcome of such random games. Although it may seem that a mage

could make large quantities of cash this way, chance has a way of catching up. Besides, the bookies probably won't let your Virtual Adept run the

numbers on his laptop while he's playing poker!