Entropy Effects
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• Ring of Truth — For those who believe in such things, destiny has a way of coming to the fore. Prophets speak the words of destiny, and
events come to pass; people make simple statements that turn out to hold profound truths. Attention to destiny (or just to the patterns that indicate
when someone is most likely to lie or to be right about something) can tell a mage whether someone's words hold accuracy.
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Ring of Truth relies on some tie to destiny to determine veracity. Although this powerful Effect can help a mage determine if someone islying or if the individual's words are somehow important, it has limits. The mage can only analyze something that has meaning to her — a question
that has no relevance to the mage or the subject cannot be analyzed. That is, the mage cannot simply query a random person on the street, or even a
cabal-mate, about sundry details of the Technocracy and expect an objective assessment of truth if the questions are without connection or context
to the subject. Furthermore, the Effect is not infallible, and it often leaves the mage with cryptic hunches or incomplete answers. Fate is fickle.
"Reply hazy. Try again later".