Merit
Cost: • to •••••
Prerequisites:
- Mysterium Status •
This Merit reflects a deeper inclusion into Mysterium secrets than the Mysterium Status Merit normally grants.
Mystery Initiation opens the doors to the communal experience of living magic the Mysterium calls the egregore. Access to the egregore opens certain techniques for use within Mysterium rituals.
Each level of this Merit allows an additional ability:
Mysteriorum Arche (•):
: In a teamwork spellcasting roll in which the character is participating, she does not suffer the –3 penalty to contribute without the necessary Arcanum rating, and adds an automatic success if a full participant.
All members of the ritual team must possess this Merit.
Mysteriorum Anima (••):
At this level, your character’s full Mysterium Status applies to all Mysterium Caucuses, not just her local one.
Mysteriorum Barathrum (•••):
Your character is initiated sufficiently as to be part of the knowledge base.
She does not require physical access to any Library held by her cabal or Mysterium Caucus, and once per chapter may gain the Informed Condition regarding the local Mysterium’s membership, specialties, Merits, Obsessions, and Arcana.
Mysteriorum Calamitas (••••):
Your character has been granted secrets of techniques which decouple physical objects from magic. The first magical tool your character uses in a spell counts as a Dedicated Magical Tool.
Mysteriorum Focus (•••••):
Your character connects with the Order’s fundamental ethos, on a level beyond most any other members. When she’s in an Order Sanctum, she’s considered to have a Medium sympathetic connection to all members of the Order.