The benefits of initiation are many, from a connection to other Legacy members to the magical advantages of an altered Gnosis.
Yantras
Initiates learn the Legacy’s Yantras.
Most require one turn to deploy and add +1 to spellcasting rolls. A few add +2 but either impose a disadvantageous Condition or require rare materials, extra time, or special care.
The required effort is part of the Yantra, so sidestepping its disadvantages (by eliminating the stupor created by a sacred drug, for example) reduces its bonus accordingly.
Oblations
Each Legacy also teaches Oblations that reflect its philosophy and legends.
Unlike ordinary Oblations, the mage does not need to perform Legacy Oblations at a Hallow — her soul becomes the “sacred place” being drawn upon. However, a mage away from a Hallow cannot gain more Mana per day than her dots in the Legacy’s Ruling Arcanum.
Ruling Arcanum
Initiation into a Legacy confers an additional Ruling Arcanum, set by the Legacy’s creators.
This normally raises an existing Common or Inferior Arcanum to Ruling Status, but in some cases the mage already possesses the Legacy Arcanum as a Ruling Arcanum. In this case, he develops an especially strong understanding of the Arcanum’s Mysteries. Every time she learns a new dot in this Arcanum she earns an Arcane Experience.
The Mentor-Student Bond
Most Legacy tutors remain involved with their students long after first teaching the Legacy, creating a web of relationships that binds members together.
Through Legacy secrets and the teachings they specifically share, student and tutor have both shaped their Gnosis in the same fashion. Mentors and students have a Strong sympathetic link to one another.
After a scene where they interact over some mystically meaningful or emotional and intimate matter, both earn an Arcane Beat.
This Beat can only be earned once per chapter (game session), even if the tutor interacts with multiple students, or the student is also a tutor, and meets with both teacher and pupil over a short period of time.
Legacy members without teachers don’t gain this benefit, and a student can’t choose a new Tutor if she can’t or won’t connect to the old one. Only the person who initiated her triggers the advantage. Note however that these interactions don’t have to be friendly ones, either.