[UA] a passing thought...

[Nick Wedig]

>So magic in UA works because of the intensity of the adept's own beliefs
>about what's possible, right?  This is the reason for only being able to
>follow one school, which is fine and dandy.
>
>My question is, what happens when an Adept is confronted by someone doing
>magic in a *different* way to themselves?  Wouldn't that be a bit of a
>world-shaker?  Seems a Self test or somesuch might be in order to deal with
>the fact that, despite the furious certainty of your beliefs the world is
>demonstrating itself to *not* be the way you have decided it is?

If you want to push it, I'd say give them Unnatural checks the same as or more difficult than those mundanes would experience.  Unnatural in this case could mean things significantly different from what it does for most people (imagine an adept who doesn't believe in, say, atoms [something involving his school, obviously] and is confronted ith how microwaves work).  I'd use it for anything that violates your view of the world (Self checks later if they start to doubt that view or their own perceptions).

But in general, I'd say adepts would have an easier time comprehending other magick forms, and are given bits of information regarding the existence of other schools while training.  Sophisticated teachers might give explanations for some common effects of other schools, etc, thus giving Joe Adept a leg up on the average normal.

Mr. Teapot
not an average normal

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