Editing The Gift:Characters (section)

===The Golden Path===

Mages of the Golden Path study how to use magic to produce pleasure.  Mages follow the path in many different ways.  Some concern themselves primarily with their own pleasure, some concern themselves primarily with the pleasure of others, some merely use pleasure as a tool.  Some pursue pleasures of the intellect, some of the body, some of art, some that are simply inexplicable.  Golden Path mages are taught not to have any loyalty to the school per se, although it is unsurprising that they often enjoy each other’s company.  Some Golden Path mages have grown to treat normal human beings as toys only, using them for fun and then discarding them with little thought for the consequences.  Golden Path ritual and symbolism is highly personalized and each mage will have developed their own style.

As hedonistic as many of its mages seem to be, there is nothing easy this approach to magic and only students who are both intelligent and hard-working will become mages.  Apprentices must study various sciences that relate to pleasure of the body and mind, as well as being trained in how to manipulate human feeling.  Spells focus on mind control.  The final spell a student learns is Ecstasy, frequently leading the student to become an Ecstasy addict ever after.

Cost: 23 points.

Skills:  Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Erotic Art, Fast-Talk, First-Aid, Herb Lore, Naturalist, Physiology, Psychology, Savoir-Faire, Streetwise, Symbol Drawing (Golden Path).

Spells:

Communication and Empathy:  Sense Emotion, Sense Foes.

Mind Control:  Bravery, Charm, Ecstasy, Emotion Control, Fear, Foolishness, Loyalty, Lure.


House Stances

Magic:  The ultimate drug.

Themselves:  We are what all the others are, only we have the guts to admit it.

The Council:  Power, power, power.  But what is it all for?

The Circle:  I like them when they don’t take themselves too seriously.

The Cooperative:  They throw some very interesting parties, especially the Unchained.