Mageness

Mageness is a hypothetical name for a leveled advantage meant to represent that ability to divide Magery 0 [5] into portions. The name is chosen due to similarity and because N precedes R alphabetically, allowing it to be listed first.
This has been indicated in two 4E books:
*Thaumatology 123 "In highly detailed games, “fractional” Magery 0 that partly eliminates this penalty may exist. This costs 1 point per -1 removed. A magician receives none of the other benefits of Magery 0 until he has eliminated the full -5."
*RPM 20 "As an optional rule, the GM may allow non-mages to add Magery 0 by paying 1 point at a time. If so, each point removes -1 of this penalty."
Mageness is effectively what Ritual Aptitude was in Classic.Classic: Spirits page 75.
Ritual Aptitude 5 never traditionally gave the other benefits of magery (chance of sensing mana shifts on touch, chance of sensing magic items on first touch/sight) making it effectively Magery (Functions as a Different Talent: [0%]; No Magic Item Sensitivity [-20%]) in 4e making it 4 points.
Since Total Spell Incompetence approximates a value for those aspects at 2 points, that means traditional magery aspects are otherwise 3 points. Since a suggested penalty for non-mage casters is -6, that could be broken into -2 per point.
== See Also ==
* Partially Limited Magery
==References==
Category:Advantages