The Technocracy is to be avoided at all costs, as they are the authors of the Changelings' misfortune -- people who hasten Autumn toward the Endless Winter many Changelings fear so.

As for the other Magi, they are pretty much dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Some are allowed membership in Freeholds and faerie glens; others are avoided like the plague.

Some fae regard magi as lost relatives to the faerie. The magi's relations with the fae can and do extend from sharing a freehold's Glamour (which magi call Quintessence) to avoiding them outright because they can suck the Glamour right out of a Freehold for their own purposes.

BANALITY RATINGS

(these are only to be used as guidelines - all characters should be assessed on a case by case basis)

0-2 Marauders
2-4 Mysticks (Verbena, Cult of Ecstasy, Hermetics)
4-6 True Believers (Nephandi, Celestial Chorus, Akashic Brotherhood, Euthanatos, most Craft wizards)
6-8 Modern Cynics (Sons of Ether, Hollow Ones, Virtual Adepts, many Orphans)
8-10 Technocracy Mages

Information regarding crossovers from the sourcebooks:

From Changeling Storyteller’s Guide, pg. 90-93.

The Associated Traditions:

Verbena: The “Druids” and their old ways are the most closely tied to the Kithain of all the Magi.

Order of Hermes: The “High Mages” are rumored to have some ties to the nobles.

Dreamspeakers: They are some of the least Banal of the magi, but the fae are generally wary of all magi.

Resisting Enchantment:

The will and sense of reality of mages is stronger than that of most people. Therefore, when a changeling is attempting to enchant a mage, the mage may be able to resist the effect of the enchantment. To do so requires a Willpower roll for the mage (difficulty 8). The mage must score one success for each point of Glamour that the changeling invested in the enchantment attempt.

Countermagick:

Kithain magic and True Magick flow fundamentally from the same source. As such, mages can attempt to resist the power of a Kithain’s cantrips. The flipside of this is that a Kithain can use her Glamour to counter a mage's power as well. Doing this removes a bit of magic from the world, and risks giving the changeling more Banality.

When a Kithain performs a cantrip that will affect a mage,the mage can use her Arete to counter the cantrip. The system for this is to roll the mage's Arete with the difficulty equal to the highest level of Art being used in the cantrip +3. This is the formula regardless of whether the mage is using countermagick, unweaving or anti-magick.

To resist mage magick,a changeling player must roll her Glamour against a difficulty of the highest Sphere rating used in the effect +4. If successful in countering the effect, the changeling receives a point of temporary Banality for having removed some small bit of magic from the world.

Finding a Freehold:

To locate a freehold, a mage must first actively examine an area and must use both Spirit 1 and Prime 1 on the location he thinks may be a freehold. He then must succeed in an Arete roll (difficulty 9). A failure indicates that the mages fails to notice the freehold and sees only the seeming of the place. If he succeeds, he sees a brief glimpse of the freehold's true nature.

(Draining a Freehold of its Glamour in order to gain Quintessence IS A CRIME AGAINST CHANGELINGS. Please do not attempt this without consulting the mage and fae storytellers.)

Spirit Sphere:

The sphere of magick dealing with Spirit is the closest to the Dreaming,touching it in places. Mages who are proficient in this sphere can use it to perceive and affect the Dreaming.

Any mage with one dot in Spirit can attempt to discover if someone is Kithain by rolling his Arete (difficulty 7). To perceive the local Near Dreaming, the mage must roll Arete (difficulty 8). If the mages wants to scan an area for a Kithain presence, again,an Arete roll is called for difficulty 9).

Awareness:

A mage who has encountered the fae in the past may sense their presence with an Awareness roll (difficulty 9).

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