Static Difficulty of Spells = Highest Level Sphere + 1 + Modifiers


Difficulty Modifiers:

- Each additional Sphere adds 1 Level
- If it's Vulgar Magic, add 1 Level. If there are witnesses, add an additional Level of difficulty.
- If it's in conflict with your Avatar, add 1 Level
- If it goes against your Resonance, add 1 Level
- If you're heavily distracted, add 1 Level
- If you don't have a focus, add 3 Levels. You also lose on ties.

- Each point of Quintessence you spend subtracts 1 Level
- If you're at a Node, subtract 1 Level

Note: Difficulty Modifiers cannot be increased or decreased past 3.



Arete Bid Modifiers:

- If you take additional time (variable), add 1-3 Levels
- If you're using your Specialty Focus, add 1 Level. If you're using your Unique Focus, add 2 Levels instead. These two Modifiers DO NOT STACK.
- If you're working with your Resonance, add 1 Level.



Grades of Success:

- You may burn 1 (and only 1) point of Willpower for 1 automatic grade of success.
   - You may also burn 1 point of Willpower for an Arete retest.
- For each Level of Arete you have over 1, make an additional test at the same difficulty. For each success, you gain an additional grade of success.
- If you have 4 or more Levels in an Ability that's relevant to the Foci being used, you may burn 1 Level of that Ability for an automatic grade of success.