Rules reference
Skills overview and how checks typically work. Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition is a tabletop RPG where you play as Awakened mages who can bend reality through the Spheres. As a mage, you belong to a Tradition (like the Order of Hermes, Verbena, or Virtual Adepts) and use your understanding of reality to cast magic, all while managing Paradox and Consensus.
Skills describe trained competence. Use this page to quickly understand what the skill list covers and how to pick priorities.
Roll when the outcome is uncertain and matters. If it’s routine and no one at the table cares about failure, just succeed and move on.
Before rolling, say what success gives you and what failure costs (time, exposure, resources, harm).