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Name : The Mechanics
Astral Contact : Omaeteotl
Type : Initiatory / Dedicated The advancement of technology and
magic.
Member : 20
Limitations : None, even mundanes allowed.

Brief Description : The Mechanics believe in the advancement of the SOTA
curve, and pushing the technology curve further through the use of magic and
whatever else they can lay their hands on. They also believe that the
dissemination of advanced technology should be done carefully, so as not to
cause imbalances in the world at large.

Strictures
Group
Oath :Taken at their first grade they achieve with the
group.
Material Link : Normally in the form of a thesis-work, required
after the
second grade is achieved with the group.
Individual
Attendance : The group has quarterly meetings, and there is a
meeting of
all the members that happens once a year on July 8 ... this is supposedly the
date when the current astral contact came to the original Mechanics (when
secrecy was a stricture).
Belief : Members share the belief of increasing the SOTA
of technology and
magic, both on their own and together (magic and tech), but also tempered with
reason and wisdom. They also are suggested to teach/mentor people interested
in learning.
Fraternity
Karma : This only applies to when the members are
working on projects that
they are working on.
Secrecy : Never admitting or confirming the existence of the
group.

Flaws
-1 Day Job (1) : Members must have some sort of job.
-2 Thirst for Knowledge (Moderate) : Members like to seek out information on
new technologies and other theories, both mundane and magical.
-3 Unfinished Project : Each member has some task that is never
ending, like
Herc's, continuous improvement of the panzer line of Beauty.
-1 Technical School Education : Though not a true flaw, every member
must
have this edge in order to gain entry into the group, or at the least either
College Education, or Mechanical Education (for B/R skills).
-2 Dark Secret : There are some members which belong to
the more estranged
and feared totems within society.
-1 Trademark : Anything the members work on always has
something peculiar
about it.
Edges
+5 Creation Array : When group members are together and working on
the same
project, they are able to share any task pools which are pertinent to the
task.

+5 Bonus Edge Point : For every grade the member has they will
gain an edge
point in either the Skills, Mental, and Miscellaneous categories. Enhanced
Centering can also be acquired at a 2 point edge cost.
+2 Centering Skills : Mundanes gain a centering skill for
every level of
‘grade' they achieve.
+3 ‘Task Bonus' : Whenever group members work together on
a project, they
will gain an additional point in the task bonus area, at the end.
+1 Team Pool : A team pool for the Mechanics will
exist, and all members
will need to contribute a point of karma to join in the group.
+4 Lower Initiation Cost : Mundanes who are a part of the group do
not
suffer the group modifier for the karma cost for purchasing edge points.
Mundane Grade cost = 6 + Grade.