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Game-wise, a mage must have at least three dots in either the Prime or Primal Utility Spheres if she wants to use “more than her share” of energy. Any mage with an Avatar Background can absorb that Background’s worth of Quintessence from a Node or Tass, or use the points of Quintessence in the Quintessence wheel on her character sheet. In order to use

more points of Quintessence than she has in her Avatar Background rating, however, and in order to use Quintessence from other sources, she must have at least Rank 3 in the Prime or Primal Utility Spheres. As an example, Jinx (Avatar 5) can use up to five points of Quintessence per turn, while Sabra, (Avatar 1) may use only one point of Quintessence per turn until he achieves Prime 3.