{"id":"mage/power/rote/altering-properties","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Altering Properties","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":48}],"entries":["Because Quintessence provides the essential energy for physical existence, a mage can alter certain aspects of that existence by altering the flow of Quintessence within an object. While that’s a pretty high-level feat ({@sphere Prime|M20} 4, to be exact), a {@sphere Prime|M20} Adept can combine that Sphere with the {@sphere Forces|M20} and {@sphere Matter|M20} Spheres in order to change qualities of a substance or force.","With Rank 4 expertise in the Spheres involved, an aspiring Master can change magnetic polarities ({@sphere Forces|M20} 4/ {@sphere Matter|M20} 4/ {@sphere Prime|M20} 4); remove a chemical’s ability to form chemical bonds with other chemicals, and thus alter or remove that chemical’s usual effects ({@sphere Matter|M20} 4/ {@sphere Prime|M20} 4); turn a “solid” object insub-stantial (again, {@sphere Matter|M20} 4/ {@sphere Prime|M20} 4); extract the “shocking” qualities from electricity; create fire that does not generate heat or consume its fuel ({@sphere Forces|M20} 4/ {@sphere Prime|M20} 4); or perform other strange acts of physics. Although {@sphere Forces|M20} and {@sphere Matter|M20} alone can perform such feats at various Ranks – as described under Mystic"],"tags":["hdydt","feat"],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"hdydt-feats"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/altering-properties","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/altering-properties","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/altering-properties/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":48,"folio":48,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Altering Properties","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Because Quintessence provides the essential energy for physical existence, a mage can alter certain aspects of that existence by altering the flow of Quintessence within an object. While that’s a pretty high-level feat","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}