{"id":"mage/power/rote/deep-techniques","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Deep Techniques","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":60}],"entries":["You cannot learn the following techniques at the local YWCA. All of the following feats are considered to be “deep-practice techniques” – that is, secrets that you learn only through discipline and devotion to the practice in question. And so, in game-terms, a character cannot employ these feats until he has at least three dots in either {@focus_practice Martial Arts|M20} or Do. He might have the Arete and Spheres to perform the technique from a magickal perspective, but lacks the skill to channel them through his martial-arts practice.","The most potent forms of esoteric martial-arts cannot be performed unless the practitioner has reached the highest levels of accomplishment. As a rule, then, assume that a mage cannot perform a magickal martial-arts feat if the highest Sphere Rank is higher than his {@focus_practice Martial Arts|M20} Ability. If Marcus C, for example, has three dots in {@focus_practice Martial Arts|M20}, he can’t use a technique of Sphere Rank 4 or 5, even if he’s got the Arete and Spheres to pull it off. This way, in game terms, a player must advance his character’s martial-arts prowess in order to refine his magickal power. For more details, see the sidebar Optional"],"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/deep-techniques","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/deep-techniques","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/deep-techniques/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":60,"folio":60,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Deep Techniques","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"You cannot learn the following techniques at the local YWCA. All of the following feats are considered to be “deep-practice techniques” – that is, secrets that you learn only through discipline and devotion to the","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}