Timing, goes the old saying, is everything. And so, a mage with a sense of “perfect timing” can reduce the difficulty of certain tasks, and thus give herself a better chance of succeeding simply because she understands the best moment to act.

As detailed in Mage 20, Chapter Ten, under the heading Magick Enhancing Abilities (p. 533), a successful Arete roll, when using the Perfect Moment feat, lowers the difficulty of an Attribute + Ability roll, by a factor of -1 difficulty for each success rolled with the Arete dice pool, up to a maximum reduction of -3. Three successes, then, would lower the difficulty of a mundane activity roll by -3. If Lee Ann, for example, were to use her sense of timing in order to make a dramatic entrance, her player could lower the difficulty of a Charisma + Etiquette roll; three successes lowers that difficulty by -3, thus giving Lee Ann an insight into just the right moment in order to score the best impression upon her audience.

Simple and Complicated Moments