Step One: Foundation – Materials and Craftsmanship
System
A foundation is the Wonder’s basis – the book, blade, cloak, computer program, set of clothing, piece of statuary, injection of fluid, or whatever else the mage wants to invest with his magick or technology. Typically, that foundation is a material object; it could, however, be a virtual program, a performance, or even a living creature. (For details about such Wonders, see the sidebar Living and Virtual Foundations.) So long as that foundation provides a reliable focus for the Wonder’s Effects, a mage can employ almost anything that the Storyteller allows him to use… assuming, of course, that such foundations suit that mage’s beliefs and practices.