Paradox and Quiet
System
As the sections above suggest, a mage’s Paradox back lashes and onsets of Quiet may be deeply influenced by her Resonance. The poetic qualities of Paradox and Quiet might either mirror your character’s Quiet – dropping the aforemen tioned Feral witch into a wilderness mindscape or afflicting her with animalistic Paradox Flaws – or else reversing it with painful ironies, like a city-based mindscape or a sudden allergy or aversion to animals. In either case, the downsides of magick should take many cues from Resonance or Synergy, reflecting it back upon the mage with fitting exquisite cruelty.
If your group chooses to incorporate the optional Resonance and /or Synergy Trait(s) into your chronicle, as mentioned in Mage 20 (pp. 333, 560-561), then apply the following rules to your game: