Domino Effect

When too many coincidences happen in one place, they stretch the bounds of possibility. As more and more events favor a mage, the likelihood of other good luck becomes smaller. Eventually, the run of good luck becomes improbable, and Effects that would’ve been coincidental become vulgar instead. Mages refer to this complication as the Domino Effect - knock down too many coincidences in a row, and they stack up until they’re just too implausible.

Each time you cast a coincidental Effect, you decrease the likelihood of another favorable coincidence. You add a + 1 Trait difficulty to the casting of subsequent coincidental Effects. This modifier stacks, so you take a +3 Trait difficulty to your next Effect after three successive turns of coincidental Effects. In this case, it may be harder to cast each following Effect than it would be to cast vulgar magic. You still won’t gamer Paradox if you succeed, though. The modifier drops by one for each turn that you don’t perform a coincidental Effect.

If your domino modifier reaches +3 Traits, then it stays at that level, and all subsequent coincidental Effects are now vulgar until you spend a turn without casting any magic. Then it drops back to a +2 modifier and dissipates at the standard rate.