Entropy Sphere House Rules
By Anders Sandberg Jul. 1995Here is how I deal with Entropy.
Entropy mainly deals with how patterns change and organize themselves. While many mages concentrate on the disorder/randomness aspect, other mages use it to increase order and remove unwanted factors.
The Sphere levels deal with what kind of system is affected.
Level 2 deals with chaotic systems, where the creation and dissolution of patterns are completely unpredictable (randomness). It allows the mage to control how it behaves, like biasing probabilities or making certain patterns appear.
Level 3 deals with systems which in their natural state are stable but subjected to the third law of thermodynamics (closed systems and similar things), they gradually move towards higher levels of entropy. The mage can control how this happens, like making a stick wither or making crystallization become perfect.
Level 4 deals with systems which try to remain in their state, like living beings, and when disturbed actively try to return. The mage can now interfere with or help this process, making it harder or simpler for a living being to heal or an organization to survive a budget cut.
Level 5 deals with all systems, even systems which are normally outside of change. Now the mage can attack the organization of any system, including abstract ideas, time, space and magick itself.
