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I have found some reference to this online. I would like to confirm it, as I've not see the ruling in books themselves:

The primary arcanum in a legacy from my understanding also turns into the ruling arcanum for the mage who joins the legacy.

Is this true? If so, which book/page is the ruling regarding it located?

Is this an additional perk, beyond the legacy's attainments, that all legacies provide?

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  • \$\begingroup\$ This needs an edition tag: either [chronicles-of-darkness-1e] (i.e. nWoD, from White-Wolf) or [chronicles-of-darkness-2e] (i.e. nWoD-2e, CoD, GMC-RU... from Onyx Path). \$\endgroup\$
    – Frames Catherine White
    Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 7:12
  • \$\begingroup\$ I am guessing 1e, as otherwise it should have been using the 2e tag for mage also. \$\endgroup\$
    – Frames Catherine White
    Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 11:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ Yep, this is a 1E question \$\endgroup\$
    – Kiraya
    Commented Mar 26, 2017 at 8:25

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It is correct.

The rule is found in the Mage the Awakening corebook, page 345, fifth bullet point under "Advantages of Attainments"

Some legacies have attainments that utilise a primary Arcanum other than the parent Path's Ruling Arcanum

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The Legacy's primary Arcanum can be learned as if it were a Ruling Arcanum

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In addition, the required Mana point normally required for improvised casting is not spent when using that Arcanum

Technically it is not a Ruling arcanum, but I cannot find any advantage a Ruling arcanum gives that this doesn't, so it is effectively a third Ruling Arcanum.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thank you, I've been looking all over for the ruling on this, appearently it was under "attaiment advantages"... Which is a bit weird since that piece of information isn't really apart of attaiments. \$\endgroup\$
    – Kiraya
    Commented Mar 26, 2017 at 8:26
  • \$\begingroup\$ Yeah, it took me a while to find it. It was a rule I had just internalised without noticing. \$\endgroup\$
    – Teron
    Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 18:48

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