Basically two questions about compounds.

1) What is the effective magic rating for compounds that grant critter powers like innate spell. Can you just use essence for mundanes drinking such an elixir?

2) What happens when a compound or someone affected by it comes across a background count? Does the effect wear off, is it lowered or is it unaffected by it?

Nope! Obviously, some magical compounds are more effective for those with a Magic rating.


Since magical compounds do not have a Force, they are not affected by background counts directly. The background count lowers the user's Magic rating, which in turn can lower the effects of the compound-granted abilities in some cases. Durations are based on Essence, not Magic, and are not affected. Keen, huh?

Ah ok, thank you.

Makes Sense... Thanks for the Information, I was also wondering about the effects of Background counts on compounds...

Orichalcum needs a magical field to exist right?
so what would happen with that stuff in a Void?
Or Shallow or fovae or however it is now called?

Not to exist. To be created.

Then why hasn't any orichalcum been found from the last ages of magic?

It has. It was just post Haley's Comet.

My personal theory is that those viens are like Alchera or the caverns under LA.

Indeed there have been...

For example? O.o
The Veins are natural Orichalcum.
That has been created by the Mana-SURGE of old Shiney up there.

Orichalcum has been found, in a way, pre-Awakening.