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The Magnitude of an appeal is an integral part of the Social Resolution System, and measures just how much the character is asking of his mark on a scale from 1 to 6. It forms the core of the threshold of success that marks successfully made appeals, and limits the full impact of the Opposition value.
Take a look at the Magnitude Complications.
Time Requirements:
In general, one cannot make an appeal without taking a bit of time. The higher the Magnitude of an appeal, the more time it takes in order to make that appeal. The Storyteller has final say on this issue, btu the following table tries to give a good general guideline on how long it should take to make any given appeal.
| Magnitude | Time Required |
| 0 | Reflexive (a few blurted out words) |
| 1 | One turn (a simple statement) |
| 2 | Several turns (a quick chat) |
| 3 | A few minutes (a conversation) |
| 4 | 30-45 minutes (a presentation) |
| 5 | A few hours (a long lecture) |
| 6+ | A good portion of the day (a legendary debate) |
It's possible to spend less time than this making an appeal, but this makes it harder to actually make your point, raising the difficulty of the appeal. If you decease the time by one place on the chart, you add +1 to the difficulty of the appeal, whereas if you drop two spaces on the chart you add +2 to the difficulty and eliminate the cap on Opposition allowing the final threshold to more than double. More than two spaces is generally not possible without some kind of magic.
Magnitude Flux:
In general, Magnitude is much more prone to flux than Opposition, as depending on what is asked two individuals are going to react very differently to the same request. Some will find a given request very forgettable, while others will be much less inclined. Thus the Magnitude value of a given appeal can vary based on the nature of what is being requested of the mark, which adds or subtracts up to two points to the Magnitude rating of the appeal (to a minimum of 1, or a maximum of 6).
You should only flux Magnitude due to the nature of what is being asked, not the way in which the appeal is being made. I.e., a begger asking a rich man and a poor man for some coin is going to find the rich man an easier mark as far as Magnitude goes since to him giving a coin or two to a begger is a fairly low Magnitude act. The poor man doesn't have as much, and will thus be harder to sway.
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