Veritas:
am not certain that a high magical aura would cause an increased botch chance of studying from Vis.
If I recall correctly the number of botch die would increase based on the amount of Vis used. The aura would only add botch die if it were not aligned with its use. (E.g a mage Studying Vis in a Faerie aura rather than a magical one.)
I also don't believe that other modifiers are doubled when you roll a 1. Only the result of the stress die is.
I was in the same boat as you. I might be recalling the conclusion wrongly but as per corebook p.183 "For each point of aura rating, roll an extra botch die." & the conversation below, I think the ruling was you add the botch dice.
After years I re-read the experimentation section and was surprised to read thatin the case of experientation, magical auras add to the botch dices.
This means that experimental magi prefer no aura labs?
Seems counter to the rest of the cannon where magical aura's are good for hermetic magi...
Should it make it to an errata?
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