So, if one has Hermetic Geometry from The Mysteries, one gains access to several new targets and durations, among them Arcane Circle. To wit:
“New Target: Arcane Circle
Equivalent to Part.
Since all circles are connected by sympathetic magic, by scribing one circle the magus may connect to another circle elsewhere.
The benefit of this new Target is that a maga may cast a spell with Circle Target, but need not be able to reach the target to trace the circle in-place. Instead, by tracing a circle she can reach, she may affect the remote circle too.
The spell creates a circle of magic about the target point. The magical circle may be seen with magical senses such as Second Sight (as an invisible thing, Ease Factor 9), or detected by Intellego Vim.
The disadvantage is that the spell is broken if either of the two circles is broken. (Anyone who can sense the magical circle can break it as if it were a real line.)
The line traced must be a perfect circle (as opposed to the standard Circle Target). The magical circle is exactly the same size as the scribed circle, but located about the target point. Large circles require both Dexterity and Concentration rolls for each round of tracing or drawing (ArM5, page 112).
The location of the center point of the Arcane Circle is calculated just like a Line Range — indeed, if the Range is Line or Duration Arcane Ring, only one calculation is needed.”
My question is simple: does a magus with Short-Ranged Magic or a Restriction like the Columbae’s, where the target must be marked, have to deal those restrictions? I.e. does marking the drawn circle allow it to be marked by the Columbae? Does it count as short range or long range?