Question: Your Magic purview states that, "Any use of the Magic purview constitutes a manipulation of Fate itself, and as such all Magic spells also cause Fatebindings to attach themselves to the Scion, regardless of whether or not he or she has spent any Legend points to cast them.". Does this mean a Hero-level Scion will automatically incur fatebinding upon use of Magic? Or does the ST still roll as per usual?
Yep, that is what it means; all Magic spells, regardless of level, usage or cost, automatically incur a Fatebond. Using Magic is, after all, actually reaching out and poking at Fate itself to get it to do what you want, so it's not surprising that it pokes back.
In practical terms for Heroes, it basically means that using Magic at all causes a small Fatebond (usually only level 1 or 2, so it won't last long and can usually be easily left behind); if you spent Legend at the same time or in the same scene, the Storyteller will still roll as normal and may add that to enhance that Fatebond or cause new Fatebonds to crop up.
Heroes seldom have to worry about Fatebonds, as their Legend ratings just aren't high enough to make new ones really stick. But it's still not impossible, and those who use Magic are just that much more likely to get Fate's attention, since they're busily using it for their own ends all the time. Scions who use Magic are pulling Fate's tail; it'll let you do it, but it won't let you do it for free.
(Some of this may change in future revampings of the Fatebond system; we've been talking about making Magic use simply add to the roll in some reasonable way instead of causing an automatic Fatebond, but we're still not sure yet if that change needs to be made.)
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