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The '''One True Edition''' (abbreviated '''OTE''') is a now-outdated term for [[Ars Magica Revised Edition]].

Before the publication of [[Fourth Edition]], there was a minority in the [[Fan Community|fan community]] who disliked the tone and style of [[Third Edition]] and continued to play and praise Revised Edition. Part of this has to do with [[Third Edition]]'s dark tone and its introduction of unpopular elements such as [[True Reason]]. Part of it has to do with Revised Edition's comparatively slim 160-page size and concise writing style, in contrast to the wordiness of the later Third Edition.

The term fell out of currency when [[Fourth Edition]] was released, and has been rarely mentioned except in historical context since [[Fifth Edition]] came to be.

== Other Meanings of "OTE" ==
[[Atlas Games]] publishes another role-playing game, ''[http://www.atlas-games.com/overtheedge/index.php Over the Edge]'', which is not related to Ars Magica. In Atlas' blog posts, it sometimes refers to this game by the initials OTE. Generally, in the Ars Magica [[fan community]], references to ''Over the Edge'' are infrequent and will be spelled out to avoid confusion.