For a burnout mage, doesn't aspected sorcerer kind of fit? I mean, you are going to invest in some combat skills because your lower magic rating makes you more likely to take drain, so you are less likely to cast combat spells. You spread your skill set thinner by doing so, specializing seems pretty efficient at that point. To me, if you are playing something other than just the regular 'magician' you have to specialize or risk being totally ineffective instead of just less versatile. I still don't know about losing astral projection, though. For a burnout kind of guy, being aspected allows you to only worry about a couple of mental skills (for instance, intuition and willpower only if you have the proper path) and it won't handicap you in astral space because you can't go there, only perceive. Now your physical stats will be better. Less of a mage, to be sure, but is it enough of a mage to handle the job that the mage needs to do?
