Ritual Path Magic for Dungeon Fantasy

[Angle]

Ooh, here's a crazy idea - what if I had sorcerors take reflexive on their magery? It wouldn't make them any faster, but it woul let them take non magic related actions while casting - like getting in a fight, for example.

[lvalero]

Originally Posted by Angle

Ooh, here's a crazy idea - what if I had sorcerors take reflexive on their magery? It wouldn't make them any faster, but it woul let them take non magic related actions while casting - like getting in a fight, for example.

I have modelled the "faster sorcerer" in a different way.

In my DF the sorcerer is a type of magic-user who doesn't learn spells, in the sense that he doesn't need to go a master/academy/scroll to get new spells. He "discovers" them just by meditating in his essence. The magic is more like an intuitive art rather than a science. He is the heir of a powerfull supernatural ancestor (such an angel, demon, or fae).

This is the 0-level of Magery (Sorcerer) [40]

Compartmentalized Mind [50]; Spell Only -5%, No mental separation -20%, Accesibility: Only when first compartment is not concentrating -10%) [33] + Magery 0 [5] + 2 Minor sorcery powers [2]

This way he can make normal ("non-concentration") actions while casting, such as running, dodging, attacking, riding,... but he can't cast twice a round.

For those interested this is the list of the rest of changes.

Spoiler:  

"Wizardly" magic has pre-requesites as in Magic and Taumatology is a cap for spell skill. The IQ is the base ability for wizards. However, for the sorcerer:

• Taumathology is not a cap for his spells
• He doesn't need to comply with pre-requesites in order to buy spells.
• IQ is not the base ability used to throw spells. It is used a new ability called Pressence that is 10+(WILL+CHA)/2.
• He needs to buy a level of new advantage called "Sorcery Power" [3/level] before buying a new spell. (Perk: No capped by Taumathology [1] + Perk: No pre-requisites [1] + Perk: The maximum ER pool you can buy with PC is one point higher [1])
• "Minor sorcery power" [1/level] is like "Sorcery power" but for spells that haven't any pre-requisites.
• He can add "Generates corruption" modifier in any advantage/disadvantage as a discount to get more character points. This modifier is explained in Gurps Horror. At least all the sorcerers must have a couple of traits with "Generates corruption". In the game we have renamed "corruption" as "distortion" but the effect is the same.

The overall result is that sorcerer has a smaller list of spells compared to a wizard but he can cast them more times (because of his normally higher energy reserve) and he is faster in combat. The wizard is more like an academic character because of his higher IQ and the sorcerer is more "charismatic".