Ritual Magic
 

Does Ritual Magic (B242) increase the time to cast spells? I am under the impression it does not, but I want to be certain.

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Nope.
It does not and this sentence added because "nope" was too short to be posted.

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And Ritual Magery is an advantage much like Magery, other than the name?

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Also yes. And distinct from Ritual Magery used in Ritual Path Magic. Unfortunately a few names are pretty close together and can confuse people.

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(a) It depends on which system you use. For example, Path and Book Magic, in GURPS Thaumatology, has a base time for most rituals of between 15 and 60 minutes. That's not specified for other systems; for example, Ritual Magic that uses the standard spells in the Basic Set isn't stated to take any longer.

(b) However, my concept of a ritual is as a procedure that really ought to take minutes or hour, not as something you can dash off in a second or two. I wouldn't use the ritual magic rules for any thing quick, even if the rules allow me to do so.

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A) The op is referring to Ritual Magic (B242) though. That is just a flexible version on regular GURPS Magic.
B) I feel the same, I see why they picked it as a name though Book/Path would have been better

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Hindsight is 2020. If they had known when 4e was being published what we know now, I have no doubt that what 4e calls Ritual Magic would have been called Path Magic, and what Thaumatology calls Path/Book Magic would have been called Ritual Magic.

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Not necessarily. Ritual Magic is the base skill for Paths and Books; therefore they too are a form of Ritual Magic. And Path/Book magic had already been developed well before 4/e, first in GURPS Voodoo and then in GURPS Cabal. So I think its use in the Basic Set has to be understood partly as providing the option of republishing Path/Book magic.

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If you want longer casting time, you want Ceremonial Magic. And "Ceremonial Magic Only" is... somewhere. Thaumatology? It can be combined with Ritual Magic no problem.

Edit: Thaumatology p. 23.

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That's the term used in Basic (B238) / Magic (M12) for group casting (involving a "ritual", though it's not "Ritual Magic"). Casting time is x10 in that case.

The Thaumatology reference isn't a different mechanic. It describes a Limitation on Magery that limits that mage to using only Ceremonial Magic (as defined on B238).