[MH] Ritual Path Magic - how many paths to a ritual?

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When in doubt, go with Greater. As a rule, it should be obvious when a Lesser effect is called for; if it isn't obvious, you're probably dealing with Greater. And a person ceasing to age? Not very believable or natural.

Now, I can see some players arguing, "What if the ritual is only for a month? Not aging for a month is hardly unbelievable -- no one could even tell." While that's right, it's also a little disingenuous, because you know anyone who casts such a ritual is going to go back and inexpensively prolong the duration (Post-Casting, p. 37) on a regular basis. I mean, that's how these spells work, whether you cast one for a month or for a century; you work a crazy-powerful ritual once, then keep it alive with much easier "refresher castings" in the future. So "believability based on casting duration" is a bit of a red herring.

(Not that anyone here was arguing the above -- just figured I'd address that one ahead of time.)