Need help with some stuff with Ritual/Path magic.

[ericthered]

Pick 2: fast, versatile, cheap.

Originally Posted by DeathDaisy

Thing is, that is still a point investment that severely limits the versatility of an RPM caster. Rather than +2 in four different rituals, I'd rather get a +1 in all rituals involving a path. YMMV, of course.

The trick is most of the time you should be using that perk you can't just spend 4 points to raise your path. You have to raise magery (for 10), then raise thaumatology (for 4) and then raise the path (for 4). which is a very different set of prices. Yes, it limits your versatility. But sometimes you need fast and cheap instead of versatile and cheap. Or powerful and cheap.

Overall, I'd still say you're not going to throw any larger amount of fireballs without considerable risk and/or time investment. Just the non-adept cast times makes charms pretty much the only option.

Yes, an RPM mage that can throw fireballs willy-nilly without being quite specialized is very powerful. Because they can't just throw fireballs like crazy, they can also throw divinations, buffs, ice bolts, healing spells, demons, and a host of other things willy-nilly. For as long as they can stay awake. which is a long time, given they can just make it so they don't sleep.

If I want an RPM mage throwing fireballs a lot, I generally go to magic as powers and have them buy their favorite attack as an innate attack. The original RPM character, the witch template in monster hunters, did a similar thing with TK.