[DF] Path/Book mages in DF?

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by b-dog

Now if there were a DF book with rituals suitable for dungeon delving that would be awesome.

It would need to be self-contained: All the needed rules from Thaumatology, stripped of unnecessary complications and simplified for DF, plus a list of suitable rituals. Oh, along with a template for a caster or two who use those rules, complete with simple versions of any advantages such casters would need. I think that would be a cool "splat," but I'd like to see a few non-splats on treasures, monsters, etc. before digging into yet another book for characters.

Originally Posted by b-dog

I like these a lot but I will say I would prefer to have something where you don't need to have loads of amulets. I think it would be cooler to have it sort of like D&D where you do the ritual then release it. Fireballs seem cooler where they are cast in the hand and thrown rather than emitted from an amulet. But that is just details.

Well, all other casters in DF already just chuck spells from the hand. I think it might be more interesting to have one who can create charms that do magic for him. One major bit of coolness is that he could hand charms to noncasters, even temporarily enchant their stuff, to provide something different from "yet more fireballs and/or healing." YMMV.