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07-01-2020, 10:47 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Has anyone tried Spirit Magic from Thaumatology?
Thaumatology gives an option in which you strike a deal with a spirit and the spirit casts the spell for you... even paying the energy... and all it will cost you is your soul.
Has anyone tried it out?
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07-01-2020, 10:49 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Thomaston, GA
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Re: Has anyone tried Spirit Magic from Thaumatology?
Do you mean Assisting Spirits on pg 90? I have not tried it, but I like the idea. I like the idea of power having a price.
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07-01-2020, 11:14 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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Re: Has anyone tried Spirit Magic from Thaumatology?
Yep, that's the one. If I ever do a Dark Sun conversion I will probably use that mechanic to simulate Defiler corruption. (Yeah, I know there's one already, but where's the fun in using that?) :)
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07-01-2020, 12:26 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Re: Has anyone tried Spirit Magic from Thaumatology?
Spirit-Assisted magic can be applied to any situation where energy fuels magic (and any situation that could benefit from the Corruption rules in Horror). I generally reduce the effective energy borrowed from a spirit patron per ritual/spell for distortion purposes only by the character's alignment with their spirit patron (-1 effective energy per full -5 CP of aligned mental disadvantages). For example, a character that calls upon Aphrodite for power who possesses Lecherousness (6-) and Xenophilia (6-) would reduce the effective energy borrowed by 10 per ritual/spell for the purpose of calculating distortion only.
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07-01-2020, 01:10 PM | #5 | |
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Thomaston, GA
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Re: Has anyone tried Spirit Magic from Thaumatology?
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07-01-2020, 01:17 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Thomaston, GA
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Re: Has anyone tried Spirit Magic from Thaumatology?
I don't think you need to use Corruption with Assisting Spirit magic; I think the Spiritual Distortion takes care of that.
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