[RPM] Ritual Path Magic without critical failures? - Page 2

cultureulterior · 05-24-2012, 12:19 PM

I really like ritual path magic, but I dislike the critical failure mechanic, especially in cases where a witch would cast many cantrips per day, since casting roll would always be susceptible to critical failure (and thus a 20 point ritual). Has anyone made any useful alternatives to the critical failure mechanic?

I was considering something like this:

Casting rolls (not energy gathering rolls) can be mitigated via a path technique that starts at some penalty.

On a critical failure, you get a (cost of spell) penalty to skill rolls to cast future spells, but the penalty heals by by 1/minute, or 1/hour if you are not a ritual adept.

05-24-2012, 12:19 PM	#1
cultureulterior Join Date: Oct 2007	[RPM] Ritual Path Magic without critical failures? I really like ritual path magic, but I dislike the critical failure mechanic, especially in cases where a witch would cast many cantrips per day, since casting roll would always be susceptible to critical failure (and thus a 20 point ritual). Has anyone made any useful alternatives to the critical failure mechanic? I was considering something like this: Casting rolls (not energy gathering rolls) can be mitigated via a path technique that starts at some penalty. On a critical failure, you get a (cost of spell) penalty to skill rolls to cast future spells, but the penalty heals by by 1/minute, or 1/hour if you are not a ritual adept.