. takes one of the female covenfolk hostage in order to buy Examples of mundane creatures follow. rival to the Order of Hermes, this association was eventual- ly accepted as a house of its own. . Storyguides should assign spell levels for all magical phenomena that Shell of False Determinations those using Vim counterspells will have to match. . An endorsed check has additional signatures (endorse- ments) of rich and influential people. Most people and creatures have other non-human powers. He has also mas- tered Arc of Fiery Ribbons, which is fifth magnitude, and so Magi may study Arts from raw vis. CHAPTER XI REALMS 239 items). your magic is attuned to some cycle of nature and is less potent at spe- Follower of Verditius (Verditius only): See page 26. cific times. spend one Fatigue level. . A spell to dispel a first magnitude Creates a shell of magic on an item, helping to shield it from investigation by other magi. CHAPTER III HERMETIC MAGIC 73 Parma Magica: This is a ritual that Hermetic magi use tion of your Parma Magica. If the subtle gestures, your penalty is 7. When you cast a spon- Each of the Social Classes listed below comes with a taneous spell, you must specify a desired level of effect. Had he rolled a 0, he would have to roll a botch die to see if he had botched and remembered incorrectly. Travel adding +1 for each point you expend. . This spell cannot be used on an utterly clear sky. There is normally no Soak against Perdo Animlthe Destroys an object made of animal fur or hide, including wool magic does not create something that causes damage, it just causes and leather. . Create compelling characters and NPCs with the tools, templates, items, and other resources provided in this book. Effect Frequency Table Frequency Modifier 1 use per day . . More information can be scholars. For example, if you were vated, one charge is used up. I shall take my vows as a monk Bernard, and Ailred of holy memory have mercy upon me and guard my soul. For instance, you can use have vengeance upon their killers. Feel free those in power, separating fact from useless gossip. . You will find out how among both magi and important non-Gifted persons. Your familiar you choose bond qualities that state otherwise. . The These can be studied, but one can also pick them up speculations of theology are very abstruse, and many theolo- through direct experience. . . Suck Breath, PeCo 30, 2 points: Kills a young child. . . Level 20 The Chirurgeons Healing Touch Level 75 R: Touch/Near, D: Sun/Inst, T: Ind The Shadow of Life Renewed Spell Focus: Bloodstone (+3) The person touched can recover a lost Body level by making a R: Reach, D: Perm, T: Ind, Ritual Stamina stress roll of 3+, to which is added the highest Chirurgy skill Requisites: Mentem of anyone who has successfully tended the wounds. . Realm Interaction Table Power Used Aura Type Magic Divine Faerie Infernal Magic + aura aura + (1/2 aura) aura Divine aura + aura (2 x aura) (3 x aura) Faerie + (1/2 aura) (2 x aura) + aura (aura) Infernal aura (2 x aura) (2 x aura) + aura For example, a magus (affiliated with the realm of magic through the virtue of possessing the Gift) casts a spontaneous spell in a town which has a divine aura of 3. . There are a number of modifiers to this resistance and magic resistance. Permanent, and the basic target is Individual. This bonus does not apply to whom you must return frequently. . The haze first appears at about knee level. Perdo spells with the duration momentary destroy something in a moment. Mundane treasure can be one source. This method has the more information. those who respect your family. . . monks and nuns are the subject of a thousand jokes and as Archbishops are the chief clerics of large and important many tales of horror. Dexterity might accidentally fall down a well, or a character with pathetic Intelligence might unknowingly cut a deal with the enemy to Mute (companions and grogs only): You cannot speak; perhaps turn the magi over to thieves. You have a Personality Trait named Starting Abilities are also set out for each template. roll on the Catastrophe Subchart. It can be used to win some- magic resistance roll. We have arrived at London. Visions usually animal thats smart enough to follow your orders. pronouncing it gaudy and vulgar. Webs may continue to trap victims in the future, as long as they dont decay and arent completely hacked apart. who has taken three body levels in wounds transforms into a house cat (which only has three body levels). In other areas of the world, Greek and Hebrew Magic Theory: Knowledge of what magic is and how it fill similar functions. . . The values of traits add up to deter- threat. 6 4 . Abilities Brawl 1, Carouse 1, and Speak Own Language 4. . The players, in turn, have a limited capac- ity to create their own tales. The prospect of of orthodoxy, and fight the bigotry that too often arises with a peasant revolt haunts every abusive noble and hypocritical the emergence of anything new and different. a bird, but it cannot grow wings on a person (that would be a Muto spell). One of the five Techniques of Rego [RAY-goh]: I control. Craftsmen in town produce Despite the risks, many townsfolk are rich in power, pride, goods, like cloth and leather, in their shops and sell them at and material goods. Spell Focus: A Mannequin of the Target (+5) Level 20: Hold a targets the body motionless. All rights reserved. It reflects the sagas passing and suggests a change Rumors and stories usually get characters interested in from the start, indicating that the characters lives have had the journeys they must undergo. . . For example, No Extraordinary Effects: Your experiment works a spell like Curse of Circe (page 125) turns the target into a without producing any unintended effects. . Those hearing it get +2 to Attack, Damage, and any rolls that deal with bravery if involved in battle. . . to rest or fight. +3 Casting Requisites Some requisites are not listed along with a spells statis- Near range . . . Magi of two hundred years or older are rare, but not unheard of. Any spell that requires a targeting roll to aim its effect is subject to dis- Infamous Master: Your master was a diabolist, bumbler, fool, astrous failure: a roll of 0 is automatically a botch. Level 5: Use one sense at a distance. All they asked was for the wizards executed. . . Though you might have wandered the land at one time, As with companions, several sample grog vocations are youve since settled at the covenant. who have no Faith points of their own. Total (3): Your magic does not work at all when this condition The storyguide secretly rolls a simple die; the number rolled is a mul- is in effect. The Ability should suit the nature of the Twilight 2. . . There is a very complex relationship between magi and This provides the Order a great deal of protection from those who represent the Church. Once Adam and Eve had tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, all the world came under Satans influence. If the target resists the control, the movements are jerky. knowledge of the subject. . This spell mimics the properties of many faerie forests. Charge of the Angry Winds Those near the target must make Size stress rolls of 6+ to remain standing. They all have brute strength, Peasants fear the vicious creatures of the wilds, but often great size, and usually hatred and envy of their more dread even more the terrible beings that walk as beasts at beautiful human cousins. City adventures can be combined he is probably innocent. Fatigue or wounds take twice as long to make while you are in the stone. Paperback : 160 pages In plain view . It cannot affect anything in the past, and can only Copernican physics and cosmology, and are described below. Perception quantifies the ability to notice things, as well as powers of intuition. . Chapter VIII Saga n Ars Magica saga tells the story of a covenant, por- grandiose as the pursuit of absolute knowledge or as focused A traying its passage through one or more of the seasons of its existence. The spell is obviously Creo Ignemit cre- target), first refer to the spell that you are basing your spell ates fire. another realm are considered mundane and consist of ordi- Some holy relics carry Faith points. **Must use Brawling defense, cannot be parried. . Maybe simple shortfall. . power different from that of its surroundings. . Youve per- leader of a group of bandits, before melee commences. . You may have two pieces of mark has been burned into your cheek. I the fourth side closed by a wall with a gate in it. Any creatures thick to see through. supporter, and ally in all things. The area affected by this spell is so broad that targeting rolls are R: Touch, D: Conc, T: Room only necessary in exceptional circumstances. . This is where you spell out your characters family con- Its score is also added to Soak (used to absorb damage) and nections, the area where he grew up, and any old enemies or is subtracted from Defense totals (for avoiding blows in com- friends. as any effects you suffered. . 75 A character can only gain more Faith points through extreme devotion to Christianity, and these are The storyguide is the sole and final arbiter of when and lost if he turns even slightly from the path. . He looks like a four-foot-tall, misshapen man down rapists and molesters. . Some, like spirits, are insubstantial and ing them valuable to magi. A world where the Hermetic Order of mages operates in secret, protecting ancient relics, fighting unimaginable monsters, and protecting normal mortals. . . . Further seasons on the same text must suing in order to practice it, such as working as the village be by different teachers and further seasons by the same blacksmith or hunting in the woods all summer. You also get one additional botch die for each point in your magic aura. If you do your job well, you usual- to keep you out from underfoot. days and times for performing a given Protection: You are under the aegis of a powerful person, usually endeavor * a noble or high-ranking Church official (though other options are pos- 18+ Determine some important piece of sible, if the storyguide approves). . CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 11 out, and the inside is filled with magic, used with the free- on a dragon. inherent to a creature is not always obvious, however, and not always immediately logical. When Spell Focus: A Lump of Coal (+1) you throw it (up to the range of the spell), it bursts into flame as soon Allows you to see where fires have been in the past lunar month. . as if you had been standing where you are when the events took place. Then she held up a piece of ever, I suspect that the real reason was to prevent me from wood from our chambers in Cambridge, and began chanti- learning what the terms were. and with an Intelligence + Concentration roll of 9+, you can You each also gain one habit of the other, related somehow to the shapechange into the form of the familiars species. 263 Target Condition Ease Factor Adjustment Target in Touch or Reach Range . Spontaneous spells are generally not as power- eral areas, and a set of Abilities, which quantify his learned ful as Formulaic spells, but since they can be created on the and practiced skills. my mistress could cast a spell. No one knows who was responsible for the order. . . . 96 . . from most people are at 3. . Colors are more striking, sounds more piercing, the day brighter, the night deeper. . . Hermetic magic. Add vide some strong motivation. Every noble has an ances- pose, but over time, priests, monks, and nuns assumed other tor who was a barbarian chief, whom the common people important tasks. tive Characteristics yields negative points. Apparently a much loved copy of the physical rulebook was destroyed to make the scan: you can find some handwritten house-rules in the margins of pp. . Many ritual spells have two ranges or durations listed. . Libri quaestionum cost target + Quality, summae cost twice the sum of Quality and level, and tractatus cost triple Quality. The Necessary Condition: In order for your magic to work, you must quaesitores also try very hard to keep members of your line from posi- perform a specific action while casting any spell. The bed is hung about with curtains that seem to cut leading to the surface, and we saw heaps of gold coins, sim- off all noise, and a bell summoned a serving girl who was ply scattered about the room, and many chests, full, no ready to see to any need I might have. . . Still the faerie minstrel seemed clearly better, and churches and no service, as the interdict continues. It can speak whatever you say and do so in your voice, and you can see through its eyes. . Nevertheless, there are times when magi receive help in their laboratory work, either from trusting magi or from apprentices. Youve learned to appreciate sentry duty. . The Finesse + Intelligence roll is made at a or unknown. . In a few Jerbiton, my mistress, is years you will be a the most approachable magus, able to command of them. . . For Reading Summae every season spent writing, the character accumulates a number of points equal to his Communication + Scribe. Order of Hermes. Magi sometimes refer to the magic of enchantments tiny .ring, bracelet, pendant, any gem ..x1 as cooked, rather than raw, vis. ation, and goals of the specified organization. . . . If it pierces a body, removing the shaft causes the Causes a non-living wooden object to rot and fall apart. ment comes through in your characters, though, the whole story picks up. Level 10 Bind Wound R: Touch/Near, D: Sun/Inst, T: Ind Spell Focus: A Spiders Web (+3) Corpus Spells Typically, you place your hands on the target and pass them over the wound, which magically seals itself and stops bleeding. . Just touching some- sunset, they just wont benefit if they are more than 15 paces thing does not convey protection on it, and things extend- away from you. . Level 10 Intuition of the Forest Level 30 R: Per/Touch, D: Sun/Year, T: Bound Bridge of Wood Spell Focus: Chips from a Fauns Hoof (+5) You engage in a type of communion with the woods that you are R: Near/Far, D: Sun/Perm, T: Str in. . 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