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Chapter 11: Magic
Chants
Chants in ceremonial magic are predetermined,
if necessary, and listed with each spell description.
Although ceremonial magic often utilizes
chants, the words are not determined randomly.
Instead, chants are the result of a consistent and
elaborate magical language called Ephesia
Grammata, which literally means magical words. For
more information on Ephesia Grammata, see Chapter
6: Sociality.
Chants in chaos magic are, for game purposes,
randomly determined sequences of characters.
To sorcerers, it is the result of their self-exploration.
To priests, it is the result of speaking in
tongues. Priests usually utter chants aloud, while
sorcerers often whisper or hiss their chants. In ancient
times, a chant was called klesis, meaning invocation.
If the chant is interrupted or phrased incorrectly
for any reason, then consult Appendix 3:
Random Magical Effects. It is possible for a caster to
attempt to cast a spell, and experiment by slightly
altering the chant. If at least 90% of the chant is
voiced correctly, then the intended spell effect still
occurs, in addition to the random magical effect. If
the same chant is altered as before, a spell will produce
the same random magical effect.
The chance of a chant being necessary to
cast a spell using chaos magic is 75%. To determine
a chant for a spell for a sorcerer or priest, roll 3d10
and subtract the result from 31; this is the number
of characters, including spaces, in the chant.
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For each character in the chant, roll 1d100.
Consult the following table:
Roll Sound Example
01-04A 'Ah'
as
in
father
05-07A' 'Ae'
as
in
hate
08-09B 'B'
as
in
boy
10C 'Ts'
as
in
cats
11-13D 'D'
as
in
dog
14D' 'Dy'
as
in
would
you
15D^ 'Dz'
as
in
woods
16-19E 'E'
as
in
elbow
20-24E' 'Ee'
as
in
easy
25-26F 'F'
as
in
from
27-28G 'G'
as
in
go
29-30H 'H'
as
in
horrible
31H' 'Huah'
as
in
hurrah
32-34I 'I'
as
in
litigati
on
35-37I' 'Ie'
as
in
pie
38-39J 'J'
as
in
jump
40-41K 'K'
as
in
token
42-43L 'L'
as
in
lust
44L ' 'Ly'
as
in
lye
( if
said
softly)
45-46M 'M'
as
in
mother
47-48N 'N'
as
in
noon
49N' 'Ny'
as
in
onion
50-52O 'O'
as
in
obey
53O' 'Wo'
as
in
won't
54-55P 'P'
as
in
put
56Q 'Q'
as
in
quick
57-60R 'R'
as
in
rug
61R' 'Rr'
rolled
as
in
Rico
62-63S 'S'
as
in
sow
64S' 'Sh'
as
in
ship
65-69T 'T'
as
in
take
70T' 'Ty'
as
in
must
you
71-73U 'Oo'
as
in
fool
74-75U^ 'U'
as
in
book
76-77U' 'Uh'
as
in
but
78V 'V'
as
in
violent
79W 'W'
as
in
weapon
80X 'Cs'
as
in
ecstasy
81-82Y 'Y'
as
in
your
83Z 'Z'
as
in
zoo
84Z' 'Zh'
as
in
pleasure
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