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Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 6
Gaining Runes
Besides being an alphabetical symbol, each rune also
symbolizes one of the elements of the universe. If you
“gain” a rune, you have a special intimacy with that rune
and its magical powers - an inner knowledge of the
rune’s secrets. This adds 2d6 to your Personal Life Force
when you use Talent to create effects involving that rune.
You can also use the rune to cast permanent Rune Magic
(below), whether or not you have any real Talent.
However, rune knowledge is hard-won, requiring dire rituals
of self-sacrifice.
1. Make First Sacrifice: To attempt a sacrifice, you must
pass Religion (Motanic) to know the right prayers, or be
guided by a godere who passes the roll for you. You must
also pass a Trait or Passion roll at a modifier dependent
on the severity of the sacrifice. Damage and other game
effects occur immediately; future goods or behaviors must
be renounced for all time. However, if you renege on a
vow or compensate for sacrifice damage by magic, you
have cheated Wotan, forfeiting all sacrifice benefits and
exposing yourself to his curses.
Besides the listed permanent benefits, your sacrifice also
generates bonus Life Force which you can spend immedi-
ately if your sacrifice was part of a ritual: otherwise it
goes away.
The following winter, for each 4 points of the modifier of
your sacrifice, you permanently gain one rune of your
choice (you may not choose “unknown rune”), two random
runes, and the indicated Insight. 2 point sacrifices
gain you one rune of your choice, plus the indicated
Insight.
2. Later Sacrifices: In following years you can make further
sacrifices. However, if the sacrifice has the same or
lower modifier as your last sacrifice, you gain only one
random rune, and half as much Life Force or Insight. To
keep gaining the same effects as the first sacrifice, you
must keep making more dangerous sacrifices. If you randomly
roll a rune you already have, you do not roll
again, it is just one of the arbitrary vagaries of Wotan.
Once you have gained a rune, record it on your character
sheet. It is a permanent part of you. You can use it for
Rune Magic, below, even if you have no talents.
Self-crucifixion: This is a special, one-time-only sacrifice,
emulating Wotan’s search for knowledge and power. The
character must first make a Valorous roll at -12 to even
Rune Sacrifices
The Modifier column represents the difficulty of the sacrifice. It modifies the Trait or Passion which the player must roll. If a
character must succeed on the roll (Valorous), then the modifier is subtracted from the Trait or Passion. If the character must
Fail the roll (for example, fail Love [Cynn] to vow never marry), then the Trait modifier is added to the Passion or Trait.
Modifier Bodily Sacrifice (Valorous) Other Sacrifice Insight Life Force
2 Ear, Nose, or Finger: Give all gifts you get +lo0 +ld20
ld6 damage, disfigurement
(-ld3 APP); others may mark
you as a sorcerer.
to Wotan: Fail Selfish
4
8
Hand/Foot: 2d6 damage; Never marry (no heirs): +200 +2d20
x1/2 move, weapon attack, Fail Love (Cynn)
or shield armor
Eye/Arm/Sexual Organ: Always kill opponents +400 +4d20
4d6 damage; drastic,
in combat: Fail Merciful
continuing campaign effects
12 Self-crucifixion: Pass CON No equivalent +1,000 +8d20
roll by 5 1/2 or die, plus an
additional -8 Valorous sacrifice
Notes: Something already lost by campaign events cannot be sacrificed. Bodily sacrifices can be repeated (you’ve got two
eyes), subject to the law of diminishing returns. “Other” sacrifices are vows; breaking them brings a deadly curse from Wotan.