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Karmic Ties
Variable
Some people are connected by their karma - the freight of
good and bad experience from past lives. Karmic ties create
instant like or dislike for a stranger, regardless of reaction rolls.
Such a person should be evaluated as an Ally, Dependent,
Enemy or Patron, whichever seems appropriate. A Karmic Tie
may link a character to an NPC played by the GM, or two players
may agree that their PCs are so linked. Karmic Ties can be used
to let a stranger join an established group of friends, or to
explain the acquisition of a new Dependent, Ally, Patron or
Enemy.
Treat Karmic Ties as normal Ally, Ally Group, Dependent,
Patron and Enemy advantages or disadvantages. The only dif -
ference is that the person may not know about these allies or
enemies until he meets them face to face. The character will feel
just as strongly about these "strangers" as he would about a normal
NPC of that type, so the point cost remains the same.
Lunar Influence
5 points
You're physically affected by the moon's cycle. During the
three nights of the full moon your ST, DX and HT are all at +3
(with corresponding increases to all Physical skills). But during
the three nights of the new moon your ST, DX and HT are all at -3
(with corresponding skill penalties). Although Lunar
Influence is a mixed blessing, it is considered an overall advantage,
because the cycle's predictability often allows the character
to schedule his activities to take advantage of full moons, and
to take extra precautions during his periods of weakness.
Magery, Limited
Variable
Limitations can be placed on the use of a character's magical
ability to make Magery cheaper. Limited Magery is also known as
"aspected magery."
Dance Magery 8 points for 1st level,
5 points/level for 2nd and 3rd levels
The mage must be free to use bodily motions in order to use
his magic, or for magic detection. The character is not free of
rituals requiring movement as his spell level increases.
However, he need not speak at all to cast his spells.
Dark-Aspected Magery 8 points for 1st
level, 5 points/level for
2nd and 3rd levels
A dark-aspected mage can only use his powers in darkness.
Regardless of the time of day or night, any light greater than
candlelight or starlight will deprive the mage of his abilities,
though his aura will still reveal that he is a mage.
Moon-Aspected Magery 8 points for
1st level, 5 points/level for
2nd and 3rd levels
A moon-mage has power only when the moon is in the sky;
this changes every day, but averages to half the time. A simple
solution: assume the moon rises and sets one hour earlier each
day. During solar eclipses, moon-mages have +5 skill!
For more realism, the GM can keep track of the phase of the
moon. Moon-mages' powers then wax and wane with the moon. All
Magery and spell rolls are at +3 at full moon; +2 for two days
before and after; +1 for two days before and after that. They
have no power at all the night of the new moon, or for five days
before and after. Their powers are normal at all other times
(although they still get the +5 during solar eclipses).
Musical Magery 8 points for 1st level,
5 points/level for 2nd and 3rd levels
The mage must utilize a musical instrument in order to cast
spells, and may not cast spells without one. He must also play
an instrument to detect magic within an item.
One College Only 10 points for 1st level,
6 points/level for 2nd and
3rd levels
The mage's Magery advantage works only for spells of a single
college and for Recover Strength. He can learn other spells, but
he learns them as though he were a non-mage (and can only cast
them in high-mana areas). He can use such spells as prerequisites
for spells in his own college, even if he can't cast them.
He cannot detect magic items unless they contain at least one
spell of his college. In that case, he rolls normally for detection
on first sight and first touch.
If the college is an Elemental one, the mage is said to be
"aspected" to that college and "opposed" to its opposite: Fire
opposes Water, Earth opposes Air. If you are aspected to an element,
you must roleplay a strong dislike for the opposed element,
or lose points for bad roleplaying - e.g., fire-mages won't
swim unless they must, and air-mages detest tunnel-crawling.
You also get +1 reaction from elementals of that element, and -3
reaction from opposed elementals.
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