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Subject: WW: Compleat Hedge Wizard Part 5: Path Magick
Date: 27 Jul 1994 04:02:40 GMT
Well, here it is, a day late and a dollar short. Part 5 of my
Compleat Hedge Wizard for the Storyteller system, this one looks
at Thaumaturgy, or making those Tremere that much more powerful.
Questions, comments and complaints always welcome.
Thaumaturgy, or Path Magick
"There was a time, a time before now, when
dragons took to the skies, and the fae gamboled
in the fields. There was a time when magick
was about creativity, bringing whimsy to life.
That time is dead. Now magick is about one
thing: survival. And the only way to survive
is Path Magick."
-Gnaeus the Sanguine, Tremere
Of the three major Arts, the most readily
practiced, and yet most despised is Path
Magick, or Thaumaturgy. The reason for the
venom levelled at Thaumaturgy is simple: it is
a painful reminder of what magick has become, a
sterile, climical solution to a problem the
hedge mage has no control over.
To begin our study of this elusively powerful
Art, we must first define our concepts.
Calling Path Magick Thaumaturgy is a misnomer.
Thaumaturgy is but one part of the infinite
branches of the tree known as Path Magick.
Thaumaturgy is the study of harnessing internal
power, to make up for the failings of the
Earth's mana field. Its most common form
manifests as the dreaded Blood Thaumaturgy, or
Blood Magick of the Vampiric Tremere. These
creatures have found a way to channel the
Shadow Empyrean, source of all their power,
into themselves, transforming normal blood into
potent vis, and then using this vis to cast
spells. Although we will discuss the Tremere
later, it is interesting to note that they are
the greatest victims of Path Magick. So many
Generations of Tremere have come and gone,
without learning the nature of Path Theory,
that they have succumbed to the magickal
stagnation and death they feared most.
There is a living, humane form of
Thaumaturgy, which works on a similar
principle, albeit slower and more methodical.
The mortal wizard attunes his body to become a
filter for quintessence, allowing the vis to
naturally bleed into his system. This
supercharges his blood, in much the same way
the Tremere are able to do it. Eventually, the
Mage can become a walking battery of vis. The
process is incredibly slow, however, taking a
full day to create a single pawn of internal
vis.
More generally, Thaumturgy speaks only to the
source of power, and is not terribly
descriptive about what Path Magick is. To
understand Path Magick,we need to delve into
the death of the World of Myth, and the birth
of the World of Darkness.
Perhaps we overtaxed the mana field. Perhaps
the Technomancers created the Gauntlet, cutting
us off. Cause is unimportant now; it is the
effect that destroyed us. We soon learned that
Magick was still possible, but at an awesome
price: Paradox.
And so as the mana field waned, and the
reserves of raw vis dwindled, we hedge mages
were left with a difficult decision. Either we
could exploit new resources, as the Tremere
did, or we could change how we consumed magick.
If there was a more efficient was to do it,
then perhaps we would not need to fear Paradox.
The brightest minds pored over the old spell
formulae of the great Hermetics, seeking
solutions, keys to efficiencies. The best
examples that could be studied were grimoires
called "didactic Paths." Intended to teach an
apprentice elementary spell theory, by showing
how spells of increasing complexity are
created, it was once as critical to magickal
theory as the dissertation today. If you had
something new to say about the nature of
Magick, the idea was to start small, and then
permutate the theory, making it more potent and
complex. It was an excellent learning tool,
and it was here, in these areas of pure
research, that the failed Hermetics fled.
And, to a large extent, it worked. It was
supposed to be a step toward the solution, and
suddenly, it _became_ the solution. Here was
spell efficiency on a level they never dreamed.
Literally thousands of Didactic Paths had been
created over Hermetic history. Most were
simply copied, one from another, such as
understanding how fire could be created in
greater and greater intensity (Lure of Flames,
for instance, was once a didactic path written
by the founder of House Flambeau himself,
emulating Creo Ignem at various stages).
Others were brilliant theses revolving around a
single form or technique (the Path of
Creation). The most advanced were those that
centered around an ethereal concept not related
to magick, but still had a unity of magick
theory (Elemental Mastery).
It was possible with Symbolic Magick to
supercharge a Rote, or formulaic spell, making
it hyper-efficient, generating an Effect level
of 8 with a Effect level of 5 expenditure.
Such rotes took years to develop. Didactic
spells were all about conservation of power,
maximizing result, while minimizing energy. To
an initiate, they were everything magick should
be: simple, easy to construct, and a snap to
learn. In a sense, when one looked at a Path,
it all made sense. Cause and effect flowed.
However, no one _intended_ Path Magick to
take off as it did. Gone was the fluidity that
made the Ars Magica so desireable. Gone also
were the years of devotion it would take to
learn the other Hedge Magicks. Sure, the
Magick was limited, but at least it was
something.
And Path Magick carried hedge magick through
the dark ages of the fall of the Hermetics, and
birth of the Technomancers. In many ways, the
ordered structure of Path Magick, with so few
variables, put it beneath the note of the
Technocracy. With such limited possibilities,
compared to other kinds of magick, it just
wasn't a threat.
But like all good magi, the Path Wizards
never stopped experimenting, tweaking and
twisting certain variables, seeing what could
be changed in the static matrix of the didactic
spell, and what just wouldn't change. And
indeed, a few became very good at it indeed.
Part of the advantage of most Path Magicks
rising from hermetic theory is that factors
such as Duration and Area of Effect had a
similar structure in every spell. If factor
Aleph was tweaked in Lure of Flames 1 to extend
Distance, tweaking factor Aleph in Path of
Nature 3 would also extend distance. If one
could master all the factors, then perhaps Path
Magick wouldn't be so limited.
So the modern Path Wizard concerns himself
not only with the learning of Didactic Paths
and the Harvesting of Vis, but also dabbles in
the spell theory of the Symbolic Wizards, his
brother in Ars. Rather than becoming a
specialist in a Form or Technique, he
Specializes in the mechanisms of spells,
tweaking them to his advantage, often producing
unpredictable results.
Mastering Factors:
The five factors which compose spells must be
learned if a Path Wizard strives to be anything
more than a minor mage. The Tremere vampires
keep the secret of Factors away from their
charges because it indeed allows certain
freedoms the Tremere consider irrelevant and
perhaps dangerous.
Each is learned as if it was a skill, with a
range of 1 to 5. The Different factors, with
their Hermetic code names, follow:
Distance Aleph.
Duration Beda.
Area of Effect Gana
Power Detla.
Ritual Epas.
The reason for the Hermetic signature was
simple: a spell already possessed these
factors, known in the native tongue of a
wizard. Often, it was necessary to distinguish
between the factors inherent in a spell, and
the ability a Path Wizard had to alter that
spell, particularly when this informations was
inscibed in the margins of a Grimoire. Each is
a corruption of the first five letters of the
Greek alphabet, and as such is very easy to
learn.
A rating in a Factor allowed the Path wizard
to change that factor of a spell. For
instance, if a Path wizard wanted to change
Lure of Flames 1, a Dis 4, Dur 0, AoE 1, Pow 1,
Rit 0 spell, and the wizard had Detla 2 and
Aleph 2, the Wizard could change Distance by a
factor of 2, and Power by a factor of 2. In
this instance, the wizard's foe is right before
him. He can use his Detla 2 to make the
spell's Power, currently 1, now 3, which will
now do three dice of damage.
However, each expansion beyond the spell's
parameters takes energy. In the above example,
the Effect Level of Lure of Flames 1 is 1.
Using the Detla 2 makes the Effect level 3.
This is all well and good, but if the spell was
Lure of Flames 4, the wizard would need Vis to
make the spell possible.
An option is to manipulate the pattern of the
spell, removing power from certain Factors, and
adding them to others. To do this type of
switching, however, a Wizard needs the
appropriate rating in Factors. Looking at the
above example, the Wizard wants to generate
Lure of Flames 4, (Dis 4, Dur 0, AoE 1, Pow 4,
Rit 0). He wants to increase the Power from 4
to 6 with Detla. The effect of the spell is
now 6, and the Wizard doesn't want to spend any
Vis. He can use his Aleph rating to bring the
distance down 1 (up to 2 if he wants to), so
that the effect is now 5. He _must_ have the
Factor to "unwork" that aspect of the spell.
Without this knowledge, the spell will fall
apart.
Path Magick and Vis
The subject of vis is a rather touchy one
amongst Path Wizards. Indeed, since most
spells are calibrated to exist in the Mana 5
limit, Path Wizards shouldn't need to use vis
to cast their spells. In effect, the magick
formulae should be so perfected that extra
input should be unnecessary. After all, each
step in a didactic path was a look at how
magick expanded with increasing quanta. All
one had to do was trim at the fifth level, and
a Path was ready for use in the modern world.
However, part of that fine tuning of a spell
sometimes involved finding the _perfect_ source
of vis that complemented the spell. A spell
that would require 3 pawns of Vis could be
instead fueled with a tooth of a cat, or a
handful of dust from the target's home, as
befits sympathetic magick. These specialty
vis, sometimes called foci, often cannot be
used to fuel other spells, and thus act as
white elephants, that must be carried around
and used when the spell is activated. Often
the focus is consumed in the casting, making
some one-shot paths expensive.
There are ways around such one-shot
applications. Vis can often be used to
supplement foci. Generally, one pawn is needed
for a common, non-specific foci, such as a
match for certain rare forms of Lure of Flame.
Difficult to get foci can take up to three
pawns, and personal effects, such as locks of
hair of the intended target will be as high as
four. If the item is consumed in casting, the
number of pawns automatically increases by 1.
You can, however often meet the magick half-
way. If a lock of hair from the female target
is needed, a lock of female human hair and a
pawn of vis will often do the trick. This
doesn't always work, so it is best to try such
magick out beforehand in the laboratory.
The true advantage of Path Magick and vis is
that although the Lure of Flames can be
described as Creo Ignem, Create Fire,
Pyrokinesis, each technically requiring
specialized vis, in Thaumaturgy, any type of
vis will work. Thus, a point of vis is a point
of vis is a point of vis, with the rare
exception of a spell that, like the above
examples show, requires a foci that happens to
be a pawn.
Note that a pawn is indeed a pawn. Any Mage,
Tremere or otherwise, can use fresh blood as
pawns to fuel spells. This is the heart of
blood Thaumaturgy, and is readily frowned upon
by Path Wizards. One option in last ditch
efforts is to use the Wizard's own blood as
pawns. This _extremely_ dangerous act removes
a point of blood (adult humans have 10, and
gain 2 back a week) and inflicts a wound level.
Pity the foe of a suicidal mage.
Picking Paths:
This is perhaps the easiest choice a Path
Wizard can make. Finding the right path for
you, however, is a chore. For instance, every
Hermetic had a variation on Creo Ignem written
up as a didactic path. The vanilla path should
be easy to find. Poking around rare book rooms
and old book stores is a start. To find the
true gems, however, takes perseverence, good
contact, and a generous Storyteller.
For instance, let's look at Movement of the
Mind. The vanilla path requires a point of vis
to be expended each round regardless of Effect
level. The Tremere burn blood to accomplish
this. Those who cannot siphon blood off easily
cannot get away with this so readily. Perhaps
a Path exists which merely requires a specialty
focus, like a prepared cape. The particulars
of the Path ought to be well balanced, with
every advantage coupled with a related
disadvantage. If your path worked at a greater
distance than the normal Path, maybe it was
less powerful, or took longer to cast. For
more information on this, see Making a Path,
below.
Once the right Paths are picked, even a
Thaumaturgist with a fraction of the
flexibility of a Symbolic Wizard can get quite
colorful...and quite unpredictable. It is to
the advantage of the Path Wizard to seek out
these rarer paths, since oftentimes their use
is completely misinterpreted by those who are
used to vanilla Thaumaturgy, and its
limitations.
Finding a Path
The greatest collection of Didactic Paths can
be found in the libraries of Vienna, where the
Tremere guard them jealously. Others can be
found in obscure little libraries and bookshops
around the world. Often, their owners have no
idea about the true nature of these guides.
After all, they seem little more than fanciful
speculations on the part of crackpot
alchemists.
A Path Wizard should choose his initial Paths
carefully, since they will be the only "free"
ones he will ever obtain. Whether it be money,
other paths, or favors, or even risking the
wrath of wizards and vampires by stealing these
paths, the Hedge Wizard will pay.
How much should he pay is a more difficult
question. Often, money means very little to
those who control the primal forces of the
universe, but sometimes the rent has to be
paid. Those ignorant shop owners know an old
book when they see it, and you're going to have
to pay through the nose for it (a wizard's
salivations at the sight of it doesn't help,
either). And there's the simple cost of paying
off contacts, getting to Berlin, and searching
through 20 book stores to find the right text.
Here is a hard and fast system for determining
the monetary cost of a path:
Factor Cost (in US
Dollars)
Each level found 1000
Each deviation from standard 1000
Each city passed through 1000
Each contact used 500
Multiple use of the same contact x2
current
Each favor promised -1000
Exchange of books Relative to the
value of the book
Having it retrieved for you Twice
final value
Thus, we see that a Gift of Morpheus with all 5
levels found intact would cost $5000.
Travelling first to Vienna and Rome would make
it $7000. The rarity of finding a copy that
has added range would either up the price (for
those sellers who know its value) or make it
that much more difficult to find, making the
final price $8000.
Why spend the money on a contact? Well,
first, you're not only buying their expertise
in finding such texts, and their network of
contacts, you're also buying their silence. A
Storyteller with a character who wants to find
an obscure tome should compile a list of
cities. For each contact spent, one of the
incorrect cities is removed. A player may use
up to his backgrounds in contacts per month.
Any more uses costs the player twice the
current rate. Thus, a player with Contacts 2
needs to check out 4 cities. He spends $500
each for the first two cities, and must now
spend $1000 MORE to search the next two. If he
needed one more city searched, it would cost a
grand total of $5000 (2x500 + 2x1000 + 2000)!
Second, that Contact absorbs a great deal of
risk on the part of the player. Maybe some
people don't want that tome found.
Favors rank from small, "I'll be a one time
contact," to swearing an oath of undying
fealty. The price listed is for an average
arcane favor, such as a True Name or an Arcane
Connection, though some momumental ones will be
worth much more.
Finding such texts can be the source of many
plot threads, and Storytellers are encouraged
to make these grimoires as rare as possible.
Only then will players learn to value their
books above all.
Intial and Learning Paths:
Although one can go through a lengthy
apprenticeship session, I find that it's much
more satisfying to assume a character knows
something about magick, and dive right into the
adventure. It should become readily apparent
that the quest for arcane knowledge will more
than likely consume the life of the wizard.
When selecting those initial spells, keep in
mind that the Wizard would pick those that are
best compatible with who he is. Thus, the
initial paths help define who the Wizard is.
The cost of initial paths are 7 for the first
rank, and five for additional ranks in the
path. However, the spells must be initially
arranged in a hierarchy, with no two paths
sharing the same level of understanding. Thus,
a beginning player could have MotM 5, LoF 4,
PoConj 3, PoCorr 2, and GoM 1. The maximum
amount of initial Paths, then, is 5. After
play begins, a player can increase any and all
levels as much as he desires, to the maximum of
5.
Likewise, a mage will research and quest for
spells that best personify who he wants to be.
Storytellers should key in these passions,
since they will set the tone for the player.
Just how far is he willing to go in the name of
his Art, anyway?
There are two methods of learning. The first
is the acquisition of a new didactic Path. The
mage must dive into the particulars of the
theory, and develops tunnel vision, ignoring
all but the magicks. A mage pays for the first
level of a path with 7 experience points. The
mastery of this magick comes slowly, as every
additional path builds on this initial one.
Thus, it cannot be taken lightly. The time it
takes usually equals a month, but certain
circumstances, such as actively studying other
magicks, or mastery of a related path, will
make this time more or less, depending.
The other method of Learning involves
climbing the rungs of a path. This costs
Current level x 4 in experience, and takes an
amount of time equal to a week x the level
desired. Thus, if a wizard with Neptune's
Might 2 wanted to learn Neptune's Might 3, it
would cost 8 x.p.s and take 3 weeks. If he
performed strenuous work, the time could
increase. It takes an increasingly large
period of time to master each level because the
differences in structure are very subtle
indeed. Without careful study, a mage may
leave out what seems to be an extraneous
component, only to find his spell unravelling.
Casting Path Magicks
Once a level of a Path is learned, it is
ready to cast. Simply prepare the spell,
readying any foci, modifying any Factors, and
spend the appropriate Vis. The player then
antes up 1 WP, and rolls Current WP against a
difficulty of spell's rank + 3. Casting
Movement of the Mind 4, then, would take a WP
roll, with a difficulty of 7. Any
modifications to the spell, even if balanced,
will increase the difficulty by one. If the
roll fails, the anted WP is not lost. If,
however, the roll is botched, the 1 WP is lost.
Oftentimes, however, Path Magicks only invest
a power that must be further used by the
Wizard. For instance, it is one thing to gain
power over the wind (Weather Summoning). It is
quite another to use it to knock a cup off a
ledge. Thus, even if the spell goes off, it
becomes necessary to find out how well it went
off. This usually entails an Attribute+Ability
roll.
Making Path Magicks
This is perhaps the most difficult section,
as most of the work to-date by the majority of
Thaumaturgists has been to reclaim that which
has been lost. It is possible, however, to
create new magicks, but the time it takes
usually prevents all but the undying from
attempting it.
First, the mage must be versed in what is
known as Spell Theory, a Knowledge trait. All
Path Wizards know a bit about theory, but just
as anyone can learn to play an instrument
without reading sheet music, almost anyone can
learn hedge magick without studying Spell
Theory.
Second, the player sits down, presumably with
the Storyteller, and maps out what he wants the
path to do. Keep in mind that each rung is a
step in understanding. Thus, all levels are
somehow related to each other, with simpler
applications below, and more complex
applications above.
The simplest way to do this is to state an
end goal: I want to be able to turn into a
chicken. From here, we break down into four
steps that will add up to the final product.
The senses of a chicken is one (or perhaps 2 if
the chicken has supernatural senses). Entering
the mind of the chicken is another, so either
control over chickens, or the ability to
communicate with fowl is important. Finally,
certain body parts can be crafted into those of
a chicken, such as claws or a razor sharp beak.
Once we've hammered out vague levels, start
building each with the five different factors.
How long will it last? Can I do it to other
people? Based on these figures, arrange the
steps into increasing levels of power. Here is
your 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. If one seems too powerful,
we can augment it by requiring a foci or
increasing the difficulty of all rolls using
that power.
Finally, we see if any need an
Attribute+Ability roll to better define the
range of a power. It's one thing to possess
the ability to mind control chickens, but how
swayed are they? How many are really affected,
and how many managed to resist? Pick a logical
attribute and a logical ability, but be
creative. Should you use Animal Ken, or
Leadership to make this roll? Since you're
entering the minds of the chicken, maybe you
understand their concepts of leadership, and
leadership can then work.
This is the number one spot for abuse, and
most of it unwitting. Don't let your players
"stack" attributes or abilities if you can help
it. For instance, a player in the above
example could claim that Animal Ken would work
for all levels. Wouldn't you know it? He has
Animal Ken 5! Try to find more specific
Abilities that add color to knowledge of the
spell.
Once a plan is delineated, however, it isn't
created. The hedge wizard needs to see if the
spell works as she intended it to. This is a
time consuming excercise, to say the least.
Each level takes 1 month x Target Level to
perfect. Thus, a complete Path will take 15
months of nothing but non-stop research, enough
to make the average hedge wizard throw in the
towel.
At the end of the time period (1 month in the
case of Level 1), the Wizard rolls
Intelligence+Spell Theory, Difficulty 6.
Before she can move on to the next level, she
must amass 5 successes. If she did not, she
must wait another time period (1 month /
level), and roll again, with successes being
cumulative. This simulates that the Path has
not only been created, but fully understood by
the Wizard. He must overcome the inertia to
move beyond his current research.
A botch on this roll indicates that the
concept is lost, and the Wizard must try a new
approach. There are several Paths that only
reach Level 3 or 4, remants of burned out
wizards and dashed dreams.
Translations:
(Note: The following Paths are Copyright White
Wolf Game Studios. They are listed here only
as an aid in showing how to translate to the
Hedge Magick system I propose. The use of said
Paths are in no way a challenge to the
copyrights).
The following is a brief summary of the
Thaumaturgical Paths found in the various White
Wolf products, with notes on how to convert
them to my system. In cases with random
results, determined by a Attr+Ability check,
the spell is listed as if minimal successes
were gained. You want more successes? Buy
this option with 2 power. Also, any listing
under Power lists the MINIMAL dice that can be
rolled for a spell. If a mage must roll
Cha+Falconry, which totals 2 dice, he can
instead roll his Power rating, 6.
Path Name Dist Dur AoE Pow Rit
Path of Blood V:TM
Taste for Blood 1 0 0 2 0
Blood Rage 1 0 1 3 0
Blood of Potency 0 4 0 4 0
Theft of Vitae 4 4 1 2 0
Cauldron of Blood 0 0 1 6 0
Lure of Flame 4 Var. Var. Var. 0
Movement ot Mind 0 0 0 Var. 0
Weather Control 4 4 4 Var. 0
Path of Conjuring VPG
S the S F 0 1 0 2 0
Permanancy 0 5 0 2
Magic of the Smith 0 5 0 5 0
Reverse Conjuration 4 3 1 5 0
Power over Life 1 5 1 5 0
Neptune's Might
Eyes of the Sea 4 0 0 3 0
Jail of Water 2 4 1 4 0
Dehydrate 4 0 1 5 0
Flowing Wall 0 5 1 5 0
Blood to Water 1 5 1 5 0
Spirit Thaumaturgy
Evil Eye 3 3 1 2 0
Spirit Eyes 3 4 0 2 0
Spirit Slave 2 4 1 4 0
Fetishes 2 5 1 5 0
Elemental Mastery
Elemental Strength 0 1 0 3 0
Wooden Tongues 0 3 1 2 0
Anim. t. Unmoving 4 1 1 2 0
Elemental Form 0 5 0 5 0
Summon Elemental 3 1 1 4 0
Corruption
Contradict 0 3 1 2 0
Disfigurement 0 5 1 2 0
Change Mind 3 2 1 3 0
Cripple 2 1 1 5 0
Corrupt Soul 3 2 1 7 0
Perception Spells Hunters Hunted
Scent of the Vamp 0 3 0 1 0
Esc. Und. Eyes 3 0 0 2 0
Voices of t Dead 1 3 1 2 0
Cloak of Shadows 0 0 0 5 0
True Sight 3 1 3 2 0
Intelligence Spells
Gift of Psyche 1 0 0 2 0
Return of Light 0 3 0 2 0
Confess 2 1 1 3 0
Grasp of the Mind 0 3 0 5 0
Heart of Evil 3 0 5 4 0
Wits Spells
Bring To Body 1 0 1 2 0
Light ot Tr. Sp. 1 3 1 1 0
Soul of the Tree 0 2 1 4 0
Shield ot Thinker 1 3 1 3 0
Flash 4 0 3 4 0
Gift of Morpheus PGttS
Cause Sleep 3 1 1 2 0
Mass Slumber 3 1 3 2 0
Enchanted Slumber 3 1 1 5 0
DreamScape 1 3 1 4 0
Master of Dreams 1 3 1 5 0
Dark Thaumaturgy (Note: To gain these powers,
a player must accept as a foci: Soul Contract)
Chains of Pleasure StGttS
Ecstasy 0 0 1 2 0
Overstimulation 0 0 1 3 0
Wave of Pleasure 3 0 Var. 2 0
Writhing Delights 0 3 1 4 0
Glow 1000 Embr. 1 0 1 7 0
Hands of Dest. 0 0 1 3 0
Gnarl Wood 0 0 1 3 0
Acidic Touch 0 0 1 3 0
Atrophy 0 0 1 4 0
Turn to Dust 0 0 1 7 0
Fires of Inferno 2 Var. Var. Var. 0
Path of Pestilence
Sickness 0 5 1 1 0
Vampire Sickness 0 5 1 2 0
The Swarming 4 2 3 2 0
Diseased Breath 2 0 4 4 0
Cause Plague 0 5 1 3 0
Path of Phobos
Induce Fear 4 1 1 2 0
Spook 4 3 1 2 0
Terrorize 4 1 1 3 0
Fear Immersion 5 1 1 4 0
Leech of Fear 4 1 1 5 0
Path of Secret Knowledge
Whispers 1 0 1 1 0
Secrets i t Dark 1 0 1 3 0
The Hidden 1 1 1 4 1
Dark Prophecy 0 1 0 5 1
Unlock the Heart
of Mystery 5 0 0 5 2
Path of Torture
Hurt 1 0 1 2 0
Hunger 1 0 1 3 0
Torment 1 1 1 3 0
Agony 1 1 1 5 0
Pangs of Hell 1 1 1 7 0
Rituals:
Often a very powerful spell will survive, or
the fragment of a potent path, lost to time.
These Rotes are exceedingly powerful, some so
powerful that the cost in vis to cast them
normally prevents their use.