[UA] Wacky new school of magic: C-urgy

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

I like the name change.  

Does the taboo apply to glancing up at the sun?  I
hope it does, because that means you could get a
significant charge by trampling a flower clock.

--- Bailey Watts <didi_mau at hotmail.com> wrote:
> C-urgy is a new and vibrant school of magic.  The
> practitioners use the 
> "-urgy" suffix instead of the "-mancy" suffix not
> because they have some 
> deep connection to elder secrets, but because c-urgy
> rhymes with theurgy and 
> that's cool.
> 
> c-urgy is postmodern time magic. And before you ask,
> the c does not stand 
> for "chrono."  It is just c, the constant speed of
> light in Einstein's 
> theory.  The theory showed how time could be
> compressed or dilated because 
> it wasn't really real.
> 
> Therin lies the paradox, c-urgists exery power over
> the real world by 
> manipulating something that doesn't exist.
> 
> Taboo: recognizing an objective measure of time,
> glancing at a clock to see 
> what time it is or asking someone for the time will
> zap all a c-urgist's 
> mojo.  A C-urgist can't get any charges if she wears
> a watch.
> 
> Random magic domain: Time, being on time
> synchronicity to an extent.
> 
> Blast Style: None, but you can make you enemies late
> for important meetings.
> 
> Gain a minor charge: Smash a clock or watch to
> pieces
> Siggy: Do an activity requiring precision timing
> (like baking a soufle in an 
> oven with no window) without consulting a timepiece.
> Major:  Who knows?  Nobody's gotten one yet.
> 
> Minor effects: Make people early or late for events
> Sig effects: synchronicity after a combat or other
> scene decide how much 
> time actually passed, Do that pilgrim thing for
> travelling, etc
> Major: Be in two places at once, warp causality
>
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