[UA] Ars Hermetica

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>Get a roll that's above your technique but below your
>form?  If the roll is below both your technique and
>your form, your spell goes awry from loss of control. 
>If your roll is above both your form and your
>technique, your spell is ineffective.  If your roll is
>somehow both below your technique and above your form,
>it backfires somehow.

I prefer the standard adding verb and noun and rolling under for success. I 
did have some guidelines for backlashes and such, however. Keep in mind that 
I'm going for all-coincidental magic here.

-OACOWA = magic works perfectly and has far-reaching beneficial side-effects, 
but not be entirely coincidental
-Under verb+noun, match = success, and whatever coincidence was selected 
turns out to have some beneficial side-effect
-Under verb+noun, non-match = straightforward success
-Over verb+noun, non-match = not enough power, spell fizzles out
-Over verb+noun, match = too much power, coincidence goes out of control. 
(ex.: your Creo Ignem gas fire spreads to other houses on the block)
-BOHICA = magic goes completely out of control in a non-coincidental way
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