[UA] old-style magic in UA

[Saul Peers]

I had one idea for old school magic; hear me out, though my thoughts are 
largely incomplete.

Old school magicians, instead of working to aquire charges, instead gain 
them automatically over time.  Instead, they have to choose a ritual, 
devotion, taboo or sacrifice that they must always adhere to.  A ritual is 
an observation that's often fairly complex and requires many implements and 
some time.  The use of a ritual results in the aquessition of a significant 
charge of a particular Path(more on that later).  A devotion is something 
that you have to do all the time while gaining or using charages.  Wearing 
white, or praying three times a day; these allow you to slowly regain minor 
charges.  A taboo is something you cannot do, or else you loose all powers.  
If you possess a taboo, then you slowly regain charages, but loose all 
charges if it's broken.  Lastly, a sacrifice is something you give up; like 
money or a sense.  You cannot possess this thing.  Slowly regain minor 
charges.

The magick is similar to iconomancy, in that there are several things to 
gain charges in, Paths of Power.  For every 20% gained in the Ritual Magick 
skill, you can choose a Path, which includes a Ritual and a sacrifice, 
devotion or taboo, which must be observed to gain charges.  An alternate 
skill, Ritual Lore, lets you gain a new path ever 10% rise, and has no 
actual limit (powerful sorcerers could reach 150%), but will never be used 
for anything besides the rituals of magic.

Every path of power will have a number of minor effects as well as a couple 
of significant ones.  Every performance of the ritual will net a single 
significant charge, and minor charges will build up normally as long as the 
devotions are observed.

I haven't thought about major charges yet, but I imagine they'd be even 
harder to get then for the Post-Modern magicians.

-Saul

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