From:	Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: [SR3] Spell Rituals
Date:	Tue, 8 Jul 1997 13:57:39 -0700

| > RITUALS
| [stuff snipped]
|
| This is a very good idea, but not something you'd want to put in the base
| rulebook, IMHO... More something for a third edition Grimthingy if you
ask
| me, since it would overwhelm new players somewhat by adding a lot to the
| complexity.

Now this is a good point Gurth...I mean we have to face that the main SRII
book is well over three hundred pages and we can't expect the SRIII to be
much bigger. FASA is going to have to revamp the vehicle and matrix rules
in it, so I can't imagine that alot of "new" space will be devoted to
magic. A new grimmy may be on the horizon then.

| So a fetish would reduce the Force by 1, right? Then we have the...

Apparently so yes.

| > Talisman
| > The caster must have a material component, which is not consumed in the
| > spellcasting. A talisman must be worn or carried to be useful.
Talismans must
| > be magically prepared for use like fetishes. Pre-made talismans are
available
| > from talismongers. Like fetishes, talismans are specific to a certain
| > Category of spell and may be used for any spell of that Category.
|
| ...which would do exactly the same as a fetish, except it doesn't
| disappear when the spell is cast. In that case the choice is easy:
| talisman all the way, since you only need one and it'll never run out,
| while with a fetish you'd have to carry around an armful of the things if
| you're planning on casting "their" spell a lot.

Apparently though one could stack these rituals all together.

| Another thing I'd like to suggest is some kind of ritual that makes the
| spell take longer to cast. For example, every Complex Action spent on the
| ritual lowers the spell's Force by 1 for the Drain Resistance Test. The
| spell is then cast at the end of the ritual.

I still think that all of them should make it take longer if the spell
isn't specifically designed to be cast that way...if the spell was learned
as exclusive then that ritual would have to be used everytime the spell was
cast. The bonus would be there, but no other rituals could be added unless
the caster took the time to "mix in" the other ritualistic bits. (better
Spike?)

-Caric

"If a man talks in the forest, and there isn't a woman around to hear him,
is he still wrong?"