From:	Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: [SR3] Spell Rituals
Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:57:11 -0700

Max Wrote:

| ><<I would probably say one complex action per ritual, seeing as it takes
a
| >simple action to push a fraggin' button. Some people will probably say
| >this is too harsh though.>>
|
| >Yeah, people like me:) How about a Free Action per ritual (since things
| >like speaking, gesturing, etc are listed as Free Actions).
|
| Speaking *a single word* is a Free Action, IIRC. Since SR isn't a
| high-fantasy
| world where True Names and Words of Power are extremely important
(they're
| just
| [a] a way to get a Free Spirit by the short hairs and [b] completely
| subjective),
| I'd suggest that Complex Action rituals can be fairly quiet (muttering
your
| arcane incantations while moving fingers furtively), but Free Action
rituals
| must be very obvious (loudly declaiming your Word of Power, raising your
| hand(s)
| in front of you in a bold gesture).


Whoa Max!!! Don't to demonstrate that particular gesture...put the finger
away. ;-)

Anyway this is a pretty good idea also. That way if you do just one
ritual, you can still cast the spell that round, otherwise you have to wait
at least one action.

-Caric

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