From:	John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject:	[SR3] Conjuring
Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 1997 19:16:13 EDT

I was doing some thinking (dangerous, I know) on the Conjuring rules as
written in SR2, and had a flash of sudden inspiration on a revised set of
conjuring rules (unfortunately, I don't think they're any less clunky).
The system I wound up with is similar to Spellcasting
Anyways, here's what I was thinking:

Conjuring Pool:
The Conjuring Pool is similar to the Magic (which, for clarity,
could be re-named the Sorcery Pool) Pool used in spellcasting and is
based upon the summoner's Conjuring Skill. A Shaman's totem modifiers add
or subtract from the Conjuring Pool. Spirit Foci add dice to the
Conjuring Pool. Power Foci add their rating to the bonded magician's
Magic Rating, and also to his/her Magic and Conjuring Pools.

Summoning:
Summoning Drain is figured by replacing Magic with Charisma in
the chart on pg140 of SR2. Drain is resisted with Willpower and any dice
thrown in from the newly-created Conjuring Pool.
To summon a spirit, the magician rolls his/her Charisma, plus any
allocated dice from the Conjuring Pool, against a target number equal to
the spirit's force, modified only by wound modiiers or geas modifiers
(under SR2). The summoning magician may throw in up to his Magic Rating
in dice from his Conjuring Pool. Every two successes equals one service.

Banishing:
Banishing a spirit pits the magician's will against that of the
spirit ("by the power of my will..."). In a banishing test, the magician
rolls his Willpower (plus Conjuring Pool) against the spirit's Force. The
spirit rolls its willpower (usually equal to its Force) against the
magician's Magic Rating. The winner's net successes reduce the loser's
Magic/Force Rating by one for every two successes.

I haven't gotten to the tests on commanding uncontrolled/free spirits or
the ones for contesting the control of a spirit from the controlling
magician, but I wanted to see what the list in general thought of the
idea so far. I'm hoping it becomes a bit easier by being more like the
spellcasting system, which is (I think) a bit better known due to greater
use.


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