From:	Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Ritual magic
Date:	Wed, 20 May 1998 18:04:07 -0400

At 11:09 PM 5/20/98 +0000, you wrote:
<snipped>

>So I'd say that ritual magic is only more powerful than regular
>sorcery in that it has some special conditions it can avoid -
>primarily, LOS or sustaining, as well as giving potentially more
>dice.
>
>I know some of you won't agree at all, and in part I agree - it's
>cool with rituals that can do really weird or wonderful stuff. But
>for ordinary play, I'd say the above is the rule, not the exception,
>and that anything outside that should be one-shot deals and not
>common at all.

Fade, I couldn't agree more. The normal common ritual magic isn't that
special or high-powered.

Actually, I wrote up a little "fluff" piece on "ancient rituals" that
I'll
clean up, maybe do a re-write or two and post it up here. But the gist of
it is that weird rituals like the Great Ghost Dance or a teleportation
ritual should be a special thing controlled by the GM to advance a story,
nothing more.

Remind me in a day or two if I haven't posted it.

Erik J.


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