Formulaic Rituals

Consecrate

• Element: Any
• Power: 1 or 3
• Thaumic Refrain: No
• Requires a Ref: No (with exceptions, see below)

Consecrate a small area an element, creating a roleplaying effect of your choice in line with an element, such as:

• Creation: You feel energetic, confident and dismissive of consequences.
• Destruction: You feel focused and decisive, and any feelings of guilt are muted.
• Order: You feel driven to achieve your goals and inclined to ignore distractions.
• Chaos: You feel relaxed, inspired and creative, and dismissive of convention.

This ritual creates an EFFECT on the location as an area up to a 5m diameter circle that causes anyone in the area to feel the effect while they’re there. The area should be delimited in some way. A 5 minute consecration can be created with 1 poncelet of power. With 3 poncelets the consecration lasts until sunrise.

If you're creating a roleplaying effect you've created before, this can be done without a ref. If you're trying something new, you must consult with a ref.

Alteration

• Element: Chaos
• Power: 4
• Thaumic Refrain: Yes
• Requires a Ref: No

You can weave magic to temporarily change a willing person. This can be used to alter appearance to conceal, change or add an elemental touch until sunrise for 4 poncelets of power. This changes appearance only; the benefits and drawbacks of concealed touches remain.

Alternatively the target can take a WOUND immediately and gain EFFECT: you RESIST all non-MAGIC non-EPIC damage to SINGLE for the next encounter. If the call contains non-damaging effects, those still apply. If you take a MAGIC call (even if RESISTed), the effect ends. You must wear a Mundane Resistant tag when using this.

Transference

• Element: Chaos
• Power: 4 or Variable
• Thaumic Refrain: No
• Requires a Ref: Varies

Moves an EFFECT or COMPEL from a character, object or location to a target object or willing character. Transferring a non-EPIC EFFECT or COMPEL reduces the duration to 5 minutes if over that. Transferring an EPIC EFFECT or COMPEL will diminish it in some way. The power required depends on the EFFECT or COMPEL’s level.

• non-EPIC: 4 poncelets
• EPIC: Variable

Transferring non-EPIC EFFECTs and COMPELs from characters to characters or objects to similar objects will always work as described and doesn't need a ref. Transferring EPIC EFFECTs, or transferring to a target of a different type requires a ref.

Abjuration

• Element: Order
• Power: 2+
• Thaumic Refrain: No
• Requires a Ref: No (with exceptions, see below)

Prepares repulsive magical energy to be thrown at enemies. Upon success the ritual lead gains one charge of MAGIC REPEL per two poncelets of power. If the ritual lead moves from the ritual site the charges are discarded. The ritual lead may not attack or use other active skills until the charges are used or discarded (but they may block and parry). Holding the power of this ritual and for more than 5 minutes may be hazardous to your health. You can’t be the target of this and a similar ritual like Ruination at the same time.

This ritual can potentially be used to set up an EFFECT on an area to try to contain or exclude certain creatures, especially elementals. This use of the ritual requires a ref.

Attunement

• Element: Order
• Power: 1+
• Thaumic Refrain: No
• Requires a Ref: Yes

Allows the contributors to attune their psyche to an unknown EFFECT, COMPEL, object or location. This synchronisation allows them to immerse themselves in the present and history of the target and gain a reasonable understanding of its mechanics, or allows them to gain some understanding about critical points in the target’s history. With more power comes more information. Each participant will each gain a slightly different view, possibly providing more information if they have a variety of skills and viewpoints. This causes stress and potential consequences of varying strength, shared between the participants. Nevertheless, this ritual remains one of the most effective ways of investigating unknown EFFECTS and magical items available. Analysing magical effects and objects will almost always yield some information. Analysing mundane objects and locations is much less likely to yield useful information (mundane Investigation is better at this).

Ruination

• Element: Destruction
• Power: 1+
• Thaumic Refrain: No
• Requires a Ref: No (with exceptions, see below)

Prepares destructive magical energy to be thrown at enemies. Upon success the ritual lead gains one charge of MAGIC DOUBLE per poncelet of power. If the ritual lead moves from the ritual site the charges are discarded. The ritual lead may not attack or use other active skills until the charges are used or discarded (but they may block and parry). Holding the power of this ritual for more than 5 minutes may be hazardous to your health. You can’t be the target of this and a similar ritual like Abjuration at the same time.

Ruination can potentially be used to destroy things that can’t normally be destroyed. This use of the ritual requires a ref.

Conviction

• Element: Destruction
• Power: 6
• Thaumic Refrain: Yes
• Requires a Ref: No (with exceptions, see below)

A willing target gains an enhancement allowing them to push on despite horrific injuries. The target takes a WOUND immediately, and gains EFFECT: Until sunrise you can CURE ALL and WOUND yourself once. This can be used while healthy or within 10 seconds of incapacitation.

This ritual could potentially help a target to endure other physical trauma, such as dangerous surgery or painful wounds and poisons, but will not help to heal them of it. This use requires a ref.

Amplify

• Element: Creation
• Power: Variable
• Thaumic Refrain: No
• Requires a Ref: Yes

This ritual targets an EFFECT or COMPEL and strengthens it, causing it to have a much greater effect or duration than before and potentially to change the effect to be more comprehensive. The ritualists can guide the way in which it changes, but not reliably. This may cause unexpected side effects. If the EFFECT has drawbacks, expect them to be amplified more than the benefits.

For example, an emotion effect caused by Inspire could be amplified to encourage a lasting change in behaviour. Side effects may include the effect spreading to those casting the Amplify ritual, or the entire interactive.

Empower

• Element: Creation
• Power: 4
• Thaumic Refrain: Yes
• Requires a Ref: No

A willing target gains an enhancement allowing them to push themselves further in combat. The target gains EFFECT: Until sunrise you gain one Hit or a combat resource and your mortal wound capacity is reduced by one.

• Rogue: Gain Quick Wits if you don’t have it.
• Warrior: Gain one stamina.
• Invoker: Gain one energy.