Sin-eating is a practice that goes back for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. In essence, a sin-eater takes all the wrong-doings and evil acts a person has committed into themselves. This is typically done after the subject dies, but before they die is possible as well. Sin-Eating can be found in many cultures and religions. […]
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Boil and Bubble: Ritual Path Magic Weather Spells
My grimoire from my Ceteriverse campaign is…large. I figured I’d share a few spells from it for others to use. Here are some weather spells I’ve converted to regular RPM from my specific RPM derivative in the campaign. Enjoy. Cold Snap Spell Effects: Lesser Control Energy x2. Inherent Modifiers: Area of Effect + Damage, External Burning […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Extrinsic Magic Part II
As we were talking about in the previous installment (TBA), this post is also about extrinsic magic. The Limits of Magic I made it so magic had a few limits, things it couldn’t do no matter how powerful you were: Creation and Transformation: Magic cannot be used to permanently create or transform objects any such […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Schwarzgerät
For the most part the universe of Ceteri is TL8 (or less in some areas). It’s a contemporary campaign set in the modern world – but that doesn’t mean weird technology doesn’t exist. Schwarzgerät is a word that means “black device” and has come to mean any sort of science or technology that uses variant, unknown, […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Chronicles of Ceteri Primer – Divine Gifts
In The Chronicles of Ceteri universe there are three types of divine gifts. The first is the province of Judeo-Christian saints and holy men. In Ceteri, there is a monotheistic deity who is the real deal and he gives powers over nature and reality to his chosen few. The second type are those who worship spirits, loa, small-g […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Ritual Path Magic Inscriptions
Ritual Path Magic (and it’s flavors) has multiple ways to cast a spell now and be able to use it later. Between GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19: Incantation Magic, and Pyramid there are elixirs/infusions (liquid magic), scripts (scroll magic), tattoos (magic inked on skin), charms (magic in easily breakable form), conditional spells (magic […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Middle Kingdom Primer – Magic
Exhales. Ok. Magic. Chinese magic is weird. It’s mixed up so much with the religion(s), regions, and other systems of supernatural influence. Honestly, it’s a mess and capturing the exact feel has been rather difficult. And that’s not even getting into Japanese magic which is more animistic then anything else. So where did I start. […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: The Fifth Attribute
The Fifth Attribute began life in my campaign “The Awakening” in mid-2014. I wanted a way to tie in all the supernatural powers of that campaign setting along with a few campaign features to make a working cohesive framework. It took me the better part of a month to write it and I began with […]
Continue readingBoil and Bubble: Ritual Path Magic Miscellany II
Here’s another installment of Ritual Path Magic Miscellany – today I’m talking about extra effort, supernatural healing limits, and tracking magic. Extra Effort for Ritual Path Magic The GM may allow casters to use a form of Extra Effort with magic. If so, use the following guidelines: Agile Magic: This can only be used on external-based spells. […]
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Today’s post is a small collection of random rules add-ons for ritual path magic designed to change the system’s dynamic and give it a bit of extra flavor. Curses! External Afflictions and RPM Damaging spells can be “external” based spells meaning the caster must succeed on a skill roll such as Brawling or Innate Attack […]
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