Ritual Skills

Rituals allow the game to have many different magic effects, while keeping the list of spells at a fixed size. There is no limit to the number of rituals that could exist, and most magical effects that don't fit into the template of a spell will be a ritual. Most of the time rituals are paper items with instructions on them. Some creatures are capable of performing acts that function like rituals without having a paper to read off of, those creatures will describe how that works in their encounter codex entry. The following text exclusively refers to the paper variety of ritual.

Rituals are typically reusable items. Some specific rituals are one-use consumable items, these rituals will indicate if this is the case. Each ritual is a printed piece of paper that will contain all the information needed to perform it. Rituals may not be duplicated. Players can transcribe rituals into a cooler looking prop, which must be lootable, if they destroy the original copy.

When a character first learns a ritual skill they receive the basic rituals for that school of magic for free. These may be reacquired each event at check-in should the player lose them. Other rituals must be acquired as loot during play.

Each ritual has on it a set of instructions for what must be done to perform that specific ritual. Follow the instructions exactly. If the ritual requires an incantation, the instructions will tell you when to read the incantation. You must use the incantation listed on the ritual and you must read it off the piece of paper, it cannot be read from memory. Otherwise this functions exactly like spell incantations.

Once you have completed the instructions on the ritual, it has been successfully performed. Now follow the information listed in the "Effect" portion of the ritual.

Rituals do not generally require power points to cast, however as each ritual is different it is possible one might need them. The ritual will say if it does.

This title represents seven different titles at once, one for each school of magic. A character becomes a School Master (replacing "school" with the name of school you have mastery in, such as Aegis Master) when they:

• Have obtained all 20 power points.
• Learned all spells in a school.
• Upon learning all the spells in a school, learned the ritual skill for that school (or gained it via the Maven RP Skill).

Characters can become masters of every school they qualify for.

Upon becoming a Master of a School, the character may choose one level two or higher spell to specialize in. You cannot change this spell after it is selected. Your selected spell costs you one less power point to cast (to a minimum of 1). This discount does not stack with other discounts you can obtain through the game, most notably with the Master's Staff, unless it is specifically stated otherwise.

A Master of a School is the only one who can benefit from a Master's Staff.

Maven represents diverse ways of learning and wisdom drawn from a multitude of experiences:

• The seasoned travels of a Civen merchant: Navigating foreign markets and cultures.
• The meticulous craft of a Terran artisan: Mastering a skill through dedicated practice and refinement.
• The cunning of streetwise thieves: Acquiring knowledge through observation, deception, and resourcefulness.
• The ancient lore passed down through generations by Dellin shamans: Honoring tradition and embracing the wisdom of ancestors.
• The insights of any individual who has dedicated themselves to a particular field of study: Learning from experts and embracing a lifelong pursuit of knowledge.

Maven is the sole source of uncommon languages outside of character creation or other roleplaying skills. How the player decides they learned these languages is up to them. It could involve studying ancient texts, learning from travelers, or even experiencing a divine revelation.

Essentially, Maven reflects a character's individual journey of knowledge acquisition. How they gain these skills is a deeply personal and character-driven experience.

Mavens can learn world lore between events, learn additional languages, gain ritual skills without school mastery, exchange basic ritual components during rituals, craft tomes and learn a signature spell.

Unlike other roleplaying skills, Maven may be taken by any player and can be taken to level 5 regardless of any other RP skills they may possess.