Leyline Magic: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:02, 17 July 2025

Name	Special
Length	Average (5 Minutes)
Range	5ft / 1.5m
Duration	Instantaneous
Cost	None
Material Cost	1 unit of powdered gemstone
Key Words	Ritual Magic
Description	This rite must be performed over a leyline, which can be detected using the Ritual Magic skill. As well as knowledge of this rite, the performer (or performers) need a certain combined ritual skill. The length of the rite and the ritual skill required depend on the power of the leyline. Lesser leyline power: A short rite (2 minutes) and 3 ritual skill points. Average leyline power: An average rite (5 minutes) and 6 ritual skill points. Greater leyline power: A long rite (10 minutes) and 9 ritual skill points. If successful, this rite can generate an instantaneous, dramatic effect, depending on the power of the leyline: A lesser leyline can power one casting of one mass spell, such as Earth Shock or Spirit Storm An average leyline can power three simultaneous castings of any exalted spell A greater leyline can power vast, battlefield-spanning effects including earthquakes and firestorms (subject to referee interpretation) The rite may fail, causing an immediate, destructive backlash, if any of the following occurs: The rite is interrupted The performers have insufficient skill The performers attempt something beyond the leyline’s capacity The rite’s intentions are unclear Another group of performers attempts to tap the same leyline while the rite is ongoing Even if all requirements are met and the rite is performed perfectly, the outcome is subject to a random chance: One time in three, the rite will fail and inflict backlash One time in three, the rite will succeed and inflict backlash One time in three, the rite will succeed as intended These chances may be improved with research, although there is always a chance of backlash.
Skills	Greater Ritual Magic

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 | Cost || None
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-| Material Cost || 1 unit of powdered gemstone, 1 or more ether stones
+| Material Cost || 1 unit of powdered gemstone
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 | Key Words || Ritual Magic
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-| Description || This rite must be performed over a leyline, which can be detected using the [[Ritual Magic]] skill. As well as knowledge of this rite, the performer (or performers) need a certain combined ritual skill. The length of the rite, and the ritual skill required, depends on the power of the leyline.
+| Description || This rite must be performed over a [[Rituals#Leylines|leyline]], which can be detected using the [[Ritual Magic]] skill.
+As well as knowledge of this rite, the performer (or performers) need a certain combined [[Rituals#Power, Skill and Sacrifice|ritual skill]].
-*'''Lesser leyline power:''' A short rite (2 minutes) and 3 ritual skill points
-*'''Average leyline power:''' An average rite (5 minutes) and 6 ritual skill points
-*'''Greater leyline power:''' A long rite (10 minutes) and 9 ritual skill points
+The length of the rite and the ritual skill required depend on the power of the leyline.
+:* '''Lesser leyline power:''' A short rite (2 minutes) and 3 ritual skill points.
-If successful, this rite can generate an instantaneous, dramatic effect, depending on the power of the leyline: a lesser leyline can power one casting of a mass spell, such as Earth Shock or Spirit Storm; an average leyline can power three simultaneous castings of any exalted spell; and a greater leyline can power vast, battlefield-spanning effects including earthquakes and firestorms (subject to referee interpretation).
+:* '''Average leyline power:''' An average rite (5 minutes) and 6 ritual skill points.
+:* '''Greater leyline power:''' A long rite (10 minutes) and 9 ritual skill points.
+If successful, this rite can generate an instantaneous, dramatic effect, depending on the power of the leyline:
-If the rite is interrupted, if the performers have insufficient skill or attempt something beyond the leyline’s capacity, if the rite’s intentions are unclear, or if another group of performers attempts to tap the same leyline while the rite is ongoing, the rite is a failure and the leyline causes an immediate, destructive backlash.
+:* A lesser leyline can power one casting of one [[Calls#Mass Calls|mass]] spell, such as ''[[Earth Shock]]'' or ''[[Spirit Storm]]''
-Even if all requirements are met and the rite is performed perfectly, there is a fifty-percent chance of the rite failing and inflicting backlash.
+:* An average leyline can power three simultaneous castings of any exalted spell
+:* A greater leyline can power vast, battlefield-spanning effects including earthquakes and firestorms (subject to referee interpretation)
+The rite may fail, causing an immediate, destructive backlash, if any of the following occurs:
+:* The rite is interrupted
+:* The performers have insufficient skill
+:* The performers attempt something beyond the leyline’s capacity
+:* The rite’s intentions are unclear
+:* Another group of performers attempts to tap the same leyline while the rite is ongoing
+Even if all requirements are met and the rite is performed perfectly, the outcome is subject to a random chance:
+:* One time in three, the rite will fail and inflict backlash
+:* One time in three, the rite will succeed and inflict backlash
+:* One time in three, the rite will succeed as intended
+These chances may be improved with [[Research|research]], although there is always a chance of backlash.
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 | Skills || [[Greater Ritual Magic]]