From: J.Ditton@vme.glasgow.ac.uk
Date: Fri 03 Dec 1993 - 16:43:28 EET
Sam here
RE: Sacrifices
A few years ago I wrote a game based on an alternate earth where the
characters were crusaders vs orc like devil worshippers. I stole the RQ
magic system almost in its entirety (Elven magic) but added a whole
list of Sacrificial magic (Mostly evil although the Pseudo-Spanish
peoples used a divine version where they sacrificed chickens and the like).
The system worked by stealing a person's magical power through their bloood.
However, magical power and innocence went hand in hand ie If you lost
your innocence you lost magical power hence children and virgins were
increadibly powerful and were also most favoured for evil devilworshipping
sacrifices. The church also incouraged virginity for obvious reasons. If
lost it could be regained through a ritual re-birth (being "born again") but
this was a difficult process involving divine gifts. Certain barbarians
would also use blood in magical rituals often there own. Certain plants
also had magic power and would be used as Catalysts for certain spells.
The game system itself was purely d6's. I thought it was very original
until I saw Star Wars ;-( *sigh*... Still, the game system worked well
and the sacrificial magic was a hoot. We only played a few games with it
but I plan to dig it out for a re-write. A lot of the above could
apply to RQ rituaal magic. Does a sword of sharpness involve blood in the
casting?..
Cheers! Sam. x
Not Scotland but Sartar
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