[Torg] Occult Magic w/Cyberpapcy

[Dalhyp]

I prefer to think that Egyptian magic is based on the religion that the law of the one true God would come into play and increase the difficulty that way.  

Kent

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On Jun 18, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Kansas Jim <ksjim at sdc.org> wrote:

Steve Crow wrote:

Doe the Law of Heretical Magic affect Occult Magic casting?

It certainly should, the question is how exactly.

The law for most forms of magic is seemingly "balanced" as much as it gives a +3 diff & +3 backlash, but +5 effective value.
However, if you take backlash out of the equation (as Occult Magic does), then it actually seems to work out slightly in favor of the occult type. Which, given the nature of heretical magic vis a vis the occult, seems kinda odd...

Similarly, Nile Mathematics magic also has no backlash.

Off the top of my head, I would probably increase the DN penalty to +5
to make up for the lack of backlash. However, that doesn't address the
other part of the WL which is a demon trying to possess the caster if
the backlash damage result is high enough. Maybe what I'd do is say that
if the casting/Occult ritual fails they have to make the Spirit check
with the DN modified by how much they failed.

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Kansas Jim, Torg guru (ksjim (at) sdc (dot) org)
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