Wardens Rituals

The contents of this page focus on the ritual magic of the Wardens setting, specifically that which is capable using the Ritualist Advantage.

Calculate Power Point Cost

• Determine the Power Point cost of the formula you want to use in this casting.
• Generally, this means deciding what Rank you want the Effect(s) at, and figuring up that final Power Point Cost.

Perform Ritual

Time	-5 to check	-10 to check	-15 to check	-20 to check
10 min	8 min	4 min	2 min	1 min
20 - 30 min	15 min	8 min	4 min	2 min
40 - 60 min	30 min	15 min	8 min	4 min
70 - 120 min	60 min	30 min	15 min	8 min
130 - 240 min	120 min	60 min	30 min	15 min
250 - 480 min	240 min	120 min	60 min	30 min
490 - 960 min	480 min	240 min	120 min	60 min

Performing the Ritual takes two things: Time and an Expertise: Magic check.

Time

A ritual takes 10 minutes per Point Point of the Effect you want.

• You may reduce the Time Rank of the ritual by one Rank for every -5 penalty you take to the Check.

Check

This is an Expertise: Magic check, made at the end of the Time.

• If you reduced the Time to perform the ritual, take a -5 per Time Rank you reduced it by.
• Team Checks: Others with the Expertise: Magic skill can help you perform the ritual, as a Team Check.
  • Assistants make a DC 10 Expertise: Magic check.
  • Any degrees of success grant you a +2 to the check, or a +5 if three or more total degrees of success are accrued all together.

DC

The DC for this ritual is 10 + Power Point Cost of the ritual.

• This can be made as a Routine Check, if desired (instead of rolling, you may assume that you got a total check of 10 + your Experise: Magic ranks).
• Success: If successful, you gain use of this magical Effect for a single scene, invoked during this Chapter.
  • If you wish to use it again during the Chapter, you may do so by spending a Hero Point.
• Failure: On a failure, the magic is not invoked properly, and it dissipates harmlessly.
  • If you gain 3 or more degrees of failure, a magical backlash occurs.

Casting On The Fly (Fast Rituals)

Instead of a lengthy magic working, you can spend a Hero Point to quickly tap into the world's ambient magic and your own arcane talent and quickly throw together a magical Effect.

• You do not need a formula. Figure out the Effect and its full Power Point Cost.
• Time: This takes one round per Power Point of the effect you want. You may not reduce this time further.
• Check: This is an Expertise: Magic check, made at the end of the Time. Neither Routine nor Team Checks apply.
• DC: The DC for this is 15 + Power Point Cost of the Effect.
  • Success grants you use of the ability immediately upon completing the casting.
  • Magical backlashes happen on two or more degrees of failure.