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Gamemaster'sGuidepost:RitualPathMagicSkillLevels

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AnderssentmeaPMtheotherdayandaskedaprettysimplequestion:WhatdoskilllevelsmeanforRitual
Pathmagiccasters?You'vegotyourshinycopyofGURPSThaumatology:RitualPathMagicandyou've
justboughtGURPSTemplateToolkit1:Characters...butnowwhat?You'vegotyourskillleveldescription
fromp.12ofthelatter,buthowdospellsinteractwithit?Youcouldprobablyextractanapproximateideaof
whattheskilllevelsmeanbymakingafewassumptions...

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...thateachlevelcomeswithaappropriatelevelofMageryandThaumatologysinceyourPathskillcannever
exceedthelowerofhisThaumatologyskillor(12+Magerylevel).
...thateachlevelassumesyoucancastaspellwithenergyequaltoyourSafeThresholdLevelx1.5+Mana
Reserve(ifany).
...thatRitualAdept,isforthischartoutoftheequation,mostseriouscastersaregoingtohaveit,buthaving
themoxytopulloffabigspelldoesn'tneedit.
...thatacharacterhasactuallyputpointsintotheskill(e.g.,heisn'tdefaultingit).
...thatthespellslistedarenottheonlyonestheycancast,buttheone'stheycanreliablydosounderpressure
andnotinidealcircumstances.

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Goingfromtherewemightgetsomethinglikethis:
PathSkillLevel
8to9

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Notes
Typicalofcharactersjustlearningmagiccan
castTrackTravelerreliably(4energy).

Typicalofcharacterswhoarestilllearning,but
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Typicalofcharacterswhoarestilllearning,but
capablecancastMinorHealing(7energy).
Journeyman
Typicalofcharacterswhoareconversantin
spellcraft,butisnotyetamaster,butcapable
cancastBabbleOn(13energy).
ExperiencedJourneyman
Typicalofcharacterswhoareextremely
conversantintheircraftandwellontheirway
tomasteryNeededformostcombatmagics
cancastPentagramTrap(25energy).
Master
Typicalofcharacterswhoaretherespected
mastersoftheircraftcancastCreatePocket
Dimension(81energy).
Archmage
Typicalofcharacterswhoareeminentmasters
oftheircraftcancastLiveOffTheLand(121
energy).
LegendaryArchmagi
Charactersarecandonearlyanythingintheir
craftcancastCallSpirit(139energy).

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Again,theexamplespellisn'ttheonlyspelltheycancastjusttheonestheycouldreliablytossoutwhen
needed.AcharacterwithPathofUndead12couldstilltrytocast"CallSpirit"thoughitmightbeharderfor
himandhaveaquirkortwoacharacterwithPathofUndead21justmakesitlookeasy.Or,putanother
way,atruemasterofhiscraftmakethehardlookprofoundandthesimplelookhard.
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