Thaumatology: Sorcery
GURPS Thaumatology: Magical Styles was published in February 2009.
Contents[]
- Detailed instructions for grouping skills, spells, and other abilities into cohesive styles in a manner similar to Martial Arts Styles.
- A college-by-college look at the basics taught to beginning wizards, complete with handy spell lists.
- Practical tools for restructuring colleges and prerequisites.
- Magic Perks - new perks for wizards only!
- Advice on extending all of these things to clerics and other non-wizardly spellcasters.
- A detailed, fully worked example: the secretive Onyx Path.
Perks[]
† requires specialization ‡ Has levels
- Academic or Guild Rank†‡, Adjustable Spell†, Afflicted Casting†, Area Spell Mastery†, Attribute Substitution†
- Better Magic Items†, Blocking Spell Mastery†
- Combat Ceremony†, Continuous Ritual†, Convenience Casting†, Covenant of Rest
- Elixir Resistance†, Extra Option†, Far-Casting†‡, Frightening Side Effects†
- Huge Subjects†‡, Immunity to (Specific Hazard)†, Improvised Items‡, Improvised Magic†, Intuitive Cantrip†
- Kill Switch†, License†, Life-Force Burn‡, Limited Energy Reserve†‡
- Magical Style Adaptation†, Magical Weapon Bond†, Mana Compensation†, Melee Spell Mastery†, Mighty Spell†, Missile Spell Mastery†, Mundane Magic†
- Named Possession†, No Gestures†, No Incantations†
- Obscure True Name, Permit†, Power Casting†‡, Psychic Guidance†
- Quick and Focused‡, Reduced Footprint†‡, Rote Alchemy†, Rule of 17†‡, Rules Exemption† *Sacrificial Blocking Spell†, Sanctum‡, Scroll-Reading (Language)†, Secret Mage, Secret Spell†, Secret Words‡, Shaman’s Trance, Shortcut to Power†, Special Exercises†, Spell Bond†, Spell Duelist†, Spell Hardiness†‡, Spell Resistance†, SSpirit Contract†, Staff Attunement, Staff Bond†, Standard Operating Procedure†, Super-Sympathy†
- Thaumatological Doublespeak, Willful Casting, Wizardly Dabbler†, Wizardly Garb
Notes[]
- Magic Styles are effectively built into Clerical Spell-Magic (Thaumatology, pp. 65-71).