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Offline crusher_bob

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Sample Thaumaturgy declarations?
« on: May 06, 2010, 02:03:09 AM »
Does anyone have some samples of the kind of stuff you could declare when you require a boost to thaumaturgy?

Here's the ideas I have so far:
Discipline -> Serene and Calm
Workspace -> just the right tools for the job
Resources -> rare materials
Investigation or possibly  Burglary -> a hair from the target's brush

But what other stuff can you do?

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Re: Sample Thaumaturgy declarations?
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 04:04:46 AM »
Lore to make a circle to focus. Lore to know the right symbols. Lore to know the right time of day. Many more lore based ones.
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Re: Sample Thaumaturgy declarations?
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 04:09:08 AM »
But doesn't lore define your base complexity to begin with?  So aren't you assumed to be doing all the lore related stuff you know how to do already?

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Re: Sample Thaumaturgy declarations?
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 07:08:28 AM »
Nope!  :)

You're assumed to be doing all the Lore based stuff that you can do quickly. If you take the time you can do quite a bit more with Lore.

On the original subject:

Scholarship to arrange geometrically perfect symbols and designs.

Contacts to call in a favor from a demon in the Nevervnever for extra power.

Contacts to acquire a rare ingredient.

Any social skill to convince someone to give you needed materials.

Offline drnuncheon

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Re: Sample Thaumaturgy declarations?
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 08:01:32 PM »
Alertness, to scout out a spot where you won't be disturbed
Athletics, to climb out onto the roof ledge of a building and get a pigeon's feather (maybe for a long distance communication spell?)
Burglary, to get access to something of your target's
Contacts, reaching out to another wizard who specializes in this sort of thing
Conviction for the actual casting
Craftsmanship to create the ritual materials you will need
Deceit to convince the target to tell you their name (from their own lips, it has power!)
Discipline for the casting - and staying up late nights researching the spell
Driving because you are out of candles and the store closes in 5 minutes
Empathy to learn an Aspect of the target you can use to help guide the spell
Endurance for those long nits of research - or maybe you need to put blood into the spell
Fists or Guns when someone discovers you taking a spell component that you shouldn't
Intimidation to stare down a summoned spirit and browbeat it into giving you information

Got to get back to work, maybe someone else can finish out the list!