Editing Fate of the Serpentine (section)

==Sorcery==

The sorcery system works as follows. Sorcery is powered by the Lore skill, and in most cases, consists of straight Lore-based attacks against physical or mental Stress. The Sorcerer rolls their Attack roll based on their Lore skill level plus any modifiers, and the target rolls their Defend roll - if any. (GM decides what skill is appropriate for Defend rolls, if any - default is Physique for physical Stress, and Will for mental Stress.) Ingenious Sorcerers may be able to devise a spell form that gets around a particular defence.

For spell-casting where there is no specific target or harm intended, the action is an Overcome against a Difficulty set by the GM. Create Advantage can be used to boost chances of success. The GM will also balance the Difficulty against the power of the intended effect - greater power means greater Difficulty. 

A Sorcerer can choose to pull their punch, and use less than their full rating of Lore, if they want to exert a more controllable, less Corrupting, volume of Sorcery. This should make the subsequent roll to resist Corruption easier. 

The detail comes in the different Spheres of magic which govern the description and nature of the magic, as well as the sorts of magic the Sorcerer could perform outside straight Attack spells. For instance, a Sorcerer whose Sphere is Water could fill opponents' lungs with liquid - or drain a canal to allow allies to walk across it. A Sorcerer whose Sphere is Plants could ensnare and strangle foes in creeping vines - or grow strange and reviving fruit to heal injured characters. A character gets one Sphere for each level of the Lore skill they have.

'''Sorcerous Spheres
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Aging

Air

Animal 

Blades 

Blood 

Chaos 

Curses

Death

Decay/Entropy

Demonology

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Disease 

Earth 

Fear 

Fire 

Flesh 

Ghosts & Spirits

Ice

Illusion 

Lightning 

Love

</td><td> 

Luck 

Memory 

Music 

Necromancy 

Plants 

Possession

Secrets 

Serpents 

Shadow 

Statuary 

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Swamp 

Transformation (Physical) 

Transmutation 

Transportation 

Trickery 

Water 

Worship

</td><td></table>

Unfortunately, using Sorcery isn't a free ride. Each use of Sorcery exposes the Sorcerer to Corruption.