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Pstjmack: /* Alchemy */

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Alchemy

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	So, to create a +4 potion, the alchemist must collect or buy 4 ingredients, have a +4 quality workshop, spend 4 weeks working on the formulation, and finally beat a +4 Difficulty with their Lore roll at the end of that time. If their Lore roll is 5, they succeed in creating 2 doses of the potion, a roll of 6 equals 3 doses, etc.		So, to create a +4 potion, the alchemist must collect or buy 4 ingredients, have a +4 quality workshop, spend 4 weeks working on the formulation, and finally beat a +4 Difficulty with their Lore roll at the end of that time. If their Lore roll is 5, they succeed in creating 2 doses of the potion, a roll of 6 equals 3 doses, etc.

			To upgrade their workshop, the alchemist must succeed in a Resources roll equal or higher than the target level.

	=Weapons and Armour=		=Weapons and Armour=

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Alchemy

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	==Alchemy==		==Alchemy==

	Alchemy can create magical effects far more safely and predictably than sorcery, but it needs time and knowledge to do so. The magical effects are limited to those in the alchemist's sorcerous spheres, and the number of uses is restricted to the quantity of potions, philtres, powders, etc. created each time. The number of doses created is the number of shifts by which the alchemist succeeds in their final Difficulty roll.		Alchemy can create magical effects far more safely and predictably than sorcery, but it needs time and knowledge to do so. The magical effects are limited to those in the alchemist's sorcerous spheres, and the number of uses is restricted to the quantity of potions, philtres, powders, etc. created each time. The number of doses created is the number of shifts by which the alchemist succeeds in their final Difficulty roll with Lore.

	The requirements for creating an alchemical compound of each level of strength are as follows:		The requirements for creating an alchemical compound of each level of strength are as follows:
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	So, to create a +4 potion, the alchemist must collect or buy 4 ingredients, have a +4 quality workshop, spend 4 weeks working on the formulation, and finally beat a +4 Difficulty roll at the end of that time. If their roll is 5, they succeed in creating 2 doses of the potion, a roll of 6 equals 3 doses, etc.		So, to create a +4 potion, the alchemist must collect or buy 4 ingredients, have a +4 quality workshop, spend 4 weeks working on the formulation, and finally beat a +4 Difficulty with their Lore roll at the end of that time. If their Lore roll is 5, they succeed in creating 2 doses of the potion, a roll of 6 equals 3 doses, etc.

	=Weapons and Armour=		=Weapons and Armour=

Pstjmack: /* System Details and Special Rules */

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System Details and Special Rules

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	~~==Sorcery==~~		So, to create a +4 potion, the alchemist must collect or buy 4 ingredients, have a +4 quality workshop, spend 4 weeks working on the formulation, and finally beat a +4 Difficulty roll at the end of that time. If their roll is 5, they succeed in creating 2 doses of the potion, a roll of 6 equals 3 doses, etc.

	=Weapons and Armour=		=Weapons and Armour=

Pstjmack: /* Alchemy */

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Alchemy

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	==Alchemy==		==Alchemy==

	Alchemy can create magical effects far more safely and predictably than sorcery, but it needs time and knowledge to do so. The magical effects are limited to those in the alchemist's sorcerous spheres, and the number of uses is restricted to the quantity of potions, philtres, powders, etc. created each time.		Alchemy can create magical effects far more safely and predictably than sorcery, but it needs time and knowledge to do so. The magical effects are limited to those in the alchemist's sorcerous spheres, and the number of uses is restricted to the quantity of potions, philtres, powders, etc. created each time. The number of doses created is the number of shifts by which the alchemist succeeds in their final Difficulty roll.

	The requirements for creating an alchemical compound of each level of strength are as follows:		The requirements for creating an alchemical compound of each level of strength are as follows:



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Pstjmack: /* Alchemy */

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Alchemy

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	\|\| 2		\|\| 2
	\|-		\|-
	\|\| ~~Smith & Wesson Model 10~~		\|\| +4
	\|\| ~~.38~~		\|\| 4
	\|\| ~~15m~~		\|\| +4
	\|\| ~~1D10~~		\|\| 4
			\|\| 4
			\|-
			\|\| +6
			\|\| 6
			\|\| +6
	\|\| 6		\|\| 6
	\|-
	~~\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 22~~
	~~\|\| .45~~
	~~\|\| 15m~~
	~~\|\| 1D10+2~~
	\|\| 6		\|\| 6
	\|-		\|-
	\|\| ~~Webley~~		\|\| +8
	\|\| ~~.45~~		\|\| 8
	\|\| ~~15m~~		\|\| +8
	\|\| ~~1D10+2~~		\|\| 8
	\|\| 6		\|\| 8
	\|-		\|-
	\|}		\|}

Pstjmack: /* Alchemy */

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Alchemy

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	\|\| '''Workshop'''		\|\| '''Workshop'''
	\|\| '''Weeks'''		\|\| '''Weeks'''
	\|\| '''~~Roll~~'''		\|\| '''Difficulty'''
	\|-		\|-
			\|\| +2
			\|\| 2
	\|\| +2		\|\| +2
	\|\| 2		\|\| 2
	\|\| 2		\|\| 2
	~~\|\| +2~~
	~~\|\| -~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 10		\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 10

Pstjmack: /* Alchemy */

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Alchemy

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	\|\| '''Roll'''		\|\| '''Roll'''
	\|-		\|-
	\|\| ~~Colt Detective Special~~		\|\| +2
	\|\| ~~.38~~		\|\| 2
	\|\| ~~10m~~		\|\| 2
	\|\| ~~1D10~~		\|\| +2
	\|\| -		\|\| -
	\|-		\|-
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	\|}		\|}




	==Sorcery==		==Sorcery==

Pstjmack: /* System Details and Special Rules */

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System Details and Special Rules

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	Spirit Sight acts like typical Sorcery, with rolls of the Lore skill, but no Corruption. However, its effects are far more circumscribed. It usually costs 1 point of mental Stress per point of the final effect, given the wrenching results of seeing the Spirit plane. It can be used to grant you 1 point of spiritual armour per point of the final effect, against attacks on the Spirit plane and magical attacks affecting Mental stress, for the duration of the conflict. It can be used to make insubstantial creatures vulnerable to physical attacks - for you, and for 1 additional person per point of the final effect. It can be used to admit you to the Spirit world in weak places where the Veil is thin - and 1 additional person per point of the final effect. You can use it to heal such spiritual rifts and Corruption in the world - at a cost of 1 point per level of Corruption erased, and a long and dangerous ritual.		Spirit Sight acts like typical Sorcery, with rolls of the Lore skill, but no Corruption. However, its effects are far more circumscribed. It usually costs 1 point of mental Stress per point of the final effect, given the wrenching results of seeing the Spirit plane. It can be used to grant you 1 point of spiritual armour per point of the final effect, against attacks on the Spirit plane and magical attacks affecting Mental stress, for the duration of the conflict. It can be used to make insubstantial creatures vulnerable to physical attacks - for you, and for 1 additional person per point of the final effect. It can be used to admit you to the Spirit world in weak places where the Veil is thin - and 1 additional person per point of the final effect. You can use it to heal such spiritual rifts and Corruption in the world - at a cost of 1 point per level of Corruption erased, and a long and dangerous ritual.


			==Alchemy==

			Alchemy can create magical effects far more safely and predictably than sorcery, but it needs time and knowledge to do so. The magical effects are limited to those in the alchemist's sorcerous spheres, and the number of uses is restricted to the quantity of potions, philtres, powders, etc. created each time.

			The requirements for creating an alchemical compound of each level of strength are as follows:



			{\|
			\|-
			\|\| '''Strength'''
			\|\| '''Ingredients'''
			\|\| '''Workshop'''
			\|\| '''Weeks'''
			\|\| '''Roll'''
			\|-
			\|\| Colt Detective Special
			\|\| .38
			\|\| 10m
			\|\| 1D10
			\|\| -
			\|-
			\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 10
			\|\| .38
			\|\| 15m
			\|\| 1D10
			\|\| 6
			\|-
			\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 22
			\|\| .45
			\|\| 15m
			\|\| 1D10+2
			\|\| 6
			\|-
			\|\| Webley
			\|\| .45
			\|\| 15m
			\|\| 1D10+2
			\|\| 6
			\|-
			\|}




			==Sorcery==

	=Weapons and Armour=		=Weapons and Armour=

Pstjmack: /* Corruption */

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Corruption

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	Each character comes with a Corruption clock - usually with four segments, although a gifted or lucky, or exceptionally powerful Sorcerer may have more. After each time that a spell is cast - or that certain special Corruption stunts are used, or as a result of certain curses and magical attacks - the character makes a roll of their Will skill against the total value of the Lore put into the Sorcery action, from both the character's own Lore and any other sources, such as potions, etc. If the Will roll is higher, there's no Corruption; if it's lower, the character fills one segment of their Corruption clock. (Essentially, the character either succeeds or fails in resisting the insidious appeal of Sorcerous Corruption.) Once all four segments are filled, the character has to rewrite one aspect into a Corrupted aspect, a twisted version of what came before, and then clears their Corruption clock. The process continues until all five aspects are Corrupted, finishing with the Trouble aspect and finally the High Concept. Once all a character's aspects are corrupted and they have used up their last empty Corruption segment, they cease to be a playable character and become an NPC monster.		Each character comes with a Corruption clock - usually with four segments, although a gifted or lucky, or exceptionally powerful Sorcerer may have more. After each time that a spell is cast - or that certain special Corruption stunts are used, or as a result of certain curses and magical attacks - the character makes a roll of their Will skill against the total value of the Lore put into the Sorcery action, from both the character's own Lore and any other sources, such as potions, etc. If the Will roll is higher, there's no Corruption; if it's lower, the character fills one segment of their Corruption clock. (Essentially, the character either succeeds or fails in resisting the insidious appeal of Sorcerous Corruption.) Once all four segments are filled, the character has to rewrite one aspect into a Corrupted aspect, a twisted version of what came before, and then clears their Corruption clock. The process continues until all five aspects are Corrupted, finishing with the Trouble aspect and finally the High Concept. Once all a character's aspects are corrupted and they have used up their last empty Corruption segment, they cease to be a playable character and become an NPC monster.

	If a character can make it through ~~a session of play~~ without ~~taking a single instance of~~ Corruption, they can clear one segment on their Corruption clock. There may be other ways of clearing Corruption, or even purifying Corrupted aspects, but these are not part of normal play - the more usual intervention by the Church in Eversink is to burn the offender.		If a character can make it through an adventure without using anything that creates Corruption, they can clear one segment on their Corruption clock. There may be other ways of clearing Corruption, or even purifying Corrupted aspects, but these are not part of normal play - the more usual intervention by the Church in Eversink is to burn the offender.

	For some magical effects, including range, damage, etc., in Attack spells, a Sorcerer can boost the effect by adding one more segment on their Corruption clock per extra instance of effect: 2x, 3x, etc.		For some magical effects, including range, damage, etc., in Attack spells, a Sorcerer can boost the effect by adding one more segment on their Corruption clock per extra instance of effect: 2x, 3x, etc.

Pstjmack: /* Factions and Allegiances */

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Factions and Allegiances

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	'''Thieves’ Guilds''' - fragmented and feuding coteries and guilds of pickpockets, smugglers, robbers, beggars, blackmailers, assassins, pirates, and every other kind of villain. Allies: Outlanders; Enemies: City Watch.		'''Thieves’ Guilds''' - fragmented and feuding coteries and guilds of pickpockets, smugglers, robbers, beggars, blackmailers, assassins, pirates, and every other kind of villain. Allies: Outlanders; Enemies: City Watch.

	'''Triskadane''' - the Secret Thirteen who rule Eversink from the shadows, selected by the Goddess Herself through granting of a coin - as well as the vast bureaucracy and governmental machinery responsible for executing their decrees. Allies: the Ancient Nobility, Church of Denari; Enemies: Outlanders, Sorcerous Cabals.		'''Triskadane''' - the Secret Thirteen who rule Eversink from the shadows, selected by the Goddess Herself through granting of a coin - as well as the vast bureaucracy and governmental machinery responsible for executing their decrees. Allies: the Ancient Nobility, Church of Denari; Enemies: Outlanders, Sorcerous Cabals. Special Ability: Government

	=System Details and Special Rules=		=System Details and Special Rules=

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	\|\| 2		\|\| 2
	\|-		\|-
	\|\| ~~Smith & Wesson Model 10~~		\|\| +4
	\|\| ~~.38~~		\|\| 4
	\|\| ~~15m~~		\|\| +4
	\|\| ~~1D10~~		\|\| 4
			\|\| 4
			\|-
			\|\| +6
			\|\| 6
			\|\| +6
	\|\| 6		\|\| 6
	\|-
	~~\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 22~~
	~~\|\| .45~~
	~~\|\| 15m~~
	~~\|\| 1D10+2~~
	\|\| 6		\|\| 6
	\|-		\|-
	\|\| ~~Webley~~		\|\| +8
	\|\| ~~.45~~		\|\| 8
	\|\| ~~15m~~		\|\| +8
	\|\| ~~1D10+2~~		\|\| 8
	\|\| 6		\|\| 8
	\|-		\|-
	\|}		\|}

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	\|\| '''Workshop'''		\|\| '''Workshop'''
	\|\| '''Weeks'''		\|\| '''Weeks'''
	\|\| '''~~Roll~~'''		\|\| '''Difficulty'''
	\|-		\|-
			\|\| +2
			\|\| 2
	\|\| +2		\|\| +2
	\|\| 2		\|\| 2
	\|\| 2		\|\| 2
	~~\|\| +2~~
	~~\|\| -~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 10		\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 10

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	Spirit Sight acts like typical Sorcery, with rolls of the Lore skill, but no Corruption. However, its effects are far more circumscribed. It usually costs 1 point of mental Stress per point of the final effect, given the wrenching results of seeing the Spirit plane. It can be used to grant you 1 point of spiritual armour per point of the final effect, against attacks on the Spirit plane and magical attacks affecting Mental stress, for the duration of the conflict. It can be used to make insubstantial creatures vulnerable to physical attacks - for you, and for 1 additional person per point of the final effect. It can be used to admit you to the Spirit world in weak places where the Veil is thin - and 1 additional person per point of the final effect. You can use it to heal such spiritual rifts and Corruption in the world - at a cost of 1 point per level of Corruption erased, and a long and dangerous ritual.		Spirit Sight acts like typical Sorcery, with rolls of the Lore skill, but no Corruption. However, its effects are far more circumscribed. It usually costs 1 point of mental Stress per point of the final effect, given the wrenching results of seeing the Spirit plane. It can be used to grant you 1 point of spiritual armour per point of the final effect, against attacks on the Spirit plane and magical attacks affecting Mental stress, for the duration of the conflict. It can be used to make insubstantial creatures vulnerable to physical attacks - for you, and for 1 additional person per point of the final effect. It can be used to admit you to the Spirit world in weak places where the Veil is thin - and 1 additional person per point of the final effect. You can use it to heal such spiritual rifts and Corruption in the world - at a cost of 1 point per level of Corruption erased, and a long and dangerous ritual.


			==Alchemy==

			Alchemy can create magical effects far more safely and predictably than sorcery, but it needs time and knowledge to do so. The magical effects are limited to those in the alchemist's sorcerous spheres, and the number of uses is restricted to the quantity of potions, philtres, powders, etc. created each time.

			The requirements for creating an alchemical compound of each level of strength are as follows:



			{\|
			\|-
			\|\| '''Strength'''
			\|\| '''Ingredients'''
			\|\| '''Workshop'''
			\|\| '''Weeks'''
			\|\| '''Roll'''
			\|-
			\|\| Colt Detective Special
			\|\| .38
			\|\| 10m
			\|\| 1D10
			\|\| -
			\|-
			\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 10
			\|\| .38
			\|\| 15m
			\|\| 1D10
			\|\| 6
			\|-
			\|\| Smith & Wesson Model 22
			\|\| .45
			\|\| 15m
			\|\| 1D10+2
			\|\| 6
			\|-
			\|\| Webley
			\|\| .45
			\|\| 15m
			\|\| 1D10+2
			\|\| 6
			\|-
			\|}




			==Sorcery==

	=Weapons and Armour=		=Weapons and Armour=