Editing Stormbringer:Sorcery

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= Sorcery =
<div class="storm-subtitle"> The Black Art of Binding in the Young Kingdoms </div>
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Sorcery in the Young Kingdoms is not spellcasting. It is domination. The sorcerer does not create power. He compels it. Every working follows the same pattern:

'''Summon → Bind → Command → Endure'''

There are no spell lists. All effects come from bound beings.

= The Sorcery Roll =

To summon and bind a being:

'''2d6 + Mind + appropriate Career'''

The Career must reasonably apply (Sorcerer, Witch, Priest, Demonologist, etc.).

Difficulty is based on Magnitude:

{| class="wikitable codex-table"
! Magnitude !! Being !! Difficulty
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| I || Elemental / Minor Entity || 9
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| II || Demon (Minor/Lesser) || 12
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| III || Greater Demon / Named Power || 15+
|}

'''Success''' — The being is summoned and bound  
'''Failure''' — Something arrives, but is not controlled  

= Time and Ritual =

Sorcery is never instant.

{| class="wikitable codex-table"
! Magnitude !! Time Required
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| I || 3d6 minutes
|-
| II || 1d3 hours
|-
| III || Hours to days
|}

'''Rushed Working'''
* Reduce time by one step  
* Gain '''+1 Penalty Die'''  
* Increase Doom risk  

'''Extended Ritual'''
* Increase time by one step  
* Gain '''+1 Bonus Die'''  
* Reduce Doom risk  

Interruptions force an immediate roll at '''+1 Penalty Die'''.

= Binding vs Pact =

Once summoned, the sorcerer must choose:

== Binding ==
Requires a second working:

{| class="wikitable codex-table"
! Demon Type !! Binding Requirement
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| Minor || Magnitude I
|-
| Lesser || Magnitude II
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| Greater || Magnitude III
|}

Failure means the demon is loose.

Bound demons obey—but resent.

== Pact ==
No roll required.

The demon agrees to serve in exchange for a price:

* Blood sacrifice
* Taboo restrictions
* Service or corruption
* Ongoing offerings

Pacts are always costly, degrading, or dangerous.

= Demons (BoL Integration) =

Demons are built using the standard BoL framework.

{| class="wikitable codex-table"
! Type !! Attributes !! Combat !! Powers !! Lifeblood !! Damage !! Priority
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| Minor || 2 pts || 2 pts || 1 || 10 + STR || d6L || Rabble
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| Lesser || 6 pts (max 4) || 6 pts || 2 || 20 + STR || d6 || Tough
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| Greater || 12 pts (max 6) || 12 pts || 4 || 30 + STR || d6H || Villain
|}
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Instead of Careers, demons possess '''Demonic Powers'''.Common powers include:
* Armor / Heavily Armored  
* Enhanced Weaponry (+1 Bonus Die to attacks)  
* Destructive Attacks (higher damage tier)  
* Regeneration  
* Poison  
* Telepathy  
* Sorcery (Arcane Power)  
* Non-Corporeal  
* Special Knowledge (Career Rank 6)  
Demons are not tools. They are personalities.

= What Sorcery Does =

Sorcery grants capability, not fixed spells. Effects are expressed as:
* '''+1 Bonus Die''' to actions  
* '''+1 Penalty Die''' to opponents  
* Or enabling the impossible  

== Common Uses ==

=== Sorcerous Weapons ===
A Demon of the Blade may grant:

* +1 Bonus Die to attack  
* Ignore armor  
* Life-draining or fear effects  

Cost: hunger, whispers, compulsion

=== Personal Enhancement ===

* +1 Bonus Die to Strength or Agility  
* Increased resilience  
* Heightened senses  

Risk: mutation, obsession, instability

=== Elemental Command ===

* Fire, wind, stone, water  
* Environmental manipulation  
* Movement or destruction  

=== Protection and Warding ===

* +1 Bonus Die to defense  
* Damage reduction  
* Reactive shielding  

=== Knowledge and Divination ===

* Ask questions  
* Gain insight  
* +1 Bonus Die to informed actions  

Answers are partial, cryptic, or misleading.

=== Influence and Domination ===

* Fear, charm, compulsion  
* +1 Bonus Die to social actions  
* Impose Penalty Dice on resistance  

=== Magnitude III Effects ===

Storms, devastation, transformation.

These are narrative events, not precise mechanics.

= Binding Limit =

A sorcerer may maintain:

'''Mind + Sorcerer Career Rank''' bindings

Each active demon or effect counts as one.

== Exceeding the Limit ==

For each excess binding:

* +1 Penalty Die to Sorcery rolls  
* +1 to Escape rolls  
* Doom triggers on 1–3  

This is how sorcerers destroy themselves.

= Escape and Strain =

Demons constantly resist.

At intervals (GM discretion), roll:

'''2d6 + Magnitude'''

On '''13+''', the binding strains:

{| class="wikitable codex-table"
! Roll !! Effect
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| 13–14 || Strain (twisted obedience)
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| 15–16 || Partial break (independent action)
|-
| 17+ || Escape
|}

The sorcerer may attempt control:

'''2d6 + Mind + Career'''

Failure worsens the result.

= Doom =

After each working:

'''1d6 → Doom on 1–2'''

Modifiers:

* +1 (Magnitude II)  
* +2 (Magnitude III)  

Doom represents attention.

== Effects of Doom ==

* Nightmares, whispers  
* Physical marks  
* Recognition by demons  
* Unwanted summoning  
* Collapse of bindings  
* Fate closing in  

Doom is not spent.

It accumulates.

= The Nature of Sorcery =

Sorcery is not fast.

It is not safe.

It is not clean.

A sorcerer does not cast spells.

He holds shut a door.

And something on the other side is always pushing.

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