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	= Sorcery: Using the Secret Fire =		= Sorcery: Using the Secret Fire =
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	The sorcerer first makes the normal Task Roll for the working.		The sorcerer first makes the normal Task Roll for the working.

	If the target is capable of resistance, they then make a '''Resistance Roll''' using '''Mind''' plus the most relevant career, if any. Suitable careers may include '''Sorcerer''', '''Apprentice''', '''Priest''', '''Scholar''', '''Mystic''', or another career the GM judges appropriate. If no career applies, the target rolls with '''Mind''' alone. A target with the Resistance to Sorcery receives 1 Bonus die on their Resistance roll.		If the target is capable of resistance, they then make a '''Resistance Roll''' using '''Mind''' plus the most relevant career, if any. Suitable careers may include '''Sorcerer''', '''Apprentice''', '''Priest''', '''Scholar''', '''Mystic''', or another career the GM judges appropriate. If no career applies, the target rolls with '''Mind''' alone. A target with the Resistance to Sorcery boon receives 1 Bonus die on their Resistance roll.

	If the target’s Resistance Roll equals or exceeds the sorcerer’s casting roll, the working is resisted and does not take full effect.		If the target’s Resistance Roll equals or exceeds the sorcerer’s casting roll, the working is resisted and does not take full effect.

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 == Resistance ==
-For workings that directly affect a person’s mind, will, or perceptions, the target’s '''Mind''' should modify the difficulty, as in BoL. A strong-minded victim is harder to enthrall, deceive, dominate, spiritually break, or probe. This matters most for '''Control''', '''Conceal''' that alters perception, and '''Reveal''' that probes thought or memory.
+When a working directly targets a living being’s body, mind, senses, or spirit, the victim may attempt to resist it.
 == Consequences ==
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 Those answers usually tell you what you need to know. Narrow and instant effects are usually '''First Magnitude'''. Serious scene-long effects are usually '''Second'''. Lasting effects anchored in ritual structure are usually '''Third'''.
 == A Final Truth ==

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 Those answers usually tell you what you need to know. Narrow and instant effects are usually '''First Magnitude'''. Serious scene-long effects are usually '''Second'''. Lasting effects anchored in ritual structure are usually '''Third'''.
 == A Final Truth ==
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 Sorcery can do what steel cannot. It can reveal what eyes cannot. It can destroy what law cannot touch. It can hide, guide, bind, protect, and open ways that ought not exist. It can also stain the hand that uses it, draw attention that cannot be escaped, and open doors that should have remained closed.
-The Secret Fire does not care why it is invoked.
+The Secret Fire does not care why it is invoked. It only cares that it has been fed.
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	= Sorcery ~~of Jhelum~~: Using the Secret Fire =		= Sorcery: Using the Secret Fire =
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	“Those who speak lightly of the Secret Fire do not speak of it long.”		“Those who speak lightly of the Secret Fire do not speak of it long.”

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	= Sorcery of Jhelum =		= Sorcery of Jhelum: Using the Secret Fire =
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	“Those who speak lightly of the Secret Fire do not speak of it long.”		“Those who speak lightly of the Secret Fire do not speak of it long.”
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	Sorcery in Jhelum is not a neat catalog of spells, nor a polite mystery preserved in orderly books. It is a dangerous practice of bargains, rites, names, dreams, idols, blood, roads, and old powers that were never meant to answer mortal need. Those who practice it do not memorize fixed effects. They learn how to approach the '''Secret Fire''', how to force it into a shape they can survive, and how to endure the cost of doing so.		Sorcery in Jhelum is not a neat catalog of spells, nor a polite mystery preserved in orderly books. It is a dangerous practice of bargains, rites, names, dreams, idols, blood, roads, and old powers that were never meant to answer mortal need. Those who practice it do not memorize fixed effects. They learn how to approach the '''Secret Fire''', how to force it into a shape they can survive, and how to endure the cost of doing so.

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	=== Path Expression ===		=== Path Expression ===

	The Domain describes '''what''' is being done. The Path describes '''how''' it is done.		The Domain describes '''what''' is being done. The Path describes '''how''' it is done. For example:

	A Blood Path sorcerer who works a Ward does so by bloodline, sacrifice, oath, and living taboo. A Dream Path sorcerer who Reveals truth does so through vision, trance, omen, and inward sight. An Idol Path sorcerer who attempts Harm outside their Favored Domains is more likely to do so through a prepared vessel or spirit-housed blade than through a sudden bolt of raw power. A Road Path sorcerer who Reveals a hidden shrine does so by reading signs, distances, and crossings. A Curse Path sorcerer who Controls someone does not usually snatch their will in a single instant; instead, dread, taboo, doom, and compulsion settle over them until disobedience becomes harder than obedience.		* A Blood Path sorcerer who works a Ward does so by bloodline, sacrifice, oath, and living taboo.
			* A Dream Path sorcerer who Reveals truth does so through vision, trance, omen, and inward sight.
			* An Idol Path sorcerer who attempts Harm outside their Favored Domains is more likely to do so through a prepared vessel or spirit-housed blade than through a sudden bolt of raw power.
			* A Road Path sorcerer who Reveals a hidden shrine does so by reading signs, distances, and crossings.
			* A Curse Path sorcerer who Controls someone does not usually snatch their will in a single instant; instead, dread, taboo, doom, and compulsion settle over them until disobedience becomes harder than obedience.

	If the Path does not clearly explain how the effect happens, the GM should raise the Magnitude, add Costs, or refuse the working.		If the Path does not clearly explain how the effect happens, the GM should raise the Magnitude, add Costs, or refuse the working.
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	== What Sorcery Can Do ==		== What Sorcery Can Do ==

	All workings fall into broad '''Domains of Effect'''. ~~These~~ are ~~not~~ spell lists. ~~They~~ are categories of intent. The player declares what the sorcerer wants to accomplish. The GM decides which Domain applies, what Magnitude is required, how long the effect lasts, and what the Fire demands in return.		All workings fall into broad '''Domains of Effect'''. There are no spell lists.Instead, there are categories of intent. The player declares what the sorcerer wants to accomplish. The GM decides which Domain applies, what Magnitude is required, how long the effect lasts, and what the Fire demands in return.

	== Harm ==		== Harm ==

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	=== Apprentices ===		=== Apprentices ===

	Sorcery is rarely practiced entirely alone. A trained assistant can steady the rite, tend the vessel, maintain the chant, prepare offerings, watch for omens, or bear part of the ritual burden.		Sorcery is rarely practiced entirely alone. A trained assistant can steady the rite, tend the vessel, maintain the chant, prepare offerings, watch for omens, or bear part of the ritual burden.

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	The Domain describes '''what''' is being done. The Path describes '''how''' it is done.		The Domain describes '''what''' is being done. The Path describes '''how''' it is done.
	* A Blood Path sorcerer who works a Ward does so by bloodline, sacrifice, oath, and living taboo.
	* A Dream Path sorcerer who Reveals truth does so through vision, trance, omen, and inward sight.		A Blood Path sorcerer who works a Ward does so by bloodline, sacrifice, oath, and living taboo. A Dream Path sorcerer who Reveals truth does so through vision, trance, omen, and inward sight. An Idol Path sorcerer who attempts Harm outside their Favored Domains is more likely to do so through a prepared vessel or spirit-housed blade than through a sudden bolt of raw power. A Road Path sorcerer who Reveals a hidden shrine does so by reading signs, distances, and crossings. A Curse Path sorcerer who Controls someone does not usually snatch their will in a single instant; instead, dread, taboo, doom, and compulsion settle over them until disobedience becomes harder than obedience.
	* An Idol Path sorcerer who attempts Harm outside their Favored Domains is more likely to do so through a prepared vessel or spirit-housed blade than through a sudden bolt of raw power.
	* A Road Path sorcerer who Reveals a hidden shrine does so by reading signs, distances, and crossings.
	* A Curse Path sorcerer who Controls someone does not usually snatch their will in a single instant; instead, dread, taboo, doom, and compulsion settle over them until disobedience becomes harder than obedience.

	If the Path does not clearly explain how the effect happens, the GM should raise the Magnitude, add Costs, or refuse the working.		If the Path does not clearly explain how the effect happens, the GM should raise the Magnitude, add Costs, or refuse the working.
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	# The GM determines the time required		# The GM determines the time required
	# The sorcerer pays the Secret Fire cost		# The sorcerer pays the Secret Fire cost
	# The sorcerer rolls~~. If~~ an apprentice ~~is assisting, add 1 Bonus Die.~~		# The sorcerer rolls, applying any benefits from Favored Domains or an assisting apprentice
	# If needed, the GM applies a consequence from the appropriate consequence table		# If needed, the GM applies a consequence from the appropriate consequence table

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	It only cares that it has been fed.		It only cares that it has been fed.

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	Two sorcerers may seek the same result and reach for it by utterly different means. One opens his own palm and lets blood fall on hot stone. One burns narcotic incense and speaks through half-sleep. One whispers into the painted ear of an idol. One knots cords at a roadside shrine and asks the road to carry the burden. One buries a name and lets misfortune ripen.		Two sorcerers may seek the same result and reach for it by utterly different means. One opens his own palm and lets blood fall on hot stone. One burns narcotic incense and speaks through half-sleep. One whispers into the painted ear of an idol. One knots cords at a roadside shrine and asks the road to carry the burden. One buries a name and lets misfortune ripen.

			=== Apprentices ===
			Sorcery is rarely practiced entirely alone. A trained assistant can steady the rite, tend the vessel, maintain the chant, prepare offerings, watch for omens, or bear part of the ritual burden.

			If a sorcerer has a willing and capable '''apprentice''' actively assisting with a working, the sorcerer gains '''1 Bonus Die''' on the Task Roll.

			The apprentice must be present and meaningfully involved in the rite. An apprentice who is absent, distracted, silenced, unconscious, or otherwise unable to assist provides no benefit.

			This bonus applies only once, no matter how many apprentices or helpers are present, unless the GM rules that a larger ritual specifically requires assistants as part of its Cost.

	== The Secret Fire ==		== The Secret Fire ==
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	# The GM determines the time required		# The GM determines the time required
	# The sorcerer pays the Secret Fire cost		# The sorcerer pays the Secret Fire cost
	# The sorcerer rolls		# The sorcerer rolls. If an apprentice is assisting, add 1 Bonus Die.
	# If needed, the GM applies a consequence from the appropriate consequence table		# If needed, the GM applies a consequence from the appropriate consequence table

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	The Domain describes '''what''' is being done. The Path describes '''how''' it is done.		The Domain describes '''what''' is being done. The Path describes '''how''' it is done.
			* A Blood Path sorcerer who works a Ward does so by bloodline, sacrifice, oath, and living taboo.
	A Blood Path sorcerer who works a Ward does so by bloodline, sacrifice, oath, and living taboo. A Dream Path sorcerer who Reveals truth does so through vision, trance, omen, and inward sight. An Idol Path sorcerer who attempts Harm outside their Favored Domains is more likely to do so through a prepared vessel or spirit-housed blade than through a sudden bolt of raw power. A Road Path sorcerer who Reveals a hidden shrine does so by reading signs, distances, and crossings. A Curse Path sorcerer who Controls someone does not usually snatch their will in a single instant; instead, dread, taboo, doom, and compulsion settle over them until disobedience becomes harder than obedience.		* A Dream Path sorcerer who Reveals truth does so through vision, trance, omen, and inward sight.
			* An Idol Path sorcerer who attempts Harm outside their Favored Domains is more likely to do so through a prepared vessel or spirit-housed blade than through a sudden bolt of raw power.
			* A Road Path sorcerer who Reveals a hidden shrine does so by reading signs, distances, and crossings.
			* A Curse Path sorcerer who Controls someone does not usually snatch their will in a single instant; instead, dread, taboo, doom, and compulsion settle over them until disobedience becomes harder than obedience.

	If the Path does not clearly explain how the effect happens, the GM should raise the Magnitude, add Costs, or refuse the working.		If the Path does not clearly explain how the effect happens, the GM should raise the Magnitude, add Costs, or refuse the working.

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