Alchemical Techniques

Alchemical Techniques

This is a short post with only two new techniques for the Alchemy skill. They may be used either with the standard alchemy system or with my Metatronic Alchemy system. I would also suggest taking a look at Pyramid #3-28 for the Batching, Identify Magical Item, and Identify Elixir techniques.

Sorcery: Banefire Spells

Sorcery: Banefire Spells

Here we have variants of the standard fire attack spells based on banefire - a special kind of decaying fire from the Dominions video game series.

Sorcery: Fate Spells

Sorcery: Fate Spells

Here we have three fate-related spells. Sever Fate Line makes the subject's life short and miserable. Shared Doom is a useful spell in hostage situations. Touch of Bad Luck forbids the subject from using Luck or Super Luck.

Sorcery: Psychic Spellcasting

Sorcery: Psychic Spellcasting

Sorcery can be modified to represent psychic spellcasting from Pathfinder. When Occult Adventures for Pathfinder have been released, at first, I was not very pleased with the system, but I have grown to like it.

Metatronic Alchemy

Metatronic Alchemy

Standard alchemy rules from GURPS Magic look okay, but they seem to be inconsistent with the rest of the system. There are no guidelines on how to create new elixirs and how to price them, and the vanilla pricing seems to assume a TL 3 setting. I have tried sorcerous alchemy from GURPS Thaumatology – Sorcery, but the elixirs end up being unreasonably expensive for one-use items. Thus, I decided to work out a way to base alchemy around Metatronic Generators from Pyramid #3-46. A similar approach to scrolls is described in Metatronic Scrolls.

Sorcery: Bardic Spellcasting

Sorcery: Bardic Spellcasting

Sorcery can be modified to represent bardic spellcasting. Let us see how it is done.

Sorcery: Druidic Spellcasting

Sorcery: Druidic Spellcasting

Sorcery can be modified to represent druidic spellcasting. Let us see how it is done.