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Keith: /* Thaumaturgical Paths */

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Thaumaturgical Paths

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	:'''[[Thaumaturgical Countermagic - V20]]'''		:'''[[Thaumaturgical Countermagic - V20]]'''
			:'''[[The Path of Warding]]'''
	:'''[[Weather Control - V20]]'''		:'''[[Weather Control - V20]]'''

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	:'''[[V20 - Thaumaturgic Rituals - Level 1]]'''		:'''[[V20 - Thaumaturgic Rituals - Level 1]]'''

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	:[[The Path of Blood - V20]]		:'''[[The Path of Blood - V20]]'''
	:[[V20 - The Path of Blood]]		:[[V20 - The Path of Blood]]
	:[[Elemental Mastery - V20]]		:'''[[Elemental Mastery - V20]]'''
	:[[The Green Path - V20]]		:'''[[The Green Path - V20]]'''
	:[[Hands of Destruction - V20]]		:'''[[Hands of Destruction - V20]]'''
	:[[The Lure of Flames - V20]]		:'''[[The Lure of Flames - V20]]'''
	:[[Movement of the Mind - V20]]		:'''[[Movement of the Mind - V20]]'''
	:[[Neptune’s Might - V20]]		:'''[[Neptune’s Might - V20]]'''
	:[[The Path of Conjuring - V20]]		:'''[[The Path of Conjuring - V20]]'''
	:[[The Path of Corruption - V20]]		:'''[[The Path of Corruption - V20]]'''
	:[[The Path of Mars - V20]]		:'''[[The Path of Mars - V20]]'''
	:[[The Path of Technomancy - V20]]		:'''[[The Path of Technomancy - V20]]'''
	:[[The Path of the Father’s Vengeance - V20]]		:'''[[The Path of the Father’s Vengeance - V20]]'''
	:[[Thaumaturgical Countermagic - V20]]		:'''[[Thaumaturgical Countermagic - V20]]'''
	:[[Weather Control - V20]]		:'''[[Weather Control - V20]]'''

	;Thaumaturgical Rituals		;Thaumaturgical Rituals
	:[[V20 - Thaumaturgic Rituals - Level 1]]		:'''[[V20 - Thaumaturgic Rituals - Level 1]]'''

Bruce at 20:05, 10 January 2017

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	:[[Thaumaturgic Rituals - Level 1 ~~- V20~~]]		:[[V20 - Thaumaturgic Rituals - Level 1]]

Bruce: /* Thaumaturgical Paths */

2017-01-10T20:01:10Z

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	:[[The Path of Blood - V20]]		:[[The Path of Blood - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[Elemental Mastery - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[The Green Path - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[Hands of Destruction - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[The Lure of Flames - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[Movement of the Mind - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[Neptune’s Might - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[The Path of Conjuring - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[The Path of Corruption - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[The Path of Mars - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[The Path of Technomancy - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[The Path of the Father’s Vengeance - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[Thaumaturgical Countermagic - V20]]
	:[[]]		:[[Weather Control - V20]]
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	:[[]]		;Thaumaturgical Rituals
			:[[Thaumaturgic Rituals - Level 1 - V20]]

Bruce: /* Thaumaturgical Paths */

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	(“Having access” does not mean the same thing as “easily gained,” especially within the Tremere power structure.) The paths start with one of the most common		(“Having access” does not mean the same thing as “easily gained,” especially within the Tremere power structure.) The paths start with one of the most common
	(The Path of Blood), and thereafter are presented in alphabetical order. (The unusual “path” of Thaumaturgical Countermagic is also presented, although it is considered a separate Discipline.)		(The Path of Blood), and thereafter are presented in alphabetical order. (The unusual “path” of Thaumaturgical Countermagic is also presented, although it is considered a separate Discipline.)

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Bruce at 19:28, 10 January 2017

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	==Introduction to Thaumaturgy==		==Introduction to Thaumaturgy==
			Thaumaturgy encompasses blood magic and other
			sorcerous arts available to Kindred. The Tremere Clan
			is best known for their possession (and jealous hoarding) of this Discipline. The Tremere created Thaumaturgy by combining mortal wizardry with the power
			of vampiric vitae, and as a result it is a versatile and
			powerful Discipline. Although there are whispers of
			the existence of Tremere antitribu in the Sabbat, other
			Clans in the Sword of Caine have also researched and developed access to such mystical might. Nevertheless,
			the Tremere of the Camarilla remain this Discipline’s
			masters.

			Like Necromancy, the practice of Thaumaturgy is
			divided into paths and rituals. Thaumaturgical paths
			are applications of the vampire’s knowledge of blood
			magic, allowing her to create effects on a whim. Rituals are more formulaic in nature, most akin to ancient
			magical “spells.” Because so many different paths and
			rituals are available to the arcane Tremere, one never
			knows what to expect when confronted with a practitioner of this Discipline.

			When a character first learns Thaumaturgy, the player selects a path for the character. That path is considered the character’s primary path,
			and she automatically receives one dot in it, as well as one Level One ritual. Thereafter, whenever the character increases
			her level in Thaumaturgy, her rating in the primary
			path increases by one as well. Additional rituals are
			learned separately, as part of a story; players need not
			pay experience points for their characters to learn rituals up to the level equal to their overall rating in Thaumaturgy, though they must find someone to teach the
			rituals in question. Path ratings never exceed 5, though
			the overall Thaumaturgy score may. If a character
			reaches a rating of 5 in her primary path and increases
			her Thaumaturgy score afterward, she may allocate her
			“free” path dot to a different path.

			Many Kindred fear crossing the practitioners of
			Thaumaturgy. It is a very potent and mutable Discipline, and almost anything the Kindred wishes may be
			accomplished through its magic.

			=== Thaumaturgical Paths ===
			Paths define the types of magic a vampire can per-
			form. A vampire typically learns his primary path from
			his sire, though it is not unknown for some vampires to
			study under many different tutors.

			As mentioned before, the first path a character learns
			is considered her primary path and increases automati-
			cally as the character advances in the Discipline itself.
			Secondary paths may be learned once the character
			has acquired two or more dots in her primary path, and
			they must be raised separately with experience points.
			Furthermore, a character’s rating in her primary path
			must always be at least one dot higher than any of her
			secondary paths until she has mastered her primary
			path. Once the character has achieved the fifth level of her primary path, secondary paths may be increased
			to that level.

			Each time the character invokes one of the powers
			of a Thaumaturgical path, the thaumaturge’s player
			must spend a blood point and make a Willpower roll
			against a difficulty equal to the power’s level +3. Only
			one success is required to invoke a path’s effect — path
			levels, not successes, govern the power of blood magic.
			Failure on this roll indicates that the magic fails. A
			botch causes some kind of loss or catastrophic backfire,
			such as losing a Willpower point (or dot!), spontane-
			ous combustion, or accidentally letting a living statue
			run rampant. Thaumaturgy is an unforgiving art.

			Various Sects and Clans have different access to each
			path, but unless the Storyteller decides otherwise, it is
			assumed the Tremere have some access to all of them.
			(“Having access” does not mean the same thing as “easily gained,” especially within the Tremere power structure.) The paths start with one of the most common
			(The Path of Blood), and thereafter are presented in alphabetical order. (The unusual “path” of Thaumaturgical Countermagic is also presented, although it is considered a separate Discipline.)

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