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|a=DR-ARMIFER
|t=Sorcery Skill
|d=1/17/2010 5:28:24 PM
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|f=Abilities, Skills and Magic (4) \ Magic - Suggestions, Discussions and Thoughts (16)
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|p=The following is a conceptual overview of the new {{PRel|Sorcery skill}}. Please bear in mind that everything is subject to change as we move forward: I present this for purposes of feedback and to provide you with information about our plans, not as a guarantee that everything presented here is written in stone.

Sorcery is the skill of casting spells that are "off frequency" for the caster, as defined by their guild. For example, a [[Moon Mage]] casting [[Bless]] is off frequency and uses the Sorcery skill, but a Paladin or Cleric can cast Bless with just their [[Primary Magic skill|Holy Magic]] ranks. All sorcery is considered, well, Sorcery, though {{PRel|Necromancer}}s are able to cast spells from the necromancy subset with Arcane Magic instead.

Your Sorcery ranks will have three effects:

1) It serves as an alternate primary magic skill for any off frequency spell. Keep in mind that in most cases, "frequency" is a broader concept than "guild." A [[Bard]] would use Sorcery to power [[Clear Vision]] (a Lunar spell), but use [[Primary Magic skill|Elemental Magic]] to power [[Fire Shard]] (an Elemental spell, even though it is not taught by his guild). If there is an extreme difference in skill, a fraction of your PM and [[Arcana skill|Arcana]] may be used in place of Sorcery, though with none of the other benefits listed below.

2) It reduces the chance of a sorcerous or necromantic backlash occurring.

3) [[Cleric]]s, [[Moon Mage]]s and [[Warrior Mage]]s will need to meet minimum Sorcery requirements to permanently learn their guild-based sorceries.

Sorcery is by definition a MU-only skill: it is the skill of casting outside the magician's frequency and is irrelevant for characters that do not have attunement. [[NMU]]s cannot learn or teach Sorcery.

Sorcery cannot be directly taught. Instead, if you listen to a primary magic class outside your own specialty, it will award you Sorcery ranks rather than feed into your primary magic. For example, an [[Empath]] who listens to an Elemental Magic class will gain Sorcery.

-[[Armifer]]{{PRel|Magic 3.0| }}
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