 Magic initiation question.... |
 Jul 26 2004, 04:59 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 24-April 03 Member No.: 4,506  |
Hi. How long timewise does an initiation take?? minutes, hours, days??
The only reference I found for this was for the meditation ordeal which mentioned taking initiation grade * 4 days for each test in MITS. The reason I ask this is the GM in the game I am running tends to give large Karma awards (30-50 Karma at a time) in his online game, so the next downtime I have a chance to increase 2 or more initiation grades. How do you guys handle this situation?? |
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Jul 26 2004, 05:05 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
I usually assume it lasts (target grade) hours for standard initiations, but I have exactly nothing to back that up with. Most ordeals will alter that time, particularly the Ascetisim, Astral Quest, Familiar, Meditation, and Thesis ordeals. Ordeals like Geas won't have any impact on it, nor will ones like Deed since they have already occurred.
But unless you only have a weekend or so of downtime and have to micromanage every second of it, it's usually a non-issue in many games. |
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Jul 26 2004, 05:06 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
*shrug* it takes as long as it takes. mine usually take a few hours of meditation in a quiet spot, with the presence of at least some of the other members of my group.
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Jul 26 2004, 10:28 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
I like to say it takes a couple of days, but there's no rule. Your GM might be satisfied if you said you achieved deep new levels of magical understanding while sitting on the can.
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Jul 26 2004, 11:06 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
If there's no ordeal, I guess it can just come as an epiphany. You simply "get it" more than you used to.
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Jul 26 2004, 11:19 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
It really varies and is, IMO intentionally, left vague. Like an astral quest, it can take getting slapped in the face by a trout (<5 seconds) or a solid month of meditation and carrying large boulders up large hills and back down again.
~J |
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Jul 26 2004, 11:35 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 13-July 04 Member No.: 6,475 |
hell if your a shaman it might even involve a week long bender lol ,or if you're a gator shaman it might involve a marathon visit to an all you can eat 24 hour buffet.
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