The Hermetic Projects

The Burning City project sees the construction of a covenant in the heart of a volcano. The project moves from setting out to find a volcano to creating Hermetic rituals that transform mountains into new volcanoes; and from ensuring that magi and covenfolk alike can survive in the most inhospitable of environments to spells and devices to control the volcano and its inhabitants, both natural and unnatural.

The Great Tower is perhaps the most audacious project that the world has ever seen. It is by turn a celebration of mankind's aspirations, and an arrogant affront to God's Divine order. This project sees the construction of a tower so tall that it might reach into Heaven itself. Angels, demons, passion, and pride all drive this potentially endless project that could consume not just one magi, but generations of them.

The Hermetic Shipyard describes the founding and construction of an Hermetic laboratory in the form of a shipyard. The laboratory is described as per the rules in the Covenants supplement, and enables the magus to complete the second part of this project: the building of an enchanted ship called The Hermes. Effects are described to allow the Hermetic shipwright to build vessels more quickly and more soundly than his mundane rivals. And exotic ships, which are only made possible through enchantment, are also discussed, including ships that sail the skies, that skim the ocean floor, and even those that tack the void between the Magic Realms.

The Intangible Assassin project gives the maga the tools she needs to dominate her foes in Wizard's War. The chapter describes effects that gather information about an enemy and provide unseen vectors of attack, discusses how to increase the chances of penetrating Magic Resistance, and, of course, tells how to combat and defend against such attacks.

The Living Corpse is the chapter for those magi who see death as something to be cheated and life as a right not to be surrendered lightly. The achievement of immortality is the aim of this Hermetic project. There are Mystery Cults that jealously guard the secret of immortality, but their number is small and their secrets may soon be lost. The effects described in this chapter are open to all magi of Hermes.

The Menagerie of Magical Beasts describes a collection of beasts, both mun-