Contents
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| Introduction | 6 | Prohibited Amazon Abilities 17 | Incantations25 | |
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| New Amazon Abilities 17 | Rites25 | |||
| Common Rules for | Living Language: Amazon17 | Aiming Spells 26 | ||
| Non-Hermetic Magic 6 | Amazonia Lore17 | Resisting Spells 26 | ||
| The Gift 6 | Amazonian Cult Lore17 | Penetrating Magic Resistance26 | ||
| Opening The Gift6 | Amazonian Chant17 | Temple Activities 27 | ||
| Flawed Opening of The Gift7 | Amazonian Spellcraft17 | Learning Spells27 | ||
| Social Penalty of The Gift7 | Prohibited Amazon | Teaching Spells27 | ||
| Growing Used to The Gift7 | Virtues & Flaws 17 | Teaching Arts and | ||
| Wizard's Sigils8 | Modified Amazon | Arcane Abilities27 | ||
| The Limits of Magic 8 | Virtues & Flaws 18 | Contemplation27 | ||
| Magical Arts and | Clumsy Magic18 | Enchanted Items28 | ||
| Supernatural Abilities 8 | Harnessed Magic18 | Scepters28 | ||
| Difficult Arts9 | Magical Animal Companion18 | Vis28 | ||
| Accelerated Abilities9 | Poor Incantation Magic18 | The Sacred Sickness 29 | ||
| Favored Abilities9 | Short-Lived Magic18 | Apprenticeship 30 | ||
| Magic Defenses 9 | Skilled Mistress18 | Additional Mysteries 30 | ||
| Warping 10 | Unpredictable Magic18 | The Centaur's Heart30 | ||
| Vis 10 | New Amazon Virtues 18 | The Living Goddess31 | ||
| Virtues and Flaws 11 | Amazon18 | Magical Defenses 31 | ||
| Major Supernatural Virtue: | Martial Connection to Magic18 | Integrating Hermetic | ||
| Potent Sorcery11 | Strong Magic18 | and Amazonian Magic 31 | ||
| Minor Supernatural Virtue: | Proven Raider18 | |||
| Greater Magical Defenses11 | Amazon Sorceress19 | Spells 31 Api Effects 31 |
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| Minor Supernatural Virtue: | Symbolic Understanding19 | |||
| Lesser Craft Magic11 | New Amazon Flaws 19 | Alala Api32 Ma'at Api33 |
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| Major Story Flaw: | Amazonian Slave19 | Papaios Api33 | ||
| Known Wizard12 | Beloved Slave19 | Kardia Effects 34 | ||
| Major Story Flaw: Pagan12 | Bitter Mistress19 | Alala Kardia34 | ||
| Minor Supernatural Flaw: | Frail Magic19 | Ma'at Kardia35 | ||
| No Magical Defenses12 | Magic Aura Temple19 | Papaios Kardia35 | ||
| Hermetic Virtues and Flaws12 | Friendly Mistress19 | Nux Effects 35 | ||
| Hermetic Integration of Rival Magic12 | Prolonged Apprenticeship19 | Alala Nux36 | ||
| Weapons and Armor 20 | Ma'at Nux37 | |||
| Amazonian Magic 21 | Papaios Nux37 | |||
| Amazons | 13 | The Arts 21 | Soma Effects 37 | |
| The Amazon Nation 13 | The Vowels22 | Alala Soma38 | ||
| History 13 | The Consonants22 | Ma'at Soma38 | ||
| Location 14 | Ranges, Durations, and Targets23 | Papaios Soma39 | ||
| Society 15 | Non-Living Targets24 | Zoi Effects 39 | ||
| Amazonian Sorceresses16 | Non-Human Targets24 | Alala Zoi40 | ||
| Characters 16 | Changing Range, Duration, | Ma'at Zoi41 | ||
| Amazon Sorceress | and Target24 | Papaios Zoi42 | ||
| Minimum Abilities 17 | Spell Types 25 | Viea 43 | ||
Amazons and the Order................ 45 The Amazon Enemy................. 45 Parma Magica Unveiled........... 46 An Amazon Saga ...................... 46 Augustan Brotherhood 47 Secrets of the Augustan Brotherhood ............................. 47 History of the Augustan Brotherhood ............................. 48 The Story of Ludowicus..............48 The Biography of Virgil.............50 The Growth of the Brotherhood...51 The Brotherhood and Frederick II...51 Virgilian Magic............................. 52 The Schools and Virgilian Rites..52 The Mechanics of Virgilian Magic .. 52 The Practice of Sortes Virgilianae ..................... 53 Sortes Virgilianae Ease Factors...53 Improving Sortes Virgilianae.......54 The Practice of Vigilo .............. 54 The Six Schools of the Vigilo Practice......................55 Designing Vigilo Rites................55 Range, Duration, and Target......55 Words and Gestures....................56 Vigilo Rites Guidelines............. 56 Example School of Boreas Rites...57 Example School of the Naiads Rites.........................59 Example School of Prometheus Rites.........................59 Example School of the Stones Rites...........................60 Example School of the Sylvan Dryads Rites ............60 Example School of the Vigilant Bees Rites ................60 Learning Vigilo Rites..................61 Laboratory Research ..................61 The Practice of Animo ............. 61 Vulnerability..............................61 Preparing an Item for Animation....62 Awakening the Animation...........63 Further Refinements.....................63 Inscribing Magic in Animations....63 Magical Defenses..................... 64 Magical Dangers .......................... 64 Botches..................................... 65 Fated Destiny ........................... 65 Favored by Fortune ....................65 Cursed by the Fates ....................65 Gates of Avernus ........................65 Character Generation .................. 66 Opening the Gift: The Tomb of Virgil.....................66 Training.....................................67 New Virtues.............................. 67 Free Social Status, Court Wizard..67 Minor Special Virtue, Generous Master.........................68 Typical Virgilian Wizard Abilities ....................... 68 Life at Court................................ 68 The Virgilian Magical Landscape .. 69 The Tomb of Virgil .................. 69 Virgil's Magic in Naples ........... 70 The Musca — The Bronze Fly....71 The Macellum — The Marble Block in the Meat Market ...........71 Ovum Incantum — The Palladium of Naples............71 The Bronze Horse.......................72 The Ferrean Gate........................72 Virgil's Villa and Garden............72 The Statue with a Horn..............73 The Healthful Baths ...................73 The Bones of Virgil.....................73 Virgil's Magic in Rome ............. 73 La Bocca Della Verita — The Magical Face......................73 The Emperor's Sepulcher..............73 Integrating the Magic of Virgil.... 74 Sortes Virgilianae ..................... 74 Major Hermetic Virtue: Sortes Virgilianae.......................74 Consequences of Integration.........74 Improved Watching Spells....... 74 Minor Hermetic Virtue: Watching Spells.........................74 Consequences of Integration.........74 Bibliography.................................. 74 Muspelli 75 Mythic Origins ............................. 75 Eschatology of the North ........ 76 Don't They Know It's the End of the World?.................77 Jotun Patrons of the Muspelli ..... 77 Aegir Sea-King......................... 77 Gullveig the Wicked ................ 78 Gymir Frost-Father................... 78 Leikin Hel-Queen .................... 79 Nidhogg Corpse-Tearer & Fenrir the Devourer .............. 79 Surtur the Black........................ 80 Urdur Fate-Spinner .................. 81 Other Lands, Other Villains .... 81 Muspelli Characters ..................... 81
Rival Magic
Relationship with the Order of Hermes.............. 109 Muspelli Saga: Approaching Twilight................. 109 Sorcerers of Soqotra 110 Origin ........................................ 110 Organization.............................. 111 The Four Tribes...................... 112 Aloe.........................................112 Cinnabar .................................113 Myrrh .....................................113 Olibanum ................................113 Lesser Traditions .................... 115 Magical Abilities ......................... 115 Sources of Power.................... 115 Auras.......................................115 Incense Ceremony .....................115 Spirit Ally or Aide....................116 Soqotran Giant Gecko..............117
Herons of Light.........................118 Soqotran Jinniyah (Evil) .........119
Rival Magic
| Soqotran Jinniyah (Good)120 |
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| Olibanum Serpent121 |
| Council of Tribes Membership124 |
| The Council of Three Birds124 |
| Magical Ability124 |
| Soqotran Magic 124 |
| Unusual Ranges and Durations124 |
| A Note on Ritual Magic125 |
| Aloe Grimoire125 |
| Cinnabar Grimoire128 |
| Myrrh Grimoire130 |
| Olibanum Grimoire130 |
| Advancement 133 |
| Warping133 |
| Resources 133 |
| Aura of Soqotra133 |
| Geography of Soqotra134 |
| Population134 |
| Industries135 |
| Trade135 |
| Unusual Natural Resources135 |
| Magical Endemic Creatures135 |
| the Order of Hermes 137 |
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| The Current State 138 |
| What the Order Knows138 |
| What the Soqotrans Know138 |
| Points of Potential Conflict 138 |
| In Response to Attack139 |
| In Response to Incursion |
| into the Red Sea139 |
| In Response to |
| Mundane Aggression139 |
| If Serapis Escapes139 |
| Points of Potential Détente 140 |
| Events That May Lead |
| to Conflict or Détente 140 |
| If a Fourth Spirit Sovereign Arises.140 |
| Contact with the Hesperides140 |
| Hermetic Breakthroughs |
| from Soqotran Magic 140 |
| Greater Ease in Binding Familiars140 |
| Greater Longevity141 |
| New Durations141 |
| Preserved Rolls141 |
| The Spark141 |
List of Inserts
Soqotran Sorcerers and
| Opening the Arts6 | |
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| The Limit of Magic Resistance8 | |
| Amazonomachy15 | |
| An Amazon Sorcerer16 | |
| Amazon Armor & Weapons20 | |
| Polemusa, an Amazon Warrior20 | |
| Klymene, an Amazon Sorceress21 | |
| Consonant Base Range | |
| and Duration List23 | |
| Ranges and Durations List23 | |
| Alala Api Guidelines32 | |
| Ma'at Api Guidelines32 | |
| Papaios Api Guidelines34 | |
| Alala Kardia Guidelines34 | |
| Papaios Kardia Guidelines35 | |
| Ma'at Kardia Guidelines35 | |
| Personality Traits for | |
| the Four Humors35 | |
| Alala Nux Guidelines36 | |
| Ma'at Nux Guidelines36 | |
| Papaios Nux Guidelines37 | |
| Alala Soma Guidelines38 | |
| Ma'at Soma Guidelines38 | |
| Papaios Soma Guidelines38 | |
| Alala Zoi Guidelines39 | |
| Amazon Spirits39 | |
| Ma'at Zoi Guidelines40 | |
| Styliane, an Amazon Sorceress Spirit 40 | |
| Helene, an Amazon Warrior Spirit41 | |
| Papaios Zoi Guidelines42 | |
| Viea42 | |
| Viea (cont'd)43 | |
| The Fate of Bonisagus45 | |
| Is the Brotherhood a Threat?47 | |
| Which Virgil is this?51 | |
| Limits of Virgilian Magic52 |
| Example of Casting a Rite56 | |
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| New Targets56 | |
| Rite of Boreas Guidelines57 | |
| Rite of the Naiads Guidelines58 | |
| Rite of Prometheus Guidelines58 | |
| Rite of the Sylvan Dryads Guidelines59 | |
| Rite of the Stones Guidelines59 | |
| Rite of the VIgilant Bees Guidelines60 | |
| Pseudo-Might63 | |
| Designing a Wizard Simplified67 | |
| Bici, Court Wizard68 | |
| Bronze Gates of the Tomb69 | |
| The Silver Hammer Men70 | |
| Trojan Warriors70 | |
| The Mythology of the Muspelli75 | |
| Loki76 | |
| Pronunciation and Glossary77 | |
| What are the Jotnar?78 | |
| Gandar Story Seeds79 | |
| Gandar79 | |
| Names by Patron80 | |
| Supernatural Abilities | |
| by Jotun Patron82 | |
| New Virtues and Flaws83 | |
| Mundane Qualities | |
| Available to the Etin-Mod84 | |
| A Valkyrie86 | |
| Heipt and Foreign Auras86 | |
| Kotkill Ulfsbrodir87 | |
| Gunnvara Jarnvidja88 | |
| A Lack of Collaboration89 | |
| Available Ranges, Durations, | |
| and Targets90 | |
| Practical Limits of Utiseta91 | |
| Auras Aligned to Trolldomur92 | |
| Aura-Damaging Story Seeds92 |
| Sacred Sites93 | |
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| Example Initiation Scripts94 | |
| Designing Supernatural Powers95 | |
| Reflection Bonuses for Spadomur98 | |
| Norse Burial Customs and | |
| the Walking Dead103 | |
| Exposure and Frostbite105 | |
| Norse Magicians107 | |
| Hermetic Integration | |
| and Muspelli Magic109 | |
| The Secret of Vis110 | |
| Dueling111 | |
| What's In The Box?112 | |
| Aloe Incense112 | |
| Cinnabar Incense113 | |
| Myrrh Incense113 | |
| Olibanum Incense113 | |
| Character Creation Notes114 | |
| New Major Virtue: Spirit Ally116 | |
| New Major Flaw: Vulnerability (Tree)117 | |
| A Table of Comparisons125 | |
| Aloe Magic Guidelines127 | |
| Seeding128 | |
| Cinnabar Magic and Aging128 | |
| Cinnabar Magic Guidelines129 | |
| Myrrh Magic Guidelines131 | |
| Olibanum Magic Guidelines132 | |
| The Church in Soqotra135 | |
| Ambergris136 | |
| Story Seed: Lost City of Ubar136 | |
| Saga Seed: Flower of Immortality136 | |
| Ali, Known as Thomas, a Young | |
| Warrior of the Olibanum Tribe137 | |
| Can the Order Ever Have | |
| Peace With Outsiders?139 | |
| A Note on History141 | |
