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『[[GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic]]』

1. 儀礼魔法を使う信者団体のための「秘密カルト」。
2. “秘密の達人”たる悪魔がまいた魔導書を手に入れ、破滅の道を転がり落ちる “孤独なオタク” のための「闇の道」。
3. 民間魔法を使う魔女や魔法店のための「被忘の叡智」。

「[[3種の魔法流派>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#A_Triple_Threat]]」

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　What follows are three magical styles intended for campaigns where magic isn’t as showy or widespread as it is in, say, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. Each suggests the kinds of people who are likely to use it while stopping short of describing orders of wizards (as GURPS Magical Styles: Dungeon Magic did). Formal groups need not even exist in the setting . . . these styles are well-suited to loners who’ve stumbled upon “lost” grimoires, and to individuals who’ve inherited oral traditions.

「[[なぜ魔法を制限する？>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Why_Limit_Myself]]」

便宜上、魔法を禁断秘術と見なす（主にホラーものの）キャンペーンでの魔法全般をここでは「ホラー魔法」と呼びます。

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Why Limit Myself?
When magical styles are mandatory for spellcasting PCs, a common complaint is that they deprive players of the option of playing generalists, limiting Magery a lot like One College Only does without reducing its point cost. That objection is less valid in a secret-magic campaign, like many forms of horror and classic sword-and-sorcery (as opposed to hack ’n’ slash) fantasy. In those genres, magic isn’t the “technology replacement” it is in kitchen-sink fantasy, but a hidden, often forbidden art tied thematically to sinister forces.

Here’s a game-mechanical way to see things: In settings where Horror Magic is used, you’d normally need a large Unusual Background ―― much larger than the cost difference between full and limited Magery ―― to have any access at all to magic. But to learn these styles, the Unusual Background is smaller or nonexistent (it’s the GM’s job to make sure of this), so the net cost is a bargain . . . and the players should be thankful to have access to magic at all!

A corollary is that these styles don’t suit PCs in common-magic campaigns where it’s possible to play generalists who enjoy access to most of what’s in GURPS Magic. They might still work for creepy NPCs, though ―― as befits this supplement’s title! In particular, they’re good ways to give any cultist, dabbler, or hedge wizard access to magic despite the setting’s social controls on magic; e.g., tuition fees and Wizards’ Guild membership. Of course, PCs may want to avoid expenses, elitism, and gatekeeping, too; if so, the GM might permit them to learn these styles in place of no-holds-barred magic.

「[[魔法使いは何者？>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#]]」

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Who Uses This Stuff?
To help the GM match philosophies and capabilities to NPCs ―― and to give players a better idea of what they’re getting into, if the GM permits these styles to PCs as the only way to learn magic or as a way to circumvent restrictive social oversight ―― here’s a quick summary:

Cult Secrets (pp. 5-7) is for wizards who cooperate in large ritual workings. They may do so in the name of a demon or even a true god, or they might be faithless power-seekers who find strength in numbers ―― but to outsiders, they’re cultists. This is the stuff of robed figures who exchange secret signs under cover of night.
There’s almost always a megalomaniac in charge (often the person who dug up the grimoire!), but this individual may be less “archmage” than group leader, their power more social than magical.

The Dark Path (pp. 8-10) is aimed at individuals who’ve stumbled upon the Wrong Books and decided that magic is a risk worth taking. It’s filled with shortcuts that appear to have been placed there deliberately by forces that want users to get in over their heads as quickly as possible. It would be easy to assume that this is a devil (or The Devil), but that isn’t the only option. Perhaps the art’s mortal masters benefit from the errors of those who’ve gone too far, too fast.

Forgotten Wisdom (pp. 10-13) isn’t as cultish or dangerous as the other two styles. It might even have been “white magic” at some point, but now it’s viewed as superstitious and ignorant at best, an affront to faith at worst. It’s the kind of thing you’d run into at a “charms and potions” shop in the rundown part of town, or in the hands of the crazy cat lady who lives in the haunted house. While more social than the Dark Path ―― it involves customers and perhaps apprentices ―― its covens rarely reach Cult Secrets size.

「[[権力の美学>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Power_Corruption_and_Lies]]」

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Power, Corruption, and Lies
　Gamers with large GURPS collections might ask why Horror Magic doesn’t automatically impose downsides like Power Corrupts (GURPS Horror, pp. 146-148), Black Magic (GURPS Magic, p. 156), and Spiritual Distortion (GURPS Thaumatology, pp. 93-94). The answer is that its styles are meant to cover not only evil, soul-selling sorcerers, but also wizards in settings where magic’s shady reputation is chiefly social. Which isn’t to say that such practices can’t evoke fear or disgust because they damn their adherents or turn them into psychopaths! The GM who wants such outcomes can declare that these styles use one of the systems cited above ―― or possibly several of them. For instance, maybe each brings down a different “punishment,” or perhaps Forgotten Wisdom (pp. 10-13) is exempt because its devotees have full-fledged Magery and great potential to do good. The matter is left optional because it’s entirely possible for magic to be horrific not for what it does to its users, but for what its users do with it.

「[[流派のガイド>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Style_Guide]]」

• 流派名（Style Name）：
  • 説明的ですが一般的な名前です。キャンペーンに合わせて変更することを検討してください。
• 流派コスト（Style Cost）：
  • 「学歴適合/（魔法学校）」を購入し、必要な呪文と技能ごとに1cpを割り当てたコスト。
• 流派前提条件（Style Prerequisites）：
  • 流派に必要な呪文と技能の非呪文となる前提条件。
• キーワード（Keywords）：
  • 魔法またはそのユーザーを説明する単語。GMがいつどこで魔法を使用するかを決定するのに役立ちます。
• 解説（Description）：
  • 流派に関するより深い洞察と、キャンペーンでの運用方法。
• 必要な技能と呪文（Required Skills and Spells）：
  • 流派の高度な教えにアクセスするために 1cpレベルで購入する必要がある技能と呪文。
• 特典（Perks）：
  • 「学歴適合/（魔法学校）」とすべての必要な技能と呪文を持つ流派所属者が利用できる魔法系特典。実践者は、流派の呪文の 10cpごとにそのような特典を1つ購入でき、さらにGMが「一般」とみなすリストから20cpごとにもう1つ購入できます。
• 奥義呪文（Secret Spells）：
  • 流派の必須要素と関連する「奥義呪文」特典を購入した流派所属者が利用できる呪文。
• オプション性質（Optional Traits）：
  • 流派所属者にとっておそらく必須ではない有利な特徴、不利な特徴、技能など。
• 呪文リスト（Spell List）：
  • 「学歴適合/（魔法流派）」、魔法系特典などの目的での流派の呪文。奥義呪文以外は、CPを支払うだけでプレイ中に習得できます。3つの流派はすべて、標準の前提条件に代わる代替の前提条件を使用します。標準バージョンとは異なる動作をする呪文には脚注が付いています。
• 秘密（Secrets）：
  • 「秘密の魔法材料」は、流派所属者が関連する「秘密の魔法材料」特典を持っている場合に準備できる特別な物質です。奥義呪文は、関連する「奥義呪文」特典と正しい前提条件を持つ完全な流派所属者のみが使用できます。
• デザインノート（Design Notes）：
  • 流派の背後にあるゲーム・メカニクスの考え方に関するコラムです。

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The following information appears for each style:

Style Name: Descriptive but generic; consider changing this to suit your campaign.

Style Cost: The cost to buy Magical School Familiarity and put 1 point in each required spell and skill.

Style Prerequisites: Non-spell prerequisites for the style’s required spells and skills.

Keywords: Words that describe the magic or its users, to help the GM decide when and where to use it.

Description: Deeper insights into the style and how to use it in the campaign.

Required Skills and Spells: Skills and spells that must be bought at the 1-point level to gain access to the style’s advanced teachings.

Perks: Magic Perks available to stylists with Magical School Familiarity and all required skills and spells. Practitioners may buy one such perk per 10 points in the style’s spells, plus another from whatever list the GM deems “general” per 20 points in spells.

Secret Spells: Spells available to stylists who’ve bought the style’s required elements and relevant Secret Spell perks.

Optional Traits: Advantages, disadvantages, skills, etc. that are likely but not required for stylists.

Spell List: The style’s spells for the purposes of Magical School Familiarity, Magic Perks, etc. All but secret spells can be learned in play simply by paying points. All three styles use alternative prerequisites that replace standard ones. Spells that work differently from standard versions get footnotes.

Secrets: A secret material is a special substance the stylist can prepare if they have the associated Secret Material perk. A secret spell is available only to fullfledged stylists who have the relevant Secret Spell perk and the correct prerequisites.

Design Notes: A box on the game-mechanical thinking behind the style.

「[[秘密カルト>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Cult_Secrets]]」

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Cult Secrets
10 points
Style Prerequisite: Magery 1 (Ceremonial Magery, -40%).
Keywords: Conspiratorial; Hierarchical; Ritualistic; Secretive.

Religious groups and occult philosophical fraternities are often accused of dabbling in “black magic”; a few openly profess to do so. These are classic antagonists in horror and sword-and-sorcery tales, and not out of place in the pulp, conspiracy, and urban fantasy genres. Even superheroes encounter cultists ―― magical powers are easier to overlook in a world where people fly and shoot energy blasts, and enable bad guys to challenge supers without being supers.

Traditional cults of magicians worship something, although what that is varies widely. Historically, the gods of conquered or oppressed peoples ―― worshiped in secret ―― were most likely.
More recently there are the deities of ancient civilizations studied by modern occultists, The Devil (especially during the Spanish Inquisition and, starting in the 1980s, the “satanic panic”), and Things Man Was Not Meant To Know from cosmic horror tales.

Yet other cults purloin the names of gods and demons as codewords, and exploit the trappings of religion to deflect suspicion from their real activities. If they keep religious philosophies, it’s without genuine faith. Or they might resemble religions because they adopt similar organizational models.

Almost all cults have hierarchies, advancement through which gives increased access to secrets ―― be those passwords, handshakes, and silly hats, or magic spells. This helps shield the cult from social attack, much as a “cell” system protects spies and dissidents from discovery. Attaining high rank in a cult might represent spiritual ascension, but is more surely and immediately a way to command underlings ―― to wield social power.

Cult Secrets suits any of the above types of cults when they wield working magic. It divides spells into tiers that are learned successively ―― alongside mundane secrets ―― as the cultist rises in rank. It couches that magic in gestures and beliefs, and works it through rituals, that are at least superficially religious.

In keeping with the cult theme, Cult Secrets requires Ceremonial Magery (GURPS Thaumatology, p. 23). To add flavor, this might be granted and improved through study, though that’s optional, making Magery a prerequisite rather than a component of the style. This requirement means that all magic must use Ceremonial Magic (p. B238 and GURPS Magic, p. 12); thus, cultists work magic exclusively in groups, and “strategic” spells are favored over “tactical” ones almost to exclusion.

What any particular cult does with its magic depends on its nature and campaign role. Usually, advancing the cult’s social clout ―― behind-the-scenes wealth and power ―― is high on the agenda, at least for the leaders. That might be everything, but crazier cults seek to improve their spiritual clout (whatever that means!), unleash Armageddon, or summon cosmic entities to destroy reality.

Required Skills: Hidden Lore (Cult Secrets); Hidden Lore (one of Demon Lore, Spirit Lore, or similar); Occultism; Philosophy or Theology; Religious Ritual.

Required Spells: Any four of Magelock, Mystic Mist, Nightingale, Sense Observation, Wall of Silence, and Watchdog.

Perks: Area Spell Mastery (any Area spell on list); Astrological Ceremonies (Cult Secrets); Attribute Substitution (any spell on list, based on Will); Combat Ceremony (any spell on list); Continuous Ritual (any spell on list); Cult Rank 1-5; Knower of Names; Magical Lawyer; Mass Magician; Mystic’s Stupor; Sanctum 1-5; Secret Mage; Secret Spell (Greater Summons or Sacrifice); Special Exercises (FP can exceed HT by 100%); Spirit Contract; Super-Sympathy (Ritual Space); Willful Casting.

Secret Spells: Greater Summons; Sacrifice.

[[イニシエイト>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Initiate]]

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Initiate (Cult Rank 0)
　Initiate spells are for securing the ritual area against mundane threats: being watched, overheard, barged in on, etc. In addition to passive defenses against sapient beings, they include protection against pests and fire ―― but not anti-magic. Even the greenest cultist is expected to participate in such rituals. All Initiate spells require Magery 1 (Ceremonial Magery).

Fireproof、 Magelock、Mystic Mist、 Nightingale、 Repel Birds、 Repel Fish、 Repel Mammals、Repel Reptiles、 Repel Vermin、Sense Observation、Wall of Silence、Watchdog

[[アプレンティス>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Apprentice]]

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Apprentice (Cult Rank 1)
　Apprentices are still trusted mostly to secure the ritual space, but their spells consist of more-active defenses against mundane interlopers (alongside Lure and Will Lock to trap them as sacrifices), spirits, and hostile magic. These require any six Initiate spells (most often Magelock, Mystic Mist, Nightingale, Sense Observation, Wall of Silence, and Watchdog) and Magery 2 (Ceremonial Magery).

Astral Block, Lure, Scrywall,
Avoid, Materialize Spell, Shield,
Banish, Pentagram, Teleport Shield,
Emotion Control, Repel Spirits, Will Lock

[[ジャーニーマン>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Journeyman]]

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Journeyman (Cult Rank 2)
　Journeymen are the cult’s backbone. Their magic focuses on summoning entities to perform deeds the cult can’t or would prefer not to do directly. Learning their spells requires all of Astral Block, Banish, Materialize, Pentagram, Repel Spirits, and Teleport Shield ―― it’s possible to be held back by learning the “wrong” spells as an Apprentice!

Animation (VH) 、Planar Summons† 、Summon Spirit、
Create Animal* 、Solidify、 Teleport Other (VH)‡
Create Servant*、 Summon Demon、
Create Warrior*、 Summon Shade (VH)

　* Learned via Cult Secrets, “Create” spells actually summon beings from elsewhere. Those entities are subject to Banish instead of Dispel Creation.
　† Versions depend on the setting.
　‡ Works normally, but usually cast to “summon” nearby people.

[[マスター>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Master]]

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　Master spells affect crops, seas, and the weather without summoning an intermediary. They’re used to boost the cult’s wealth and power by aiding agriculture, shipping, etc. or interfering with rivals. Since there’s a risk of the outcomes being seen as unnatural, these spells are limited to trusted members; learning them requires any five Journeyman spells.

Bless Plants、Blight、Clouds、Cool、Create Spring、 Current、 Dry Spring、Rain、 Snow、 Storm、 Tide、Warm、 Waves、 Wind

[[グランドマスター>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Grandmaster]]

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Grandmaster (Cult Rank 4)
　Grandmaster spells either produce grossly unnatural effects in the world (Earthquake and Volcano ―― and Restore Mana, in settings where mana might be depleted), or deal in blessing, cursing, and uncursing people. These are considered risks, liable to create new enemies. All call for any seven Master spells and Magery 3 (Ceremonial Magery).

Bless 、Curse 、Earthquake 、Lesser Geas (VH) 、Restore Mana (VH)、Remove Curse 、Volcano

[[エイペックス>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Apex]]

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Apex (Cult Rank 5)
　If Apices exist, they command magic the likes of which would never go unremarked without extraordinary planning: people suddenly change their values, the dead return, life springs from nothing, landscapes shift, and swirling passages appear between locations ―― or worlds. These require all seven Grandmaster spells.

Alter Terrain (VH) 、Create Gate (VH)* 、Great Geas (VH) 、Golem (VH)†、Mass Zombie (VH)、Move Terrain (VH)、Resurrection (VH)

　* Learned this way, Teleport, Timeport, and Plane Shift aren’t needed, but gates can only be between places and planes of existence ―― never times.
　† Enchant isn’t required; roll vs. Golem. Enchantment is ceremonial already ―― don’t further increase casting time. Used for flesh golems (“new life”) and the traditional clay golem, unless the GM rules otherwise.

「コラム：[[デザインノート：秘密カルト>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Design_Notes_Cult_Secrets]]」

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　This is an applied style ―― it’s about rote ritual, not abstract study ―― and closely resembles a temple style, although faith isn’t mandatory. The GM should select a Hidden Lore skill (customarily Demon or Spirit Lore) covering otherworldly forces that grant magical power, plus a Philosophy or Theology specialty for the associated cosmology. Alongside those two skills, all cultists require Hidden Lore (Cult Secrets) to confirm membership through handshakes, jargon, titles, etc.; Occultism for a broader grasp of the supernatural; and Religious Ritual for rites, religious or not. Optional skills assist with concealing cult involvement (Acting and Fast-Talk), manipulating outsiders to serve cult goals (Diplomacy and Savoir-Faire), indoctrinating and organizing members (Administration, Intimidation, Leadership, Strategy, and Teaching), and “advanced studies” (Thaumatology and more Hidden Lore).

Initiates learn spells to defend the cult. These build on the style’s occult skills, not traditional prerequisite spells.

The cult accepts any four of six spells as the gateway to initiation, not to encourage individualism (far from it!), but to leave Initiates with more to learn ―― another two spells ―― before advancing to Apprentice.

That’s five skills and four spells. With Magical School Familiarity, style cost is 5 + 4 + 1 = 10 points.

The style’s most coveted perks assist ceremonial magic: Area Spell Mastery (to make big spells more versatile), Astrological Ceremonies, Combat Ceremony, Continuous Ritual, Knower of Names, Mass Magician, and Special Exercises (for more FP to contribute to rituals!).
Other key emphases are secrecy (Secret Mage and Secret Spell), the ritual space (Sanctum and Super-Sympathy), willpower (Attribute Substitution, Mystic’s Stupor, and Willful Casting), and negotiating with tricky spirits (Magical Lawyer and Spirit Contract). Cult Rank exists, but doesn’t always track magical knowledge.

Spells above Initiate level generally have durations long enough, areas large enough, or effects powerful enough to make ceremonies worthwhile. These are restructured into a tier system that totally disregards standard prerequisite counts for the sake of better fitting the way cults work.
This is balanced by the high style cost, the many spells needed to progress, and the fact that all the magic is ceremonial. The secret spells fall outside the hierarchy ―― don’t overlook them!

Optional traits fall into three bins: Some increase raw power, either skill (IQ and Magery) or energy (FP and Energy Reserve). Others are linked to keeping secrets, like Danger Sense to detect trouble, Honest Face and Social Chameleon to avoid inquisition, Languages outsiders can’t understand, and Will and Mind Shield to defeat mind probes; such conduct may protect a genuine Secret or be mere Paranoia, and often accompanies Sense of Duty, even Fanaticism to the cause. The third set occur mainly among leaders, who seek power (Greed and Megalomania), often making friends and foes on the way (Allies and Enemies); the GM might add Illuminated (p. B60) in some campaigns.

The style’s required spells need Magery 1 when learned using its restructured spell list, so that’s a style prerequisite. This can’t be One College Only ―― despite the short spell list ―― but must be Ceremonial Magery (GURPS Thaumatology, p. 23), which offers the same discount.
Exception: In common-magic worlds, this might be the limit of what cult investiture can grant, but people with unlimited Magery may be welcomed.

1. 奥義呪文《大召喚》（至難）（Secret Spell: Greater Summons (VH)）　p.7
2. 奥義呪文《供犠》（至難）（Secret Spell: Sacrifice (VH)）　p.7

《[[大召喚]]》

• 呪文クラス：特殊呪文
• 呪文系統：　不明（おそらく死霊系呪文）
  • 呪文の小分類：召喚・誘引系呪文
• 持続時間：不明。おそらく、被召喚者が役目を終わるか、1時間が経過するまで。
• エネルギー消費：1,000
• 準備時間：5分
• 前提条件：「魔法の素質/3L」（「儀礼魔法の素質」）、「カルトの階級/2L」の呪文（下記参照）から5種、「奥義呪文/大召喚」。
  • この呪文の使用流派共通仕様「秘密カルト」の「カルト階級/2L」（ジャーニーマン）の呪文は《動く像》（至難）、《動物作成》*、《従者作成》*、《戦士作成》*、《異次元召喚》†、《実体化》、《悪魔召喚》、《時影召喚》（至難）、《霊魂召喚》、《他者瞬間移動》（至難）‡。
  • 「*」： 「秘密カルト」で習得した “作成” 呪文は、実際には時空外から存在を召喚します。これらの存在は、《作成物破壊》ではなく、《退散》の対象となります。
  • 「†」： バージョンは設定によって異なります。
  • 「‡」： 通常どおり機能しますが、通常は近くにいるものを “召喚” するために発動します。
• 前提条件数：18（以下の計算で判断）
  • 「魔法の素質/3L」（+3）
  • 《霊魂召喚》（+4-2）：「魔法の素質/2L」分を除去。
  • 《実体化》（+6-4）：《霊魂召喚》分を除去。
  • 《動く像》（+5-4）：《霊魂召喚》分を除去。
  • 《時影召喚》（+5-4）：《霊魂召喚》分を除去。
  • 《悪魔召喚》（+12-3）：「魔法の素質/1L」分と10系統各1種から2種を除去。

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Secret Spell: Greater Summons (VH)
Special

　Summons something far beyond mere animals, spirits, or even demons ―― most often a manifestation of an archdevil or god. Forget about control! When the spell is cast, make a reaction roll, ignoring all modifiers except that for whatever the
GM decides this specific entity wants right now, which can be up to +5 for something dangerous or +10 for near-impossible stuff like sacrificing the sitting head of state to the Demon Lord of Strife. It’s up to the GM whether the caster(s) know what this need is.

　On a “Good” or worse reaction (15 or less), the being destroys the caster(s) outright in whatever way suits its nature: demon lords rip out souls, fire gods produce hundreds of dice of Essential Fire, creator gods unmake. The same happens on any critical failure.

　A result of “Very Good” (16-18) means the entity appears briefly and departs without doing harm ―― though it might mention what it really wants for next time.

　A roll of “Excellent” (19+) results in the being granting one wish on a par with Great Wish (Magic, p. 62), which must be in keeping with that entity’s role and disposition.

　This spell is relatively easy to learn and quick to cast (50 minutes using ceremonial magic), but profoundly draining ―― usually requiring the whole cult and several external energy sources ―― and incredibly risky.

Cost: 1,000.
Time to cast: 5 minutes.
Prerequisites: Magery 3 (Ceremonial Magery), five Journeyman spells, and Secret Spell (Greater Summons).

《[[供犠]]》

• 呪文クラス：特殊呪文
• 呪文系統：　不明（おそらく死霊系呪文）
• 持続時間：不明。
• エネルギー消費：なし。
• 準備時間：1時間
• 前提条件：「魔法の素質/3L」（「儀礼魔法の素質」）、「カルトの階級/3L」の呪文（下記参照）から7種、「奥義呪文/供犠」。
  • この呪文の使用流派共通仕様「秘密カルト」の「カルト階級/3L」（マスター）の呪文は《植物祝福》、《不作》、《雲》、《寒冷化》、《井戸作成》、《水流》、《涸れ井戸》、《雨》、《雪》、《潮》、《温暖化》、《波》、《風》、《嵐》
• 前提条件数：16（以下の計算で判断）
  • 「魔法の素質/3L」（+3）
  • 《波》（+5）：←《水変化》（4）←《水作成》（3）←《水浄化》（2）←《水探知》（1）
  • 《風》（+5）：←《風嵐》（4）←《空気変化》（3）←《空気作成》（2）←《空気浄化》（1）
  • 《雲》（+5-4）：水霊系呪文と風霊系呪文を2種ずつから《波》と《風》の分除去。
  • 《雨》（+6-5）：《雲》分を除去。
  • 《雪》（+9-7）：《雲》（5）分を除去し、《霜》（4）から《水作成》（2）分を除去。
  • 《水流》（+7-6）：水霊系6種から《波》（5）と《雨》を除去。
  • 《潮》（+9-8）：水霊系8種から《水流》分（7）と《霜》か《雪》を除去。

原書表記

Secret Spell: Sacrifice (VH)
Special
　Makes the life force released by the sacrifice of a living being available to energize another spell. Cast Sacrifice first, at the moment the caster(s) kill the victim; the slaughter is part of the ritual, and must involve a melee attack or similar “hands on” method. The second spell has to begin immediately after this, without delay, and Sacrifice counts as a spell
“on” during its casting.

　The extra energy available for the second spell equals the subject’s IQ multiplied by the lower of HT or HP (so small animals with IQ 1-4 and HP 1-2 are rarely worth it).

Cost: None.
Time to cast: 1 hour.
Prerequisites: Magery 3 (Ceremonial Magery), seven Master spells, and Secret Spell (Sacrifice).

「[[闇の道>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#The_Dark_Path]]」

原書表記

The Dark Path
10 points
Style Prerequisite: Magery 1 (Radically Unstable Magery, -10% or worse).
Keywords: Bibliophilic; Haphazard; Reckless; Selfish.

It’s a classic horror trope that can show up in any genre where the supernatural exists and is potentially dangerous, if not evil: An alienated misfit or book-smart-but-unworldly loner encounters a sorcerous grimoire. Reading it, they rapidly acquire powers they don’t truly understand or control. Convinced of their brilliance, they proceed to use their magic to take revenge on those who mocked them, or to claim what they believe society owes them. The mixed results leave them seeking more, drawing them into a downward spiral.

Someone is writing these magical texts. In some settings, it’s no accident that they leave them lying around for people with more angst than brains to find ―― presumably, the shady authors, anyone from powerful black magicians to The Devil, stand to gain from power-mad eccentrics causing chaos with magic. Whatever the truth, the writings outline a path to magical power that’s quicker than painstaking study and drills: the Dark Path.

The Dark Path is an exceedingly loose style suited to classic “nerds” who are gifted at bookish subjects like library research and translating old texts, but socially inept. They might start out skittish and fearful, but then they get a taste of power that gives them new confidence ―― too much of it ―― and are transformed into selfish, careless maniacs who’ll do anything to learn more magic. If they aren’t careful (and sometimes even if they are), they’ll become monsters.

Those who walk the Dark Path almost never start as mages. Early studies grant them Radically Unstable Magery (GURPS Thaumatology, p. 26), and this reveals ever-better shortcuts to power. These lead to regular backfires, a problem the typical practitioner tries to solve by acquiring even more power: Such Magery is nearly always improvable through study ―― as high as Magery 6 without Special Exercises, even if the cap on unlimited Magery is lower.

And those “secret masters” who leave texts on black magic lying around? They don’t have to exist, but it makes more sense to treat the Dark Path as a style if they do. In all likelihood, these shadowy figures don’t practice what they preach; they’re doing it for their own reasons. Two secret spells hint at those reasons, and non-stylists who somehow acquire the right perks can learn them.

Required Skills: Hidden Lore (Magical Writings); Research; Speed-Reading; Thaumatology.

Required Spells: Detect Magic; Identify Spell; Mage Sense; Mage Sight; Seek Magic.

Perks: Blood Magic; Convenience Casting (Copy, Scribe, and similar bookish spells); Fast Casting (any spell on list); Flexible Ritual (any spell on list); Improvised Items 1-3; Improvised Magic (Dark Path); Intuitive Cantrip (Controlled Disadvantage or Magical Analysis); Life-Force Burn 1-5; Limited Energy Reserve 1-5 (Dark Path); No Gestures (any spell on list); No Incantations (any spell on list); Paraphernalia Pro; Sanctum 1 or 2; Scroll-Reading (any); Secret Spell (Invest or Order from Chaos); Secret Words 1-5; Special Exercises 1 or 2 (Wild Talent); Thaumatological Doublespeak; Wizardly Dabbler.

Secret Spells: Invest; Order from Chaos.

1. 「RUM/1L」:
   1. 《霊気感知》、《魔法感知》、《呪文識別》、《魔術師覚》、《魔術師眼》、《活力回復》、《魔法探知》、《マナ感知》。
2. 「RUM/2L」:
   1. 《魔法分析》、《魔鎧》、《動物煽り》、《不器用》、《眩惑》、《死の幻影》、《疲れ》、《腐敗》、《感覚鈍化》、《暗号化》、《恐れ》、《防火》、《間抜け》、《忘却》、《虚弱》、《のろま》、《発火》、《錠前大師》、《お座り》、《矢よけ》、《夜間視覚》、《恐慌》、《鏡像消し》、《影消し》、《魔盾》、《沈黙》、《戦慄》、《不機嫌》、《意志弱体化》。
3. 「RUM/3L」:
   1. 《古代史》、《念動》、《不作》、《言語借用》、《複写》、《炎作成》、《呪文除去》、《愚鈍化》（至難）、《霊気偽装》、《汚水》、《大失敗》、《消灯》、《盲点化》、《欲求隠し》、《感情隠し》、《来歴》、《狂気》、《忍び足》、《記憶》、《思考停止》（至難）、《苦痛》、《毒化》、《前史》、《回想》、《筆記》、《隠匿看破》、《方向探知》、《誘眠》、《臭気》。
4. 「RUM/4L」:
   1. 《触感過多》、《星幽視覚》（至難）、《窒息化》、《踊る物体》、《文字理解》 （至難）、《会話理解》（至難）、《呪文抵抗》、《むかつき》、《凶夢》、《痛がり》、《嘔吐感》、《治癒力低下》、《目くらまし》、《耳封じ》、《口封じ》、《無痛》、《徹夜》（至難）、《血液弱体化》。
5. 「RUM/5L」:
   1. 《幽体離脱》（至難）、《透明術》、《能力値奪取》（至難）、《容貌奪取》（至難）、《活力奪取》、《技能奪取》（至難）、《生気奪取》、《治癒力停止》。
6. 「RUM/6L」:
   1. 《呪い》、《呪い人形》（至難）、《永久狂気》 （至難）、《疫病》、《若さ奪取》（至難）、《不妊化》、《悪魔召喚》。

原書表記

Spell List
The Dark Path is a screaming slide to hell ―― magic learned haphazardly, with little real training ―― so its spells don’t have other spells as prerequisites, only Magery levels! In this way, it resembles the clerical or druidic magic of GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. But unlike priestly spells, these ones require mana as usual for wizards, and can’t be prayed for . . . they must be found in grimoires, which the GM can make as common or as rare as suits the campaign.

Below, “RUM” stands for Radically Unstable Magery; see GURPS Thaumatology, p. 26.

RUM 1: Aura, Detect Magic, Identify Spell, Mage Sense, Mage Sight, Recover Energy, Seek Magic, and Sense Mana.

RUM 2: Analyze Magic, Armor, Beast-Rouser, Clumsiness, Daze, Death Vision, Debility, Decay, Dull Sense, Encrypt, Fear, Fireproof, Foolishness, Forgetfulness, Frailty, Hinder, Ignite Fire, Lockmaster, Master, Missile Shield, Night Vision, Panic, Remove Reflection, Remove Shadow, Shield, Silence, Terror, Vexation, and Weaken Will.

RUM 3: Ancient History, Apportation, Blight, Borrow Language, Copy, Create Fire, Dispel Magic, Dullness (VH), False Aura, Foul Water, Fumble, Gloom, Hide, Hide Emotion, Hide Thoughts, History, Madness, Mage-Stealth, Memorize, Mindlessness (VH), Pain, Poison Food, Prehistory, Recall, Scribe, See Secrets, Seeker, Sleep, and Stench.

RUM 4: Agonize, Astral Vision (VH), Choke, Dancing Object, Gift of Letters (VH), Gift of Tongues (VH), Magic Resistance, Nauseate, Nightmare, Sensitize, Sickness, Slow Healing, Strike Blind, Strike Deaf, Strike Dumb, Strike Numb, Vigil (VH), and Weaken Blood.

RUM 5: Ethereal Body (VH), Invisibility, Steal Attribute (VH), Steal Beauty (VH), Steal Energy, Steal Skill (VH), Steal Vitality, and Stop Healing.

RUM 6: Curse, Malefice (VH), Permanent Madness (VH), Pestilence, Steal Youth (VH), Strike Barren, and Summon Demon.

　Given the Dark Path’s nature, the GM shouldn’t hesitate to add or remove anything to adjust it to the campaign. When adding spells, find “Prerequisite Count” on the table under Restructuring Prerequisites (GURPS Thaumatology: Magical Styles,p. 17) and read “Level” as Radically Unstable Magery level. Spells that fit the style’s recurring themes of dealing with writings and magic (preferably both), and sneaking around subtly cursing people, might drop a level or even two; ones that threaten to disrupt a secret-magic game, including any flashy spells allowed, can go up a level or two. Anything with a final level above RUM 6 is unlikely to be balanced.

《[[魔の投資]]》

• 呪文クラス：通常呪文/抵抗呪文_特殊
• 呪文系統：　不明（おそらく死霊系呪文と呪文操作系呪文）
• 持続時間：対象が死ぬまで！
• エネルギー消費：30。
• 準備時間：24時間。
• 前提条件：「魔法の素質/6L」（必ずしも「根揺らぐ素質」ではない）、《霊気偽装》、《間抜け》、《永久狂気》、《活力奪取》、「奥義呪文/魔の投資」。
• 前提条件数：24（以下の計算で判断）
  • 「魔法の素質/6L」（+6）
  • 《霊気偽装》（+5-1）：「魔法の素質/1L」分を除去。
  • 《間抜け》（+5）：知力12以上。
  • 《永久狂気》（+12-7）：《狂気》、知力13以上。除去分（-7）は、「魔法の素質/2L」（-2）・間抜け》（-5）の分。
    • 《狂気》←《忘却》←《間抜け》+「魔法の素質/1L」
  • 《活力奪取》（+5-1）：「魔法の素質/1L」分を除去。

原書表記

Secret Spell: Invest (VH)
Regular; Special Resistance

Binds a willing subject as a permanent magical asset of the caster. Caster and subject must spend 24 hours together in “ritual meditation.” A third party within 10 yards, or any interruption beyond eating, drinking, and personal hygiene, spoils the casting ―― start over.

At the end of that time, the caster spends the energy and casts the spell. On a success, the subject must answer, “Do I accept this investiture?” The spell binds them only if they respond “Yes.” There’s no way to bind someone unwilling ―― but also no requirement to reveal the full truth about the spell!

A non-mage bound by Invest gains Magery 1 (Radically Unstable Magery, -50%) [8] for free. Someone with Magery replaces it with however many levels of limited Magery its cost would buy, rounding down; e.g., Magery 2 [25] becomes Magery 4 (Radically Unstable Magery, -50%) [23]. The caster gains nothing right away . . . but each time their subject suffers a magical backfire (which is likely), a roll of 3 or 18 on the Critical Spell Failure Table grants the “master” one free character point in addition to its other effects!
Distance has no effect on this.

The subject can buy Radically Unstable Magery down to -10% with earned points, but cannot remove the limitation completely. Even Remove Curse can do nothing.
But if they learn Invest, they can use points it earns them to eliminate the limitation.

Invest doesn’t count as a spell “on” for the caster, but they can have only one “asset” per two full Magery levels (typically three subjects, since the spell requires Magery 6). As only around 1% of a subject’s critical failures grant a point, there’s an incentive to go for the maximum and encourage those people to use poorly understood magic regularly.

Duration: Until the subject dies!

Cost: 30.

Time to cast: 24 hours.

Prerequisites: Magery 6 (not necessarily Radically Unstable Magery), False Aura, Foolishness, Permanent Madness, Steal Energy, and Secret Spell (Invest).

《[[散力吸収]]》

• 呪文クラス：特殊呪文
• 呪文系統：　不明（おそらく死霊系呪文と呪文操作系呪文）
• 持続時間：エネルギーはすぐに使用する必要があります。維持できません。
• エネルギー消費：なし （失敗時は1）。
• 準備時間：一種。
• 前提条件：「魔法の素質/5L」（必ずしも「根揺らぐ素質」ではない）、《活力回復》、《活力奪取》、および「奥義呪文/散力吸収」。
• 前提条件数：10（以下の計算で判断）
  • 「魔法の素質/5L」（+5）
  • 《活力回復》（+3-1）：「魔法の素質/1L」の分を除去。
  • 《活力奪取》（+5-2）：「魔法の素質/1L」と《活力賦与》の分を除去（-2）。

原書表記

Secret Spell: Order from Chaos (VH)
Special
Attempts to harvest the energy released by someone else’s magical backfire. Must be cast as a “Blocking” spell the instant the caster witnesses another mage critically fail a casting, though it doesn’t actually block anything. The GM decides whether a backfire counts as “witnessed”; when in doubt, make a Per-based Thaumatology roll.

Order from Chaos is cast at -1 per yard to the unfortunate wizard. The subject is not that person, however, but their catastrophe. Thus, their abilities and defensive spells have no effect on the casting.

Any success recovers energy points equal to margin of success, to a maximum of the cost of the other wizard’s spell, not reduced for their high skill. It’s irrelevant where the energy originally came from: FP, HP, Energy Reserve, external power source, etc. The harvested energy is available for the caster’s next spell, which they must begin at once (on their next turn in combat, within one second otherwise); Order from Chaos counts as a spell “on” during its casting. Energy in excess of that needed is lost.

Ordinary failure recovers no energy and costs 1 FP. Critical failure means the other wizard’s backfire somehow worsens to include the caster: injury affects them both (and anybody between them!), harmful spells that go astray are drawn to the caster of Order from Chaos, detectable effects reveal that person’s presence, demons are hostile to both parties, and so on. This is a great opportunity for GM creativity!

Duration: Energy must be used immediately. Cannot be maintained.

Cost: None (1 on failure).

Prerequisites: Magery 5 (not necessarily Radically Unstable Magery), Recover Energy, Steal Energy, and Secret Spell (Order from Chaos).

「コラム：[[デザインノート：闇の道>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Design_Notes_The_Dark_Path]]」

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Design Notes: The Dark Path
　The Dark Path is an experimental style for loners who sift through “forgotten” writings seeking magical power. Hidden Lore (Magical Writings), Research, and Speed-Reading cover poring over books of forbidden lore, while Thaumatology turns gleaned knowledge into spells. That’s it for skills ―― the style’s appeal is that it’s light on nonmagical learning. Optional skills (for patient seekers!) help locate and decipher ancient manuscripts: Archaeology, Cryptography, Literature, etc. Occultism joins these because prudent magicians study general supernatural weirdness, whether or not that’s necessary.

　Required spells share the mission of the required skills: ferreting out magic. Seek Magic leads the practitioner to magical phenomena; Detect Magic, Mage Sense, and Mage Sight narrow the search upon arriving; and Identify Spell provides understanding. Collectively called “awareness” in style jargon, these are prerequisites for all deeper secrets ―― though not for specific spells.

　Followers of the Dark Path start with four skills and five spells. Adding Magical School Familiarity, cost is 4 + 5 + 1 = 10 points.

　Unsurprisingly, many of the style’s perks permit fiddling with the parameters of known magic (Fast Casting, Flexible Ritual, No Gestures, and No Incantations) and working the barely understood kind (Improvised Items, Improvised Magic, Wizardly Dabbler, and Special Exercises for Wild Talent). Others concern texts: Convenience Casting for bookish spells, Paraphernalia Pro for juggling books and scrolls, and Scroll-Reading. Seemingly by design, a few perks that endanger the caster are in reach: Blood Magic, Intuitive Cantrip (Controlled Disadvantage), LifeForce Burn, and Secret Words (making backfires even worse!). Lastly, the Dark Path encourages self-styled “archmages” with Limited Energy Reserve, Sanctum, and Thaumatological Doublespeak.

　Spells beyond those required include things like Copy, Encrypt, Gift of Letters, History, Memorize, and Scribe for dealing with writings ―― and Lockmaster and See Secrets for stealing them, Fireproof for protecting them, and Vigil for late nights reading them. Numerous spells work directly with magical energies, items, and beings; e.g., Analyze Magic, Aura, Dispel Magic, Magic Resistance, and Recover Energy. Then there are endless curses that stop short of flashy damage effects; advanced maledictions are permanent or “buff” the caster simultaneously (the Steal spells). Tricks like Ethereal Body, Hide, Invisibility, and Mage-Stealth enable the wizard to do all this magic-hunting and cursing stealthily. A pinch of flashy effects and defenses appear to impress plebes. And who’d pursue a style without Summon Demon? Secret spells exist for possible secret masters.

　Optional traits are Languages (often aided by Language Talent) for reading old books, Less Sleep for time to peruse them, Single-Minded for coping with distractions, and Eidetic Memory for retaining lore; these habits can descend into Insomniac and Obsession. Most adherents of the Dark Path are egocentric types who don’t share (Jealousy, Loner, and Selfish). Their resolve to barge forward into risky magic often manifests as Daredevil and Fearlessness, typically at the cost of Curious, Impulsiveness, Overconfidence, or ―― after enough backfires ―― Weirdness Magnet. This list includes Gullibility but omits improved IQ because wisdom isn’t a defining feature of the style’s practitioners; if secret masters exist, they target the unwise. Anyway, devotees find Magery easier to improve than IQ.

　The Dark Path has no spells that require less than Magery 1, so that’s a style prerequisite. This can’t be One College Only and must be Radically Unstable Magery (GURPS Thaumatology, p. 26) ―― the -10%, -30%, and -50% levels are all acceptable. Mages without this limitation can’t pursue the style!

「[[被忘の叡智>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Forgotten_Wisdom]]」

原書表記

Forgotten Wisdom
10 points

A common assumption in modern-day tales of the supernatural is that more people believed in magic in the past. Maybe the magic faded or wasn’t present in the first place ―― but an alternative is that magic did and does exist, and only belief in it has faded. It lives on in the shadows, practiced by traditional shamans and healers, most often in the form of charms sold at botánicas and hoodoo shops.

In historical settings, such beliefs may be more mainstream. Powerful organized faiths object to the competition for the hearts, minds, and ―― so they claim ―― souls of the masses, driving magic underground. Yet folk practices are popularly regarded as benefiting everyday life more than Big Religion, and continue despite efforts to supplant them.

And in fantasy, “cunning folk” might be frowned upon not because they work magic ―― there’s magic everywhere! ―― but because they’re seen as a challenge to the establishment. Wizards’ guilds, academies of magic, the Royal Magicians, and so on constitute an oligopoly that excludes rustic “witches” and magic-using commoners. The latter groups therefore conceal their arts, and without access to formal training, grow quirky.

Forgotten Wisdom offers a way to represent magic suppressed because it challenges the intellectual, religious, or economic status quo like this. It’s strange and limited, but powerful despite that. It isn’t innately “black” ―― indeed, it encompasses many blessings and cures ―― but detractors portray it that way, and it does have enough curses to be used for misdeeds. In backgrounds with horror elements, its abusers raise plagues and zombies, while champions of the people battle these forces despite resistance from the authorities.

This style emphasizes not just the spiritual but also the material. Beyond the window-dressing of star charts and tarot cards, it empowers functioning potions (Herb Lore), “charms” (Improvised Items, along with Amulet and Talisman spells), sinister poppets (Malefice), weapons for battling spirits (Ghost Weapon), and crystal balls (Crystal Ball). Practitioners can work magic without their props, though, and enjoy full-on Magery!

Required Skills: Esoteric Medicine (any); Fortune-Telling (any); Herb Lore; Occultism.

Required Spells: Astral Vision; Aura; Death Vision; Detect Magic; Sense Spirit.

Perks: Astrological Ceremonies (Forgotten Wisdom); Attribute Substitution (any spell on list, based on Per); Convenience Casting (any spell the GM believes suits household tasks); Covenant of Rest; Improvised Items 1-3; Improvised Magic (Forgotten Wisdom); Intimidating Curses; Intuitive Cantrip (Aid, Avatar, Corpse Smart, Eye of the Storm, Good with Animal, Mystic Gesture); Knower of Names; Magical Lawyer; Mundane Magic (Aura as Detect Lies, Beast Speech as Animal Handling, Charm as Fast-Talk, etc.); Mystic’s Stupor; Named Possession; Obscure True Name; Paraphernalia Pro; Sanctum 1 or 2; Secret Mage; Secret Material (any alchemical potion); Secret Spells (Hedge Magic); Shaman’s Trance; Special Exercises 1 (IQ can exceed 20); Speedy Enchantment; Spirit Contract.

Secret Spells: See Secret Spells: Hedge Magic (p. 13).

「[[秘密の魔法材料/錬金術の霊薬>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Alchemical_Potions]]」

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Secret Materials: Alchemical Potions

Herb Lore is normally less capable than Alchemy, rarely able to create more than cures, antidotes, and perhaps healing potions. However, those who master Forgotten Wisdom can translate their knowledge of many spells into potent, even flashy results!

Each Secret Material perk pertains to one elixir on pp. 213-219 of GURPS Magic (or from any other supplement describing elixirs). Manufacturing this requires a laboratory (Magic, p. 211), the usual amount of time, and an Herb Lore roll at the elixir’s standard penalty to Alchemy. It doesn’t require expensive ingredients, but the GM should require an hour of herb-hunting per $100 of nominal value, followed by a Naturalist roll at the penalty used to create the elixir.

Example: A Fertility elixir (Magic, p. 217) calls for $1,500 in ingredients, takes 20 weeks to brew, and requires an Alchemy-5 roll. A Forgotten Lore wizard with Secret Material (Fertility) could spend 15 hours hunting for herbs, rolling at Naturalist-5, and then spend 20 weeks creating the elixir, rolling at Herb Lore-5.

The GM decides what Secret Material perks to allow. This might reflect how flashy the effects are, how “traditional” they feel, or something like “must be available in potion form.”
Economics might matter, but the prices in Magic won’t make a high-tech wizard rich; the Fertility elixir in the example may net $11,000 in a rare-magic setting, but that’s for two days of herb-hunting and 20 weeks of brewing, and equivalent to a little over $2,300/month ―― just another Average job at TL7-8.
If batches are permitted, the magic isn’t rare and the entire lot might fetch only that price.

「[[奥義呪文]]/[[簡単魔法]]」
「[[奥義呪文/簡単魔法>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Hedge_Magic]]」[1cp]……[[魔法系特典]]、[[背景系特典]]

原書表記

Secret Spells: Hedge Magic

Forgotten Wisdom doesn’t have a small number of fullfledged secret spells. Instead, it has a single Magic Perk ―― Secret Spells (Hedge Magic) ―― that adherents may select to gain access to all IQ/Average spells the GM is willing to permit from GURPS Magic: The Least of Spells. While not individually potent, these add a potential 77 spells to the style, many of which might be unknown to the setting’s other wizards (or at least to followers of power-hungry styles like Cult Secrets and the Dark Path).

These spells count as part of Forgotten Wisdom for all purposes. Points in them add to total points in spells when determining the wizard’s allotment of Magic Perks. If one of the style’s Magic Perks seems applicable to an IQ/A spell ―― often true for Convenience Casting and Mundane Magic ―― that’s a permitted specialty.

Stylists with the Secret Spells (Hedge Magic) perk may spend earned points to acquire up to four levels of Hedge Magician (The Least of Spells, p. 19) at 5 points apiece. This doesn’t “use up” further perks or require Special Exercises ―― the Secret Spells perk grants the option. As the Talent description explains, Hedge Magician and Magery both add to IQ when learning IQ/A spells.

Lastly, practitioners who learn IQ/A spells can create the low-powered items for them described on pp. 4-5 of The Least of Spells. They don’t require the Enchant spell; simply roll against their skill with the spell in question, taking into account Hedge Magician and Magery. They do require Magery 2; this is directly or indirectly a prerequisite for all the Enchantment spells on the style’s list, and represents the minimum magical talent needed to create lasting “charms.”

「コラム：[[デザインノート：被忘の叡智>GURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic#Design_Notes_Forgotten_Wisdom]]」

原書表記

Design Notes: Forgotten Wisdom
Forgotten Wisdom is an applied style, specifically a folk style ―― the kind of art that crotchety elders who pursue the Old Ways learn to serve their community or make money.
Occultism is essential, because such magicians must be experts on curses and hauntings. Esoteric Medicine, Fortune-Telling, and Herb Lore cover cures, readings, and potions, respectively. Optional skills include Merchant above all (the GM may even require it!), more Fortune-Telling, Propaganda to attract believers, Fast-Talk to convince doubters, Smuggling for dubious ingredients, and Streetwise for the shadier side of these activities. Some senior magicians become feared by spirits (Exorcism), learn their secrets (Hidden Lore), and take an apprentice (Teaching); others remain dabblers.

Together, the required spells provide “the Sight.” This is the ability to perceive clients’ auras (Aura), peer into the spirit world (Astral Vision and Sense Spirit), sense magic (Detect Magic), and see the future to some extent (Death Vision). These feats are prerequisites for the style’s magic for gleaning information, which works by consulting spirits and analyzing auras.

Four skills, five spells, and Magical School Familiarity mean the Forgotten Wisdom style costs 4 + 5 + 1 = 10 points.

The many and varied perks start with the trappings of folk magic: star charts (Astrological Ceremonies), spirit invocations (Covenant of Rest, Magical Lawyer, Spirit Contact, and Shaman’s Trance, plus Attribute Substitution to locate magic-using spirits with Perception), ominous warnings (Intimidating Curses), True Names (Knower of Names and Obscure True Name), trances (Mystic’s Stupor and Shaman’s Trance, again), and a ritual space (Sanctum) stocked with occult tools (Paraphernalia Pro). That last category encompasses charms, which might be oneoff (Improvised Items), personal (Named Possession), or potent (Speedy Enchantment). Practicality is also important, with many Convenience Casting, Intuitive Cantrip, and Mundane Magic perks, as well as seat-of-the-pants casting (Improvised Magic). Not all adherents keep things modest ―― the greatest manifest superhuman wisdom (Secret Exercises allowing IQ 21!), yet conceal their power behind an unsophisticated façade (Secret Mage).

Advanced magic tracks everything discussed so far. Recurring themes are spirit-workings (Affect Spirits, Bind Spirit, Command Spirit, etc.), which extend to consulting with spirits for knowledge (as with Predict Weather, Seeker, and even Divination); sleep and dreams (Healing Slumber, Peaceful Sleep, and the Dream spells); and reading auras for thoughts and secrets (e.g., Know True Shape and Mind-Reading). Helpful spells are often the main reason to hire a magician, and Forgotten Wisdom offers everything from baldness cures (Hair Growth), through rain-dances (Rain) and agricultural blessings (Bless Plants and Purify Earth), to protection from cattle mutilators (Protect Animal). Balancing this are curses, starting with Curse and getting nastier from there. There are also enchantments for creating related magic items (Amulet, Crystal Ball, Ghost Weapon, and so on) ―― and rituals to produce “voodoo dolls” (Malefice) and even zombies.

Optional traits focus on great wisdom (improved IQ or a narrower Talent) and impressive sensitivity to the universe and to spirits (high Per and capabilities like Blessed, Medium, Oracle, and Visualization ―― or just higher Magery). Advanced stylists acquire the favor of spirits; this might manifest subtly as Luck, as Energy Reserve drawn from invisible helpers, or outright Allies. On the downside, folk wizards have a reputation ―― and often a Reputation ―― for fits (Epilepsy) and odd behavior codes. Messing with the wrong forces can incur Spiritual Distortion or Weirdness Magnet.

The required spells need Magery 1, while the required Herb Lore skill calls for Naturalist skill, making both style prerequisites. Naturalist isn’t a style component in itself ―― buy it separately.

• Alchemical potions, 12-13.
• Campaigns, using in, 2-4.
• Ceremonial Magery limitation, 5.
• Charms, style using, 10-13.
• Cult Secrets style 魔法流派「秘密カルト」, 5-7;
  • design notes, 6;
  • overview, 4, 5.
• Dark Path style 魔法流派「闇の道」, 8-10;
  • design notes, 9;
  • overview, 4, 8.
• Design notes, 6, 9, 13.
• Folk traditions, style based on, 10-13.
• Forgotten Wisdom style 魔法流派「被忘の叡智」, 10-13;
  • design notes, 13;
  • overview, 4.
• Greater Summons spell《大召喚》, 7.
• Grimoires, style using, 8-10.
• GURPS, 4;
  • 『GURPS Dungeon Fantasy』, 3, 8;
  • 『GURPS Horror』, 2, 4;
  • GURPS Magic『魔法大全』, 2-5, 7, 12;
  • 『GURPS Magic: The Least of Spells』, 2, 13;
  • 『GURPS Magical Styles: Dungeon Magic』, 3;
  • 『GURPS Monster Hunters』, 2;
  • 『GURPS Power-Ups 3：Talents』, 11;
  • 『GURPS Thaumatology』, 2, 4-6, 8, 9, 11;
  • 『GURPS Thaumatology: Magical Styles』, 2, 9;
  • 『GURPS Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic?』, 2;
  • 『GURPS Thaumatology: Sorcery?』, 2;
  • 『GURPS Thaumatology: Urban Magics?』, 2.
• Hedge Magic version, 13.
• Hedge Magician perk, 13.
• Herb Lore skill, potions and, 12-13.
• Invest spell 《魔の投資》, 9-10.
• Magic, as secret, 3.
• Magery advantage 「魔法の素質」,
  • Ceremonial, 5;
  • Radically Unstable, 8, 9;
  • special requirements, 5, 8.
• Magic Perk, new, 13.
• Naturalist skill, style requiring, 10-13.
• Order from Chaos spell《散力吸収》, 10.
• Perks, new, 12, 13.
• Player characters, reason for styles, 3;
  • usage recommendations, 4; see also specific styles.
• Potions, 12-13.
• Radically Unstable Magery limitation, 8, 9; spell to gain, 9-10.
• Sacrifice spell《供犠》, 7.
• Secret Materials perk, 12-13.
• Secret spells 奥義呪文項目, 7, 9-10, 13.
• Secret Spells perk 「奥義呪文」特典, 13.
• Spells, Radically Unstable Magery level, 9;
  • secret, 7, 9-10, 13; see also specific styles.
• Spirits, style contacting, 10-13.
• Styles,
  • automatic downsides, 4;
  • based on cult magic, 5-7;
  • based on folk traditions, 10-13;
  • based on magical texts, 8-10;
  • overview, 4;
  • reading stats, 4.