Pavis Cult under new rules

[theconfusingeel]

On 10/23/2024 at 4:03 PM, davecake said:

 Pavis sorcery

 

The main magical spell contained in the Book of the Essential Man would appear to be its spells to allow various Man rune creatures to reproduce. I doubt these are best done as simple spells, the creation of such an unusual person shouldn't be just a case of knowing a weird spell, but rather as complex rituals and perhaps even minor heroquests, requiring the satisfying of obscure pre-requisites such as boosting Fertility and Harmony rune above 100% by magical means, casting Pregnancy (easy if you are a Nandan initiate, not so easy if not), contacting appropriate fertility entities (the blessing of a Tilntae?), and so on. But an increase in the Man rune, an increase in Cult Lore (Pavis), a chance to Master the Man rune, etc are all fine. 

according to the well, making "half folk" requires the very complex and exotic ritual of casting the pregnancy spell:
"Through the blessings of the Nandan subcult of Ernalda, it is possible for someone to bear a child to term even if that would not normally be biologically possible. One consequence of this is the possibility for different mortal species to have a child together – humans and aldryami or dwarfs, etc.

This may be the source of both Pavis Half-Elf, and of his daughter with the dwarf Flintnail. Such combinations are always unusual and remarkable, an echo of the God Time. It is worth noting that Lord Pavis Half-Elf dates to around the time that the Beast People first appeared in Dragon Pass. It could well be that in the Empire of the Wyrms Friends fertility cults as Nandan were strongly supported by the Third Council of Dragon Pass as part of the Great Ritual."
https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/half-folk/
 

Edited yesterday at 02:22 PM by theconfusingeel