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The scope of Thematic Thamaturgy

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The Codex:
Well in it own rights is that dact that he needs materials to perform any magic limiting enough (specifically drawing/painting materials and a surface, eg Molly can create a Veil on the fly but if the Picturamancor (not sure how to spell this) wanted to create a a veil he would have to draw himself hiding (if he had the materials to do this in the first place)


Is the limitation of limited situational usage enough or till to broad?

iago:
The limitation you just laid out is the division line between Thaumaturgy (which often requires physical components and a ritual area to set up) and Evocation.  So mainly I think you've outlined a character who has Thaumaturgy that's expressed through painting, but NOT Evocation. That makes you very versatile, but rarely if ever able to pull things off in the middle of a fight.

The Codex:
So would that fall under sorcerer as a template? Rather than Focused Practioner?

iago:

--- Quote from: The Codex on April 10, 2010, 03:08:49 PM ---So would that fall under sorcerer as a template? Rather than Focused Practioner?

--- End quote ---

More or less, yeah. Sorcerer sans Evocation. Though maybe it's its own thing. A "Thaumaturgist" template or whatnot, never able to take Evocation, but able to go deep on Refinement.

Cajun Guy:
i think you could cobine evocation with drawing or writing. it wouldn't be anything other than a different explanation of how it is done. Like the anime where the wizard cats a spell by writing it on a slip of paper. It would be just as Harry shouts fozare but writting it instead of saying it. it probably wouldn't be a game mechanic as much as a flavor to how the person approaches spells. You could say the same for just using hand gestures rather than vocal components.

Let me know if I am remotely on point. ha-ha

CG

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