Guederia House Rules

11. Beings in an enchantments are released about ten rounds after the caster of the current Control, etc. spell dies. If someone else (other that the current caster) does not want to release a spirit from an enchantment upon using it, the new person must cast a new Control, etc. spell. Shamen have better control over spirits and the spirits under their Control spells will not leave until a day after their spirits leave their body.

12. One can learn both Intensity and Amplify but would probably anger one group (Shamen or Sorcerers) because of broken trust.

13. No such thing as a High Priest-Lord exists, note that no one is limited in skills and therefore the distinction is moot.

14. All cult obligations must be met unless one is willing to be Excommunicated. Therefore, Initiates in multiple cults will owe time and money to all. Note that unfriendly cults may try to cause the follower to leave the other cult(s).

15. Spirit magic for cultists is limited to the spells listed under the cult. Additional spells may be gained from a friendly Shaman, but these are rare. Note that some temples have Shamen that are receptive to students from the cult and they will teach other spells.

16. Former Shaman cannot use Combine, Distance, or Prolong and former Sorcerers cannot use Duration, Multispell, or Range. To do either would require that person to return to the requirements to maintain those skills and give up conflicting ways (like being a cultist). Also to become a High Priest one must never have been a Shaman or Sorcerer either. But, other levels in temple hierarchy are possible for former Shaman or Sorcerers.

17. Land of the Ninja has provision for mastered skills (91+). Someone who gets this high might be able to get a cult spirit, a powerful independent spirit, or a special skill master to awaken a special ability for a mastered skill. If this occurs, your chance to succeed in this new skill starts at your critical chance and increases as per your normal % in the skill (ie. it is hard to increase because you must increase it as if it were 91+.) The effects vary but generally this skill allows you to continue attacking, parrying, etc. until you miss your special skill roll. It takes 1 MP per weapon or skill used to get this special effect.

18. Three SRs are required to begin spell-casting only if the focus is not available.

19. Binding Enchantment is a single spell used for creation of binding enchantments. Each enchantment is species specific, but there is only one spell to create all types.

20. Subsequent attempts by the same person or other people in the same group to Track, Devise, etc. are -20% for each new Attempt.

21. Attack effects are escalated in certain situations. If the target is Befuddled, unconscious, unaware, or surrendering (applies also to some Demoralized foes) the level of success goes up. Fumbles remain the same, but misses become normal hits, a normal becomes a special, a special becomes a critical, and a critical becomes a supercritical.

22. New spirit spell effects: Befuddle is ended if the victim is attacked. Coordination adds two points of DEX per point. Glamour adds three points of APP per point. Repair permanently mend full HP of objects as long as they have HP/AP remaining. Silence subtracts 15% per point.

23. Shapechanging and Diminish/Enhance SIZ spells effect the equipment the target is carrying. For shapechanging, if the items are less than one ENC then they are subsumed in the transformation and armor (other than 1 AP padding) does damage equal to the AP to total HPs. Armor and equipment temporarily shrinks and enlarges during Diminish/Enhance SIZ spells.

24. New weapon effects: rapiers impaling do 3d6+3 damage plus STR bonus and naginatas do not impale (they slash).

25. Healing Spirits can sacrifice MPs to heal damage (location HP only).

26. The divine magic spell Heal Body heals all location and total HP damage, including poison, fire, and similar damage but not including acid or damage that completely destroys the location.

27. The maximum MPs that may be put into a sorcery spell is limited by the appropriate skill. The limit is the skill divided by 5, round down. For example, if a sorcerer has 54% Intensity and 47% Duration, no more than 10 MPs may be put into Intensity and 9 MPs into Duration by the Sorcerer.

28. Shamanic and Sorcery spells and special spell skills limit the number of magic points that can power a spell. The total MPs used in a spell cannot be greater than the skill in the spell divided by five. Each special spell skill divided by five also limits the MPs that can be expended for that special spell skill.

29. Reuseable-type magic acquired and used as an Initiate is regained when the person becomes an Acolyte, Lord, or Priest.

30. Damage Boost does 1d6 damage extra per 5 intensity.

31. Stun: If a blow causes damage greater than 1/2 hit points, then the target is stunned for one round for every point over 1/2 HPs.

32. Fatigue: Calculations and effects of fatigue are somewhat different than before. Long marches and lack of good sleep affect fatigue adversely. Fatigue in battle will be kept track of as a group and special penalties will be imposed on those over-exerting themselves. Subtractions from skills will occur in 5% blocks.

33. The base chance for an arbelest is 25%, the same as other crossbows.

34. POW gain rolls for player characters is from 25, or normal if higher. The roll for points is as per RQII: d100, 1-10=3 POW, 11-40=2 POW, and 41-00=1 POW.

35. Armor Layering: no armor can be worn underneath another except for padding (same cost, weight, and ENC as normal clothes.)

36. Armor Customizing: armor can be customized for a particular individual and their fighting style. All customizing weighs the same as clothes. Normal customizing adds 1 AP and costs 100 per ENC. Iron customizing adds 2 AP and costs 500 per ENC. Steel customizing adds 4 AP and costs 1000 per ENC.

37. During sacred time, Initiates regain divine magic that is normally reusable.

38. Damage and Death