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Designer'sNotes:AFamiliarPath

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Thisstartedofflifeasaouttakefromthealreadymonstrous"AlternativeRitualPathMagic"andeventually
grewintoaarticleallitsown.NotcountingthetimeittookmetowritethefewchunksIexcisedfrom
AlternativeRitualPathMagicthisonetookasurprisingamountoftimetoincubateandwritearound80
hourstotal.Havingafamiliarislikeaskingsomeonewhattheirfavoritemovieisyou'regoingtogetalotof
differentanswersandargumentsaboutwhatpartsarebestevenwhentheanswersmatch.BecauseofthisI
thoughtaboutwhatshouldberepresentedforquiteawhileandendedupchuckingafewthingsIhadwanted
toinclude.Beingabletoincludethesquirreltemplatewasoneofthehighlightsofthisarticleforme.(Ilove
squirrelstheyareawesome).I'dalsoaddedatlastminutesomenotesonhowtousethepowersI'dmadefor
otherpurposesandtheboxon"weirdfamiliars."Thelatterhavingcomestraightfromoneofmycampaigns
whereoneplayercharacterwasthefamiliarofanotherplayercharacter.Therequestwastoocooltopassup
andIfiguredouttherulesprettyeasily.Also,whowouldn'twantaninjaastheirfamiliar?Imeanthat'sjust
toodamncool.OnethingIwantedtoputintherewasaexampleofasentientswordasafamiliar,butIjust
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IhadquiteafewpowersIcut,eithertheydidn'tworkthewayIwantedortheyjustweren'tgoodenoughor
too"outthere."Thefollowingisagoodexampleof"useful,"butnot"gottahaveit."

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ShareEnergy
30points/level
Prerequisite:ManaCollector.

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Youcansupplyamanareserveof10perlevel(uptothreelevels)toonepersonofyourchoicewithin2yards
ofyou(whichcanbeyourmasteroroneofhisallies).Thisisanexternalsourceandtakestheusualamount
oftimetotap(Thaumatology:RitualPathMagic,p.21).
Statistics:EachlevelisEnergyReserve10(ManaReserveAffectsOthers,1person,+50%AreaEffect,2
yards,+50%CannotUseReserve,100%)[30].
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TheRyujinLP March15,2015at11:29AM
Ahnice,thisfinergradebreakdownmightcomeinhandyforacampaignthatI'mworkingonsincehavingthe
optiontorecruitalliesmightbeamajorthingbasedonwhattheplayersendupdoing.
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March15,2015at3:27PM

Ireallywanteditinthearticle,butit'snotsomethingaGMcouldn'tfigureoutonhisownusefulto
havetabulatedthough.
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