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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5596674" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>Generally, I agree, but in this case, the logic goes like this:</p><p></p><p>No one gets to cast magic as a default. In order to do that, you need to be exceptional, heroic, and amazing. That's what it takes to master the bizarre rites of any sort of magic. Most people can't do it.</p><p></p><p>If you're a PC, you're exceptional, heroic, and amazing, right out of the gate. You have what it takes to master the bizarre rites of magic. You can do it.</p><p></p><p>Your enemies and threats are likewise, exceptional, villainous, and amazing. They have what it takes to master the bizarre rites of magic. They can do it.</p><p></p><p>If you're some dude who has spent his life cooped up in a tower, you're probably not very exceptional or amazing. You probably do not have what it takes to master the bizarre rites of magic. You can't do it. You're just some scholar. Scholarship is not enough to learn magic. You must be heroic.</p><p></p><p>That's the logic, anyway.</p><p></p><p>I personally find it a lot more satisfying and cool to assume everyone is capable of doing something amazing, even NPCs, so I'd go with the first answer: They use the ritual, you know where he is, now go get him. </p><p></p><p>But I guess if the sages can perform 24th level rituals, and they're high enough level to do it, the question of "Why the heck do you need our help?" comes up.</p><p></p><p>To which my ideal response is: "Dammit, Jim, I'm a ritualist, not an adventurer!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 5596674, member: 2067"] Generally, I agree, but in this case, the logic goes like this: No one gets to cast magic as a default. In order to do that, you need to be exceptional, heroic, and amazing. That's what it takes to master the bizarre rites of any sort of magic. Most people can't do it. If you're a PC, you're exceptional, heroic, and amazing, right out of the gate. You have what it takes to master the bizarre rites of magic. You can do it. Your enemies and threats are likewise, exceptional, villainous, and amazing. They have what it takes to master the bizarre rites of magic. They can do it. If you're some dude who has spent his life cooped up in a tower, you're probably not very exceptional or amazing. You probably do not have what it takes to master the bizarre rites of magic. You can't do it. You're just some scholar. Scholarship is not enough to learn magic. You must be heroic. That's the logic, anyway. I personally find it a lot more satisfying and cool to assume everyone is capable of doing something amazing, even NPCs, so I'd go with the first answer: They use the ritual, you know where he is, now go get him. But I guess if the sages can perform 24th level rituals, and they're high enough level to do it, the question of "Why the heck do you need our help?" comes up. To which my ideal response is: "Dammit, Jim, I'm a ritualist, not an adventurer!" [/QUOTE]
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