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<blockquote data-quote="Carcharoth" data-source="post: 6781645" data-attributes="member: 6804318">For me, the idea conjures unsettling imagery of blood-letting, mutilation, and sacrifice. In the beginning, the carving of runes into flesh, precision cuts across obscure meridians, and the exacting use of various <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=corporal+mortification&amp;hl=en&amp;biw=1920&amp;bih=989&amp;site=webhp&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0ahUKEwitxpvik-LJAhVQ2mMKHUHUCfQQsAQIUQ" target="_blank">corporal mortification devices</a>. At its height, a mage lies prostrate within a congealing crimson pool, proffering a pound of flesh, blaspheming with what very well might be his last breath. Man, do I like it.The idea that a caster is not only capable of creating magic through self-sacrifice but is also willing to do so makes this much more intriguing to me than the type of Blood Magic in which one gains power through the sacrifice of others. Don’t’ get me wrong, I love me some Blood Magic, but gaining power this way is innately evil. With this concept, I can see making a character that surrenders a little of himself each day, and risks the greatest sacrifice of all for the good of others. I look forward to more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carcharoth, post: 6781645, member: 6804318"] For me, the idea conjures unsettling imagery of blood-letting, mutilation, and sacrifice. In the beginning, the carving of runes into flesh, precision cuts across obscure meridians, and the exacting use of various [URL="https://www.google.com/search?q=corporal+mortification&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=989&site=webhp&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwitxpvik-LJAhVQ2mMKHUHUCfQQsAQIUQ"]corporal mortification devices[/URL]. At its height, a mage lies prostrate within a congealing crimson pool, proffering a pound of flesh, blaspheming with what very well might be his last breath. Man, do I like it. The idea that a caster is not only capable of creating magic through self-sacrifice but is also willing to do so makes this much more intriguing to me than the type of Blood Magic in which one gains power through the sacrifice of others. Don’t’ get me wrong, I love me some Blood Magic, but gaining power this way is innately evil. With this concept, I can see making a character that surrenders a little of himself each day, and risks the greatest sacrifice of all for the good of others. I look forward to more. [/QUOTE]

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