MET LARP SRD

There exist magics that seem to operate in conjunction with the natural world, and there are some that are distinctly vulgar and otherworldly. The latter are much more difficult to control, and much more harmful and chaotic in nature. This ritual imbues your magic with these energies, making them more destructive in nature. To do so, you must ritually burn a page from an established magical tome or treatise as you recite an incantation appealing to chaotic forces.

Upon the completion of this ritual, for the remainder of the evening your magic takes on a powerful and destructive quality. Whenever your Thaumaturgy powers deal damage, the first point dealt cannot be reduced or negated. The type of the damage does not change (aggravated or normal), and any damage reduction powers are applied to any additional points of damage beyond the first, if any. If your power does both aggravated and normal damage, apply this effect to the aggravated damage.

For example, if you have this ritual active and successfully use the Thaumaturgy power Engulf on a target with Aegis, the first point of damage is unsoakable. Your target’s Fortitude is then applied to the second point, ignoring it. If you scored an exceptional success to inflict 3 points of damage, the first point is unsoakable, but your target’s Fortitude would apply to the second and third point of damage, ignoring those.

However, use of this ritual causes your magic to become distinctly unnatural, and as a result any magical effect you use is overtly Masquerade-breaking. Any phenomenon you conjure such as flames or fog may have an unnatural color, and otherwise surreptitious magics are accompanied by eldritch effects, such as ghostly runes, sparks, or bizarre rays of light. This power is not infernal in nature, but rather a more violent and disruptive form of magic.