Dialogue[]
| “ | <Owed> emissaries greet you on your clan border. <They know your priests and priestesses have a good reputation.> Their own magic is at a low ebb, they say. They will consider a favor you owe them discharged if you perform a blessing rite to restore it, giving them good fortune in the trying seasons ahead. | ” |
— Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind | ||
Consequences[]
If you gift them with divine magic, first choose how many herds and goods you want to sacrifice. A successful rite will have the owed clan flow with divine magic. Pleased, they'll express you've paid back your debt and more.
If you gift them spirit magic, you can usually get away without the long and taxing version of the ritual that would cost you a point of magic. If you successfully gift them with spirit magic, Mood may rise.
Notes[]
The illustration differs depending on the culture of the clan making the request.
They will also make note of the skills of your priests if you chose for your ancestors to be the best magicians during clan creation.
Advice[]
- "If we don't give them magic, we'll have to give them 20 cows, or the equivalent." - Ekarna worshiper
- "We need cows to live on." - Busenari worshiper
- "To call spirits, we will have to perform a taxing ritual. Divine rites can be enhanced with sacrifice, as always." - Shaman
- "I can call many eager spirits." - Shaman, alternate
- "It is a good time to call spirits. Divine rites can be enhanced with sacrifice, as always." - Magician
- "When you say we might give them cows, are you including or excluding goats." - Goat-loving circle member
- "Debts are bad, because they bring strangers to your door." - Bigoted circle member
- "Why don't we summon those spirits... not the animal ones, not the plant ones, but the, you know, with the curly wispy... wispy curly..." - Inarticulate circle member
- "Gods and spirits will desert us." - Pessimist circle member
- "Stelfor always ran through his magic quickly. Zenangar sometimes helped him, always exacting a subtle price."
- "Honorable clans pay their debts."
- "We can't let them think we shirk our obligations."
- "Old ways are best."
- "We could call a dozen white-winged ravens, but they might not like the results." - Raven trickster