Sorcerer
This is a hard-bound book, to be mailed to you through regular
mail.
The full rules for playing Sorcerer! Full
color cover art by Raven, interior art by M. Wayne Miller, Jeremy
McHugh, Gary Simpson (hive), Greg Pryor, and Des Jackson.
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CONTENTS of SORCERER
PREFACE
A word on role-playing systems
Art or game?
Disclaimer
Visit the Sorcerer website
The supplements
A word of encouragement
Chapter One: INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME
The heart of sorcery
A quick question
The heart of the game
The player
The Game Master
The System
Rolls
Bonuses and penalties
A crucial role-playing mechanic
Bibliography
Books and stories
Comics
Movies
Television
Chapter Two: CREATING SORCERERS
Sorcerers
Steps to make a player-character
Scores
Score descriptions
Humanity
Cover
The Price
Telltale
Starting demons
Once-over
The Kicker
If you're stuck
Development
Improvement
Humanity
Everyone else
Other sorcerers
Persons of power
Just folks
Chapter Three: DEMONS
Demon characters
Demon type
Some important terms
Demon abilities
Desire
Role-playing demons
What are they?
The Three Rules
Example demons
Ruatt
Monicus
Doppelganger
Li'l (insert master's name here)
Chapter Four: PLAYING SORCERER
Customizing
Humanity
Sorcerers
Demons and what they want
Tone
Organizing a game
Setting it all up
The story
So what do we do?
Actual Play
Responsibilities
Understanding the currency
Making the story work
Sneaky player tricks
The training run
The back-story
The scenario
Some notes on play
Chapter Five: RULES FOR SORCERY
Sorcery
The Sorcery Chart
Group sorcery
Sorcerous rituals in action
In-game Contacts and Summons
Binding Subtleties
Dumb sorcery
Chapter Six: RULES FOR EVERYTHING ELSE
Everything but combat
Characters and their skills
Perception
Combat
Actions
Combat rolls and modifiers
Damage
Keeping track of damage
Recovery from damage
Effect
Demons in combat
Various modifiers
Chapter Seven: THEME AND MEANING
How I did it
Part One: the world and style
Part Two: sorcery
Deep stuff
Complex sorcery and other magic
Conspiracies
The really big questions
Thematic points
Going over the edge
Over the what?
Something simple
Recursion
A narrative experiment
A scary idea
APPENDICES
System Does Matter
Reference sheets
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