The Sorcerer's Soul

THE SORCERER'S SOUL
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This supplement shows how to achieve advanced themes in role-playing through the use and abuse of the game-mechanic called Humanity. The literary background for this supplement is the detective tradition, by such authors as Raymond Chandler, Robert Van Gulik, and Ross MacDonald. Rules applications include multiple options and consequences for defining Humanity, humans as demons, demons as humans, angelics to go with the demonics, and an original method for preparing scenarios based on the limits of morality.

Cover art by Raven; interior art by Veronica V. Jones, Denise S. Jones, Jeremy McHugh, Derek Stevens, and Brian Martinez.

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ISBN 0-9709176-2-7

CONTENTS of THE SORCERER'S SOUL

Chapter One: HUMANITY CONSIDERED
Conceptual connections
Story impact
Losing Humanity
Humanity as an ability score
An optional metagame mechanic
Humanity-relevant play
Humanity challenge
The player's part

Chapter Two: INNER DEMONS
Demon definitions
The big psychological angle
Possessors
Parasites
Twisting it
Changing demon type
Human-demon confusions
Human-demon transformations
Twisting it more
Demon-demon mating
Demon-human mating
Demon children

Chapter Three: REBELLION AND REDEMPTION
Humanity as soul
Angelics
Cosmologies and goals
Angels by the rules
Two very different rules options

Chapter Four: CREATING HUMANITY-RELEVANT SCENARIOS
Technique: the relationship map
The relevant literature
Bibliography
A blow-by-blow example
The Goodbye Look, by Ross MacDonald

Chapter Five: SCENARIOS
The Forbidden Tome
The people of the piece (and how they die)
The demons of the piece
Running the scenario
Endgame
The Day of Dupes
The story
Some more details
The Enchanted Pool
The back-story
The characters
The action
The sorcery at hand
The ending

APPENDICES
Kickers and relationships maps
Mini-supplements and Humanity

The Sorcerer's Soul

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