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RitualPathmagicisalreadyprettyflexible.Youcandojustaboutanysortofspellyoucanvisualizeandit
reallydoesn'ttakethatlongtoperformthespellitself.Sowhatisa"jackofallmages"insuchasystem?
First,theJackislessaboutbeingabletocastaspecificgroupofspellswellandmoreaboutbeingabletocast
therightspellattherighttime.Thismeans,amongotherthingsthatit'salothardertopindownexactlywhat
sorttraitssuchacharactermighthave.Allthetraditionaltraitstoreallyspecoutamage(HigherPurpose,
RitualMastery,etc.)don'tfit,butthereareafewguidelinesthatcouldbeuse...

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Gizmos(Accessibility,Magic,20%)[4/level].It'shighlysuggestedthattheGM"uncap"suchGizmosusing
RitualAdeptinplaceofGadgeteer.
Luck(Aspected,Magic,20%)[13,26,or52]orLuck(Aspected,MagicalFailiures,40%)[9,18,or36]
Serendipity(Magic,10%)[13.5/level]"Look!Dragonminkoil.That'sexactlywhatIneededforthisspell!"
Skills:Alchemy,HiddenLore(any),Naturalist,Navigation,Survival,SymbolDrawing,Thaumatology,Urban
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TacticsinCombat/Spells
TheJackofAllMagesisallaboutbeingasunpredictableaspossible.Hisopponentsshouldcouldliterally
neverknowwhatspellhe'sgoingtodonext.Fireball?Sure.Slowspell?Ohyeah.theJackisathisbestwhen
he'scastingontheflyandtheGMshouldlethimshowoffinthatregardasmuchaspossible.
AnyspellispossiblewithaJack,buthe'sgoingtohaveahighPathofMagicskillforpullingout
conditionalspellsviaGizmo.

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SpellEffects:GreaterTransformMagic.
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Thisspellcausesanotherspellunderyourcontroltochangeandbecomeanotherspell.Forthepurposesof
determiningifaspellisunderyourcontrolanycharminyourpossession,conditionalspell,alchemical
potion,etc.areconsideredunderyourcontrol.Thespellyouchangeanotherintocannotexceedthelowerof
yoursafethresholdorthespell'senergyx0.80.It'sdurationcannotexceedthatofthemorphedspellandyou
mustusethelowerofyourPathofMagicandthecontrollingPathofthespellyourchangingitinto.
Otherwise,anyspellispossible.

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TypicalCasting:GreaterTransformMagic(8).24energy(8x3).

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