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--- wiki:rituals [2025/11/18 19:30] – ersatz
+++ wiki:rituals [2026/09/12 22:13] (current) – mewler
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-# Ritual Resolution System
+====== Ritual System ======
-## Overview
+=== Target Values ===
 Every ritual lists a set of **Target Values** in the format:
-`[Power, Stability, Focus]`
+**[Power, Stability, Focus]**
 These numbers represent the exact values you must reach by the end of the ritual.
-All rituals are performed by manipulating these three values over a fixed sequence of actions.
+All rituals are performed by manipulating these three values over a the span of ten actions.
----
+----
-## Starting Values
+=== Starting Values ===
 All participants begin a ritual at:
-`[10, 10, 10]`
+**[10, 10, 10]**
 You will take **exactly 10 actions**, each of which uses a reagent to modify one or more of these values.
----
+----
-## Actions
+=== Allied Assistance ===
-- You must perform **10 total actions**.
+Up to **three allies** may aid you during a ritual.
-- Each action consumes a **reagent**.
-- Reagents shift Power, Stability, and Focus in specific ways (defined elsewhere).
-- If you run out of reagents before completing your 10 actions, you must draw and use a **random reagent** for each remaining action.
----
+Each ally grants you **one Lock**, which you may use at any time. A Lock allows you to:
-## Scoring the Result
+  * **Freeze** one of your current values (Power, Stability, or Focus)
-At the end of your tenth action, compare your final values to the ritual’s Target Values.
+  * That value **cannot be changed** by any further actions, use them for values that match their target
-Count how many of the three values **exactly match** their targets:
+Once a value is locked, all reagent effects that would alter it are **ignored**.
-- **0 Matches → Critical Failure**
+<mermaid>
-- **1 Match → Failure**
+flowchart TD;
-- **2 Matches → Success**
+  a["Are others aiding you in your ritual?"];
-- **3 Matches → Critical Success**
+  b["Have your assistants use their
+  Ritual Assist ability on you"];
+  c["Start Ritual"];
+  a --> No;
+  a --> Yes;
+  Yes --> b;
+  No --> c;
+  b --> c;
+</mermaid>
----
+----
-## Allied Assistance
+=== Reagent Use ===
-Up to **three allies** may aid you during a ritual.
+  * You must perform **10 total actions**.
+  * Each action consumes a **reagent**.
+  * Reagents shift Power, Stability, and Focus in specific ways (defined elsewhere).
+  * If you run out of reagents before completing your 10 actions, you will be forced to perform randomized actions
-Each ally grants you **one Lock**, which you may use at any time. A Lock allows you to:
+----
-- **Freeze** one of your current values (Power, Stability, or Focus)
+=== Random Action ===
-- That value **cannot be changed** by any further actions
+If you lack sufficient reagents to complete all 10 actions:
-- You may use Locks one at a time or save them for later
-Once a value is locked, all reagent effects that would change it are **ignored**.
+  * For each missing reagent, you must perform an action which randomly alters each value
+  * These still count as normal actions and **cannot be skipped**
+  * You **may choose** to take a random action willingly, even if you would have reagents to use
----
-## Forced Random Actions
+----
-If you lack sufficient reagents to complete all 10 actions:
+=== Scoring the Result ===
+At the end of your tenth action, compare your final values to the ritual’s Target Values.
+Count how many of the three values **exactly match** their targets:
+  * **0 Matches → Critical Failure**
+  * **1 Match → Failure**
+  * **2 Matches → Success**
+  * **3 Matches → Critical Success**
-- For each missing reagent, you must use a **random reagent**
+<mermaid>
-- Random results may disrupt your planned values
+flowchart TD
-- These still count as normal actions and **cannot be skipped**
+  a["Ritual End"]
+  b{"Does this value match its target?"}
+  c["Add 1 to score"]
+  d["No change to score"]
+  e{"More values left? Power / Stability / Focus"}
+  f["Score: 0 Critical Failure / 1 Failure / 2 Success / 3 Critical Success"]
+  a --> b
+  b -->|Yes| c
+  b -->|No| d
+  c --> e
+  d --> e
+  e -->|Yes| b
+  e -->|No| f
+</mermaid>