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--- wiki:rituals [2025/12/25 23:36] – ersatz
+++ wiki:rituals [2026/09/12 22:13] (current) – mewler
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 ====== Ritual System ======
-=== Overview ===
+=== Target Values ===
 Every ritual lists a set of **Target Values** in the format:
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 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.
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 You will take **exactly 10 actions**, each of which uses a reagent to modify one or more of these values.
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-=== Actions ===
-  * 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 must draw and use a **random reagent** for each remaining action.
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-=== 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**
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   * **Freeze** one of your current values (Power, Stability, or Focus)
-  * That value **cannot be changed** by any further actions
+  * That value **cannot be changed** by any further actions, use them for values that match their target
-  * You may use Locks one at a time or save them for later
 Once a value is locked, all reagent effects that would alter it are **ignored**.
-<flow>
+<mermaid>
 flowchart TD;
   a["Are others aiding you in your ritual?"];
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   No --> c;
   b --> c;
-</flow>
+</mermaid>
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-=== Forced Random Actions ===
+=== Reagent Use ===
+  * 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
+----
+=== Random Action ===
 If you lack sufficient reagents to complete all 10 actions:
-  * For each missing reagent, you must perform an action using a **random reagent**
+  * 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
+  * You **may choose** to take a random action willingly, even if you would have reagents to use
+----
+=== 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**
+<mermaid>
+flowchart TD
+  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>