Random notes on alchemy for Risus of Arabia.

Paring down the first incarnation our transmutation scheme is tricky. Simple Transmutation uses the four elements; Etheric Transmutation is for masters only and adds Ether into the mix. For further complication Element Control was another sort of magic needed in conjunction to make transmutations more useful. In The Nights, Solomon’s ring gives him control over the winds, control over the elements may mean control over the weather, and there are many instances of earth being manipulated, so we assumed talismans for Element Control.

Risus’s TN system simplifies the Plus/Minus system we used, however useful the end product is determines the TN.

An Alchemist forms a Sand Dagger with an Earth talisman, then can transmute it into stone, glass, iron, or steel. Each funtion adds a bump to the TN.

Alchemists can create Homunculi, Golems, and Egregores. Egregores are a ‘thought-form’, supposedly like the Buddhist Tulpa or the Id Creature from Forbidden Planet, an Invisible Stalker made by, and from, sheer force of Will.