Mortal sorcery, part 2
In my last post on mortal sorcery I left out a few things, such as how sacrifices and elixirs work with Casual Magic and alchemy. These were never officially updated, so this is just my guess. Naturally, it's more difficult for secret society sorcerers to perform Casual Magic due to the need for a sacrifice or elixir spilt on a physical representation of the spell's element within a magic circle (see Nephilim rulebook p140, 191, Liber Ka p41, 52, 59). This component overrides the otherwise non-ritualistic nature of Casual Magic. The secret societies have not learned alchemy beyond the first circle, according to the history chapter from the surviving draft of Slaying the Dragon . So I don't need to worry about that. To make procedures, the athanor itself must be anointed with the Ka-impregnated blood from a sacrifice or elixir for each procedure or the sacrificial blood is incorporated into the materials of the procedure itself. Additionally, I have a few ideas for streaml