I have a Wizard in the group I am running, and while he is enjoying the Wizard, he has talked to me a bit after sessions on how he misses all of the little utility spells he is used to having in D&D.
So taking some inspiration from one of the Discern Realities podcasts that I binged over the last few months… i don’t recall the which episode, but they did talk about the possibility of using Ritual in at a much smaller scale to help fill in for some of the missing utility. I coupled that idea with one of my own favorite Wizards, Harry Dresden from the Dresden Files, and I have come up with this custom move. This is a first draft, we haven’t even taken this to the table yet, but I thought I’d put it our here for input. Thanks!
Personal Place of Power
Requires Ritual move
When you take a moment to mentally or physically inscribe a circle around you, you have created a personal place of power. This circle concentrates your innate magical power allowing you to perform minor utilitarian feats, for a cost. While in the circle, you may make the Ritual move with the following limitations:
• The effect must be utilitarian in nature and not deal direct damage
• The effect cannot be permanent, it will last moments/minutes/hours (choose one)
• While the effect is in play, take -1 ongoing. When the effect ends, take -1 forward.
In addition, the GM will give you one to four of the following conditions:
• It’s going to take moments/minutes/hours
• First you must __
• You’ll need help from __
• It will draw unwanted attention
• It will require sacrificing something valuable
• The best you can do is a lesser version, unreliable and limited
• You’ll need hair/blood/personal items from you or the target of the effect