Costs & Repercussions
The unavoidable cost and repercussions that accompany the use of sorcery.
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Cost-free sorcery essentially does not exist. The cost most often demanded is something irrecoverable — lifeforce, memory, time, emotion, or part of the soul.
The cost can be consumed immediately, or delayed and manifested later. In particular, pact-style sorcery generates a forced rebound when conditions are violated.
Repercussions can take many forms: internal injury, mental collapse, damage to one's existence, unintended distortions. In worldbuilding, the cost structure is the central device that creates sorcery's tension.
Highlights
- Cost-free sorcery is the exception, not the rule
- Costs and rebounds can be delayed
- Pact violations trigger forced rebounds
- Risk of damage to body, mind, or existence