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Soul Path
Source Impossible Magic pg. 101
When you take Soulforger Dedication, you must choose a soul path—a motivation, cause, or goal that compels you to act and drives you to face significant danger. Such a motivation can be limited or grand in scope but must be actionable enough to be easily linked to gameplay. Work with your GM to choose a soul path that fits in well with the themes of your campaign and group dynamic, allowing you to pursue your soul path in an interesting fashion.
Corruption
Though a soulbond is powerful, once you're bound to a one, your devotion to your soul path will be tested.
If you behave in a way that directly opposes or hinders the motivation, goal, or cause declared in your soul path (regardless of whether the act involves your soulforged armaments), your spirit tarnishes. It's anathema for you to commit acts opposed to your soul path or even to go a long time without taking action to pursue the path. You and your GM determine when you've performed an anathematic act. Anathematic acts trigger a curse known as soulforged corruption that degrades the energies within your soulforged armament. This brings out a flaw inextricably tied to the armament's true essence. The corruption flaw applies to you even when your armament isn't manifested. The rules for the flaw appear in the essence power. As normal for a curse, this affliction can be removed only by effects that specifically target curses, including the methods in Removing Corruption below.
Soulforged Corruption (curse, divine) A successful 4th-rank cleanse affliction spell, rather than ending this curse, reduces its stage by 1 (to a minimum of stage 1). Level your level; Saving Throw Will save against a very hard DC of the curse's level; Stage 1 You suffer the effects of your armament's corruption flaw. If you try to manifest the armament's essence form, you must attempt a DC 5 flat check. If you fail, only the normal form manifests, and you can't try to manifest that armament's essence form again that day (1 day); Stage 2 You suffer the effects of your armament's corruption flaw, and any attempt to activate the armament's essence form fails (1 day); Stage 3 Your soulforged armament is permanently destroyed. You can't have a new soulforged armament until you remove the curse entirely with the purify soul path ritual (1 day).
If you behave in a way that directly opposes or hinders the motivation, goal, or cause declared in your soul path (regardless of whether the act involves your soulforged armaments), your spirit tarnishes. It's anathema for you to commit acts opposed to your soul path or even to go a long time without taking action to pursue the path. You and your GM determine when you've performed an anathematic act. Anathematic acts trigger a curse known as soulforged corruption that degrades the energies within your soulforged armament. This brings out a flaw inextricably tied to the armament's true essence. The corruption flaw applies to you even when your armament isn't manifested. The rules for the flaw appear in the essence power. As normal for a curse, this affliction can be removed only by effects that specifically target curses, including the methods in Removing Corruption below.
Soulforged Corruption (curse, divine) A successful 4th-rank cleanse affliction spell, rather than ending this curse, reduces its stage by 1 (to a minimum of stage 1). Level your level; Saving Throw Will save against a very hard DC of the curse's level; Stage 1 You suffer the effects of your armament's corruption flaw. If you try to manifest the armament's essence form, you must attempt a DC 5 flat check. If you fail, only the normal form manifests, and you can't try to manifest that armament's essence form again that day (1 day); Stage 2 You suffer the effects of your armament's corruption flaw, and any attempt to activate the armament's essence form fails (1 day); Stage 3 Your soulforged armament is permanently destroyed. You can't have a new soulforged armament until you remove the curse entirely with the purify soul path ritual (1 day).
Removing Corruption
The effects of soulforged corruption can be staved off with the Cleanse Soul Path exploration activity or cured with the purify soul path ritual.
Source Impossible Magic pg. 101
You meditate, pray, or otherwise try to reinforce your soul's connection to your armament. This takes 10 minutes. Attempt a counteract check against your soulforged corruption. The counteract rank is half your level rounded up, and the counteract check modifier is your Religion modifier. If successful, reduce the stage of soulforged corruption by 1 (to a minimum of stage 1).
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Cleanse Soul Path
ExplorationSource Impossible Magic pg. 101
You meditate, pray, or otherwise try to reinforce your soul's connection to your armament. This takes 10 minutes. Attempt a counteract check against your soulforged corruption. The counteract rank is half your level rounded up, and the counteract check modifier is your Religion modifier. If successful, reduce the stage of soulforged corruption by 1 (to a minimum of stage 1).
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