Have Victor tell his tribe that every new moon, any who wish to gain great power can sacrifice a great beast they have slain in the same cave.
I will grant a boon of 1 power to whoever brings me the greatest beast on that specific night with it's effects based upon the offering (though I will still accept all other offerings)
You re-visit Victor and establish a Covenant with him, a sort of automatic exchange of power.
Isn't this basically a magic system? Why didn't he need to pay power to teach the magic to Victor?
Hrm. The idea was that unlike the magic system setup there wasn't really any flexibility to the effect - the difference between getting a themed boost and being able to dictate your own boost with some sort of Transformation aspect. The very limited conditions don't hurt either (maximum of twelve per year).
Still, if people think it would be more balanced I could apply a reduced setup charge.
I took some time today to think about it and remembered why I made this choice, so here's some clarifications and how the Covenant fits into it:
1. The act of
teaching an Aspect of Magic to a mortal costs 5/10 Power depending on whether it relates to your sphere.
1a. Mortals can teach other mortals Aspects without penalty.
2. Once taught, any mortal who has sufficient Power and knows the Aspect may do magic directly relating to the Aspect, including combining aspects to create complex spells.
3. Mortals can only gain Power from Gods.
3a. Gods gain Power from mortal worship, heightened by sacrifice and ritual.
4. Gods may dictate the terms under which they grant Power to mortals, including how much at once and how much to spend overall. This is a form of Covenant. It costs no power to set a Covenant in place, but Power is lost when the terms are met. A god may cancel a Covenant at any time, but not
retroactively.
4a. Mortals need to be aware of the terms in order to draw Power from Gods, unless the terms are so simple that a mortal could fulfil them accidentally.
Corvric's Covenant sort of works around these rules. He sets up a condition under which instead of releasing Power to mortals to do with as they will, expends the Power they produce by ritually significant sacrifice to automatically perform a Boon. The mortals can't use the Power directly, and they have no knowledge of magic to make use of it if they did, and since the actual boon fits under the rules of what you can do with a boon (blessings).