I think that description is the better route to go -- I don't think substituting a series of related skills is quite the same as description.
Every AP bid can be qualified/described as part of a story
>
> >Anybody care to share any ideas on what actually happens during an
> >animistic exorcism?
>
> Start with setting the scene - the shaman and any helpers singing,
> chanting, dancing, drumming, shaking rattles, drinking potions,
etc.
> Markings, probably circles, will be drawn around a possessed person
or
> object, or drawn on a haunted building. As the exorcism proper
begins, the
> shaman will become still, perhaps comatose, perhaps sitting cross-
legged
> and swaying slightly. Those with the sight will see him fly towards
the
> object, and see the spirits he seeks to exorcise called forth. They
may
> wrestle, bite or claw at each other. If successful, the shaman may
consume
> the spirits, draw them into himself, or drive them away - perhaps
they
> appear to dwindle as they move along a direction at right angles to
normal
> reality. Failure will cause the shaman to bl
>
>
> --
> Graham Robinson
> graham_at_a...
>
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