New Schools of Magic

Metamagic & Ritualism

Metamagic

   Metamagic has four applications.  These are:

      1) Manipulation of ambient magical energies (cast spells
    and magic items).  This category includes spells like Dispell
    Magic and Mordenkainen's Disjunction.
      2) Manipulation of potential magical energies (memorized
    spells).  This includes Mordenkainen's Lucubration and
    Vocalize.
      3) Manipulation of raw magical energy.   This includes
    spells like Magic Missile and Shield.
      4) Eldritch energies.  These spells specifically target
    those creature for whom magic is an inherent part of their
    composition.  Eldritch creatures fall into five distinct
    categories.  These are:  Fae (not elves), Undead, Golem,
    Lycanthropes and Extraplanar Creatures.  Many of the Metamage
    Spells are far more effective against such creatures.

   Metamages are often required to withstand the force of
 magical energy as they will it into the form they want.  As
 a result, the Metamage needs a Strength of at least 15.

   Certain characteristics are common to all metamagic
 spells.  First and foremost, they are unrefined.  They are
 unable to conjure or transform matter, except as a side
 effect.  They are also fast.  Since the Metamage does not
 waste time transforming the energy he wields into something more
 substantial, his spells never have a casting time of over
 one round.  They also rarely have saving throws, as they
 produce too raw of an effect to be resisted on the physical
 level.

   Similarly, they also never require material components,
 although verbal and somatic components are frequently both
 used.

   Metamagic is opposed to ritual magic, and the Metamage is
 unable to cast the intricate spells of the Ritualist
 school.