Sects

Arrolian College of Magic (Lunar)

Borist College of Magic (Details)

Brithini College of Magic (Details)

Carmanian College of Magic (Details)

Chaotic and Evil Cults

East Isles Sorcery

Galvosti College of Magic (Details)

Hrestoli College of Magic (Details)

Kralorelan Sorcery

Lunar Magic

Henotheistic Church of Otkorion

Perfecti (Details)

Rokari College of Magic (Details)

Sedalpist College of Magic (Details)

Stygian College of Magic (Details)

Vadeli College of Magic (Details)

Valkarist College of Magic (Details)

Vivamort

Waertagi Sorcery (Details)

Arrolian College of Magic (Lunar)

Arts – accessed via the Red Goddess; each of the Seven Mothers is considered to provide one Art, as follows:

 Each Full Moon, the initiate is able to sacrifice 1 POW to the proper Mother to gain the designated Art. Other Arts are also provided, by lesser Lunar deities. Once he has started on this progression, the sorcerer is tied to cyclical magic, and able to utilize Lunar elemental magic. Only Lunar sorcerers can use Lunar elemental magic. 

A Lunar sorcerer can take a specialty. A Lunar specialist casts his specialty spells as if the Moon was one phase "better", and he casts his non-specialty spells as if the Moon was one phase "worse". During the Full Moon, his specialty spells cost 1 MP less to cast (to a minimum of 1). During the Dark or Dying Moon, he cannot even cast a non-specialty spell.   

Vows – may not take Abjure Rune Magic, Flee [element], or Shun [Element].  

New Spells

POISON TOOTH

Ranged

This is cast on a weapon, and causes wounds caused by that weapon to administer 1 POT of poison per Intensity until the spell is cancelled. 

SHOCK

Attack, ranged

Target takes 1d(Intensity) damage to his general hit points.

Borist College of Magic

Arts – accessed via St. Malkion.

Saints – only recognize four saints: Saint Malkion, Saint Hrestol, Saint Arkat (in a different form than other Arkat-worshipers), and Saint Boris.

Vows – May not take Sacrifice Power or Shun Tap.

Spells

HAND OF DEATH

attack, touch, instant

If the target fails to resist, match Intensity vs. his CON. If his CON is overcome, he dies at once. This spell costs the caster 1d3 general HP per casting.

NEUTRALIZE POISON

touch, instant

Relieves the effects of poison. The Intensity of Neutralize Poison is matched vs. the poison's Potency on the Resistance table. If the POT is overcome, all poison is purged from the victim's body. The spell must be cast before any actual damage has been taken by the target. If the target is poisoned more than once, all the combined Potency must be purged at once. A Multispell may be used for this; matching the Neutralizes each vs. one of the poison doses – no more than one spell per dose.

Unlike most Neutralize spells, Neutralize Poison has a chance to take effect even if its intensity is less than half the poison’s POT.

SHRIVING

Ceremony

Purges a sinner of all his accumulated evil since the last time he was Shriven. This evil expresses itself in the form of a chaotic taint or feature which manifests either in the spell's caster, the sinner himself, or in the caster's (or the sinner's) familiar, if any. Normally, the familiar is so utilized. Regularly–shriven folk do not generate enough evil to create an entire chaos feature. Instead, over the course of time the evil accumulates until there is sufficient present to express itself.

This spell is painful to the sinner, and costs MPs, general hit points, fatigue, possibly even POW or other stats, depending on how evil he has been and what his crimes were.  

TRUE SELF

Enchant

This spell is only useful if the target has one or more overt or automatic chaos features. It masks all such features, giving the user back his “normal” appearance, i.e., what he looked like before gaining said features. The underlying chaos is NOT hidden from special abilities such as the Storm Bull Sense Chaos. The enchanted individual can “turn off or on” True Self spell at will. When he has True Self up, then he cannot access or use any of his chaos features, even those which are not normally visible. When he lowers the spell, all his chaos features become manifest, even harmful ones.

This spell costs 1 POW to cast.

An individual who has been transformed into a chaos creature (such as a human transformed into a broo or scorpion man) once more looks like a human while he maintains the enchantment’s effect. A creature who was never human still looks like it did before when using this spell, though it would not appear to have any chaos features. The spell is found to be useful for two purposes: it enables a Borist with a harmful chaos feature to escape its effects, and it enables an advanced Borist priest to go about his business aboveground. It is also useful on the notorious Borist familiars. When the spell is dropped, the effect can be quite alarming, as the enchanted being may balloon in size, sprout tentacles, extra eyes, etc.

Brithini College of Magic

Arts– accessed via Study.

Vows – May not take Abjure Armor, Devotion, Shun Harm, Shun Immortality, or Shun Tap.

New Vows

·          GREAT RITUALS (equal to High Vow): you must spend an hour in preparation before casting any spell. If you already have Rituals, it is subsumed into this vow (and you only get total presence equal to your High Vow).

·          MIGHTY RITUALS (equal to triple your High Vow): you must spend a year in preparation before casting any spell. If you already have Great Rituals, it is subsumed into this vow (and you only get total presence equal to triple your High Vow).  

Spells

DECREPITUDE

attack, ranged, instant

The target is instantly aged by 1d(intensity) years. If the target is a being that normally does not age, the spell has no effect. Immature individuals are immune to this spell -- only adults that have reached their full growth can be affected. 

MAGIC SINK

Enchant

Creates an object which tries to drain MPs from anyone touching it. It cannot hold more MPs than its Intensity. It can match its current MPs vs. anyone touching it, and if it overcomes the person, it drains 1d6 MPs into itself. It attempts this once per round until it is filled or the person drops the object. This MP drain is painless and can only be sensed if the holder concentrates on it when it is happening. The sink expels its MPs onto the spirit plane at the rate of 1d6 per hour, emptying it for further use.

This spell costs 1 POW to cast.

THE SPELL FORBIDDEN

Ranged

This spell may only be cast when ordered by a Talar. It may only be cast on a Dromal (normally, it is multispelled). The Dromal’s STR, CON, and DEX are each doubled, and he adds +50 to his Attack & Parry bonus. Once cast, the Talar plus all Zzaburi and Dromals involved permanently lose their Brithini immortality.  

SUPPRESS [Art]

attack, ranged

This spell comes in several subtypes -- one for each Art. The most common is Suppress Intensity, naturally. Each time a victim wishes to cast a spell, he must overcome the Suppress with his MPs on on the Resistance table. If he fails, he may not cast any spell using that Art for the remainder of the round. If a spell takes more than one round to cast, he must resist the Suppress on each round of casting, or the spell is cancelled.

SUPPRESS WIZARD

attack, ranged

Each Intensity reduces a target magician’s chance for success with all d100 rolls having to do with magic by 1 percentile.

WREST MAGIC

ranged

Lets you take over a spell that someone else is maintaining. You must actually have learned the spell you wish to grab, and your Wrest Magic must have Intensity greater than the target spell’s Intensity. If these requirements are met, match your MPs vs. the spell owner's. If you succeed, the spell is placed under your control, and takes up your Presence. When Wrest Magic is successful, the owner notices at once, and will awaken if sleeping.

Carmanian College of Magic

Arts – accessed via Art Vows.

Vows – may not take Abjure Rune Magic or Shun Tap.

Spells

PROSCRIBE [cult]

ranged

The chance of the target successfully casting spirit or divine magic from the named cult is reduced by 5 percentiles per Intensity. The target cannot resist, but defensive magic may block the spell.

Proscribe spells exist for Gorgorma, Yu-Kargzant, Shargash, Storm Bull, Tawar, Kyger Litor, Humakt, Chalana Arroy, Lodril, and most of the panoply of Pentan and Char-Un spirits.

Chaotic and Evil Cults

Arts – Vivamort receives all its Arts via Art Vows.

Vows – Never Kill a Human, Shun Harm, Shun Darkness, Shun Immortality and Shun Tap are forbidden to Vivamort.

New Vows

·          ABJURE DAY (3): may cast no spells during daylight hours. Ritual spells may start in daylight, but must conclude during the hours of darkness.

·          CANNIBALISM (2): must eat the flesh of your own species at every meal.

·          DEEP CANNIBALISM (6): may never eat any food but human flesh.

·          DEVOUR FOE (2): must feed on any creature you kill. Even a small bit will suffice (or even just a successful Bite attack in combat). Blood counts as “food”.

·          HUMAN SACRIFICE (1): must sacrifice a person of your own species yearly.

·          KILL A FOLLOWER YEARLY (12): this must be someone who has voluntarily sworn to your service. His sacrifice need not be voluntary on his part, though.

·          KILL OFFSPRING (9): sacrifice one of your children each year, unless you have no living children.

·          NECROPHILIA (1): must sleep with a corpse weekly. This Vow does not conflict with Celibacy.

·          NEVER TAKE A WOMAN BUT BY FORCE (2): for males only. This Vow conflicts with Celibacy.

·          SHUN HOLY GROUND (2): never enter the holy ground of a non-chaotic cult. If you are taken there against your will, the Vow is still broken.

Spells

CREATE BASILISK

Enchant

You need a live toad or adder, and an egg laid by a rooster. The ritual is performed, and then the toad or snake must incubate the egg for a month per POW sacrificed. The sorcerer can use Glue or Dominate or some similar technique to make the incubator behave. When the basilisk hatches, it is not automatically friendly towards its creator.

This spell costs 3 POW to cast.

The creature’s characteristics are rolled randomly. However, the points in the Create Basilisk spell can be added to the basilisk’s stats, divvied up as the caster pleases. Points can be added to the creature’s INT, but it remains a fixed-INT creature. Its glance acts as a 3-pt Rune spell.

Create Basilisk 7 would let the caster add 4 to the basilisk’s STR, 2 to its SIZ, and 1 to its DEX, for instance.

CREATE VAMPIRE

Enchant

The victim of this ritual must be alive for the first six days of the ceremony, and is killed one day before its completion.

This spell costs 7 POW to cast, regardless of the number of points in it. If it has more than 7 points, all “extra” points are added to the vampire’s final characteristics in any way the enchanter wants. For instance, a Create Vampire 10 has 3 extra points, which could be added to the vampire’s final STR or DEX or SIZ, etc.. It could not be added to its POW, because it has none.

NIGHTMARE OF HELL 

(see East Isles); only found in East Isles

ONE WITH CHAOS 

(see East Isles); only found in East Isles

ONE WITH HUNGER 

(see East Isles); only found in East Isles

SHACKLE SOUL

Enchant

A ritual considered evil and chaotic by most societies. It prevents a fresh corpse's spirit from passing on to the afterlife, and the spirit often responds by transforming into a ghost or wraith over time. The spell's range determines how far it can travel from the site of its burial (i.e., 50m for spirit spells, 100m for Rune spells, and as per Range for sorcery). A true Banishment cancels out the Shackle Soul, and also sends the spirit on to its afterlife.

It costs 1 POW to cast this spell.

East Isles Sorcery

Note: the Valkarists have access to these spells, Arts, and Vows, as well as their own.

Many Islander spells provide a multipurpose effect on the target. They like this style of spell, and flexibility, even at the cost of efficiency, is valuable to them.

Lucidity

Much of the East Isles higher philosophy is devoted to the study of Dreams and Lucid Dreaming. Sorcerers who have become Lucid have new and exciting powers and Arts available to them. 

Arts – use Study for the art of Intensity, then Art Vows for Range & Multispell, then sacrifice POW to Thella for secondary Vows. With a +10 bonus, it takes ...  

New Art: Knowledge –Each level of this Art adds +1 to each of the three basic Arts of Intensity, Range, and Multispell. However, it also decreases your chance of success in spellcasting by +10. This does not correspondingly decrease the total Art levels available in casting. Example: Elamar the keet has a skill of 89 in Call Shadow. He has no use for Multispell, but plans to use Intensity 2, Range 3, and Knowledge 4. This gives him a final result of Intensity 6 and Range 7, but subtracts –40 from his chance of success, leaving it at 49.

New Vows

·          NEVER KILL A KEET (2, or 3 if you have never killed a keet): Sorns do not count as keets.

·          DAWN LOVE (1): sing a hymn every daybreak.

·          LOCATION (varies): this Vow cannot be broken, but the amount of Presence it provides to the caster varies with his geographic position:

1)        On his home island: +5

2)       If you can see your home island, but are not on it: +2 (this applies to magic techniques of “seeing” your island, too)

3)       If you are in the eastern seas: +1

4)       If you are on another east isle which is not your home: +0

5)       If you are not in the eastern isles or seas at all: -1

·          MOON LOVE (2): perform minor blood sacrifice (a small animal or fish) every low tide.

·          SEA LOVE (2): wash in sea water once a day.

·          STORM LOVE (4): never seek shelter from storm.

Spells

BLESSING OF VITHELA

touch

Strengthens the target's defenses vs. magic (only) by 1/Intensity. For most spells, this simply increases the target’s MPs as measured for resistance, but the exact defense will change per spell. For instance, the target’s effective POW or CON vs. spells that target those is increased as well.

BREATH OF THELLA

Touch (but Range is used), either instant or temporal

Can be cast either as "exhalation" or "inhalation".

"Exhalation" forms a bubble of breathable air around the caster with a radius equal to the spell’s Range in meters. It can be used underwater, in poison gas, etc. It may repel hostile sea creatures.

"Inhalation" creates a bubble of vacuum within the radius. Each living being within takes 1d(intensity) damage to its general hit points; no resistance allowed. The caster is always inside. In this form, the spell is instant, as the vacuum swiftly collapses.  

BREATH OF VITHELA

Self-only, instant

Requires an Intensity of at least 9. However, when it is cast, it immediately restores the caster’s MPs to his maximum (i.e., twice his POW) minus 1d6. Each time this spell is cast, an additional 1d6 is subtracted from the maximum, until the user goes a full season without casting it. 

DANCE OF THE GOLD MAIDEN

Touch

This spell’s effects vary with the target. When cast upon a female, a faint rosy-gold glow surrounds the target,, whose Fatigue and Hit Points are increased by 1 per Intensity for as long as the spell lasts. This spell cannot be cast upon a being lacking a clear female gender.

When cast upon a male of the caster's species, it is an Attack spell, and requires an Intensity equal to at least half the target’s POW. The victim is rendered incapable of attacking any female in hand-to-hand combat so long as the spell lasts. He can fire missiles or spells, and can attack females of other species. A female not recognizable as such (in boy's clothing, cloaked), can also be attacked. An affected male can parry, shout for help, etc.

DANCE OF THE PINK GODDESS

ranged 

The Dance of the Pink Goddess is not necessarily considered evil, but is at least unethical and forbidden in all densely-inhabited lands. It creates a radius effect equal to the spells’ Range in meters (i.e., range 6 would affect an area 6m in radius). Anyone that enters the area immediately matches his or her MPs vs. the spell’s Intensity. If he fails to resist, he sees the Damsel of Despairing Delight, and becomes a devotee of the most salacious Aspects of the Pink Goddess. He must be restrained from committing obscene acts upon anyone within reach, and even if he then leaves the radius, he remains under its effects. Nothing can free the victim but the spell’s being cancelled or a some kind of dispelling magic.

This spell only affects creatures with normal (i.e., non-fixed) Intelligence, and that have some kind of sex drive.

DREAM OF DARKNESS

Touch

All the “Dream of ...” spells are explicitly designed to be maintained for long periods of time on the sorcerer himself. While maintained, the target has the ability to spend MPs to get particular effects. In any case, he cannot spend more MPs than the spell’s Intensity.

1)        1 MP adds +10 to a chosen Stealth skill for the next hour.

2)       3 MPs + 1 pt/meter lets you attempt to Command a shade.

3)       1 MP adds +1 to your POW for the next hour.

DREAM OF ELUCIDATION

Self-only, Multispell must be used

The caster is temporarily gifted with the knowledge of a selected Sorcery spell which he does not already know. He must Multispell the other spell with his Dream of Elucidation, and is considered to have a skill in casting said spell equal to his skill in Dream of Elucidation.

Only a Lucid islander can learn or cast this spell.

DREAM OF THE ISLAND

Touch

While this spell is maintained, the target has the ability to spend MPs to get particular effects. He cannot spend more MPs than the spell’s Intensity.

1)        1 MP adds +10 to First Aid, Treat Poison, or Treat Disease for the next hour.

2)       1 MP adds +5 to a chosen Stealth skill for the next hour.

3)       3 MPs + 1 pt/meter lets you attempt to Command a gnome.

4)       1 MP adds +1 to your CON for the next hour.

DREAM OF LIGHT

Touch

While this spell is maintained, the target has the ability to spend MPs to get particular effects. He cannot spend more MPs than the spell’s Intensity.

1)        3 MPs + 1 pt/meter lets you attempt to Command a salamander.

2)       1 MP adds +10 to a selected Knowledge skill for the next hour.

DREAM OF THE SEA

Touch

While this spell is maintained, the target has the ability to spend MPs to get particular effects. He cannot spend more MPs than the spell’s Intensity.

1)        Each MP spent lets you hold your breath underwater for 1d10 rounds without needing a CON roll. Example: Mad Mark has been underwater for 3 rounds, so now needs a CONx8 roll. He spends 1 MP and the next 1d10 rounds he needs no roll. At the end of this time, if he does not spend another MP, he’ll need to roll his CONx8, then CONx7, etc.

2)       1 MP adds +10 to a chosen Magic skill (not counting Sorcery spells) for the next hour.

3)       3 MPs + 1 pt/meter lets you attempt to Command an undine.

DREAM OF THE SKY

Touch

While this spell is maintained, the target has the ability to spend MPs to get particular effects. He cannot spend more MPs than the spell’s Intensity.

1)        3 MPs tells you the exact compass direction, regardless of cloud cover.

2)       1 MP adds +5 to any selected skill for the next hour.

DREAM OF THE STORM

Touch

While this spell is maintained, the target has the ability to spend MPs to get particular effects. He cannot spend more MPs than the spell’s Intensity.

1)        1 MP predicts whether or not there will be precipitation on the following day. Additional MPs increase the length of the prediction. Weather affecting spells mean all bets are off.

2)       3 MPs + 1 pt/meter lets you attempt to Command a sylph.

3)       1 MP adds +10 to a selected Agility skill for the next hour.

DREAM OF WARMTH

Touch

While this spell is maintained, the target has the ability to spend MPs to get particular effects. He cannot spend more MPs than the spell’s Intensity.

1)        3 MPs creates a 1d6 Intensity flame at a place you touch. A live target can try to resist. Extra MPs increase the flame’s intensity as follows: 4 = 1d8; 5 = 1d10; 6 = 2d6; 7 = 1d8+1d6; 8 = 2d8; etc.

2)       Each MP adds +10 to a selected Perception skill for the next hour.

EVOKE DEATH

Ranged

This spell is to be cast upon a weapon, including natural weapons. When it is cast, the user must immediately decide which of the three following effects he wishes to implement. If it is Multispelled, all weapons must receive the same effect.

1)        Spend Intensity equal to triple the number of dice damage done by the weapon, and the ensorceled weapon always does maximum damage when it hits (for instance, a handaxe does 7 points instead of 1d6+1). This does not apply to damage bonuses.

2)       Add 2d(Intensity) to the damage done by the weapon upon receiving a special or critical hit.

3)       Add 2d(Intensity) to the damage done by the weapon upon its next successful hit (only).

EVOKE LUCK

ranged

This spell is often cast on an unwilling target, in which case it is an attack spell. When cast, the user selects a particular skill. While the spell is in effect, the results of the target’s using that skill are altered, depending on the Intensity used. Only the named skill (such as “Shortsword Attack” ) is affected.  

EXPEDITE DESTINY

Touch, but Range must be used.

The target is projected forwards in time, to a limit determined by the spell’s Range on the following table. He disappears and reappears later, in the same place and condition, along with everything he is carrying. The place where he is due to appear is visible to magical senses or detection, and can be dispelled (which precipitates the target’s immediate reappearance). An unwilling target can resist.

THE JOYFUL BROTHERHOOD

Attack, Ranged

One hostile being is made neutral towards the caster while the spell lasts. The target won't attack nor issue commands to others to do so. If threatened, he'll defend himself. If constrained by outside factors, he may act to the caster's detriment, though still not feeling any ill will. For instance, a hangman is required by his superiors to hang his prisoners, and will do so. The spell is mainly for use in turning a confrontation into a neutral situation. The spell’s Intensity determines who can be affected.  

NIGHTMARE OF HELL

Attack, Ranged

This is an evil spell. It must be cast upon a sleeping victim known personally to the caster, who must be within Range but need not be visible. It projects the nightmare of the caster's choice, and knowledge of the target's fears and phobias is thus desirable. Such knowledge adds 25 to the chance of overcoming the target's resistance. Intimate knowledge of the target's fears adds 50. If the victim moves outside the spell’s Range, it is instantly cancelled.

Each time the target sleeps while the spell is in effect, he loses 1 CON from fear and pain. This loss is cumulative. Once the spell is cancelled, he regains lost CON at the rate of 1/day. Neutralize Magic dispels the Nightmare, but the CON loss remains till restored. If the target's CON is reduced to 0, his hair turns white, he goes into convulsions, and dies in his sleep.

ONE WITH BEAST

Attack, Ranged

This spell can only be cast on a fixed-INT creature which is otherwise complete. It requires an intensity equal to the creature’s minimum possible POW roll (for instance, a POW 3d6 beast requires Intensity 3). If the beast fails to resist, then while the spell is maintained it will treat you as one of its own kind. This does not necessarily mean it will be you friend. 

ONE WITH CHAOS

Attack, ranged

This is an evil spell. Each Intensity permanently reduces a selected skill of the target by 1d6.

ONE WITH HUNGER

Attack, Ranged

This is an evil spell.  If the target fails to resist, he loses 1d[intensity] HPs, which are transferred to the caster as MPs. The lost HPs are taken as evenly as possible from all hit locations. Locations with the most HPs are drained first. Thus, when attacking an uninjured human, the chest would be affected first and the arms last.

ONE WITH MOON

Summon

This spell predicts the exact time of the next tide. Each additional 4 points beyond the first used predicts one further tide into the future. If it is cast at the exact moment of the Blue Streak, it summons a Selene instead, with a size in meters equal to the points in the spell. This selene is not under the caster’s control.

ONE WITH PLANT

Ceremony

This spell must be cast upon a plant, and requires 1 point per SIZ of the plant. The spell keeps that plant, or portion of a plant, alive, despite being cut, unwatered, etc. Normally used to keep cut flowers alive, or to prevent fruit from spoiling. Can also be used to keep a plant alive when you know you'll be unable to water it for a prolonged period. This spell will not save a plant from being killed by disease or fungus or from being eaten. The elves of the Islands consider this spell to be the equivalent of Food Song when cast upon plant food that is about to be eaten.

RESIST [harm]

touch

The exact type of damage resisted must be specified. Thus, there is Resist Burns, Resist Drowning, Resist Falling Damage, Resist Impales (the latter resists only the impaling part of an attack), etc. . An incoming attack must overcome the Resist's Intensity in order to cause harm. Unlike other Resists, incoming damage only ignores Resist Harm spell if it exceeds it by 10 or more. In addition, if Resist Harm is at least twice as great as the incoming damage, it automatically stops it.

SLEEP OF REASON

Touch

This spell requires an Intensity of at least 5. For each hour the target sleeps while under the effect of this spell, he regains 1 MP, in addition to whatever he would gain normally. In addition, he is protected against nightmares and evil dream-sendings.

SONG OF DAWN

self only, but Range is used with it

The caster's face is illumined with the beauty of the Perfect Radiance of Thella. No being of evil, darkness, or chaos can look upon his countenance and must fight, launch missiles, or cast spells at the caster as though blind. The light illuminates an area with a radius equal to the spell’s Range in meters, making it as bright as day. Undead suffer 1d3 damage per round they remain within.

SPASM

Attack, ranged, instant

If the target fails to resist, a random hit location cramps up and is unusable for the rest of this melee round.  Intensity is not applicable, except to penetrate defensive magic, however Multispell is quite common. If it is Multispelled on a single target, then if the same location is rolled more than once, that location takes 1 damage (ignoring armor) for each additional time it is rolled past the first.

STUTTERBLADE

Ranged

This spell only affects melee weapons and requires an Intensity equal to the weapon’s maximum damage (not counting impales or other special hits). The effect is to deliver another attack 1 SR after the strike, with the same chance to hit as the original blow, and strike the same hit location. This attack can be parried at half normal chance for success. Damage done is the same as the weapon, but not counting any magical adds. The second attack cannot impale, but can do critical damage.

If enough Intensity is used to double the weapon’s normal max damage, then a third blow can be delivered 2 SRs after the initial strike, and so forth.

TRANSFORM TO [species]

attack, touch

This spell acts like Shapechange (q.v.), but instead of restricting which creature is transformed, it dictates the species to which the target is transformed. For instance, Transform to Tree can transform a man, a bear, an elf, or a horse into a tree. You still need Intensity equal to at least half the target's SIZ.

TRANSMOGRIFICATION

Self-only

A phantasmal being must be created via Phantom Sight, Sound, Touch, etc. Then this spell is cast, and it sends the caster's soul into the illusion. His body remains comatose for the Duration, and he becomes in effect the creature. While in the phantasmal body, he can cast spells and use appropriate skills (for instance, a phantasmal creature lacking hands could not wield weapons).

If the illusion is dispelled, the caster is instantly killed.

WARD DAMAGE

ranged

This useful spell requires Intensity equal to the user's CON, and halves all damage penetrating armor.

Galvosti College of Magic

Arts – accessed via St. Malkion.

Saints –the only saints acceptible to the Galvosti are Malkion, Hrestol, and Arkat.

Vows – may not take Adulation, Sacrifice Power, or Shun Tap.

Spells

BAN

Enchant

This is used in an area enchantment. The caster must name the species or entities banned and must place MPs into the enchantment. A banned entity must overcome the Ban’s points with its own to enter the area. Once inside, it must attempt the die roll again each melee round or lose 1 MP. An entity with 10+ MPs more than the Ban’s points can ignore it.

This spell costs 1 POW per species banned.

CLEAR MIND

ranged

Each Intensity gives the target 1 point of protection vs. spells which act against INT. For instance, it provides false "free INT" for defending against Stupefaction; and subtracts 1 from the target's effective INT for recovering from Befuddle. Other spells that target INT are affected likewise, by raising or lowering the caster's INT, whichever is most helpful.

The target becomes resistant to all mind- and emotion-affecting spells. If he is under a mind-affecting spell with a lower Intensity than the Clear Mind, the latter masks the former's effects until the Clear Mind is allowed to lapse. This renders one immune not only to harmful spells, but certain beneficial spells as well, such as Fanaticism, Telepathy, Erotocomatose Lucidity, and Mindlink. Mental contact with a familiar or apprentice remains intact.

RESIST DEATH

ranged

Per Intensity of Resist Death, the target can go 1 HP beyond normal death without actually dying (he is still unconscious, though).

Resist Death does work in the normal Resist manner to try to block Death magic; i.e., any spell which causes death directly; such as Sever Spirit, Fang of Wachaza, etc.; when it attempts to resist the actual number used to kill the target. For instance, it would try to resist a Sever Spirit by pitting itself vs. a Sever Spirit caster's MPs (and the target would still suffer 1d6 CON damage if Resist Death worked), and it would try to resist vs. the damage done with a Fang of Wachaza.

Hrestoli College of Magic

Arts – accessed via St. Malkion.

Vows – May not take Abjure Armor, Abjure Arms, Sacrifice Constitution, Sacrifice Power, Sacrifice Strength, or Silence.

Spells

BANISH UNDEAD

ranged, instant

This spell affects only on the dead, the undead, and undead magical constructs. The Banish's Intensity is matched vs. the undead creature's MPs on the Resistance table, with the following possible results:

DRAIN SOUL

attack, ranged, instant

If the target fails to resist, he loses 1d(Intensity) MPs.

DRAW SOUL

Attack, ranged, instant

If the target fails to resist, 1 MP is transferred from him to the caster. This spell is normally cast with stored MPs, for obvious reasons.

FALSE ARMOR

ranged

This spell gives the target 1 mock hit pt per Intensity in each hit location. These “extra” HPs are destroyed by incoming attacks, point for point. False Armor must be destroyed hit location by hit location, and are located “under” any armor worn.

NEUTRALIZE ARMOR

ranged

This spell is cast on a weapon. When the weapon strikes home, the Intensity of the Neutralize spell is matched vs. the target's APs. If the spell succeeds, the enemy's armor does not protect vs. that blow. The value of the Neutralize must be at least half that of the armor in question. Casting Neutralize Armor on a bow is useless, unless you physically strike the foe with your bowstave. It can be cast on arrows or quarrels, however.

SHIELD OF FAITH

Ranged

This spell must be cast on a shield, and requires Intensity equal to the shield’s ENC. It causes all special parries with that shield to protect at double normal armor points.

SUPPRESS PAGANISM

attack, ranged

The target's chance to cast spirit spells is reduced by 5 percentiles per intensity.

SUPPRESS PRIESTCRAFT

attack, ranged

The target can cast no non-ritual Rune spells unless he expends 1 MP per Intensity of the Suppress spell during the casting. MPs that would normally be spent anyway (such as in a Heal Wound) count towards the total needed. In addition, the extra MPs do count towards boosting a spell to blast through an opponent's defenses.

Kralorelan Sorcery

Mysticism

Many Kralori use Mysticism instead of, or in addition to, Sorcery.

Arts – use Art Vows for the basic arts of Intensity, Multispell, and Range, then Study for all remaining Arts.

Spells

ATTUNE MAGIC FLOW

Ceremony

Requires points equal to the caster’s POW. It doubles the chance of his POW increasing with a successful POW gain roll, but must be continuously in effect from before he gets the POW check until after the POW gain roll is made.

BLADE OF PUISSANCE

Touch

Creates a brilliant sword of emerald-hued energy which does 3d(Intensity) damage and has 15 AP for parrying (but can't be broken). If the target drops the blade, it dissipates.

GEM OF REALITY

Summon

This Summon produces a fist-sized stone resembling a gigantic pearl. For each point in the spell, the caster can put 1 MP into the gem, which can be used to power other spells. When the spell lapses, the jewel evaporates, along with any unused MPs.

VOYAGE TO THE MAZE OF LONG SHADOWS

Attack, instant

If the target fails to resist, he is immediately bodily transported to the dreaded Palace of Eleven Pylons, a place lit only by a dim blue light. The wretched victim wanders through this tenebrous edifice for 1 melee round per Intensity. Each round spent here, he has a 10% chance of meeting one of the Palace’s hideous insectoid servants. Simulate such an encounter with a 1d100 roll -- the target also rolls 1d100, adding his Special Success chance in his highest weapon or sorcery skill. High roll lives. A dead victim's corpse reappears wrapped in silk.

MOCKERY OF REALITY

self only 

This spell requires Intensity equal to at least half the caster’s SIZ, and it transforms him into an inanimate object. He cannot cast spells or perform any actions while transformed, and can only see in one direction, having no "head" to turn. He has no need to eat and drink and has all the normal characteristics of any article of its class; thus, if he is a goblet, he could be shattered and thus killed. He can drop the spell at any time.

The basic spell lets him turn into an object with a SIZ equal to his own. He can divide this total by twice the amount of “extra” Intensity used in the spell. Example, a SIZ 12 caster who used Intensity 8 could mimic an object as small as SIZ 3. Intensity 6 is used just to cast the spell, and then his size is divided by twice the remaining 2 points.

PREVARICATION

touch

The target is normally an inanimate object. The spell can be dispelled, but this must be done before any other spell on the object can be countered. Effects vary with Intensity.  

TRUE SIBLING

Touch, but Range must be used

Intensity equal to half the target’s SIZ is required. The target is "cloned" while the spell lasts. All HP and MPs are divided evenly between the clone and the original. His weapons and armor are the same, as are other stats and skills. If the clone moves further than the spell’s Range from the original, it vanishes.

A dispel magic cast at the clone (but not the original) causes the replica to vanish. When the spell expires or the clone is dispelled, the caster adds the HPs and MPs it had left onto his own. The target & clone possess no mental link, but the clone knows everything he knew up until the spell was cast, so if he had a plan in mind before creating the clone, it can attempt to fulfill its part of the plan. The clone is aware that it is a temporary magic construct.

WALL

Instant

Creates a wall which moves away from the caster at 2m/sr until it has reached the spell’s Range (when it dissipates), or until it encounters a major obstruction (a turn in a passage, a pit, building, etc.) A wall does damage for one round to those it strikes, then passes on.

A wall is 3m high and 1m thick. It is 1m wide per level of Multispell used, but may be made smaller. It blocks all physical blows and missiles, and acts as a shield against spells as well.

If two opposing walls meet, a D6 is rolled for each; the one with the highest score continues, while the loser is dissipated. A tie halts both in place and further rolls are made each round till one wins. Each wall normally defeats one other type of wall, against which it has +2 added to its D6 roll. Intensity does not help a wall survive such a conflict.

Lunar Magic

Arts – accessed via Art Vows.

This is an unusual sorcery variant. The sorcerer is tied to cyclical magic, and is able to utilize Lunar elemental magic. Only Lunar sorcerers can use Lunar elemental magic.   

A Lunar sorcerer can take a specialty. A Lunar specialist casts his specialty spells as if the Moon was one phase "better", and he casts his non-specialty spells as if the Moon was one phase "worse". During the Full Moon, he casts his specialty spells at skill/3. During the Dark or Dying Moon, he can use only a single Art level on a non-specialty spell. 

New Art: Lunar Magic –a sorcerer who joins the cult of the Red Goddess (q.v.) automatically gains this new Art, which lets him manipulate spirit spells. The sorcerer needs as many levels of Lunar Magic as the highest of any other Art used. Each level of Range increases the spirit spell by 50m of distance.

New Art: Time – this art affects the spell it is cast on by delaying the time it takes effect. The spell is cast normally. If it successfully overcomes any resistance rolls, countermagic, etc., it then does not “go off” until a certain time later, depending on the number of Time levels used. When the spell is cast, the user states exactly when the spell will take effect, at any time up to or including the delay he has ensorcelled. For instance, with 3 levels of Time, he could name any delay up to an hour.

When the spell finally takes effect, it bypasses all countermagic and resistance rolls and directly affects the target, no other rolls necessary. 

Non–Sorcerers –an individual who joins the Red Goddess's cult but who has not learned the Arts gets Lunar Magic, plus limited access to the Arts, which he may use only to manipulate spirit spells. If he later learns the arcane Arts properly, he can manipulate both spirit magic and sorcery.

Vows – may not take Abjure Rune Magic, Flee [element], Shun [Element] (except for Shun Storm),

Spells

LUSTROUS MISSILE

Touch

This spell requires Intensity 6 and may only be cast upon a missile with a striking head of pure silver. When the weapon is loosed, the silver part is consumed by a glowing blue light. If the missile hits the target, the blue light deals the caster's POW in damage to the location struck, and then dissipates. The missile cannot impale, but a critical does ignore armor.

Henotheistic Church of Otkorion 

Arts – accessed via “St. Arkat”. Once initiated into his cult, magic works quite differently. There are no Arts – or, rather, all arts are accessible to the user, up to his skill and Presence limits. However, learning each different sorcery spell costs 1 POW, as it is accessed like a Rune spell. Sacking the POW gives the Aeolian 1d6+Magic bonus in the spell, or a minimum of 1. 

Vows –may not take Abjure Rune Magic, Flee Storm, or Shun Storm. Shun Tap must be the 3^rd vow.

Lore Mastery – Speak Stormspeech, Sword Attack, Hide, Jump, Listen, Orate, and Scan give 1 Presence. Read/Write Stormspeech gives 2 Presence.

New Vows

	NEVER SPEAK TO NON-STORM (1): only converse with people who are initiates of cults allied to Orlanth, or with their underage children.
	THE GREAT VOW (3): only converse with people who are initiates of Orlanth himself (or an acceptable equivalent) or their underage children. Orlanth variants are legitimate, so a worshipper of Entekos or Kargzant is out, but initiates of Humath or an Aeolian (but not the Praxian Storm Bull) are legitimate.
	LAWSPEAKER (1): may only be taken by those who have a Human Lore of 50+ and St. Lhankor Mhy as patron. The sorceror must attend and arbitrate all matters of law when asked.

Adept Membership– an Otkorion sorcerer may not become an Adept until he has vowed Shun Tap and has three patron saints.

Perfecti

Arts– accessed via Study.

Saints – only Malkion & Hrestol are acceptible to the Perfecti. But Malkion is not used to gain Arts.

Vows – may not take Adulation.

Reformed Hrestoli 

New Spells

ASSESS CHARACTERISTIC

This spell allows you to discover the level of a person's characteristics. When cast, the sorcerer must specify the characteristic being measured. Intensity affects the spell’s result:

ASSESS SKILL

This spell allows you to discover the level of a person's skills. Intensity rules the effect.

Rokari College of Magic

Arts – accessed via St. Malkion.

Vows – may not take Sacrifice Power. Abjure Armor gives +1 Presence. Celibacy gives +2 Presence.

New Vows

	ABJURE KNIGHTLY ARMS (1): like Abjure Arms, but permits you to use staffs, daggers, and other un-military arms. If you later take Abjure Arms, this lesser vow is subsumed (and you only get 2 total Presence).
	ABJURE METAL ARMOR (1): like Abjure Armor, but permits you to wear leather, wood, or other non-metal armor. If you later take Abjure Armor, this lesser vow is subsumed (and you only get 2 total Presence).
	GREAT RITUALS (equal to High Vow): you must spend an hour in preparation before casting any spell. If you already have Rituals, it is subsumed into this vow (and you only get total presence equal to your High Vow).

New Art: Banish –this Art is used to cancel another spell. For each level of Banish, 1 point of the defending spell is cancelled. To use this Art, you actually cast the very spell you wish to dispel (but it does not take effect). You need sufficient Range to reach the offending spell (even if the spell being cast is normally Touch). Banish can be Multispelled to affect a number of defending spells. Example: Rokar the Rokari uses Banish 2 on a foe's Resist Magic 6. The foe's spell is reduced to Resist Magic 4.

When a spell is Banished, the owner notices at once, and will even awaken if he sleeps. 

Spells

BANISH UNDEAD (see Hrestoli)

BLOCK PAGAN

attack, ranged

Has no effect on non-shamans. If the shaman fails to resist, and the intensity of the spell is equal to or greater than the fetch’s MPs, the shaman’s fetch is severed from him, and can take no actions until Block Pagan expires. If the shaman is on the spirit plane, he cannot return to his body until Block Pagan expires.

If the fetch's MPs exceed this spell's intensity, the fetch is blocked from the shaman for one melee round per Intensity.

DAMPEN DAMAGE

ranged

This spell is cast on a weapon, and requires Intensity equal to the weapon's minimum damage roll. For instance, a broadsword (1d8+1) requires Intensity 2. A poleaxe (2d6+2) requires Intensity 4. The affected weapon’s weapon's damage roll is always the minimum possible. Bonuses for special hits or magic add normally. For instance, a Dampened scimitar that impales does 3 + 1d6+2 damage. A Dampened rapier with Truesword does 2 + 1d6+1.

NEUTRALIZE DAMAGE    

touch, instant

Heals damage to a hit location as per other Neutralize spells. The Neutralize Intensity must be at least half that of the damage, as with other Neutralize spells.

QUEST

Ceremony, Attack

When the ceremony is finished, the spell is cast vs. a particular opponent. Since it takes an hour to cast, like any other ritual spell, Range or long-distance vision spells may be useful to affect targets. If the target is overcome, the caster names a particular task he wishes to force the victim to perform. If he does not proceed with the task, he loses –5 from all 1d100 chances of success until he starts back on the task again or this spell ends. For each additional point in the spell beyond the first one, he loses an additional –5 per day he is dilatory, until he reaches the maximum loss of –5 per point in the Quest.

SUPPRESS PAGANISM (see Hrestoli)

SUPPRESS PRIESTCRAFT (see Hrestoli)

WREST MAGIC (see Brithini)

Sedalpist College of Magic

Arts – accessed via St. Malkion.

Vows – May not take Sacrifice Power or Shun Tap. Never Kill a Human gives +2 Presence

New Vows

	GREAT RITUALS (equal to High Vow): you must spend an hour in preparation before casting any spell. If you already have Rituals, it is subsumed into this vow (and you only get total presence equal to your High Vow).
	PARTIAL VEGETARIANISM (1): forbids eating the flesh of warm-blooded animals (only). If you later take Vegetarianism, this lesser vow is subsumed (and you only get 2 total Presence).
	VEGAN (3): you are required to be a vegetarian and in addition must avoid milk and other animal products. If you already have Vegetarianism, that vow is subsumed (and you only get 3 total Presence).

Spells

COUNTERCONCEPTION

Attack, ranged

This spell requires an Intensity at least 1/3 the target’s CON. If the target fails to resist, he or she becomes totally infertile until this spell is cancelled.

POISON TROLL

Enchant

Each point infects 1 ENC of any foodstuff with a poison that affects only trolls and their kin. Any troll which eats a full ENC of an affected food ingests a potency 20 poison. Ten minutes after ingesting, he must match his CON vs. the poison. Success means he takes 10 pts of damage. Failure delivers a full 20 points. If the troll eats only part of an ENC, pro-rate the poison.

The poison is odorless and tasteless, but the enchantment can be exposed by Detect Magic, Second Sight, or similar spells.

This spell costs 1 POW to cast.

SENSE DETECTION

ranged, active

Upon concentrating, the caster becomes aware as to whether or not the spell’s target is currently targeted by or is being detected by any sensory spells.

SLUMBER OF PEACE

attack, ranged

If the target fails to resist, he matches the Intensity vs. his CON. If he is overcome, he falls asleep. Otherwise, he is stunned for one round and can take no actions. A sleeping target remains so until awakened by being injured, splashed with water, etc., or the spell lapses.

SMITE [non-human]

Ranged

Must be cast upon a weapon, and requires Intensity equal to or greater than the weapon's maximum damage roll, not counting specials. All damage done by that weapon to the target species that penetrates armor is doubled. Thus, if Smite Slarge were cast on a greatsword, which then hit a Slarge with 10-pt armor for 14 pts of damage, the 4 pts that got through would be doubled to 8.

WITHER ELF BOW

attack, ranged, instant

This spell is only efficacious vs. magic elf bows. If the caster overcomes the bow's magic points, the bow takes 1 pt of damage per Intensity. Defensive magic, such as Protection, Resist Damage, Shield, etc. all lower the damage done.

Stygian College of Magic

Arts – accessed via “St. Arkat”. Once initiated into his cult, magic works quite differently. There are no Arts – or, rather, all arts are accessible to the user, up to his skill and Presence limits. However, learning each different sorcery spell costs 1 POW, as it is accessed like a Rune spell. Sacking the POW gives the Stygian 1d6+Magic bonus in the spell, or a minimum of 1. 

Vows –may not take Abjure Rune Magic, Flee Darkness, Never Kill a Human, Shun Darkness, or Vegetarianism.

New Vows

	EAT ONLY ALDRYAMI (4): may eat only Aldryami, dead or alive.
	EAT ONLY BURNT FOOD (1): all solid foodstuffs must be cooked, even the smallest leaf.
	GLUTTONY (1): must ritually devour five or six times the normal amount of food daily. Sometimes results in an increase of SIZ over time, and often a decrease in CON as well.
	DEVOTION (3): must attend a selected temple at least 1 day a week, preventing long distance travel (or requiring the Teleport spell). This vow may be repeated, for the same or different temples, but must be a different day each time, of course.
	ILLUMINATION (varies): gain 1 presence for every 10% progress towards Illumination he has. Once illuminated, this Vow becomes static. The Presence gained for it does not go away, but it no longer increases.
	NEVER KILL A TROLL (2, or 3 if you have never killed a troll): Trollkin do not count as trolls.

Spells

BOOST [elemental]

ranged

This spell must be cast on an elemental. The spell's Intensity is added to the elemental's hit points. If the spell lapses, the extra hit points vanish, possibly destroying the elemental.

PROJECT DARKSENSE (as per other Project [sense], but for Darksense)

SEE RUNE MAGIC

ranged, instant

Informs the user as to what Rune magic the target knows. The target cannot resist, but defensive magic can block the effect. Use the following chart to determine the effect.

This spell only detects spells known by the target, not spells in effect. It does not detect “one-use” spells that have been been cast.

SHADE CLOUT

Ranged

This spell only affects blunt weapons, and turns it translucently black. When the weapon strikes a hit location, an amount of damage equal to a third of the spell’s Intensity ignores armor.

SHUDDER OF DARKNESS

Ranged

This spell only affects blunt weapons, and causes said weapon to leave a dark “trail” behind as it is swung through the air. If the weapon penetrates armor to cause injury, match the spell’s Intensity vs. the location’s normal full hit points (after damage from the blow is calculated) on the Resistance Table. If the spell wins, the location is disabled as if at zero hit points.

TRIUMPH OF DARKNESS

Ranged

This spell affects only blunt weapons, and turns the weapon pitch-black and non-glossy. If the weapon penetrates armor to cause injury, match the spell’s Intensity vs. the target’s remaining general hit points (after damage from the blow is calculated) on the Resistance Table. If the spell wins, the victim is knocked unconscious. Each time he receives Healing, he can awaken with a successful CONx5 roll, or a successful First Aid will waken him in any case.

This spell can be combined with Shudder of Darkness.

Vadeli College of Magic

Arts– accessed via Study.

Vows – may not take Abjure Armor, Abjure Arms, Adulation, Celibacy, Never Kill a Human, Shun Harm, Shun Immortality, or Shun Tap. 

Spells

DRAIN [characteristic]

Attack, touch

Works like Tap, except the caster gains HP, which may be applied per location or as general HP. It is  morally and ethically considered identical to Tap.

Valkarist College of Magic

Arts – accessed via St. Malkion.

Vows – may not take Sacrifice Power or Silence.  

New Vows

GREAT RITUALS (equal to High Vow): you must spend an hour in preparation before casting any spell. If you already have Rituals, it is subsumed into this vow (and you only get total presence equal to your High Vow).

Spells

BAN (see Galvosti)

HAND OF DEATH (see Boristi)

Waertagi Sorcery

The Waertagi have always had a very pragmatic approach to their magic. They believe in no afterlife, and worship sea gods in addition to Malkionism. Their magic has evolved along its own lines, and now has many differences from conventional sorcery, including many unique spells and at least one unique Art. A Waertagi sorcerer has a host of very unusual spells -- they have been "out of the loop" with respects to mainstream sorcery for many centuries, and so their sorcery has evolved along rather different lines. Very few of their spells work exactly the same as the "normal" varieties. They're often specialists to enhance their ability in those spells they prefer.

Arts– accessed via Study.

New Art: Immersion –this Art may only be used if the caster's skin and hair are wet with seawater. Each level of Immersion is added to each other Art used in the spell.

Example: Darkdemon the Waertagi, soaked by spray, casts Dominate Human at the crew of a fleeing ship. His skill of 98% gives him 10 levels of Art. He applies Intensity 1, Range 1, Multispell 1, and Immersion 7. The latter adds +7 to his Intensity, Range, and Multispell, so he affects 8 targets each with Dominate Human 8 at Range 8 (2.5 km).

Immersion seems rather unfair to most sorcerers.

New Spells

STINGRAY

Ranged

This spell only affects slashing or impaling melee weapons. The weapon continues to do normal damage, although all its damage is considered magical for purposes of hitting appropriate targets (such as shades or werewolves).

On any hit penetrating armor, the weapon becomes stuck in the wound. The user has the option to rip the weapon out, which causes an additional 1d6 damage ignoring armor, or he can drop it, in which case it acts as if the weapon had received an impale result and stayed stuck in the wound.

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