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Call Vermin
Level: 5
Magic Points: 40
Discipline: Air
Range: 1 mile
Area: 10’ x 10’
Duration: 2d6 rounds
Chant: See Chapter 11: Magic
Ingredients: See Chapter 11: Magic
Ritual: See Chapter 11: Magic
Description: This spell summons a horde of
1d1000 red-eyed rodents from the surrounding
mile to simultaneously attempt to devour
anything within the specified area. To determine
how many pounds of vermin attack
a target, multiply the number in the
horde by 2. The swarming black massive
horde of vermin will attempt to Overbear
any target within the area, as in the Wrestling
skill (see Chap. 8: Skills). If successful,
then the horde will tear meat from the
victim’s skull. Once they Overbear the victim,
the rodents will gnash and gnaw at the
skull first, and work their way from head to
toe, picking every morsel to the bone. However,
if the horde is exposed to any fire, then
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they will abandon their target and flee. While
the spell is in effect, the target is unable to
react if Overbearing is successful. Whether
Overbearing occurs or not, the target suffers
a number of Life Points of damage per
round equal to 1% of the number of rodents
in the horde. Every round that rodents
gnaw upon the target, the Aedile makes
a secret roll to determine whether or not
the target has acquired a disease. Note that
it is possible to acquire multiple diseases. The
Aedile’s check equals the target’s Health with
TH 16. If a disease is acquired, then roll
1d100 and consult the table below:
Roll Disease
01-10Anthrax 11-30BubonicPlague 31-99Rabies 100UndulantFever Further, if the victim survives, then
for every round that rodents gnawed upon
them, they lose 5% of their Facial Charisma
due to scarring. There is also a 50% risk
that the scarring is permanent. After the
duration of the spell, the summoned vermin
return to their original location.
Chapter 12: Spells