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Explosive Fireball Missile A fireball that affects both its target and things nearby. Range stats as for Fireball. Can he thrown at a wall, spot of floor, etc. to catch foes in the blast. Cost: Any amount from 2 to 6: the fireball does I die damage for each 2 energy points spent in casting it. It also damages things in nearby hexes; 1 die less damage in adjacent hexes (or on someone standing in the target hex but not hit by the fireball itself); 2 dice less in hexes 2 distant. (Yes, a 2-point explosive fireball is no more effective than a 1-point ordinary fireball. Build it up before you throw it.) Time to cast: 1 to 3 seconds. Prerequisite: Fireball. Item: Staff or wand - bolt is fired from end of item. Energy cost to create: 1,200; must include a ruby worth $500. Usable only by a mage. Flame Jet Regular Lets caster shoot a jet of flame from one fist. Each turn, the caster rolls versus DX-4 or Magic Jet to hit, and rolls for damage if he hits. This attack may be dodged or blocked, but not parried. Treat it as a hand weapon - a flaming sword without the sword - but it cannot parry! Good for magic shows, melee combat, burning through ropes, etc. A mage can cast the spell twice and have two Flame Jets; the second is an off-hand weapon, at -4 to skill. Duration: 1 second. Cost: 1-3 points. Does 1d damage for each point put into it. The jet’s range in hexes is equal to the number of dice. Cost to maintain is the same. Prerequisite: Create Fire, Shape Fire. Item: Jewelry. Energy cost to create: 800; must include $500 worth of gold and a $300 ruby. Usable only by a mage. Breathe Fire (VH) Regular Similar to Flame Jet, except that each energy point buys 1d+1 damage, instead of 1 die, and the flame issues from the caster’s mouth and cannot be maintained. Caster rolls to hit against DX-2 or Magic Breath skill (see p. 105). This counts as an action; the caster must be facing the target. No hand gestures are required to cast this spell; certain lip and tongue motions are made instead. Thus, a Breathe Fire can be cast “no hands” at any level of skill. If the GM feels this spell is being abused, he may require the caster to eat certain rare spell materials (dragon blood and hot peppers?) within an hour before casting. Duration: 1 second. Cost: 1 to 4. Cannot be maintained. Time to cast: 2 seconds. Prerequisites: Magery, Flame Jet. Resist Fire. Item: Jewelry. Energy cost to create: 1,000; must include $500 worth of gold and a $500 ruby. Usable only by a mage. Phantom Flame Area Creates an area of imaginary flame. Those nearby will feel heat (and pain, if they touch it); items inside will appear to burn. But the flame will not spread, and will do no real damage. Even the pain it creates will subside to a tingling after the first shock. Shape Fire and Extinguish Fire will both affect this phantom dame; water will not affect it. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 1 to create; 1 to maintain. Prerequisite: Either Shape Fire or Simple Illusion. Item: Wand, staff or jewelry. Energy cost to create: 200; must include a $100 ruby. Flaming Weapon Regular Causes any weapon to burst into flame, which does not harm the user but lets the weapon do +2 damage to foes or flammable objects (after penetrating armor and figuring other bonuses). Metal weapons will not be damaged; wooden ones tam to ashes as soon as the spell ends. The weapon also gives off light as a torch. Duration: 1 minute. Cost: 4 to cast; l per minute to maintain. Time to cast: 2 seconds. Prerequisite: Magery 2, Heat. Item: A weapon that flames whenever used. al no energy cost to the user. Energy cost to create: 750: a $400 ruby must be set in the weapon. Essential Flame Area As for Create Fire, except that the fire created is the magical essence of fire. .Any mage can tell the difference by looking. It cannot be extinguished by ordinary water or ordinary magic, but only by a similar quantity of Essential Water or by a Dispel Magic spell. Essential Flame does +1 damage to anyone it burns, or +2 to watery creatures. Duration: 1 minute. Base Cost: 3; 2 per minute to maintain. This flame will ignite all flammable materials, and the entire blaze remains Essential as long as the spell is maintained. If the spell is not maintained, any materials that were ignited will continue to burn with ordinary flame. Time to cast: 3 seconds. Prerequisite: At least 6 other Fire spells. Item: Wand, staff or jewelry. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 800; must include a $400 ruby. Flaming Missiles Regular Like the Flaming Weapon, but cast on a missile weapon. The weapon itself acquires a shimmering, fiery appearance. Any missile it fires bursts into flame, doing +2 damage as above; it burns to ashes after it hits a target. or after 10 seconds, whichever comes first. Duration: 1 minute. Cost: 4 to cast; 2 to maintain. Cost doubles if the missiles to be fired are stone or metal. Time to cast: 3 seconds. Prerequisite: Flaming Weapon. Item: A missile weapon that tires flaming missile, whenever used, at no energy cost to the user. Energy cost to create: 1,000; a $500 ruby must he set in the weapon. Summon Fire Elemental, Control Fire Elemental, Create Fire Elemental – see p. 33. SPELL LIST - 38 -
WATER SPELLS These are the spells for use and control of the element Water. Note that, although the human body is almost entirely water, these spells will not affect the water in a human body (or any other living creature) unless specifically noted. One hex of water, one foot deep, is about 60 gallons, and can put out one hex of fire. Seek Water Information This is the basic Water spell. It lets the caster determine the direction, distance, and general nature of the nearest significant source of water. Use long-distance modifiers - p. 10. Any known sources of water may be excluded if the caster specifically mentions them before beginning. Requires a forked stick; -3 to skill if this is not available. Cost: 2. Item: A forked stick (may also be carved of bone or ivory). Cost: 40 energy, $300 spell materials. Purify Water Special Lets the caster remove all impurities from water, by pouring it through any hoop or ring (or, in a pinch, his own lingers) into a container. Only one skill roll is required as long as the flow of water continues. Duration: Purified water stays pure unless re-contaminated. Cost: 1 per gallon purified. Time to cast: Usually 5 to 10 seconds per gallon, unless a large container and ring are being used. Prerequisite: Seek Water. Item: A hoop of bone or ivory. Energy cost to create: 50. Create Water Regular Lets the caster actually create pure water out of nothing. This water may appear in any of several forms. It may appear within a container, or as a globe in midair (it falls immediately). Or it may appear as a dense mist of droplets; in this form, one gallon of water will extinguish one hex of fire. Water cannot be created (for instance) inside a foe to drown him! Duration: The created water is permanent. Cost: 2 per gallon created. Prerequisite: Purify Water. Item: Staff, wand or jewelry. Energy cost to create: 200. Destroy Water Area Causes water (in any form) to vanish, leaving a vacuum and/or specks of dry impurities. Good for drying things out, saving a drowning victim, etc. (If more water is all around, it will of course rush in to fill the hole.) Cannot be used as a “dehydrating” attack on a foe (but see the next spell). Duration: Permanent. Base Cost: 3. In deep water, a hex is only 2 yards deep. Prerequisite: Create Water. Item: Wand, staff or jewelry. Energy cost to create: 300. Breathe Air Regular Lets the subject breathe air as though it were water; also prevents water creatures from dehydrating in air. Primarily useful for keeping fish, mermen, etc., alive out of water. Subject can also still breath water normally. Duration: 1 minute. Cost: 4; 2 to maintain. Prerequisite: Create Water, Destroy Air. Item: Staff, wand, jewelry or clothing. Works only for wearer. Energy cost to create: 150. Breathe Water As listed under Air Spells, p. 34. Shape Water Regular Regular Lets the caster sculpt water (or ice or steam) into any form, and even move it about. Once given a shape, the water will hold it without further concentration, until the spell ends. Water moved with this spell will travel at 3 hexes per turn. A useful shape is a Wall of Water to stop fiery attacks. 20 gallons will create a six-foot-high wall across 1 hex. This will stop fireballs and ordinary fire; it will do 2 dice of damage to any fire elemental that penetrates it. 20 gallons of water is about 2.5 cubic feet, or 160 lbs. Duration: 1 minute. Cost: 1 per 20 gallons of water shaped; 1 (for the whole shaping) to maintain. Time to cast: 2 seconds. Prerequisite: Create Water. Item: Staff, wand or jewelry. Energy cost to create: 400. Swim As described under Movement, p. 69. Essential Water Regular Regular In general like Create Water, except that the water created is the magical essence of water. It will extinguish any type of tire whatsoever, in the same proportion that ordinary water will extinguish ordinary fire. It is also three times as thirst-quenching as ordinary water - in other words, drinking a glass of Essential Water is as good for the body as three glasses of ordinary water. Duration: Permanent until used; if it is used to put out is lire. for instance, the steam created is ordinary water. Cost: 3 per gallon created. Prerequisite: At least 6 other Water spells. Item: Staff, wand or jewelry. Usable only by a mage. Energy cost to create: 800. Dehydrate Regular; Resisted by HT Removes the water from a subject’s tissues, causing damage or death. Affects the whole victim if cast from a distance; if cast by Mage’s Touch, damage is limited to the part touched. Armor does not protect! Duration: Damage done is permanent until healed. Cost: 1 per 1d-1 damage done, up to 3. Time to cast: 2 seconds. Prerequisite: At least 5 Water spells, including Destroy Water. Item: Wand or staff. Usable only by a mage; must touch victim. Cost: 700 energy, 51,000 spell materials. - 39 - SPELL LIST
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Page 31 and 32: ELEMENTAL SPELLS There are four dif
Page 33 and 34: Earthquake Area Shakes the affected
Page 35 and 36: Predict Weather Information Lets th
Page 37: Shape Fire Area Lets caster control
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Page 45 and 46: Dancing Weapon Enchantment A weapon
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Page 63 and 64: Curse Regular Exactly the opposite
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Page 71 and 72: Flight (VH) Regular Lets the subjec
Page 73 and 74: Zombie Regular The subject of this
Page 75 and 76: Banish Special; Resisted by ST + IQ
Page 77 and 78: Watchdog Area Cast around an area (
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Control or Transform, below. For ex
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Most runes are common knowledge, le
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The time required depends on the de
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To define a religion in game terms,
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cost of the inherent ability is 20.
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Professional lab: 10’x10’ room,
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Narcissus (Elixir of Self-Love): Su
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THERE are many kinds of magic-using
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Sun-Aspected Magery 8 points for fi
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Job (Prerequisite), Monthly Income
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Non-Mage Spellcasters Any character
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Demons DEMONS are malign magical cr
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Familiars Familiars are small anima
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Stone Golem A stone golem has ST 20
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