GURPS - Magic.pdf

Walk on Water
Regular
Lets the subject walk on water as though it were land. If the water is
moving, the GM may assess a DX penalty for anything attempted while on
the water. If the water is choppy or wildly moving, a DX roll (perhaps
with a substantial penalty) is required each turn, or the subject will fall.
Only a critical failure will break the spell.
Duration: 1 minute.
Cost: 3 to cast; 2 to maintain.
Time to cast: 4 seconds.
Prerequisite: Shape Water.
Item: Staff, wand, jewelry or clothing. Works only for wearer. Energy
cost to create: 500.
Fog
Area
Creates an area of dense fog. Even one hex of fog will block vision.
Flaming weapons and missiles lose their extra power in fog. Entering each
hex of fog does 1 point of damage to Fire Elementals, and subtracts 1
point from the damage a Fireball will do when it hits. However, no
amount of fog will extinguish a fire.
Duration: 1 minute.
Base Cost: 2; half this to maintain.
Prerequisite: Shape Water.
Item: Staff, wand or jewelry. Energy cost to create: 300.
Water Vision
Information
This spell lets the subject see through water - to see sunken treasure,
lurking monsters, etc.
Duration: 30 seconds.
Cost: 1 per 20 yards of depth to cast (up to 200 yards); the same to
maintain.
Prerequisite: Shape Water.
Item: Any. Cost to create: 200 energy.
Umbrella
Regular
Lets subject walk about under rain, snow, etc., without getting wet. An
invisible “shield” is seen to deflect incoming raindrops. Would not work
on intense (or magical) hail, rains of stones or frogs, etc.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Cost: 1 to cast, 1 to maintain.
Time to cast: 2 seconds.
Prerequisite: Shape Water or Shield.
Item: Jewelry. Always on. Works for wearer only. Cost to create: 100
energy.
Body of Water
Regular; Resisted by HT
The subject’s body (and clothes) become liquid, able to seep through
cracks, etc. The subject remains visible and able to speak (though with a
gurgle). He can carry nothing while in this form.
A person in liquid form has all his normal senses. He is at -3 when
using spells, and may not make physical attacks except on other liquid
creatures. He is immune to normal physical harm (except for crushing
blows, which do one point of damage each), but can be affected by mental
spells.
Fire and water magic both affect him. Destroy Water does 2d damage,
Freeze will immobilize him (if not resisted by HT), and combat type Fire
spells do double damage.
He can merge with a lake, ocean, river, etc., to become a half-visible
form, still moving at his full speed, and regaining 1 HT per minute while
there (though strong currents may prove troublesome). He does not need
to breathe. If the liquid subject should attempt gravity-defying feats (like
flowing uphill), the GM should demand ST rolls at appropriate penalties.
Should the subject’s body be divided at the time the spell expires, he will
reappear at the location of the largest part of his body, and take damage: 1
hit for every 5 lbs. of his body that is missing. Ignore water blown away
by Fire spells, if the damage for those spells has been accounted for
already.
Duration: 1 minute.
Cost: 5 for a 1-hex creature, more in proportion to size: 2 per hex to
maintain.
Time to cast: 5 seconds.
Prerequisite: Shape Water.
Item: Staff, wand or jewelry. Usable only by wearer. A severe
drawback is that, as soon as it is activated, the item falls through the user’s
hand - thus a spell cast with this item lasts only a minute. Cost to create:
1,200 energy.
Water Jet
Regular
Lets spellcaster shoot a thin jet of water from one finger. It does
knockback to all targets, and damage to creatures of flame; it can kill or
knock down flying swarm creatures. It will extinguish 1 hex of normal
fire. Each turn, the caster rolls vs. DX-4 or Magic Jet to hit (this counts as
an attack); it may be dodged or blocked, but not parried. Anyone hit in the
face by a Water Jet is at -3 DX next turn for each point of ST put into the
jet.
Duration: 1 second.
Cost: 1 to 3. Does 1d damage for each point put into it. Range is equal
to the number of dice.
Prerequisite: Shape Water.
Item: Staff, wand or jewelry. Usable only by mages. If the item is a
wand or staff, it must have a blue tip (or a blue-jeweled tip) and the jet
comes from the tip. Energy cost to create: 600.
Icy Weapon
Regular
Causes any weapon to become freezing cold; this does not harm the
user or the weapon, but does +2 damage to most foes if it penetrates
armor, and +3 to creatures of flame. Add this bonus after all other damage
is calculated - for instance, an “impaling” icy attack is still only good for
+2 damage, not +4.
Duration: 1 minute.
Cost: 3 to cast; 1 to maintain.
Time to cast: 3 seconds.
Prerequisite: Create Water.
Item: A weapon that becomes freezing cold whenever wielded, at no
energy cost to the user. Cost to create: 750 energy, $2,000 spell materials.
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