GURPS - Magic.pdf

ARMOR ENCHANTMENTS
These spells work only on clothing, armor, and shields. They are
“always on,” and are excellent protection. The drawback is that when the
item is badly enough damaged, the spell also vanishes. Keep track of the
number of times the item is penetrated by enemy blows. When it has been
penetrated (DRx5) times, using natural DR, it is damaged enough that the
enchantment leaves. If a piece of clothing has no natural DR - e.g., a
cotton shirt enchanted into armor - it loses its power after the 5th
penetration.
Ordinary repairs may fix the item but will not count against the
number of penetrations for purposes of deciding when the enchantment
wears off. However, the Repair spell will accomplish this.
If the advanced armor rules are used, armor may be enchanted and
bought by the piece. Costs for pieces: 40% of full for the torso (30% for
front only!); 10% per pair for arms, legs, hands and feet; and 20% for the
head.
Fortify
Enchantment
Adds to the damage resistance of the item upon which it is cast. DR
may be increased by up to 5 with this spell. If you are building armor part
by part, each item’s enchantment protects only itself, and several Fortified
items may be worn. If you are using “generic” armor, use Fortify on the
torso armor; it adds to DR wherever the wearer is hit.
Energy cost to cast: 50 for DR +1, 200 for DR +2, 800 for DR +3,
3,000 for DR +4, 8,000 for DR +5. The spell can be recast to strengthen it,
as per Accuracy (p. 44).
Prerequisite: Enchant.
Item: Clothing or armor (but not a shield).
Deflect
Enchantment
Adds to the passive defense of the item upon which it is cast. PD may
be increased by up to 5 with this spell. If you are building armor part by
part, each item’s enchantment protects only itself, and several items with
Deflect may be worn. If you are using “generic” armor, use Deflect on the
torso armor; it adds to PD wherever the wearer is hit.
Energy cost to cast: 100 for PD +1, 500 for PD +2, 2,000 for PD +3,
8,000 for PD +4, 20,000 for PD +5. This spell can be recast to strengthen
it, as per Accuracy (p. 44).
Prerequisite: Enchant.
Item: Clothing, armor, or shield.
Lighten
Enchantment
Makes armor or shield lighter and easier to carry. The subject becomes
lighter only when it is actually being worn. Armor in a backpack would
still have its full weight.
Energy cost to cast: 100 to cut the item’s weight by 25%; 500 to cut its
weight in half.
Prerequisite: Enchant.
LIMITING ENCHANTMENTS
All these enchantments limit the way that enchanted items work. The
GM should make sure that he gets the details in writing, to avoid
arguments about when or how an item can work. Since these spells merely
limit the way other spells work, they never add an energy cost for the user.
These spells are hard to remove. Name, Password, and Bane cannot be
removed unless the spells they limit are also removed. Limit and Link
resist removal at +5, and any failure may be treated as “critical.” This can
remove all spells on the item, strengthen the limit, or have any other result
the GM feels is inconvenient for the clumsy mage.
If an item has multiple spells on it, including one or more limiting
spells, the mage casting each spell determines whether it governs (or is
governed by) previous spells. For instance, a named sword might have +3
against ores for any user, but act as a Dancing Sword only for one who
knew its name.
Name
Enchantment
Gives a magical name to an enchanted object. The magic of the subject
will function only for one who knows its name. The user must speak the
item’s name the first time he tries to use it, to show he knows the name.
Energy cost to cast: 400, or 200 if the name is written on the item. It
must be readable (GM’s decision). It may be small, hidden or even
disguised, but a person examining the item must be able to see it.
Prerequisite: Enchant.
Password
Enchantment
The reverse of the Name enchantment. A magical item with a
Password will function unless the Password is spoken. If the Password is
spoken, the item will be inert until the next time its powers would
normally be invoked - or for one minute (choice of person making the
item). An item may have some spells that are passworded and others that
are not. The details, of course, depend on the spell. Examples might be (a)
a magic ring that gave the power of flight - but put the wearer in
Suspended Animation unless the password was used; (b) a Pentagram that
can be “turned off” with a word; (c) an Air-Golem swinging a sword, that
stops for one minute if the password is said.
Energy cost to cast: 400. Halve this cost if the password is written on
the item (must be readable).
Prerequisite: Enchant.
Limit
Enchantment
The enchanted item will work only for the user, or class of users,
specified by the caster when the Limit is cast. This class of users may be
as simple or complex as the caster wishes. A Limit spell may affect all the
spells on the item, or just some of them.
Energy cost to cast: 200.
Prerequisite: Enchant.
Link
Same as the “Item” description under Meta-Spells, p. 64.
Enchantment
SPELL LIST
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