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Share Strength
Regular
Allows the caster to make his ST available to another mage’s spell
casting. The caster may only cast this spell on himself. He must specify
who is able to draw ST from him in the next second - nobody else may do
so. More than one mage may be specified, and a limit of 5 ST may be
drawn in a single turn. The caster may specify a lower limit! HT may not
be used to cast this spell.
If a specified mage does not draw ST before the caster’s next turn, the
Share ST spell expires, costing the caster one fatigue. The mage casting
the other spell does not have to be aware of the Share spell’s existence. As
he casts his spell, he will feel an outside energy attempting to aid him - he
may yield to that or deny it, paying the cost himself.
A spell can draw power from only one Share spell. If more than one
Share spell is cast, use the closest one; roll randomly if two are equally
close.
Duration: The ST must be used in a spell that turn. Cannot be
maintained.
Cost to Cast: Twice the amount actually used by the wizard who
draws the ST. The energy spent by the caster goes to power another
mage’s spell. ST beyond that needed by the spell is not transferred to the
other mage - use Lend ST to do that. The cost to cast this spell is never
reduced by high skill. A minimum of 1 ST is always spent when casting
this spell.
Prerequisite: Lend ST.
Minor Healing
Regular
Restores up to 3 HT to the subject. Does not eliminate disease, but will
cure harm already done by disease.
This spell is risky if used more than once per day by the same caster
on the same subject. If you try, your skill will be at -3 the first repetition,
-6 for the second, and so on.
If you have the Physician skill at level 15 or better, a “critical failure”
roll with this spell counts only as an ordinary failure - unless you are
trying the spell more than once per day on the same subject.
Duration: Instantaneous.
Cost: 1 to 3; the same amount is restored to the subject.
Prerequisite: Lend Health.
Item: Wand or staff, decorated in a snake pattern. Subject must be
touched by item. Usable only by mages. or by non-mages with Physician
skill 15+. Energy cost to create: 600.
Major Healing (VH)
Regular
Restores up to 8 HT to the subject. Does not eliminate disease, but will
cure harm already done by disease.
This spell is risky if used more than once per day by the same caster
on the same subject. If you try, your skill will be at -3 the first repetition.
-6 for the second, and so on.
If you have the Physician skill at level 15 or better, a “critical failure”
roll with this spell counts only as an ordinary failure - unless you are
trying the spell more than once per day on the same subject. However, a
caster can use both Major and Minor Healing on the same subject in the
same day, without penalty.
Duration: Instantaneous.
Cost: 1 to 4. Twice the amount spent is restored to the subject.
Prerequisite: Magery, Minor Healing.
Item: Wand or staff decorated in a snake pattern. Subject must be
touched by item. Usable only by mages, or by non-mages with Physician
skill 20+. Energy cost to create: 1,500.
Sterilize
Area
Kills all microorganisms in the subject area. Cast on a living being, it
will also kill some friendly microorganisms within its body; this will cure
all germ-caused diseases but does 3 dice damage to a man-sized creature!
(Damage will be proportional to size for others.)
Duration: Those germs stay dead, but the subject isn’t rendered
permanently clean or immune.
Cost: 2 for a fist-sized object or flat area up to 30 square inches; for
larger areas, base cost 3.
Time to cast: 2 seconds for an object; 5 minutes for a living being.
Prerequisite: Decay (p. 48) or Insect Control (p. 24).
Item: Wand or staff, decorated in a snake pattern. Subject must he
touched by item. Energy cost to create: 400.
Suspended Animation
Regular; Resisted by HT
Holds the subject in apparent sleep. indefinitely. The effects of severe
bleeding, disease, age, etc. are all halted while the spell is in effect. The
subject requires neither food nor air, but can still be harmed by fire,
weapons, and other natural hazards.
Duration: remains in effect until broken (the Awaken spell is one good
way).
Cost: 6.
Time to cast: 30 seconds.
Prerequisite: Sleep (p. 66) and at least 4 Healing spell.
Item: (a) Jewelry. arrow or clothing. Always on; puts wearer in
suspended animation instantly. Spell lifts immediately when item is
removed. Energy cost to create: 2,000. (b) Crypt. coffin, etc. Always on;
puts occupant in suspended animation. Energy cost to create: 2,000 per
human-sized space.
Cure Disease
Regular
Eliminates all disease, plague, or infection microorganisms of one
chosen type from the body of the subject. A successful Diagnosis roll (by
caster or another) should first be made; if not, spell use is at -5l Does not
cure any damage the illness has done to the subject - just eliminates the
organisms responsible. If no organism is responsible, the spell has no
effect!
Duration: The germs stay dead, but the subject isn’t immune forever...
Cost: 4 (for a normal human - no less for a smaller creature. but
proportionately more for a larger one).
Time to cast: 10 minutes. One try.
Prerequisite: Sterilize and Major Healing.
Item: Wand or staff, decorated in a snake pattern. Subject must be
touched by item. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 800 to cure
one specific disease, or 1,500 for an item that cures any disease.
Neutralize Poison
Regular
Eliminates all traces of one chosen poison from the body of the
subject. A successful Poisons roll (by the caster or another character)
should first be made in order to identify the poison being treated; if not,
spell use is at -5! This spell is of no use against elixirs other than those
which do direct damage. Does not cure existing damage -just removes the
remaining poison, avoiding any further damage.
Duration: Permanent.
Cost: 5 (for a one-hex creature, more in proportion to size).
Time to cast: 30 seconds (beware fast-acting poisons!). One try.
Prerequisite: Cure Disease, or Magery 3 and Test Food.
Item: Staff or wand decorated in a snake pattern. Usable only by a
mage or a physician of skill 20+. Must touch the subject. Cost to create:
400 for an item that cures one specific poison. 1,500 for an item that cures
any poison.
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