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Spellcasting
Creating a Caster
Casting a Spell
Spell Components
Spell Tags
Grand Rituals
Spells Tomes

Spellcasting

*Spells are sentient creatures formed from fragments of magic in the world. Spellcasters use their connection to a familiar like a net catching these spells and using them to create instant magical effects. *

Example Spellcasting Ability:

MD: 2+INT+Level, Max MD: [½level]
Return: 1-2, Imprinted Spells: 2+INT
Spells Known: You begin knowing 1 tome of magic of your choice.
Gained Spells: Gain either +1 tome or +1 slot per template. These are included in the level table.

Glossary

• MD/Magic Dice: Used when casting a spell, you have a pool of these you expend when you perform magic.
• Max MD: The maximum MD you may invest into a single spell
• Return: Dice that roll these numbers return to your MD pool
• Imprinted Spells/Slots: The number of different spells you can cast in one day before you are only able to cast other spells you have cast that day already.
• Spells Known: Spells you begin knowing, you cannot lose known spells.
• Spells Gained: When you increase in level how you can learn additional spells.

When Creating a Spellcaster

• You will begin with some Known Spells when you gain the feature. These are the only spells you can cast. Learning a tome means you know all spells in that tome.
• You may Gain Spells by the methods listed in the spellcasting ability, adding them to your Known Spells.
• You will have a pool of Magic Dice, or MD, from your spellcasting feature, these are used to cast spells.

To cast a spell

• Invest a number of MD no larger than the Max MD listed in your spellcasting feature.
• The spell' effect will be altered by the number of [dice] you invest and the [sum] of the rolled numbers. • Any dice rolled within the Return value, 1-2 in most cases, return to the pool of MD. • You can only cast spell that are Imprinted and can only Imprint a number of spells as described in your spellcasting ability. When you cast a spell you may imprint it as a part of the casting. When you Recover you release all Imprinted Spells and regain all MD.

Spell Components

Casting a spell requires special components to be done correctly:

• A Foci. Such as a staff, wand or components, to safely channel the energy. If you are missing this take [dice] unavoidable damage in magical backlash.
• An Incantation. Spoken aloud and clearly, to summon the spell. If you are unable you must save MENT to cast with ½[Dice].
• Gestures. that are sweeping and elaborate, to guide the spells target. If you are unable this you must roll a ranged attack to hit your opponent.

While wearing Medium or Heavy Armor you cannot use a Focus or make the precise Gestures unless you have been specially trained.

Spell Tags

Cantrips: Are basic spells that can be cast at will.
Quick Spells: Take an action to cast.
Slow Spells: Take a slow action to cast. Slow spells also provoke attacks of opportunity.
Ritual (x): Takes X rounds to be cast, A fast action needing to be spent each round to continue the ritual.
Concentration: Last as long as the caster does not take damage, lose their focus or cast another concentration spell.

Losing Focus
Concentration spells are mentally taxing to maintain over longer time periods. As a general rule a caster will have to save MENT every 10 minutes to maintain a concentration spell.

Grand Rituals

Sometimes you want to do something big with your magic, or something just outside the spell description. This is Grand Magic, where you alter your spell into a more expansive ritual.

To cast a spell as a Grand Ritual:

1. 1. Choose the spell¹ that will be used by the ritual, this must be a spell you know, which will be unable to cast until you spend a downtime action to recover it, or have a spell scroll for, which will be consumed.
2. Tell the GM what you are trying to accomplish, they will tell you if it will cost; downtime to design (long term project), coin for materials (1 for each scale²) and/or stamina in energy (2 for each MD eqivilient).
3. Spend 1d4 minutes/hours (as determined by the GM) preparing and casting the ritual.
4. Make a skill check using an appropriate magical skill and the ability score the GM deems appropriate.
5. The degree of success determines how much the magic follows the intention of the caster, the spell will always accomplish the goal in some respects. No matter the outcome, you are unable to cast the spell used until the a downtime action is used to recover it.

Spell Tomes

• 05 Aug, 2024 Binding

  This soft tome has pages guilt with silver and a warm amber cover, trinkets of silver are hidden within the tome in various places.

  Cantrip: Sealed Moment
  

  You may create a magical seal on a container, such as a letter or package, objects in this container will not age or pass time until the seal is broken, at which point the spell ends. You always know when a seal has been broken. You may maintain [Level] seals at any given time.

  1. Amber Moment

  Slow
  You create a bubble of amber [dice] x 10 ft. wide from a point you touch, everything within the bubble is entrapped, frozen in time until the amber is broken. You may grow the amber so that you are not entrapped within it. Only a singular strike of [sum] damage may crack the amber, at 4 MD this damage must be magical.

  2. Sound of Silence

  Fast, Concentration
  You ring a silver bell and all sound within [dice] x 10ft. of it stops, spellcasters cannot use verbal components while affected by this. When cast with multiple MD can instead be cast multiple times simultaneously, with each overlapping instance cancelling each other out.

  3. Bind the Threshold

  Ritual (3)
  By constructing a circle of silver in facsimile of an entryway (1 MD), Room (2 MD) or building (3 MD) you cause all of the entryways to slam shut and becomes magically sealed. These entryways must be physically destroyed to be entered. The silver model shatters where each entryway is destroyed and destroying the models entryways similarly causes the real versions to be destroyed.

  4. Fade into the Ether

  Slow, Concentration
  You anchor a ribbon to a sturdy physical object, whoever touches the ribbon descends into the ethereal realm where spirits reside. While in the ethereal realm you cannot interact with the physical world and vice versa, however you may interact with ethereal beings such as ghosts. Beings may not roam more than [dice] x 10ft. from the anchor and can only renter the physical realm at the anchors location.

  5. Solemn Slumber

  Ritual(3), Concentration
  By playing a lullaby on your silent silver whistle, a character you see is slowed for 3 rounds before they fall into a magical slumber. Only by stopping your song can they be awakened. If you have a drop of the characters blood you can instead make the sleep permanent, although there will always be some way to dispel this sleep. While a character is asleep in this way they do not age and any ailments, including wounds, do not worsen or get better.

  6. Still the Ley

  Slow
  By lighting a silver candle you cause the flow of magic to become lethargic. As long as the candle is lit magic cast within [dice] x 60 ft takes 1 action longer and permanent magical effects behave differently, acting tired and lazy. While you hold the candle you can feel the movement of every living creature within range, like footsteps at midnight.

  7. Geas

  Fast
  By getting a creature to utter the same oath written upon a silver ribbon you bind them to their word. When you cast this spell you chose another spell or similar effect as a Boon and Bane. While the creature follows the Geas they may gain the benefit of the Boon once per day (cast at 2x[dice] MD), however if they break it they will have the Bane effect them (similarly cast at 2x[dice] MD). These effects must be proportional. The Geas can be nullified by burning the ribbon, however when this occurs the caster loses [dice] MD until they cause another creature to befall a tragic fate by the use of a Geas.

  Secret: Bound Artefacts
  

  You learn the secret to creating powerful magical items by binding magical creatures, you may devise a grand ritual to bind a creature you have under the effects of your magic, such as Solemn Slumber or Geas, these creatures become unique magical items which are developed in collaboration with the GM.

• 29 Jul, 2024 Blade Magic

  https://attnam.blogspot.com/2018/07/class-sword-mage.html

  https://attnam.blogspot.com/2018/08/class-iron-wizard-of-tolti-aph.html

  All Blade magic spells must be cast with a bladed weapon in place of the foci.

  This tome is a relatively crude, albeit rugged, construction. Pages have been torn out and mistakes are often crossed out. Parts of the book are torn, but the solid steel cover keeps it safe from most harm.

  Cantrip: Magic Weapon

  You may spend 10 minutes infusing ambient magic into your blade as you sheath it. The next time the weapon is drawn you gain +[½level] to hit and damage with it for it's next attack.

  1. All Things Adjacent

  Instant
  For a single action you are considered within melee range of all creatures within [dice]×30 ft

  2. Pivot and Step

  Fast
  You instantly move [dice] × your movement speed as if you ran the distance in an instant. At 2 [dice] you may move as if climbed, at 3 you may move as if you flew, at 4 you do not cross the distance, instead just being in a location you could see.

  3. Sheath Between Reality

  Slow
  You stash [dice] bladed weapons Elsewhere, where they remain in stasis until you will (one of) them to appear in your hand.

  4. Strike at the Unheard

  Instant
  You may cut immaterial spirits (ghosts, demons, etc). Gaining +[dice]d to hit and Dealing [sum] additional damage to such creatures.
  At 2 [dice], you can attack a possessing spirit without harming the host. At 4 [dice] and at GM's discretion, you may cut souls or abstract concepts. You might for example cut away a memory to make someone forget, cut a prepared spell right from the caster's brain, cut away people's shadows, or cut down their emotions.

  5. Cut the Rain from the Sky

  Instant (Reaction)
  You cut through an attack, slashing arrows, deflecting blades or even splitting dragon fire without being harmed, of a total damage of [sum]×[dice], or stay dry in a rainstorm by deflecting the raindrops with your sword.

  6. Perfectly Aligned Blade

  Instant
  For a single attack you can cut materials harder than your sword. You may ignore and destroy Armor of a material you can cut.
  At 1 [die], you can cut steel as easily as flesh. At 2 [dice], you may cut through magical materials or enchanted items with ease. Adamantine splits like wood. At 3 [dice], you may attempt to sunder force effects (magical barriers such as wall of force). At 4 [dice], you may attempt to destroy artefacts.

  7. Forge the Blade

  Slow
  You may grab a hold of something that should be unsuited to be used as a weapon and shape it into a blade, adding an additional Unique tag to it fitting to it's construction. These weapons cannot break while sheathed or being wielded by you. At 1 [die] you may forge weak metals or brittle materials like stone, at 2 [dice] you may forge soft materials like cloth or bread, at 3 [dice] liquids like water or mead can be formed into blades, at 4 you can forge concepts like lies or betrayal.

  Secret of Magic: Sharpened Mind

  You may sharpen your mind as you would any blade, you may treat your mind a bladed weapon. You may attack without moving or cast any Blade Magic spell without the components by Pushing Yourself.

• 17 Jul, 2024 Diabolism

  An inconspicuous tome appearing to be a diary at first glance, the spidery writing within details the rituals needed to breech the planar barrier. The list of names once written in the tomes back end is stained in blood, only a few names legible in the mess.

  Much like Evocation this Tome of magic functions differently to others, it has only 3 spells, each additional spell beyond those (4 if you take the entire Tome) is a Name you know of a daemon you can summon.

  Cantrip: Line of Salt
  When you lay down an unbroken line of salt you can bless it to slow any Daemon of less than [level] HD from crossing it. It will take them 1 additional round, or 1 hour if reinforcing a houses threshold.

  1. Bind Daemon

  Ritual([dice])
  You attempt to bind a daemon of [dice] HD or less to your Will. The daemon, or it's summoner may save, adding the difference in their HD and [dice] to their save. Daemons you know the name of automatically fail their save, but their summoner can still save for them, with a [dice] penalty. If they fail the creature is bound to your Will, for [dice] hours, or rounds on a successful save, and must follow your commands. The GM will let you know their Will cost now, and you will suffer any consequences.

  2. Banish

  Ritual(1) You reach into the planes and attempt to pull a daemon of no more than [sum] HD within Mid range back to it's home plane. It, or it's summoner, must save or have the creature Banished to it's home plane. On a successful save the daemon is instead slowed for [dice] rounds as the fabric of the world pulls at it.

  3. Summon Outsider

  Ritual(2) You summon a creature according to the rules below, this creature may have [dice] traits beyond its tier. It lasts for [sum] hours before your binding will expire. At which point you may chose to Banish it without risk or retain it's services for an additional [sum] hours but it's Will cost doubles.

  Summoning

  You have a pool of Will equal to 2 + INT + CHA. If you summon more creatures than your Will can support you must Save MENT or have them escape your binding being free to do whatever they wish.

  A summoned creature costs 1 Will for every 4 HD, a creature will have 1 trait for each Will it costs to summon. You may call upon a creature with a Will to have more traits. You may call upon a summon with a maximum of [level] HD.

  When you Banish a summoned creature you regain the Will invested in it, however if a summon is destroyed, or banished against your will, you do not regain the Will until you Recover.

  When you summon an unnamed creature you may choose 1 trait, this is guaranteed, then roll a d12 for each additional trait. You may reroll the resulting creature at a cost of 1 less trait.

  Named summons are creatures whom you know of their name. These summons always have the same traits when summoned, as a skilled Diabolist you begin knowing 4 names (or 1 for each spell additional you would learn from this school).

  Daemons¹

  Traits

  d12	Ability
  1	Evil Eye: Summon can, as an action, give a nearby enemy a -HD/2 penalty to checks and attack rolls. Only one curse can be active at a time.
  2	Fidgeting Hands: Summon can, as an action grant an ally favor, granting a +1d bonus to a non-combat skill check
  3	Skittering Legs: Summon can swim supernaturally fast, Climb walls like a spider, jump incredible heights or some other supernatural method of mobility, not including flight.
  4	Blood for Blood: Summon can, as an action, heal a close ally by 1d8, losing the same amount of health.
  5	Feral Pact: Summon can command animals of the same general type as the monster. Animals will follow these command provided it's not contrary to their nature.
  6	Glistening Muscle: Summon has incredible strength, being able to lift wagons effortlessly. However this strength is too slow to use in combat.
  7	Shadowy Physique: Summon can move through any barrier that isn't watertight without impeding its movement and is invisible. However it has limited effect on the world and cannot make attacks.
  8	Deceptive Innocence: Summon appears to be a normal mortal to casual inspection. Careful inspection will reveal it's uncanny nature.
  9	Born of the Hells: Choose a type of damage appropriate to it's nature, the spirit becomes immune to that damage. This cannot apply to normal weapons or attacks.
  10	Stolen Talents: Choose simple skill, like smithing, history or hunting. The Summon gains it as a skill equal to it's teir.
  11	Thirst for Blood: Summon gains a bonus to hit equal to your Int bonus, however it will resist commands to spare downed opponents or stop attacking.
  12	Hunter of Mortals: Summon can see in complete darkness and identify scents.

  Greater Traits

  The following Abilities can be granted to a summon of 4 HD or above by expending an additional 2 Will, a summoned creature may only have 1 greater trait.

  Airy Steps. The Summon can fly at it's normal rate, at 4 HD summons can carry a character, if slowly. At 6 HD it may carry characters effortlessly or multiple slowly.

  Aura of Destruction. Characters in engagement range with the summon will take HD+2 damage at the start of it's turn.

  Hideous Talons. The summon has natural weapons that grant it additional power, you may select 2 weapon tags to add to it's attacks.

  Iron Eidolon. With scales, armor or some other defense the summon gains 4 armor against non-magical attacks.

  Myrmidons Sheild. The Summon may, as a reaction, take a hit an ally in melee range would have taken.

  Example Summons:

  Hit Dice: HD (HP)
  Armor: 0, PHYS: 10-½HD , MENT: 10-½HD
  Skill: +½HD

  Attack	Range	To-Hit	Damage
  Rusted Blade	Melee	HD	Weapon

  Mut, Lesser Imp (1 Will)
  This small imp was tricked into giving it's name away long ago, now many summoners make use of it for housework and menial duties.
  Hit Dice: 1 (4)
  Armor: 0, PHYS: 10+ , MENT: 10+
  Skill: +2 (Housekeeping)

  Attack	Range	To-Hit	Damage
  Claws	Melee	1d	1d4

  Traits: Stolen Talents (Housekeeping)

  Dhark, Brute of the bloodwar (1 Will, Level 2)
  A brutal and cruel being it cares not that it's servitude is demanded, only that it gets to spill blood.
  Hit Dice: 2 (8)
  Armor: 0, PHYS: 9+ , MENT: 9+
  Skill: +1

  Attack	Range	To-Hit	Damage
  Rusted Blade	Melee	2d+INT	1d6+2

  Traits: Thirst for Blood

  Cerbus, Hellhound (2 Will, Level 4)
  A relative of the famous Cerberus, Cerbus is but a simple hellhound.
  Hit Dice: 4 (16)
  Armor: 0, PHYS: 9+ , MENT: 9+
  Skill: +2

  Attack	Range	To-Hit	Damage
  Glistening Teeth	Melee	4d	1d6+2

  Traits: Feral Pact (Dogs), Hunter of Mortals

  Al'tahar, Shield of the Stygian Lord (4 Will, Level 6)
  This stalwart defender is made of icy crystals so clear it is invisible, it's many limbs each hold a shield of ice. It can do nothing but defend it's owner from harm but can never strike out itself.
  Hit Dice: 6 (24)
  Armor: 0, PHYS: 7+ , MENT: 7+
  Skill: +3

  Traits: Myrmidons Shield, Blood for Blood, Shadowy Physique

  1. These rules are heavily inspired by the rules used in Cities Without Numbers by Sine Nominee Publishing↩

• 17 Jul, 2024 Curse

  Curse Magic

  Written with blood on bark and flesh, bound in hair, this tome whispers when left alone. Within the names and desires of 7 Maledictions are described, they can be called upon to curse your foes.

  Cantrip: Paranoia A character you can see will become suspicious and convinced they are being watched for the rest of the day. This effect becomes more powerful the longer it effects them, by the end of a week of constant casting they will be unable to sleep.

  1. Confession

  Ritual (2)
  You complete a ritual while touching a character, they must answer [dice] questions you ask truthfully, or they take [sum] damage as they are mentally flayed. Trained characters can save MENT to avoid flinching.

  2. Crown of Madness

  Slow spell
  A creature you can see that can hear your words will be struck by madness for [dice] rounds, attacking the nearest creature. They can save MENT each turn to do nothing instead.

  3. Feast of Ashes

  Fast
  You curse a nearby creature, they experience unassuageable hunger for [dice] Days. They will not die, but feel as though they are starving; worse, eating food causes them horrible nausea.

  4. Fester

  Slow
  Reduce a close creatures max HP by [sum] for [dice] minutes. If you cast this spell on a sample of the targets blood the spell lasts for a day, and you may cast the spell on the vial each day to maintain the effect. Each day you extend the spell in this manner, the targets max HP is reduced by a further [sum] as they become more sickly and feverish. Once they are reduced to zero HP they die when you wish it.

  5. Lipstitch

  Slow
  A character in Mid Range has it's lips sewn together. Their HD can’t be greater than the [dice] invested. The victim can cut their lips open again, but they take [sum] damage in the process. The victim can unpick their lips over minutes to take no damage from this.

  6. Numb

  Quick
  A creature in medium range is numbed to pain for [sum] rounds. While numbed a character may consider all wounds to be Treated, and will not be incapacitated on taking a Mortal Wound. However numbed characters are unaware of their pain and so take double damage from all attacks.
  Grants a [dice] bonus to surgery or similar procedures while numbed.

  7. Bind Thrall

  Ritual (2) You can bind a creature in medium range to be your thrall for [dice] days or save MENT, modified by the difference between HD and [dice], to be bound for [sum] hours instead. You must know their name and have a lock of their hair or drop of blood. The spell can only effect creatures of less than [dice]×3 HD.
  A bound thrall must follow your commands and obey any actions given while bound. If the action would be harmful to it it may save to disobey. This doesn't change the creature's opinions or perspective of you, it just forces obedience onto it.

• 17 Jul, 2024 Trickster Magic

  Passed down from mage to mage this tome is a puzzle of it's own, ciphers, fake spells and countless annotations from past users. For those willing to take the time to decipher it however the secrets within can be teased out and used for some fun.

  Cantrip: Sleight of Voice
  When someone speaks into your cupped hands you can catch words and place them elsewhere. The words will be audibly spoken when you wish it from wherever you place them. These words can be used for the Verbal Component of spellcasting.

  1. Forbidden Text

  Instant
  When you cast this spell you also cast another spell you know or have a scroll for with [dice] MD. You do not expend these additional dice. For the next [sum] hours or [dice] days, when somebody reads the text the spell will be activated, being cast centred on or targeting the reader. Surprised targets do not get a save against spells cast in this manner.

  2. Rope Trick

  Slow
  You grab a rope and fling it into the air, at which point it catches on nothing. If you climb this rope you can enter into a hidden space, you can see outside of this space as if through frosted glass. The rope needs to remain touching the ground or another solid surface for the spell to remain active. The space can fit [dice] characters comfortably and lasts [sum] hours before it begins to droop and fall apart.

  3. Baleful Exchange

  Fast
  You may select yourself or an object you are touching that is no larger than a person and [dice] additional characters or objects within [sum]×25 ft to instantly swap places. You decide where each character ends up but they must all change location. Each object or character must be connected to you by a solid object such as the ground to be exchanged.

  4. Inversion

  Instant
  You can cast this as a free action, whenever someone else casts a spell.  You invert the effects of their spell.  Fire becomes ice, healing becomes hurting, raising the dead means casting down the living, etc.

  5. Snatch Memory

  Slow
  You may select a character who can see you and with a clever flick of the hand steal a Memory from their mind. If you take the memory of a skill or ability, such as attacks, they will have a [dice] penalty when attempting to do something related to it until they take [sum] hours to retrain the missing knowledge. If you take the memory of a power or spell they must Save MENT to use it until they rest overnight. Other memories are less hardy and are lost until they are returned to them.
  Memories appear in the form of small trinkets with a dream-like appearance, you can observe these memories by clutching them as you sleep. Spells can be cast once as if from a spell scroll however you must still invest MD.

  6. Reduction

  Slow, Concentration
  You may select [dice] creatures or [sum] slots of gear within close range to reduce in size and weight by a factor of 5. When concentration is ended the object will return to full size instantly, you may end concentration on individual objects or characters as free action.
  Shrunk Characters take up 1 slot if carried, deal one fifth damage and take a -3 penalty or bonus to any relevant checks.
  If cast as a Ritual(10) the spell does not require concentration and instead lasts [sum] hours.

  7. Shapechange

  Slow
  A creature within Close Range is turned into an animal of your choice with no greater HD than their level for [sum] hours. An unwilling creature can save PHYS to change this to [sum] rounds instead.
  The creature gains no benefit from any of their special abilities unless they can be sensibly used by their new form, but does gain the abilities of their new form. All damage and injuries are reflected between the original form and polymorphed form.
  The spell ends when you wish it to, the duration ends or the polymorphed creature is reduced to 0 hp, although the character will suffer 1 wound from this.
  If you invest at least four dice, this spell lasts indefinitely.

  School Secret: The Manse of the Knotted Lord

  You discover the elaborate buckle on the book is actually a puzzle. This puzzle will take at least a session to solve, or as long as the GM needs to prepare. Once solve the puzzle becomes a key, when this key is inserted into any door the door will instead open into the Manse.

  The Manse is an expansive pocket dimension made of stolen buildings and objects. Your key will always open into the same initial building and your entryway will open to the last door your key was used on.

  The buildings of the Manse are still inhabited by the creatures that were living in them when they were stolen. Each building is separated by a door with a unique puzzle that must be solved to pass. This prevents these creatures from traveling, however it does not stop the phase spider infestation.

• 17 Jul, 2024 Evocation

  Evocation

  Written on paper-thin slices of dragonscale this book can withstand the harshest of conditions. However it has still been worn by the ages. The harsh lines of Draconic in this tome detail the magic of dragons.

  Cantrip: Elemental Blast
  Slow
  You may throw one of the 7 destructive magics as a blast of energy, as if it were a regular ranged weapon with no tags, you may use your INT or CHA in place of DEX. The attack deals 1d8 damage of your choice of; Fire, Cold, Lightning, Acid, Plague, Thunder or Light.

  Destructive Spells

  Destruction magic functions differently to the way most spells do, they are flexible in a way, their simple nature allows for casters to adapt the spell to the situation.
  Instead of spells you have Forms and Elements. Each element has a unique effect on the spell, while each form changes how the spell is expressed.
  When taking a single spell from this list chose a single Form, being able to cast it with any Element.

  Element

  The elements effects can be negated or reduced by certain effects, eg. dousing yourself in water, drinking an antidote, redirecting the lightning with a metal cable.

  1. Fire: Damaged targets take an additional [dice] damage and also become Burning.

  2. Cold: Creates icy ground, in the area of the spell + a [dice]×5ft radius, characters who walk through the icy ground must save or fall prone and end their movement ℗ and take 1d6 damage (f).

  3. Lightning: The attack chains, dealing half damage to [dice] additional targets in close range of a each other. Spreads in water and damages all characters standing in the water.

  4. Acid: The attack also reduces the enemies armor by [dice].

  5. Thunder: The attack knocks the target(s) back [dice]×5ft and deafens them.

  6. Plague: The attack also reduces the targets maximum health by [sum] (after dealing damage) until they recover.

  7. Light: The attack also blinds the target until the end of their next turn.

  Forms

  1. Blast

  Slow
  Deals [sum] damage to all targets in a [dice]×5 ft. radius around a point you chose within Medium Range. Save PHYS for half damage.

  2. Ray

  Slow
  Deals [sum] damage to [dice] targets within Far Range. Save PHYS for half damage

  3. Wall

  Slow
  Create a wall 5 ft thick and up to [dice]×40 ft long. This wall can be in any shape you choose. This wall blocks line of sight and deals [sum] damage to any creature that passes through it or is within the area of the spell when it is cast. Any character within the effect when the spell is cast must move out of the effect, they may save PHYS to avoid taking damage.

  4. Armor

  Slow, Concentration
  Conjure an elemental barrier about a close ally (including yourself), this grants a base armor of [dice] and any character who enters melee range of the character must take [sum] damage or save PHYS for half.

  5. Breath

  Slow
  You grant a creature you touch the ability a breath weapon. They may, as a fast action, exhale a [dice]×10 ft cone of elemental force, dealing [sum] damage to all character within. The ability ends when it has been used or at the end of the scene.

  6. Storm

  Slow, Concentration
  You conjure a massive storm over [dice]×40 ft radius centered on yourself, characters you choose take [dice]d4 damage each turn they remain within the radius.

  7. Call

  Ritual(1)
  You call down an almighty elemental force centered on a single target you can see within far range. When the ritual completes, the target takes [dice]×[sum] damage.

  Secret Spell: Prismatic Beam
  Slow
  This powerful spell is as uncontrollable as it is powerful. For each character, including yourself, within medium range roll a d6 twice for a Form and Element, the rolled spell is cast targeting or centered on that character. Each spell is cast with the [sum] and [dice] you cast this spell with. Any concentration spells last [dice] rounds.

• 17 Jul, 2024 Enchantment

  At first glance this locket is nothing more than a simple piece of jewellery, but each secret found guides the reader on a journey of wonder and magic.

  Cantrip: Minor Illusion

  Create a small illusion of an object that could fit in your hand. This illusion must be a single solid object and does not hold up to physical or detailed inspection.

  1. Lullaby

  Slow
  [dice] hit dice of nearby creatures fall into light slumber for [sum] rounds, or [sum] hit dice for [dice] rounds. Alert characters may save to be stunned instead. Slumbering characters can’t be awoken by anything less vigorous than a slap. Creatures are affected in ascending order of their HD.

  2. Demand Fealty

  Ritual (2)
  You can bind a creature in close range to be your thrall for [dice] days or save MENT to be bound for [sum] hours instead (the save is modified by the difference between the creatures HD and [dice]). You must know their name and have a lock of their hair or drop of blood. The spell can only effect creatures of less than [dice]×3 HD.
  A bound thrall must follow your commands and obey any actions given while bound. If the action would be harmful to it it may save to disobey. This doesn't change the creature's opinions or perspective of you, it just forces obedience onto it.

  3. Call Thy Name

  Quick
  Speak the full name of any creature, and it will hear your voice, and learn your exact location.  As long as you remain in the place you cast the spell, then they will be able to determine the direction you are.  If you leave this place, then this no longer applies.  Finally, you can also send a message equal to [sum] words to the recipient.

  4. Glamor of Dust

  Quick
  Create an illusion, the size of a person, around an object, or a free standing one that lasts for the scene.  It can be any image. Illusions can only add, not remove. For each [dice] added the illusion can also: Smell/Taste, Move, Alter/Make Sounds, Alter Touch or Be as large as a wagon.

  5. Glamor of Wind

  Slow, Concentration
  [dice] creatures turn invisible.  If they attack or do something strenuous before the time limit is up, they turn visible.

  6. Seal Thine Home

  Slow
  You makes a closed shape of runes over an object or onto a surface of up to 10*[dice] ft.  While these Wards are active, no supernatural creature can pass through the threshold without permission, powerful creatures may be able to save to ignore this. The spell ends if the ward is physically broken or after [sum] hours.
  If four or more dice are used on these wards, they are permanent until broken.

  7. Inversion

  Instant
  You can cast this as a free action, whenever someone else casts a spell.  You invert the effects of their spell.  Fire becomes ice, healing becomes hurting, raising the dead means casting down the living, etc.

  School Secret: Names of Power

  When you know a creature's true name (the name they think of themselves by) you may cast spells on them as if you could see them even when they are hidden. This also allows spells to be cast one range further (far becoming on the same plane)

• 17 Jul, 2024 Miracles

  The school of miracles can only be cast by Theurgists and other divine spellcasters.

  It's binding new, the gilt pages freshly shining, each page tells the tale, and folly, of a saint. The prayers within are penned in an elaborate and passionate hand.

  Cantrip: Blessings
  You may spend 10 minutes to purify wine into holy oil, bless weapons to harm ghosts and devils, or detect the presence of extra-planar beings within eyesight. You may only have a single one of these effects active at once.

  1. Blessings of St. Zois

  Ritual (3)
  You speak a prayer of the Gatekeeper in the presence of [sum] dead bodies or undead of under [dice] HD. The bodies cannot rise again as undead until they have been unearthed for [sum] weeks. Undead within earshot are turned, their bodies becoming lifeless or forced into the ethereal realm for [dice] rounds, half on MENT save.

  2. Travels' of St. Cuthbert

  Ritual (2) You commune with a symbolic journal of the saint, you may ask [dice] questions about the area and get an answer from the well travelled deity. The answers can only tell you about the area within [dice]×10 Miles.
  Example Questions:

  • What is the names of important landmarks?
  • What is the strongest creature in the land? (highest HD creature)
  • Who commands the magic here? (strongest spellcaster)
  • Who leads the hearts of the people? (leader of the area)
  • Where is the home of civilization? (largest settlement)

  4. Feast of St. Dama

  Slow
  You may bless [dice] pieces of bread, or other small piece of food. Until the next dawn, it becomes supernaturally nourishing and can either be used as an days rations or consumed as an action to recover [sum] stamina.

  5. Revealing Breath of St Bahamut

  Slow
  A 10' radius circle around a point within close range is filled with moonlight for [sum] rounds, at the end of your turn you may move this beam [dice]×5 ft. Any creature beginning their turn in this area take [sum] damage (save for half). Shapechangers do not get a save against this spell, take maximum damage from it, and are forced to revert to their original shape while within the area.

  5. Ballad of St. Oghma

  Slow, Concentration
  The tragic tale of a lost lover surrounds you and you may shape stone as you wish while you sing his song.
  At 1 dice you may move a few kilograms of earth, at 2 dice you can tunnel a dozen yards, at 3 dice you can travel at walking pace beneath the earth, at 4 dice you can tunnel to the chthonic planes.

  6. Wrath of St. Talos

  Fast, Concentration
  You bless [dice] weapons within close range, they crackle with ominous lightning. Attacks with these weapons deal [sum] additional damage and ignore metal armour.

  7. Wings of St. Charon

  Fast
  You conjure a small set of golden wings, these can instantly carry a message or small object ([dice] slots) to another creature in any location, even on another plane.
  Alternatively, they can be attached to your heels to allow you to instantly travel up to [dice]×30ft when you take the move action, the wings vanishing in the process.

  School Secret: Wish

  With a desperate prayer to the gods lasting days you can call upon them to grant you one wish. This wish can be anything they have the power to do such as raising the dead, destroying a village or granting you incredible wealth. However this act breaches the celestial barrier and allows a greater Fiend into the world, this being will cause untold chaos and it can smell the divines touch on you.

• 17 Jul, 2024 Hedge Magic

  A sturdy leather folio warded with herbs. The tomes pages contains the advice of those who have seen it all. The magic almost secondary to the wisdom of a long life lived.

  Cantrip: Mending With 10 minutes of time any minor damage, like tears or cracks,  no larger than your hand can be seamlessly repaired. Skilled users can weld objects of identical material together.

  1. Light

  Fast
  When cast creates a bright light that can be controlled within reach of the caster for [dice] hours (6 dungeon rounds each). As an action can be sent to point within Mid range and expended to to blind all creatures within 30ft for [dice] minutes, save to reduce this to [dice] turns.

  2. Heat Metal

  Slow, Concentration
  You cause [dice] pieces of metal you can touch to glow cherry red, this heat will never harm you or your allies but will deal [sum] additional damage to any other creature who touches it.
  As you increase the dice the temperature the metal glows at will increase. When cast with 1 [dice] the metal becomes as hot as an oven, at 2 as hot as a forge, 3 as hot as a blast furnace, at 4 it reaches the temperature of a volcano or other magical heat sources.

  3. Green Thumb

  Slow
  You gently nurture plants within Mid range, sustaining them with magical energy, you can grow plants up to [dice] times their initial volume over 10 minutes, shaping them however you want. You can also cast the spell instantly to, Grappling up to [dice] opponents standing among plant life. These plants have [sum] HP and take double damage from fire.

  4. Condensation

  Slow, Concentration
  By pulling the air together you can condense the air around into fog and then into liquid. You can fill [dice] waterskins with water over 10 minutes. You can instead conjure this fog about a person, they are blinded by the thick fog and will lose their turn as they choke on the fog, Save to lose an action, being Slowed, instead.

  5. Longsight

  Slow
  You bend the air around a ring, such as one made by your circled fingers, that ring now acts as a telescope letting anyone who peers through it to see incredible distances or observe the stars. This removes penalties from ranged attacks past your weapons range and grants a +[dice] bonus on checks to see distant details.

  6. Birdcall

  Fast
  You can create [dice] illusionary sounds of any animal or voice you have heard at points within Medium Range. The sounds lack resonance however and intelligent beings will not be fooled unless the sound is disguised somehow (such as being muffled). Beasts however can be easily startled and scared by the sounds of their predators.
  If cast directly into a characters ears they will be deafened for [sum] rounds, save PHYS for half.

  7. Unseen Servant

  Ritual (2)
  You summon an invisible, intangible servant for [sum] hours. It will do your bidding and can perform any and all unskilled mundane tasks at the speed a human could perform them. It  cannot go further than the medium range from the caster and can only take a single harmful action, dealing [sum] damage maximum and being dispelled.

  Magical Secret: Tea Reading
  A secret borrowed from the witches, you can brew a magical cup of tea and roll a random spell from a thematic tome of magic (eg. A fiery ginger tea might produce a pyromancy spell), you may treat that spell as known until your next recovery. You may know [½level] spells in this way.

• 17 Jul, 2024 Pyromancy

  This warm tome has been transcribed by endless hands. It is refined in many ways, the excess being trimmed away with a ruthless efficiency. It has seen battle but survive it all.

  Cantrip: Conjure Flame

  You can conjure or extinguish flames up to the size of a torch. Additionally you can control these flames and make them leap between your finger and close to your body.

  1. Ash Cloud

  Slow, Concentration
  You create a cloud of hot ash completely blocking sight in a [dice]×10ft. radius. Any creatures within the cloud must take [sum] damage as they inhale hot ash, save PHYS for half. Prone creatures, or those who cover their mouth with wet cloth, are unaffected by this.

  2. Embers Embrace

  Slow
  You may select a nearby ally, who is surrounded by a cloud of [sum] embers. As an Action or Riposte, the ally can send up to [dice] embers flying at nearby opponents, each dealing [sum] fire damage, the targets may save PHYS to halve the damage.

  3. Flashpoint

  Slow
  You may light all objects in a [dice]×5 ft radius of a point in Mid Range on fire. Creatures in the area take [sum]d4 damage or save PHYS for half.

  4. Guardian Hearth

  Ritual (3)
  You beseech the spirit of a campfire or hearth to offer you protection. For [sum] hours the flame and any others within [dice]×20ft will not extinguish.
  If a creature that wishes you harm enters the light of the flames, they will flare and pop loud enough to wake you. You may declare a specific threat the flames are to ward you from, any such being will be burned by the light, taking [sum] fire damage each round they are lit by the flames.

  5. Reforge the Steel

  Slow, Concentration
  You cause [dice] pieces of metal you can see in mid range to glow cherry red, this heat will never harm you or your allies but will deal [sum] additional damage to any other creature who touches it unless they choose to throw it aside. Armor has too much padding for this spell to affect creatures wearing it.

  6. Evocation of Flame

  Slow
  You may cast this spell at a maximum level of [dice]×10 ft² of fire in Mid Range. You may command that flame with a single word, such as "Burn", "Wall" or "Fight". The flame will understand and follow your intention, although it will not willingly harm itself (such as by leaping into water). The flame may act as an Evocation Fire spell of the same level. Other effects may animate the flame for [sum] rounds, or hours if the spell is cast over 10 minutes.

  7. Pyromancy

  Slow
  You may speak to a flame as if it were a living creature. The larger the flame the more intelligent it is and the more [dice] are required to understand it. Flames don't pay attention to much but they can peer into the likely future and distant past.
  Candles are about as smart as dogs [1 Dice], Campfires are about as smart as slow-witted men [2 Dice] and forest fires are highly articulate [3 Dice], Volcanoes are dangerous to talk to unprepared [4 Dice]. Some flames can be trained to carry messages or spy on others.

  Magical Secret: Truth of the Phoenix

  When you die you may burst into flames, dealing up to your level d6 damage to every creature of your choice within eyesight. When the flames die down a warm egg can be found in the ashes, after 1d4 days you will spill out of the egg, without any of your equipment and reduced to level 0. You do keep your skills and feats but do not gain new feats until you have leveled past your original level (when you level up you may replace a feat with another). When you gain your first XP you may choose a class to begin leveling in.

• 17 Jul, 2024 Astromancy

  A heavy tome often more interested in theory than practice, a battered telescope is mounted on the outside and a deck of Tarot Cards spread between the pages.

  Cantrip: Measurement
  You can instantly make calculations using a trivial magic spell; you can use this to tell the exact time, know the angle and distance to any point you can see, instantly count a pile of objects or other precise measurements.

  1. Personal Constellation

  Slow
  [sum] stars form a constellation about you or an ally you can see. These stars cast light as a torch, one star fading each dungeon round. You may as an action send the stars forth as magical comets, dealing 1d4 damage each to a character in direct line of sight to the stars.

  2. Astrologer's Orrey

  Ritual (3)
  You call upon the stars and conjure an illusionary orrey showing the position of the stars about you. Using this you can determine your exact location. You may also use this to call upon the mighty horoscopes, choose [sum] predictions from a horoscope, tarot reading or other method of telling the future. You may add +1d to a roll to relevant each of these predictions after which they have been achieved. These predictions expire at the next moonrise.

  3. Theory Of Magnetism

  Slow, Concentration
  You control a handful of iron within close range for [dice] turns with mysterious forces of magnetism, theorized to hold the stars in the sky. At one [dice] you could steer a chain like a snake, fling a sword through the air or open an iron lock. Each dice you invest increases this effect. At 4 [dice] you could collapse a room or knock over a small army of knights.
  Attacks are rolled as ranged attacks with +[dice] bonus and deal [sum] damage.

  4. Track Ley Line

  Ritual (3)
  You trace the shape of the local ley, the rivers of magic that flow throughout the world. This reveals any sites of power, such as a mages tower, standing stones or portals. For [sum] hours, while you are within the 5 leagues of the location you cast the spell, you know the location of sites of power where resting will grant any casters +1 MD when they recover. Other spells may also gain benefits from this understanding

  5. Walk The Ley

  Ritual (3)
  You, and [dice]×2 allies within close range, may teleport to a point you have seen within [sum] miles. If the point has changed since you last saw it, does not exist or you are only slightly familiar with it you must save MENT to avoid being sent off course.
  If you have a Track Ley Line spell active the area of the ley does not count against the range of the spell and you will never need to save to teleport into that area.

  6. Scry from the Stars

  Ritual (3), Concentration
  Holding onto a mirror, crystal ball or other reflective surface you may speak the name of a creature you know. If they are within [dice]×100 Miles you will be able to see them in the reflection from the perspective of you birth constellation.
  If you invest 3 or more dice, or have a body part (such as a fingernail or strand of hair), you can also hear through the spell.

  7. Passing Serendipity

  Instant
  When an ally makes a roll or save, you may, as a reaction, befriend a prophesy passing by to lend you a touch of it's fate. The ally may reroll the save or roll with [dice] bonus luck dice as they are assisted by a stroke of luck.

  Magical Secret: Place of Power
  As a 10-clock long term project you can transform a location into a place of power. While in your place of power:

  • You always gain the benefits of Track Ley Lines
  • Spells cast count as +1MD,
  • Your range for dice returning increases by 1
  • You can instantly detect any spells or magic within your area
  • Other benefits deemed reasonable by the GM.