From a3e23c6192e5a6356471c88537229e9f8d6ff829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn@posteo.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 23:54:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rearrange spells
---
config | 2 +-
spells.tex | 886 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
2 files changed, 403 insertions(+), 485 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config b/config
index 4284dacf..daebeaf7 160000
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4284dacfcb1f90ee6b4b5397c411b523dca8327c
+Subproject commit daebeaf7a9e4288ff783657748c6d49e1499a421
diff --git a/spells.tex b/spells.tex
index 54cea776..12c0d1f6 100644
--- a/spells.tex
+++ b/spells.tex
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ As long as you have both of those at level 2 or above, you can cast the spell.
\end{multicols}
-\section{First Level Spells}
+
+\section{Elemental \Glsfmtplural{sphere}}
\begin{multicols}{2}
@@ -39,141 +40,6 @@ As long as you have both of those at level 2 or above, you can cast the spell.
\showSpells{Air1}
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \subsection{Earth}
-
- \showSpells{Earth1}
-
- \showSpells{Earth1}
-
-}{}
-
-\subsection{Fate}
-
-\showSpells{Fate1}
-\showSpells{Fate1}
-
-\subsection{Fire}
-
-\showSpells{Fire1}
-
-\subsection{Water}
-
-\showSpells{Water1}
-
-\subsection{Death}
-\label{Death1}
-
-\showSpells{Death1}
-\showSpells{Death1}
-
-
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \Needspace{6\baselineskip}
- \subsection{Force}
-
- \showSpells{Force1}
-
-}{}
-
-\subsection{Light}
-
-\spell{Little Big}% Name
- {}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Fire, Air}% Spheres
- {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with
- {The caster mixes a malaphor, and the target's apparent size contorts like a fun-house mirror, inflicting a -\arabic{spellPlusOne} Penalty to ranged attacks against them}% Description
- {A gnome seen from ten steps might appear to be the size of a human, or a human may appear the size of a gnome.
- The closer one approaches the target, the more normal it appears.}
-
-\showSpells{Light1}
-
-\spell{Shadow}% Name
- {}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Fire, Air}% Spheres
- {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with
- {As the caster whispers, a single patch of darkness, the length of a step, forms anywhere within range}% Description
- {It can obscure a candle's light, and diminish a torch's light to the strength of a candle.
-
- The patch of shadow joins to a target.
- If cast on a person, the shadow remains attached to them, inflicting a -\arabic{spellPlusOne} penalty to noticing things (and becomes quickly irritating).
-
- The shadow fades once sunlight touches it for \pgls{interval}.}
-
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \subsection{Life}
-
- \showSpells{Life1}
-
- \spell{Forest Crown}% Name
- {}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Earth, Water}% Spheres
- {\roll{Strength}{Athletics}}% Resist with
- {The target hears how good they would look with antlers, and antlers start to grow.
- They grant +1 to Damage while using the Brawl Skill}% Description
- {
- The antlers will stop the target wearing a helmet, so they cannot wear Complete armour.
- The antlers shed over any cold season, or can be removed with a bone-knife.}
-
- \spell{Slashers}% Name
- {}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Earth, Water}% Spheres
- {\roll{Strength}{Athletics}}% Resist with
- {The caster makes accusations of vile language, and the target grows needle-sharp claws.
- They grant +1 Damage when using Brawl, but inflict a -1 penalty to using weapons or other tools}% Description
- {
- The claws grow out naturally, or can be cut off at any time.}
-
- \spell{Tweak}% Name
- {}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Earth, Water}% Spheres
- {target's \glspl{hp}}% Resist with
- {The caster lists how the target looks like a different race, and their features begin to shift to match}% Description
- {The target must have Attributes within the racial maximums and minimums of the target race, so a human with Strength +1 could become an elf, but Strength +3 would stop them looking remotely elf-like.
-
- The spell lasts until the target makes use of any characteristic of their own race.
- For humans, this means their ability to walk long-distances, and for gnomes it means trying to focus on anything.}
-
- \spell{Regeneration}% Name
- {Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Wax}% Action
- {Earth, Water}% Spheres
- {current lost \glspl{hp} + 7}% Resist with
- {The caster gathers tiny gifts for the target, and they begin to regenerate Damage faster, recuperating an extra \arabic{spellPlusOne} \glspl{hp} each week}% Description
- {During this time, the target's appetite grows substantially, demanding an extra \arabic{spellCost} meals every day to keep the spell going.}
-
-}{}
-
-\subsection{Mind}
-
-\showSpells{Mind1}
-
-\showSpells{Mind1}
-
-\spell{Shadow Check}% Name
- {}% Enhancements
- {Witness}% Action
- {Fate, Water}% Spheres
- {quiet thoughts}% Resist with
- {This spell tells the caster if any particular patch (and it has to be a specific patch) contains anything which has a mind}% Description
- {Shadows, statues, or suspicious bushes can all hide all manner of things.
-
- The spell will not say what kind of mind this is -- whether animal or person.
- It reports only `yes/ no', and often has false positives due to mice or insects (1/6 chance in daylight, 2/6 chance at night).}
-
-\end{multicols}
-
-\section{Second Level Spells}
-
-\begin{multicols}{2}
-
-\subsection{Air}
-
\spell{Sleep Fog}% Name
{Devious}% Enhancements
{Wane}% Action
@@ -186,22 +52,23 @@ As long as you have both of those at level 2 or above, you can cast the spell.
\showSpells{Air2}
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
-
- \subsection{Earth}
-
- \showSpells{Earth2}
-
- \showSpells{Earth2}
-}{}
+\spell{Clawing Wisps}% Name
+ {Detailed, Duplicated}% Enhancements
+ {Wax}% Action
+ {Air}% Spheres
+ {wind speed}% Resist with
+ {The caster gives a battle-cry, and cloud-lined spirits, appearing like small copies of the caster, push any enemies (but not allies) back, reducing their \glspl{ap} by \arabic{spellPlusOne}}% Description
+ {}
-\subsection{Fate}
+\showSpells{Air3}
+\showSpells{Air3}
-\showSpells{Fate2}
-\showSpells{Fate2}
+\showSpells{Air4}
\subsection{Fire}
+\showSpells{Fire1}
+
\showSpells{Fire2}
\spell{Toothless Fire}% Name
@@ -214,196 +81,111 @@ As long as you have both of those at level 2 or above, you can cast the spell.
The fire will not stop feeding on whatever allows it to currently burn, so a wood fire will continue burning its wood.}
-\subsection{Water}
-
-\showSpells{Water2}
-
-\spell{Detect Water}% Name
- {Distant}% Enhancements
- {Witness}% Action
- {Water}% Spheres
- {smallness}% Resist with
- {The caster detects liquid at \spellRange}% Description
- {They cannot tell the type of liquid -- it could be a raging river, a tankard of ale, or a magma stream}
+\showSpells{Fire3}
-\subsection{Death}
+\spell{Traiterous Camp}% Name
+ {Devious, Distant}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Fire}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Wits}{Survival}}% Resist with
+ {The caster gives a jealous stare at a fire at \spellRange.
+ After two \glsfmtplural{interval}, the fire gains some weight, and starts to burn low, and look strange.
+ After a full day, the fire collapses on top of the nearest person, inflicting \showDam~Damage}% Description
+ {}
-\showSpells{Death2}
-\showSpells{Death2}
+\spell{Naked Fire}% Name
+ {Duplicated, Distant}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Fire}% Spheres
+ {size of fire}% Resist with
+ {After instructing all the fire around on proper etiquette, fires with a total area up to \arabic{spellTargets} \glspl{step} at \spellRange\ turn blue, and stop burning flesh.
+ They continue to act upon wood, hair, and clothing as normal}% Description
+ {Large fires are more difficult to affect, as they're too busy eating to listen.}
-\spell{Corpse Stench}% Name
- {Distant}% Enhancements
- {Witness}% Action
- {Fate, Air}% Spheres
- {time since death}% Resist with
- {Sniffing at the wind, the caster identifies any corpses at \spellRange}% Description
- {Most use this trick to double-check if an immobile and wounded person might still have a chance of life.}
-\spell{Infectious Migraine}% Name
- {Duplicated}% Enhancements
- {Wax}% Action
- {Fate, Air}% Spheres
- {\roll{Strength}{Athletics}}% Resist with
- {As the caster roars, a deathly feeling flows over the targets, who gain \arabic{spellPlusOne} \glspl{ep}}% Description
- {}
+\showSpells{Fire4}
-\spell{Preservation}% Name
- {Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Fate, Air}% Spheres
- {existing rot}% Resist with
- {The caster paints a picture -- with words or brush -- of food, a shirt, or a human corpse.
- The target ceases all rotting when not in use.
- Rain or snow may fall upon it, but it will not degrade}% Description
- {
- Without this spell, any undead creatures would rot ever faster than a corpse in the ground.
+\iftoggle{verbose}{
+ \subsection{Earth}
- The spell degrades when the target begins moving, and fails within \arabic{spellPlusOne} \glspl{interval}.
- Therefore, undead spellcasters, such as liches, must continuously cast this spell upon themselves.
+ \showSpells{Earth1}
- \index{Necromancy!Preservation}
- If cast immediately, upon death, it can arrest the effects of \textit{rigor mortis} before they begin.
- }
+ \showSpells{Earth1}
+ \subsection{Earth}
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \subsection{Force}
+ \showSpells{Earth2}
- \spell{Friendly Bolt}% Name
- {Duplicated}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Earth, Fire}% Spheres
- {\gls{weight} carried}% Resist with
- {The caster shouts `let's go', and two targets gain a plus \arabic{spellPlusOne} bonus to running}% Description
- {They feel suddenly lighter, as if being carried.
- However, this spell does not help with carrying heavy items.}
+ \showSpells{Earth2}
- \spell{Migrating Butterfly}% Name
- {Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Earth, Fire}% Spheres
- {\gls{weight} carried}% Resist with
- {The caster outright denies how heavy something is, despite obvious heft, and its \gls{weight} reduces by \arabic{spellPlusOne} when facing towards the direction the caster looks}% Description
- {Items which fall below \gls{weight}~0 will float like a seed on the wind}
+ \subsection{Earth}
- \spell{Traveller's Curse}% Name
- {Distant}% Enhancements
+ \spell{Mud Clamp}% Name
+ {Duplicated, Detailed}% Enhancements
{Wax}% Action
- {Earth, Fire}% Spheres
- {\roll{Speed}{Athletics}}% Resist with
- {The caster wishes the target a bad journey, and they immediately feel heavier.
- For the next \arabic{spellPlusOne}~\glspl{interval}, the target counts as carrying something with \pgls{weight} of \arabic{spellPlusOne}}% Description
+ {Earth}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Strength}{Survival}}% Resist with
+ {The caster shouts `\textit{hold fast}', as snow or mud becomes solid, encasing any feet pushed into the ground.
+ Targets then count as \textit{Entangled}}% Description
{
- The curse wears off once the target has marched enough, but any \glspl{interval} the target spends stationary do not count towards the spell's duration.}
-
- \showSpells{Force2}
-
- \subsection{Life}
-
- \showSpells{Life2}
+ The spell suffers a -2 penalty when used against creatures without flat feet (such as hooves, or most other animal feet), but can also gain up to a +2 bonus in particularly deep mud or snow.}
- \spell{Scent in the Air}% Name
- {Distant}% Enhancements
- {Witness}% Action
- {Earth, Water}% Spheres
- {target's strangeness}% Resist with
- {Focussing on the air, and sniffing the wind, the caster asks politely if it will say whether or not some creature sits at \spellRange\ in a particular direction}% Description
- {Other humanoids are \tn[7] to detect, beasts are \tn[9], and stranger creatures present a greater challenge.}
+ \showSpells{Earth3}
+ \showSpells{Earth4}
}{}
-\subsection{Light}
-
-\showSpells{Light2}
-
-\pic{Roch_Hercka/flashing_light}
-
-\showSpells{Light2}
-
-\spell{Shadow Puppet}% Name
- {Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Fire, Air}% Spheres
- {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with
- {One target shadow forms a detailed silhouette, and may even stand up and away from the ground}% Description
- {During the daylight, it simply looks weird; but at night these shadow puppets can easily fool someone into thinking \pgls{monster}, or even a particular person lies waiting, in the distance.
-
- The shadows disappear once bright light hits them.}
-
-\spell{Quiet Campfire}% Name
- {Devious}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Fire, Air}% Spheres
- {size of fire}% Resist with
- {The caster stares at a fire, and thinks dark thoughts.
- After a couple of hours, the fire's light dims, though the noise and heat continue.
- The spell lasts one \showOnset, so the light returns during the night}% Description
- {Travellers sometimes use this spell to hide their fire when camping beyond the \gls{edge}, as it removes at last one chance of an encounter from the fire's light}
+\subsection{Water}
-\subsection{Mind}
+\showSpells{Water1}
-\spell{Awaken}% Name
- {Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Wax}% Action
- {Water, Fate}% Spheres
- {spell's level}% Resist with
- {The caster explains a plan to a spell, and the spell gains an Intelligence Bonus of +\arabic{spellPlusOne} and begins enacting the plan}% Description
- {
- All spells have a small spark of sentience, endowed by their creator, so this spell exploits that fact to make a spell behave more intelligently.
+\showSpells{Water2}
- The spell begins with all of the caster's knowledge, although anything beyond general knowledge generally ends up as a tangled mess of half-memories.
- Without any interest in socializing, any social memories will simply not make sense.
- The spell has all of the caster's Skills which do not depend on any social intuition%
- \footnote{The spell gains none of the caster's magic Spheres},
- with a -1 penalty.
- However, if given a Charisma Bonus, with the Social Spell (\vpageref{Social Spell}), the spell will have full access to the caster's Skills (again, with a -1 penalty to each of them).
+\spell{Detect Water}% Name
+ {Distant}% Enhancements
+ {Witness}% Action
+ {Water}% Spheres
+ {smallness}% Resist with
+ {The caster detects liquid at \spellRange}% Description
+ {They cannot tell the type of liquid -- it could be a raging river, a tankard of ale, or a magma stream}
- The spell grants no Charisma Bonus, and the resulting mind has no interest in anyone, or anything, except as instruments for \emph{the plan}.
- It operates methodically, and sometimes behaves in strange, and alien ways, given its single-pointed value system.%
- \footnote{Look up `the paperclip maximizer' for an explanation of how this kind of spell can easily go horribly wrong.}
- }
+\showSpells{Water3}
-\spell{Fear}% Name
- {Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Water, Fate}% Spheres
- {\roll{Wits}{Academics}}% Resist with
- {The caster explains to the target their imminent death.
- If the target ever finds themselves facing the danger the caster described, they take a -\arabic{spellPlusOne} penalty to Mind Attributes}% Description
- {The spell lasts until the character gains \pgls{xp} for following their Code.}
+\showSpells{Water3}
-\stepcounter{diceNo}
-\showSpells{Mind2}
+\showSpells{Water4}
-\showSpells{Mind2}
+\subsection{Fate}
-\pic{Roch_Hercka/elvish_enchanter}
+\showSpells{Fate1}
+\showSpells{Fate1}
-\spell{Social Spell}% Name
- {Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Water, Fate}% Spheres
- {spell's level}% Resist with
- {The caster speaks to a spell like a dog, which awakens an instinct to socialize, and grants it a +\arabic{spellPlusOne} Charisma Bonus (but no Intelligence)}% Description
- {
- Casters might use this spell to let an illusion interact semi-realistically with people (it will smile and listen, but cannot speak).
+\showSpells{Fate2}
+\showSpells{Fate2}
- The newly created mind gains all of the caster's Skills which rely primarily on social graces (Deceit, Empathy, and Performance), with a -1 penalty to each.
- It also gains their spell Spheres with a -1 penalty, but does not need an audible voice to use them.
+\spell{Blessed Army}% Name
+ {Duplicated, Distant}% Enhancements
+ {Wax}% Action
+ {Fate}% Spheres
+ {targets' Charisma (inverted)}% Resist with
+ {The caster gives good wishes to a troupe, and \arabic{spellTargets} targets receive \showDam~\glspl{fp}}% Description
+ {The spell targets those with the highest Charisma before others.}
- The spell typically tries to attack the caster's enemies, and then interact with the caster and their friends.
+\showSpells{Fate3}
- }
+\spell{Wheel of Fate}% Name
+ {Devious, Duplicated}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Fate}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Charisma}{Survival}}% Resist with
+ {The caster wonders what the future holds, and the nearest \arabic{spellTargets} targets become locked into the same encounter, on repeat.
+ It begins half way through the \showOnset, then repeats again, until it has gone through \arabic{spellPlusTwo} iterations}% Description
+ {\par
+ Of course, the encounter cannot contain the same creatures or people each time, but whatever the \gls{gm} rolled for the encounter will repeat.
+ This might result in three griffins looking at troupe, then three griffins attacking, then three griffins nesting, and so on.
+ Each of these encounters will come in addition to the standard encounters.}
-\spell{Wishfinder}% Name
- {Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Witness}% Action
- {Water, Fate}% Spheres
- {\roll{Wits}{Academics}}% Resist with
- {The \glsentrytext{witch} commands the target to state their `truest desires', while locking eyes.
- The spell confirms whether or not the target's statement conforms to their Code}% Description
- {The desire must be something which would \textit{directly} grant at least one \glsentrytext{xp}.%
- \exRef{stories}{Stories}{codes}}
+\showSpells{Fate4}
\subsection{Divergent}
@@ -463,114 +245,228 @@ As long as you have both of those at level 2 or above, you can cast the spell.
}{}
+\iftoggle{verbose}{
+
+ \spell{Asking Rock}% Name
+ {Detailed, Divergent}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Earth, Fate}% Spheres
+ {civilization rating}% Resist with
+ {The caster sells a weapon to a rock in return for summoning a beast, and the rock becomes magnetic.
+ It has an effective Strength of \arabic{spellPlusTwo} to hold any iron weapon placed next to it.
+
+ Once the rock has a weapon, the \gls{gm} makes an encounter roll}% Description
+ {
+ The \gls{tn} depends on how close to civilization the spell is cast.
+ Attracting \glspl{monster} to \pgls{village} makes more of a challenge than attracting them while past the \gls{edge}.%
+ \exRef{judgement}{Judgement}{civilizationRating}
+ If the encounter roll produces nothing, the \gls{gm} goes up the chart until they find an encounter.
+
+ \Glspl{npc} targeted by this spell will survive if only their \gls{cr} value is greater than the \gls{monster} which finds them.
+ Otherwise, they end in the jaws of a beast.
+ }
+
+}{}
+
+\spell{River Smog}% Name
+ {Divergent, Duplicated}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Air, Water}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Speed}{Athletics}}% Resist with
+ {The caster spits prophecies of surreal catastrophe, and \arabic{spellTargets} worth of water turn into a putrid vapour.
+ Anyone who breathes it in receives \arabic{spellPlusTwo}~\glspl{ep}}% Description
+ {
+ The water should be clearly visible, such as a stream or an actual barrel of water.}
+
+\spell{Night Terrors}% Name
+ {Distant, Divergent}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Fate, Fire}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Charisma}{Survival}}% Resist with
+ {The caster calls the first line of a dirge from the darkness, then a fire at \spellRange\ goes out.
+ Whoever held it loses \showDam~\glspl{fp}}% Description
+ {}
+
+\showSpells{FireWater3}
+
+\showSpells{FireFate4}
+
+\showSpells{WaterAir4}
+
\end{multicols}
-\section{Third Level Spells}
+\section{High \Glsfmtplural{sphere}}
\begin{multicols}{2}
-\subsection{Air}
+\subsection{Light}
-\spell{Clawing Wisps}% Name
- {Detailed, Duplicated}% Enhancements
- {Wax}% Action
- {Air}% Spheres
- {wind speed}% Resist with
- {The caster gives a battle-cry, and cloud-lined spirits, appearing like small copies of the caster, push any enemies (but not allies) back, reducing their \glspl{ap} by \arabic{spellPlusOne}}% Description
- {}
+\spell{Little Big}% Name
+ {}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Fire, Air}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with
+ {The caster mixes a malaphor, and the target's apparent size contorts like a fun-house mirror, inflicting a -\arabic{spellPlusOne} Penalty to ranged attacks against them}% Description
+ {A gnome seen from ten steps might appear to be the size of a human, or a human may appear the size of a gnome.
+ The closer one approaches the target, the more normal it appears.}
-\showSpells{Air3}
-\showSpells{Air3}
+\showSpells{Light1}
+\spell{Shadow}% Name
+ {}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Fire, Air}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with
+ {As the caster whispers, a single patch of darkness, the length of a step, forms anywhere within range}% Description
+ {It can obscure a candle's light, and diminish a torch's light to the strength of a candle.
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \subsection{Earth}
+ The patch of shadow joins to a target.
+ If cast on a person, the shadow remains attached to them, inflicting a -\arabic{spellPlusOne} penalty to noticing things (and becomes quickly irritating).
- \spell{Mud Clamp}% Name
- {Duplicated, Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Wax}% Action
- {Earth}% Spheres
- {\roll{Strength}{Survival}}% Resist with
- {The caster shouts `\textit{hold fast}', as snow or mud becomes solid, encasing any feet pushed into the ground.
- Targets then count as \textit{Entangled}}% Description
- {
- The spell suffers a -2 penalty when used against creatures without flat feet (such as hooves, or most other animal feet), but can also gain up to a +2 bonus in particularly deep mud or snow.}
+ The shadow fades once sunlight touches it for \pgls{interval}.}
- \showSpells{Earth3}
-}{}
-\subsection{Fate}
+\showSpells{Light2}
-\spell{Blessed Army}% Name
- {Duplicated, Distant}% Enhancements
- {Wax}% Action
- {Fate}% Spheres
- {targets' Charisma (inverted)}% Resist with
- {The caster gives good wishes to a troupe, and \arabic{spellTargets} targets receive \showDam~\glspl{fp}}% Description
- {The spell targets those with the highest Charisma before others.}
+\pic{Roch_Hercka/flashing_light}
-\showSpells{Fate3}
+\showSpells{Light2}
-\spell{Wheel of Fate}% Name
+\spell{Shadow Puppet}% Name
+ {Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Fire, Air}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with
+ {One target shadow forms a detailed silhouette, and may even stand up and away from the ground}% Description
+ {During the daylight, it simply looks weird; but at night these shadow puppets can easily fool someone into thinking \pgls{monster}, or even a particular person lies waiting, in the distance.
+
+ The shadows disappear once bright light hits them.}
+
+\spell{Quiet Campfire}% Name
+ {Devious}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Fire, Air}% Spheres
+ {size of fire}% Resist with
+ {The caster stares at a fire, and thinks dark thoughts.
+ After a couple of hours, the fire's light dims, though the noise and heat continue.
+ The spell lasts one \showOnset, so the light returns during the night}% Description
+ {Travellers sometimes use this spell to hide their fire when camping beyond the \gls{edge}, as it removes at last one chance of an encounter from the fire's light}
+
+
+\showSpells{Light3}
+
+\spell{Eternal Night}% Name
{Devious, Duplicated}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Fate}% Spheres
- {\roll{Charisma}{Survival}}% Resist with
- {The caster wonders what the future holds, and the nearest \arabic{spellTargets} targets become locked into the same encounter, on repeat.
- It begins half way through the \showOnset, then repeats again, until it has gone through \arabic{spellPlusTwo} iterations}% Description
- {\par
- Of course, the encounter cannot contain the same creatures or people each time, but whatever the \gls{gm} rolled for the encounter will repeat.
- This might result in three griffins looking at troupe, then three griffins attacking, then three griffins nesting, and so on.
- Each of these encounters will come in addition to the standard encounters.}
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Fire, Air}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Intelligence}{Survival}}% Resist with
+ {The caster pulls on a memory of seeing darkness at the bottom of a clear loch, and the darkness comes.
+ After two \glsfmtplural{interval}, a patch of darkness forms, 5~\glsfmtplural{step} across.
+ Within four \glsfmtplural{interval}, all vision suffers a -4 Penalty}% Description
+ {
+ \Glspl{witch} commonly use this spell to make anyone in \pgls{bothy} or other sleeping-space miss the day.
+ They awaken late, in darkness, and generally assume they simply cannot sleep.
+ After all, they can see darkness, so it must be night, not day.
-\subsection{Fire}
+ By the time people start to question their sanity, and light a fire, the next night may have already come.
+ }
-\showSpells{Fire3}
+\pic{Roch_Hercka/polymorph}
-\spell{Traiterous Camp}% Name
- {Devious, Distant}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Fire}% Spheres
- {\roll{Wits}{Survival}}% Resist with
- {The caster gives a jealous stare at a fire at \spellRange.
- After two \glsfmtplural{interval}, the fire gains some weight, and starts to burn low, and look strange.
- After a full day, the fire collapses on top of the nearest person, inflicting \showDam~Damage}% Description
- {}
+\showSpells{Light4}
-\spell{Naked Fire}% Name
- {Duplicated, Distant}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Fire}% Spheres
- {size of fire}% Resist with
- {After instructing all the fire around on proper etiquette, fires with a total area up to \arabic{spellTargets} \glspl{step} at \spellRange\ turn blue, and stop burning flesh.
- They continue to act upon wood, hair, and clothing as normal}% Description
- {Large fires are more difficult to affect, as they're too busy eating to listen.}
+\iftoggle{verbose}{}{
-\subsection{Water}
+ \subsection{Force}
-\showSpells{Water3}
+ \showSpells{Force1}
-\subsection{Death}
+ \spell{Friendly Bolt}% Name
+ {Duplicated}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Earth, Fire}% Spheres
+ {\gls{weight} carried}% Resist with
+ {The caster shouts `let's go', and two targets gain a plus \arabic{spellPlusOne} bonus to running}% Description
+ {They feel suddenly lighter, as if being carried.
+ However, this spell does not help with carrying heavy items.}
-\showSpells{Death3}
+ \spell{Migrating Butterfly}% Name
+ {Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Earth, Fire}% Spheres
+ {\gls{weight} carried}% Resist with
+ {The caster outright denies how heavy something is, despite obvious heft, and its \gls{weight} reduces by \arabic{spellPlusOne} when facing towards the direction the caster looks}% Description
+ {Items which fall below \gls{weight}~0 will float like a seed on the wind}
+
+ \spell{Traveller's Curse}% Name
+ {Distant}% Enhancements
+ {Wax}% Action
+ {Earth, Fire}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Speed}{Athletics}}% Resist with
+ {The caster wishes the target a bad journey, and they immediately feel heavier.
+ For the next \arabic{spellPlusOne}~\glspl{interval}, the target counts as carrying something with \pgls{weight} of \arabic{spellPlusOne}}% Description
+ {
+ The curse wears off once the target has marched enough, but any \glspl{interval} the target spends stationary do not count towards the spell's duration.}
+
+ \showSpells{Force2}
+
+ \showSpells{Force3}
+
+ \showSpells{Force4}
+
+ \subsection{Life}
+
+ \showSpells{Life1}
+
+ \spell{Forest Crown}% Name
+ {}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Earth, Water}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Strength}{Athletics}}% Resist with
+ {The target hears how good they would look with antlers, and antlers start to grow.
+ They grant +1 to Damage while using the Brawl Skill}% Description
+ {
+ The antlers will stop the target wearing a helmet, so they cannot wear Complete armour.
+ The antlers shed over any cold season, or can be removed with a bone-knife.}
+
+ \spell{Slashers}% Name
+ {}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Earth, Water}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Strength}{Athletics}}% Resist with
+ {The caster makes accusations of vile language, and the target grows needle-sharp claws.
+ They grant +1 Damage when using Brawl, but inflict a -1 penalty to using weapons or other tools}% Description
+ {
+ The claws grow out naturally, or can be cut off at any time.}
-\spell{Stench Sort}% Name
- {Distant, Detailed}% Enhancements
- {Witness}% Action
- {Fate, Air}% Spheres
- {time since death}% Resist with
- {Detect the location of any corpse of a named species at \spellRange}% Description
- {
- Sniffing at the wind, the caster identifies any corpses from a particular species at \spellRange.
- Possible types include `elves', `\glspl{woodspy}', or `bats'.}
+ \spell{Tweak}% Name
+ {}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Earth, Water}% Spheres
+ {target's \glspl{hp}}% Resist with
+ {The caster lists how the target looks like a different race, and their features begin to shift to match}% Description
+ {The target must have Attributes within the racial maximums and minimums of the target race, so a human with Strength +1 could become an elf, but Strength +3 would stop them looking remotely elf-like.
+ The spell lasts until the target makes use of any characteristic of their own race.
+ For humans, this means their ability to walk long-distances, and for gnomes it means trying to focus on anything.}
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \subsection{Force}
+ \spell{Regeneration}% Name
+ {Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Wax}% Action
+ {Earth, Water}% Spheres
+ {current lost \glspl{hp} + 7}% Resist with
+ {The caster gathers tiny gifts for the target, and they begin to regenerate Damage faster, recuperating an extra \arabic{spellPlusOne} \glspl{hp} each week}% Description
+ {During this time, the target's appetite grows substantially, demanding an extra \arabic{spellCost} meals every day to keep the spell going.}
- \showSpells{Force3}
+ \showSpells{Life2}
- \subsection{Life}
+ \spell{Scent in the Air}% Name
+ {Distant}% Enhancements
+ {Witness}% Action
+ {Earth, Water}% Spheres
+ {target's strangeness}% Resist with
+ {Focussing on the air, and sniffing the wind, the caster asks politely if it will say whether or not some creature sits at \spellRange\ in a particular direction}% Description
+ {Other humanoids are \tn[7] to detect, beasts are \tn[9], and stranger creatures present a greater challenge.}
\showSpells{Life3}
@@ -596,31 +492,89 @@ As long as you have both of those at level 2 or above, you can cast the spell.
{
This penalty stacks as usual, so targets who already have a basic Strength Penalty of -2 would take this penalty, and then half of their regular Strength penalty, for a total of -\arabic{spellPlusTwo}.}
-}{}
+ \showSpells{Life4}
+}
-\subsection{Light}
+\subsection{Mind}
-\showSpells{Light3}
+\showSpells{Mind1}
-\spell{Eternal Night}% Name
- {Devious, Duplicated}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Fire, Air}% Spheres
- {\roll{Intelligence}{Survival}}% Resist with
- {The caster pulls on a memory of seeing darkness at the bottom of a clear loch, and the darkness comes.
- After two \glsfmtplural{interval}, a patch of darkness forms, 5~\glsfmtplural{step} across.
- Within four \glsfmtplural{interval}, all vision suffers a -4 Penalty}% Description
+\showSpells{Mind1}
+
+\spell{Shadow Check}% Name
+ {}% Enhancements
+ {Witness}% Action
+ {Fate, Water}% Spheres
+ {quiet thoughts}% Resist with
+ {This spell tells the caster if any particular patch (and it has to be a specific patch) contains anything which has a mind}% Description
+ {Shadows, statues, or suspicious bushes can all hide all manner of things.
+
+ The spell will not say what kind of mind this is -- whether animal or person.
+ It reports only `yes/ no', and often has false positives due to mice or insects (1/6 chance in daylight, 2/6 chance at night).}
+
+
+\spell{Awaken}% Name
+ {Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Wax}% Action
+ {Water, Fate}% Spheres
+ {spell's level}% Resist with
+ {The caster explains a plan to a spell, and the spell gains an Intelligence Bonus of +\arabic{spellPlusOne} and begins enacting the plan}% Description
{
- \Glspl{witch} commonly use this spell to make anyone in \pgls{bothy} or other sleeping-space miss the day.
- They awaken late, in darkness, and generally assume they simply cannot sleep.
- After all, they can see darkness, so it must be night, not day.
+ All spells have a small spark of sentience, endowed by their creator, so this spell exploits that fact to make a spell behave more intelligently.
- By the time people start to question their sanity, and light a fire, the next night may have already come.
+ The spell begins with all of the caster's knowledge, although anything beyond general knowledge generally ends up as a tangled mess of half-memories.
+ Without any interest in socializing, any social memories will simply not make sense.
+ The spell has all of the caster's Skills which do not depend on any social intuition%
+ \footnote{The spell gains none of the caster's magic Spheres},
+ with a -1 penalty.
+ However, if given a Charisma Bonus, with the Social Spell (\vpageref{Social Spell}), the spell will have full access to the caster's Skills (again, with a -1 penalty to each of them).
+
+ The spell grants no Charisma Bonus, and the resulting mind has no interest in anyone, or anything, except as instruments for \emph{the plan}.
+ It operates methodically, and sometimes behaves in strange, and alien ways, given its single-pointed value system.%
+ \footnote{Look up `the paperclip maximizer' for an explanation of how this kind of spell can easily go horribly wrong.}
}
-\pic{Roch_Hercka/polymorph}
+\spell{Fear}% Name
+ {Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Water, Fate}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Wits}{Academics}}% Resist with
+ {The caster explains to the target their imminent death.
+ If the target ever finds themselves facing the danger the caster described, they take a -\arabic{spellPlusOne} penalty to Mind Attributes}% Description
+ {The spell lasts until the character gains \pgls{xp} for following their Code.}
-\subsection{Mind}
+\stepcounter{diceNo}
+\showSpells{Mind2}
+
+\showSpells{Mind2}
+
+\pic{Roch_Hercka/elvish_enchanter}
+
+\spell{Social Spell}% Name
+ {Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Warp}% Action
+ {Water, Fate}% Spheres
+ {spell's level}% Resist with
+ {The caster speaks to a spell like a dog, which awakens an instinct to socialize, and grants it a +\arabic{spellPlusOne} Charisma Bonus (but no Intelligence)}% Description
+ {
+ Casters might use this spell to let an illusion interact semi-realistically with people (it will smile and listen, but cannot speak).
+
+ The newly created mind gains all of the caster's Skills which rely primarily on social graces (Deceit, Empathy, and Performance), with a -1 penalty to each.
+ It also gains their spell Spheres with a -1 penalty, but does not need an audible voice to use them.
+
+ The spell typically tries to attack the caster's enemies, and then interact with the caster and their friends.
+
+ }
+
+\spell{Wishfinder}% Name
+ {Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Witness}% Action
+ {Water, Fate}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Wits}{Academics}}% Resist with
+ {The \glsentrytext{witch} commands the target to state their `truest desires', while locking eyes.
+ The spell confirms whether or not the target's statement conforms to their Code}% Description
+ {The desire must be something which would \textit{directly} grant at least one \glsentrytext{xp}.%
+ \exRef{stories}{Stories}{codes}}
\label{carrierCrow}
\spell{Carrier Crow}% Name
@@ -644,102 +598,65 @@ As long as you have both of those at level 2 or above, you can cast the spell.
\showSpells{Mind3}
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \subsection{Divergent}
-
- \spell{Asking Rock}% Name
- {Detailed, Divergent}% Enhancements
- {Warp}% Action
- {Earth, Fate}% Spheres
- {civilization rating}% Resist with
- {The caster sells a weapon to a rock in return for summoning a beast, and the rock becomes magnetic.
- It has an effective Strength of \arabic{spellPlusTwo} to hold any iron weapon placed next to it.
+\showSpells{Mind4}
- Once the rock has a weapon, the \gls{gm} makes an encounter roll}% Description
- {
- The \gls{tn} depends on how close to civilization the spell is cast.
- Attracting \glspl{monster} to \pgls{village} makes more of a challenge than attracting them while past the \gls{edge}.%
- \exRef{judgement}{Judgement}{civilizationRating}
- If the encounter roll produces nothing, the \gls{gm} goes up the chart until they find an encounter.
+\subsection{Death}
+\label{Death1}
- \Glspl{npc} targeted by this spell will survive if only their \gls{cr} value is greater than the \gls{monster} which finds them.
- Otherwise, they end in the jaws of a beast.
- }
+\showSpells{Death1}
+\showSpells{Death1}
-}{}
+\showSpells{Death2}
+\showSpells{Death2}
-\spell{River Smog}% Name
- {Divergent, Duplicated}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Air, Water}% Spheres
- {\roll{Speed}{Athletics}}% Resist with
- {The caster spits prophecies of surreal catastrophe, and \arabic{spellTargets} worth of water turn into a putrid vapour.
- Anyone who breathes it in receives \arabic{spellPlusTwo}~\glspl{ep}}% Description
- {
- The water should be clearly visible, such as a stream or an actual barrel of water.}
+\spell{Corpse Stench}% Name
+ {Distant}% Enhancements
+ {Witness}% Action
+ {Fate, Air}% Spheres
+ {time since death}% Resist with
+ {Sniffing at the wind, the caster identifies any corpses at \spellRange}% Description
+ {Most use this trick to double-check if an immobile and wounded person might still have a chance of life.}
-\spell{Night Terrors}% Name
- {Distant, Divergent}% Enhancements
- {Wane}% Action
- {Fate, Fire}% Spheres
- {\roll{Charisma}{Survival}}% Resist with
- {The caster calls the first line of a dirge from the darkness, then a fire at \spellRange\ goes out.
- Whoever held it loses \showDam~\glspl{fp}}% Description
+\spell{Infectious Migraine}% Name
+ {Duplicated}% Enhancements
+ {Wax}% Action
+ {Fate, Air}% Spheres
+ {\roll{Strength}{Athletics}}% Resist with
+ {As the caster roars, a deathly feeling flows over the targets, who gain \arabic{spellPlusOne} \glspl{ep}}% Description
{}
-\showSpells{FireWater3}
-
-\end{multicols}
-
-\section{Fourth Level Spells}
-
-\begin{multicols}{2}
-
-\subsection{Air}
+\spell{Preservation}% Name
+ {Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Wane}% Action
+ {Fate, Air}% Spheres
+ {existing rot}% Resist with
+ {The caster paints a picture -- with words or brush -- of food, a shirt, or a human corpse.
+ The target ceases all rotting when not in use.
+ Rain or snow may fall upon it, but it will not degrade}% Description
+ {
+ Without this spell, any undead creatures would rot ever faster than a corpse in the ground.
-\showSpells{Air4}
+ The spell degrades when the target begins moving, and fails within \arabic{spellPlusOne} \glspl{interval}.
+ Therefore, undead spellcasters, such as liches, must continuously cast this spell upon themselves.
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \subsection{Earth}
+ \index{Necromancy!Preservation}
+ If cast immediately, upon death, it can arrest the effects of \textit{rigor mortis} before they begin.
+ }
- \showSpells{Earth4}
-}{}
+\showSpells{Death3}
-\subsection{Death}
+\spell{Stench Sort}% Name
+ {Distant, Detailed}% Enhancements
+ {Witness}% Action
+ {Fate, Air}% Spheres
+ {time since death}% Resist with
+ {Detect the location of any corpse of a named species at \spellRange}% Description
+ {
+ Sniffing at the wind, the caster identifies any corpses from a particular species at \spellRange.
+ Possible types include `elves', `\glspl{woodspy}', or `bats'.}
\showSpells{Death4}
-\subsection{Fate}
-
-\showSpells{Fate4}
-
-\subsection{Fire}
-
-\showSpells{Fire4}
-
-\subsection{Water}
-
-\showSpells{Water4}
-
-\iftoggle{verbose}{
- \subsection{Force}
-
- \showSpells{Force4}
-
- \subsection{Life}
-
- \showSpells{Life4}
-
-}{}
-
-\subsection{Light}
-
-\showSpells{Light4}
-
-\subsection{Mind}
-
-\showSpells{Mind4}
-
\iftoggle{verbose}{
\subsection{Divergent}
@@ -747,3 +664,4 @@ As long as you have both of those at level 2 or above, you can cast the spell.
}{}
\end{multicols}
+
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