Sorcery: Cloud Spells

Sorcery: Cloud Spells

There are many spells in fiction that produce clouds with some additional effects. What these spells have in common is that they affect an area, obscure vision, and drift with the wind. Fog Cloud simply obscures vision. Hallucinogenic Cloud causes hallucinations. Sleep Cloud makes the creatures caught within it to fall asleep. Stinking Cloud produces a horrible smell that makes the victims cough.

Fog Cloud

Keywords: Area (Leveled).

Full Cost: 13 points for level 1 + 4 points/additional level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Gaze) to aim.

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 10 seconds.

You may fill a two-yard-radius area with fog. This gives -4 to all vision rolls made through it. To place the gas cloud at a distance, use Innate Attack (Gaze), with normal range penalties, but at +4 for affecting an area. The initial attack roll places the effect. It then drifts from that point with the wind.

Statistics: Obscure Vision 4 (Drifting, +20%; Ranged, +50%; Sorcery, -15%; Variable, Area, +5%) [13]. Further levels add Area Effect (+50%) to the advantage [+4].

   

Hallucinogenic Cloud

Keywords: Area (Leveled).

Full Cost: 42 points for level 1 + 8 points/additional level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Gaze) to aim.

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 10 seconds.

You may fill a two-yard-radius area with hallucinogenic gases. This gives -3 to all vision rolls made through it. To place the gas cloud at a distance, use Innate Attack (Gaze), with normal range penalties, but at +4 for affecting an area. The initial attack roll places the effect. It then drifts from that point with the wind.

Additionally, every creature that inhales the gas, begins to hallucinate (B429) for 3 minutes, if it fails a HT roll. After that, it is stunned until it makes a successful HT roll.

Statistics: Obscure Vision 3 (Drifting, +20%; Link, +10%; Magical, -10%; Ranged, +50%; Variable, Area, +5%) [11] + Affliction 1 (HT; Area Effect, 2 yards, +50%; Drifting, +20%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Hallucinating, +50%; Link, +10%; Persistent, +40%; Respiratory Agent, +50%; Sorcery, -15%; Variable, Area, +5%) [31]. Further levels add Area Effect (+50%) to both advantages [+8].

Sleep Cloud

Keywords: Area (Leveled).

Full Cost: 52 points for level 1 + 8 points/additional level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Gaze) to aim.

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 10 seconds.

You may fill a two-yard-radius area with green sleep gas. This gives -3 to all vision rolls made through it. To place the cloud at a distance, use Innate Attack (Gaze), with normal range penalties, but at +4 for affecting an area. The initial attack roll places the effect. It then drifts from that point with the wind.

Additionally, every creature that inhales the cloud, falls asleep for 3 minutes, if it fails a HT roll. After this, it can be woken normally, but it will not necessarily wake up right away, especially if already tired. Upon waking up, each subject is stunned (p. B420) and may roll vs. HT once per second to recover.

Statistics: Obscure Vision 3 (Drifting, +20%; Link, +10%; Magical, -10%; Ranged, +50%; Variable, Area, +5%) [11] + Affliction 1 (HT; Area Effect, 2 yards, +50%; Drifting, +20%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Link, +10%; Persistent, +40%; Respiratory Agent, +50%; Sleep, +150%; Sorcery, -15%; Variable, Area, +5%) [41]. Further levels add Area Effect (+50%) to both advantages [+8].

Stinking Cloud

Keywords: Area (Leveled).

Full Cost: 39 points for level 1 + 8 points/additional level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Gaze) to aim.

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 10 seconds.

You may fill a two-yard-radius area with bad smelling smoke. This gives -3 to all vision rolls made through it. To place the cloud at a distance, use Innate Attack (Gaze), with normal range penalties, but at +4 for affecting an area. The initial attack roll places the effect. It then drifts from that point with the wind.

Additionally, every creature that inhales the cloud, begins to cough (is at -3 to DX and -1 to IQ, and cannot use Stealth) for 3 minutes, if it fails a HT roll.

Statistics: Obscure Vision 3 (Drifting, +20%; Link, +10%; Magical, -10%; Ranged, +50%; Variable, Area, +5%) [11] + Affliction 1 (HT; Area Effect, 2 yards, +50%; Coughing, +20%; Drifting, +20%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Link, +10%; Persistent, +40%; Respiratory Agent, +50%; Sorcery, -15%; Variable, Area, +5%) [28]. Further levels add Area Effect (+50%) to both advantages [+8].