Sorcery: Spirit Spells

Sorcery: Spirit Spells

Even more necromantic spells. I usually move Banish to the Gate college in my games. Banish lets the caster send an extraplanar being to its native plane. Bind Spirit (Type) allows the caster to temporarily enslave a spirit. Entrap Spirit makes a container or chamber impervious to spirits. Repel Spirits makes spirits unwilling to enter an area.

Banish

Keywords: Resisted (Will).

Full Cost: 58 points.

Casting Roll: Will.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: Instantaneous, the subject cannot return for 1 month.

If the subject fails to resist, they are plane shifted back to their native plane, from where they cannot return for one month.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (Will; Based on Will, +20%; Heart Attack, Variant, +300%; Malediction 2, +150%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [58].

   

Bind Spirit (Type)

Keywords: Resisted (Will).

Full Cost: 48 points.

Casting Roll: IQ.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: 3 minutes.

You can bind a spirit you can see or touch. Each class of spirits (banshees, spectres, manitous, etc.) requires its own spell. To use this ability, concentrate for one second and then roll a Quick Contest: your IQ vs. your subject’s Will, applying the range penalties to the subject (p. B550).

If you win, your bound subject will obey your every command for 3 minutes. In effect, he temporarily gains the Reprogrammable disadvantage (B150), with you as his master. You do not have to maintain concentration to control the spirit.

If you attempt to force the subject to act against its principles (e.g., commit suicide or harm a loved one), roll another Quick Contest. If the subject wins, it breaks free. Roll at the moment of truth – you can march him to the edge of a cliff, but it doesn’t roll until it’s about to leap.

If you lose, you cannot attempt to control that spirit again for 24 hours, and he feels a sense of mental coercion emanating from you.

Statistics: Mind Control (Accessibility, Class of Spirits, -60%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Independent, +70%; Sorcery, -15%) [48].

Entrap Spirit

Keywords: Area (Leveled), Obvious.

Full Cost: 70 points for level 1 + 25 points/additional level (or more).

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: Indefinite.

The sorcerer conjures a ward that repels (or at least slows) all spirits. This ward must be cast on a watertight sealed container, chamber, or building, and does not extend beyond it. Thus, the affected object must be fully within the area of effect. Any spirit wishing to cross the barrier may try to force its way through it as a free action (one attempt per turn): the foe rolls thrust damage and if this overcomes the Entrap Spirit’s DR, it gets through. This dispels the ward. If another creature from without opens the container or chamber, the ward dispels. Slams and collisions with the ward inflict their usual damage for the purpose of breaking through, but the collider takes no damage, as the dome absorbs kinetic force.

The ward gives DR against all attacks made by spirits.

By default, Entrap Spirit provides DR 10. However, more potent versions are available that multiply DR and full cost (actually 112.5 before rounding) by the same amount:

DR	Full Cost
10	70 points for level 1 + 25 points/additional level
20	140 points for level 1 + 50 points/additional level
30	210 points for level 1 + 75 points/additional level
50	350 points for level 1 + 125 points/additional level
100	700 points for level 1 + 250  points/additional level

Statistics: Damage Resistance 10 (Accessibility, Only on watertight containers, -40%; Affects Others, +50%; Area Effect, 2 yards, +50%; Force Field, +20%; Limited, Spirits, -60%; Ranged, +40%; Sorcery, -15%; Terminal Condition, Opening the container, -10%; Variable, Area, +5%) [70]. Additional levels increase Area Effect (+50%) [+25]. More powerful versions multiply DR by 2, 3, 5, or 10. Note: “Does not damage those colliding with it” is a 0-point special effect of DR with Affects Others, Area Effect, and Force Field.

Repel Spirits

Keywords: Area (Leveled), Resisted (IQ).

Full Cost: 46 points for level 1 + 5 points/additional level.

Casting Roll: Will.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: 50 minutes.

Spirits become unwilling to enter the area; any already within the area leave immediately. You may exclude specific, known spirits or even broad classes of spirits from the effects; e.g., “The spell affects every spirit except for four banshees here.” You may also reduce the area effect if you wish to.

While this spell is technically resisted by each spirit’s IQ, in practice the GM should bother only for extraordinary spirits. If so, victory allows the spirit to remain within the area for three minutes, after which it must roll again.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (IQ; Accessibility, Spirits Only, -40%; Area Effect, 2 yards, +50%; Based on IQ, +20%; Disadvantage, Dread, +30%; Extended Duration on Persistent, 100x, +80%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Malediction 2, +150%; No Signature, +20%; Persistent, +40%; Selective Area, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [46]. Additional levels add Area Effect (+50%) [+5].