Sorcery: Plant Spells XVII

Sorcery: Plant Spells XVII

Almost done! Here we have variant elemental spells - Woodfall is an environmental plant attack. Undergrowth Ambush is yet another flavor of plant-based binding. Branch Fingers is a very minor buff.

   

Branch Fingers

Keywords: Buff.

Full Cost: 13 points.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 3 minutes.

The subject’s digits become elongated and covered in bark. When the subject targets the eyes with a barehanded strike or eye gouge, he gets the x4 wounding modifier for the skull.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Branch Fingers, +10%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 10x, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [13]. Note: “Branch Fingers” is Long Fingers (Magical, -10%) [1].

Treetop Blink

Keywords: None.

Full Cost: 20 points.

Casting Roll: IQ.

Range: Self.

Duration: Instantaneous.

While this spell is active, once per turn, you can “dodge” an incoming attack by teleporting away from it to the top of the tallest tree within 20 yards. It must be thick enough to support his weight. For simplicity, assume a typical tree has at least one limb that can support 50 lbs. per point of SM.

The person appears on a limb that is attached 3/4 of the way up the trunk. Assume the tree’s height is the maximum for that SM. That’s 21’ in the example, so the limb is approximately 16’ above the ground.

When the person appears, he must make a Body Sense roll to be able to do anything, but defending in the next turn. Those with Perfect Balance need not roll.

Statistics: Warp (Anchored, Nearest Treetop, -30%; Blink Only, -60%; Reliable 1, +5%; Sorcery, -15%) [20].

  

Undergrowth Ambush

Keywords: Area (Leveled).

Full Cost: 47 points for level 1 + 15 points/additional level.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 10 seconds.

You can direct existing tree roots to entangle and restrain everyone within an area. It requires a roll against Innate Attack (Gaze) plus Talent; if you miss, see Scatter (p. B414). The roots can only entangle a subject, if the subject is within 4 yards of a tree. The binding has ST 15 and lasts for 10 seconds, continuing to entangle new people who blunder into it. Those already caught grow more tightly entangled, with +1 to the ST of their bonds for each additional second they remain grappled. This spell has no effect on sapient plants.

The basic (47-point) version of this spell affects subjects in a two-yard radius. For each additional 15 points, you may double this radius. The GM must determine the maximum level allowed; 128 yards is recommended. You may always choose to omit specific targets from the area of effect.

Statistics: Binding 15 (Area Effect, 2 yards, +50%; Environmental, Roots, -40%; Persistent, +40%; Selective Area, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [47]. The additional levels add more levels of Area Effect (+50%) [+15].

Woodfall

Keywords: Missile.

Full Cost: 5 points.

Casting Roll: None. Use Dropping or Innate Attack (Projectile) to hit.

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: Instantaneous.

This spell detaches a part of a plant directly over the subject and propels it downward! The caster must roll against Dropping or Innate Attack (Projectile) to hit, applying range penalties from him to the target (not the object). This is an overhead attack – it bypasses any cover that does not provide overhead protection, and negates attack penalties to hit crouching, kneeling, sitting, or prone targets.

Statistics: Crushing Attack 2d (Environmental, Under a branch or a heavy fruit/nut, -65%; Overhead, +30%; Sorcery, -15%) [5].