Sorcery: Metal Spells VI

Sorcery: Metal Spells VI

Last metal spells. And not only that - these are the last unconverted vanilla Magic spells, including the ones from Pyramid, at least at the time I'm writing this post. The whol system conversion sure took me a while. Smelt Ore transmutes ore into an ingot of metal. Stone to Metal transmutes stone to metal. Transmute Metal converts one type of a metal into another. Walk Through Metal is a useful prison escape tool.

Smelt Ore

Keywords: None.

Full Cost: 6 points/level.

Casting Roll: IQ.

Range: Touch.

Duration: Permanent.

This spell allows you to extract a quantity of metal ore into an ingot of the given metal. The stone portions of the ore crumble to dirt around the ingot. To do so, touch the ore you wish to smelt, take a Concentrate maneuver and roll vs. IQ. Success means you smelt the ore successfully. Failure means nothing happens. Critical failure means the transformation happens, but in a way that’s inconvenient or dangerous – the GM should be creative!

Smelting costs 1 FP per use.

The ore can weigh up to 10 x (level squared) lbs. – 10 lbs. at level 1, 40 lbs. at level 2, 90 lbs. at level 3, and so on. This limits the weight of the ore being smelted.

Statistics: Create (Transmute Ore to Metal, +50%; Transmutation Only, -100%; Magical, -10%) [8/level].

Stone to Metal

Keywords: None.

Full Cost: 8 points/level.

Casting Roll: IQ.

Range: Touch.

Duration: 10 seconds or permanent; see text.

This spell allows you to turn stone into simple metal like bronze or iron. To do so, touch the matter you wish to transform, take a Concentrate maneuver and roll vs. IQ. Success means you transform the matter successfully. Failure means nothing happens. Critical failure means the transformation happens, but in a way that’s inconvenient or dangerous – the GM should be creative!

Transmutation costs 1 FP per use.

The final product can weigh up to 10 x (level squared) lbs. – 10 lbs. at level 1, 40 lbs. at level 2, 90 lbs. at level 3, and so on. This limits the weight of the matter being transformed.

If the product is worth more than what you started with, it’s unstable and will revert to its original form after 10 seconds unless you stabilize it with your character points – in which case point cost depends on the difference in value. Each point spent stabilizes a quantity worth 10% of the campaign’s average starting wealth. (This is just the tradeoff used for Trading Points for Money, p. B26.) The GM determines the cash value per pound of matter – a ton of iron costs more to stabilize than a ton of stone.

Points spent to stabilize matter come from your “Creation Pool,” a number of points set aside for the purpose. You can’t apply any modifiers to these points. Points used to stabilize matter are unavailable until reclaimed – which causes the matter to vanish. If the matter is crafted into an object, the item is unmade when the matter vanishes. If the matter is mixed with other materials (e.g., alloyed), you must separate it to reclaim your points; this can be a tedious process. If it’s destroyed or transformed (e.g., eaten), you can’t reclaim your points – they’re gone. You can increase your Creation Pool with unspent points at any time.

Statistics: Create (Transmute Stone to Metal, +50%; Transmutation Only, -100%; Magical, -10%) [8/level].

Transmute Metal

Keywords: None.

Full Cost: 8 points/level.

Casting Roll: IQ.

Range: Touch.

Duration: 10 seconds or permanent; see text.

This spell allows you to convert one type of metal into another. To do so, touch the matter you wish to transform, take a Concentrate maneuver and roll vs. IQ. Success means you transform the matter successfully. Failure means nothing happens. Critical failure means the transformation happens, but in a way that’s inconvenient or dangerous – the GM should be creative!

Transmutation costs 1 FP per use.

The final product can weigh up to 10 x (level squared) lbs. – 10 lbs. at level 1, 40 lbs. at level 2, 90 lbs. at level 3, and so on. This limits the weight of the matter being transformed.

If the product is worth more than what you started with, it’s unstable and will revert to its original form after 10 seconds unless you stabilize it with your character points – in which case point cost depends on the difference in value. Each point spent stabilizes a quantity worth 10% of the campaign’s average starting wealth. (This is just the tradeoff used for Trading Points for Money, p. B26.) The GM determines the cash value per pound of matter – a ton of iron costs more to stabilize than a ton of stone.

Points spent to stabilize matter come from your “Creation Pool,” a number of points set aside for the purpose. You can’t apply any modifiers to these points. Points used to stabilize matter are unavailable until reclaimed – which causes the matter to vanish. If the matter is crafted into an object, the item is unmade when the matter vanishes. If the matter is mixed with other materials (e.g., alloyed), you must separate it to reclaim your points; this can be a tedious process. If it’s destroyed or transformed (e.g., eaten), you can’t reclaim your points – they’re gone. You can increase your Creation Pool with unspent points at any time.

Statistics: Create (Transmute Metal to Metal, +50%; Transmutation Only, -100%; Magical, -10%) [8/level].

Walk Through Metal

Keywords: Buff.

Full Cost: 58 points.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: Nine minutes.

This spell allows the subject to pass through metal as if they were not even there. He does not automatically sink into the ground; the metal beneath his feet is as solid as he wishes it to be. He will need to hold his breath on long trips (this spell does not provide air) and gains no special ability to see through metal. He may carry up to Light encumbrance while doing this.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Walk Through Metal, +440%; Extended Duration, 3x, +20%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 10x, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [58]. Note: “Walk Through Metal” is Permeation (Metal; Can Carry Objects, Light Encumbrance, +20%; Magical, -10%) [44].