Sorcery: Energy Spells II

Sorcery: Energy Spells II

And here we've got the last four new spells from Pyramid #3-115. Ball of Annihilation creates a microscopic black hole. Blackbolt fires a beam of UV light. Microwave Jet can disable electronics. Starbolt fires a beam of X-rays.

Ball of Annihilation

Keywords: Area (Fixed).

Full Cost: 512 points for level 1 + 44 points/additional level.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 10 seconds.

You may create a microscopic black hole that can devour anything, including magic. This affects a single hex. To place the area at a distance, use Innate Attack (Gaze), with normal range penalties, but at +4 for affecting an area. The black hole is under caster’s control. The caster can Concentrate to move the black hole at Move equal to the spell’s level. The singularity can pass through anything except a stasis field.

If the ball intersects someone, the victim must dodge and retreat to avoid being hit. Parrying or blocking is useless. Someone hit by the ball will suffer damage as a result of the tidal stresses and radiation it emits. The ball inflicts 7d corrosion damage with an infinite armor divisor, plus 1 rad per point of basic damage rolled. (See Radiation, p. B435, for effects of being irradiated.) The area surrounding the Ball of Annihilation is a one-yard no-mana area (although mana recovers if the ball moves away).

Statistics: Corrosion Attack 7d (Area Effect, 1 yard, +25%; Cosmic, Irresistible Attack, +300%; Link, +10%; Mobile 1, +40%; Persistent, +40%; Radiation, +100%; Sorcery, -15%) [420] + Mana Damper 4 (Area Effect, 1 yard, +50%; Ranged, +40%; Link, +10%; Magical, -10%; Mobile 1, +40%) [92]. Further levels add Mobile (+40%) to both advantages [+44]. 

Blackbolt

Keywords: Missile, Obvious.

Full Cost: 8 points/level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Beam) to hit.

Range: 300 yards.

Duration: Instantaneous.

You fire a beam coherent ultraviolet light that does 1d(2) burning damage per level! This is a tight-beam burning attack; see p. B399. It has 1/2D 150, Max 300.

Blackbolt is not a projectile attack, and is thus not affected normally by spells like Reverse Missiles. Deflect Energy protects against it normally.

Statistics: Burning Attack (Armor Divisor, (2), +50%; Increased 1/2D, x5, +10%; Increased Range, x3, +15%; Sorcery, -15%) [8/level].

    

Microwave Jet

Keywords: Jet, Obvious.

Full Cost: 66 points.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Beam) to hit.

Range: 10 yards.

Duration: One second.

A 10-yard jet of invisible microwaves erupts from the caster’s hand. It can be dodged or blocked, but not parried. Treat this as a long melee weapon rather than a ranged attack, and do not apply range or speed penalties.

The jet deals 1 point of burning damage. Any electronic systems (e.g., computers, robots, cars with electrical ignitions, etc.) suffer an Affliction attack, requiring a HT + SM roll to avoid being shut down for minutes equal to the margin of failure. DR protects, but only if sealed. Upon regaining function, the subject is stunned (p. B420) and may roll vs. HT once per second to recover. The jet lasts until the beginning of the sorcerer’s next turn, allowing the user to parry incoming attacks with it. If a parry is successful, the jet automatically damages the incoming weapon or limb, much like a force sword. Though this spell cannot be maintained, if cast every turn, the microwave stream is not interrupted and the caster may continue to attack with it normally.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Accessibility, Only on Electrical, -20%; Cosmic, Irresistible Attack unless Sealed, +250%; Destructive Parry, +10%; Increased 1/2D, 2x, +5%; Jet, +0%; Link, +10%; Melee-Capable, Reach 1, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Reflexive, +40%; Sorcery, -15%; Unconsciousness, +200%) [62] + Burning Attack 1 point (Destructive Parry, +10%; Increased 1/2D, 2x, +5; Jet, +0%; Link, +10%; Magical, -10%; Melee-Capable, Reach 1, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Reflexive, +40%) [4]. Note: Melee-Capable and Reflexive allow a jet to parry in this particular combination despite a jet normally being unable to do so.

Starbolt

Keywords: Missile, Obvious.

Full Cost: 14 points/level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Beam) to hit.

Range: 1,500 yards.

Duration: Instantaneous.

You fire a beam coherent X-rays that does 1d(5) burning damage per level! This is a tight-beam burning attack; see p. B399. It has 1/2D 750, Max 1,500.

Starbolt is not a projectile attack, and is thus not affected normally by spells like Reverse Missiles. Deflect Energy protects against it normally.

Statistics: Burning Attack (Armor Divisor, (5), +150%; Increased 1/2D, x5, +10%; Increased Range, x15, +35%; Sorcery, -15%) [14/level].