Sorcery: Ice Spells II

Sorcery: Ice Spells II

Here we have three new ice spells. Ice Armor protects the wearer, but is weak against fire attacks. Ice Movement freezes ground and water beneath the subject's feet, allowing him to skate. Shatter Ice damages ice creatures or objects.

  

Ice Armor

Keywords: Buff.

Full Cost: 34 points.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 3 minutes.

This spell covers the subject’s body in a layer of ice. The subject gains DR 8 that covers his whole body, including the eyes. This DR is semi-ablative - every 10 points of basic damage rolled removes one point of DR, regardless of whether the attack penetrates DR. This DR is treated as ablative (each point of DR stops one point of basic damage but is destroyed in the process) against fire attacks. Lost DR “heals” at the same rate as lost HP (including the effects of Regeneration, p. B80).

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Ice Armor, +220%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 10x, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [34]. Note: “Ice Armor” is DR 8 (Magical, -10%; Nuisance Effect, Acts as Ablative against fire, -25%; Semi-Ablative, -20%) [18] + Nictitating Membrane 8 (Magical, -10%; Nuisance Effect, Acts as Ablative against fire, -25%; Semi-Ablative, -20%) [4].

  

Ice Movement

Keywords: Buff.

Full Cost: 34 points.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 3 minutes.

This spell makes ground and water beneath the subject’s feet freeze and allows the subject to skate along such surfaces at high speed. Double the top running speed of the subject, when moving along ground or water. This does not affect Basic Speed, Basic Move, or Dodge. When running across water (this spell does not work on any other liquids), the subject must keep moving at his full Move to avoid falling. In any case, the subject is treated as skating, and complex maneuvers and combat actions require Skating (p. B220) rolls.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Ice Movement, +220%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 10x, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [34]. Note: “Ice Movement” is Enhanced Move 1 (Ground; Magical, -10%; Nuisance Effect, Skating rolls, -10%) [16] + Walk on Liquid (Accessibility, Only when moving at his full Move, -30%; Magical, -10%; Nuisance Effect, Skating rolls, -10%; Specific, Water, -10%) [6].

Shatter Ice

Keywords: Resisted (HT).

Full Cost: 17 points/level.

Casting Roll: IQ. Use DX or unarmed combat skill to hit.

Range: Touch.

Duration: Instantaneous.

Your touch deals 2d crushing damage per level of this spell to a creature or object made of ice. DR does not protect against this.

Statistics: Crushing Attack 2d (Accessibility, Only on ice, -40%; Based on HT, +20%; Based on IQ, Own Roll, +20%; Malediction 1, +100%; Melee Attack, Reach C, Cannot Parry, -35%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [17/level].