Magic: Force College

Magic: Force College

There are many “force” spells in the colleges of Movement and Protection & Warning, but some iconic wizardly spells, like Magic Missile, do not really fit these colleges, so I have decided to make a new one.

Use the following spells and prerequisites for the college of Force.

The College of Force
Spell Name	Prerequisites	Source
Ablative Barrier	Armor	New spell
Absorb Impact	Slow Fall	New spell
Apportation	Magery 1	M142
Armor	Shield	M167
Battering Blast	Magery 1, Force Bolt	New spell
Blade Barrier	Force Wall	New spell
Bladeturning	Shield or Turn Blade	M168
Block	Magery 1	M166
Clenched Fist	Magery 2, Forceful Hand	New spell
Crushing Hand	Magery 2, Clenched Fist	New spell
Deflect Missile	Apportation	M143
Disruption	Magery 3 and any 10 Movement spells, including Manipulate and Undo	MDS17
Distant Blow	Magery 2, Apportation	M144
Floating Disk	Levitation	New spell
Force Bolt	Magery 1, Magic Missile	New spell
Force Dome	Weather Dome, Apportation	M170
Force Guillotine	Magery 3, Force Wall	MDS20
Force Harpoon	Magery 1, Force Spear	New spell
Force Spear	Magery 1, Force Bolt	New spell
Force Wall	Force Dome	M170
Forceful Hand	Magery 2, Interposing Hand	New spell
Forceful Weapon	Magery 2 and any 5 Force spells	New spell
Grasping Hand	Magery 2, Forceful Hand	New spell
Hardiness	Block	M167
Interposing Hand	Magery 1, Wizard Hand, and any 5 Force spells	New spell
Levitation	Apportation	M143
Magic Missile	Magery 1, Apportation	New spell
Poltergeist	Apportation	M144
Pull	Magery 2, 4 Movement spells, including Levitation	M146
Quarter	Magery 3 and any 10 Movement spells, including Pull and Repel	MDS18
Repel	Magery 2, 4 Movement spells, including Levitation	M147
Scoop	Magery 1, Apportation	New spell
Shield	Magery 2	M167
Slow Fall	Apportation	M144
Suspend Item	Apportation	New spell
Turn Blade	Apportation or Spasm	M167
Weather Dome	2 spells each from 4 elements	M169
Winged Knife	Poltergeist	M145

New spells

Ablative Barrier
Regular

This spells grants the subject ablative force field DR. This force field stops damage once. Each point of DR stops one point of basic damage but is destroyed in the process. This layer of defense is always the outermost one, and is cumulative with that from actual armor, and from the Armor spell.

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 1 per two points of DR. Half that to maintain.

Prerequisite: Armor.

Absorb Impact

Regular

The subject becomes immune to fall and collision damage for the duration of the spell. The velocity of a falling subject is not altered. No damage will be suffered upon landing on a normal surface (spikes, etc. would still do full damage).

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 1 per 50 pounds of weight. Half that to maintain.

Prerequisite: Slow Fall.

Item

Clothing or jewelry. Energy cost to create: 1,000.

Battering Blast
Missile

A barrage of magical force bolts flies off your fingertips towards your target. This has 1/2D 30, Max 60, Acc 1. The missiles can strike even insubstantial targets. Damage is doubled for the purpose of knockback.

Cost: Any amount up to your Magery level per second, for three seconds. The force bolts do 1d-1 crushing damage. RoF is 2 per energy point.

Time to cast: 1 to 3 seconds.

Prerequisites: Magery 1, Force Bolt.

Item

Staff or wand – the bolts are fired from the end of the item. Energy cost to create: 1,000; must include an amethyst worth $400. Usable only by mages.

Blade Barrier

Regular

Creates a barrier of shimmering whirling blades of force. The barrier is permeable, but anything crossing the barrier is attacked by the blades. The Blade Barrier makes 1d-1 (minimum 1) attacks per hex traversed at skill 12. Each successful hit deals 1d+2 cutting damage. These attacks can be dodged, parried, or blocked normally. The Blade Barrier can affect insubstantial targets. The Blade Barrier is four yards high. Higher barriers are possible at a proportionately increased energy cost (double for double height, etc).

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 3 per yard length to cast. Same cost to maintain.

Prerequisite: Force Wall.

Item

(a) Staff. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 1,000. (b) A Blade Barrier may be made permanent at an energy cost of 100 times normal.

Clenched Fist

Regular

As Forceful Hand, but the caster can Concentrate to make the hand punch the designated opponent.

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 4 to cast. 2 to maintain. Each additional energy point to both costs increases the hand’s ST by 2.

Time to cast: 2 seconds.

Prerequisites: Magery 2, Forceful Hand.

Item

A hand-shaped amulet. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 800.

Crushing Hand

Regular

As Grasping Hand, but the hand has Constriction Attack (p. B43).

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 5 to cast. 3 to maintain. Each additional energy point to both costs increases the hand’s ST by 2.

Time to cast: 2 seconds.

Prerequisites: Magery 2, Grasping Hand.

Item

A hand-shaped amulet. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 900.

Floating Disk

Regular

The caster creates a slightly concave, circular plane of force that follows him about and carries loads for him. The disk is 1 yard in diameter and 1 inch deep at its center. It can hold 100 pounds of weight per energy point. If used to transport a liquid, its capacity is 2 gallons. The disk floats approximately 1 yard above the ground at all times and remains level. It floats along horizontally within 10 yards and will accompany the caster at a rate of no more than his Basic Move every second. If not otherwise directed with a Concentrate maneuver, it maintains a constant interval of 1 yard between itself and the caster. The disk winks out of existence when the spell duration expires. The disk also winks out if the caster moves beyond its range or tries to take the disk more than 1 yard away from the surface beneath it. When the disk winks out, whatever it was supporting falls to the surface beneath it.

Duration: 1 hour.

Cost: 1 per 100 pounds of weight. Half that to maintain.

Prerequisite: Levitation.

Item

Jewelry. Energy cost to create: 800.

Force Harpoon
Missile

A magical force harpoon flies off your fingertips towards your target. This has 1/2D 30, Max 60, Acc 1. The harpoon can strike even insubstantial targets. The spear does 2d-1 impaling damage. This harpoon is tethered to the caster and instantly pulls him towards the target in a straight line (even if it misses and hits a wall behind the intended target!). The caster must make a successful DX or Acrobatics roll to arrive and land standing in the adjacent hex to the target. If he fails the roll, he falls down near the target. This spell is useful not only to approach the target quickly, but also to traverse chasms and climb to higher ground.

Cost: 3.

Prerequisites: Magery 1, Force Spear.

Item

Staff or wand – the harpoon is fired from the end of the item. Energy cost to create: 1,000; must include an amethyst worth $400. Usable only by mages.

Force Spear
Missile

A magical force spear flies off your fingertips towards your target. This has 1/2D 30, Max 60, Acc 1. The spear can strike even insubstantial targets. The spear does 2d-1 impaling damage and gets stuck in the target. It prevents the subject from phasing through walls and other objects via Insubstantiality, Permeation, or similar abilities, but can be removed with a successful ST roll and a Ready maneuver. Once removed, it does half as much damage it dealt going in, and then winks out of existence. If left in the subject, it winks out when the duration runs out.

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 3. Cannot be maintained.

Prerequisites: Magery 1, Force Bolt.

Item

Staff or wand – the spear is fired from the end of the item. Energy cost to create: 1,000; must include an amethyst worth $400. Usable only by mages.

Force Bolt
Missile

A magical force bolt flies off your fingertips towards your target. This has 1/2D 30, Max 60, Acc 1. The missile can strike even insubstantial targets. Damage is doubled for the purpose of knockback.

Cost: Any amount up to your Magery level per second, for three seconds. The force bolt does 1d-1 crushing damage per energy point.

Time to cast: 1 to 3 seconds.

Prerequisites: Magery 1, Magic Missile.

Item

Staff or wand – the bolt is fired from the end of the item. Energy cost to create: 800; must include an amethyst worth $400. Usable only by mages.

Forceful Hand

Regular

As Interposing Hand, but it can also shove opponents. The caster can Concentrate to move the hand at Move 4, but only towards him or the designated opponent, and the hand still cannot move closer than 3 yards to the caster. The caster may Concentrate to make the Forceful Hand shove (p. 372) the designated opponent. The hand has ST 12 or higher (see Cost below).

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 3 to cast. 2 to maintain. Each additional energy point to both costs increases the hand’s ST by 2.

Time to cast: 2 seconds.

Prerequisites: Magery 2, Interposing Hand.

Item

A hand-shaped amulet. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 500.

Forceful Weapon

Regular

Causes any weapon to become covered by a thin sheet of pinkish force, which does not harm the user but lets the weapon deal double damage for the purpose of knockback and affect insubstantial beings.

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 4 to cast. 1 to maintain.

Time to cast: 2 seconds.

Prerequisites: Magery 2 and any 5 Force spells.

Item

A weapon that is constantly under the effect of this spell, at no energy cost to the user. Energy cost to create: 750; a $400 amethyst must be set in the weapon.

Grasping Hand

Regular

As Forceful Hand, but the caster can Concentrate to make the hand grapple the designated opponent.

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 4 to cast. 2 to maintain. Each additional energy point to both costs increases the hand’s ST by 2.

Time to cast: 2 seconds.

Prerequisites: Magery 2, Forceful Hand.

Item

A hand-shaped amulet. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 800.

Interposing Hand

Regular

Creates a SM+0 hand made of shimmering pinkish force that appears between the caster and one of his opponents. This floating, disembodied hand moves automatically to remain between them, regardless of where the caster moves or how the opponent tries to get around it, providing cover for the caster against that opponent (and other opponents, if they are close enough). The opponent firing at the caster risks hitting the hand instead. See Firing Through an Occupied Hex, p. B389.

The hand stays at a 3-yard distance from the caster. It cannot push objects or creatures. It has HP 20 and DR 20.

The designated opponent must evade (p. B368) the hand, if he wants to approach the caster. The hand is considered to be a standing creature, and has DX of the caster. The hand can even stop insubstantial opponents from approaching. Getting past the hand or destroying it dispels it.

The caster can Concentrate to redirect the hand to another opponent.

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 2 to cast. 1 to maintain.

Time to cast: 2 seconds.

Prerequisites: Magery 1, Wizard Hand, and any 5 Force spells.

Item

A hand-shaped amulet. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 400.

Magic Missile
Missile

A magical force missile flies off your fingertips towards your target. A successful hit does 1d-1 crushing damage. The missile can strike even insubstantial targets. The projectile is homing, so it steers itself. As it uses normal vision to seek its target, it does not ignore darkness penalties. To “lock on,” you must Aim at the target and make an unmodified Innate Attack (Projectile) roll. Do not roll against your skill to hit. Instead, use the attack’s skill of 10 – plus Accuracy, if you made your skill roll – and ignore all range penalties. The projectile moves 4 yards per second. For more information, see Guided and Homing Weapons (B412).

Cost: 1.

Prerequisites: Magery 1, Apportation.

Item

Staff or wand – the missile is fired from the end of the item. Energy cost to create: 800; must include an amethyst worth $400. Usable only by mages.

Scoop

Regular

The caster wills a small vessel of force into existence. By taking a Concentrate maneuver, the caster can move the container at Move 1 in any direction, though the spell ends if the distance between you and the container ever exceeds 10 yards. The caster can dip the container to pick up or drop a liquid by taking a Concentrate maneuver. The vessel holds up to 1 pint of liquid or small objects, weighing up to 5 pounds.

Duration: 1 minute.

Cost: 1.

Prerequisites: Magery 1, Apportation.

Item

Staff or wand. Usable only by mages. Energy cost to create: 400.

Suspend Item

Regular

The target object floats at a set distance within 10 yards of the caster. With a Concentrate maneuver, the caster may move any object at Move 10 within the spell’s range. If a suspended object moves beyond the spell’s range, it falls down. Any creature can grab a floating object if it is within its arm’s reach. Creatures may use Fast-Draw to grab the objects. Once the object is grabbed, the spell ends. If the caster does not wish to let the object be grabbed, he may make an IQ roll (or a Quick Contest of his IQ versus the grabber’s Fast-Draw, if the creature is fast-drawing it) to move the object away quickly. Suspended weapons may be thrown with Winged Knife.

This is also a Movement spell.

Duration: 10 minutes.

Cost: 1 per 3 pounds of weight. Half that to maintain.

Prerequisite: Apportation.

Item

Jewelry. Energy cost to create: 800.

Force College in Ritual Magic

Path of Force
Spell Name	Source
No penalty (0 prerequisites)
Apportation	M142
Block	M168
Shield	M167
-1 penalty (1 prerequisite)
Armor	M167
Bladeturning	M168
Deflect Missile	M143
Distant Blow	M144
Hardiness	M167
Levitation	M143
Magic Missile	New spell
Poletgeist	M144
Scoop	New spell
Slow Fall	M144
Suspend Item	New spell
Turn Blade	M167
-2 penalty (2 prerequisites)
Ablative Barrier	New spell
Absorb Impact	New spell
Floating Disk	New spell
Force Bolt	New spell
Winged Knife	M145
-3 penalty (3 prerequisites)
Battering Blast	New spell
Force Spear	New spell
-4 penalty (4 prerequisites)
Force Harpoon	New spell
Pull	M146
Repel	M147
-5 penalty (5 prerequisites)
Forceful Weapon	New spell
-8 penalty (8 prerequisites)
Weather Dome	M169
-9 penalty (9 prerequisites)
Interposing Hand	New spell
-10 penalty (10 prerequisites)
Disruption	MDS17
Force Dome	M170
Forceful Hand	New spell
Quarter	MDS18
-11 penalty (11 prerequisites)
Clenched Fist	New spell
Force Wall	M170
Grasping Hand	New spell
-12 penalty (12 prerequisites)
Blade Barrier	New spell
Crushing Hand	New spell
Force Guillotine	MDS20
-14 penalty (14 prerequisites)
Resilient Sphere	New spell
-15 penalty (15 prerequisites)
Telekinetic Sphere	New spell