Sorcery: Body Control Spells III

Sorcery: Body Control Spells III

Even more body control spells! Corpulence and Gauntness allow the caster to temporarily change the subject's weight. Deathtouch is a deadly melee attack spell. Sickness is a nasty debuff.

  

Corpulence

Keywords: Resisted (HT).

Full Cost: 24 points.

Casting Roll: Will.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: 3 minutes.

The subject’s girth temporarily increases by one level, going from Skinny to Normal, from Normal to Overweight, from Overweight to Fat, or from Fat to Very Fat, as applicable (see Build, p. B18, for details). In addition to the normal effects of the increased weight, ordinary clothes will rip; each piece of rigid armor will constrict, inflicting DR/3 points of crushing damage (round down), and then suffocate (p. B436). Once the subject is incapable of moving, he may be suffocated by his own weight.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Disadvantage, Very Fat, +5%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Malediction 2, +150%; No Signature, +20%; One category shift only, -20%; Sorcery, ‑15%) [24].

Deathtouch

Keywords: Resisted (HT).

Full Cost: 9 points/level.

Casting Roll: Will. Use DX or unarmed combat skills to hit.

Range: Touch.

Duration: Instantaneous.

The caster must touch the subject to trigger this spell. Armor does not protect. If the subject fails his HT roll to resist, he takes 1d crushing damage per level of this spell. This damage does not cause knockback. This spell does affect the undead.

Statistics: Crushing Attack 1d (Based on HT, +20%; Melee Attack, Reach C, Cannot Parry -35%; Malediction 1, +100%; No Knockback, -10%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, ‑15%) [9/level].

Gauntness

Keywords: Resisted (HT).

Full Cost: 24 points.

Casting Roll: Will.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: 3 minutes.

The subject is temporarily emaciated, losing one level of weight (up to Skinny). Armor and clothing hangs on the subject, hampering him (-2 DX). Repeated castings do not decrease the weight further.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Disadvantage, Skinny, +5%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Malediction 2, +150%; No Signature, +20%; One category shift only, -20%; Sorcery, ‑15%) [24].

Sickness

Keywords: Resisted (HT).

Full Cost: 28 points.

Casting Roll: Will.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: 1 minute.

The subject becomes nauseated (p. B428) for 1 minute.

This is a Body Control and a Mind Control spell. When this spell is cast as a Mind Control spell, it can only affect sapient creatures.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Nauseated, +30%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Malediction 2, +150%; No Signature, +20%; Reduced Duration, 1/3, -10%; Sorcery, ‑15%) [28]. Note: When used as a Mind Control spell, add Accessibility, Only on sapient beings, -10% to Affliction. This makes the spell cost 27 points.