Sorcery: Movement Spells IV

Sorcery: Movement Spells IV

Even more movement spells! Long March slows down overland travel. Poltergeist throws unattended objects. Slow Fall makes landings soft. Wallwalker lets the subject walk on walls and ceilings.

  

Long March

Keywords: Resisted (HT).

Full Cost: 40 points.

Casting Roll: Will.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: 1 day.

The subject has his Basic Move reduced to 0.4x of its value, but only for the purpose of calculating overland movement.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Extended Duration, 1,000x, +120%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Malediction 2, +150%; No Signature, +20%; Slower Move, 0.4x, Overland Movement Only, +20%; Sorcery, ‑15%) [40].

Poltergeist

Keywords: None.

Full Cost: 5 points/level.

Casting Roll: None.

Range: 10 yards.

Duration: Indefinite.

You can pick up and throw objects without touching them. You lift and throw distant objects just as if you were grasping them in a pair of hands with ST equal to your (2*Poltergeist level). Regardless of level, for picking objects up your maximum range is 10 yards. You cannot move objects after you pick them up, your only options are to throw the object, keep holding it, or release your grasp.

Poltergeist requires constant concentration to use. In combat, this means you must take a Concentrate maneuver on your turn. Your Poltergeist may then perform one standard maneuver as if were a disembodied pair of hands at some point within your range: a Ready maneuver to pick up an object or an Attack maneuver to throw it. This works just as if you were throwing the object with ST equal to (2*your Poltergeist) level. Roll against Throwing or Thrown Weapon skill to hit, modified by Talent, depending on the object being hurled. For 1/2D and Max purposes, measure range from the object (not yourself!) to the target; for the purpose of range penalties, use the sum of the distance from you to the object and from the object to the target. Once you throw something, you have “released” your telekinetic grip – your Poltergeist must take a Ready maneuver to pick it up again.

No rolls are necessary for picking objects up. In situations where you would roll against ST, roll against (2*your Poltergeist level) instead.

Statistics: Telekinesis 2 (Only to pick up and throw, -35%; Sorcery, -15%) [5]. Each additional level adds Telekinesis 2 (Only to pick up and throw, -35%; Sorcery, -15%) [+5].

Slow Fall

Keywords: Buff.

Full Cost: 23 points.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 3 minutes.

The subject subtracts five yards from a fall automatically (treat this as an automatic Acrobatics success – don’t check again for it). In addition, a successful DX roll halves damage from any fall.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Slow Fall, +110%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 10x, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [23]. Note: “Slow Fall” is Catfall (Feather Fall, +20%; Magical, -10%) [11].

  

Wallwalker

Keywords: Buff.

Full Cost: 30 points.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 3 minutes.

The subject can walk or crawl on walls and ceilings. He can stop at any point and stick to the surface without fear of falling. Neither feat requires a roll against Climbing skill, provided the surface is one he can cling to. Move while clinging is half his Basic Move.

If the subject is falling and tries to grab a vertical surface to break his fall, the GM must first decide whether there is anything in reach. If there is, the subject makes a DX roll to touch the surface, and then makes a ST roll at -1 per 5 yards already fallen. If he succeeds, he stops his fall. Otherwise, he continues to fall – but he may subtract 5 yards from the height of the fall thanks to the slowing effect of the failed clinging attempt. Variations in gravity affect these distances; e.g., in 0.5G, the ST roll would be at -1 per 10 yards.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Wallwalker, +180%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 10x, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [30]. Note: “Wallwalker” is Clinging (Magical, -10%) [18].