Sorcery: Bio-Tech Spells II

Sorcery: Bio-Tech Spells II

And here are some more bio-tech spells. Ease Labor makes childbirth trouble-free. Remove Fetus can also ease childbirth or be used to abort a child. Manipulate DNA allows the caster to perform genetic engineering with no tools.

Ease Labor

Keywords: Buff.

Full Cost: 21 points.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 1 day.

This spell makes birth painless and trouble-free.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Accessibility, Only on pregnant women, -80%; Advantage, Ease Labor, +50%; Extended Duration, 1,000x, +120%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 10x, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [21]. Note: “Ease Labor” is Immunity to Childbirth Complications (Magical, -10%) [5].

  

Manipulate DNA

Keywords: None.

Full Cost: 18 points.

Casting Roll: IQ or Bioengineering (Generic Engineering).

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: Indefinite.

The caster can magically splice genes and manipulate DNA to produce specific traits. This spell allows him to work with improvised facilities (for example, a kitchen) at a -10 “lab quality” penalty.

Statistics: Control DNA 1 (Accessibility, Only to splice genes and manipulate DNA, -35%; Ranged, +40%; Sorcery, -15%) [18].

  

Remove Fetus

Keywords: Resisted (HT).

Full Cost: 14 points.

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

Range: Touch.

Duration: Instantaneous.

The caster can safely reach through the pregnant subject’s belly and detach the fetus. If the fetus is old enough to survive, this is effectively a painless alternative to Caesarean birth. Otherwise, it serves as a means of abortion.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Reabsorption, Variant, +10%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Malediction 1, +100%; Melee Attack, Reach C, Cannot Parry, -35%; No Signature, +20%; Reduced Duration, 1/180, -40%; Sorcery, ‑15%) [14].