Sorcery: Alkahest Spells

Sorcery: Alkahest Spells

Essential Acid spells! Alkahest Jet and Spit Alkahest are variant jet attacks. Alkahest Sphere is a missile spell. Rain of Alkahest is an area bombardment attack.

   

Alkahest Jet

Keywords: Jet, Obvious.

Full Cost: 25 points/level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Beam) to hit.

Range: 10 yards.

Duration: One second.

A 10-yard jet of alkahest erupts from the caster’s hand. It can be dodged or blocked, but not parried. Treat this as a long melee weapon rather than a ranged attack, and do not apply range or speed penalties.

The jet deals 1d corrosion damage per level of this spell, but it has 1/2D 5. This damage leaves a lingering effect that deals 1 point of corrosion damage per second, for a number of seconds equal to the number of dice. This effect can only be removed by rinsing the targeted zone with Essential Water. Resist Acid only halves the damage of this spell, instead of rendering the target immune. The jet lasts until the beginning of the sorcerer’s next turn, allowing the user to parry incoming attacks with it. If a parry is successful, the jet automatically damages the incoming weapon or limb, much like a force sword. Though this spell cannot be maintained, if cast every turn, the alkahest stream is not interrupted and the caster may continue to attack with it normally.

Statistics: Corrosion Attack (Cosmic, Lingering Effect, +100%; Destructive Parry, +10%; Jet, +0%; Melee-Capable, Reach 1, +15%; Reflexive, +40%; Sorcery, -15%) [25/level]. Note: Melee-Capable and Reflexive allow a jet to parry in this particular combination despite a jet normally being unable to do so.

Alkahest Sphere

Keywords: Missile, Obvious.

Full Cost: 17 points/level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Projectile) to hit.

Range: 20 yards.

Duration: Instantaneous.

You launch an orb of alkahest at the target. It does 1d corrosion damage per level. This damage leaves a lingering effect that deals 1 point of corrosion damage per second, for a number of seconds equal to the number of dice. This effect can only be removed by rinsing the targeted zone with Essential Water. Resist Acid only halves the damage of this spell, instead of rendering the target immune. The target can dodge or block the orb. This spell’s 1/2D range is 10 yards.

Statistics: Corrosion Attack (Blockable, -5%; Cosmic, Lingering Effect, +100%; Increased 1/2D, 5x, +10%; Reduced Range, 1/5, -20%; Sorcery, -15%) [17/level].

  

Rain of Alkahest

Keywords: Area (Leveled).

Full Cost: 22.4 points for level 1 + 3.5 points/level.

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

Range: 100 yards.

Duration: 30 seconds.

You cause alkahest to rain down upon an area. Use Innate Attack (Gaze), at +4, to center the area; see Scatter (p. B414) if you miss. Everyone who spends even part of their turn in the area is attacked with an effective skill of 12, modified only for their SM. Anyone hit takes 1d-1 corrosion damage. This damage leaves a lingering effect that deals 1 point of corrosion damage per second, for a number of seconds equal to the number of dice. This effect can only be removed by rinsing the targeted zone with Essential Water. Resist Acid only halves the damage of this spell, instead of rendering the target immune. Victims may raise their shields as cover, at the risk of damaging them (p. B484). You may always choose (when casting) to scale back the area affected.

Statistics: Corrosion Attack 1d-1 (Area Effect, 2 yards, +50%; Bombardment, Skill-12, -10%; Cosmic, Lingering Effect, +100%; Extended Duration, 3x, +20%; Overhead, +30%; Persistent, +40%; Sorcery, -15%; Variable, Area, +5%) [22.4]. Further levels add Area Effect, +50% [+3.5].

  

Spit Alkahest

Keywords: Jet, Obvious.

Full Cost: 19 points/level.

Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Breath) to hit.

Range: 10 yards.

Duration: Instantaneous.

A 10-yard jet of alkahest erupts from your mouth. Use Innate Attack (Breath) to hit. Don’t apply range penalties; treat this as a long melee weapon rather than a ranged attack. It does corrosion damage with dice equal to your level of this spell. This damage leaves a lingering effect that deals 1 point of corrosion damage per second, for a number of seconds equal to the number of dice. This effect can only be removed by rinsing the targeted zone with Essential Water. Resist Acid only halves the damage of this spell, instead of rendering the target immune. The GM must determine what the maximum level available in the campaign is.

Statistics: Corrosion Attack 1d (Cosmic, Lingering Effect, +100%; Increased 1/2D, 2x, +5%; Jet, +0%; Sorcery, -15%) [19/level].