Sorcery: Divination Spells II

Sorcery: Divination Spells II

The newest Pyramid issue (#3-114) includes one new information spell - Identify True Name. I did my best converting it to Sorcery and added a couple of new spells - Detect Curse and Scrying.

  

Detect Curse

Keywords: Information.

Full Cost: 7 points.

Casting Roll: IQ.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: Instantaneous.

Determines whether the subject (person, object, or area) is under the effects of a curse. Curses are supernatural negative effects that cannot be removed via Dispel Magic or an equivalent of a different power source, and require a specific spell or ability (Remove Curse, Stone to Flesh, etc.) to dispel. The GM will secretly roll against the caster’s IQ minus range penalties (p. B550) to the subject, which the caster must be able to see or touch. If the sorcerer is familiar with the curse in question, this will reveal them. Otherwise, the GM will use the margin of success to determine how much information to give the sorcerer.

Statistics: Detect (Curse; Sorcery, -15%; Touch- or Vision-Based, -15%) [7].

Identify True Name

Keywords: Information, Resisted (Will+10).

Full Cost: 18 points.

Casting Roll: IQ.

Range: Unlimited.

Duration: Instantaneous.

When cast on a subject that fails to resist, this spell grants the caster the subject’s True Name. Points must be spent to buy a perk to remember a True Name, but the perk allows its use with other spells, if the system in question allows that. See Truename Magic or Pyramid #3-114 for more applications. You must be able to see or touch the subject to cast this spell.

Statistics: Detect (True Name; Analyzing, +100%; Analysis Only, -50%; Easily Resisted 10, -50%; Requires IQ vs. Will Roll, -10%; Sorcery, -15%; Touch- or Vision-Based, -15%) [18].

Scrying

Keywords: Information.

Full Cost: 70 points for level 1 + 5 points/additional level.

Casting Roll: IQ.

Range: Special.

Duration: Indefinite.

You can displace your sight to a point outside your body. Your ability is reflexive. You can initiate it as a free action and change viewpoints as quickly as you can shift your gaze.

The maximum range of this ability depends on the spell level.

Level	Maximum Range	Full Cost
1	10 yards	70 points
2	20 yards	75 points
3	50 yards	80 points
4	100 yards	85 points
5	200 yards	90 points
6	500 yards	95 points
7	1,000 yards	100 points
+1	uses the same “2-5-10” progression	+5 points

To cast this spell, pick the desired viewpoint (which can be inside something) and its facing, and then make an IQ roll. You need to concentrate for a minute and make a IQ-5 roll if your desired viewpoint is out of sight.

On a success, you can use your ranged senses as if you were physically present at the viewpoint (this means you cannot sense the environment around your body!).

Your vision ignores darkness penalties completely. You cannot see through solid objects, but if your viewpoint were inside (for example) a closed chest, you would see what was inside despite the lack of light. If you are using or subjected to range-dependent abilities (e.g., spells), calculate all ranges from your body, not your viewpoint. You can maintain Wizard Eye for as long as you like.

On failure by 1, your sight goes to some other viewpoint of the GM’s choosing. On any greater failure, nothing happens at all. Critical failure cripples your ability for 1d hours.

You can return your displaced sight, move it elsewhere, or change its facing as a free action. A viewpoint inside a moving object (e.g., a car) will move with that object with no special concentration on your part.

Statistics: Clairsentience (Clairvoyance, -10%; Fixed Range, -5%; Second Nature, +70%; Sorcery, -15%) [70].