Wizardry: Complete Scoundrel Spells II

Wizardry: Complete Scoundrel Spells II

Evacuation Rune is a very complicated spell. At first, I wanted to skip this spell, but then decided that if you massage RAW a little bit, you can get something workable.

Fatal Flame makes a creature explode upon death.

Mimicry is basically the Mimicry advantage.

Scry Location is a variant of Scrying that is tied to a location instead of a creature. In addition, the sensor cannot move, and a failed casting makes it impossible to scry on anything within a mile for a day.

Siphon lets you drain charges of a magical item to replenish your own magical energies.

Spell Theft lets you steal an ongoing spell effect. Yeah, One Power, Spells, -50% is a bit off, but I don't care.

 
Evacuation Rune
Keywords: None.
Full Cost: 60 points.
Casting Roll: Skill.
Components: None.
Cost: 1 FP to create the mark, 2 FP or more to teleport, see text.
Casting Time: 10 seconds to create the mark, special casting time to teleport, see text.
Range: Touch to create the mark, Unlimited (special) to teleport.
Duration: 24 hours; see text.
 
You create a magical mark that you can teleport to at a moment’s notice. Upon casting this spell and touching a surface or inanimate object, you create an invisible rune like that created by the spell Arcane Mark. The mark’s creation process requires 10 seconds, a successful casting roll, and expenditure of 1 FP. The mark created by this spell can be detected in the same ways that an invisible Arcane Mark can be. You are not alerted if the mark is dispelled or the object upon which it is inscribed is destroyed. Any attempt to teleport back to a dispelled or destroyed mark fails.
If you created the Evacuation Rune upon a portable object, that object can be moved by another creature. You have no knowledge of whether your mark has been moved or where, and upon teleporting to its location, you are subject to any adverse conditions. If the mark has been moved to another plane, any attempt to teleport to it fails.
At any point during the spell’s duration, you can teleport back to the mark. This ends the spell’s duration regardless of whether you succeed or not. Teleporting costs 2 FP (or more, see below), and requires a successful casting roll.
Teleportation distance also penalizes your casting roll. Distance penalties appear on the table below. If actual distance falls between two values, use the higher. Since the distance between you and the mark may be unknown to you, the exact penalty also may be unknown.

Distance	Skill Penalty
10 yards	0
20 yards	-1
100 yards	-2
500 yards	-3
2 miles	-4
10 miles	-5

Add an additional -1 for each 10x increase in distance.
The amount of time taken to concentrate to teleport back to the mark affects the skill roll, as follows:

Preparation Time	Skill Modifier
None	-5
1 second	0
2 seconds	+1
4 seconds	+2
8 seconds	+3
15 seconds	+4
30 seconds	+5
1 minute	+6
2 minutes	+7
4 minutes	+8
8 minutes	+9
15 minutes	+10

This table is not open-ended; +10 is the maximum possible bonus.
Apply a bonus of +1 per additional FP spent. You must declare this before you roll, and you lose the FP whether you succeed or fail.

If you are carrying equipment heavier than your Basic Lift, then you make your casting roll at a penalty equal to twice your Encumbrance level. If you teleport additional creatures by overloading the spell (see below), then the penalty is based on the worst Encumbrance level among the targets. On a failed roll with margin of failure equal or lower than this penalty, you teleport but leave excess cargo behind. If you were teleporting with additional targets, all of them teleport but leave excess cargo behind. On a critical failure, you lose 1 point of IQ for each Encumbrance level used to penalize the casting roll as you “burned out” that part of your brain temporarily. This temporarily lost IQ recovers after you sleep for at 8 hours. If you require more or less hours of sleep due to traits, this time is modified by them as well. If you have Doesn’t Sleep, you still have to rest for 8 hours.
If the object inscribed with the Evacuation Rune is moved somewhere too small for you to appear or is otherwise covered by a solid body, you take 1d injury and are shunted to a random open space on a suitable surface within 30 yards of the intended location. If there is no free space within 30 yards, you take an additional 2d injury and are shunted to a free space within 300 yards. If there is no free space within 300 yards feet, you take an additional 4d injury, and the teleport attempt simply fails.
After you teleport, you are disoriented – you may take no action other than defense for one turn, unless you make a Body Sense roll. On a failure, you go nowhere and strain your teleporting ability: you are at -5 to cast this spell again in the next 10 minutes. On a critical failure, your spell temporarily “burns out” and will not function again for 1d hours.
Statistics: Warp (Anchored, Portable Rune, -60%; Costs Fatigue, 2 FP, -10%; Magical, -10%; Nuisance Effect, The rune lasts for one day or one casting, -20%; Reliable 7, +35%; Uncertain Encumbrance, +25%) [60].
 
Fatal Flame
Keywords: Resisted (Will).
Full Cost (Touch): 20 points.
Full Cost (Short-Range): 23  points.
Full Cost (Ranged): 28 points.
Casting Roll: Skill.
Components: V, S.
Cost: 1 FP.
Casting Time: 1 second.
Range: Touch – Unlimited (-1/yard) - Unlimited (standard).
Duration: 3 minutes.
 
You place a tiny quantity of pure elemental fire within a SM-2 or larger living creature, which interacts with the energy released by its death to create a small explosion. When the target dies, its body explodes, dropping to -10xHP and dealing (thrust x 4) burning explosive damage. Those in the same hex as the exploding creature take full damage, the exploding creature itself takes maximum damage, and anything nearby receives “collateral damage” equal to basic damage divided by (3 x the distance in yards from the blast). This ends the spell.
Statistics: Affliction 1 (Will; Accessibility, Only on SM-2 or larger living creatures, -15%; Advantage, Fatal Flame, +20%; Based on IQ, Own Roll, +20%; Based on Will, +20%; Costs Fatigue, 1 FP, -5%; Magical, -10%; Malediction 1, +100%; Melee Attack, Reach C, -30%; No Signature, +20%; Requires Gestures, -10%; Requires Magic Words, -10%) [19]. Notes: “Fatal Flame” is Natural Weapon (Burning; Backlash, Instant Death, -300%; Emanation, -20%; Explosion 1, +50%; Magical, -10%; Quadrupled Damage, +300%; Single Use, x1/5) [2]. The Short-Range version removes Melee Attack, Reach C, -30% [+3]. The Ranged version replaces Malediction 1, +100% with Malediction 2, +150% [+5].
 
Mimicry
Keywords: Buff.
Full Cost: 14 points.
Casting Roll: Skill.
Components: V, S.
Cost: 1 FP.
Casting Time: 2 seconds.
Range: Self.
Duration: 3 minutes.
 
You can perfectly mimic familiar sounds, voices, and accents. These sounds can be any that you’ve heard before, and must be within the range of noises your voice is capable of creating. This spell does not allow you to speak languages you can’t normally speak.
You can duplicate a specific individual’s voice if you spent at least 10 seconds listening to it; a listener familiar with the voice being imitated must succeed in a Quick Contest of Hearing vs. your skill to discern that the voice is not genuine.
Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Accessibility, Self Only, -50%; Advantage, Mimicry, +140%; Costs Fatigue, 1 FP, -5%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Magical, -10%; Requires Gestures, -10%; Requires IQ Roll, -10%; Requires Magic Words, -10%; Takes Extra Time 1, -10%) [14]. Note: “Mimicry” is Mimicry (Cosmic, No die roll required for simple sounds, +50%; Magical, -10%) [14].
 
Scry Location
Keywords: Information.
Full Cost: 33 points + 25 points/additional level.
Casting Roll: Skill.
Components: V, S, F.
Cost: 2 FP to cast, 1 FP to maintain.
Casting Time: 1 hour.
Range: See text.
Duration: Indefinite.
 
You can see and hear what occurs at a location, which may be at a long distance from you, but must be on the same plane of existence. The image of the location is projected onto the focus mirror and hence is visible and audible to anyone in your vicinity. The point of view cannot move, but you can rotate it as easily as you can shift your gaze.
Your casting roll is modified as follows:

Knowledge	Modifier
None (you must have some sort of connection to a location you have no knowledge of)	-10
Secondhand (you have heard of the location)	-5
Firsthand (you have been to the location)	-2
Familiar (you have been to the location often)	+0
Connection	Modifier
Likeness or picture	-4
An object that has been in the location for a week or more within the past year	-2
A plant, mineral, or other object taken from the area within the past year	+0

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

Level	Maximum Range	Full Cost
1	11 miles	33 points
2	568 miles	58 points
3	28,400 miles (global on planets up to twice larger than Earth)	83 points

As with similar remote viewing spells, the sensor has your full visual acuity, but does not ignore darkness, unless you have an ability to do so. The sensor can be seen as a red eye-like orb about four inches in diameter (SM-5 for the purpose of spotting), but cannot be damaged or interacted with in other ways.
If the casting fails, you can’t attempt to scry on any place within 1 mile of that location until 24 hours have passed.
Focus: A mirror of finely wrought and highly polished silver costing not less than $600. The mirror must be at least 2 feet by 4 feet.
Statistics: Clairsentience (Blind, +20%; Costs Fatigue, 2 FP, -10%; Fixed Range, -5%; Immediate Preparation Required, 1 hour, -75%; Increased Immunity 3, -30%; Increased Range 11, +110%; Magical, -10%; Normal Sight, -20%; Nuisance Effect, Special penalties, -10%; Second Nature, Immobile, +50%; Requires Expensive Mirror, -15%; Requires Gestures, -10%; Requires Magic Words, -10%; Visible, -10%; Visible Image, -10%) [33]. Each additional level adds Increased Range 5, +50% [+25].
  
Siphon
Keywords: Obvious.
Full Cost: 8 points.
Casting Roll: Skill.
Components: V, S.
Cost: 1 FP.
Casting Time: 4 seconds.
Range: Touch.
Duration: Instantaneous.
 
You leech the power of the wand, staff, or other magical item with charges that cannot be replenished to restore your FP or ER (Magic). This takes form as a ghostly stream of blue mist rising from the item and entering your body. On every successful casting, the item loses 4 charges and you recover 4 FP or ER (Magic) (taking into account the casting cost, you effectively gain 3 FP on a successful casting). You can’t raise your FP or ER (Magic) above normal, but you can continue the drain without reinvigorating yourself.
Statistics: Leech 4 (Accessibility, Only magic items with charges that cannot be replenished, -25%; Accelerated Healing, +25%; Costs Fatigue, 1 FP, -5%; Heals FP and ER (Magic), +0%; Magical, -10%; Requires Gestures, -10%; Requires IQ Roll, -10%; Requires Magic Words, -10%; Steal ER, -25%; Takes Extra Time 2, -20%) [8].
 
Spell Theft
Keywords: Resisted (Skill).
Full Cost (Touch): 30 points.
Full Cost (Short-Range): 45 points.
Full Cost (Ranged): 50 points.
Casting Roll: Skill.
Components: V, S.
Cost: 2 FP.
Casting Time: 2 seconds.
Range: Touch – Unlimited (-1/yard) - Unlimited (standard).
Duration: Instantaneous.
 
You attempt to steal an opponent’s spell effects for yourself. Typically, this is used for beneficial effects. If the subject has multiple ongoing spell effects, you determine the one you steal randomly. The effect must be caused by a spell, not just any magical ability. The spell resists with the skill used to cast it. If you succeed, the ongoing spell effect transfers to you without resetting the duration. The original caster may recast the spell, if he wants to.
If you are not a legal target of the spell to be stolen, your casting automatically fails. In addition, spell effects that are immune to Dispel Magic cannot be stolen.
If you roll a critical failure when casting this spell, you become unable to cast it again for 1d hours.
Statistics: Neutralize Magic (Accessibility, Must target subject, not caster, -10%; Based on IQ, Own Roll, +20%; Costs Fatigue, 2 FP, -10%; Interruption, -50%; Magical, -10%; One Power, Spells, -50%; Power Theft, Weak, +100%; Requires Gestures, -10%; Requires Magic Words, -10%; Takes Extra Time 1, -10%) [30]. The Short-Range version adds Short-Range 1, -10% and Ranged, +40% [+15]. The Ranged version removes Short-Ranged, -10% [+5].