[ajardoor]

Enchant Army of Hell
Spell Effects: Lesser Strengthen Body + Greater Strengthen Body + Greater Strengthen Body + Greater Transform Body.
Inherent Modifiers: Altered Trait, increased ST + Altered Trait, increased DX + Altered Trait, DR + Altered Trait, Terror (Always On).
Greater Effects: 3 (x7).

This horrid spell (said to be discovered or invented in medieval Japan) allows a bunch of fighting men to temporary become demonic parodies of themselves and gain gruesome combat prowess. It requires a katana that has been bathed in human blood for 24 hours to be wielded by the caster, who will suffer backlash in the form of -2 IQ penalty for a minute and may roll Will once per minute after that to recover. Both the caster and the subjects will suffer a Fright Check when this spell is casted (and if the rules for Stress and Derangement from GURPS Horror are being used, this is a Sanity-Blasting Fright Check).
The subjects within the area of effect (10 yards here) will, for the duration of the spell (10 minutes here), be transformed into twisted and powerful semi-demonic warriors, granting them +5 ST, +2 DX, DR 8 and the Terror (B93) advantage (on sight) with the Always On limitation.

Typical Casting: Area of Effect, 10 yards (8) + Duration, 10 minutes (1) + Greater Strengthen Body (3) + Altered Trait, +5 ST (50) + Subject Weight, 300 lbs. (3) + Lesser Strengthen Body (3) + Altered Trait, +2 DX (40) + Greater Strengthen Body (3) + Altered Trait, DR 8 (40) + Greater Transform Body (8) + Altered Trait, Terror (Always On, -20%) (24). 1281 energy (183x7).
Note: Non-resistable -2 IQ damage backlash to the caster (-10%), required materials of a katana bathed in human blood for 24 hours (-5%) and a non-resistable Fright Check (-30%) backlash for both the caster and the subjects makes for a total energy reduction of -45%, to 705 energy.