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Phil Masters · 01-21-2017, 04:49 AM

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Magianism Spells

Mystic Feedback

Some magic (notably that cast through voodoo dolls, p. 216) works through “sympathetic links,” enabling it to disregard distance. However, really skilled victims know that such links work both ways. This spell exploits that, turning the magic flow around. It is cast at -4 to skill and costs 1 MP, and is resisted by the Base Spell Skill of the casting that set up the link, but at -3. If it succeeds, the caster can either cast another spell through the link at either the object used to create the link (such as the voodoo doll) or the person using the link to cast magic through, or send a die of damage at the object simply by seeming to inflict it on themselves – for example, he can set fire to a voodoo doll by sticking his hand in a flame.

Fresnel’s Wonderful Concentrator

This is a famously advanced but frankly only occasionally useful spell. It requires the breath of a demon and $25 worth of other rare ingredients, and must always be cast ritually by at least eight wizards; the preparation and actual casting take a week plus the time spent ritually accumulating the required MP, which cannot be reduced by in known process. It is cast at -7 to skill, and requires 25 MP; the result has a duration of 1 week, and can be maintained.

It produces a large, completely transparent disc, twenty feet across, which lasts throughout the duration of the spell. This disc is completely immune to physical damage, but very easy to move by magic; it weighs about 50 lbs., and spells cast to move it and anything on it are at +5 to the Base Spell Skill and -3 to the final MP cost. Small shapes can be worked into the surface of the disc when the spell is cast, usually so that safety straps and similar can be attached.

The disc is usually used as a form of transport; a competent wizard with some kind of movement spells can use it as a platform to move himself and other individuals or objects around at speed. However, the casting cost and complexity mean that this only tends to be done by very showy wizards, or those who know that they will be in a hurry in a week’s time.

01-21-2017, 04:49 AM	#2
Phil Masters Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: U.K.	Re: Discworld: Extra Spells Next college up: *Magianism Spells* Mystic Feedback Some magic (notably that cast through voodoo dolls, p. 216) works through “sympathetic links,” enabling it to disregard distance. However, really skilled victims know that such links work both ways. This spell exploits that, turning the magic flow around. It is cast at -4 to skill and costs 1 MP, and is resisted by the Base Spell Skill of the casting that set up the link, but at -3. If it succeeds, the caster can either cast another spell through the link at either the object used to create the link (such as the voodoo doll) or the person using the link to cast magic through, or send a die of damage at the object simply by seeming to inflict it on themselves – for example, he can set fire to a voodoo doll by sticking his hand in a flame. Fresnel’s Wonderful Concentrator This is a famously advanced but frankly only occasionally useful spell. It requires the breath of a demon and $25 worth of other rare ingredients, and must always be cast ritually by at least eight wizards; the preparation and actual casting take a week plus the time spent ritually accumulating the required MP, which cannot be reduced by in known process. It is cast at -7 to skill, and requires 25 MP; the result has a duration of 1 week, and can be maintained. It produces a large, completely transparent disc, twenty feet across, which lasts throughout the duration of the spell. This disc is completely immune to physical damage, but very easy to move by magic; it weighs about 50 lbs., and spells cast to move it and anything on it are at +5 to the Base Spell Skill and -3 to the final MP cost. Small shapes can be worked into the surface of the disc when the spell is cast, usually so that safety straps and similar can be attached. The disc is usually used as a form of transport; a competent wizard with some kind of movement spells can use it as a platform to move himself and other individuals or objects around at speed. However, the casting cost and complexity mean that this only tends to be done by very showy wizards, or those who know that they will be in a hurry in a week’s time. __________________ -- Phil Masters My Home Page. My Self-Publications: On Warehouse 23 and On DriveThruRPG.