[Michael Thayne]

Diver's Blessing
Keywords: Buff.
Full Cost: 2 or 14 points.
Casting Roll: None. Use Innate Attack (Gaze) to aim the improved version.
Range: Self or 100 yards.
Duration: Indefinite or 3 minutes.

The subject gains Breath Holding 1. The basic (2-point) version of this spell benefits only the sorcerer; it has an indefinite duration, which means it must be maintained. The improved (14-point) version can benefit anyone, works at a distance, and does not need to be maintained; it has a fixed, lasting duration.

Also a Body Control spell.

Statistics: The basic version is Breath-Holding 1 (Sorcery, -15%) [2]. The improved version is Affliction 1 (Advantage, Breath Holding 1, +20%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 10×, +15%; No Signature, +20%; Sorcery, -15%) [14]. Notes: This spell originally appeared in GURPS Magic: The Least of Spells, p. 6.