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Michael Thayne · 06-01-2021, 08:00 PM

Took off yesterday for Memorial Day. Today's spell is heavily based on the handling of Black Sphere in GURPS Sorcery: Protection and Warning Spells.

Grave Grounding
Keywords: Resisted (HT).
Full Cost: 106.
Casting Roll: Will.
Range: Unlimited.
Duration: Instantaneous.

Transforms the subject and up to 6 lbs. of clothing to electricity – as per the Body of Lightning spell – which it instantly and fatally grounds out. This magic can destroy any material being, living or not, but the target must be in electrical contact with the ground or a body of water; footwear, pavement, or anything metallic or wet (e.g., the deck of a ship at sea) is no defense, but a non-conducting floor protects completely.

Witnesses without Enhanced Time Sense see the subject vanish in flash. The victim is gone, leaving behind possessions not turned to lightning (roll vs. HT for electronic or electrical devices, with failure meaning a short-circuit that requires repairs). Examination will find a branching pattern on the ground, with fulgurites buried beneath it in suitable soil.

This is also a Weather spell.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT or other; Cosmic, Reduced Time can turn Heart Attack into instant destruction, +300%; Heart Attack, +300%; Malediction 2, +150%; No Signature, +20%; Reduced Time 10 on Heart Attack, +200%; Sorcery, -15%) [106]. Notes: This use of Cosmic is very potent and always requires GM approval. This spell originally appeared in GURPS Magic: Death Spells, p. 22.

06-01-2021, 08:00 PM	#23
Michael Thayne Join Date: May 2010	Re: [Sorcery] Michael's daily sorcerous spells thread Took off yesterday for Memorial Day. Today's spell is heavily based on the handling of Black Sphere in *GURPS Sorcery: Protection and Warning Spells. Grave Grounding Keywords:* Resisted (HT). Full Cost: 106. Casting Roll: Will. Range: Unlimited. Duration: Instantaneous. Transforms the subject and up to 6 lbs. of clothing to electricity – as per the Body of Lightning spell – which it instantly and fatally grounds out. This magic can destroy any material being, living or not, but the target must be in electrical contact with the ground or a body of water; footwear, pavement, or anything metallic or wet (e.g., the deck of a ship at sea) is no defense, but a non-conducting floor protects completely. Witnesses without Enhanced Time Sense see the subject vanish in flash. The victim is gone, leaving behind possessions not turned to lightning (roll vs. HT for electronic or electrical devices, with failure meaning a short-circuit that requires repairs). Examination will find a branching pattern on the ground, with fulgurites buried beneath it in suitable soil. This is also a Weather spell. Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT or other; Cosmic, Reduced Time can turn Heart Attack into instant destruction, +300%; Heart Attack, +300%; Malediction 2, +150%; No Signature, +20%; Reduced Time 10 on Heart Attack, +200%; Sorcery, -15%) [106]. Notes: This use of Cosmic is very potent and always requires GM approval. This spell originally appeared in *GURPS Magic: Death Spells*, p. 22.