M

agic is a powerful, varied force. In some

cosms, such as Core Earth, the power has
waned, but in others, such as Aysle and
Orrorsh, magic is strong. Spells may be obtained
in different ways and have different themes—from
the bright magic of Aysle to the twisted rituals of
Orrorsh, but magic remains magic.

magic skills
Spells can affect the world in far more ways than
miracles or psionics, and so require more varied
skills to master:

• Alteration causes a change in an existing object

or entity.
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• Apportation moves an object, effect, or entity.
• Conjuration creates an object, entity, or
condition.
• Divination perceives and interprets information
about an object, entity, or condition.

chOOsing spells
On taking the Spellcaster Perk, mages can choose
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any three spells allowed for their cosm from the

Available Spells list on page 186. The character
must have the appropriate magical skill at a high
enough level to take a spell before selecting it.
New spells are learned by taking the New
Spell Perk, and follow the same rules as the
initial selection.

spell sTaTisTics
Each spell has the following entries:
Axiom Level: The Magic Axiom needed to cast the
spell. If the axiom is lower, it causes a Contradiction
when activated (see page 178).
Skill: A mage’s skill (attribute + skill adds) must
meet the listed Skill requirement to learn it.
Casting Time: How long it takes to cast the spell.
Spells with a Casting Time of 1 Action are “combat
spells.“ Spells that take longer to enact might be cast
in combat over multiple rounds as long as the caster
remains focused (see Concentration on page 185).
DN: The Difficulty Number to cast the spell.
Range: The greatest distance over which the spell
effect may be projected, measured from the caster.
A Range of Self means the spell may only affect the
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Viola the cyberwitch uses magic and technology to resist the oppressive Cyberpapacy.
make physical contact with his target for the spell
to take effect.
Unless a spell says otherwise, the caster must be
able to see her target or area of effect.
Duration: How long the spell lasts, starting with
the round in which it was invoked. In combat, a
Duration of one minute (six rounds) means the
spell starts on the current Drama card and ends
after five more have been completely resolved.
Concentration means the spell continues as
long as the caster maintains concentration. See
Concentration, below.
CASTING
Characters may only cast a single spell per turn,
and must be able to speak and move an empty
hand. Although only one spell is allowed, a caster
may Multi-Action (see page 124) with other skills,
and may Multi-Target (see page 125) with a single
spell unless the spell’s description forbids it.
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The caster then declares what she’s casting
and generates a total with the spell’s listed skill.
If the total equals or exceeds the spell’s DN, it’s
successful. Good and Outstanding successes bring
the additional results listed.
Failure: The caster suffers 2 Shock. On a Mishap,
she is Very Stymied as well.
cOncenTraTiOn
If a character suffers a successful interaction or
damaging attack while maintaining a spell with a
Duration of Concentration, or casting a spell that
hasn’t been completed yet, he must pass a willpower
or Spirit test. If this test is failed, the spell fails
with all the normal consequences, and all spells
maintained via Concentration end.
Channeling multiple streams of raw magical
energy is tricky business. A caster suffers a −2
penalty to all magical skill tests and Concentration
tests for each spell he continues to maintain via
Concentration.
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 Miracles, psi powers, and similar abilities count portal, protective circle, scrambler, scry, shield,
for concentration and maintaining as well! slow, stun.

sTacking
If a character is affected by more than one
enhancement or reduction that changes a skill or
attribute — technology, miracles, etc.—the effects
don’t stack. The target gets the strongest of the
effects, however.
Characters may benefit from effects that enhance
different attributes, however.
Example: Viola casts enhance on Aidan to
increase his Strength by +2. Father Damien
can’t do any better with the bless miracle, so
he increases Aidan’s Dexterity instead.
AVAILABLE SPELLS
Below are the spells a character from
each cosm may choose from when the
Spellcaster Perk is taken. Additional
materials may add entirely new lists
to select from, offering new choices for
mages from that cosm.
• Nile Empire — Sorcerer: Alarm, bullet, detect
magic, diminish, disguise, dispel magic, enhance,
fear, fly, gain language, haste, lightning, mage
hands, mage light, open lock, pathfinder, portal,
protective circle, scry, shield, slow, speak with
dead, stun.
• Orrorsh — Occultist: Alarm, detect magic,
diminish, disguise, dispel magic, enhance, fear,
gain language, mage dark, mage light, open lock,
pathfinder, possibility rend, possibility shadows,
protective circle, scry, slow, speak with dead, stun.
• Tharkold — Acolyte: Alarm, bullet, detect
magic, diminish, disguise, dispel magic,
enhance, fear, haste, mage dark, mage hands,
open lock, pathfinder, protective circle,
scrambler, scry, slow, speak with dead, stun.

• Aysle — Mage: Alarm, armor, bullet,

detect magic, diminish, disguise, dispel magic,
enhance, fear, fireball, fly, gain language, haste,
invisibility, lightning, mage dark, mage
hands, mage light, open lock, pathfinder,
portal, possibility rend, possibility shadows,
protective circle, scry, shield, slow, speak
with dead, stun.
• Core Earth — Dabbler: Bullet, detect
magic, dispel magic, mage hands, open lock,
pathfinder, protective circle, scrambler, scry.
• Cyberpapacy — Witch or Warlock:
Alarm, armor, bullet, detect magic, diminish,
disguise, dispel magic, electromagnetic pulse,
enhance, fear, fly, haste, lightning, mage dark,
mage hands, mage light, open lock, pathfinder,

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 SPELL DESCRIPTIONS
The spells below are a sampling of the many
abilities available across the cosms.
alarm
Axiom Level: 11
Skill: Divination 8
Casting Time: 1 minute
DN: Standard (DN 10)
Range: Self
Duration: 1 day
Alarm creates an immobile and invisible 10-meter
diameter circle around the wizard, who also
whispers a password while casting. If anyone
without the proper password enters the area, the
spell emits a warning in the wizard’s voice that
continues until someone speaks the password or
it expires. This makes surprise attacks impossible.
The wizard’s warning may be as loud as he can
generate with his own voice.
Success Levels:
• Good: If the wizard chooses, Duration is
increased up to one week and the circle may
be expanded to 100 meters.
• Outstanding: As Good, the alarm can be silent
if the wizard chooses, and he knows if it’s
been triggered no matter how far away he is.
armOr
Axiom Level: 14
Skill: Alteration 12
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Standard (DN 10)
Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration
Armor infuses the caster’s skin (or an ally's if
desired) with protective energies that grants her
Armor +1. This is one of the most common spells
among Delphi Council mages due to the constant
danger they find themselves in.
Success Levels:
• Good: The spell provides +2 Armor.
• Outstanding: The spell provides +3 Armor.
BulleT
Axiom Level: 8
Skill: Apportation 12
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Target’s dodge or Dexterity
Range: 100 meters
Duration: Instant
This spell hurls a small but dangerous projectile,
such as a slug of metal or a coin, at a target for 13
damage. The magician makes the motion of hurling,
flicking, slinging, or propelling the projectile at the
target, then releases it at his foe. The apportation
total must exceed the Dexterity or dodge of the target
character in order to hit.
There is no penalty for Range, but all other
modifiers (and options such as Multi-Targeting)
for attacks are figured normally.
Success Levels:
• Good: Damage +1BD.
• Outstanding: Damage +2BD.
DeTecT magic
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Axiom Level: 6
Skill: Divination 8
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Standard (DN 10)
Range: 25 meters
Duration: Concentration
The caster sees a faint outline or aura around
anything under the effects of magic: enchanted
objects, people with spells on them, and even
mages maintaining spells on others. A Standard
success detects the presence of any magic within
range and the type of magic (alteration, apportation,
conjuration, or divination) involved in each aura.
Success Levels:
• Good: The range of detection increases to 50
meters. If the spellcaster responsible for an
effect is also within Range subtle bands of
energy connect him to the target of the spell.
• Outstanding: As a Good success, plus the
exact spell or enchantment generating each
aura is revealed. If the caster chooses to
dispel any of the detected effects, her dispel
magic test is Favored as long as she maintains
Concentration on detect magic.
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TARGETING
Most of the spells, miracles, and psionic powers
in Torg Eternity can affect more than one target
simply by using the Multi-Target option (page
125) unless they explicity say otherwise.
To cast disguise on three friends, for example,
the caster simply subtracts 2 for each additional
recipient (–4 in this case).
Failing a spell roll in this case means none of
the targets are affected. The caster then suffers
the usual backlash (2 Shock) no matter how many
he attempted to affect.
When Multi-Targeting or casting a spell that
affects multiple targets, it’s considered successful
as long as least one individual is affected and
counts as one spell for concentration no matter
how many targets are included.
Example: Rama Tut hurls a fireball at a
group of Nile Empire Shocktroops and
the insidious Wu Han. He misses Wu
Han, but hits the shocktroops. The spell is
successful so Rama Tut suffers no Shock
for backlash.
Diminish
Axiom Level: 10
Skill: Alteration 12
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Target’s willpower or Spirit
Range: 40 meters
Duration: 3 rounds
Diminish reduces one of the opponent’s attributes
(chosen when the spell is cast) and related skills by
−2. Separate castings may affect multiple attributes.
Spellcasters mime an action related to the affected
attribute while casting—sneering to reduce Spirit,
pretending to stumble if reducing Dexterity, etc.
Reducing Strength or Spirit does not reduce
Toughness or Shock.
Success Levels:
• Good: The penalty is increased to −4.
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• Outstanding: As Good and the target cannot
roll again on 20s when using the affected
attribute and all its related skills.
Disguise
Axiom Level: 12
Skill: Alteration 12
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Standard (DN 10)
Range: Touch
Duration: 10 minutes
Disguise gives a caster (or an ally if desired) the
physical appearance of another, including clothing,
weapons, and other normal accessories. Items
created as part of the disguise are useless beyond
looking the part.
The disguise may copy a specific person if the
caster has seen him or her (or a high-quality
painting or photo). Disguise only covers the physical
appearance of the target — interaction may still
require persuasion tests or the like.
The disguised individual stays the same mass,
but can appear as a different gender, ethnicity, or
even race (such as an elf or a dwarf). Once the spell
is cast the mage no longer needs to be within range
to maintain it.
Success Levels:
• Good: The Duration is increased to
Concentration.
• Outstanding: The disguise mimics the target’s
voice as well. It doesn’t grant the target new
languages, however!
Dispel magic
Axiom Level: 9
Skill: Alteration 10
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: The caster’s willpower or Spirit
Range: 25 meters
Duration: Instant
Dispel magic ends one or more spell effects
currently affecting a target. It works only on
cast spells — not magic items, relics, or other
enchanted devices.
To dispel, the caster chooses one or more targets
(using the Multi-Target option) and makes her
alteration roll. A Standard success ends one spell’s
effects on that target (caster’s choice).
 Dispel magic must be used on the recipient of a Mages pantomime some aspect of the attribute
spell — not the person who actually cast it. It still to be increased while casting — cracking their
uses the original caster’s willpower or Spirit, however. knuckles to improve Dexterity, flexing their muscles
Success Levels: to enhance Strength, and so on.
• Good: The effects of two spells on the target Success Levels:
end. • Good: The attribute is enhanced by +2.
• Outstanding: The effects of all spells on the • Outstanding: The attribute is enhanced by +3.
target end.
fear
elecTrOmagneTic pulse (emp) Axiom Level: 10
Axiom Level: 14 Skill: Alteration 10
Skill: Conjuration 12 Casting Time: 1 action
Casting Time: 1 action DN: Target’s willpower or Spirit
DN: Standard (DN 10) Range: 50 meters
Range: 50 meters Duration: Instant
Duration: Instant The fear spell creates a wave of terror affecting
EMP was developed by the rebels of the enemies within a Large Blast (see Area Effect, page
Cyberpapacy to thwart Malraux’s ubiquitous agents. 122). Affected targets become Stymied. Note that
The spell channels a wave of electromagnetic energy as an Area Effect attack there’s no Multi-Targeting
into the target, playing havoc and potentially frying penalty, but also no option to add extra targets.
any electronics. Targets immune to fear effects are also immune
All electronic or electric devices carried by the to this spell.

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target are disabled for a round. Nile Empire Success Levels:
Weird Science devices may be affected at the • Good: Affected targets become Very Stymied.
GM’s discretion. • Outstanding: Affected targets become Very
Success Levels: Stymied and suffer 2 Shock.
• Good: All electronic devices are disabled for
one minute. fireBall
• Outstanding: The devices are disabled for the Axiom Level: 14
duration of the Scene. Skill: Conjuration 14
Casting Time: 1 action
enhance DN: Target’s dodge or Dexterity
Axiom Level: 10 Range: 50 meters
Skill: Alteration 12 Duration: Instant
Casting Time: 1 action Fireball conjures a sphere of white-hot magical
DN: Target’s attribute flame. The caster shapes and controls the fireball,
Range: 40 meters then hurls it at his target where it explodes in a
Duration: 3 rounds Medium Blast Radius for 14 fire damage (see
This spell enhances a single attribute of the caster Fire, page 136).
or an ally by +1. Multiple allies may be enhanced at There is no penalty for Range, and this is a single
the same time so long as all are within range and ball of fire, no Multi-Targeting is available.
the caster uses the Multi-Target option. The DN is
Success Levels:
the attribute to be affected—the better someone’s
• Good: Damage +1BD.
ability, the harder it is to improve on it. Different
• Outstanding: Damage +2BD.
attributes may be increased with separate castings.
If the caster increases Strength or Spirit, it does
not increase Toughness or Shock.

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fly gain language

Axiom Level: 14 Axiom Level: 10
Skill: Apportation 14 Skill: Divination 8
Casting Time: 1 action Casting Time: 1 minute
DN: Challenging (DN 12) DN: Easy (DN 8)
Range: Self Range: Touch
Duration: Concentration Duration: Concentration
While this spell does not allow a mage to soar Gain language allows the wizard to read, write,
like a hawk, it does provide slow if reliable flight and speak any language she chooses as if she had
for a short while. Once cast, the wizard may fly +1 add in the language skill.
at a maximum speed of 50 meters per round. Success Levels:
Flying more than Dexterity meters counts as • Good: +2 skill adds instead.
running (page 114). • Outstanding: +3 skill adds instead.
The mage may haul whatever weight she could
normally carry. A heavy load drops the maximum hasTe
speed by half and causes the flier 1 Shock each round. Axiom Level: 10
Success Levels: Skill: Alteration 14
• Good: The caster may move maximum speed Casting Time: 1 action
without suffering a –2. DN: Standard (DN 10)
• Outstanding: The caster’s maximum speed is Range: Touch
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 Haste increases the ability of the target to This powerful attack spell calls forth a bolt of
maximize his actions, effectively letting him do or lightning strong enough to harm even the great
concentrate on more things at once. The recipient dragons of Aysle. The damage of the bolt is 16 and
ignores the first two points of Multi-Action it ignores 4 points of armor. This spell may not use
penalties and can perform three simple actions each the Multi-Target option.
round instead of two. Success Levels:
Success Levels: • Good: Damage +1BD.
• Good: The Duration increases to one minute. • Outstanding: +2BD.
• Outstanding: As Good, plus the recipient
ignores the first four points of Multi-Action mage Dark
penalties. Axiom Level: 13
Skill: Conjuration 10
invisiBiliTy Casting Time: 1 action
Axiom Level: 17 DN: Standard (DN 10)
Skill: Alteration 14 Range: 50 meters
Casting Time: 1 action Duration: Concentration
DN: Challenging (DN 12) Mage dark fills a five-meter radius with total
Range: Self darkness. Everything within the affected area is
Duration: Concentration shrouded in Pitch Black (–6) conditions.
Invisibility not only protects a mage from angry If cast on an area of existing mage light, it drowns
foes, but is also useful for spies and saboteurs. This it out and consumes it.
spell makes the wizard and anything she carries at
See the Darkness penalties on page 122 for
the time of casting barely visible. If an item leaves

her person, it becomes visible.
Once invisible, she adds +2 to stealth, and
once spotted, attacks against her are made at −2.
Invisibility only affects sight, so creatures that don’t
rely on sight aren’t affected. Similarly, getting wet,
walking across a loud surface, or hit with a visible
marker of some kind, might negate the spell’s
benefits (GM’s call).
Invisibility doesn’t stack with other visibility
penalties —take the highest available.
Success Levels:
• Good: The stealth bonus increases to +4 and
the penalty to hit becomes –4.
• Outstanding: The stealth bonus increases to
+6 and the penalty to hit becomes –6.
lighTning
Axiom Level: 14
Skill: Conjuration 14
Casting Time: 1 actions
DN: Target’s dodge or Dexterity
Range: 100 meters
Duration: Instant
MAGIC
more information.
Success Levels:
• Good: Radius of 10 meters.
• Outstanding: Characters who normally
ignore darkness penalties are affected as well.
mage hanDs
Axiom Level: 9
Skill: Apportation 12
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Standard (DN 10) or a target’s dodge or Dexterity
Range: 25 meters
Duration: Concentration
The wizard can manipulate items as if she had
a pair of invisible hands that can reach up to 25
meters distant. The hands are extensions of her
own — her real hands must be free as she makes
appropriate hand motions, and she can’t lift herself
any more easily than she could with her own hands.
The hands’ Strength is equal to her Spirit, but
they use her skills. If her hands wield a sword, for
example, she uses her melee combat as usual.
Success Levels:
• Good: The hands’ Strength is equal to her
Spirit +1.

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her Spirit +2. Pathfinder allows a magician to sense the direction
and distance to an object, location, or being. The
mage lighT success level determines the spell’s maximum
Axiom Level: 13 range of detection.
Skill: Conjuration 8
Success Levels:
Casting Time: 1 action
• Good: Range of 500 meters.
DN: Easy (DN 8)
• Outstanding: Range of 1 kilometer.
Range: 50 meters
Duration: Concentration
pOrTal
The converse of mage dark, mage light fills a five- Axiom Level: 14
meter radius with bright, scintillating light. All Skill: Apportation 14
darkness penalties within the radius are negated, Casting Time: 1 action
including any existing instances of mage dark. DN: Hard (DN 14)
Any characters or creatures who were in Dark or Range: 50 meters
Pitch Black conditions prior to casting are dazzled Duration: Instant
and automatically Stymied. With a brisk incantation and a broad gesture the
Success Levels: mage opens two connected portals. One appears
• Good: Radius of 10 meters. right next to the caster, and the other anywhere
• Outstanding: Dazzled victims are Very within 50 meters. Whatever enters one portal
Stymied. emerges from the other in the same instant.
The portals only exist for a few seconds before
Open lOck disappearing.
Axiom Level: 8
Portal has applications for both movement and
Skill: Apportation 10
combat. The caster may simply add 50 meters to
Casting Time: 1 action
his movement when using the spell. If used in a
DN: Easy (DN 8)
chase it allows the mage to gain steps using the
Range: Touch
apportation skill rather than Dexterity. A failure
Duration: Instant
to achieve the spell's DN counts as a failure for
Merchants and others with riches to protect backlash, regardless of the DN to gain a step.
detest this simple spell. It works on normal or
In combat, the caster may use a Multi-Action to
electronic locks. With it and sufficient skill, a mage
reach through and attack a foe adjacent to the other
may open any lock with up to a −4 penalty (see
portal. The connection goes both ways: a grappled
Lockpicking, page 80).
enemy may be pulled back through to the caster's
Success Levels: side or a waiting opponent may strike through the
• Good: Opens heavy or electronic locks with portal back at the caster on the other side. The portal
a penalty up to –6. closes once the current side finishes their actions.
• Outstanding: Opens any lock silently and
Success Levels:
avoids any alarms or wards placed on it.
• Good: Thanks to excellent timing adjacent
Note that some very powerful “seals“ are not
allies may also move through the portal or
necessarily “locks,“ however.
attack adjacent foes. Waiting enemies can't
paThfinDer attack through the portal.
Axiom Level: 7 • Outstanding: The portal appears in exactly
Skill: Divination 12 the right spot. Attacks against a target adjacent
Casting Time: 1 minute to the other end gain a +4 bonus for catching
DN: Standard (DN 10) the foe Flat-Footed.
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pOssiBiliTy renD Range: Touch
Duration: 5 minutes
Axiom Level: 15
Skill: Divination 14 Possibility shadows allows a caster to ask reality
Casting Time: 1 action itself a question. To do so, he must first cast a deep
DN: Target’s willpower or Spirit shadow on a surface, concentrate on a question or
Range: Touch topic for one minute, and finally invoke the spell.
Duration: Instant If successful, his shadow (or another’s if casting
The rare offensive use of divination, this spell scans for someone else) takes on a life of its own, forming
through a single target’s possible futures and other objects, creatures, or individuals, and reveals
destroys them! a vague clue about the chosen topic.
The game effect is to drain a reality-rated target Of course the future isn’t set, so the information
of 1 Possibility. An Ord disconnects and counts as granted is a “best guess“ (as determined by the
drained of all Possibility Energy. This spell may GM), and is likely to change based on other events.
not Multi-Target. Once conjured, the shadow does not appear to
Success Levels: the same conjurer again this scene.
• Good: The target is also Stymied or Success Levels:
Vulnerable, caster’s choice. • Good: The shadow answers two questions.
• Outstanding: As a Good result, and a reality- • Outstanding: The shadow answers three
rated target loses 2 Possibilities. questions.

pOssiBiliTy shaDOWs prOTecTive circle

Axiom Level: 15 Axiom Level: 9

MAGIC
Skill: Divination 16 Skill: Alteration 8
Casting Time: 1 minute Casting Time: 1 minute
DN: Challenging (DN 12) DN: Challenging (DN 12)

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Duration: Concentration, or when the circle is
crossed or broken
Occultists in Orrorsh and treacherous thralls in
Tharkold make frequent use of this spell when
dealing with the deadly demons of their cosms.
To employ a protective circle, the caster draws a
visible, one-meter-radius circle in chalk, blood, salt,
or other material, then embellishes it with arcane
runes. Once drawn, and for as long as the caster
maintains Concentration, supernatural beings
may not cross the border. They may speak and
otherwise interact across the border normally, but
any supernatural powers (such as spells or special
abilties) suffer a –2 penalty.
If another force or being breaks the circle’s drawn
boundary the spell ends.
Success Levels:
• Good: The penalty is increased to –4.
• Outstanding: The being’s supernatural
abilities cannot cross the boundary.
scramBler
Axiom Level: 9
Skill: Alteration 10
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Standard (DN 10)
Range: 50-meter radius
Duration: 10 minutes
Used primarily in the watchdog regime of the
Cyberpapacy, scrambler obscures everyone
in the affected area from all security and
surveillance systems.
Captured video and voices become blurry and
unidentifiable to such devices, and targeting
bonuses from smart ammunition and augmented
reality HUDs are negated.
Success Levels:
• Good: The Range is increased to a 100-meter
radius.
• Outstanding: The caster’s video and voice are
completely erased and the diration increases
to an last hour.
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scry
Axiom Level: 8
Skill: Divination 12
Casting Time: 1 minute
DN: Target’s willpower or Spirit
Range: 500 kilometers
Duration: Concentration
Scry allows a prying caster to peek in on a subject
from afar. This spell targets a single person, and
requires a vestige of that individual — fingernail
clippings, a lock of hair, a vial of blood, etc.—in
order to work. Without such materials the spell
automatically fails. Those with secrets to protect
closely guard or destroy such residue.
A Standard success grants a view of the target
from directly above. The mage sees and hears
anything within five meters, but nothing outside
that range is visible or audible. Thus it may not be
clear exactly where the target is located, only what
he is currently doing. Anyone viewed or heard by
the spell intuitively feels that he’s being watched,
but isn’t certain how.
Success Levels:
• Good: The observable area increases to 25
meters.
• Outstanding: The target viewed and heard is
no longer aware of being observed.
shielD
Axiom Level: 14
Skill: Conjuration 12
Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Standard (DN 10)
Range: Self
Duration: Concentration
The shield spell helps Storm Knight spellcasters
survive their battles with the High Lords’ minions.
A successful casting adds +1 to all the caster’s
physical defenses (dodge, melee combat, and unarmed
combat). The bonus follows normal Stacking rules,
so a shield spell cast on a character with a real shield
gets whichever bonus is best.
Success Levels:
• Good: The bonus is increased to +2.
• Outstanding: The bonus is increased to +3.
slOW sTun
Axiom Level: 10 Axiom Level: 12
Skill: Alteration 12 Skill: Alteration 12
Casting Time: 1 action Casting Time: 1 action
DN: Target’s willpower or Spirit DN: Target’s willpower or Spirit
Range: 20 meters Range: 50 meters
Duration: 3 rounds Duration: Instant
Slow decreases a living being’s speed and makes A wave of arcane energy overwhelms a group of
it more difficult for him to do multiple things at foes. It affects everyone within a Large Blast area
once. The caster points at his target in slow motion. (see page 122). This is an Area Affect spell and
The target’s Speed is decreased by 25% and may not Multi-Target.
the target is Stymied. Speed refers to the target’s Any target affected becomes Very Stymied. Stun
personal walking, running, climbing, swimming, only works on living beings, so undead, constructs,
or flying speed. Slow doesn’t affect machines or or animated objects are unaffected.
devices of any type. Success Levels:
Success Levels: • Good: Affected targets may not move on their
• Good: Speed is decreased by 50% and the next turn.
target may not run. • Outstanding: Affected targets lose their entire
• Outstanding: Speed is decreased by 75% next turn.
and the target loses his next turn (he might
get another via a Flurry or similar ability,
however).

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speak WiTh DeaD
Axiom Level: 12
Skill: Divination 14
Casting Time: 1 minute
DN: Standard (DN 10)
Range: Touch
Duration: 5 minutes
To cast this loathsome spell, the occultist
manipulates the corpse’s jaws while beseeching the
spirit that once resided inside to speak. The spirit
retains its former consciousness–it knows it’s dead,
may refuse to speak, is subject to persuasion, etc.
A particular corpse may only be questioned
once per scene.
Success Levels:
• Good: The corpse may only speak the truth,
but may still refuse to answer.
• Outstanding: The corpse must answer
any questions truthfully, to the best of its
knowledge.

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