Magic (Soteria)

Spell Actions

Attack

Concentration: No Skills: Arcana, Divine, Primal

Magic attacks are combat checks, and they follow the normal rules for performing a combat check, using the character’s magic skill instead of a combat skill. There are some exceptions, however. When making a magic attack, the character must select one target at short range (but not engaged). The default difficulty of the check is Easy (Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination). The attack deals damage equal to the characteristic linked to the skill used to make the attack (so if the character uses Arcana, they would deal damage equal to their Intellect), plus 1 damage per uncanceled Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination. The attack has no set Critical rating, so you may only inflict a Critical Injury with a Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination.

Before making a magic attack check, choose any number of additional effects listed in Attack Additional Effects. These effects are added to the attack.

Attack Additional Effects
Effects								Dif Mod
Blast: The attack gains the Blast quality with a rating equal to your character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Close Combat: May select a target engaged with your character.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Deadly: The attack gains a Critical rating of 2. The attack also gains the Vicious quality with a rating equal to your character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Fire: The attack gains the Burn quality with a rating equal to your character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Holy/Unholy (Divine Only): When dealing damage to a target that the GM determines is the antithesis of the character's faith or deity (such as a priest of a god of life attacking an undead zombie), each Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination deals +2 damage, instead of +1.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Ice: The attack gains the Ensnare quality with a rating equal to your character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Impact: The attack gains the Knockdown quality. The attack also gains the Disorient quality with a rating equal to your character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Lightning: The attack gains the Stun quality with a rating equal to your character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill. The attack also gainst the Auto-fire quality. (You must increase the difficulty by one to use the Auto-fire quality as normal.)								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Manipulative (Arcana Only): If the attack hits, you may spend Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination to move the target up to one range band in any direction.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Non-Lethal (Primal Only): the attack gains the Stun Damage quality.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Range: Increase the range of the spell by one range band. This may be added multiple times, increasing the range by one range band each time.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Destructive: The attack gains the Sunder quality. The attack also gains the Pierce quality with a rating equal to the character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Empowered: The attack deals damage equal to twice the characteristic linked to the skill (instead of dealing damage equal to the characteristic). If the attack has the Blast quality, it affects all characters within short range, instead of engaged.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Poisonous: If the attack deals damage, the target must immedately make a Hard (Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination) Resilience check or suffer wounds equal to the character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill and strain equal to the character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill. This counts as poison.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Augment

Concentration: Yes

Skills: Divine, Primal, Verse

This is using magic to enhance people. A character selects one target they are engaged with (which can be themself), then makes a Primal or Divine skill check. The default difficulty of the check is Average (Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination). If the check is successful, until the end of your character’s next turn, the target increases the ability of any skill checks they make by one (in effect, this means they add Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination to their checks). A character may not be affected by more than one Augment spell at the same time (so no stacking effects).

Before making an augment check, choose any number of additional effects listed in Augment Additional Effects. These effects are added to the check.

Augment Additional Effects
Effects								Dif Mod
Divine Health (Divine Only): The target increases their wound threshold by a value equal to the character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill for the duration of the spell.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Haste: Targets affected by the spell can always perform a second maneuver during their turn without spending strain (they may still only perform two maneuvers per turn).								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Primal Fury (Primal Only): The target adds damage equal to their ranks in your character's associated Knowledge skill to unarmed combat checks, and their critical rating for unarmed combat checks becomes 3.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Range: Increase the range of the spell by one range band. This may be added multiple times, increasing the range by one range band each time.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Swift: Targets affected by the spell ignore the effects of difficult terrain and cannot be immobilized.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Additional Target: The spell affects one additional target within range of the spell. In addition, after casting the spell, you may spend Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination to affect one additional target within range of the spell (and may trigger this multiple times, spending Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination each time).								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Barrier

Concentration: Yes

Skills: Arcana, Divine

Both arcane and divine spellcasters have the power to create barriers of magical energy to protect themselves and their allies. The character selects one target they are engaged with (which can be themself), then makes an Arcana or Divine skill check. The default difficulty of the check is Easy (Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination). If the check is successful, until the end of the character’s next turn, reduce the damage of all hits the target suffers by one, and further reduce it by one for every uncanceled Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination beyond the first.

Before making a Barrier check, choose any number of additional effects listed in Barrier Additional Effects. These effects are added to the check.

Barrier Additional Effects
Effects								Dif Mod
Additional Target: The spell affects one additional target within range of the spell. In addition, after casting the spell, you may spend Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination to affect one additional target within range of the spell (and may trigger this multiple times, spending Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination each time).								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Range: Increase the range of the spell by one range band. This may be added multiple times, increasing the range by one range band each time.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Add Defense: Each affected target gainst ranged and melee defense equal to your character's ranks in the associated Knowledge skill.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Empowered: the barrier reduces damage equal to the number of uncancelled Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination instead of the normal effect.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Reflection (Arcana Only): If an opponent makes a magic attack against an affected target and generates Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination or Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination on the check, after the check is resolved, they suffer a hit dealing damage equal to the total damage of the attack.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Sanctuary (Divine Only): Opponents the GM determines are the antithesis of the character's faith or deity automatically disengage from affected targets, and may not engage them for the duration of the spell.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Curse

Concentration: Yes

Skills: Arcana, Divine, Verse

This action represents the combat use of curse magic. Your character selects one target within short range, then makes an Arcana or Divine skill check. The default difficulty of the check is Average (Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination). If it is successful, until the end of the character’s next turn, the target decreases the ability of any skill checks they make by one (in effect, this means they remove one Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination from their checks).

Before making the curse check, choose any number of additional effects listed in Curse Additional Effects. These effects are added to the check.

Curse Additional Effects
Effects								Dif Mod
Enervate: If a target suffers strain for any reason, they suffer 1 additional strain.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Misfortune: After a target makes a check, you may change one Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination to a face displaying a Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Range: Increase the range of the spell by one range band. This may be added multiple times, increasing the range by one range band each time.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Additional Target: The spell affects one additional target within range of the spell. In addition, after casting the spell, you may spend Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination to affect one additional target within range of the spell (and may trigger this multiple times, spending Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination each time).								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Despair (Divine Only): The target's strain and wound thresholds are reduced by an ammount equal to twice the characteristic linked to the skill. This effect may not be combined with the additiona target effect.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Doom (Arcana Only): After a target makes a check, you may change any one day in the pool not displaying a Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination or Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination to a different face.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Fascinate (Verse Only): After a target makes a check, you may change any one day in the pool not displaying a Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination or Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination to a different face.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Paralyzed: The target is staggered for the duration of the spell. This affect may not be combined with the additional target effect.								+Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination