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With this skill a character is able to get two doses out of one component. The time it takes depends on the rarity of the component. Below is a table that outlines how long it takes to double a component.

Once doubled, a component cannot be used in sorcery rituals, even if both halves of the component are used. A component that has been doubled cannot be doubled again.

Normally, only one trap may be attached to one trigger. This skill allows the character to add an extra trap tied to the same trigger for each purchase of this skill up to a maximum of three traps, one extra per purchase of the skill. The extra trap must be added when the trap is set and cannot be added to an existing trap. Each slot can be filled with any trap as per the set trap rules, and can be the same or different trap types. All in-game costs must be paid for each trap the character sets.

When the trap goes off, one defense is needed for each trap set. So, for example, if a trap is set with three 10 damage fire traps in a 10 foot radius, the affected character(s) would require three separate defenses. One Trap Dodge skill will stop all the slot in a trap.

To set the trap, the character should place the three separate trap tags onto the trap and set the trigger accordingly. If the trap is disarmed, the character may take the trap tags, but may only set the same trap if they have the same number of purchases of the Advanced Set Traps skill as was originally used.

This skill turns the non-combinable Strength Bonus of the Superior Strength skill to a combinable Strength Bonus.

Official skill from LAIRE rulebook.

This skill allows the character to recognize alchemical reagents. This is the basic Alchemy skill and grants the character the ability to brew, distill, mix, and perform the other basic skills needed to create alchemical items. It does not grant the character the ability to actually make anything; a separate skill is required for that. Alchemy Lore is required to read and identify alchemical recipes in-game.

When a character purchases this skill they gain the ability to use: Thrown Weapons, Small Weapon, One-Handed Edge, Bow, Crossbow, Staff, and the Florentine skill. The character also gains the ability to use a staff in their off hand. This allows them to block only, just like with the Master Florentine skill and a two handed weapon.

Additionally, any Build Points the character may have spent on these weapon skills are refunded when this skill is learned. So, if a character has One-Handed Edge skill, Florentine skill and Thrown Weapon skill the character would get back a total of 8 Build Points, effectively getting the Tools of the Trade skill for free.

For each purchase of this skill a character gains a +1 Damage Bonus with all Tools of the Trade weapons. This skill may be combined with other Damage Bonuses. The Arcane Proficiency skill is not hand specific. When behind a target, or if the target is Disadvantaged the Damage Bonus with all Master Assassin weapons becomes +1.5 instead. The character must be approximately 90 degrees behind their target to be considered behind them. The character cannot reach their arms around the target to gain their Damage Bonus.

A character is considered to be Disadvantaged if they are under the following effects: Stunned, Paralyzed, Enfeebled, Pain, Confusion, Sleep, Unconscious, Unarmed or if both arms are: Bound, Disabled, Broken, Withered, or Severed. A character is not Disadvantaged if they are: surprised, blind, weakened, etc.

Normally, after every battle, a character wearing armor will lose Armor Points after spending 5 minutes resetting their armor. With the purchase of this skill, the character gains three advantages.

The first grants the character 25% bonus to their Base Armor Points or Special Armor Points – whichever is appropriate for any armor that they wear. The character should total all of their separate armor pieces then multiply the total by 1.5 (this includes the 25% bonus for the Armor Proficiency skill, if the character only has the Armor Efficiency skill, then multiple by 1.25) and round the number normally to nearest whole number.

The second ensures that the character will always have 25% their starting Base Armor Points or Special Armor Points – whichever is appropriate – after resetting their armor. The character must still spend the 5 minutes in-game resetting their armor after a battle to gain this benefit.

Third, the amount the armor degrades decreases by 1 point. After all skills, crafting and enchanting bonuses, the minimum Degradation number is 1 point.

Torso armor must be worn to use this skill. The character may remove the other parts of their armor: their helmet, greaves, gauntlets, etc. but still has to wear their torso armor.

This skill does not augment magical Armor Points from an Armor spell, an alchemical item, magic items, rituals, or similar magical effects. It will increase the Armor Points from a Ritual of Armor Enchantment.

This skill increases the character’s knowledge of how to effectively wear armor. It grants them a 25% bonus to their Base Armor Points or Special Armor Points – whichever is appropriate - for any armor that they wear. The character should total all of their separate armor pieces then multiply the total by 1.25 (1.5 if they also have the Armor Efficiency skill) and round the number normally to nearest whole number.

Normally, a character must spend 5 minutes adjusting and resetting their armor after it is damaged to reset their Armor Points. With this Tagged skill, the character can do this in 10 seconds. The character must be able to use skills, not be engaged in combat, be able to see, and have free, unfettered hands and legs. The player should role play quickly adjusting their armor in-game for 10 seconds so it is obvious to anyone watching what they are doing. While resetting their points, the player should say, “Resetting Armor 1, Resetting Armor 2, etc.” to a count of 10. This is an out-of-game count and does not require the character to be able to speak. If the character is interrupted, the skill is not used. After using this skill, the armor will still degrade normally based on crafting, enchanting, and skill bonuses as if they had spent the whole 5 minutes resetting their armor.

The player may use this skill on another character’s armor so long as both characters meet all the conditions to use the skill, in other words, they must be able to use skills, not engaged in combat, etc.

This skill improves the characters ability to wear armor. It lowers the degradation number by one, so for a suit made of normal materials, it will lose 4 Armor Points instead of 5. This effect stacks with all other crafting, enchanting, and skill bonuses with a minimum of 1 point.

Each purchase of this skill allows the character to repair 6 Armor Points of cloth, leather, or metal armor. It takes the character 5 minutes to repair up to 6 Armor Points; so if a character has three purchases of this skill, it will take them 5 minutes to repair 1 to 6 Armor Points, 10 minutes to repair 7 to 12 Armor Points, and 15 minutes to repair 13 to 18 Armor Points. The character may break up their repair points any way they wish up to their maximum number of repair points.

This skill is not used if the character is inside an armory when repairing armor.

This skill will also allow the character to make a new piece of armor. For every purchase of this skill, the character can make a piece of leather or metal armor worth up to 6 Armor Points; so a character with three purchases of this skill can make a piece of leather or metal armor worth up to 18 Armor Points.

Four purchases of the Armor Smith skill is needed for Elven Crafting, Dwarven Crafting, Bone Crafting, and Enchantment Quality. Five purchases of the Armor Crafting skill is needed for Mithril Crafting.

When this skill is purchased, the character embraces the animalistic power of nature and gains the ability to call upon their guardian animal totem and merge with it, transforming their body into a bipedal version of the character’s guardian totem animal. All armor and items worn are unchanged in the new form.

When a character transforms, they must drop to their hands and knees or crouch for 1 minute to roleplay the shift. During this time, the character puts on the appropriate costuming for the animal which must be at least a mask and a tabard approved by Plot. The character can be attacked and harmed during this time and no skills or abilities can be used. The Druid may call latent spell defenses or invoke spell defenses from items, however. Taking damage will not interrupt the transformation unless the Druid is rendered unconscious or worse. If the character is interrupted, they do not use the skill for that Tag Cycle.

When transformed, the Druid gains the following abilities:
• +20 Body Points
• +1 Strength Bonus
• +1 Damage Bonus with their claws only
• One special ability based on the type of totem (see table below)
• Immunity to all charm effects
• Immunity to Fear
• May still use their Druid skills, even Nature Magic

They also suffer the following detriments while shapeshifted:
• They cannot speak common and therefore cannot use any skills, spells, powers, or items that require a verbal, but can understand what others are saying, and can be understood by Druids.

Category
Examples
Special Ability

Avians
Eagles, etc
Critical Attack 1x,
Flight levels 1 and 2

Insects
Ants, Beetles
20 Natural Armor,
Acid Spit: 18 points of damage x2

Bears
+10 Body Points,
+1 Strength Bonus, Non-Combinable

Canines
Wolves, Hyenas
+1 Damage Bonus,
Master Parry, Track By Scent

Felines
Lions, Tigers
+1 Damage Bonus,
Critical Attack, Track By Scent

Primates, Equines
+1 Damage Bonus,
Feat of Strength x2

Reptiles
Snakes, Lizards
10 Natural Armor, Threshold of 2 (stackable),
Poison Spit: Blindness

Scorpions
20 Natural Armor,
Poison Spit: 24 Point Damage x2

Spiders
10 Natural Armor,
Webbing x3

The character must receive approval from the Plot Director for their totem animal and the final category benefits. If a character has a totem that is not represented in the above table, the closest match will be assigned.

While in their aspect, the character appears as a half animal half man version. The character gains no special movement powers or the ability to walk on four (or more) legs. While in animal form, the character may use their Druid skills and Nature Magic spells. They still need to say the appropriate verbal but, in-game, the characters around them do not understand what they are saying. Also, they may use any latent spell normally. When the character changes back to their natural form and they are down Body Points, the bonus Body Points the character gains from changing are the first to be lost. Therefore, if the character normally has 20 Body Points and uses this skill they would have 45 Body Points. If the character was down 18 Body Points when they changed back, they would be at 20 Body Points – the normal for their natural form. Willingly changing back to their natural form takes the character however long it takes to remove their costume.

The change normally lasts 1 hour, but the character may change back to their natural form at will. If while in the animal form, the character is brought to the Brink of Death, they are forced back into their natural form.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

The character may only purchase Aspect of the Beast or Elemental Quintessence, not both. Once learned this skill cannot be unlearned in order to purchase the other skill.

For each purchase of this skill a character gains a Damage Bonus with all Master Assassin weapons according to the table below. This skill may be combined with other Damage Bonuses. The Assassin Proficiency skill is not hand specific.

Weapon Type
Damage Bonus

Small, Thrown, One-handed, and Crossbows
+1

Bows
+1.5*

*This bonus is rounded down, so one purchase gies a +1 damage bonus and two gives a +3 damage bonus.

This skill allows the character to double their weapon damage for one swing. The player should double the amount of damage their character is swinging including base weapon damage, Damage Bonus, Strength Bonus, alchemical effects, or magic bonuses. This attack does not need to be from surprise or behind. Any defense that stops physical attacks will stop this skill.

The character is able use multiple purchases of this skill to increase the amount of damage in one attack, increasing the multiplier by one for each additional tag used. There is no limit to the number of Assassin Strike skills the character can use in one attack.

The character using this skill should suffix his normal damage with “…Strike”.

This skill is not used if the character misses their target or the attack is blocked. If they succeed in striking their target or if the target calls an appropriate defense the skill is used. This skill does not double any additional damage from the Heal Wounds skill, Wounding skill, or Elemental Pool Points.

This skill allows a character to strike down a target character with one strike. The character hit with this skill is Mortally Wounded and requires the appropriate healing. This skill ignores armor and does not damage it. The character must strike the arm between the elbows and the shoulders, or the body between the shoulders and the knees of the target character. The character must call “Assassinate” after the blow is delivered suffixed by any special damage modifiers, such as “Magic”, “Silver”, etc. Unlike other skills, this skill only requires the character to call the effect loud enough for the target to hear. However, anyone who hears the word “assassinate” is aware of the attack.

Only non-blunt weapons gained with the Master Assassin skill can be used to assassinate a target character.

If the character using this skill surprises their target, the target character may not use any martial skills to block the attack. As a general rule, if the target character is surprised by the attack, the assassinate works. The most common way to achieve surprise is by attacking from behind, but a character need not do that. They can walk up to their target, shake their hand and assassinate them with their other. The target character is not surprised if the character is fighting them. The character may assassinate someone by surprise if they are fighting another opponent, however. Even if the target turns their back and runs, you can assassinate them, however the attack still has to be a surprise.

A character may use this skill while actively fighting their target. In this case, the target character may use any martial or magical defense that would stop an Advanced skill, such as Dodge, Master Parry, Slay Parry, Invulnerability, etc.

A character must have one Assassin Proficiency skill per Assassinate skill they wish to purchase, after the first purchase. So, a character that wants three Assassinate skills must have three Assassin Proficiency skills.

This skill is not used if the character misses their target or the attack is blocked. If they succeed in striking their target or if the target calls an appropriate defense the skill is used.

Auras is the magic of Defense. A shield against threats both magical and physical. When cast there is a flash of Green light.

Special Rules for the Auras School:

A character may only have one physical defensive Aura spell – Vigilance or Invulnerability – on them at any one time, not both. Similarly, a character may only have one magical defensive Aura spell – Defense, Negation, Reflection, or Absorption – on them at any one time. If a character has a latent defensive spell and an incompatible spell is cast on them, the spell that uses the most Power Points takes precedence. Aura of Resistance and Purity will not stack with themselves but can be combined with a physical and magical spell defense.

If a character is hit with a Destroy Magic spell then all the spells of the Auras School are lost, excluding the Armor and Stamina spells. Further rules and description of the Destroy Magic spell is listed under the Thaumaturgy School.

The magical spell defenses may or may not work on other forms of magic than just the spells in these rules. For example, they are known to work against spell songs, but they do not work against curses. If you do not know whether some mystical attack on your character can be prevented by a magical defense, you can try invoking it, but even if the defense does not work, it is still used up.

Rank 1:

Spell Verbal: I Weave an Aura of...

• ...Armor.        1 Power Point     Until Used Up.
  • This spell gives the character an additional 3 Armor Points. These extra 3 Armor Points are the first Armor Points lost when the character is damaged.

• ...Stamina.     2 Power Points    Until Used Up.
  • This spell gives the character an additional 3 Body Points. These extra 3 Body Points are the first points lost when the character’s Body Points are damaged, but otherwise act as normal Body Points.

• ...Defense.     3 Power Points     Latent.
  • When invoked, this spell reduces the result of any damaging spell to one half. It has no effect against non-damage effect spells such as Sleep or Drain Magic. A Kill spell is reduced to doing half the target’s full Body Points, rounded up, minimum of two. This spell will halve the effects of a Life spell cast upon a character hurt by the element of Life, if the undead is intelligent enough to invoke it. If the character drops to 0 or -1 Body Points they are Bleeding to Death, not at the Brink of Death.

Rank 2 Auras
Rank 3 Auras
Rank 4 Auras
Rank 5 Auras

Rank 2:

Spell Verbal: I Weave a Protective Aura of...

• ...Vigilance.        4 Power Point     Latent.
  • When invoked, this spell gives protection against certain specific attacks: it prevents a Waylay with 3 or fewer points of damage from rendering the target unconscious and taking damage and it leaves the target of a Slay or an Assassinate skill with half their current Body Points. However, if direct body damage was done by the weapon, then any blade poisons on the weapon take effect.
  • Vigilance has no effect against any other form of attack, magical or non-magical, including a Waylay that does 4 or more points of damage.

• ...Negation.     5 Power Points    Latent.
  • When invoked, this spell completely cancels the effects of one spell cast upon the character. A Negation will stop spell like effects such as those from Nature Magic and Spell Songs normally.

• ...Reflection.     6 Power Points     Latent.
  • When invoked, Reflection turns a spell back upon its caster. If the caster also has a Reflection spell and chooses to invoke it, then the spell is reflected back upon the target again. If the original target still has some other appropriate form of defense against spells they may then invoke it.
  • A Reflection will stop magical spell like effects including those from Nature Magic and Spell Songs, but in these cases, while the spell is stopped, the spell is not redirected back at the caster.
  • For purposes of determining who the caster of a reflected spell is, the character that last used the reflection is considered the caster. For example, a character is hit with a Paralysis spell, they invoke a Reflection spell and the original caster is now paralyzed, and the original defending character can remove the Paralysis spell by touch since they are now considered the caster.

Rank 3:

Spell Verbal: I Weave a Protective and Warding Aura of...

• ...Fortitude.        7 Power Point     Latent, 5 Minutes
  • When invoked, this spell provides the character with a 4 Threshold, which negates all physical attacks on the target character that delivers 4 points of damage or less, for 5 minutes. If a blow does 5 or more points of damage, Fortitude will not block it.
  • If a character is under the affects of a Fortitude spell, then it takes a Waylay that does 5 or more points of damage to knock them unconscious. A Fortitude spell does protect a character from a Killing Blow, provided the damage done by the Killing Blow is four points or less and the spell’s duration has not expired.
  • The Threshold provided by a Fortitude spell does not protect the character from any spells, only physical attacks are stopped and cannot be stacked with other Thresholds. As a rule, Thresholds do not add, only the most protective Threshold protects the character.
  • Once a Fortitude spell is invoked, it is no longer a latent spell and is considered an active spell. A character cannot invoke a Fortitude spell as a defense to an attack, they must already have the spell active to gain the benefits of the spell.

• ...Absorption.     8 Power Points    Latent.
  • When invoked, an Absorption spell negates the effect of a spell. Also, the actual, modified Power Points used to cast the negated spell are given to the character. This spell will not give a character any Power Points if they do not have the Power Point skill, nor will it give a character more Power Points than their normal Power Point maximum.
  • If a character uses an Absorption to stop an area of effect spell that does not strike them directly, the effect is stopped but the character gains no Power Points. For example, a character wishes to safely cross a Wall of Flame spell. They can call their Absorption to protect themselves from the damage, but gain no Power Points.
  • An Absorption will stop magical spell like effects including those from Nature Magic and Spell Songs, but in these cases, the effect is stopped but the character gains no Power Points from the spell even if the character is a Druid or Spell Singer.

• ...Invulnerability.     8 Power Points     Latent.
  • This spell protects against one physical attack. It cancels a Waylay, Slay, Assassinate, Stunning Blow, Critical Attack, or any other nonspell effect that does damage or harmful physical effect.
  • An Invulnerability spell can be used to stop a Killing Blow if the target is immobilized and still conscious, but the player must say the word “Invulnerability” audibly to give the attacker the chance to see the characteristic flash of light.

• ...Purity.     8 Power Points     Latent.
  • When invoked, this spell protects the character from one external alchemical attack. Purity will not stop any alchemy the character consumes.
  • Paste of Binding, acids, Fire Breath, Sunwater, Paste of Stickiness, and Alchemical Lubricant have an external effect but will not be stopped by this spell. These items are stopped by an Invulnerability spell.

Rank 4:

Spell Verbal: I Weave a Protective and Warding Aura of...

• ...Resistance to Shield You.        12 Power Point     Latent.
  • This Spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • When invoked, this spell will stop any one physical or magical attack and follows all the standard rules for Invulnerability and Negation spells. A character can still only have one Resistance upon them at a time.
  • Resistance takes up its own slot, thus a character could have an Invulnerability, Negation, and Resistance at the same time.

Rank 5:

Spell Verbal: I Weave a Protective and Warding Aura of...

• ...Dragon Skin to Harden Your Hide.        16 Temporary Power Points, 1 Permanant Power Point            Latent, 10 minutes.
  • This Spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • When this latent spell is invoked, the character gains 25 Body Points that can be healed and Damage Resistance: Silver. Spells and other magical attacks still harm the character normally as does “Light” and “Dark” attacks.
  • This defense lasts for 10 minutes or until dispelled. The Body Points gained from this spell are the first to go, therefore when the spell ends, the character will not lose any additional Body Points if they are below their normal maximum.

• ...Elder Resistance to Shield You from Harm.     24 Temporary Power Points, 2 Permanant Power Points    Latent.
  • This Spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This latent spell defense will stop any one attack or effect regardless of the nature of the attack. This includes warlock augmented spells, sorcery, martial skill, alchemy, faith, etc. Unlike some characters that have this affect as an innate ability, the character does not suffer a Torso Stun effect when they invoke this defense.

This skill allows a character to determine the cause of death of a character in their Death Count or a corpse. This skill will tell if the cause of death is from a Slay, Assassinate, poison, general damage, magical effect, the spell and its school, etc. It can tell what type of weapon was used, but not what specific weapon it was.

A character can only Autopsy one character at a time. The use of this skill requires the character to concentrate while they are using this skill. The player should look at the character they are using this skill on and can only talk and invoke Latent spells while autopsying someone. If the use of this skill is interrupted by either taking damage or the character choosing to stop, the attempt fails. If the character wishes to try to autopsy again they must start from the beginning.

This skill does not stop a character’s Death Count, nor can their Death Count be stopped by any means and still use this skill. For example, a character cannot use Battle Surgery skill to stop the Death Count. This skill takes 1 minute to use.

When this skill is purchased the character gains a +1.5 Damage Bonus to all their attacks from behind with any weapon. This skill is not hand specific and applies to both their right and left hand weapons. The character must be approximately 90 degrees behind their target to be considered behind them. The character cannot reach their arms around the target to gain their Damage Bonus.

Additionally, if the target character is Disadvantaged, the character gets their Backstab Bonus. A character is considered to be Disadvantaged if they are under the following effects: Stunned, Paralyzed, Enfeebled, Pain, Confusion, Sleep, Unconscious, Unarmed or if both arms are: Bound, Disabled, Broken, Withered, or Severed. A character is not Disadvantaged if they are: surprised, blind, weakened, etc.

This skill is stackable with itself and all Backstabs learned are cumulative. So a Backstab +4 would allow the character to cause 7 points of damage with their Small Weapon.

Learning this skill allow the character to activate the Bane Endowment by consuming specific kinds of demon flesh. Once activated, the endowment allows the character to swing normal fire or normal ice damage with any melee weapon held in either hand. The character must swing the selected element and suffixes the damage type to the damage called in addition to any other damage modifiers. For example, if the character is using a normal one-handed edged weapon and chooses the Ice Bane option, they would call “...Fire”. If they then picked up a magic one-handed edge weapon, they would call “...Magic Fire”.

Depending on the type of demon, different effects and detriments are gained. See the table below.

Type
Effect
Demon Type

Ice Bane
Swing Normal Fire
Fire

Fire Bane
Swing Normal Ice
Ice

Rot Bane
Swing Normal Healing
Undead

This Endowment gives the Character 2 Corruption Points when activated at Rank 1.

Rank 1 will last for 10 minutes at the cost of 2 corruption points.

The duration of the endowment must be chosen when the skill is activated and cannot be changed once set.

The character many not end the effect of the endowment early. The character cannot activate another Bane Endowment while they have a Bane Endowment active. They do not stack.

Learning this skill allows the Demon Hunter to choose to have their Bane Endowment last for 10 or 20 minutes at the cost of 2 or 4 Corruption points respectively.

The duration of the endowment must be chosen when the skill is activated and cannot be changed once set.

The character many not end the effect of the endowment early.

The character cannot activate another Bane Endowment while they have one active, they do not stack.

Learning this skill allows the Demon Hunter to choose to have their Bane Endowment last for 10, 20, or 60 minutes at the cost of 2, 4, or 6 Corruption points respectively.

The duration of the endowment must be chosen when the skill is activated and cannot be changed once set.

The character many not end the effect of the endowment early.

The character cannot activate another Bane Endowment while they have one active, they do not stack.

This skill calls upon the strength and toughness of the trees to make the character stronger, adding 12 Body Points to the character that can be healed. These extra points are the first Body Points lost when the character is damaged.

To use this skill, the character must touch a living, healthy, normal, non-sentient tree with bark.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill, once invoked, will grant the character the following benefits while active. First it will increase their base Body Point stat by 25%. Second, the character is immune to Dark damage, though the Dark Pool points – if any are used – are not expended.

Finally, the character is immune to special damage effects, including Eldritch attacks, of supernatural creations of the Dark Lord – anything from zombies, orcs, demonlings to Hierarchs. This only works on attacks – melee or ranged – that deal damage and does not affect weapon damage types – silver, mithril, magic, etc. The character still takes the damage normally, just not the special modifier. Note that this does not have any effect on special abilities, spells, skills, etc. from these characters. For example, the character is struck by a Ghoul dealing 4 Paralysis. The character will take 4 damage but not the paralyzing effects of a Ghoul.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

Learning this skill allow the character to activate the Battle Strength Endowment by consuming a specific kind of demon flesh. Once activated, the endowment gives the character the following bonuses:

•  +2 Strength Bonus. This is a racial bonus and does not stack with other racial bonuses. The greater bonus takes effect.
•  +12 Body Points. These Body Points are healable and are the first to be lost. They are temporary and are not affected by anything that affects the character’s Base Body Points. When the affect ends, the character will lose 12 Body Points unless they have already have taken more than 12 points of damage. For example, if a character has 20 Body Points and activates this skill. They then have 32 Body Points. They take 16 points of damage and are currently at 16 Body Points. When the endowment ends, they will not lose any more Body Points. Had they been at 24 Body Points when the endowment ends, they would be at 20 Body Points.
• +20 points of Natural Armor. These Armor Points do not reset and are the last to be lost after all spells, rituals, and real armor.

Rank 1 lasts for only 10 minutes and gives the character 3 Corruption points.

Each purchase of this skill increases the amount of time this endowment is active and amount of corruption gained by activating it. The character may choose how long the endowment will last in the standard increments of 10, 20, or 60 minutes, up to maximum rank of this skill learned. For example, a character with Rank 2 can consume the correct type of demon flesh and have this endowment last for either 10 or 20 minutes. They could not choose to have it last 60 minutes since they do not have Rank 3. The duration of the endowment must be chosen when the skill is activated and cannot be changed once set.

The character many not end the effect of the endowment early. The character cannot activate another Protection Endowment while they have a Protection Endowment active. They do not stack.

Learning this skill allows the Demon Hunter to choose to have their Battle Strength Endowment last for 10 or 20 minutes at the cost of 3 or 6 Corruption points respectively.

Learning this skill allows the Demon Hunter to choose to have their Battle Strength Endowment last for 10, 20, or 60 minutes at the cost of 3, 6, or 9 Corruption points respectively.

For every purchase of this skill, the character can spend 1 minute to restore Body Points to a character. The character may use this skill any time they wish on any living character, including themselves so long as the character is awake and not restrained. For every purchase of this skill the character can restore 12 Body Points. No matter how many Body Points restored, the character need only take 1 minute to use this skill. The character can restore any amount of Body Points they wish with this skill up to their maximum amount. To use this skill, the character can use any available cloth, like tearing a piece of their costume, to bandage the wound. If a character uses clean white bandages that are at least 2 feet long and 2 inches wide will gain a bonus of 50%, rounded down, to the Body Points restored. One area of the body per use of this skill (or per 12 Body Points restored) is required. The player using this skill is responsible for providing the bandages, which are an in-play item and do not require a tag. The target character must keep the bandages on for at least 1 minute. If the bandages are removed or fall off before the 1 minutes are up, the Body Points healed with this skill are lost and the use of this skill is still expended.

One complete (12 Body Points) use of this skill can be used to indefinitely stabilize a living character who is Mortally Wounded or at the Brink of Death. The character should place their hand on the target character’s torso and call “Battle Surgery”. As long as the character maintains contact, the target character’s Death Count stops.

Thirdly, if a character wishes, they can restore Body Points when using their First Aid skill. When using First Aid on a target character, the character can opt to use points of their Battle Surgery Body Point Tags to heal the target character. Combining the use of these skills takes 1 minute and the target character will wake up at the end of the minute, bypassing the 5 (or 21⁄2 with bandages) minutes of wake up time normally required with the First Aid skill.

Lastly, the character can use 6 points from their Battle Surgery Body Points to splint a leg that is broken – NOT SEVERED!!! – and allow the injured character to slowly walk on the leg moving no faster than one step per second.

A character may not walk on two broken legs, without help, even if both are splinted. A character can only be battle surgeried by one character at a time and a character can only battle surgery one character at a time. The use of this skill requires the character to concentrate while they are using this skill. The player should look at the character they are using this skill on and can only talk and invoke Latent spells while battle surgering someone.

The bandage is in-game, does not have to be purchased, must be white, and must be larger than 2 feet by 2 inches. The character must either have their hand on the target character or be bandaging to use this skill.

When this skill is used, the target character cannot take any actions or use any non-defensive skills, abilities, or items. While the target is under the effects of the Blather, they may do nothing but stand there and look at the character. The target character is unaware of their surroundings for the duration. The effects of the Blather ends should the character stop talking for more than 3 seconds, the character or target character is attacked, or there is combat within 20 feet of the target character. The target character may use any defensive ability if they are attacked, i.e., Crit Parry, Dodge, Vigilance, Spell Shield, etc.

To use this skill, the character needs to engage the target in a conversation for 5 seconds and the target needs to acknowledge the character by either looking at the character or verbally acknowledging the character. The Blather skill will last so long as the character continues talking. They do not need to be saying anything intelligent or sensible, but they do need to be speaking words not just mumbling sounds. The maximum duration is 10 minutes.

This skill is stopped by Iron Will. Any character that is immune to charms (i.e. has the Immunity: Charms ability) is immune to this skill. The target character needs to be able to hear the character, so people who are deaf cannot be effected, and understand the character, so animals (unless the character can speak to animals) are not affected. If the target does not speak the character’s language, this skill still works on the target Character.

This skill can only be used on one character at a time. While this skill forces the target character to pay attention to the character, it does not prevent the target character from maintaining their concentration for purposes of spells like Magic Sanctuary.

This skill enables a blinded character to engage in hand to hand combat; without this skill a character may not engage in combat while blinded. This skill does not imply the ability to see. A character using this skill is assumed to be fighting by "feel" and sound, and can only respond to a hand to hand attack and cannot initiate combat with a foe that they cannot perceive. Once combat starts, the character can continue until the target leaves the combat entirely or out runs the player.

This skill cannot be used – ever – to detect invisible characters, but can be used to attack invisible characters that attack first.

Bonds is the magic of restraint, holding objects or characters in place. The flash of magic associated with bonds is a deep blue color.

Special Rules for the Bond School:

Any Bond School spell can be removed by its caster. The caster must touch the target player of the spell and say, “I Release You From (name of spell)”. This also applies to the Imprisonment spell, as the act of touching the target player refers to the ability of the caster to make physical contact with the target, not the caster’s character and the target character.

Almost all the Bond spells can be removed by a Dispel Magic; Imprisonment and Impenetrable Portal are the only two listed here that cannot. The Pin, Bind, Paralysis, and Imprisonment spells are not mutually exclusive and therefore, a character can be effected by all four at once.

Characters with an exceptional Strength Bonus are immune to the effects of certain Bonds School spells. Only a Strength Bonus that is combinable counts at all towards determining if a character is immune to a Bonds School spell. Skills, spells and alchemical items that grant a non-combinable Strength Bonus are never considered in the calculations, but skills and spells that grant even a temporary combinable Strength Bonus do count. The table below outlines the required Strength Bonus needed and what spell immunities are gained.

Spell Name
Strength Bonus

Some characters are immune to the effects of Bond School spells. The commonly encountered ones are ethereal or incorporeal undead. Others to be sure exist, but the player must learn of these during game play.

Rank 1:

Spell Verbal: I Create a Magical...

• ...Attachment.        1 Power Point      10 Minutes.
  • This spell attaches an object that weighs no more than 10 pounds to another object. The caster must touch both objects during the casting of the spell. If more than 10 pounds of force is applied to the Attachment, it will break. For example, a bottle could have an Attachment to a staff, but an Attachment could not be used to fix a rope to a wall so a character could swing across a chasm.
  • You cannot cast multiple Attachment spells on an object.
  • This spell is not a combat spell. Attachment can be represented outof-game by duct tape, but the caster is responsible for supplying the duct tape to attach the objects.

• ...Pin.     2 Power Points    30 Seconds.
  • The spell attaches the right foot of the target character to the ground. The target can pivot on their right foot, but cannot lift it or move it.
  • A character can break a Pin with a +3 or more Strength Bonus and taking 5 seconds to complete.
  • There is a visible effect to this spell, and it is obvious to any one looking if the character is free or not

Rank 2:

Spell Verbal: I Create a Magical Seal That Will...

• ...Bind.        5 Power Point     1 Minute.
  • This spell attaches both of the target’s feet to the ground and both of the target’s arms to their sides. A Bind spell makes both spell casting and combat impossible. A bound character cannot be moved since their feet are attached to the ground, and if they are holding something in their hands, they cannot release it. Another player can remove an item from the target’s hand(s), but doing so requires a +3 or more Strength Bonus and frees the target’s arms. A bound character cannot be given a Killing Blow, provided that the character can still twist around.
  • A Bind spell can be partially broken with a +3 or more Strength Bonus. It takes 5 seconds to free either the character’s arms or legs or 10 seconds to free both. If the character uses a Giant Strength spell to free themselves it would require two spells – the act of breaking either the arms or legs free counts as one action.
  • There is a visible effect to this spell, and it is obvious to any one looking if the character is free or not.

• ...Lock.     5 Power Points    1 Hour.
  • This spell will seal a door, hold an object in place or attach an object to another object. A Lock spell can be represented out-of-game by duct tape, but the caster is responsible for supplying the duct tape to attach the objects.
  • This spell will not work on a character. An object cannot be attached to a character and a character cannot be attached to anything.
  • A Lock spell can be broken with +3 or more Strength Bonus such as by invoking a Giant Strength spell. If an object under the effects of a Lock spell is destroyed, then the spells ends.

Rank 3:

Spell Verbal: I Create a Magical Seal That Will Cause...

• ...Paralysis.        7 Power Point     5 Minute.
  • This spell completely paralyzes the target character; they cannot move or speak. The only acts a paralyzed character can perform are to move their eyes, blink, or invoke a latent spell. A character may be given a Killing Blow while they are paralyzed.
  • Paralyzed characters can be moved as they are not attached to the ground; in addition, their limbs can be moved by some external force such as another character. The target will still be unable to move from their new position. If the paralyzed character is reduced to 0 Body Points or lower, the player should still fall down.
  • There is a visible effect to this spell, and it is obvious to any one looking if the character is free or not.

• ...Imprisonment.     9 Power Points    5 Minutes.
  • The target character is completely immobilized; they cannot move or speak. They are surrounded by a glowing, skin tight magical prison that protects them from all attacks, spells, or damage until the spell wears off. An Imprisoned character cannot be picked up or moved from the spot where the spell hit them. If the spell affects the character while they are not touching the ground – jumping in mid air, swimming, brachiating, being carried, in a tree, etc. – the character is immediately dropped to the ground under them when the spell hits.
  • The Imprisonment spell is not affected by the Dispel Magic or Destroy Magic spells. The effects of alchemical items cannot pass through an Imprisonment. If you cast an Imprisonment on yourself then you cannot remove it; you must wait until the 5 minutes elapse.
  • A target is still affected by the Hypnosis skill and other charm like gaze attacks. The Total Power skill will pierce through an Imprisonment, even if the original spell was cast with Total Power.
  • There is a visible effect to this spell, and it is obvious to any one looking if the character is free or not.

• ...Free Action.         6 Power Points      Latent or Instant
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic
  • This spell can be used in two different ways. First, it can be used to dispel any spell from the Bonds School when cast on the target character. It will only remove one active spell at a time and the character should call what spell they are dispelling when they cast this spell. If the character does not then the target player can choose what Bonds School spell they want dispelled if they are affected by multiple Bonds School spells.
  • The caster can choose to cast this spell as a latent spell defense. When used in this way, this spell defense will stop one spell from the Bonds School. This spell, when used in this manner, cannot be invoked to dispel an already active Bonds School spell.

Rank 4:

Spell Verbal: I Create a Magical Seal That Will Cause...

• ...a Wall of Paralysis.        9 Power Point     Within line of sight.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell creates a 10 foot by 10 foot by 1 foot wall of magic; if anyone touches or passes through the Wall of Paralysis they are paralyzed and are affected as per the Paralysis spell.
  • This spell follows the normal wall spell rules found at the beginning of this chapter.

Rank 5:

Spell Verbal: I Create a Magical Seal That Will Cause...

• ...this Portal and Dwelling to be Impenetrable.        20 Temporary Power Points, 1 Permanant Power Point         12 Hours.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic
  • This spell will magically seal a building or room for 1 hour. No door, window or other exit can be opened and the entire building is indestructible for the duration. Only the caster may pass unhindered through the portals. Anyone else wishing to move through a portal requires a +7 Strength Bonus, non-combinable and the portal will remain open for as long as the character holds it open and can maintain the required Strength Bonus. If a portal is forced in this manner, the spell still stays in effect for the 1 hour duration.
  • While this spell is in effect, no attack can pass though any closed portal. If a portal is opened – either by the caster or by force – then any attack can pass through normally. The Dispel Magic and Free Action spells have no effect on this spell, however any sorcerous dispel will end this spell.
  • If there is no actual doorway – as with a lean-to, pavilion or archway for example – then the portal requires a +9 Strength Bonus to pass through and the character cannot bring any other character with them, nor can they get assistance from another character to pass through. No attacks can pass through no matter how strong the character is or how much damage attempts to pass the portal; only if the character actually forces their way through, can the spell be breached

This skill will temporarily remove a target character’s Threshold or Soak for 5 minutes. The character needs to hit the target in the torso, knees to elbows, just like a Slay, with their weapon.

This skill will work on any Character, not just ones with the Monster Type: Demon. It will not affect Thresholds or Soaks from magic spells, alchemy, rituals or skills and only affects Thresholds and Soaks gained from abilities.

This skill is not stopped by any amount of Threshold, Soak, or Damage Resistance. To use this skill the character should call “Break Threshold”. If the character fails to connect with the target, the skill is not used. This skill can be stopped by any defense that stops Martial attacks.

This skill prevents the character from getting lost in any above ground, underground, or underwater aquatic setting. This skill will also allow the character to return to any place they have previously been from anywhere so long as they know where they are. This skill can be purchased up to three times, once for each environment and the type of environment must be specified at the time of purchase. Unlike other multipurchase skills, the teacher must have purchased a Bump of Direction for that environment.

This skill is subject to a Plot Marshal’s ruling and may not always work.

When this skill is used, the character blesses a single weapon with the power of the High Lord. The weapon, while wielded, may not be broken, may swing for Light damage and the character is immune to disarming effects. The character must suffix their damage called with “…Light” if they wish to use the Light effect.

This skill will last for 10 minutes and will work in the hands of any good character, i.e. Acolyte of Light, Follower of the Light, Solars, etc. Any other character wielding the weapon does not gain the bonuses of this skill but may use the weapon normally.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill allows a character to channel a school of magic through their weapon. For the character’s strike, the weapon acts as a spell packet, but the character needs to make contact with the target. A spell cannot be channeled through another weapon but will go through a shield, thus the target can block with their weapon but not their shield and stop the spell from going off. The full spell verbal for the spell must be recited and the casting can be interrupted normally, however the character can cast the spell with their weapon in hand for that school only. The channeled spell costs the normal amount of Power Points.

Upon learning this skill, the character learns to channel one school of magic. The character may channel any damaging spell from that school plus a small number of spells specified on the table in the Mystic Warrior section of the Playtest Document. The character can cast and channel a spell while holding a weapon in their hand. To cast a spell normally, they must have a free, unfettered hand as per the normal casting rules.

Channeling a spell replaces the normal damage the weapon would do, even if the typical weapon damage is more than the spell’s damage. Channeling strikes cannot be combined with any specialty martial attacks except the Speed skill. Channeling strikes also cannot be combined with any Warlock skills except the Speed Cast skill.

The character can channel through any weapon they have dedicated. Any attempt to channel a spell using a normal weapon fails and the Power Points are expended. In the special case of weapons enchanted with an element, only that element can be channeled, though any spell can be spell parried or redirected. Additionally, channeling a spell from that school of magic with a permanent Ritual of Elemental Weapon or a Greater Elemental Magic Weapon will lower the cost of the channeled spell by 1 Power Point with a minimum of 1 Power Point. This discount only applies to spells channeled and not a spell cast normally.

If a character misses their target, they can continue to try and strike their target until they connect with a blow or 5 seconds elapses. If the character accidentally strikes the ground or some other viable object, the spell is lost. The target can use a martial skill, such as Crit Parry, Master Parry, Slay Parry, etc., to stop the channeled spell, but the spell is not expended. Similarly, a character can stop the attack for another character using a martial skill. A Dodge will prevent the channeled spell from landing but will not expend the spell.

The character can learn to channel other elemental schools of magic, but these must be learned separately with the Expanded Focus skill, see the Mystic Warrior section of the playtest document.

Only Low Magic Schools can be learned to be channeled, therefore, Spell Songs and Nature Magic cannot be channeled. This skill can only be used with a spell cast by the character and not when invoked from an item or read from a scroll.

Charms is the magic of interfering with your opponents mind. From dazzling them with lights, to convincing them you're a trusted ally. The flash of magic when charms are cast is Yellow.

Special Rules for the Charms School:

Any Charm spell can be removed by its caster. The caster must touch the target of the spell and say, “I Release You From (name of spell).” Charm spells do not cease their effects if the caster falls unconscious or is in any stage of their Death Count.

The Enslave and Dominate spells are incompatible spells. If a character already has one of these spells cast on them and another spell is cast, the spell that uses the greater number of Power Points takes precedence. If a character has one of these spells cast on them and the same spell is cast on them again, the more recently cast spell takes precedence. Also, you cannot command someone to do something they cannot do; for example, you cannot order a character to resist a Speak the Truth spell if they could not normally resist it; you can cast a Resist Suggestion and order the character to use it. Similarly, you cannot order a person to use a Slay skill on someone if they do not have the skill or have already used it during that Tag Cycle.

Remember, a character can never be forced through the use of these spells to lose permanent pool points, Body Points or skills.

Rank 1:

Spell Verbal: I Command You to...

• ...Fumble <right/left hand>.        1 Power Point      Instant.
  • This spell causes the target character to drop everything in-game they are holding in a specified hand. The target must let go completely, allowing all the items in that hand to fall to the ground. The caster of the Fumble must specify which hand is affected with an out-of-game comment when the spell packet hits the target; e.g., “I Command You to Fumble… Right Hand”.
  • If an item is attached to a character by some means other than a physical grip, then that item is not dropped; for example, a sword that is glued to a character’s hand with a Paste of Stickiness would stay in the character’s hand even though the character releases their grip. The Disarm skill cannot be used as a Retain against the Fumble spell.
  • If you are the target of a Fumble spell, then after you have let go of everything you are holding in one hand, you may then bend down and pick it up. You may not bend down, let your hand relax, then immediately grab an item and straighten up. You must let everything in your hand drop, and then bend down to pick it up.

• ...Speak the Truth.     2 Power Points    One Question or 5 Minutes, Whichever Comes First.
  • This spell causes the targeted character’s answer to the next question the caster – and only the caster – asks to be direct and truthful; the target can choose not to speak, but if they do speak it must be the truthful answer to the caster’s question. If the caster does not ask a question before 5 minutes have elapsed, the spell expires. Only the caster of the spell can ask the question; the target can still respond to questions from others but the target does not have to speak the truth.
  • Speak the Truth only lasts for the first sentence of an answer to the question. If the question is phrased in such a way that a simple answer can be given, then the target must state the simple, true answer. If the question is phrased such that only a long answer can be given, then the caster should only trust the first sentence. For example, “Did you kill the Duke?” has a simple answer; “What was your plan to kill the Duke?” may take more than a single sentence to answer.

Rank 2:

Spell Verbal: I Command You to Obey and...

• ...Be Dazzled.        4 Power Point      5 Seconds.
  • This spell causes the target character to drop everything in-game they are holding in a specified hand. The target must let go completely, allowing all the items in that hand to fall to the ground. The caster of the Fumble must specify which hand is affected with an out-of-game comment when the spell packet hits the target; e.g., “I Command You to Fumble… Right Hand”.
  • If an item is attached to a character by some means other than a physical grip, then that item is not dropped; for example, a sword that is glued to a character’s hand with a Paste of Stickiness would stay in the character’s hand even though the character releases their grip. The Disarm skill cannot be used as a Retain against the Fumble spell.
  • If you are the target of a Fumble spell, then after you have let go of everything you are holding in one hand, you may then bend down and pick it up. You may not bend down, let your hand relax, then immediately grab an item and straighten up. You must let everything in your hand drop, and then bend down to pick it up.

• ...Resist Suggestion.     5 Power Points       Latent
  • This spell cancels the effect of one spell from the Charms School. It is ineffective against all other forms of mental control, Hypnosis, Dust of Sleep, Fear Affects, Vampire Charm, etc. for example.
  • Unlike most latent spells, Resist Suggestion does not have to be announced when it is invoked; there is no characteristic flash of light when this defense is used. A player with a Resist Suggestion spell knows which Charm spell has been cast on them and can decide whether to invoke it based on that information. You must invoke your Resist Suggestion immediately after being hit with the charm spell. You cannot be affected by a Speak the Truth spell then invoke the Resist Suggestion spell after hearing the question being asked and decide not to answer truthfully.
  • If a character invokes Resist Suggestion in a manner that is not immediately obvious, they should consult with a Marshal to confirm that the spell was used. For example, if a character uses Resist Suggestion against an Enslave spell but is still pretending to be affected, or if a character resists a Speak the Truth spell during an interrogation, a Marshal should be informed. It is therefore important that the caster of a Resist Suggestion give the player the Power Point tags used to cast the spell so that the player has proof that they could invoke it.

• ...Be Silent and Mute.     6 Power Points        1 Minute
  • The target character of this spell cannot speak. This means the target cannot use any spells, skills or abilities that require an in-game verbal. Remember, the use of latent spells, magic items, and weapon damage does not require the player to speak in-game, and is not affected by this spell. This spell lasts until a Dispel Magic or a Heal Limb spell is cast.
  • The target of this spell is still under their own free will and therefore not cut off from their faith based skills.

Rank 3:

Spell Verbal: I Command You to Obey and Charm You to...

• ...Fall Asleep.        6 Power Point      5 Minutes.
  • This spell causes the target character to fall asleep. The character will wake up before the 5 minute duration has elapsed if they take a point of damage. The character may be given a Killing Blow while asleep.

• ...Be Enslaved.     8 Power Points       5 Minutes.
  • This spell causes the target character to obey all the caster’s commands. A character affected by an Enslaved spell will commit suicide or attack their friends at the caster’s command. However, the enslaved character will act without emotions or self determination; you should roleplay your enslavement so that it is obvious to everyone that the spell has been cast on your character.
  • An enslaved character cannot obey commands that require independent thought or initiative, such as “Solve this riddle for me,” or “Figure out a plan to kill the princess.” The character must do exactly as they are instructed; they cannot initiate conversation, take independent action, or act in any way in their best interests. If asked a question they will answer truthfully for they have no desire to protect themselves. If ordered to attack another character they will do so to the best of their abilities. They can be given contingent commands such as “Kill anyone entering the room,” “Go to the inn and kill the Duke if he is there or wait there and kill him when he enters,” or “Go find the Baron of the Dale and give him this missive.”
  • The enslaved character will never attack the caster of this spell while they are still under the spell’s effects.
  • After the spell wears off, the character will remember everything that occurred while they were enslaved, including the identity of the caster of the spell.

Rank 4:

Spell Verbal: I Command You to Obey and...

• ...Be Dominated and Controlled.        12 Power Point      1 Hour.
  • This spell causes the target character to obey all the caster’s commands. A character affected by a Dominate spell will otherwise behave normally, except that a dominated character will not harm the caster or cause the caster to be harmed unless the caster commands them to do so. A dominated character is not aware they are under the affects of this spell; if asked with a Speak the Truth spell they will not realize they have been dominated and would correctly answer “No”.
  • A dominated character can be commanded to perform tasks that require some thought – “Solve this puzzle” for example – but they cannot be ordered to do something they cannot normally do. You cannot order someone to use a Slay or Assassinate skill if they do not normally have the ability to do so or they have used that skill for the current Tag Cycle.
  • The caster can order a character to do something they would normally not do. The caster could order someone to kill their spouse or best friend for example. “Using all your skills, abilities and items to the best of your ability go and kill the Baron of the Dale when I leave this building,” is an acceptable command. The caster can give any number of commands to the dominated character. The caster can prompt the dominated character with false information or facts. The caster could, for example, tell the character “The undead outside are not dangerous or evil and will help you if you ask them.” The character would not run or start a fight with the undead when they met them, but would defend themselves if attacked. The dominated character can be told that their best friend is their most hated enemy. No amount of convincing on someone else’s part will change the character’s mind. However, the character will not make up reasons why their best friend is their most hated enemy, and would remember being best friends. The caster can prompt the dominated character with complicated memories to make the false facts more believable to others but the dominated character needs no convincing they simply believe what the caster tells them as the absolute fact.
  • Similarly the caster can tell the dominated character to forget facts and events – even to forget skills. However, once the spell ends all the lost memories will return normally.
  • After the Dominate spell wears off, the target will remember who cast the spell on them and what they did while dominated. All false facts and information will be remembered as false and the character’s own values and beliefs will be intact.

Rank 5:

Spell Verbal: I Command You to Obey and...

• ...Be My Soul Slave to Obey My Every Command as I Enslave your Mind and Body and Dominate your Soul Forever.        30 Power Points, 2 Permanant Power      Duration: Event.
  • This spell works like a Domination spell with the following differences.
  • First, the spell’s duration is until the end of the current Event and will persist even after the character resurrects.
  • Second, this spell is not detectable by any low magic spell.
  • However the Sever Magic and Dispel Magic spells work normally.

This skill renders the target character blind for 10 seconds by using some dirty combat trick suck as a flash of light in the opponent’s eyes, flicking sand, dirt or rocks in their eyes, throwing powder, etc. Out-of- game, the character does not throw anything at the target player. To deliver the attack, the character must strike the target character with any melee weapon they know how to use in any legal combat location but must be delivered to the target character’s front 180° arc. Attacks from the side or back fail and the skill is used for that Tag Cycle. The character should call, “Cheap Trick” when they use this skill. Cheap Trick is not stopped by Damage Resistance and therefore does not rely on the quality of the weapon being used.

There is nothing that will reduce the duration of this attack, the target is blinded for a full 10 seconds once the attack lands successfully. The skill will not work on characters that do not have a normal humanoid physiology, like most undead.

The skill is not used if the character fails to connect with the target, but is used once it successfully hits the target or if the character attacks the target character’s side or back. The skill is stopped by any defense that stops physical attacks.

This ability allows the character to turn one or both hands into claws and allows them to use an approved LAIRE claw in combat dealing 1 point of magical damage with each blow. The claws are part of the character's body and may not be coated with poison as doing so would poison the character. Even if the character were immune to the poison, the poison would be expended when applied. The character’s claws take damage and any damage dealt to the claws is taken from the character’s Body Points.

Damage Bonuses and special weapon attacks, like the Slay, Stun, Waylay, Assassinate, etc. skills, with the exception of the Speed skill and Inspire and Heroism spell songs, may not be used with the Claws skill. However, the character’s Strength Bonus does add to the damage.

Claws always swing for magic damage. The character has the option of using their Elemental Pool Points to increase the amount and type of damage dealt.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill

Learning this skill allow the character to activate the Clear Mind Endowment by consuming a specific kind of demon flesh. Once activated, the endowment makes the character immune to Demonic Charm and Demonic Possession for the duration. Note that the charm effects of Hierarchs is not the same and the character will be affected normally. Similarly, any other charm effects like Enslavement spell, Dominate spell, Hypnosis skill, etc. cast or used by a demon is not stopped by this Endowment.

The Clear Mind Endowment requires the flesh of any guile demon to activate.

Rank 1 will last for 10 minutes at the cost of 2 corruption points.

The duration of the endowment must be chosen when the skill is activated and cannot be changed once set.

The character many not end the effect of the endowment early.

The character cannot activate another Clear Mind Endowment while they have one active, they do not stack.

Learning this skill allows the Demon Hunter to choose to have their Clear Mind Endowment last for 10 or 20 minutes at the cost of 2 or 4 Corruption points respectively.

The duration of the endowment must be chosen when the skill is activated and cannot be changed once set.

The character many not end the effect of the endowment early.

Learning this skill allows the Demon Hunter to choose to have their Clear Mind Endowment last for 10, 20, or 60 minutes at the cost of 2, 4, or 6 Corruption points respectively.

The duration of the endowment must be chosen when the skill is activated and cannot be changed once set.

The character many not end the effect of the endowment early.

Cleave will allow you to deliver damage to an opponent within weapons reach if you reduce your primary target to 0 Body Points or less with a melee attack. The damage delivered to the secondary target is the same as what you dealt to the primary target. The target has to be dropped by damage only – no effects.

Should the primary target character drop, but not be at 0 Body Points or less, ie they are playing possum, this skill can still be used.

To use this skill, after the primary target is dropped, the character should point to the secondary target and call, “Cleave, X Damage”, substituting any damage modifiers like fire, silver, magic, etc. The cleave attack does not require the character to hit the secondary target, just be in normal weapon’s reach. The only two skills that will work with Cleave are Speed and Critical Attack.

You may not chain cleaves with the same attack. If the secondary target drops from the damage of the Cleave attack, the character may not then turn to a tertiary target and continue the cleaving. This skill only works if your primary target drops from damage delivered by a melee attack. Skills like Slay, Stun, Disarm, Assassinate, Assassin Strike, Channeling, etc do not work with a Cleave attack.

This skill is stopped by any defense that stops physical attacks.

This skill grants the character a limited immunity to necromancy. The character is immune to any undead creation spell in the Necromancy School. Damaging spells from that school still effect the character normally and a Death Slave spell brings the character to the Brink of Death. Undead creating sorcery rituals affect the character, but they are at half power, in other words, half the normal Body Points, Power Points, Strength Bonus, Skills, etc. and is wracked with constant pain and agony. After the end of the current Event in which the undead was created, the player can choose to end their character’s undead torment whenever they want, even if the character is on their last death.

A player may only have the Cleric or Paladin skill at one time. It is possible, with Plot approval and appropriate in-game roleplay, for a character to change from a Cleric to a Paladin by swapping this skill for Paladin, with the appropriate Build Point change.

This skill has only one use, to overcome obstacles encountered during game play which do not physically exist. It cannot be used to climb over a stone wall if the stone wall is there out-of-game, but if the Marshal only describes the wall or if the wall is only represented by a tarp, string or other such out-of-game item, then the character can use this skill. The Marshal will have final say as to whether the character successfully uses this skill. It typically takes the character 10 seconds to climb 20 feet, although the character can climb any height with this skill.

This skill can never be used to enter or exit combat, nor can it be used to attack from trees, roofs or other out of reach locations. A character absolutely cannot stand next to a tree and say they have climbed the tree and attack other characters. Ever.

For 6 hours, this skill will cloak any corporeal undead making them appear to be alive. The Detect Life spell, First Aid skill, or Detect Undead skill will reveal the character as being alive. The character will look as they did in life and will appear to have flesh, be warm to the touch and otherwise appear to be a living breathing character. The undead will even appear to bleed if struck. However, if the undead is immune to a class of weapons or spells, then no effect will show. This skill will also protect the character from sunlight for the duration of this skill.

This skill provides no protection from damage and will not work on incorporeal undead such as Wraiths or Specters.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

When a character purchases this skill they permanently change their Death Count, effectively doubling the amount of time the character has at each stage. Therefore, it takes them 2 minutes to Bleed to Death, are Mortally Wounded for 2 minutes, and will be at the Brink of Death for 10 minutes. This skill does not affect how long they are Unconscious, when they are at 0 Body Points, or Waylaid; it is still 5 minutes.

If another character uses the First Aid skill or a Detect Life spell, in addition to receiving their Death Count status, they will know the character has the Coma skill.

This skill allows a character to channel spells while they are taking damage. Once purchased, this skill is always in affect. This skill does not protect a character from taking damage; it only allows them to ignore the damage for the purpose of casting spells. Combat Casting does not prevent a character from being paralyzed, knocked unconscious, affected by a Bind spell, or otherwise rendered physically unable to cast spells.

This skill works only with the schools of magic the character can channel and only while channeling those spells. If the caster casts a spell from another school or casts a spell normally, the spell will be interrupted if they take damage.

The character’s Dedicated Weapon is needed to use this skill.

This skill allows the character to bend any single undead or demon of any type within hearing range and line of sight to their will for 30 minutes. The targeted character will do exactly what the user commands; care should be taken that these commands are explicit since the target character may carry out the letter but not the spirit of the command. After the duration of this ability expires, the undead may seek revenge for being controlled, depending on its personality and the nature of the commands given. If given a command within the designated time period, the undead must attempt to accomplish and complete the command to the best of its ability, within the duration of this skill. If the duration should expire, all incomplete commands are forfeit, and the target character is free to react of its own free will. This skill can be used as a counter to the Follower of the Light turn skills. This skill can only be countered by a Follower of the Light skill, Servant of Darkness skill, or sorcery; necromancy or abilities will not counter this ability. A character cannot use this skill on themselves.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill uses the Druid’s influence and tie to nature to compel all natural animals within hearing range or Line of Sight of the character to obey their commands for 30 minutes. When the skill’s duration ends, all incomplete commands are forfeit, and the animals will return to their own will and react according to their nature. This skill can be countered by sorcery or any other spell or ability that charms the animal.

This skill is not a charm effect and only works on characters with the Animal type on their card (see LAIRE’s Codex of Monstrous Creatures).

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill allows a character to cast spells while they are taking damage. Once purchased, this skill is always in affect. This skill does not protect a character from taking damage; it only allows them to ignore the damage for the purpose of casting spells. Concentration does not prevent a character from being paralyzed, knocked unconscious, affected by a Bind spell, or otherwise rendered physically unable to cast spells.

Any lesser undead and lesser demons within hearing range or Line of sight of the character must obey all the character’s commands for 30 minutes. If the duration should expire, all incomplete commands are forfeit, and the undead will return to their own will and react according to their nature. This skill can be used as a counter to the Follower of the Light turn skills. This skill can only be countered by a Follower of the Light skill, Servant of Darkness skill, or sorcery; necromancy or abilities will not counter this skill. A character cannot use this skill on themselves.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

All undead and all demons within hearing range or Line of Sight of the character must obey their commands for 30 minutes. Greater Undead will act as if affected by the Compel Undead skill. If the duration should expire, all incomplete commands are forfeit, and the undead will return to their own will and react according to their nature. This skill can be used as a counter to the Follower of the Light turn skills. This skill can only be countered by a Follower of the Light skill, Servant of Darkness, or sorcery; necromancy or abilities will not counter this ability. A character cannot use this skill on themselves.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This Sorcerer only skill allows the character to access rituals that are categorized as Cosmic Focus rituals.

When a character learns this skill, they may resist the effects of any and all fear abilities, spells or effects for 5 minutes. This skill will also resist the use of the Interrogate skill. The player should call “Courage” when they invoke this skill and when affected by any additional fear effects during the skill’s duration.

This set of skills allows a character to create in-game commodities not covered elsewhere in these rules. The character needs to pay 100% of the production cost only, not the 110% non-craftsman must pay to the Treasure Manager obtain the item. The Treasure Manager will then give the character a tag for their product.

A player may never charge in-game money for an out-of-game physical representation of the commodity, but may charge out-ofgame money for it.

The list of approved craftsman skills is listed below. If a character wishes to have a skill not listed below the new skill must be approved by the normal process of adding a new skill to the game.

This skill allows the character to create golems. Create Golem Rank 1 allows the character to identify golems and other types of automatons after 1 minute of examination.

They may also Craft Wood Golems

For the full rules on how to create golems and how they work ingame, see Chapter 4.

This skill allows the character to create Flesh Golems.

For the full rules on how to create golems and how they work ingame, see Chapter 4.

This skill allows the character to create Stone Golems.

For the full rules on how to create golems and how they work ingame, see Chapter 4.

This skill allows the character to create Iron Golems.

For the full rules on how to create golems and how they work ingame, see Chapter 4.

Lost Rank of Golem Crafting. For Rules on Golems see Chapter 4 of the rulebook.

Lost Rank of Golem Crafting. For Rules on Golems see Chapter 4 of the rulebook.

This skill allows the character to create Scrolls. For the complete rules on creating scrolls in-game, see the beginning of the Sorcery Advanced Career in Chapter 4.

Note, all scrolls are written in the Magic language with English characters.

This skill works just like the Critical Attack skill with the following exceptions:

•  It can only be used as an attack and can never be used to parry any attack by any character,
•  It can be used with any weapon the Character is proficient with, in either hand,
•  It will affect any demonic Character regardless of Damage Resistance, and
•  It will only work on a Character with the Demonic Monster Type (this is primarily demons, but the character’s card will have this information).

This skill triples the total damage – Base Damage, Damage Bonus, Strength Bonus, alchemy, etc. – done by a weapon for one attack. This skill is not weapon or hand specific and can be used with any weapon the character has an appropriate Weapon Skill for. This skill cannot be combined with itself ever. The player should suffix the damage they call with the word “Crit”.

Additionally, the character can use his Critical Attack skill to block one martial attack which can either be Damage, Critical Attack, Disarm, Stunning Blow, Cheap Trick, Throat Punch, or Critical Backstab skills. The character may block ranged physical attacks but not those that have been used with the True Aim skill. Faith skills, spells or abilities cannot be blocked or stopped with this skill.

A character can use this skill to parry even if it is delivered from behind, but not if from a surprise attack; therefore it is impossible to parry the Waylay skill. It is also possible to parry an attack directed against someone else as long as they are within weapons length.

The character can choose to block a spell with this skill for another person; however they will take the effect of the spell and must call the appropriate defense against spells if they wish not to take the spell’s effect. The character may not block a spell that has been augmented with the Perfect Aim skill.

To use this skill as a parry the player should call “Crit Parry”.

When this skill is used offensively, it is not used if the character misses their target or the attack is blocked. If they succeed in striking their target or if the target calls an appropriate defense, the skill is used. This skill is always used once used to parry an attack. This skill does not double any additional damage from the Heal Wounds skill, Wounding skill, or Elemental Pool Points.

This skill allows the character to double their weapon damage for one swing when attacking from behind. The player should double the amount of damage their character is swinging including base weapon damage, Damage Bonus, Strength Bonus, alchemical affects or magic bonuses. The character must be approximately 90 degrees behind their target to be considered behind them. The character cannot reach their arms around the target to use their Critical Backstab skill. A Critical Backstab does not have to be delivered from surprise. This skill can be used with the Waylay skill to double the damage of the Waylay skill. The player should suffix the damage they call with the word “Crit”. This skill is not used if the character misses their target or the attack is blocked. If they succeed in striking their target or if the target calls an appropriate defense, the skill is used. This skill does not double any additional damage from the Heal Wounds skill, Wounding skill, or Elemental Pool Points.

This skill allows the character to make any blessing skill they know have a duration of Latent until the end of the current Tag Cycle. Once the blessing is invoked by the target character, the normal blessing duration applies. This skill can only be used on a blessing the character lays on the target character and cannot be used on a blessing cast by another character. The seal must be used within 30 seconds of casting the blessing or it does not work and the skill is not used. One Crusader’s Seal is needed per blessing and a character may only have one of each type of blessing on them at a time.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and an additional verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill allows the character to bless Servants of Darkness, Dark Acolytes, and non-mortal beings of evil (such as Hierarchs, Demons, and undead) with a +1 Strength Bonus and immunity to fear. This skill is non-latent and will last for 10 minutes from time of blessing. If this skill is used on an unaligned person, a Follower of Light or a being of good, the skill is used but it will have no effect.

This skill cannot be stacked with itself, but will stack with other Strength Bonuses. This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill grants the character a limited immunity to necromancy. The character is immune to any undead creation spell in the Necromancy School. Damaging spells from that school still effect the character normally and a Death Slave spell will bring the character to the Brink of Death. Undead creating sorcery rituals affect the character normally.

A player may only have the Dark Cleric or Dark Paladin skill at one time. It is possible, with Plot approval and appropriate in-game roleplay, for a character to change from a Dark Cleric to a Dark Paladin by swapping this skill for Dark Paladin, with the appropriate Build Point change.

This skill allows the character to choose either Necromancy or Demonology as a second school they can cast creation/summoning spells from using their Wounding Pool. Additionally, they can cast all spells from their original school, not just creation/summon, for twice the Power Point cost in Wounding Pool points. Note, the spell Summon Total Demonic Power to Infuse Me with Magic spell is not able to be cast from their pool. The character must still spend double pool points.

This skill grants the character a limited immunity to necromancy. The character is immune to any undead creation spell in the Necromancy School. Damaging spells from that school still effect the character normally and a Death Slave spell will bring the character to the Brink of Death. Undead creating sorcery rituals affect the character normally.

A player may only have the Dark Cleric or Dark Paladin skill at one time. It is possible, with Plot approval and appropriate in-game roleplay, for a character to change from a Dark Paladin to a Dark Cleric by swapping this skill for Dark Cleric, with the appropriate Build Point change

This skill allows the character to cast dark only rituals, gives the character a +5% Casting Bonus to all dark and dark only rituals and doubles the caster and participants’ Knowledge Bonus for ranks of Necromancy School known.

For more information, see the sections on the Servant of Darkness Advanced Career and Sorcerer Advanced Career.

This skill allows the character to move through the Darkwood Forest unmolested by its denizens by knowing the safe paths to travel and how not to alert the creatures that live there. If the character wishes, they can lead a group of no more than seven other characters safely through at one time.

It does not give the character any special knowledge of what might live in the forest or where anything in the forest is, just how to navigate safely through it.

The more intelligent, free willed creatures in the forest are not fooled and can choose to act when they see the character normally. Additionally, these Darkwood creatures do not take kindly to intruders and usually act to kill anyone with this skill they find wandering where they are not supposed to be.

Death magic tampers with the body. Removing senses and injuring it directly. Death magic has a Gray flash of light when cast.

Special Rules for the Death school:

If a Death spell does damage, it does so directly to a character’s Body Points. Death spells do not affect armor. Death spells that cause damage will heal undead; the undead adds to its Body Points the amount of damage that would normally be done by the spell, up to the character’s starting total. The Kill spell has a special effect on undead and is described below, but note that lesser undead dissolve into dust when they are slain and cannot be restored by these spells. The rest of the non-damaging spells will have no effect on undead.

Rank 1:

Spell Verbal:  I Call Upon Darkness to...

• ...Feign Death.        1 Power Point      10 Minutes.
  • This spell will make the target character look pale; their skin will be cold to the touch and their pulse and breath will be unperceivable and to most observations, they will appear to be dead. A Detect Life spell, Assess Your Ailment spell or First Aid will not reveal that the character is alive. Feign Death will allow a character to impersonate an undead; the illusion of death is destroyed if the target character takes any offensive actions or engages in combat, but not if they are attacked.

• ...Cause Harm.     3 Body per 1 Power Point, Variable        Instant.
  • This spell does 3 points of magical direct body damage for every Power Point spent by the caster. When the spell is cast, the caster must state the amount of damage being done; for example, “I Call Upon Darkness to Cause Harm... Fifteen Body Points” cause 15 Magic Body Points and means that the caster spent 5 Power Points.
  • This spell will heal undead (and some other characters) at the same rate as it damages non-undead.

Rank 2:

Spell Verbal:  I Call Upon Darkness and Terror To...

• ...Weaken.        4 Power Points      1 Minutes.
  • This spell causes the target character to deal no more than 1 point of damage with all martial attacks regardless of their Damage Bonus or Strength Bonus. This spell does not affect special weapon attacks like the Slay skill, Assassinate skill, Stun skill, etc. For skills that modify damage, the base weapon damage is always 1. For example, if a weakened character uses a Critical Attack skill, they will deal 2 points of damage. Similarly, a weakened character will only Waylay dealing 1 point of damage.
  • A character will lose all Strength Bonuses for the duration of this spell.

• ...Maim.     4 Power Points        Instant.
  • This spell does 12 points of magical direct body damage.

• ...Take Your Sight    6 Power Points        1 Minute
  • This spell causes the target character to be unable to see for 1 minute or until they are healed. A Heal Limb spell or effect can be used to restore their sight. While blinded a character cannot make any melee attacks unless they have the Blind Fighting skill. They can close their eyes and throw a spell “blind”. They can use their weapons to attempt to block attacks directed at them, so long as their eyes are closed and do not attempt to swing their weapon around wildly. They are able to use any passive defensive skills they have, such as Martial Parry, Critical Parry, Negation spell, etc. Even if a character has the Blind Fighting skill, they cannot use the True Aim or Perfect Aim skills.
  • When you role-play the effects of a Take Your Sight spell, you can close your eyes. However, take care if you are on rough terrain or in a room with sharp furniture. It is better to keep your eyes open and be safe than it is to roleplay your character’s blindness convincingly.
  • This spell damages the eyes of the target character so, like other damaging spells, the caster cannot remove their own spell nor can any other character dispel these effects, the target character must be healed.

• ...Cause Agony      5 Power Points     5 Seconds
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell causes the target character intense pain for 5 seconds during which time the character must fall to the ground and can take no other actions except to invoke latent spell defenses. This spell can be cured with a Heal Body or Dispel Magic spell.
  • This spell causes pain directly to the soul and is never a positive effect.

Rank 3:

Spell Verbal:  I Call Upon Darkness and Terror To...

• ...Drain Life.        6 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell does 12 points of magical direct body damage and heals the caster for the amount of damage done by the spell. If the target had 12 Body Points or more, then 12 Body Points are transferred to the caster; if the target has less than 12 Body Points, then only the amount the target has are transferred. The caster cannot be healed to more than their normal Body Point limit.
  • This spell has no effect when cast on an undead character. If an undead character casts this spell, the target takes 12 Body Points of damage, but the undead is not healed.

• ...Cripple.     6 Power Points        Instant.
  • This spell does 18 points of magical direct body damage.

• ...Enfeeble Your Mind    7 Power Points        5 Minute
  • This spell causes the target character to lose all intelligence; they cannot use any skills, spells, invoke latent spells, invoke magic items or take any defensive actions. An Enfeebled character effectively becomes the village idiot.
  • This effect lasts for 5 minutes or until healed with a heal mind effect. The Dispel Magic spell has no effect on this spell.

• ...Incapacitate Your Body      8 Power Points     Instant
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell does 24 points of magical direct body damage.

Rank 4:

Spell Verbal:  I Call Upon Darkness and Terror To...

• ...Kill You and Wreak Havoc Upon Your Soul.        12 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell causes the target character to go to -1 Body Points and to the Brink of Death. The character can be restored to life with the appropriate spells or skills.
  • This spell is the equivalent of a Heal Life spell for an undead

• ...Cast a Wall of Enfeeblement.     9 Power Points        While in Line of Sight.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell creates a 10 foot by 10 foot by 1 foot wall of magic; if anyone touches or passes through the Wall of Enfeeblement they are affected by an Enfeeblement spell.
  • This spell follows the normal wall spell rules found at the beginning of chapter 3.

• ...Create a Spectral Weapon       10 Power Points        Latent, 5 Minute
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This latent spell is cast upon a weapon, and when invoked, will cause the weapon to swing for direct Body Point damage for 5 minutes. This spell will add no additional damage. The player should call “Body” after the amount of damage they are doing.

Rank 5:

Spell Verbal:  I Call Upon Darkness and Terror to...

• ...Kill Any Who Date to Cross this Wall of Ash Before Me.        18 Temporary Power Points, 1 Permanent Power Point      While in Line of Sight
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell creates a 10 foot by 10 foot by 1 foot wall of magic; if anyone touches or passes through the Wall of Ash they are affected by a Kill spell. T
  • his spell follows the normal wall spell rules found at the beginning of chapter 3.

• ...Kill You and Hold Your Soul in Agonizing Torment Until You Die.     20 Temporary Power Points, 1 Permanent Power Point                Instant,Special
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell affects the target character just like a Kill spell, except their Death Count is reduced by half and the character must roleplay being in agonizing torment for the duration of this spell. During this time, the character can not move themselves from where they fell and can take no other actions. They cannot cast spells, attack, defend, call any latent spell, invoke any magic items, or even speak coherent thoughts.
  • A Sever Magic spell cast at the caster or a Dispel Magic spell cast at the target character will not end the torment, however the character can be healed normally.

This skill causes the targeted character to go the Brink of Death. Also, the Death Touch skill can be reversed to life any evil character – Servant of Evil, Greater Undead, any demon, etc. If used in this way, it takes 1 minute to invoke and the character falls unconscious for 10 minutes. Note, when this skill is used as a life effect, the target character does not stop their Death Count.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill. This skill can be delivered by touch or through a weapon. If delivered through a weapon, the targeted character must be struck, and unlike Channeled spells, weapons and shields will stop the attack. If the character misses their target or the target uses a martial skill to stop the attack, the skill is not used. If the attack is stopped by a Resist Evil or Life skill or a magical defense that stops physical attacks the skill is used.

This skill works just like the Slay skill with the following exceptions. First the target character’s head is severed and is assumed to land near the character’s body. Second, the character is not Mortally Wounded, but is at the Brink of Death. Lastly, this skill cannot be used as a parry to an attack. The character must call “Decapitate” after the blow is delivered, followed by any special damage modifiers, such as “Magic”, “Silver”, etc.

This skill requires the character to have a +5 Strength Bonus to learn and use. This can either be a natural racial bonus or from some other source, such as a magic item. However, the Strength Bonus must be a continuous bonus, not one that has a duration or is invoked for a duration. Therefore, things such as a Strength Potion does not count towards this prerequisite.

Official skill from Playtest 3.2 rulebook release. Grants divine protection and blessing in battle.

This skills gives the character the basic knowledge the need to be a Demon Hunter. First, it teaches the character a secret cypher that is only known to Demon Hunters with this skill. The code cannot be broken by people without the Demon Lore Skill. Since it is not a language, extraordinary means of reading languages will not decode the script.

Second, it gives the character an intimate knowledge of demons. The character has access to an out-of-game book that describes the basics of each kind of standard demon found in LAIRE’s Codex of Monstrous Creatures. This book can be acquired from the Head of Plot. The information in the book is ingrained in the character and cannot be normally forgotten – though magic, alchemy, etc. can make the character forget. This allows the player to review the notes during play. They may not call a Hold to read them and however long it takes them to look it up is how long in-game they take to remember the information. If the character comes across a demon they do not know, they may know enough about demons that some information may be imparted to them by a Plot Marshal. This is at Plot’s discretion.

** Any skill that gives you access to multiple Weapon Skills, for example Master Assassin, satisfies the 2 Weapon Skill prerequisite for Demon Lore.

In order to learn Demonology, the character must be taught by a demon capable of teaching this magic. This demon will extract a price for this knowledge, nothing less than their immortal soul. This demonic pact marks the characters soul forever and when the character dies they are guaranteed to spend the rest of eternity in Hell.

Should this contract with Hell ever be broken, the character is unable to cast Demonology spells until a new pact is made.

Making the initial pact can be a tricky matter. The character must find a teacher in-game. Demons guard their knowledge most jealously and do not normally allow tomes to be made.

At the time the pact is signed, the character must choose which aspect of Hell they will follow: fire, ice, undeath, and shadow. This will directly affect how the character’s spells work. For example, should the character choose fire, then the type of demon they summon is fire and the spells will deal fire damage. Their aspect never changes unless their contract is passed to another and they change the aspect.

The four <Aspect> verbals would be:

• From the Unending and Fiery Pits of Hell I...

• From the Unending and Icy Pits of Hell I...

• From the Unending and Undying Pits of Hell I...

• From the Unending and Shadowy Pits of Hell I...

Rank 1:

Spell Verbal: From the Pits of Hell I...

• ...Detect Demon.        0/1 Power Point      Instant.
  • This spell can be cast upon a character or item and will reveal if the character is a Demon or possessed by a Demon. If cast upon an item, it will reveal if that item contains a trapped Demon.

• ...Summon an Imp.     3 Power Points      1 Hour, Special.
  • This spell will summon an Imp of the appropriate type depending on the Demonologists Aspect. The character must be in their Death Count for the spell to affect them; if cast upon an undead character or a character who is not at least Bleeding to Death, the spell has no effect and the Power Points are wasted. At the end of the character’s Death Count, their soul is sacrificed to Hell and an Imp will emerge from the dead character’s body. The character’s soul spends a short time in Hell where it is tormented by the denizens of Hell. If the character is healed before the end of their Death Count, the spell ends and the summoning fails. Dispel magic will not stop the spell.
  • When the demon is destroyed, banished, or 1 hour passes, then the demon returns to Hell, leaving whatever worldly possessions it had behind. The player may now go to the Healer’s Guild and resurrect. There is no special consequence of their time spent in Hell other than not being able to play, while playing the demon.

Rank 2:

Spell Verbal: From the Unending Pits of Hell I...

• ...Scourge Your Hands.        5 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell does 8 points of damage to the character with the effect listed below depending on the Demonologists Aspect. Additionally, the character must drop whatever is in their hands. They may pick up the item immediately after they drop the items. This is not a charm effect
  • Fire: 10 Magic Fire
  • Ice: 10 Magic Ice
  • Undeath: 10 Magic Rot*
  • Shadow: 10 Magic Ghost

• ...Summon a Demonling.     5 Power Points      1 Hour, Special.
  • This spell will summon a Demonling of the appropriate type depending on the Demonologists Aspect. The character must be in their Death Count for the spell to affect them; if cast upon an undead character or a character who is not at least Bleeding to Death, the spell has no effect and the Power Points are wasted. At the end of the character’s Death Count, their soul is sacrificed to Hell and a Demonling will emerge from the dead character’s body. The character’s soul spends a short time in Hell where it is tormented by the denizens of Hell. If the character is healed before the end of their Death Count, the spell ends and the summoning fails. Dispel magic will not stop the spell.
  • When the demon is destroyed, banished, or 1 hour passes, then the demon returns to Hell, leaving whatever worldly possessions it had behind. The player may now go to the Healer’s Guild and resurrect. There is no special consequence of their time spent in Hell other than not being able to play, while playing the demon

• ...Command Lesser Demons.       6 Power Points        1 Hour
  • This spell will allow the caster to control all Imps, Demonlings, Hellhounds, and Minor Demons in the sound of their voice. This spell will not override a Dominate Demon spell, a Follower of Lights turn ability, or a Servant of Darkness command ability.

• ...Shield my Body from Possession      6 Power Points        Latent, Special
  • This latent spell will protect the character from being possessed. Once invoked the character cannot be possessed from that character for the remainder of the Tag Cycle.

Rank 3:

Spell Verbal: From the Unending and <Aspect> Pits of Hell I...

• ...Summon a Hell Hound.        7 Power Points      1 Hour, Special.
  • This spell will summon a Hell Hound of the appropriate type depending on the Demonologists Aspect. The character must be in their Death Count for the spell to affect them; if cast upon an undead character or a character who is not at least Bleeding to Death, the spell has no effect and the Power Points are wasted. At the end of the character’s Death Count, their soul is sacrificed to Hell and a Hell Hound will emerge from the dead character’s body. The character’s soul spends a short time in Hell where it is tormented by the denizens of Hell. If the character is healed before the end of their Death Count, the spell ends and the summoning fails. Dispel magic will not stop the spell.
  • When the demon is destroyed, banished, or 1 hour passes, then the demon returns to Hell, leaving whatever worldly possessions it had behind. The player may now go to the Healer’s Guild and resurrect. There is no special consequence of their time spent in Hell other than not being able to play, while playing the demon. Hell Hounds cannot use the items of the character used to summon it.

• ...Cast a Circle of Binding.     7 Power Points      End of Tag Cycle.
  • This spell is cast using the same rules as a wall spell, however it must always be a closed 10’ long piece of garland in a roughly circular shape. The caster can make the circle with up to a 20’ piece of garland if they wish.
  • Any demon or demon possessed character or item cannot pass out of the circle. They cannot attack, cast spells or use abilities or skills outside the circle. They can affect anything in the circle they wish. Additionally, demons may pass into the circle but not out again. Demons trapped inside the circle cannot affect the circle, but a demon on the outside can.
  • The circle will dissipate at the end of the Tag Cycle or if a Dispel Magic is cast upon the circle.

• ...Summon a Minor Demon.       8 Power Points        1 Hour, Special
  • This spell will summon a Lesser Demon of the appropriate type depending on the Demonologists Aspect. The character must be in their Death Count for the spell to affect them; if cast upon an undead character or a character who is not at least Bleeding to Death, the spell has no effect and the Power Points are wasted. At the end of the character’s Death Count, their soul is sacrificed to Hell and a Lesser Demon will emerge from the dead character’s body. The character’s soul spends a short time in Hell where it is tormented by the denizens of Hell. If the character is healed before the end of their Death Count, the spell ends and the summoning fails. Dispel magic will not stop the spell.
  • When the demon is destroyed, banished, or 1 hour passes, then the demon returns to Hell, leaving whatever worldly possessions it had behind. The player may now go to the Healer’s Guild and resurrect. There is no special consequence of their time spent in Hell other than not being able to play, while playing the demon.

• ...Burn Your Soul      9 Power Points       5 Seconds
  • This spell does 30 points of damage to the character with the effect listed below depending on the Demonologists Aspect.. Additionally, the character is affected by a 5 second Torso Stun
  • Fire: 30 Magic Fire
  • Ice: 30 Magic Ice
  • Undeath: 30 Magic Rot*
  • Shadow: 30 Magic Ghost
  • Shields will stop the Torso Stun effect but not the Damage portion of this spell.

*This does not heal undead.

Demonology Rank 1
Demonology Rank 2
Demonology Rank 4
Demonology Rank 5

Rank 4:

Spell Verbal: From the Unending and <Aspect> Pits of Hell I...

• ...Hasten Your Demise.        10 Power Points      Instant, Special.
  • This spell, when cast on a character in their Death Count, cuts their Death Count and current count in half. This can only be cast on a character once per Death Count; it does not stack with itself.
  • For example, Zagon and his friends are fighting a Demonologist and his minions. Zagon is reduced to -1 Body Points and falls. The player begins his Death Count and hopes his friends come by to save him. The Demonologist casts a Hasten Your Demise on Zagon. His current Death Count is Bleeding to Death at 40 seconds. After the spell is cast, Zagon’ current Death Count is Bleeding to Death at 20 seconds and only has 10 seconds before he goes to the Brink of Death. After that he will only have 2 and a half minutes at the Brink of Death to get a life effect.
  • The spell ends when the character dies or receives appropriate healing. Dispel Magic has no effect on this spell.

• ...Dominate this Demon.     12 Power Points      1 Hour.
  • When a demon is affected by this spell, it will obey all the commands given by the caster. This spell will affect all demons, including greater demons, but not Hierarchs. However, intelligent demons cannot be ordered to kill themselves; they will also remember who cast the spell on them and may seek vengeance once the spell has worn off. Unlike the Charm School spells, the affected, intelligent demonic character may attack the caster if they wish unless ordered not to.
  • This spell allows the caster to control any demon type regardless of their aspect

• ...Summon Dark Energies to Power Me.       15 Power Points        Special
  • This spell grants the caster a demonic energy pool of the type listed below. The caster can throw the pool at any rate up to the total of their current points or empower their weapons or claws to swing for +1 for each pool point put into the attack. This requires no verbal to use. The pool will fade away after 1 hour if not used
  • Fire: 40 Magic Fire
  • Ice: 40 Magic Ice
  • Undeath: 40 Magic Rot*
  • Shadow: 40 Magic Ghost
  • This spell is NOT stackable with itself.

• ...Summon a Demon to Obey Me      20 Power Points       1 Hour, Special
  • This spell will summon a Superior Demon of the appropriate type depending on the Demonologists Aspect. The character must be in their Death Count for the spell to affect them; if cast upon an undead character or a character who is not at least Bleeding to Death, the spell has no effect and the Power Points are wasted. At the end of the character’s Death Count, their soul is sacrificed to Hell and a Demon will emerge from the dead character’s body. The character’s soul spends a short time in Hell where it is tormented by the denizens of Hell. If the character is healed before the end of their Death Count, the spell ends and the summoning fails. Dispel magic will not stop the spell.
  • When the demon is destroyed, banished, or 1 hour passes, then the demon returns to Hell, leaving whatever worldly possessions it had behind. The player may now go to the Healer’s Guild and resurrect. There is no special consequence of their time spent in Hell other than not being able to play, while playing the demon

• ...Summon Total Demonic Power To Infuse me With Magic      20 Power Points       End of Tag Cycle
  • This spell draws upon Hell’s infernal power to grant the caster extra Power Points which can only be used to cast other Demonology spells. Every time this spell is cast, the caster gains 30 Power Points. The character can only use unadjusted Power Points to cast this spell, they cannot use Demonic Power Points to cast this spell.
  • The character should write the spells name on the back of the Power Point Tags used to cast the spell indicting their increased value.

Rank 5:

Spell Verbal: From the Pits of Hell I...

• ...Banish This Demon Back to the Abyss from Whence it Came for a Moon and a Day.        30 Temporary Power Points      1 Event.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell will banish any demon back to Hell including Hierarchs for the rest of the current Event and the next Event.

This skill will destroy any lesser Vile Spawn such as undead or lesser demons by touch or through a weapon bringing them to the end of their Death Count. This skill can be blocked by a magical defense against physical attacks and the Destroy Lesser Vile Spawn skill is used. A martial parry skill will block the attack, but the Destroy Lesser Vile Spawn skill is not used.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill will destroy any Vile Spawn such as undead or demons of any type by touch or through a weapon. The targeted character is completely destroyed and turns to dust if corporeal or vanishes if non-corporeal. Demons or Hierarchs are brought to the Brink of Death and instantly banished to their home plane leaving their worldly possessions behind. The Paladin is brought to the Brink of Death after successful use of this skill.

Unlike other skills, this skill is not used if it is stopped by any defense that stops physical attacks and the Paladin suffers no ill effects. If stopped by an Empowerment skill, this skill is used and the Paladin suffers no ill effects. However, if this skill is blocked by an innate Resist ability, the skill is used and the Paladin is brought to the Brink of Death.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill will test the veracity of the last statement made by another character. To use this skill, the character should call a Hold, privately ask the target player if they are lying, then call the Lay On. The skill is undetectable in-game to bystanders and the target character. However, a character with the Lie skill can use their skill as a defense. This is the only defense to this skill.

The veracity of the statement is based on what the player, not the character, knows is the truth. Therefore, if the character is intentionally lying or lying under compulsion (charm effect, Forget and Remember poison, etc), they are lying and will detect as such. Even if the character’s perception of the truth is skewed, the skill will detect the statement as a lie.

The player should not draw upon out-of-game knowledge their character should not know about when judging the truthfulness of their answer.

If a character is lied to and later tells people the lie believing it to be the truth, he will not detect as lying.

In the above example, Constantine was not attempting to lie to Juhani, even though he was wrong and Squire Scanlon was alive, the skill still revealed he was telling the truth. This skill requires no verbal to use.

This skill allows the character to sense if another character is undead, demonic, draconic, or other higher power by looking at them. This skill can only be stopped by the Cloak Undead skill. If used against a character who is currently possessed, this skill will reveal this fact and the nature of the possessing character.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

With this skill, a character may attempt to disarm traps the character comes across while playing the game. This skill does not allow the character to automatically disarm a trap, the player must actually disarm the trap they find during game play.

Without this skill, any character that attempts to disarm a trap will automatically set it off, even if the player successfully disarmed the trap. Any character can detect any trap they can see in-game; this skill is not required to detect traps.

A character can use this skill to disarm another character’s weapon or any other in-game or in-play (you cannot disarm a coffee cup or a spell packet for example) item held in that arm. To use the skill, the character only has to hit the weapon or target character – but not their shield if they are wielding it – to disarm the character.

If your target is wielding a one-handed weapon or holding an object in one hand, you only have to hit them once, and use one purchase of the Disarm skill to disarm them. If the target character is wielding a two- handed weapon or holding an object with two hands, you would need to hit them twice, and use two purchases of the Disarm skill. However, one limb is still unusable for 5 seconds, but the target character can still hold their weapon with the other hand.

To use this skill, the character must call “Disarm” after the blow is delivered followed by any special damage modifiers, such as “Magic”, “Silver”, etc., and the arm – either left or right. For example, “Disarm Magic, Right Arm”. If the character does not designate an arm, then the target can choose which limb – even if there is nothing in that hand – and, if struck multiple times with multiple disarms, can choose the same arm for all attacks.

A character that has been disarmed must drop what is in that hand and cannot use that arm for 5 seconds. They cannot pick up their weapon nor do any other in-game action with that arm for 5 seconds. The character should drop their weapon at their feet; they cannot throw the weapon behind them or to another character.

If the item in the character’s hand is attuned to the character, then the character does not have to drop the item, but they still cannot use that arm for the full 5 seconds. An Attachment spell or a Paste of Stickiness will not prevent the character from losing the weapon or item in their hand.

This skill can be used with ranged attacks. The same rules as above apply, so you only have to strike the target in a legal combat location to disarm a limb.

Shields cannot be disarmed if wielded, but if the character is simply holding the shield then it can be disarmed by striking that character.

This skill can be used to parry a Disarm skill. It cannot be used to parry any other martial attack or for another character. The character should call “Retain” when they use this skill to stop a disarm attempt. This skill is stopped by any defense that stops martial attacks.

When this skill is used offensively, it is not used if the character misses their target or the attack is blocked. If they succeed in striking their target or if the target calls an appropriate defense the skill is used. This skill is always used when used to parry a Disarm skill.

This skill will dispel one active spell on a character or spell effect struck instead of dealing damage. For example, this spell can cancel the effects of most Bond spells, Charm spells, wall spells, etc. The Dispelling Strike skill can be used on the effect of the spell as in the case of Wall of Force or Lock spells or at the character affected by the spell. When the skill is used against a character directly, the character should make an out-of-game comment indicating which spell is being canceled; if the wielder does not specify one, then the target player must choose one active spell to be removed.

This skill does not work against latent spells. It also does not work against Imprisonment or Magic Sanctuary spells, and it cannot undo the creation of undead by the Necromancy School.

This skill is stopped by any defense that stops physical attacks, Master Parry, Slay Parry, Dodge, etc. The character should call “Dispelling Strike”. If the character misses, the skill is not used.

The character’s Dedicated Weapon is needed to use this skill.

This skill allows the character to take and preserve a body part from a dead or immobile character. Using this skill takes 1 minute and the character should roleplay cutting or removing the body part as appropriate. Additionally, the character needs to use a dissection knife to use this skill; no other tools or items can be used.

Normally, any body part taken from a character dissipates after 5 minutes. However, if the body part was removed and preserved by someone with the Dissection skill, the body part does not dissipate. If the character is healed or resurrected, the character is whole and intact even if a portion of its body is preserved elsewhere.

When you start to remove an internal organ, bones or blood, you deliver a Killing Blow in the first three seconds of starting the dissection. You cannot use First Aid, Battle Surgery, Icy Preservation spell, or other means that stop a Death Count while you are Dissecting a part from a character.

This skill allows a character to collect components from various characters. However, you can only collect the same component once from the same character per month. For example, Adriana needs the unwilling heart of a Paladin for her Dark Sorcery. She captures Rynn and dissects his heart, then casts a Life spell on him. She can take his heart again if she wishes but it would not be useable in her ritual; only the first heart is worth anything. Only one component can be taken from the same character per Event, regardless of how many characters are dissecting the body. If multiple characters dissect the same body, then the first one to finish is the only one who gains a usable component. They could take the heart, muscles, or blood but only the first one finished would be a valid component.

This skill is used to extract components from a character. It can never be used to preserve a whole character or body. If a part is dissected that contains other components, those components are null and useless.

This skill allows the character to distract another character for 10 seconds. While distracted, the character cannot take any offensive action or theft against the target character. The target character cannot be Killing Blowed. Should the distracted character be attacked or any violent action takes place within 10 feet of them the character is no longer distracted.

The targeted character should roleplay being distracted by something for the duration of this skill.

To use this skill the character needs to hit the target character with a spell packet and call “Distraction”. This skill cannot be combined with the True Aim skill. This charm like skill can be stopped by an Iron Will or a use of the Hypnosis skill used defensively. This is not stopped by martial or magical defenses that stop physical attacks. The target of this skill is aware that they have been distracted by the character.

By taking 10 minutes of in-game roleplay, the character is able to see into the beyond and divine the fate of a character. This skill is rather unreliable, not all predictions come true and those that do, rarely the way the characters expected. Once the diviner is finished with their reading, they should write down their prediction on a sheet of paper and hand it to a Plot Marshal. The Plot Marshal, at their own discretion and under no obligation, may or may not act on the information and should they chose to act, they are under no obligation to use it the way the character would wish or think.

Knowing this skill allows the character to use any divination tools they wish to, for example: tarot cards, dice, bones, tea leaves, crystal balls, palm reading, etc.

This skill will allow a character to avoid any one magical or physical attack, even from surprise. If the attack is an area affect attack, this skill does not allow the character to move to avoid the area of affect. The character may dodge an attack even while encumbered, for example when carrying a body or other heavy items. The character may also dodge when blinded or unable to see the attacker or the attack. However, the character cannot dodge an attack if they are immobilized in any way, or if they intentionally touch or pick up an item or person. This includes areas or parts of a structure that a character intentionally touches. A character is considered immobile if they are affected by a Pin, Bind, Paralysis, Imprisonment spell or similar effect or if they are held by another character. A character in a Magic Sanctuary spell must drop the sanctuary in order to dodge.

The character must call “Dodge” when they use this skill. This skill is always used once called.

This skill allows a character to cast two identical spells at the same time. The caster must pay the power point cost for each spell and use two purchases of every Warlock skill they use in the casting. However the character only needs one use of the speed cast skill.

The caster must use both hands within the normal 5 second limit after saying the verbal; the spell packets do not need to have been thrown simultaneously, and the caster may transfer a spell packet from one hand to the other during this time. It is not possible to augment only one of the spells with a Warlock skill.

This skill can only be used with a speed cast when used by the character and not when invoked from an item or read from a scroll. One defense that stops spells must be used for each spell, even if both spells are directed against the same target. This is true even when using a Dodge skill to stop the attack.

To use this skill, the caster must have nothing but a spell packet in each hand and prefix the spell verbal with "Double Cast..."

This skill allows the character to double the numerical effect of either: twice the damage, twice the size, or twice the effect of any spell. This does not change the cost in Power Points of the spell.

For example, a Double Power Dragon’s Breath spell would do 64 points of magical fire damage and cost 8 Power Points. This skill can only be used with a spell cast by the character and not when invoked from an item or read from a scroll.

For the spell to be doubled, it must involve a numeric quantity. For example: Double Power Armor spell grants 6 points of armor, Double Power Fortitude spell has an 8 Threshold, Double Power Blast spell would destroy a door twice as large, a Double Power Wall of Force spell would be 20 feet by 20 feet, a Double Power Lock spell would require a Strength Bonus of +6, etc.

This skill does not increase the duration or number of uses of a spell. The use of this skill is indicated by prefixing the spell verbal by “Double Power…”

This skill allows a character to shoot two arrows at the same time. The character fires their bow or crossbow normally and throws one arrow packet or shoots one arrow at the target. The character may combine any Martial or Dexterity tag skill with the attack, but they must use two purchases of every Martial or Dexterity skill they use to augment their Double Shot. It is not possible to augment only one of the arrows with a skill.

One defense that stops physical attacks must be used for each arrow. This is true even when using a Dodge skill to stop the attack.

To use this skill, the character must prefix the damage verbal with “Double Shot...”.

This skill makes the character a Druid and gives the character access to the Druid Advanced Career Skill List.

With this skill, the character gains a limited immunity to necromancy. The character is immune to any undead creation spell in the Necromancy School. Damaging spells from that school still effects the character normally and a Death Slave spell effects the character as a Kill spell would. Undead creating sorcery rituals effect the character, but they are at half power, in other words, half the normal Body Points, Power Points, Strength Bonus, skills, etc. and is wracked with constant pain and agony.

This skill also allows the Druid to communicate with animals and plants at will. The Druid’s words are understandable to the people around them, but the responses from the plant or animal are not. The animals or plants are not automatically friendly or benevolent towards the Druid.

This ability will work on some “monsters” that are natural creations of the Mother. The player must learn about these in-game. For plants or animals not played by an NPC, a Marshal is required to use this skill. If none is available, the plant or animal has nothing to say

This skill will stop any poison or disease that affects the character.

This skill is not latent and the character has to call this skill when they are affected by a poison or disease. If a character has another defense against the effect they must call their Dwarven Resist skill first. If a character is out of Dwarven Resist skill uses for that Tag Cycle they do not have to call another defense against the poison or disease effect.

The character must call “Dwarven Resist” when they use this skill. This skill will not work if the character is unconscious.

By means of this skill, the Spell Singer is able to change the duration of any spell song from “While Sung” to “10 Minutes”.

For this skill, the Spell Singer must create two lines that are prefixed to the Spell Singer’s song they want to Echo. When the song is completed the player should call the name of the song and “Echo”. For example, if the character is using Echo on their Sleep song, the player would call “Sleep Echo”.

This skill allows the character to curse another character when they are killed. The curse is enacted when the character leaves their body after being at the Brink of Death. The player should announce the curse to the offending character and the effect is immediate. There is no defense to this skill except for the Resist or Resist Curse abilities.

The curse can be removed by the character or by a clan’s leader. Otherwise, the character must find a way to remove the curse. As with other curses, this curse will stay with the character even if they are killed. Below are the curses a character can use. They can choose a curse for their level or any lower level.

---Previously Called "Gypsy Curse" this skill is still under that name in the pdf rules for 4th Edition LAIRE---

When the character learns the Elemental Pool skill, they gain one element of their choice that they can use with their pool. This skill allows them to attune themselves to one new element each time this skill is purchased.

This skill can only be purchased five times. Also, each purchase of this skill counts as a new master level skill.

Once this skill is purchased, the character gains an Elemental Pool. For each purchase of this skill, the character gains 20 Elemental Pool Points. The character may use this to deal magical damage of the type given in the table below. The character must choose one element from the table below when the skill is purchased. Later, the character can learn the Elemental Attunement skill to learn to wield more elements from the table below.

The character may use this pool to throw the elemental damage at a rate of one EPP for one point of damage up to the maximum of the character’s current pool total. The character may use this skill to increase the damage of their weapon strikes in addition to changing the type of damage to the element called upon. The character may use any amount of their available Elemental Pool to increase their damage on a one for one basis.

The character can also use their Elemental Pool to protect themselves and others from an elemental attack. The character can place a latent Elemental Protection that will stop any one elemental attack on a character for 15 EPPs. It will stop any elemental damage – even one augmented by a Warlock skill or damage suffixed with “Eldritch”, any spell from an elemental school, or damage from a physical elemental attack. The defense will not stop effects from physical attacks, for example: Slay, Assassinates, Disarms, Stuns (but it does stop the damage), etc. The Druid does not need to specify what the element is when the protection is granted and the Elemental Protection does not stack with itself.

Finally, the Druid may cast Nature Magic from their Elemental Pool in addition to no normal Power Points. It costs a number of EPPs equal to twice the listed Power Point cost.

This skill requires the use of a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill. Additionally the character must include the element called upon in the verbal when used as an attack. This skill can be delivered by touch or through a weapon. If delivered through a weapon, the targeted character must be struck, and unlike Channeled spells, weapons and shields will stop the attack. If the character misses their target or the target uses a martial skill to stop the attack, the skill is not used.

When this skill is purchased, the character embraces the elemental power of nature and gains the ability to call upon one element (chosen when the skill is purchased) and merge with it, transforming their body into a partial elemental. All armor and items worn are unchanged in the new form.

When a character transforms, they must drop to their hands and knees for 1 minute to roleplay the shift. During this time, the character puts on the appropriate costuming for the elemental which must at least be a mask and a tabard. The character can be attacked and harmed during this time and no skills or abilities can be used. The Druid may call latent spell defenses or invoke spell defenses from items, however. Taking damage will not interrupt the transformation unless the Druid is rendered unconscious or worse. If the character is interrupted, they do not use the skill for that Tag Cycle.

When transformed, the Druid gains the following abilities:

• +20 Elemental Pool Points

• Deals 2 points of damage for each EPP used when using their embraced element.

• Claws always swing the embraced element and magic

• One special ability from the table below

• Immunity to all charm effects

• Immunity to Fear

They also suffer the following detriments while shape shifted:

• The character becomes somewhat non-corporeal and loses the ability to wield weapons or shields.

Element
Special Ability

Air
Thunder and Lightning x3

Earth
Flesh to Stone/Stone to Flesh x2

Fire
Total Power Lava Burst x2

Water
Arctic Wind x3

Life
Elemental Life x2

Death
Elemental Death x2

For air, earth, fire, an water, the abilities are stopped by defenses that stop spells (including absorption which gives the appropriate Power Points). For life and death, the abilities are physical effects and are stopped by any magical defense that stops a physical attack. The abilities require no verbals and the player should suffix the spell effects with the word “…Spell”.

While in their quintessence form, the character appears as their character with aspects of the element. The character gains no special movement powers.

The change normally lasts 1 hour, but the character may change back to their natural form at will. If while in the quintessence form, the character is brought to the Brink of Death, they are forced back into their natural form.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

The character may only purchase Aspect of the Beast or Elemental Quintessence, not both. Once learned this skill cannot be unlearned in order to purchase the other skill.

This skill will stop the following charm effects: any Charm School spell even if augmented with the Total Power skill, any charm effect Spell Song, any charm effect Nature Magic spell, sorcery charm effect and friendship charm effects. This skill will not stop the Hypnosis skill, Vampiric Domination, alchemical items, demonic charms or draconic Charms.

This skill is not latent and the character has to call this skill when they are affected by one of the listed effects. If a character has another defense against the charm effect they must call their Elven Resist skill first. If a character is out of Elven Resist skill uses for that Tag Cycle they do not have to call another defense against the charm affect.

This skill will not work if the character is unconscious.

By use of this skill, the character is able to permanently preserve a corpse whole unlike Dissection, which only allows a character to preserve only parts of a creature. The body does not dissipate while it is being embalmed. The body can still be healed from the Brink of Death by the usual means, embalming does not end a character’s Death Count. Body parts of an Embalmed creature cannot be used as components except for golem creation.

In order to use this skill, the body must be at the Brink of Death or Dead, the character must use Embalming Oil, and take 5 minutes ingame.

This skill allows the character to empower their Assassinate skill so that it will deal double damage to any character that would normally take damage instead. For example, if an NPC’s Character Card says they take 50 points of damage from an Assassinate, they would take 100 points of damage if the character used the Empower Assassinate skill. Additionally, the attack counts as magical damage for that swing only.

To use this skill, the character must have a use of their Assassinate skill and expend 6 Power Points. No in-game verbal is required to activate the skill. The Assassinate skill works normally, except for the above mentioned change. The character would call, “Empower Assassinate Magic” and strike their target. Regardless if the Assassinate is used, blocked, or misses, the character loses their 6 Power Points.

This skill allows the character to empower an intelligent lesser undead, a greater undead, any demon, or a Servant of Darkness to resist one Follower of the Light destroy skill, turn skill, Heal Wounds skill, or Heal Life skill. Additionally the Empower Evil skill will stop one Servant of Darkness Pain skill, Envenom skill, Death Touch skill, control skill, Wounding skill, Fear Gaze skill (not ability), and Withering Touch. Empower Evil is latent and non-stackable.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal which must be at least 5 syllables not including the skills name and must contain the name of the skill.

The character must call “Empower Evil” when they invoke this skill.

Enchantments is air magic, and deals lightning damage. The color of its magic is Orange.

There are no special rules for Enchantments.

Rank 1:

Spell Verbal:  With Pure Magic I Cast a...

• ...Shock.        1 Power Point      Instant.
  • This spell does 5 points of magical damage due to lightning.

• ...Giant Strength.     2 Power Points      Latent.
  • When invoked, this spell grants the character a temporary +3 Strength Bonus, Non-Combinable allowing the character to add +3 to the weapon damage of their next attack, or to perform one act of giant strength for no longer than 15 seconds. If the character normally calls “Two Damage” when they hit, if they invoke a Giant Strength they would call “Five Damage”. If the character fails to hit, they do not use up the Giant Strength spell.
  • This spell can never be used to increase the distance a character jumps

Enchantments Rank 2
Enchantments Rank 3
Enchantments Rank 4
Enchantments Rank 5

Rank 2:

Spell Verbal:  With Pure Magic I Cast a...

• ...Lightning Shield.        3 Power Point      Latent.
  • When invoked, this spell will cancel the effects of one Enchantments School spell. The Lightning Shield spell will also negate one blow from a weapon that does normal or magical lighting or electrical damage, but will not stop special damaging martial attacks such as the Slay, Critical Strike, Stun, Assassinate, etc. skills. A Lightning Shield will protect against extreme non-magical lightning or electricity for 5 seconds.

• ...Lightning Bolt.     4 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell does 20 points of magical damage due to lightning.

• ...Magic Weapon        4 Power Points        Latent
  • This spell can only be cast on a weapon. If you hold the weapon, you can invoke this spell, which causes the next weapon attack done by the weapon to be magical. The Magic Weapon spell does not add any damage to the blow. The attacker must add, “Magic”, to the damage done by the weapon when invoking the spell; for example, “Two Magic”. The Magic Weapon spell only lasts for one blow, but if an attacker fails to hit their target the spell is not used up. Magic Weapon can be combined with any other combat skill such as Waylay, Slay, Assassinate, Critical Attack, etc.
  • This spell can be invoked and used with the Dissection skill to harvest a component from another character. This spell will last for 1 minute, but should the dissection be interrupted, the spell ends and must be recast.
  • This spell can never be invoked as a defense to the Shatter or Blast spells, nor does it give the weapon any properties of a magic weapon except what is listed here

• ...Mighty Shatter <item>        4 Power Points        Instant
  • This spell will destroy a non-magical object of One-Handed Edge size or smaller. The name of the item that the caster wishes to shatter is an out-of-game comment that the caster says when the spell packet hits a target, for example, “With Pure Magic I Cast a Mighty Shatter… sword.” If the character is carrying more than one weapon in their hands, the caster can specify which weapon or hand is affected; if the caster does not specify then the target can choose which hand is affected.
  • The object that is being shattered must be visible to the caster; the caster cannot shatter a spell book completely contained within a pouch even if the caster knows that a spell book is there. This spell will not affect part of an object – a piece of the object that will damage or destroy it by removing the part out-of-game. For example, you could not destroy: the hinge on a box, the branch of a tree, a lock built into a box, the leg of a small stool, the doorknob of a door, etc. You can destroy: a box, a branch on the ground, a Master Lock on a box, a small stool, etc.
  • Clothing worn by a player can never be shattered with this spell; this includes: shirts, pants, belts, pouches, hats, shoes, etc. You can destroy jewelry or other things attached to the clothing such as: rings, bangles, necklaces, pins, etc. Armor cannot be shattered by means of this spell. No shield, regardless of size, can be shattered.
  • If any weapon or item card was associated with the shattered item, the card should be torn in two. An item that has been shattered is broken into too many pieces to be collected.

Enchantments Rank 1
Enchantments Rank 3
Enchantments Rank 4
Enchantments Rank 5

Rank 3:

Spell Verbal:  With Pure Magic I Cast an Unyielding...

• ...Wall of Force.        6 Power Point      While in Line of Sight.
  • This spell creates a 10 foot by 10 foot impenetrable wall. Nothing can pass through the wall, including spells and alchemical items; only clean non-poisoned air is allowed to pass. The Total Power skill will pierce through a Wall of Force, even if the original spell was cast with Total Power.
  • This spell follows the normal wall spell rules found at the beginning of chapter 3.

• ...Powerful Blast.     6 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell will destroy a non-magical object of door size or smaller. The name of the item that the caster wishes to blast is an out-of-game comment that the caster says when the spell packet hits a target, for example, “With Pure Magic I Cast a Powerful Blast… door” or “With Pure Magic I Cast a Powerful Blast… Polearm.”
  • In all other respects, this spell obeys the same rules as the Shatter <item> spell except any shield can be affected by the Blast spell.

• ...Electrocution        6 Power Points        Latent
  • This Spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell does 30 points of magical damage due to lightning

• ...Magic Sanctuary        9 Power Points        While Concentrating
  • This spell creates a skin-tight impenetrable barrier around the caster. The Magic Sanctuary spell protects the caster from all attacks, spells, and alchemical items; and provides the caster with clean air. Neither the Dispel Magic nor Destroy Magic spells can negate this spell. A Magic Sanctuary is a complete protection against the outside world; other characters may not pick up or move the caster, nor may they apply weight to the caster’s arm to make the caster lower it before the caster chooses.
  • The caster is still affected by certain attacks. Hypnosis is one such attack. The character can be ordered to drop the Magic Sanctuary. The Total Power skill will pierce through a Magic Sanctuary, even if the original spell was cast with Total Power.
  • While a caster maintains a Magic Sanctuary, they may not pick up objects, drop objects, strike with a weapon, drink potions, or cast any spells, even on themselves. The caster can pass through anything that is not actively resisting such as light branches. If someone blocks the caster’s path, the caster cannot move them and cannot be moved by them either. This spell will allow the character to walk through water, blizzards, sandstorms, or even lava unharmed. A caster can move through a free swinging door, but cannot turn a knob or open a latch. The caster cannot affect the outside world with any skills, spells, abilities, magic items, etc while they are maintaining this spell. The caster could not, for example, use gaseous alchemical items or invoke area affect magic items while in a Magic Sanctuary spell.
  • A Magic Sanctuary only protects the caster; if someone is touching the caster when the spell is cast, they are not protected as well.
  • While they are maintaining a Magic Sanctuary, the player must hold an arm out to their side parallel to the ground, elbow bent up at a right angle, and palm forward. Also, the caster must walk slowly, no faster than one step per second. If the caster drops their arm or moves faster than one step per second, the sanctuary dissipates.
  • Like all spells, a Magic Sanctuary does not last beyond the end of an Event.

Rank 4:

Spell Verbal:  With Pure Magic I Cast an Unyielding...

• ...Powerful and Masterful Strength.        10 Power Points      Latent, 5 Minutes.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This latent spell grants the character a +2 Strength Bonus, Non-Combinable for 5 minutes after the character invokes the spell. This Strength Bonus can be stacked with other Strength Bonuses, even a Giant Strength spell

• ...Circle of Force to Protect Me.     12 Power Points      While Concentrating.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell creates a 10 foot high, 10 foot radius impenetrable wall. Nothing harmful can pass through the wall, including spells and alchemical items; only clean non-poisoned air is allowed to pass. The Total Power skill will pierce through a Circle of Force, even if the original spell was cast with Total Power. The Circle of Force is centered on the caster and the caster cannot move while maintaining this spell.
  • This spell follows the normal rules for wall spells found at the beginning of chapter 3.

Rank 5:

Spell Verbal:  With Pure Magic I Cast an Unyielding...

• ...Haven About Me to Protect Me on My Way.        21 Temporary Power Points, 1 Permanent Power Point             While Concentrating.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell creates a 10 foot high, 10 foot radius impenetrable closed cylinder centered on the caster. Nothing harmful can pass through the wall, including spells and alchemical items; this spell will provide clean air enough for everyone inside. The Total Power skill will pierce through a Haven, even if the original spell was cast with Total Power.
  • While they are maintaining a Haven, the player must hold both arms out to their sides parallel to the ground, elbows bent up at a right angle, and palms forward. If the caster drops their arm, the spell dissipates. Also, the caster must walk slowly, no faster than one step per second. Unlike Magic Sanctuary, this spell will push characters out of the way and will conform to allow the caster to move through smaller diameter portals. When cast, the caster can specify who is in the initial 10 foot radius; all other characters are pushed out to 10 feet.
  • This spell is not affected by Dispel Magic spell

• ...Electrical Storm to Incinerate All Before Me.     20 Temporary Power Points, 1 Permanent Power Point         Instant, Special.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell allows the caster to throw ten bolts of lightning doing 20 points of magical lightning damage each. If the caster moves or takes damage then they will loose whatever bolts of lightning they have not yet thrown. The caster may pivot on their right foot while this spell is active without ending the spell. The caster has the option to throw all the bolts of lightning at once or one at a time or any combination they want.

Official sacred endowment skill from Playtest 3.2 rulebook release.

Official sacred endowment skill from Playtest 3.2 rulebook release.

Official sacred endowment skill from Playtest 3.2 rulebook release.

Official sacred endowment skill from Playtest 3.2 rulebook release.

Official sacred endowment skill from Playtest 3.2 rulebook release.

Official sacred endowment skill from Playtest 3.2 rulebook release.

This skill allows the character to skillfully escape from any mundane restraint that bind their arms and/or legs. This includes ropes, shackles, webs, Paste of Binding, Tangler Trees, Entomb attack of an Earth Elemental, etc. This skill will not allow the character to escape from magical bindings such as Pin, Bind, being paralyzed, etc.

Only one use of this skill is needed to free both the character’s arms and legs. This skill cannot be used as a defense and can only be called after the character is affected by the restraint.

The character must call “Escape” when they use this skill. The player may, if they wish or need to, call a Hold to remove the bonds.

After spending 1 minute in-game examining an item, the character can tell how much it is worth in-game. Every in-game LAIRE item has a number engraved on it. The character can consult an Evaluate Item List to determine its value. The character cannot tell if an item is magical or not, nor can they identify an alchemical item or component with this skill.

There is an out-of-game logistical limitation to this skill. If there is no Evaluate Item List available, the attempt fails.

This skill allows the character to painfully disfigure or alter certain body parts on an immobilized character without killing them. This causes pain until the character has been healed. Spells from the Healing School will undo the effects of this skill unless the user of this skill uses the appropriate amount of Moonwater to create an aberration. Any character with this skill can undo any Evisceration performed by another character without the aid of magic, but Sunwater is still necessary to undo an aberration. Characters with the Evisceration skill or Rank 1 Solutions skill can recognize the presence of Moonwater and in what quantity it appears on the character.

Acts of Evisceration are limited by what can be roleplayed in-game or represented through props and make-up. A character cannot, for example, reattach someone’s legs on backwards and expect them to walk. Such extreme acts render limbs useless and cause pain, nothing more. Evisceration does allow the user of the skill to open up a character as if surgery were being performed. Limbs and minor organs can be removed. Characters can be impaled and other extreme forms of torture can be used. This skill does not allow the user to remove or damage the most vital organs (heart, lungs, etc.) Such acts render an immediate Killing Blow. This skill also does not allow the user to seamlessly transplant body parts with other characters. There are additional requirements and limits to Grafting and these are described below.

To create an aberration, a Plot Marshal must approve the creation of any aberration. The character needs to spend 30 minutes in-game roleplaying this skill and use the amount of Moonwater listed in the table below. The character must fill out an Aberration Card (obtained from Plot) detailing the injuries that have been inflicted and the dosage of Moonwater used. This card must be approved and signed by a Plot Marshal and the target character must carry this card with them. A character can only work on one character at a time and only one character can use this skill on the target character at a time. The character must spend the full 30 minutes to use this skill. If they are interrupted or stop, the attempt fails and they must start over again from the beginning.

To cure an aberration, an equal amount of Sunwater must be used before the character can be healed. Alternatively, a character with the Heal Wounds skill can heal an aberration by using a number of Healing Pool Points equal to the amount of Moonwater used.

The types of aberrations the character can create and the amount of Moonwater needed are given in the table below. A character using more than the listed Moonwater has no additional affect.

Festering Wounds leave open, unhealable wounds on the target character. Up to three Festering Wounds can be created on one character. Each Festering Wound lowers the characters Body Point total by 10%, rounded down.

A character can be Impaled by use of this skill. No object larger than a polearm can be used to impale the character. While impaled, the character is at half their Body Point total. If the impaled object is removed, the character is Mortally Wounded and can still be healed, however they will still be at half their Body Point total until properly healed.

Lobotomizing a character removes a portion of their brain. The target character is affected as if under an Enfeeblement spell. The target character’s memories are never affected by use of the skill.

A character can Graft a body part from one character onto another. Extra limbs, such as a third arm or leg, cannot be added. Wings or tails added are vestigial and do not function. Physical racial abilities such as Claws or gills can be granted to the target character. Immunities, vulnerabilities, skills, powers, knowledge, etc., cannot be transferred. A maximum of a +1 Strength Bonus can be gained by use of this skill.

If an aberration dies and resurrects in the Healers Guild without their body, all aberrations are healed and the character resurrects normally.

With the power of their faith, the character is able to drive out evil influences from the target character. All of the following effects are removed from the target when affected by this skill: possession, Demonic/Hierarch Charm, Vampiric Charm, or similar affects determined by Plot. This skill will not work on other spells, skills, or abilities that are cast or used by evil characters like Enslavement Spell, Domination Spell, Hypnosis, etc.

To use this skill, the target character needs to be unresisting. They do not need to be unconscious or bound, but they must remain immobile during the activation. The character must spend 30 seconds in prayers and pontificating – something to make it obvious that an exorcism is taking place – and brandish their focus the whole time. At the end of the 30 seconds, the character needs to touch the target with a spell packet (touch, not thrown).

Defenses that stop physical attacks will not stop this attack. Empower and the Resist ability are the only defenses that will stop this skill.

In the case of possession, the possessing character (the demon, undead, etc) may not possess any character for 5 minutes.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill. The character using this skill needs to start and end their 30 second roleplay with a verbal (which is part of the 30 seconds). This skill is not used if the possessing character leaves the target character before the 30 second verbal is finished.

This skill allows the character to channel one additional School of Magic per purchase. The character can purchase this skill multiple times, once for each elemental school available to the character.

This skill allows the Alchemist to increase the duration of an alchemical item. This skill must be used at the time of creation and cannot be used after the alchemical item is made. Using this skill increases the number of Production Points and Reagent Tags needed. Below is a table that outlines these cost increases.

For example, going from 10 Min to 1 Hour is one step, and going from 10 Min to 6 Hour is two steps.

An alchemical item can never increase its duration by more than two levels and can never last longer than an Event. Whether this skill works on an alchemical item is noted in the item’s description

This skill allows the character to extend the range of the Heroism song. In order to use this skill effectively, there must be other Spell Singers who can hear the song in the area. The character starts their song and calls “Extension” at the end, then any other Spell Singer who heard the song can then take up the song and extend its range. The Spell Singers must still be able to hear the originator of the song in order to continue extending it.

Should one of the Spell Singers move too far away and can no longer hear the originator, they may move back in range and take up the song again. Only characters with the Spell Singer skill can extend the song. If the originator should stop singing, the song ends for everyone.

When the character invokes this skill, it will allow them to increase the duration for holding a spell they are going to channel from 5 seconds to 5 minutes. After the spell verbal is completed, the caster must still state the name of the spell every 5 to 10 seconds. The skill is used once the spell verbal is successfully completed. If the character takes damage or the 5 minutes are up, the spell is lost.

The verbal for this skill is “Extension” which must prefix the normal spell verbal. A character cannot use this skill with the Redirect skill, only spells they cast themselves can be extended.

Once purchased, the character may use this skill with their True Aim skill to no longer have any range limitation on their True Aim augmented attacks. So long as the character has an unobstructed line of sight to the target, the attack lands. However, the target, or someone near them, has to be able to hear the attack. This skill does not permit silent kills, the attack is loud and obvious. A marshal cannot be sent to the target with the intention of marshaling the attack. However, if a marshal is present and they hear the attack and the target did not hear it, the marshal can inform the player they were hit by the attack.

The Far Shot skill can be used with bows and crossbows only. It can be combined with any other Martial or Dexterity skill the character knows.

If the character wants to make a far shot attack they should prefix their damage with, “Far Shot...”. The character must expend one True Aim tag and one Far Shot tag each time they make a far shot.

This skill allows the character to track an opponent at a jogging pace. It is still up to the marshal whether the tracking is successful or not and all the other rules for the Tracking skill apply. This skills improves the character’s chance to track their target, even if the target is using the Tracking Skill to cover their tracks.

Using this skill, the character can outpace another character who is using their Tracking skill to cover their tracks, thus allowing a greater chance for the character to catch their target. It does not make it any easier to detect concealed tracks. Also, a character using this skill will have a better chance of catching their target who is trying to get away by reaching them before the target can reach safety. This is all up to the marshal’s discretion.

This skill allows the character to cause fear in a single target character within line-of-sight and 20 feet. The target character must be able to see the character and hear them for this skill to take effect. The target character, if effected, must flee from the character for the duration of effect. They cannot attack or take any offensive action while they are under the fear effect. The target character may stop fleeing once they can no longer see the character but can still not take any offensive action. The target character may call defenses while under the fear effect.

Once the target character is no longer able to see the character, they may take other non-hostile actions including attempting to remove the fear effect. This is not a physical or magical effect and is stopped by the Courage skill, Resist Evil, or being immune to fear. A heal mind effect will end the fear effect.

This skill requires the use of a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill and the character’s focus. The skill is used once it is called.

Using this skill gives the character a +3 Strength Bonus, NonCombinable, allowing the character to perform a feat of great strength, adding 3 points of damage to one swing, performing an action such as carrying a body for 15 seconds, or similar actions.

This skill may be stacked with the Giant Strength spell, Feat of Heroes spell, any giant strength potion, or any other Strength Bonus.

Unlike any other type of Strength Bonuses, the Feat of Strength skill will stack with itself. So, if a character has three purchases of the skill he can increase his damage for one swing by 9 points of damage, or perform an action requiring a +9 Strength Bonus, NonCombinable.

If this skill is used to increase the character’s damage, it is not used if they miss or the attack is blocked. If they succeed in striking their target or if the target calls an appropriate defense, the skill is used.

The character must call “Feat of Strength” when they use this skill.

This skill can be used to heal a living character that is Bleeding to Death. The character places two free hands on the target character and calls “First Aid” and begins a 1 minute count. Once a character starts to use this skill the target character’s Death Count stops. After the 1 minute count, the character is Unconscious at 0 Body Points and after 5 minutes will regain consciousness and be at 1 Body Point. Also, this skill can be used to wake up a character that is Unconscious and has more than 1 Body Point. The character should place a free hand on the target character and begin a 1 minute count. No Body Points are restored when using the First Aid Skill in this manner.

A character can only be first aided by one character at a time and a character can only first aid one character at a time. The use of this skill requires the character to concentrate while they are using this skill. The player should look at the character they are using this skill on and can only talk, invoke Latent spells, or use a Dodge skill while first aiding someone. If the use of this skill is interrupted by either taking damage or the character choosing to stop, the target character must resume their Death Count. If the character wishes to try to first aid again, they must start from the beginning.

A character can also use this skill to assess the condition of another character. The character places a free hand on the target character, says “First Aid Assess” and takes a 5 second count. Once the character starts to assess the condition of the target character, and if that character is Bleeding to Death, their Death Count stops. The character using this skill will learn what stage their Death Count is at and how many Body Points the target character is down.

This skill cannot be used to heal characters who are Mortally Wounded or at the Brink of Death.

A character can choose to use a real bandage when using this skill. The bandage is in-game, does not have to be purchased, must be white, and must be larger than 2 feet by 3 inches. The character must either have their hand on the target character or be bandaging to use this skill. If the character uses a bandage, the time it takes for the target character to wake up is cut in half – only taking 2½ minutes. Once the target character wakes up, the bandages are no longer needed and can be removed or returned to the first-aider to re-use.

This skill allows the character to use an Edged Weapon, Blunt Weapon, or Small Weapon in one hand and a Small Weapon in the other. The character must strike and call damage separately for each weapon. Any Strength Bonus the character has adds to the damage of both hands, unless that Strength Bonus is for only one attack – such as the Strength Bonus from a Giant Strength spell, then the character can only apply it to one hand for one attack. The character may block an attack with either weapon.

By use of this skill, the character can make multiple attacks with only one swing. For each use of one of these tagged skills, the character will deliver damage equal to their Talon damage. For example, if the character deals 8 damage with their Talons and uses 2 Flurry of Blows tags, they will hit their target with 8 damage 3 times. This skill cannot be combined with any other skill except the Speed and Weapon Accuracy skills. The character will need one Speed tag for each use of a Flurry of Blows tag, so if the character uses 3 Flurry of Blows tags, they will need 3 Speed tags as well. You only need one Weapon Accuracy tag since it has a duration of 5 minutes. The character may only use five Flurry of Blows tags at one time in one attack.

This skill is stopped by any master skill that stops physical attacks, for example, Master Parry, Slay Parry or Dodge, or any magical defense that stops physical attacks, but one defense is required for each strike. Therefore, in the above example, the target character would need three defenses to stop all the damage.

This skill is not used if the character misses their target, does not hit the appropriate area on the target, or the attack is blocked. If they succeed in striking their target or if the target calls an appropriate defense, the skill is used.

To use this skill, the character should call “Flurry of X Blows, Y Damage”. If the character misses their target all of the tags used to perform the strike are not consumed. T

he Damage Bonus from instantaneous Strength Bonuses does not add to the damage of this skill. For example, Giant Strength spell, Feat of Heroes spell, Feat of Strength skill, etc. would not add to the damage done by the Flurry of Blows skill.

For each use of this skill purchased, the character may become undetectable while standing next to a tree or shrub. Once invoked, the character may not move or speak or the effect is negated and the ability is used. To use this ability, the player stands next to a tree or shrub and crosses their hands or weapons over their head.

This skill cannot be used while in combat. This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill allows a character to move though natural settings without leaving any trace of their passing which includes foot prints, broken twigs, ect. The skill does not mask their odors and therefore, the character can be tracked by scent.

This skill also allows the character to try and track another character using this skill. Using the skill this way does not use one of their Tags and if the character has used their tag for that Tag Cycle, they still can still try and detect a character using Ghost Step.

The skill lasts one hour, after which time, the character must either use another purchase or begin leaving a trail.

This skill is subject to a Plot Marshal’s ruling and may not always work.

This skill allows the character to store a low magic, un-augmented spell they personally cast into a unique personal Glyph that they must draw before the time this skill is used. Once drawn the character can then cast any spell they know into the Glyph by reciting the spell verbal and expending 50% more Power Points rounded up. The character must be the caster of the spell, so they cannot place spells from scrolls, items, spells stored with spell storing skill, etc. Only spells they personally cast can be placed in a glyph. What spells they can cast and into what kinds of items is given by the table below:

The maximum number of Power Points that a character can store in a glyph is 20 PP. Any spell with more Power Points than 20 will not be stored and ALL of the Power Points used in casting and empowering the glyph will be lost. For example, if a character tries to store a Heal Person Spell for 90 Body, the character will lose 45 Power Points, 30 for the spell and 15 more for the cost of activating the Glyph.

The character may have one Glyph charged per purchase of this skill. A Glyph will detect as magical and if identified, will reveal what spell is in the Glyph. A Dispel Magic spell cast on the Glyph will empty it and render it inert. Only the character who drew and charged the Glyph may activate it. In another character’s hands, even another character with the Glyph skill, it is useless.

The Glyph will last until it is destroyed. A Glyph will be destroyed if the object it is drawn up on is destroyed, the limb is severed, or if a character actively removes the skin the Glyph is drawn upon. In the latter case, the character must either be willing or unresisting to have their Glyph removed from their body. If a Glyph is destroyed, the character has to redraw the Glyph expending using another dose of Glyph Ink. The spell stored in the Glyph will last until used or the end of the Event. The Glyph Ink can usually be purchased in-game or made by a character with the Glyph skill. Making the ink requires 10 minutes in-game and the following components to create:

This will yield 3 Doses of Glyph Ink.

If a Glyph is drawn on the person, it must be in a place that can be exposed in public legally and it must be accessible without undressing. A Glyph cannot be put on a character’s feet unless the player does not wear shoes.

A player may reapply their glyphs for free if the Glyph becomes washed out or smugged.

A Glyph can be drawn on oneself, weapons, shields, armor, clothing, or even a piece of paper. However, if the rune is not on the player’s skin, they must touch it with their hand to activate. The Glyph must be at least 2" by 2" and as big as the player wants so long as it fits on the item.

This skill works just like a Disarm skill, except:

1) The skill can be used to disarm a shield. Therefore shields are now a legal target for this skill. The character can choose to disarm the shield or other limb. Just like the Disarm skill, if the character does not specify which limb is affected, then the target character chooses.

2) A weapon wielded in two hands is disarmed with one use of this skill.

3) If a weapon (not a shield) is disarmed, the target character must gently and safely toss the weapon underhanded to the character. The character can opt to catch the weapon or allow it to fall safely to the ground. No other character may attempt to interrupt the weapon in transit and must wait for the weapon to be caught or fall to the ground before interacting with it.

4) To clarify, a Greater Disarm can be used to stop a Disarm or Greater Disarm and the player should call “Greater Retain”.

Since this skill is a Master Skill, it is only stopped by Greater Disarm, Master Parry, Slay Parry, Dodge, etc. and any magical defense that stops physical attacks.

When invoked, this skill will empower any weapon the character holds to swing for magical damage for 30 minutes. This skill is hand specific and once invoked, only weapons in that hand will be augmented. There is no Damage Bonus or other effect from the use of this skill. The weapon can still be shattered.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill gives the Demon Hunter the ability to harvest and process demon flesh into a usable jerky. Without this skill, the demon flesh will dissipate when the demon's corpse does. It takes the character 10 seconds to cut away a piece of flesh large enough to suit their purposes. Up to 10 pieces of flesh can be taken from one demon. This does not count as disecting the demon.

The Demon Hunter can also make Umor Purgatio. The following components make 10 doses.

• 2 doses of Cup of Alcohol
• 2 doses of Brine

Uncured demon flesh will expire at the end of the event. After being cured with the Umor Purgatio it will last for 6 months (counting the event it is cured in).

This skill allows the character to bring another character that is at the Brink of Death back to life at 1 Body Point without having to use the Death System. The character using this skill in this manner suffers a Weakness spell-like affect. This is not actually the spell and there is no way to end the affect or reduce the duration. The character cannot prevent the affect from effecting them.

This skill may also be used as an attack, either by touch or through a weapon, against undead or other characters harmed by Life affects only. It can also be used to block the Death Touch skill. Using the skill in either of these ways does not cause the character to be affected by the weakness affect.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill. This skill can be delivered by touch or through a weapon. If delivered through a weapon, the targeted character must be struck, and unlike Channeled spells, weapons and shields will stop the attack. If the character misses their target or the target uses a martial skill to stop the attack, the skill is not used. If the attack is stopped by an Empower skill or a magical defense that stops physical attacks, the skill is used.

Once this skill is purchased, the character gains a Healing Pool. For each purchase of this skill, the character gains 25 Healing Points. How the character may use this pool depends on whether they are a Cleric or Paladin.

A Cleric or Paladin may heal any living character’s Body Points at a rate of one for one. The character may also use their pool to mimic Healing School spells at double the Power Point cost. The table below outlines what spells they can mimic and how many Healing Pool Points it costs. After the verbal is called, the character should suffix the effect with the word “…Light.” Note: Empower Evil will not stop these spell effects and the Absorption spell will stop the spell but not give any Power Points.

Healing Spell
Healing Pool Points

Detect Life
0, 2 if Thrown*

Purify Blood
4

Assess Ailment
8

Heal Body
8

Heal this Mind
8

Heal this Limb
10

Heal this Mortal Wound
12

Return Ghoul**
16

Return Death Slave**
40

* The character must have at least 1 Healing Pool Point to Detect Life

** Only Clerics can mimic these two effects, not Paladins.

A Cleric or Paladin can use their pool points to harm undead, demonic or other Vile Spawn characters at a rate of one for one. The attack damages the target character’s Body Points and is considered magical damage for the purposes of Damage Resistance. This can be delivered by touch out of combat or thrown via a spell packet. The character determines the amount of damage when the skill is called, up to their current Healing Pool total.

A Cleric or Paladin may use this skill to augment their damage to “Light” which will deal direct body damage to all undead, demons and Vile Spawn and requires at least one point of their Healing Pool per attack – damage or skill. If the character has the Cleric skill, they may use up to one purchase or 25 points of their Healing Pool to increase their damage. A character with the Paladin skill may use as much of their Healing Pool as they wish, up to their current total pool points. Either way, the character must call their verbal before each strike and the damage dealt is always “Light” damage. If the character fails to land their attack, they have 5 seconds to try to land the attack before they must recite their in-game verbal again.

Damage augmented with “Light”, in either case, does not harm living characters unless noted on their Character Card.

This skill requires the use of a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill. This skill can be delivered by touch, thrown, or through a weapon. If delivered through a weapon, the targeted character must be struck, and weapons and shields will stop the attack. If the character misses their target, no matter how it is delivered, or the target uses a martial skill to stop the attack, the skill is not used. If the attack is stopped by an Empower skill or a magical defense that stops physical attacks, the skill is used.

Healing is the magic of life, restoring and rejuvenating the injured and destroying undead. There is a flash of Pink when it is cast.

Special Rules for the Healing School:

If your character knows how to cast any Healing spells, you must be aware of all the logistical responsibilities involved. The necessary tag exchanges are described below, but you should read the Playing the Game Chapter for more details.

Healing magic that harms undead does double the normal damage. For example, a Heal Person spell that would normally heal for 12 Body Points would do 24 points of direct body damage to the undead character. Like with any spell, the caster should not double the damage when calling the effect of their spell, the player of the undead character will do the appropriate modifications themselves. If a spell does not list a special affect for undead characters, then it has no effect

Rank 1:

Spell Verbal: I Draw Upon the Earth to...

• ...Detect Life.        0/1 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell informs the caster of the state of a character’s health. Detect Life can be used to determine if a character is truly dead or just faking it, is Unconscious, Bleeding to Death, Mortally Wounded, at the Brink of Death, or Dead and can be used to determine whether a character is undead. This spell can also be used to determine how hurt a character is. The target character of the spell should state how many Body Points they have lost. This spell cannot reveal a Feign Death spell or if the character has any parasitic or symbiotic life forms in them.
  • The Detect Life spell costs no Power Points if the caster is touching the character; the spell costs 1 Power Point if the caster tosses a spell packet at the character.

• ...Heal this Person        3 Body Points per 1 Power Point, variable        Instant
  • This spell will cure 3 Body Points for every Power Point spent by the caster. When the spell is cast, the caster must state the number of Body Points being cured; for example, “I Draw Upon the Earth to Heal This Person… Fifteen Body Points” cures 15 Body Points and means that the caster spent 5 Power Points. Characters may not be healed above their normal Body Point maximum.
  • This spell will damage undead. For every point that would normally be cured, an undead will take 2 Body Points of damage.

Rank 2:

Spell Verbal: I Draw Upon the Earth to...

• ...Purify Blood.        2 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell will undo the effects of most poisons and alchemical items the character is currently affected by, including intoxication. All applicable poisons or alchemical items are removed with one application of this spell

• ...Assess Your Ailment        4 Power Point        Instant
  • By means of this spell, the caster can assess a characters condition revealing more than a Detect Life spell. This spell will reveal: if the character is alive, what stage in their Death Count they are at, how many Body Points they are down, if they are poisoned, diseased, and if they are waylaid. It will also reveal how much time has elapsed in the characters Death Count. This spell will also reveal any additional parasitic or symbiotic life forms inhabiting the character. This spell will not reveal more specific information such as what kind of poison or disease is affecting the character.
  • For example, Pierre has been paralyzed by some ghouls and is currently Bleeding to Death. Additionally, while he was laying there, a necromancer cast a Cause Disease spell upon him. Nimue casts an Assess Your Ailment spell upon him. Pierre responds by telling Nimue, “I am Bleeding to Death for 30 seconds, poisoned, diseased and down 9 Body Points.” Nimue begins to cast the necessary healing spells to restore Pierre.

• ...Heal This Body.        4 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell will cure most diseases, including the one caused by the Cause Disease and Plague spells. It will also undo the effects of a Paralysis or Weaken spell.
  • Heal Body has only one effect each time it is cast; you cannot both cure someone of a disease and paralysis with a single use of the spell.

• ...Heal This Mind        4 Power Point        Instant
  • This spell will undo the effects of an Enfeeble spell. It may also cure insanity, amnesia, and possession; a Plot Marshal will determine whether the Heal Mind is successful.
  • This spell will also cure the affects of fear, but the caster must be out of Line of Sight with the source of the fear affect before they can cast it on themselves. This spell has no affect on the Hypnosis skill, any Charm School spell, Rage skill, or charm like effect.
  • Heal Mind has only one effect each time it is cast; you cannot both cure someone of amnesia and of an Enfeeble with a single use of the spell.

Rank 3:

Spell Verbal: I Draw Upon the Earth to Aid Me and...

• ...Heal this Limb.        5 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell will restore a limb or body part that was severed or incapacitated even the head. A new limb is regenerated; it is not necessary to “re-attach” the severed limb. Heal Limb restores a limb that was damaged with a Stunning Blow. It will also undo the effects of a Take Your Sight spell or a Mute spell. It will not re-grow “dead” body parts like hair.
  • Heal Limb has only one effect each time it is cast; you cannot both cure someone of a broken arm and of a Take Your Sight with a single use of the spell.

• ...Heal this Mortal Wound        6 Power Point        Instant
  • This spell will restore a character who is Mortally Wounded, by the Slay or Assassinate skill for example, to 1 Body Point.

• ...Return Your Spirit.        6 Power Points      Permanent.
  • This spell will resurrect a character and restore all their Body Points. A substantial portion of the character’s body must be available and the head must be attached; the character’s spirit must be willing to be resurrected. For the Return Spirit spell to work, the caster must be in contact with the body for a full 10 minutes. The Death System must be used to determine whether Return Spirit is successful, and therefore the death must be recorded on the player’s Character Card. Players who cast a Return Spirit spell must use the Power Point tags used in casting the spell to replace any Body Point tags of the target character.
  • To cast this spell, you must keep your hand on the target character’s torso for the full 10 minutes. If you are attacked or are forced to run away during the time it takes to cast this spell, then the Power Points are lost and the spell does not work. Out-of-game, you may remove your hand to help the player pick a stone from the resurrection bag, write on Power Point tags, etc.
  • Characters restored by Return Spirit suffer the normal consequences of the Death System.
  • A character healed by a Return Spirit is restored to the state of health they had when last alive: broken limbs, diseases, amnesia, insanity, intoxication, etc. The Return Spirit spell is not a substitute for any other spell of the Healing school.
  • Return Spirit has no effect on an undead. If a character has been turned into a lesser undead and then killed, Return Spirit will not resurrect the character; the player must go to the Healers Guild to be resurrected.
  • The difference between this spell and Heal Life is that Return Spirit will work on a body no matter how long the character has been dead, restores the character to full Body Points, and requires use of the death system; Heal Life only works within a limited amount of time, restores the character to 1 Body Point, and does not use the Death System.

• ...Bring this Ghoul to Life        8 Power Point        Instant
  • This spell will turn a character that has been made into a Ghoul back to life. The character cannot have been a Ghoul longer than 1 hour. The character is at 0 Body Points and will wake up in 5 minutes if left alone.
  • Ghouls that were created spontaneously or by means other than casting the Create Ghoul spell on a character are destroyed by this spell. Greater Ghouls and Ghoul Lords are not affected by this spell.

Rank 4:

Spell Verbal: I Draw Upon the Earth to Aid Me and...

• ...Heal This Life and Reclaim This Spirit.        12 Power Points      Instant.
  • This spell will restore a character back to life from the Brink of Death and leaves them at 1 Body Point; the Death System is not used. Heal Life must be cast on the character’s body within 5 minutes – 10 minutes if the character has the Coma skill – of their character going to the Brink of Death. The character’s body must be relatively intact and the head must be attached.
  • Heal Life will only work on a character once per day – a period of time from 7am to 7am the next day. When you cast Heal Life on a character, you should write “Life” on their Character Card along with the date, time and your initials; this allows another player to verify whether the character has already been lifed earlier that day. If the spell is cast on a character twice in the same day, the second use has no effect.
  • A character restored by a Heal Life is restored to the state of health they had when last alive: broken limbs, diseases, amnesia, insanity, intoxication, etc. The Heal Life spell is not a substitute for any other spell of the Healing school.
  • Heal Life is the equivalent of a Kill spell to an undead. If a character has been turned into an undead and then killed, Heal Life will not restore the character.
  • The difference between this spell and Return Spirit is that Return Spirit will work on a body no matter how long the character has been dead, restores the character to full Body Points, and requires use of the death system; Heal Life only works within a limited amount of time, restores the character to 1 Body Point, and does not use the Death System.
  • This spell cast upon a living character, a character that is Bleeding to Death, or a character who is Mortally Wounded has no effect and does not use up that character’s ability to receive a Life spell for that day.

• ...Purge This Death Slave of Their Necromantic Taint and Restore Their Will        20 Power Point        Instant
  • This spell will turn a character that has been made a Death Slave back to life and at the Brink of Death. They begin their Death Count normally and must receive the appropriate healing in the normal time.

• ...Heal This Person and Restore Them to Full Health.        14 Power Points      Permanent.
  • This spell is considered Lost Magic.
  • This spell will totally restore the target character’s Body Points. Additionally, this spell will also act as a Purify Blood, Heal Mind, Heal Body, and Heal Limb spells. Additionally, for the last three effects, all ailments or limbs are restored, not just one as in the spells of the same name.
  • This spell will not heal a person’s Body Points if they are past the Bleeding to Death stage, however the rest of the spell will still take affect normally.
  • This spell does 50 direct Body Points of damage to a character hurt by the element of Life – such as undead characters. Undead characters still take double damage from this spell, i.e. 100 points of damage.

Once purchased, this skill allows the character to add Fire, Ice, Shadow, or Rot effect to their Wounding damage. This effect is in addition to, not instead of, the normal Dark damage normally dealt with their Wounding pool. For example, a character using 10 Wounding Pool points and has chosen the fire effect would call, “10 Fire Dark”. In the specific case of this skill, the added effect must be called before “Dark” always. This additional effect is optional, and the character can choose when to use it.

When this skill is purchased, the character has to choose one of the four effects. This choice is final and cannot be changed once selected, unless by Infernal Intervention (ie they become a Demon Knight and their patron does it). Further, if the character chose Demonology School to use with their Wounding Pool, their Hellish Attunement must match that aspect.

If the character is attempting to use their pool to heal, the added effect may affect the attempt. If the target character would be harmed by the added effect, the healing will harm the target character instead.

This skill allows the character to identify and collect herbs during an Event. The player should go to the NPC Cabin and inform a marshal they are attempting to collect herbs. The player must then spend time in-game looking for herbs. The longer the character looks, the more likely it is they will find something. When the character finishes, they return to the NPC Cabin and a random roll will determine what the character finds.

With this skill, the character can bring in-game any common herb that they have a physical representation for. For example, the player brings in a pack of mint leaves from the supermarket and can ask the Treasure Manager to write them out the appropriate number of tags. The maximum amount of herbs a player can bring in is 1 silver piece worth per month

This skill allows the character to meld with nature and fall asleep for as long as the character wants, but:

• The time specified has to be longer than one week,

• The Duration has to specified at the time the skill is used, and

• Has to be used in a natural surrounding.

While hibernating, the character is safe from all outside harm and cannot be found. The character does not need to eat, sleep or excrete. They do not age nor do they have any sense of the outside world or the passage of time.

If this skill is used between Events, the character does not need to pay their upkeep and cannot learn any new skills.

To use this skill, the character cannot be in danger of being attacked, engaged in combat, and must sit and meditate for 1 hour. This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill allows the character to bless Followers of the Light, Acolytes, and non-mortal beings of good (such as Dragons, Drakes, and Solars) with a +1 Strength Bonus and immunity to fear. This skill is non-latent and will last for 10 minutes from time of blessing. If this skill is used on an unaligned person, a Servant of Evil, or a being of evil, the skill is used but it will have no effect. This skill cannot be stacked with itself, but will stack with other Strength Bonuses.

This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.

This skill allows the character to hypnotize one targeted character that is within 10 feet and after making direct, mutual eye contact for 3 seconds. The in-game verbal, “I compel you with hypnosis”, must be used after the 3 seconds of eye contact. If eye contact is broken before the verbal is finished, or the character takes damage the attempt fails and the skill is used.

Hypnosis and any Charm School spell or lesser racial ability – satyr/faun charm – are mutually inclusive. However, the hypnosis will override the commands of a lesser charm. For greater racial abilities – Vampiric Domination, Demonic or Draconic Charm – though also mutually inclusive, the hypnosis will be overridden by the greater racial charm.

The Iron Will skill or immunity to charms can block the Hypnosis skill. If the target also has a use of the Hypnosis skill, they may use that to block the attack. Resist Suggestion spell or Elven Resist skill will not work to stop this skill.

While the hypnosis is in effect, the character may give any number of commands to their target. The commands must be in a clear and understandable language. While hypnotized, the target character will not attack the character unless they are ordered to.

The targeted character will remember all the actions they took while hypnotized and believe them their own. They can be ordered to forget who hypnotized them – this is the only command that will last after the hypnosis ends. A second use of the Hypnosis skill will reveal this lost memory. The character can cause the target to forget or remember anything else they want; however, the affected character will remember the truth when the duration ends.

This skill lasts for 30 minutes. If while under the effects of a Hypnosis skill the target character is hypnotized, the newest hypnosis takes effect and the old one ends.

The hypnotized character does not know they are hypnotized while under the effects, nor when the affect ends. However, they may question why they took actions they would not normally or why they forgot certain facts.

Ice is the magic of freezing. Whether it's blood or breath it can stop it in its tracks. There is a Light Blue flash of light when Ice spells are cast.

There are no special rules for the Ice School.

Rank 1:

Spell Verbal: By the North Mists I Form a(n)...

• ...Ice Dart        2 Power Points      Instant
  • This spell does 10 points of magic damage due to ice.

• ...Frost Brand        2 Power Points        Latent
  • This spell can only be cast on a weapon. If you hold the weapon, you can invoke this spell, which causes the next weapon attack done by the weapon to be ice based. Frost Brand does not make the attack magical and it does not add any damage to the weapon. The attacker declares a blow to be ice based by adding the word “ice” to the damage done by the attack; for example: “Two Ice.” Frost Brand only lasts for one blow, but if an attacker fails to hit their target the spell is not used up. Frost Brand can be combined with any martial skill such as Weapon Proficiencies, Slay, Assassinate, Critical Attack, Waylay, etc.

• ...Ice Cast        2 Power Points      30 Seconds
  • This spell can be used to immobilize one arm, leg, wing, tail or tentacle. The limb cannot be used for 30 seconds. The ice cast can be broken with a +3 or greater Strength Bonus, Non-Combinable and takes 5 seconds. If the target character is immune to the Pin spell due to their Strength Bonus, they are immune to this spell as well. The caster should state what limb is affected when they cast the spell, “By the North Mist I Form an Ice Cast… right arm,” but the name of the limb is not part of the spell verbal. If the caster does not specify which limb is being frozen, the target character must choose a limb to be immobilized.
  • While the limb is encased in ice, any blow on that limb will affect the character normally, leaving the ice cast unharmed. For example, a Stunning Blow to the limb will not shatter the ice cast, but this will incapacitate the limb as per a normal Stunning Blow. The ice itself is magical and therefore a Dispel Magic will remove the Ice Cast spell.
  • The ice from this spell sublimates when removed or the spell ends.