Spells

Bless Corpse

Divine, 1 point, ranged, instant.

This spell is cast on a corpse and ensures that it cannot be raised as, or become undead. (P)

Death Song

Divine, 3 points, non-stackable, self, temporal.

As a RQ Berserk spell but has additional effect that all foes within 15m must resist the casters POW or be Demoralised while caster lives. (P)

Detect Truth

Divine, 1 point, ranged, non-stackable, temporal.

This spell allows the caster to tell whether anyone within a five-metre radius of the spell’s target site is lying. If lies are spoken, the speaker emits a dark, smoky glow visible only to Swords and initiates of Humakt. (RQ)

Fight Undead

Divine, 1 point, temporal, touch, non-stackable.                                       

This spell increases the recipients combat skills to 150% of their current value when fighting Undead. (P)

Free Ghost

Divine, 1 point, stackable, ranged, instant.

1 use (Daka Fal).

This spell must be cast on the ghost of a deceased mortal. The user must overcome the MP’s of the ghost with his own. If he succeeds, the ghost is unbound from his haunting and returns to the land of the dead. (ROC/151)

Oath

Ritual Enchantment.

This ritual binds two to a pact. It requires the sacrifice of 1 POW. If either breaks the oath, they receive an attack of Sever Spirit backed by MP equal to the sum of Mp placed into the oath to start it. The greater the oath sworn, the more MPs are committed to the swearing. Neither participant need be Humakti; a third-party cult member can cast the spell. (RQ)

Sever Relationship

Ritual Ceremony.

This ritual severs a willing creatures relationships to clan, community and family, leaving him devoid of dependents and devoid of support. In Orlanthi society the character will be treated as a foreigner, when this ritual becomes known. In other socities, this ritual has no special significance, however it will become obvious that the affected man is different, he will not meld well into society, and will not help communually. In game terms, this spell does not excommunicate him from cults, which must be conducted seperately, but does reduce all Loyalty and Love passions to zero. (NE)

Sever Spirit

Divine, 3 points, non-stackable, ranged, instant.

This spell acts as a sword to cut the bond between body and soul of the target. The user must make a successful MP vs. MP roll. If successful, the target dies. If unsuccessful, the target takes 1d6 damage to their general hit points, with effects similar to poison damage. (RQ)

Terrifying Appearance

Divine, 2 points, self, non-stackable, temporal.

This spell makes the recipient take on a terrifying visage. Anyone coming into combat with a character under the influence of the spell must resist a POW vs. POW roll or be demoralised when fighting the character. (SP)

Turn Undead

Divine, 1 point, stackable, ranged, instant.

This stackable spell affects one undead creature for each point used/cast. The caster must attempt to overcome each target’s MP’s with their own (roll for each target. Use the table below to determine results.

·         Critical. Undead destroyed, released, or whatever.

·        Special. Undead paralysed and immobile for twenty melee rounds minus the creature’s INT. Undead with INT of 20 or more are inactivated for one round.

·        Success.  The undead turns and flees, if possible. If not, the effects are as per a special success.

·        Failure. The undead is Befuddled as per the spirit magic spell. Skeletons are befuddled for 10 rounds, others for either ten rounds or until they fail an INT roll, whichever comes first.

·        Fumble. No effect.