MAGICK

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[5] Magickal Potential (see also: Fae Sight)
      [1 each] Power Words
      [5] Basic Sorcery Components
             [5] Advanced Sorcery Components
             [5] Spell Rack
                    [3] Personal Spell
                    [2] Bestow Spell
      [5] Basic Item Conjuration/Empowerment
             [5] Complex Conjuration
                    [5] True Conjuration
                           [10] Advanced Powers and Qualities
                           [5] Item Analysis
                           [5] High Compelling
      [10] Basic Dream Sorcery
             [10] Dream Influence
                    [10] Shared Dreams

• Shadow Opening: The first component spell of the Sorcerer is that of creating opening or 'gates' from on Shadow to another, or simply from one point to another within the same Shadow. These gates are usually temporary, maintaining themselves just with the Psychic energy of the caster, for only an instant. The most common Shadow Opening if a Teleportation, used by the caster to travel through Shadow. However, with the addition of magical energies, either from a Magical Energy component, or from other tapped energies, the opening can be kept open longer. Given Sufficient energy, a Shadow Opening can be maintained indefinitely.

  Sometimes, as with the Pressurized Lava spell, a Shadow Opening spell is useful as a weapon. Similar gateways can be used to channel in water, wind, or other natural elements.

  The lightning Bolt spell uses a Shadow Opening to gate in the lightning, but the area must first be prepared with a Shadow Manipulation; otherwise, the bolt would pass through the nearest object, namely the caster.

• Shadow Manipulation: A spell to alter or change the stuff of Shadow can be used by itself. Shadow Manipulation can be used to change the form of a piece of Shadow stuff, like changing a steel door into one made of clear glass. In combination with a mind touch component, Shadow manipulation can be used against a person, induce sleep, pain, or some kind of change in a victim.
  • Shape Shift Shadow Items
  • Prepare an Item or Area for Magickal Energy.
  • Define Channel for Magickal Energy

  Each change counts as a separate use of this component. For example, casting a single spell that turns a rock into an amulet, and then prepares that amulet for storing magical energy, would require two uses of this component.

• Magical Energy: This spell creates raw magickal power. Limits of the energy that the spell can generate is more a matter of how much spells and objects can contain, rather than any innate shortage of magic; shortages in local magickal energy merely make this component take longer to cast. If a spell is to be maintained without constant concentration, it must have a 'pool' of magic to work with. Objects are usually limited to an hour's worth of magic and fields, such as magical walls, wards, and so on are usually limited to about twelve hours.
• Mind Touch: Opens a mind to mind link between the caster and a subject. This link works the same way as touch or a Trump contact, allowing the two minds to touch. Taken by itself, this spell simple creates a link. It is also the basic building block of any spell that can directly affect another creature.

  Overcoming the Psyche of the victim is always a consideration (unless the object of the spell opens their mind and becomes a willing subject). This means a Psyche superiority, where the caster dominates the victim, is usually needed.

• Measure Substance:

  This is used to perform "detect" and "analyze" and "locate" spells. The more specific the target being searched for, the more detail can be produced. ie- A Detect Substance spell could pick out everyone in a crowd with any Powers or bit of reality to them, but would not specify between Pattern and Logrus, for example. Detect Magic might spot racked spells and identify a man as a sorcerer, but would not notice that he had Pattern Imprint. This component spell can be used to perform a search for something, but is limited to searching a single shadow, since the nature of Magic is usually slightly different in other shadows and the spell will not function there.

Named and Numbered spells can be stored in the mind, but this precludes the calling up of the Signs of the Powers, unconsciousness, heavy physical damage or other mitigating circumstances.

Granted Intelligence

A spell with this component will be possessed of a certain degree of intelligence, and can guide itself without aid from its caster. It can accept complicated commands, such as a ward whose password or list of authorized personnel can be updated at will. Spells with this micro-spell and Manipulate Shadow can be cast across shadow boundaries to any shadow in the immediate area (no significant differences in the function of magic there). A lightning bolt could be crafted that would turn a corner and aim for the largest human target, or "the man in red robes," even if the sorcerer was unsure of the target's position.

Invoke Power

This is used to invoke a Power as part of a spell. The Sorcerer must posess the Advanced form of that Power as well before they can invoke it. Pattern makes spells more solid and difficult to dispel, and makes them slightly resistant to the touch of Pattern. Logrus makes the spell more powerful and more unpredictable. Shape Shifting can be invoked to cast spells that shape-shift the target into something else. Trump would probably enable the spell to work in shadows with little or no magic and make mental contacts and shadow portals easier to open. The spell is also effectively four ranks higher in Psyche for uses appropriate to the Power.

Trying to invoke two Powers in one spell is a very bad idea... As is trying to rack a Pattern or Trump invoking spell in the Logrus. If you allow players to draw upon Powers without requiring the Advanced form, simply reduce the benefits from those of Invoking the Advanced Power.

The character can analyze a conjured item by touch, slowly identifying its various abilities. It is possible to identify the creator of the item if you have experience with their style of conjuration.

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