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Glistam wrote:Have anything like these spells been proposed in this topic already? My G.M. at the time I wrote these didn't allow me to playtest them. I just found the file I wrote these in on my thumb drive and I thought I'd dredge them up and post them to get peer review. These are all Temporal Magic spells.

Spell Stasis: Lesser
Range: Self
Duration: Immediate; The spell in stasis can be held for 1 day per level
Saving Throw: None
P.P.E.: 110
Counts as a Level 11 Temporal Magic spell

Upon completion of this spell, the caster must immediately (within the next 15 seconds) cast a second spell. As soon as the PPE is expended for this second spell, its effect is prevented from occurring and is held in stasis for as long as one day per level of the caster. At any time the caster can end the stasis effect with just a thought (counts as one melee action), causing the spell that was held to have its normal effect as if it were just cast. All the requirements for the held spell to be successful must still be met at this time, or else the spell is wasted to no effect.

Only spells (not rituals) from level 10 and below can be held in this manner. The temporal caster can have one spell held in stasis for every five levels; From level 1-4 the caster can hold only one spell, at levels 5-9 the caster can hold two spells, from level 10-14 the caster can hold three spells, etcetera. Each spell to be held requires a separate casting of Spell Stasis: Lesser.

Spell Stasis: Greater
Range: Self
Duration: Immediate; The stasis effect can last up to one day per level
Saving Throw: None
P.P.E.: 275
Counts as a Level 13 Temporal Magic spell

Similar to Spell Stasis: Lesser, the caster must cast this spell and immediately follow it up with a second spell, which is then kept in stasis. The difference is that this stasis effect can be turned off AND BACK ON AGAIN at will! This is only effective for spells with a duration other than instant. But this allows a caster to keep a spell in stasis until its effect is desired. At that time, the caster removes the spell from stasis (takes one melee action) and lets the effect occur. Any time before the duration of that spell ends, the caster may mentally put it BACK IN STASIS (takes one melee action), effectively “pausing” the spell and preventing it from running out of its duration. This can be done for the duration of the Spell Stasis: Greater spell, or until the duration of the held spell runs out when not in stasis (once that spell duration ends, so too does the Spell Stasis: Greater spell).

Only spells (not rituals) from level 10 and below can be held in this manner. The temporal caster can have only one spell held in stasis in this manner, and it counts as one Spell Stasis: Lesser effect when figuring how many Spell Stasis: Lesser spell effects can be held.

Temporal Prison
Duration: 1D4 minutes (weeks) per level
Range: Encapsulates up to ten cubic feet per level, up to 100 feet away per level
Saving Throw: Special, see description
P.P.E.: 2,200
Considered a Temporal Magic Spell of Legend

This potent spell will encapsulate an area and all inside of it within a powerful temporal barrier, isolating them from the real world for the duration of the spell. The most insidious effect of this spell is that the flow of time is significantly decreased within the area of effect; every minute which passes inside is the equivalent of about an entire week of time in the real world! The caster must focus on the area to be so encapsulated for the entirety of the casting of the spell – if the caster wishes to move the effect to a new area he must stop casting the spell and start over, focusing on the new area.

Temporal beings and temporal spellcasters will automatically sense the flow of time changing within the area as the spell is being cast, and will have ample time to move out of the area before the spell finishes. All others can only sense that something is wrong if they make a save versus magic; if successful, they get a feeling that something bad or strange is about to occur in the area they are within, and may leave it before the spell is finished. Only one save is allowed, and if it is not made they have no warning and no chance to evade once the spell is completed.

Once created the boundary of the time prison cannot be physically crossed. Only magic spells such as mystic portal, dimensional teleport or equivalent will allow passage into or out of the temporal prison. Yes, even those who were caught in the spell’s initial effect may use magic to escape, but remember – they are operating at a much slower speed than the outside world, and as such even a simple action (one melee attack) would take hours of real-world time to complete!

The duration of this spell is only 1D4 minutes per level to those within the temporal prison, but because of this temporal distortion it will last for that many weeks of real time. The caster can end this spell at any time. Those inside the area of effect can be observed from the outside and will be seen almost as statues, moving in very slow motion. To those inside the effect everything on the other side of the boundary is a visible blur of motion that makes seeing anything which isn't part of the unchanging landscape or sitting still for hours at a time nearly impossible to discern.

Time Warp: Temporal Shield
Duration: 1 melee round per level
P.P.E.: 90
Saving Throw: Special, see below
Counts as a level 10 Temporal Magic spell

Upon completion of this spell, a shimmering shield of semi-transparent energy comes into being in front of the caster’s outstretched hand. Anything which comes in contact with this shield will be transported harmlessly into the future! Energy blasts, rail gun bullets, even people – upon contact with the field they are transported one minute (per level) in the future. They will emerge at the same location from where they were, unharmed and unhindered. Bullets will continue flying, energy blasts will continue traveling, people will continue walking/moving, etcetera. The difference is that one minute per level of the caster will have passed, and (if the caster is smart!) the caster is no longer in the same position.

The shield has a diameter of 5 feet and will hover in front of the caster’s open hand (either or, caster’s choice upon completion of the spell). It will always remain oriented to the direction of the caster’s hand, and will turn and move with the caster. There is no saving throw against this effect. However, since it is visible and does not encircle the caster, enemies can try to go around it to reach the caster. When an attacker tries this, if the caster is aware he can roll a parry (with a +4) to interpose the shield again and cause the attack to hit the field.

There is a limit of 100 lbs per level which can be transported to the future in this manner before the shield will fail. Anything which is over this limit does not get transported – instead, the shield disappears and the caster is subject to whatever was coming at him (can try to evade as per normal but now with an additional -4 to the attempt). Ranged attacks have negligible mass, but they too will stress the shield’s capabilities; every 1 M.D. in damage the attack does is treated as 1 lb which is transported. This means a 1D6×10 rail gun blast which hits the shield and does 30 M.D. will be treated as if 30 lbs had been transported, and the remaining capability of the shield is reduced accordingly. If that’s enough to drop the shield then the 30 M.D. would go against the caster (unless he successfully evaded despite the -4 to the attempt).

Shark_Force wrote:you mean, apart from being a talisman (one of the best spells in the game already) that nobody can take away from you and can hold higher level spells?

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:What is the level for the invocation version? L7?

You might want to note if the "cooled" lava can be immediately walked on. And how much footgear protection the person would need.

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Athena's Quarter
Level: 10
Range: 20 feet per level.
Duration: 5 minutes per level.
saving throw: vs 16 (fixed)
PPE: 201

The effect of this spell is to make a pause in any fight or battle for long enough for people to talk. The range of the spell is expanded to 100 feet per level if cast on a Leyline, and is expanded to 200 feet per level if cast at a leyline nexus.
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*yawns* yah I know a bit sparse in details…but work sapped my imagination quotient for today.

taalismn wrote:

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Athena's Quarter
Level: 10
Range: 20 feet per level.
Duration: 5 minutes per level.
saving throw: vs 16 (fixed)
PPE: 201

The effect of this spell is to make a pause in any fight or battle for long enough for people to talk. The range of the spell is expanded to 100 feet per level if cast on a Leyline, and is expanded to 200 feet per level if cast at a leyline nexus.
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*yawns* yah I know a bit sparse in details…but work sapped my imagination quotient for today.

So it's basically a temporary Sanctuary spell?

Mack wrote:One of the iconic images of magic is that of a wizened wizard carrying his trusty staff, and I’ve always been a bit disappointed that there’s no equivalent in Rifts. While Rifts does have some staffs, none of them are personalized to the wielder. They are generic tools that a mage might swap just as a soldier might swap rifles. So I set out to design one myself. The below creation is deliberately geared toward experienced mages, and is mostly useless to low level characters. Thus carrying and using a staff in and of itself is a symbol of experience, power, and status.

The Mage’s Staff is a ritual originally found to be practiced by several native groups located on the fringes of the Dinosaur Swamp. Early explorers dismissed the ritual’s potential, primarily due to a lack of understanding of how the caster’s own magical power and experience affect the outcome. In recent years, as those explorers have aged and gained mystical proficiency, the Mage’s Staff has become a popular (and sometimes fashionable) tool for senior spell casters.

Spell Level: 7th Level Invocation, Ritual only
PPE Required: 100 to power the ritual. Additional required based on the caster’s preference.
Duration: Instant and permanent (until staff is destroyed)
Range: The caster receives all benefits provided the staff remains within a 10 feet of him.
Note – All abilities/bonuses are determined at the time of the ritual, and do not improve as the caster gains levels.

1) PPE Storage
During the ritual, the caster can elect to impart some of his own internal PPE reserves into the staff, thereby creating a PPE battery similar to a talisman. This process is multiplied by the caster’s Bonus to Spell Strength. A caster with a +2 Bonus can sacrifice 10 of his internal PPE to create 20 PPE worth of storage within the staff. A caster with a +4 Bonus can sacrifice 10 PPE to create 40 points of storage. Caster’s with a bonus lower than 2 will find this function useless. The sacrificed PPE (10 in the above examples) is semi-permanently removed from the mage’s internal PPE reserve. How much PPE the mage sacrifices is up to his own desires (as little or as much as his own internal storage). Should the staff ever be destroyed, the sacrificed PPE will return to the mage at his/her normal recovery rate. (Note, only the caster’s own Bonus to Spell Strength is used. Additional bonuses from outside sources, such as a magic amulet, are ignored.)

2) Health Bonus
By bonding with the staff, mage will automatically gain a bonus to his Hit Points. The bonus is based on the mage’s current Hit Points, multiplied by his experience level. A 7th level mage with 30 Hit Points will receive a bonus of 210 Hit Points. For experienced mages, this grants them the ability to withstand very minor amounts of Mega-Damage. Should the staff be destroyed, this bonus instantly vanishes. This function has no effect on caster’s who are mega-damage beings, only typical mortals (humans, ogres, elves, etc.).

3) The Staff
The staff itself must be all wood (ornamentation may be added after the ritual) and of a reasonable size for the mage (a human cannot use a twig, nor a log). After the ritual, it becomes extremely resilient and possesses 60 MDC. It can be used to block or parry MD attacks, but inflicts damage according to the wielder’s strength. Due to the unique nature of the bond, the caster wields it with little effort and receives the bonuses from WP Blunt equals to his own level at the time of the ritual. Thus a 6th level mage would get bonuses from WP Blunt as if he had always had the skill, but the ability will not improve when he becomes 7th level. Additionally, the bonuses only apply to the staff, no other weapons. When destroyed, the mage will immediately suffer a great, stabbing pain throughout his body and be weakened for 1D4 days (-2 to attributes, combat rolls, bonuses, etc.) Afterwards, the mage must wait 1D6 weeks before creating another staff. Some mages will deliberately destroy their own staff in order to create a more powerful one, while others come to have great affection for it and maintain their first one for their entire lives.

As a mystical extension of the mage, in some cases it can be used as if it were a part of his own body. When casting a spell that requires the mage to touch his target, the mage may touch the recipient with his staff in lieu of his own hand. Spells that launch a magical blast, such as Fire Ball, may be "shot" from the staff's tip (no change to any strike bonuses). Spells such as Lightblade can be made to emanate from the staff, effectively making it a spear or pole weapon.

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Mack, where are you quoting that from?

Mack wrote:

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Mack, where are you quoting that from?

Myself. I just happened use quotes to set off the addendum.

taalismn wrote:Lucidity(Invocation)
Lucidity is the result of ongoing research into magically reversing the effects of progressive mental degeneration not affected by spells like Cure Illness or Cure Insanity. Lucidity temporarily reverses and negates the effects of dementia, senility, Alzheimers Disease, and other progressive mental illnesses. It is becoming a favorite spell of some magical healers, hospitals, and hospices to allow for the extraction of information from deranged minds, or allow patients to temporarily regain possession of their rational minds long enough to connect with friends and family. It can also temporarily break magic-induced insanities.
Level: 8th
Type: Invocation
Range: Touch or 6 ft per level of experience
Duration: 10 minutes per level of experience
Saving Throw: Standard
PPE Cost: 15
Effects:
Temporarily reverses the effects of dementia, senility, Alzheimers Disease, and other progressive mental illnesses. When Lucidity is in effect, the affected person will have full possession of their faculties, including their memory, and spells/powers like Total Recall will work as normal.
If used to treat magically-induced insanities, it restores lucidity for the normal time period, but only interrupts the magic, not negate it, though it gives the victim a second roll to resist the curse-spell, at +1.
Lucidity cannot be cast more than three times consequentively per 24 hours without running the risk of the person starting to develop a resistance to it; any subsequent casting attempts beyond three times, and the person will develop a +1, each new spell casting attempt, to save against the Lucidity taking hold again. This is what is keeping the spell from being lauded as a true cure, and instead as a stopgap treatment.

The Oh So Amazing Nate wrote:

taalismn wrote:Lucidity(Invocation)

Bless your heart.

taalismn wrote:Can the Smoke Monster blind or choke(smoke inhalation) somebody if it manages to engulf their head/breathing openings?

Glistam wrote:

taalismn wrote:Can the Smoke Monster blind or choke(smoke inhalation) somebody if it manages to engulf their head/breathing openings?

That seems reasonable. Maybe as an attack it can force an opponent to make a save vs Non-Lethal Poison or suffer negatives related to being blinded and choked by smoke. Probably the same or similar penalties as in one of the smoke spells.

taalismn wrote:Wax Body(Necromancy)(Invocation)
Level: 7
Type: Invocation.
Range: Touch or 6 ft.
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: None
PPE Cost: 35
Effects:
This spell,(also known as Impressionable Corpse in some circles) cast on a dead body, allows the corpse to be imprinted with the appearance of another person. The corpse must be of the same general size (within six inches) and build of the person being imitated to be truly effective, and the person must touch the corpse within 5 minutes of the casting. The corpse will then spontaneously mold and reform to take on the features of the person who touched it. The new appearance will externally match the person perfectly, even down to eye color and dental records. Only a thorough autopsy, DNA test or a Negate Magic spell cast on the corpse will reveal the deception. Great for faking a death, provided a suitable corpse is available.

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Brazilian Job
Level: 4 common magic/invocation
Range: self, touch or 6'+1'/L
Duration: Instant.
Saving throw: none if being touched, otherwise standard
PPE Cost: 14

No one will admit to crafting this spell but it 1st appeared on an earth in the 1980's in it's south americas.
The effects of this spell it to remove the hair that is on a person. This is just a depilatory effect, in which just the dead parts of the hair is removed. The casting mage can remove as little as one hair and as much as all the hair on a person. If the mage is doing artistic hair removal then they need Line of Sight and roll vs their art skill (any) or 20%+3% per level (like with Related and secondary this starts at base skill level and only advances with leveling up.)

At level 5 a mage can effect one additional person per casting. This is limited to generalized area removals.

taalismn wrote:The important question is, does it do it PAINLESSLY?
Otherwise I can see somebody touching somebody else and
"AAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH!!!"
"What happened?"
"MY CHEST MANE!!!! IT'S GONNNEEEEE!!!"

The Oh So Amazing Nate wrote:

taalismn wrote:The important question is, does it do it PAINLESSLY?
Otherwise I can see somebody touching somebody else and
"AAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH!!!"
"What happened?"
"MY CHEST MANE!!!! IT'S GONNNEEEEE!!!"

There should be a ludicrous mage combat variant to this spell for this reason alone.

Merc-fighter "How are we going to get past all those guards without starting a firefight and botching the whole job?

Merc-Ludicrous Mage "Watch and be amazed." Waggles fingers at guards followed by several furious ripping motions.

Guards "AAAHAHHHH!! Sweet mother of Fuuuuu!" The guard are now momentarily incapacitated as they lie on the ground, some holding their now bleeding noses, upper lips, and both front and back nethers.

Merc-Fighter "You..? You?! You are the most twisted s.o.b. I've ever worked with. I like your style!"

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:[
Yep, agree that the LM version would just rip the hairs to out. *chuckles*

taalismn wrote:

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:[
Yep, agree that the LM version would just rip the hairs to out. *chuckles*

Just be careful who you use it on....

"Guys, there's a ...well, he CLAIMS to be a sasquatch. Sez he tracked one of you down here...something about payback?"

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:

taalismn wrote:
"Guys, there's a ...well, he CLAIMS to be a sasquatch. Sez he tracked one of you down here...something about payback?"

Sounds like a Darwin Award situation.

taalismn wrote:

Glistam wrote:

taalismn wrote:Can the Smoke Monster blind or choke(smoke inhalation) somebody if it manages to engulf their head/breathing openings?

That seems reasonable. Maybe as an attack it can force an opponent to make a save vs Non-Lethal Poison or suffer negatives related to being blinded and choked by smoke. Probably the same or similar penalties as in one of the smoke spells.

Yeah, if you introduce a particular form of animate matter, be sure to take advantage of that matter-state's particular properties.

And of course, that self-same mischievous smoke-spirit can potentially trigger smoke alarms, maybe cause small air-breathing engines to seize up, trip air quality alerts....the sort of things that annoy high-tech controlled/monitored environments.

The Oh So Amazing Nate wrote:Is it warm? I could see it in a cleric/healers toolkit. find someone who's suffering from exposure to the cold/wet. lightcoat will warm them up and dry them out. and since it's light..maybe ease any fears from being in the dark.

oh! what a neat diversion. cast lightcoat on something away from where you are to draw attention away from you. or cast it on a rabbit or something so they enemy will have something to chase.

neat spell, lots of possibilities,

Shark_Force wrote:based on the spell saving throw entry, i can only presume that the 290 foot radius (per level) AoE of the light was a typo.

or, alternately, making the save causes you to have the most epic stumble imaginable.

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:what about unreinforced concrete?

Nice naming, it said exactly what the spell does in two words.

I would omit the "/Dual ", a warlock with two elements with one being earth is still an earth warlock.

The Oh So Amazing Nate wrote:

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:what about unreinforced concrete?

Nice naming, it said exactly what the spell does in two words.

I would omit the "/Dual ", a warlock with two elements with one being earth is still an earth warlock.

I partially agree with this. I was wondering why a Dual Elementalist would get more than 2x the power of a pure earth warlock? Maybe i'm just reading things wrong. But in m limited understanding the effect should go something like this...

Strata - Vision: 80 ft + whatever %

Dual Elementalist (earth +): 80 ft plus some lesser bonus because the warlock ability isn't purely focused on earth

Earth Warlock: 2X power (or 160 feet for the math deficient )

Also I think it shouldn't be "stopped" by reinforced concrete, but rather hampered. They can still see through the earth material, but the rebar would put obstructions in their field of vision. Think of it like looking through a fence or the bars of a cage. You can see what's on the other side, but there are things in the way.

Just my thoughts.

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:maybe with dual Element warlocks, that the spell will work for stuff of the other element.
Like being able to see though fog if paired with water or seeing through wood stuff if paired with fire.