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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 4) Blindness:
Optional rule suggestion - Since some animals like Bats,<br>
Dolphins, etc. use radar/extrasensory things to
'see' how about<br>
<span class=GramE>an</span> optional rule so
this spell works on those creatures. Maybe<br>
<span class=GramE>a</span> x3 mana cost for this
to be effected or a x2? Say your swimming<br>
<span class=GramE>and</span> suddenly a shark is
coming toward you..<span class=GramE>you</span> cast this spell and<br>
<span class=GramE>its</span> magnetic
sense/blood sense is lost and it goes off in some<br>
<span class=GramE>random</span>
direction. In some regard I recall reading a myth about<br>
<span class=GramE>underwater</span> creatures
(like Mermen) that had this ability to use<br>
<span class=GramE>on</span> the sea creatures
when in danger.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think
we can just hand-wave this without any other rules.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Just say that the spell affects the
primary targeting sense of the target in question (hey, it's magic). <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Perhaps add <span class=GramE>a</span> x3
option to eliminate the main targeting sense and other secondary senses (hearing,
smell, vision for bats).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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[New Spell Suggestions]<br>
<br>
Many of the following are from notes and campaigns from years gone by.<br>
Some even created by players. I present them here since I'm
working<br>
<span class=GramE>on</span> this project to see what you guys
think. Maybe if <span class=GramE>richard</span> thinks<br>
<span class=GramE>they</span> are worthy of official representation in
pnp2. No particular<br>
<span class=GramE>order</span> here just as it comes to me or as I find
my notes:<br>
<br>
1) Turn Undead: Spell will force the undead (Dead, Ghosts, Vampires,<br>
<span class=GramE>etc</span>.) <span class=GramE>away</span>
from caster and its affect area. It creates a force<br>
<span class=GramE>of</span> living energy around the
caster to overwhelm the dead. Those<br>
<span class=GramE>affected</span> will leave the
affect area.<br>
<br>
Range: (EL+1<span class=GramE>)x2</span>"
(Radius)<br>
Duration: EL+1 <span class=GramE>phases</span><br>
BMC: 1<br>
Alignment: Shamanic or Law<br>
<br>
Notes: I know some systems use this spell in some
form. Even<br>
<span class=GramE>that</span> other game with drgons
we won't mention. I've done many<br>
<span class=GramE>games</span> with Dead and Ghosts
and this spell would've been useful<br>
<span class=GramE>if</span> only to give the caster
and his group a reprieve from a onslaught<br>
<span class=GramE>of</span> undead cretures like
skeletons.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think
the way the game was going was that the Priests as noted in <span class=SpellE>Heros</span>
Magazine had something like this. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>While
wizards manipulated energies related to the alignments (Law, Chaos), the
Priests worked with the gods (or their avatars) directly.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>SO while a <span class=SpellE>Wiazard</span>
casts a spell, a Priest invokes a portion of his god's power into the
world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That
said<span class=GramE>,</span> beings of Undead are Chaos by nature,
technically "minions" of chaos.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I would say that "turning them"
is more a priestly idea.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A wizard
would just as soon blast them, or be protected from them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<br>
5) Animal Powers <br>
<span class=GramE>This</span> family has the following
member spells:<br>
BMC: <span class=GramE>3 <br>
Alignment</span>: Shmanic<br>
<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>I like the idea, but each spell needs
its own BMC, as expanded in the Book of Tables for other powers.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Remember that the powers BMC is a rough
average of the component <span class=SpellE>BMCs</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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6) Camouflage<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I like
the concept, not sure about the mechanics.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>If P&Pv2 has better (or any) mechanics for hiding, stealth or notice
skills It may have some merit. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>But
as is it is too similar to invisibility. I think the better way to go is a
spell that lasts something like (EL+1) strategic turns. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>During this time the ambush chance of the
camouflaged person is increased by some amount.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Obviously the entire party must be
affected in order to gain the full increase, but if at least one member is
affected (the point man) you get (EL+1) added to your ambush chance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
7) Morale Change [For lack of better words]<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Suggested
spell name: Rout<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>I think some note in the spell needs to be made depending on the
circumstances.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And the resulting
check should be considered the same as a skill roll, and the appropriate
multipliers applied.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>While the case
you give might be considered by the GM to be an "average", doing
the same when faced by 10 soldiers or 30+ bandits might be difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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7) Entropy<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span class=GramE><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Very strange spell.</span></font></span><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Not sure if it has a place in the game
as I see "munchkin" written all over it. Entropy sort of needs to
be impersonal and affective of everything, not just the caster or the caster's
enemies. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE>Perhaps
versions of the spell with a tighter focus.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For example "Lethality", in
which the entire area becomes more deadly...ALL combat rolls get a minus
(both sides... one would hope that the wizard's side is better able
to take it, or perhaps he just wants both sides to kill each other off). <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE>It's</span>
obverse "Blunting" (or whatever) adds to the combat rolls of all
sides. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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8) Encryption<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Need a
more anarchistic term then encryption.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><span class=GramE>Perhaps "Hidden Meaning" or something.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>You need notes about decoding a coded
text has an MDV equal to the caster's MEL and the EL of the spell used to
encode.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And use "obscure"
and "reveal" rather than "encode" and "decode".
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Think Fantasy, not internet. :}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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9) Cosmic Powers<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>I don't really like this one.</span></font></span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I don't think
the concepts mesh well with the PL canon. <span class=GramE>parts</span> of the
power are good though. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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A) Meteor Shower<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I don't like this one.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For all we know the upper world is truly
"above" the middle world...are these asteroids coming down
through it?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Does the PL universe
even have a concept of space? <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For
all we know the Sun truly is a God in asbestos booties hauling ass across the
sky by day and resting at night.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Seasons are the play warfare of the gods of summer and winter, not axial
tilt.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> B)
Star Navigation<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Not sure
about this one, though I like the idea.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> C)
Moon Shine<br>
</span></font><span class=GramE><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>To powerful and too
vague.</span></font></span><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A light spell at least has the
disadvantage in that your light can be seen by others.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Here they have no chance.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And it's vague as to "what
exactly can you see by full moonlight?"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think
a better way to go here is another animal power "<span class=SpellE>Catseyes</span>"
that increases you ability to see in darkness. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The actual affects per EL would need to
be clearly defined.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> D)
Cosmic Time<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>I don't like this one primarily
on "feel" alone. Only technological societies need split-minute
timing.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This has value, I suppose,
if you wish to instruct a minion to do something at a certain time.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>But that minion would need to be able to
cast this spell.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>If such a "timing"
spell is needed (call it "True Timing" or something, the caster
spends the BMC, plus some <span class=SpellE>mana</span> per inclusion and
details a time event as a part of the spell. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>As the time gets closer the targets will
feel a growing sense of anticipation or unease (no illusionary <span
class=GramE>hourglasses<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>or</span>
digital clocks or such).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>At the
moment of time all participants will feel the spell's release and "know"
this is the time.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Perhaps the spell
can be defined with a short phrase (EL+1 <span class=GramE>words</span>) that
is spoken in the recipient's in the caster's voice, in what ever
language he uses.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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10) Memorize<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Decent, though the BMC seems a bit
high and the duration a bit low.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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11) Ice Powers<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>A decent <span class=GramE>add</span>
to the system, sort of counters Fire Powers.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The Cold spell is begging to be added to
the family, though.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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D) Ice Movement:<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Better to call it "</span></font></span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>Ice</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>Bridge</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>". <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Range and
duration should be HALVED in desert conditions/hexes, and conceivably DOUBLED
in snow/ice or tundra hexes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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