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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 1) Turn Undead: Spell
will force the undead (Dead, Ghosts, Vampires,<br>
<span class=GramE>etc</span>.) away from caster and its
affect area. It creates a force<br>
of living energy around the caster to overwhelm the
dead. Those<br>
affected will leave the affect area.<br>
<br>
Range - (EL+1)x2"
(Radius)<br>
Duration - EL+1 phases<br>
BMC - 1<br>
Alignment - Shamanic or Law<br>
<br>
Notes: After finishing the Priesthood spells I do
realize now there<br>
are some spells related to this. However, not
everyone uses Priests<br>
and not everyone can FIND a Priest in some
areas. This alternative<br>
gives wizards the ability to do the same thing.
To balance it against<br>
the Priestly spells one could add a basic chance of
failure based<br>
on EL since Priest's are mainly trained for it.
Because the Priests<br>
<span class=GramE>do</span> use a form of spell like
this it may be skipped but it does give<br>
<span class=GramE>a</span> basic alternative. <br
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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'>That's
more a problem with the core rules.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Given how important the gods are to the world, Priests should have been
a part of the core rule books, along with the creation rules.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For v2 this oversight can be corrected.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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2) Energy Web [or Spider Web]<br>
<br>
Notes: I know astral web is there. But that's a
BMC 4 spell<br>
and it does more than one target.
This one just does a<br>
single target. It also is 1 BMC
less. The optional rule can<br>
be expanded for another roll like Will or
Dex and a variable<br>
to that like Will x2. I use basic
strength as <span class=GramE>a</span> outline.<br style='mso-special-character:
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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'>Because <span
class=GramE>Astral</span> web DOES exist I would think this is better of being
an actual web of sticky strands, and make it more of a <span class=SpellE>Kotothi</span>
spell.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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3) Deafness<br>
<br>
Notes: Blindness is great but it only does one
target. Imagine a<br>
caster being attacked by a small force led
by a leader who shouts<br>
orders. If those attackers are
suddenly deaf they become confused.<br>
The leader would be useless and his troops
would become single<br>
<span class=GramE>individuals</span>
rather than a distinct unit.<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'>Silence
does the same thing, though <span class=GramE>it's</span> side effects
are pretty harsh. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Deafness is more
of an annoyance than a <span class=SpellE>hinderance</span> (hearing is not a targeting
sense for most races).<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 would
change the chaos spell to "Deadly Silence" due to <span
class=GramE>it's</span> effects and make a <span class=SpellE>Sidhe</span>/Elder
spell of Silence that just eliminates all sound within the volume (by quelling
the air spirits so that sound does not travel).<span
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4) Sensory Powers<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'>All of
these spells are nice fluff, but unless the mechanics are overhauled such that
sensory tests become important I don't see them ever chosen or even
used.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Any player I have
encountered, unless he is a real hairy <span class=SpellE>roleplayer</span>
will turn up his nose at these spells in favor of more practical ones.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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5) Animal Powers <br>
<span class=GramE>This</span> family has the following
member spells:<br>
Alignment: Shamanic<br>
<br>
Note: Slay the Tame, WildNess and Music could be put
into<br>
<span class=GramE>this</span> family
group. <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'>Slay the
tame makes no sense for this - these powers seem to imply dealing with
animals, not whacking them. :}, and is properly shamanic.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Wildness does fit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> A) Animal Sight<br>
<br>
Notes: This spell is useful for example if you cast it
on a Hawk<br>
<span class=GramE>flying</span> over a valley.
As he soars you can see the valley and<br>
see if your being followed or of other forces in the
area. The<br>
<span class=GramE>caster</span> has NO control over
the animal just can see through it.<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'>Good
one.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE>Fits the
shaman mythos.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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B) Animal Disruption<br>
This spell is like Abandon but for
Animals only. It allows ALL<br>
animals in the effected radius area to suddenly go
berserk or crazy.<br>
They will immediately react and flee the area in some
fashion. This<br>
<span class=GramE>affects</span> ALL animal life in
the area from the lowest Ant to the biggest<br>
<span class=GramE>of</span> animals like Bear.<br
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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'>Problem
is<span class=GramE>,</span> it's not like abandon at all.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Having some sort of "go <span
class=SpellE>apeshit</span>" spell just to cause confusion seems kind of
weak in a shaman point of view.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
would think a more useful variant would be something like "Animal Guard",
which calls any animal within the range to the caster's defense.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This could be abstracted with the
creation of some sort of "swarm" rules (which needs to be added to
P&Pv2) in which the aggregate "creature" is a swarm of birds,
rabbits, etc with some total "Hit points" to disperse and OCV+DCV
total based on the EL of the spell.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Being a swarm there are no "deadly hits" allowed on it (no
vital point<span class=GramE>)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Likewise</span> the damage done on successful hits.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Even the AV can be upped as the spell
gets higher (increased number of entities in the swarm means your damage is
eliminating a smaller percentage at a time, perhaps even inflicting no
significant impact.)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Obviously some
sort of "recharge" time is required after the spell is used (in
days), or an area you have to move (100x range) in order to be able to recast
the spell.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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B) Animal Speed<br>
This spell increases the speed of <span
class=GramE>a</span> animal in a given range<br style='mso-special-character:
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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'>This
should be like friendly currents in that it can also SLOW a creature's
speed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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E) Animal Talk<br>
This spell allows the caster to
learn information from <span class=GramE>a</span> animal.<br>
It is not the same as talking to the animal but the
informatino gained<br>
is more generic. The main use of this spell is
to learn if a specific<br>
target was seen by the animal and how long ago it was
seen. The<br>
success chance is helped by the Intellect of the
animal. Per Int<br>
point the animal has the success chance is decreased
by 5%. Spell<br>
has no duration but if the spell succeeds the caster
learns if the<br>
target was seen. If the target was seen a mental
image is projected<br>
to the caster by the animal of how long ago through
use of the sun<br>
and moon. Since animals do not judge time they
can only determine<br>
passage of time by how the sun & moon move across
the sky. Thus if<br>
the animal projects the sun being at </span></font><st1:time
Hour="15" Minute="0"><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>3 o'clock</span></font></st1:time><font
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and the current sun is<br>
straight up the time the target was seen was 3 hours
prior. The max<br>
time this works is 12 hours since above that the
animal can't project<br>
a valid time. The Caster must know the target to
be tracked. <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'>I would
chuck the percent roll and fixed result in favor of a fixed chance based on EL
and a table that details the quality of information gained based on the INT of
the creature.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>An INT 1 creature may
be able to respond at best a reply of "I sensed thing like that here",
with perhaps a one or two day time frame (one day, two day, many day). <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>At <span class=SpellE>int</span> 6 you
have human level responses.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>At <span
class=SpellE>Int</span> 5 you get the low-grade moron human level responses,
but certainly more than you would get with a dog or something. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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F) Animal Summoning<br style='mso-special-character:
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Would
need to be refined a bit to differ from "Animal Guards", if that
idea is used.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Otherwise something
like this is useful for the Shamanic arts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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6) Camouflage<br>
This spell acts like a Chameleon and will hide the
person in the<br>
<span class=GramE>terrain</span> he is in. It does not act like an
illusion but simply distorts<br>
<span class=GramE>the</span> terrain and phyiscal appearance of the
person TO those who are seeing.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would
say that anything that starts to distort the terrain starts to bring it into
the realm of wizardry.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Simply
saying that the person takes on color/texture of the terrain will mesh with the
spell name and purpose.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This
differs from elf invisibility since in that case the forest is actively helping
the elves (branches bend slightly to cover exposed portions, or the canopy
alters so that light dappling makes it harder to see the target, the ground
absorbs the noise of movement, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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