Cheap Bardic Spells for Peer Review

[technomonkey]

Pastoral Portal (inspired by Wizard's Door):
With one touch, the bricks leapt aside and allowed him to pass. The sorcerer's touch will create a portal in any wall of stone or wood up to a pace thick. The obstacle may be increased by one for each additional pace of thickness.

Element: Earth Ob 1 Act 6
Impetus: Control Ob 5 Act 16
Origin: Personal Ob 0 Act 1
Duration: Sustained Ob 2 Act 2
AoE: Paces Ob 2 Act 4

Ob ( (5+2)/2 + (1+2)/2 + 0)/2 = (3.5+1.5+0)/2 = 5/2 = 2.5 ->3
Actions ( (16+2)/2 + (6+4)/2 + 1)/2 = (9+5+1)/2 = 15/2 = 7.5 -> 8

Cap -1 Ob
Extension -1 Ob x5 actions
Ob 1 Act 40





Cantabile con Competencia:
Grants a +1D bonus to target for one skill.

Element: Anima Ob 5 Actions 5
Impetus: Enhance Ob 4 Actions 12
Origin: Personal Ob 0 Actions 1
Duration: Sustained Ob 2 Actions 2
Area of Effect: Single Target Ob 1 Actions 2

Ob ( (5+4)/2 + (2+1)/2 + 0 ) /2 = (4.5 + 1.5 + 0) / 2 = 3
Actions = ( (5+12)/2 + (2+2)/2 + 1 )/2 = (8.5 + 2 + 1)/2 = 5.75 -> 6

Cap -1 Ob
Extension -1 Ob x5 Actions

Ob 1 Actions 30





Song for the Supposed Swordsman:
A song circles and distracts the target, who suddenly finds it harder to use his weapon. Add +1 Ob to Target's weapon skill.

Element: Air Ob 2 Actions 4
Impetus: Tax Ob 1 Actions 1
Origin: Presence Ob 2 Actions 2
Duration: Sustained Ob 2 Actions 2
AoE: Single Target Ob 1 Actions 2

Ob ( (2+1)/2 + (2+2)/2 + 1 )/2 = (1.5+2+1)/2 = 4.5/2 = 2.25 -> 3
Actions ( (4+2)/2 + (2+2)/2 + 1)/2 = (3+2+1)/2 = 6/2 = 3

Cap -1 Ob
Minoris -1 Ob

Ob 1 Actions 3





Fugue of Fragments:
Small pieces of wood and stone fly from the area to penetrate the victim. Power = 1/2 Will, +1 for every 3 successes, DOF, VA 2.

Element: Earth ob 1 actions 6
Impetus: Destroy ob 2 actions 2
Origin: Presence ob 2 actions 2
Duration: Instantaneous ob 0 actions 1
AoE: Paces ob 2 actions 4

Ob ( (1+2)/2 + (2+2)/2 + 0 )/2 = (1.5+2+0)/2 = 3.5/2 = 1.75 -> 2
Actions ( (6+2)/2 + (2+4)/2 + 1)/2 = (4+3+1)/2 = 8/2 = 4

Compression +2 Ob 1/4 Actions
Minoris -3 ob : power = 1/2 will, +1 for every 3 successes

Ob 1^ Actions 1

[Kublai]

Cool! That portal spell is a thief's or siege engineer's dream!

We should come up with wards against it!

[luke]

very cool stuff. Fugue is just like Shards, though!

[stormsweeper]

Cool! That portal spell is a thief's or siege engineer's dream!

We should come up with wards against it!

More of the latter than the former. 40 actions is a long time!

I also think Cantabile con Competencia needs a majoris if it can affect any skill.

technomonkey: I'm sure part of your intent is to slow these spells down to make them cheaper to burn at chargen, but be sure to check out the special Patiently and Carefully rules for sorcery.

[technomonkey]

More of the latter than the former. 40 actions is a long time!

I also think Cantabile con Competencia needs a majoris if it can affect any skill.

I was back and forth on this, since the Abstractions rules say under Enhance that "Single skill enhancements might be considered for the Minoris sigil." This seems to be one step up from single skill. From Minoris to no sigil. But maybe there are three levels: single skill, skill group (weapon, academic, etc), all skills. So then it would get a Majoris, because its two steps up from a Minoris. Does that make sense?



technomonkey: I'm sure part of your intent is to slow these spells down to make them cheaper to burn at chargen, but be sure to check out the special Patiently and Carefully rules for sorcery.

Yes, that was exactly my intention. Portal and Fugue are simply Wizard's Door and Shards with lower obstacles by making them slower and weaker (respectively). But it also makes some sense for beginning spell casters, since they may have been taught dumbed down versions so that they are less dangerous.

[technomonkey]

This is a revised version of Cantabile con Competencia, which accounts for the Majoris as suggested, and also adds Caster as an AoE option.

Cantabile con Competencia:
Grants a +1D bonus to target or caster for one skill.

Element: Anima Ob 5 Actions 5
Impetus: Enhance Ob 4 Actions 12
Origin: Personal Ob 0 Actions 1
Duration: Sustained Ob 2 Actions 2
Area of Effect: Single Target Ob 1 Actions 2 or Caster Ob 0 Actions 1

Ob ( (5+4)/2 + (2+1)/2 + 0 + 0) /2 = (4.5 + 1.5 + 0 + 0) / 2 = 3
Actions = ( (5+12)/2 + (2+2)/2 + 1 + 1)/2 = (8.5 + 2 + 1 + 1)/2 = 12.5/2 = 5.25 -> 7

Cap -1 Ob
Majoris +1 Ob

Ob 3 Actions 7