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Spell-Like Items

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Many items fill similar functions to spells and use many of the same rules. They have all be gathered here.

Imbued Items

One of the most common functions of magic items is to cast spells. These are sometimes referred to as imbued items. Often the item simply lists how many times per event it will cast a certain spell. A character must be attuned to an item to use it. To use the item, hold it in a hand (or wear it) then say an appropriate incantation. The spell works just like casting using your own Power, but the item provides the Power instead.

A character can only use one item per event to cast any given spell. Characters may wear more than one item that grants the same spell. Once a character has used one item to cast a spell, any other imbued items may not be used to cast the same spell. Potions, scrolls, wands and other consumables may still be used as normal, this rule only applies to imbued items that cast a spell each event.

For example, a PC has a ring equipped that casts Heal Body 3 times an event. They also have a cloak equipped that casts Heal Mortal Wound 1 time an event AND Heal Body 1 time an event. The PC uses the ring's power to cast Heal Body and bring a party member back to full health. They can still use the cloak's imbued Heal Mortal Wound, but the Heal Body that is also imbued is unusable until next event. They can still use the remaining 2 casts of Heal Body from the ring.

Imbued items can be crafted using craft points and either the Ornamenting or the Weaponsmithing skills. Some items made using the Tinkering skill work like this as well, but with no customization options.

Rods

A rod is an object that allows a character who does not know a spell to cast it anyway. Some rods can also have features that modify what happens when you cast their spell if you are holding the rod. When using a rod a character always provides their own power points.

Props for rods must be between 18 and 36 inches in length and can never be used as a weapon.

Rods are creating using craft points and the ornamenting skill. A rod can only have crafting features explicitly designed for rods. There is no maximum number of craft points for a rod, but a rod can only have one spell associated with it.

Tomes

A tome functions very similarly to a rod. Tomes contain 1 or more spells in them. A character attuned to a tome can read from it to cast any spells contained inside using their own power points, but without needing to know the spell.

Crafting a tome requires craft points and the Scholar role-playing skill. Player crafting tomes can only contain spells from one school and have a cap of 120 craft points (enough for each spell in a school). Tomes can only take crafting features that specifically say they are for tomes.

Wands

A wand is a crafted item that provides power points to cast a specific spell selected when the wand is made. The pool of power points a wand has available is also determined when the wand is first made.

You cast the spell out of the wand like you would for any other magic item, but when the wand would provide power points it consumes them out of the pool inside the wand. A single wand can be used as many times in an event as it has power, often far more than any other magic item, however once all the power points in the wand are depleted it is gone forever. Wands do not regenerate their power points under normal circumstances.

The prop for a wand should be between 8 and 16 inches in length. Wands may never be used in combat as weapons.

Wands are created using craft points and the ornamenting skill. When crafting a wand only features that explicitly go into a wand can be put into a wand.

Potions Rules

Potions provide the effects of a spell to anyone who drinks them. They provide their own power and do not require an incantation.

A potion is used by role-playing drinking it, or by concealing it in food like an ingested alchemical. When someone consumes the potion they are affected by the spell as if it had been cast upon them. The user counts as the person casting the spell for the purposes of voluntarily dispelling it.

Oils are like potions, but for spells that are applied to objects or areas instead of characters. To apply an oil, role-play applying it to the affected area.

No skill is needed to identify a potion (or oil). Any character is capable of understanding the effects a potion will have.

After using a potion or an oil, the character does not have to destroy the consumable slip right away. A player may wait for the next convenient moment to do so, if for example they drink a potion in the middle of a combat.

When administering a potion to a character who has the Helpless condition, you must have the first aid skill.

Potions are created using production points and the brew potion skill.

Scrolls

A scroll is a consumable item that can be used by a character with the read magic skill to cast the spell written upon it. The scroll provides the power points and knowledge needed to cast the spell written on it and then it is destroyed.

When a scroll has a range of self, you may only use it if you know the spell on the scroll.

Scrolls are produced using the scribe scroll skill and production points.

Potion Listing

Name	School	Item Level	Duration	Oil Description	Scarce
Ghastly Visage	Necromancy	1	Medium (10 Minutes)	Mindless undead think you are one of them. Enter unhallowed areas.	No
Heal Body	Restoration	1	Instant	Heal any body damage on a subject	No
Magic Armor	Aegis	1	Long (Game Day)	Grants 2 points of Magic Armor	No
Strength	Battle	1	Medium (10 Minutes)	A target gains +1 might. For some characters, may make an attack for '2 Slay!' (4 with a great weapon)	No
Toughness	Aegis	1	Medium (10 Minutes)	Give a character 2 extra body points, or protect against killing blows.	No
Anti-Magic Shield	Aegis	2	Long (Game Day)	Prevents the next spell that hits the target.	No
Dissipate	Nature	2	Medium (10 Minutes)	Vanish from sight safe from most harm.	No
Purify Spirit	Restoration	2	Instant	Cures a subject of all poisons in their body.	No
Restore Limb	Restoration	2	Instant	Cures all limb wounds on a subject.	No
Spellburst	Battle	2	Medium (10 Minutes)	Your spells produce handfuls of tag bags and not just one.	No
Spirit Shield	Aegis	2	Long (Game Day)	Prevents the next poison or acid effect against the target.	No
Elemental Weapon	Nature	3	Medium (10 Minutes)	Allows all weapons carried by the user to strike for Nature damage.	No
Heal Mortal Wound	Restoration	3	Instant	Heal a torso wound on a subject.	No
Improved Magic Armor	Aegis	3	Long (Game Day)	Grants 4 points of Magic Armor	No
Resilience	Restoration	3	Medium (10 Minutes)	Make a subject immune to killing blows, and turns all damage against them to blunt.	No

Oil Listing

Oil Name	School	Item Level	Duration	Oil Description	Scarce
Enhance Armor	Enchantment	1	Long (Game Day)	Increase a piece of physical armor's protective value by 1.	No
Magic Lock	Enchantment	1	Long (Game Day)	Hold a door or container magically closed.	No
Magic Strike	Battle	1	Medium (10 Minutes)	Weapon's next hit is deals 4 damage.	No
Mend Armor	Nature	1	Instant	The primary means of repairing armor of all varieties.	No
Creeping Rot	Necromancy	2	Medium (10 Minutes)	Allows a weapon to deal poison damage.	No
Enchant Shield	Enchantment	2	Long (Game Day)	The enchanted shield prevents the next acid or spell call to hit it.	No
Silvershine	Enchantment	2	Medium (10 Minutes)	A weapon can deal silver damage	No
Enchant Weapon	Enchantment	3	Medium (10 Minutes)	A weapon can deal Elven Steel damage.	No
Sanctuary	Aegis	3	Medium (10 Minutes)	Creates a 20 foot diameter bubble around the caster	No
Spellstore	Enchantment	3	Longest (Event) or until expended	Store the magic of another spell in your weapon to draw upon it later.	No

Scarce Potions Listing

Name	School	Item Level	Duration	Oil Description	Scarce
Abomination	Necromancy	3	Medium (10 Minutes)	The target grows into a huge monster and gains monstrous characteristics.	Yes
Anti-Magic Aura	Aegis	2	Short (1 Minute)	Prevents ALL magic effects against a target.	Yes
Aura of Reflection	Aegis	3	Long (Game Day)	Prevents spells from affecting you and lets you cast them back again.	Yes
Battle Mastery	Battle	3	Long (Game Day)	Become immune to magic damage and wield any weapon.	Yes
Combat Prowess	Battle	2	Medium (10 Minutes)	Grant a character all combat skills	Yes
Dreadlord	Necromancy	3	Medium (10 Minutes)	Take on characteristics of the undead and gain the ability to control them.	Yes
Grim Sight	Necromancy	2	Medium (10 Minutes)	Finds the presence of living or undead around the target.	Yes
Heroism	Compulsion	2	Medium (10 Minutes)	Gain extra body, with consequences after the battle	Yes
Mind Blank	Compulsion	3	Long (Game Day)	Make a target immune to compulsion effects	Yes
Panacea	Restoration	2	Instant	Heal a subject of all wounds and body points.	Yes
Primal Form	Nature	3	Medium (10 Minutes)	A character takes on characteristics of an elemental and can order natural creatures around.	Yes
Revive	Restoration	3	Instant	Heals a dead character even if they are poisoned.	Yes
Poison Immunity	Aegis	3	Long (Game Day)	Protects against ALL poisons, acids and harmful alchemy effects.	Yes
Synchronize	Aegis	2	Special	Grants Toughness, Spirit Shield, Anti-Magic Shield and Improved Magic Armor.	Yes

Scarce Oil Listing

Oil Name	School	Item Level	Duration	Oil Description	Scarce
Ablative Armor	Enchantment	2	Long (Game Day)	Enchance armor to prevent the next two hits without 'Pierce!' that hit it	Yes
Ruin	Nature	2	Short (1 Minute)	The best way to deal with a shield wall. Enchant a weapon to deal acid damage or throw infinite acid tag bags.	Yes
Shadowskin	Enchantment	3	Medium (10 Minutes)	Make a target temporarily immune to all regular damage.	Yes
Wraithbane	Enchantment	3	Long (Game Day)	A weapon can deal Elven Steel damage and it does increased damage.	Yes

Scroll-Like Items

Some scarce items follow all the rules for scrolls except that they are not based on standard spells. Either they allow for casting your choice of spells from a limited criteria or they are a piece of paper that has special properties.

While typically scarce items are not viewable by players these items are, so that players can see how they work.

Scroll Name	School	Scroll Level	Duration	Spell Description	Scarce
Level One Prismatic Spell Scroll	Hybrid	1	Variable	Use to cast any level 1 spell.	Yes
Level Two Prismatic Spell Scroll	Hybrid	1	Variable	Use to cast any level 2 spell.	Yes
Level Three Prismatic Spell Scroll	Hybrid	1	Variable	Use to cast any level 3 spell.	Yes
Level Four Prismatic Spell Scroll	Hybrid	2	Variable	Use to cast any level 4 spell.	Yes
Level Five Prismatic Spell Scroll	Hybrid	3	Variable	Use to cast any level 5 spell.	Yes
Ritual Paper	None	2	None	Used in the permanent creation of rare loot rituals.	Yes
Writ of Aegis	Aegis	3	Instant	This counts as an Aegis Ritual Component	Yes
Writ of Battle	Battle	3	Instant	This counts as an Battle Ritual Component	Yes
Writ of Compulsion	Compulsion	3	Instant	This counts as an Compulsion Ritual Component	Yes
Writ of Enchantment	Enchantment	3	Instant	This counts as an Enchantment Ritual Component	Yes
Writ of Nature	Nature	3	Instant	This counts as an Nature Ritual Component	Yes
Writ of Necromancy	Necromancy	3	Instant	This counts as an Necromancy Ritual Component	Yes
Writ of Restoration	Restoration	3	Instant	This counts as an Restoration Ritual Component	Yes

References

Imbued Item Crafting Features

Rod Crafting Features

Tome Crafting Features

Wand Crafting Features

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