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Metamagic Spells – Grey – Magic affecting Magic

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Metamagic Spells – Grey – Magic affecting Magic

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Cantrip (Free with lore, 0 mana)

Detect Magic (Grey Cantrip)

Range:  30 feet radius
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Mass Detect Magic!
Effect:  Caster learns the location and type of any magical source in the range of the spell. Response: If you are subject to or near any active elemental effect call “Ping” for each elemental effect. Only the caster gains the results of this call IC.

First Level (1XP, 1 mana)

Dispel I (Grey First)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 1!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower.
Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Unlike other first-level spells, Dispel I uses a full eight-word vocal. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Fracture (Grey First)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  3 Seconds
Activation Phrase:  Fracture! (point at target)
Effect:  A dart of magic is shot from the caster’s hand which causes momentary disruption of any spellcasting matrix for 3 seconds. Note that this cannot be blocked by any form of armour.

Second Level (2XP, 2 mana)

Dispel II (Grey Second)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 2!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower. Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Disguise Magic (Grey Second)

Range: Self
Duration: 1 hour
Activation Phrase: Disguise Magic!
Effect: The caster is able to bend the appearance of their magic in an area around them, covering their body and personal items (held or on their person). When answering DETECT Magic and REC Magic they replace the element of each of their pings with Grey, but the level of the ping remains the same.

Third Level (2XP, 3 mana)

Dispel III (Grey Third)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 3!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower. Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Mana Drain (Grey Third)

Range:  Touch
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Mana Drain (Caster’s Elemental skill level)!
Effect:  Target loses mana equal to the caster’s Elemental skill level up to as much as the target has. This spell cannot make the target implode.

Fourth Level (3XP, 4 mana)

Dispel IV (Grey Fourth)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 4!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower. Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Mana Share (Grey Fourth)

Range: Touch
Duration: Instant
Activation Phrase: Mana Share [Mana Given]!
Effect: The caster gives mana to the target, up to the caster’s Elemental Skill level. They lose this Mana in addition to the cost of the spell. The target cannot gain more mana than is allowed by their Elemental Power level (excess mana given is lost). If they attempt to transfer more mana than they can afford, they magically implode, even if the mage can afford the initial 4 mana spell cost. The mana will still be transferred to the other party.
Response: Say how much mana you gained.

Spell Cache (Grey Fourth)

Range: Self
Duration: 1 Hour
Activation Phrase: Spell Cache [Stored Spell]!
Effect: The caster ‘stores’ the named spell, and may unleash it at a later time without a vocal (though you must still say the name of the spell). Only one spell can be stored at a time. The stored spell must be of 3rd level or below, which you know and are capable of casting. The mana of this spell and the stored one are consumed when Spell Cache is first cast, while casting damage for the stored spell is taken when the spell is unleashed or expires. If the duration on Spell Cache runs out before the stored spell is used, it expires and the mana is not refunded. If Spell Cache is dispelled, the stored spell is lost also.
While Spell Cache is active, you respond to REC Magic as the element and level of the spell stored.

Fifth Level (3XP, 5 mana)

Dispel V (Grey Fifth)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 5!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower. Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Mana Steal (Grey Fifth)

Range:  Touch
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Mana Steal (Caster’s Elemental skill level)!
Effect:  Target loses mana equal to the caster’s elemental skill level up to as much as the target has, while the caster gains as much as the target lost. This spell cannot make the target implode. Response: Say how much mana you lost.

Sixth Level (4XP, 6 mana)

Dispel VI (Grey Sixth)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 6!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower. Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Embody Small Elemental (Grey Sixth)

Range:  Self
Duration:  5 Minutes
Activation Phrase:  Embody small grey Elemental! TIME FREEZE!
Effect:  Summons a small Saraph to embody the caster, replacing them for the duration of the spell.
On casting Time Freeze should be called and the caster’s player should don the appropriate elemental costume (this spell cannot be cast without it to hand) then Time In in the same pose and position the caster was in. For the duration of the spell, they play the elemental, acting under the mental control of the caster.
The elemental has the stats as per the Elementalism Rules document, effects on the caster are paused while the elemental is embodied and do not carry over to the elemental. Similarly, effects cast on the elemental end when it leaves. The caster cannot act or be targeted while the spell is in effect. When the elemental is destroyed or the duration expires, the caster should call Time Freeze, remove the elemental costume, then Time In as the caster in the same pose and position the elemental was in. All previous effects on the caster then resume.

Imbue Area with Grey (Grey Sixth)

Range: 30 feet
Duration: 24 Hours
Activation Phrase: Imbue this area with Grey! TIME-FREEZE!
Effect: The mage opens wide the portal in their focus, calling forth the raw energy of the elemental plane of Grey. As this energy flows into the world, it infuses the area around the mage, making it more like the elemental plane.
Grey-based spells cast in this area receive double duration, contrariwise all other spells suffer half-duration.
On casting, TIME FREEZE should be called and the caster’s player should explain the effect of the Imbue Area spell. Whilst the spell is in effect, approximately every 5 minutes, the caster should state “OC: We are in an area imbued by Grey” or words to similar effect. The caster must remain conscious and within the area to maintain the effect. The spell will also fade if the caster is killed. The caster should state “OC: The Imbue Area spell is over” or similar.
While imbuing an area, a mage may only cast metamagic. If a second imbue area is cast by anyone over the same area the first disappears and the second takes over.
Grey spells should be prefixed with Greater and all others with Lesser.

Seventh Level (4XP, 7 mana)

Dispel VII (Grey Seventh)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 7!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower. Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Extension I (Grey Seventh)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  30 Minutes
Activation Phrase:  Extension I
Effect: When cast immediately after another spell, the duration of the spell is extended to the duration of the extension. Unlike dispels, this spell follows the normal rules on activation phrases. Affects elemental elves as described in the Elemental Elf Species package.

Eighth Level (5XP, 8 mana)

Dispel VIII (Grey Eighth)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 8!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower. Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Extension II (Grey Eighth)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  60 Minutes
Activation Phrase:  Extension II
Effect: When cast immediately after another spell, the duration of the spell is extended to the duration of the extension. Unlike dispels, this spell follows the normal rules on activation phrases. Affects elemental elves as described in the Elemental Elf Species package.

Reflection (Grey Eighth)

Range:  Self
Duration:  5 Minutes
Activation Phrase:  Reflection!
Effect:  When a spell is cast on the caster he or she need merely extend his palm and say “Reflect!” and the spell is turned back on its caster. Note that the spell must be directed at the person of the caster, so spells targeted at anything they are holding/wearing or dispels targeted at a spell already on the caster are not reflected. Untargeted dispels of levels 8 and above will cancel this spell.

Enchant (Grey Eighth)

Range:  Touch
Duration:  Special
Activation Phrase:  Enchant!
Effect:  This spell preserves and replenishes the energies in magical items.
If cast upon a scroll, it prevents the scroll from becoming destroyed the next time it is read within the next 24 hours.
If cast upon a wand, it replenishes all charges of the current spell stored within the wand, even if it contains no charges currently. The mana used to cast Enchant is committed to the wand exactly as if the caster had originally cast the wand’s spells into it; any excess replenishes normally immediately, any shortfall (in the case of 9th level spells) is added to the commitment immediately.
This spell may affect geomantic and other unusual magic items with charges at ref discretion.

Absorption (Grey Eighth)

Range:  Self
Duration:  5 Minutes
Activation Phrase:  Absorption!
Effect:  Spells cast at the caster are absorbed into his or her body, and he or she gains the mana in the spell up to his or her normal limit. Note that the spell must be directed at the person of the caster, so spells targeted at anything they are holding/wearing or dispels targeted at a spell already on the caster are not absorbed. Untargeted dispels of levels 8 and above will cancel this spell.

Ninth Level (5XP, 9 mana)

Dispel IX (Grey Ninth)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  Instant
Activation Phrase:  Dispel 9!
Effect:  Destroys all spells on a target of the level of the dispel or lower. Notes: Dispel is available at all levels, but an elementalist must know all minor dispels to get the next one. Affects elemental elves. See the ‘elementalism rules’ document for more details.

Extension III (Grey Ninth)

Range:  30 feet
Duration:  120 Minutes
Activation Phrase:  Extension III
Effect: When cast immediately after another spell, the duration of the spell is extended to the duration of the extension. Unlike dispels, this spell follows the normal rules on activation phrases. Affects elemental elves as described in the Elemental Elf Species package.


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