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Spells ● Scorched Earth (Redirected from
RAW:Scorched Earth)
Drawing an enemy to a battlefield of your choosing is a basic tenet of combat, understood instinctively even by lower life forms. Use of this spell prepares a battlefield on which magic is not welcome.
Casting this spell first requires the mage be inside the radius of a “Dead Zone”. The “Scorched Earth” spell then increases the Potency of the magic Dead Zone by further leeching any remaining hints of magical energy from the physical surroundings of the area and strengthening the boundaries of the zone. In addition to the usual effects of a Dead Zone, every five successes gained on the extended casting roll increases the Potency of the Dead Zone by one category on the chart below. The caster needn’t raise the zone to category 5 if she doesn’t wish to, but may stop whenever she likes. Effects generated by increasing category are cumulative.
- Familiars, spirits and most other supernatural entities will not willingly enter an area of Scorched Earth, and even non-sapient entities will avoid the area instinctively.
- Casting this spell is an act of hubris requiring a degeneration roll for mages of Wisdom 4 or higher (roll three dice).
| Category
| Effects
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| 1
| All spells suffer a –3 dice penalty.
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| 2
| Mana costs for spells are doubled.
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| 3
| Mana is leeched from every mage present at the rate of one Mana per turn.
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| 4
| The effective Gnosis rating of any mage in the zone is reduced by 2.
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| 5
| Any roll for Paradox gains the 8-again quality (re-roll results of 8, 9 and 10).
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Banishers Rote: Safe House
Banishers create “Safe Houses,” the ultimate expression of their fear and hatred of magic, whenever possible. Banisher allies of the Sleeper variety frequently use such places as headquarters for their cults and sometimes as refuges from the terrors of the Fallen World.
This rote was first developed by the notorious Banisher named Elizabeth Reedy. Elizabeth worked as a web designer before her Awakening and has used her technical skills to spread instruction of how to cast this rote across the Internet. The information is disguised in the form of the eccentric ramblings of fantasy fansites and in mass email spamming.
