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(Message inbox:312) Return-Path: appel@erzo.berkeley.edu Delivery-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 94 23:37:12 -0800 Received: from localhost (uucp@localhost) by soda.berkeley.edu (8.6.4/PHILMAIL-1.10) with UUCP id XAA25241 for appel@soda.berkeley.edu; Mon, 17 Jan 1994 23:16:42 -0800 Received: from localhost by erzo.berkeley.edu (8.3/LUCK-AND-DEATH-1.1) id WAA27653; Mon, 17 Jan 1994 22:04:09 -0800 Resent-Message-Id: <199401180604.WAA27653@erzo.berkeley.edu> Received: from localhost by erzo.berkeley.edu (8.3/LUCK-AND-DEATH-1.1) id IAA08057; Wed, 12 Jan 1994 08:51:37 -0800 Received: from Sun.COM (Sun.COM [192.9.9.1]) by soda.berkeley.edu (8.6.4/PHILMAIL-1.10) with SMTP id IAA03510 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 1994 08:49:29 -0800 Received: from snail.Sun.COM (snail.Corp.Sun.COM) by Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA21064; Wed, 12 Jan 94 08:48:09 PST Received: from Holland.Sun.COM (isunnl) by snail.Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA00932; Wed, 12 Jan 94 08:47:42 PST Received: from glorantha.Holland.Sun.COM by Holland.Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1e) id AA01431; Wed, 12 Jan 94 17:47:30 +0100 Received: from yelm.Holland.Sun.COM by glorantha.Holland.Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA29390; Wed, 12 Jan 94 17:09:52 +0100 Received: by yelm.Holland.Sun.COM (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA10498; Wed, 12 Jan 94 17:10:40 +0100 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 94 17:10:40 +0100 Message-Id: <9401121610.AA10498@yelm.Holland.Sun.COM> To: RuneQuest-Digest@glorantha.holland.sun.com From: RuneQuest-Request@glorantha.holland.sun.com Subject: Volume 10, no 6: Sandy Petersen's RQ rules for Tekumel (2 of 7) Reply-To: RuneQuest-Digest-Editor@glorantha.holland.sun.com Sender: Henk.Langeveld@holland.sun.com Precedence: bulk Content-Return: Prohibited Content-Length: 13285 Status: O Resent-To: appel@soda.berkeley.edu Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 22:04:08 -0800 Resent-From: Shannon Appel Rules and conversions for running a Tekumel campaign with the RuneQuest rule system. By Sandy Petersen. Contents: Part 2: Universal spells: known by all temples Acknowledgments: Tekumel and related materials are copyright M.A.R Barker and used with permission 1-1-1994. These rules and conversions are Copyright 1994 Sandy Petersen. All rights reserved. RuneQuest is the Avalon Hill Game Company's Trademark for its fantasy role-playing game. -------------------- MAGIC SPELLS UNIVERSAL SPELLS: known by all temples Spell Name Alleviation Ascertainment Clairvoyance Control of Self Demonology (8) Disenchantment (4) Domination Elicitation Execration (9) Favouring (6) Healing Inscription (10) Invisibility (8) Light and Darkness Muniments of Excellence (10) Nutrification (3) Perception of the Energies (2) Phantasms Revivication (10) Robustness Seal Upon the Powers (10) Soporiferousness (5) Sphere of Impermeable Quiescence (10) Terrorization (9) Translocation Transportation (9) Vallation (8) Warding Zoic Domination (4) ALLEVIATION instant; touch Each Intensity neutralizes 1d6 POT of poison, alcohol, or drugs. Most spells are considered to have POT equal to their Intensity. Creature's natural effects that lack POT are considered to have POT equal to their POW (or sometimes CON). ASCERTAINMENT If the caster overcomes the target, he can read the target's surface thoughts. The target is aware of what is happening. Intensity boosts the effects: 2 understand surface thoughts 4 determine basic hostility or friendliness 6 determine numbers, direction, and distance of targets w/o needing to actually see them. Requires Multispell, and only targets up to the Multispell's level are reported, nearest targets first. 8 allows two-way communication Intensities given are for humans. Detecting the thoughts of non- and semi-intelligent animals takes 2 extra Intensity, and they cannot participate in two-way communication. Nonhumans cost 7 extra Intensity. This spell cannot detect the thoughts of wholly alien entities, like robots, demons, undead, etc. This spell is used to form networks of telepaths throughout the Five Empires. CLAIRVOYANCE self only The caster can see & hear through a wall or other obstructions, but not through any type of metal. Intensity 5 permits him to see in the dark. Each foot of intervening material costs one Range point to penetrate. This spell can be reversed, in which case it covers an area with a diameter equal to Range. All Clairvoyance spells with lower Intensity than the reversed spell automatically fail. The reversed effect does not move with the caster. CONTROL OF SELF self only Except w/Intensity 6, the caster can not fight, but he can move normally while maintaining the spell. He cannot cast spells. Intensity varies the effect. 1 cuts off pain, lets caster move while incapacitated 2 stops all bleeding wounds 3 eliminates effects of fatigue 4 allows holding breath for the spell's duration 6 permits caster to fight while doing the above DEMONOLOGY (8); Range, Duration, and Multispell not applicable Summons a demon. This is actually not one spell, but a complex of different spells. Most sorcerers only learn the most minor form of Demonology, which summons a very minor demon. This demon appears 2m in front of the caster, who has 1 minute to bargain for its services. If the bargain cannot be struck, the demon returns to its own plane in disgust. All payment must be made in advance -- demons are by now thoroughly aware of human turpitude. DISENCHANTMENT no Multispell Dispels magic. If the Disenchantment Intensity exceeds the target spell's Intensity, the latter is destroyed. DOMINATION (5); duration is in rounds, not minutes Brings an intelligent target under the crude control of the caster, who can do nothing but control it while the spell is in effect. Multiple targets must all be given the same commands. ELICITATION touch; instant Gives a vision of information, depending upon Intensity. 1 target: object. Shows dimly the last person to handle the target. 2 target: intelligent being. Shows his psychic aura (his Magic Bonus, and total number of spells known) 3 target: a homogenous substance in hand. Leads the caster to any more of the same material within Range. 4 as per Intensity 2, but also identifies his highest combat skill and its level. 5 as per Intensity 3, but no sample is needed. Just name the desired substance. 7 detects poison and drugs by looking at an object. If the target is a living creature, venom-carrying body parts are identified. 8 detect the presence (but not name) of any spell within view (invisible spells become visible) EXECRATION (9); touch; permanent Lays a curse on an object. The category of beings who activate the curse must be specified (i.e., all devotees of Avanthe, all who follow Change, all Pe Choi, etc.). Once the curse is laid, if the object is touched (even with a pole) by one of the named category, it explodes, doing 5d6 damage to all within 3m. If it is moved by someone else, the curse is dispelled. FAVOURING (6); touch Acts as "pre-healing", replacing 1d20 lost Body Points as lost through physical wounds. HEALING touch; instant Heals 1 pt of damage per Intensity. INSCRIPTION (10); touch; permanent Costs the caster 1 POW, plus 10 MPs. It lets him write 1 level (of Intensity, Duration, etc.) of a spell which he knows onto a book, scroll, amulet, etc. The inscribed spell level may then be used by anyone (at 100%). If a magician that knows the spell uses the object, he can add the level onto his own pts of Intensity, etc., but must use his own skill percentage. INVISIBILITY (8); touch; reversed form is self only Makes target invisible. If he casts a spell or attacks, the spell's effects end. The spell can be reversed, causing invisible beings or objects to glow (to the caster's eyes) in a faint nimbus of other-planar light -- visible even in darkness. The reversed spell costs only 2 Intensity. 8 target is invisible in dim light (not daylight) 12 target is invisible in any light LIGHT AND DARKNESS no Multispell Creates a floating ball which lights an area with a diameter equal to Range. Intensity determines brightness. 1 dim candle 3 torch 5 fireplace 7 broad daylight The spell can be reversed, creating darkness sufficient to squelch the listed light sources. This costs 1 additional Intensity. MUNIMENTS OF EXCELLENCE (10); touch A totally impervious globe, 6m in diameter (or as large as will fit in the area) appears around the caster. Nothing physical or magical can enter and no magic can be used within it; not even a prayer for Divine Intervention. No spell dispels it. It is immobile. No light penetrates, and air supply can be a problem, especially if the user has a torch. Those inside can step outside. The color of this shell varies with the god: Avanthe, royal blue; Belkhanu, golden yellow; Dlamelish, emerald green; Hnalla, dazzling white; Hru'u, rich purple; Karakan, ruby red; Ksarul, deep indigo; Sarku, amber brown; Thumis, pearl gray; Vimuhla, flame orange. The Muniments of the Cohorts are the same colors as their Gods, but lighter in hue. NUTRIFICATION (3); touch; instant Fills the target's system w/nutrition equivalent to one full meal. Beings larger than SIZ 20 require 1 extra Intensity to feed per 20 additional SIZ or fraction thereof. PERCEPTION OF THE ENERGIES (2); self only; instant Lets the caster see an object's enchantment. Duration & Range can be used at Intensity 4, for the listed effect. 2 tells if an object is magic or not 3 tells if an object's magic is malign or beneficial 4 tells if a spell has been cast within the spell's range during a period preceding the casting equal to Duration PHANTASMS no Multispell Creates an illusion with 1d6 SIZ per Intensity. If the illusion is non-moving, it can have 3d6 SIZ per Intensity. Tinaliya and Hlutrgu always see through illusions. REVIVICATION (10); touch; instant Returns a deceased creature back to life. The priesthood of Sarku knows how to apply this spell to destroyed undead, but normally it is only effective on (formerly) living beings. For each full day the target has been dead before he is restored, his STR & CON are lowered by 1. The spell is fatiguing, and costs 20 MPs, despite its nominal Intensity of 10. ROBUSTNESS touch Negates 50 kg of ENC for carrying purposes per Intensity. SEAL UPON THE POWERS (10); no range Forms a 10m diameter globe of glowing particles, within which no spell can be cast, nor can any such spell penetrate. Beings activated or created via magic can penetrate without trouble. The sphere does not move with the caster. SOPORIFEROUSNESS (5) Puts a target to sleep for the Duration if its SIZ is overcome. Undead, demons, automatons, Pygmy Folk, and Shunned Ones are immune to this. Extra Intensity adds 5% to the chance of overcoming the target. SPHERE OF IMPERMEABLE QUIESCENCE (10); no range Similar to the Seal Upon the Powers, except that spells can be cast inside the sphere, though they cannot penetrate it from either direction. TERRORIZATION (9) Plunges the target into utter panic, unless he is immune to fear. TRANSLOCATION Permits the caster to move 1 SIZ point per Intensity by mental force. The object moves at 10m per round per Intensity used. If the user wishes to perform a difficult feat or hit a foe, a DEX x 3 roll is needed. The caster can move himself using this spell. TRANSPORTATION (9); touch; instant Teleports 50 SIZ points or less of living beings exactly 100 meters to the rear of the caster. An entire being must be teleported or none of him is. The being must be willing. VALLATION C 8; no range; instant Creates a wall which moves away from the caster at 2m/sr until it has traveled 60m (when it dissipates), or until it encounters a major obstruction (a turn in a passage, a pit, staircase, etc.). A wall does damage for one round, then passes on. A wall is usually 3m high, 1m thick, and 6m wide, but may be made smaller. It automatically dispells creatures created by sorcery. It blocks all physical blows and missiles, and acts as a shield against: Doomkill, Hands of Kra the Mighty, Missile of Metallja, Radiant gaze, Silver Halo of Soul-Stealing, Speculum of Retribution, and Vapor of Death. If two opposing walls meet, a D6 is rolled for each; the one with the highest score continues, while the loser is dissipated. A tie halts both in place and further rolls are made each round till one wins. Each wall normally defeats one other type of wall, against which it has +2 added to its D6 roll. Deity Vallation AVANTHE Water; [defeats Fire] Target takes drowning damage of 1d6 each round a CONx5 roll fails; must keep trying until he rolls CONx1. BELKHANU Wind; [defeats Indigo Fog] Target must resist with his STR or take 4d6 buffeting damage (armor does not count), and be knocked sprawling. Turns back a Vapor of Death upon its caster. DLAMELISH Writhing Serpents; [defeats Grey Mist] Target is poisoned if he fails to resist with his CON. Then, he needs Alleviation within CON rounds or he dies. HNALLA Calm; [defeats Wind] All living beings are calmed, and must succeed in an INTx2 roll (once per round) before they can take any action. Animals are permanently calmed, unless they take damage, in which case they instantly return to normal. HRU'U Ice; [defeats Water] Target takes 1d6 damage and is frozen (all skills halved until he rolls CONx1). KARAKAN Clashing swords; [defeats Serpents] Target takes 5d6 damage which can be parried, but not dodged. Armor is effective. KSARUL Indigo fog; [defeats Calm] Target takes 1d8 damage and 1d8 more each round a CONx5 fails; must keep trying till he succeeds. SARKU Grave Earth; [defeats Swords] This rolling avalanche of dirt, cerements, bits of bone, and wriggling worms does 3d6 damage ignoring armor. THUMIS Grey mist; [defeats Grave Earth] Target loses 3d6 MPs. VIMUHLA Fire; [defeats Ice] Target is engulfed in 3d6 fire, and all flammable objects touched are set alight. Armor helps vs. damage, but target may remain aflame after the wall passes, doing 1d6 damage per round ignoring armor till the fire is extinguished. WARDING touch Gives the target armor equal to Intensity. Those affected by the spell can cast spells, but may not make physical attacks for the duration, or the spell will dissipate. ZOIC DOMINATION (4) Acts as Domination, but on non-intelligent creatures, who resist with their SIZ. Each extra Intensity adds 5% to the chance of overcoming. Multiple controlled animals must all be given the same commands. __________________________________________________________________