3.1 Magic - The Four Elements (Fire, Water, Air, Earth)

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Earth Magic: Ranks 1- 3

(LoS = Line of Sight, AoE= area of Effect, touch= Touch!)

Grants 1/2 Damage from bashing damage and the ability to talk to animals.
( If your species does not get bashing at all, you do - but you don't take 1/2 damage from it, you just actually 'get' bashing)
Most earth spells assume that if you need plants, animals or other things you create(or summon them) as a part of the spell. You don’t need to create earth, plants or animals in which to cast an earth spell. Sometimes the difficulty to cast your magic may be higher if there is less of your element (or type of it!) readily available.

Sense Earth

Range: Varies
Requires: minerals, plants, animals (as required by the spell)
Time Length: 5 minutes to scry and gather information- the information is broken if the orb of POWER vanishes/is broken or the scry is lost.

This spell allows the caster to seek out their natural element anywhere it's located in pockets. For those who want to use their powers without line of sight and effect the element in question at a distance this is critical. It allows the caster to effect things from a distance. For an earth caster this is broken down in three “fields” of sensing: plant, animal and mineral. It should be noted that “animals” are intelligent but not rational (this includes “cursed” people who have lost themselves into the curse as animals.) Scrying for earth can only be done through animal with whom you already have a bond with. (You can effectively see and hear “through their eyes and ears” as well as channel your magic through them for effects.) You must choose what you are “sensing” before you cast.

Senses plants, animals or minerals within a 20 foot radius
Senses plants, animals or minerals within a 100 foot radius
Senses plants, animals or minerals within a 500 foot radius
Plant Manipulation

Range: Varies
Requires: minerals, plants, animals (as required by the spell)

This is the ability for a caster to use plant life and manipulate it to various effects.

Herbal Wisdom: With a touch the caster can commune with the spirit of the plant. Conversations in this manner are often cryptic but rewarding- the wisdom and experience of the spirits of some trees surpasses that of the oracles of legend. On the other hand grass is less likely to hold much insight other than the last person who walked on it. The amount of successes grants the amount of knowledge a caster gains from the planet.
Season Passing: With a touch the caster can accelerate the growth of plant matter (only living) to either grow or die. Roses can bloom in a matter of minutes, trees grow from seedlings to ancient boughs. Completely wooden objects (or other plant life weapons) can also be “dusted” in combat with a success on this power of five or more (otherwise it’s weakened and your soak roll to damage is +1) Each success determines the amount of growth or decay (depending on which way you're trying to go. This is not a “time” based power, and thus the plants can only mature, not become seeds again.
Slithering Vines: This power animates vines or other plant life into a sort of intelligent life. Leaves can walk along a desktop, ivy can act as a scribe, jungle creepers can strangle intruders, weeping willows can actively hide lovers seeking a moment’s respite under their branches...etc. This power does not give the plants the ability to uproot themselves and begin moving around - but allows them to gain movement of their own while still planted. This is the plant itself and not any dryad that may be with it. For combat purposes the plants have strength and dexterity ratings each equal to half the character’s Willpower (rounded down) and brawl ratings one lower than that of the character.
Earthdance

Range: Varies
Requires: minerals, plants, animals (as required by the spell) , Sense of Earth

Earthdance is the powers of the raw earth underneath the feet of the elementalist. Most casters believe that it’s a dance with the earth and at the lower levels it’s a playing and tension relief to both the caster and Harpeah herself in which to relieve tension. Toward the higher levels it just gets destructive.

Jiggle A small earthquake, a mere shimmer and roll of the feet- nothing to even do much to damage just to give jitters or a warning. Jiggle is AoE 10 feet circle
Rumble This power can also be used to to create Rocks that fly through the air toward a target. 1 Lethal per rock. Number of Rocks summoned equal to number of successes. Hits on a successful Dex+throw dif 7. (Touch of bare skin to earth to create rocks, line of sight to throw)
Tremble A small earthquake (Concentrated force of a magnitude 4 or 5 earthquake) with enough force to cause people to stumble or fall over.(unless flying or not touching the ground) Victims of Rumble roll a Dex+Balance diff 6 to stay on their feet. (20 foot circle) AoE. A Magnitude 4-5 earthquake will do damage, such as collapse rock/brick walls, crack concrete, etc.
Animal Bonds

Range: Varies
Requires: minerals, plants, animals (as required by the spell)

This is the ability for a caster to communicate and work with various creatures of earth who do not have rational thought- to some extent this may work against mythical creatures who have been lost to the Hunger.

Eyes of the Cat: Your eyes grow lambent green and can see clearly even in complete darkness. This Gift requires no Gnosis or challenges to use; simply declare when it’s active. When Eyes of the Cat is in effect, you suffer no penalties from darkness.
Swarm of Servants - Earth Mages can call forth armies of miniscule vermin such as beetles, mice, frogs, lice, grasshoppers and other similar creatures from the fur of his tails. These hosts do the Kitsune’s bidding. The player spends a Willpower Trait and makes a Manipulation + Magic roll. 3 successes means that 25 of these creatures comes forth and remains under the Mage’s mental control. They must remain within 20 feet of the Mage, but within those parameters, they may harass enemies, requiring them to spend a Willpower Trait in order to take any significant action (other than fighting off the vermin) or perform simple tasks. The effect lasts for one scene.
Call of the Wild - Summons animals to the earth mage’s side. This is a not a demand, but a request. Animals who respond are interested in helping/listening to the plight/request of the caster.
Personal Earth

Range: Varies
Requires: minerals, plants, animals (as required by the spell)

This is the casters personal affinity with earth. These are powers that are designed to assist and help the earth caster out in their personal relationship with earth. Because of earth’s unique nature, these powers are all line of sight.

Call Nature’s Spirits: This allows the caster to communicate and summon forth spirits of nature that otherwise exist only in and near their areas, such as Dryads who don’t leave their trees or gnomes who work simple shapes under the ground. What responds to such a call is normally very friendly and wishes to appear. For more difficult spirits who are being summoned against their will the difficulty increases by 3. (You can sense nature spirits with earthsense) (Line of Sight/AoE)
Sheets of Earth This power has sheets of solid rock and dirt that shoot up from the ground to create “shields” that can take 3 health levels of damage before crumbling back into the earth. (Double damage from water (not ice, water.) Sheets of Earth is a line of sight power.
Alter Earth- Changes the material and chemical levels of earth. (Ie: Iron to Gold, Infertile Earth to Fertile Earth.. Ruby to Diamond.. Can not change mass, ie: if it's 2 ounces of iron, you get 2 equivalent sizes of gold... Think Alchemy...

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Fire Magic: Rank 3

(LoS = Line of Sight, AoE= area of Effect, touch= Touch!)

Grants 1/2 damage to Fire Magic

Most fire spells assume that if you need fire you create it as a part of the spell. You don’t need to create fire (or have a source nearby) to cast a fire spell. Sometimes the difficulty to cast your magic may be higher if there is less of your element. (For Fire, this is like trying to cast underwater or in places of wet and damp where getting a fire might be more difficult)

Flame Manipulation

Range: Rank of Spell x10 feet
Time Length: Varies, see spell
Requires: Line of Sight or Fire Sense
Damage: Varies

This power allows the magic user to create or douse flames at their will. Must have Line of Sight to work. (Can use Sense fire and manipulate fire from a distance without line of sight.)

Single Fire, fist sized or smaller.
Single Fire basketball sized or smaller. OR Can Create a Fire Barrier protecting the elementalist like a personal skintight shield. This can melt weapons that are able to be melted by extreme heat. (It has "3" levels of health before it's destroyed.
A wall of flame (5 feet High, and across (Lines only) ) or smaller, or two basketball fires or smaller.
Sense Fire

Range: Varies

This spell allows the caster to seek out their natural element anywhere it's located in pockets. For those who want to use their powers without line of sight and effect the element in question at a distance this is critical. It allows the caster to effect things from a distance. This also allows the caster to use the active fire (or lava) as a "scry" tool and can see (and sometimes hear) what's going on near the fire itself.

Senses fire within a 20 foot radius (Active fire only)
Senses fire within a 100 foot radius (Active fire only) - and- Can sense Lava at 50 feet away (including underground lava fields)
Senses fire within a 500 foot radius (Active fire only) *lava at 100 feet away
Fireballs

Range: Line of Sight
Requires: Line of Sight or Fire Sense
Damage: 1 lethal to 12 Lethal

The caster can create and manipulate (control to a particular target with in the line of sight) fireball(s.) These fireballs explode on contact with the first item/object/person they see. They are "hard" to manipulate once they start going (you can roll your magic to correct course if something gets in the way at a difficulty +2 higher than the original difficulty.) Fireballs come included with the magic points of creating the fire needed to throw them. * Some creatures are prone to fire damage and they take twice the amount of damage listed here. Can be soaked by armor if defender has armor and rolls successful stamina check. (Types of damage can be found on the combat page under "types of damage" People can soak the fire damage as possible.)

1 lethal damage upon contact.
2 lethal damage upon contact and 1 lethal on mage's next turn. (or 2 rank 1 fireballs per turn.)
3 lethal damage upon contact and 1 on next turn. (or 3 rank 1s.)

Combustion

Range: Line of Sight + Trigger
Time Length: Varies, see spell
Requires: Line of Sight or Fire Sense
Damage: Varies

You can install objects, tools, etc, with the fire power. Only you can "trigger" this power to go off at will. (though if you’re not with in line of sight you must "set a trigger" in the device/object/item in which to go off. This is very much like a bomb in that it makes it, and whatever is inside of it or around it go boom. This object/tool/device must be a physical item (cards, small toys, keys, coins, and at later levels doors, etc.) It can not be a item made of ice, and must have a solid shape in which to hold the energy. Living creatures can not be made into bombs- including yourself. Bombs to a variety of levels of damage depending on material used to create the bomb and general blast radius. It's safe to say that it's Rank x5 feet for blast radius except in the case of legendary in which case you could level a city. Damage ranges from incineration to 1 lethal, you can get a guess from the ST on the damage of what you’re planning to do-but usually it's a Hail Mary as bombs of this type can be unpredictable if impressive. Other fire elementalist can sense the fire energy in "bomb" items and defuse them (equal to the power that cast it.)

N/A
You can install fire energy any object smaller than your fist and will it to explode within 30 seconds or upon contact (if thrown.)
You can install fire energy any object smaller than a basketball and will it to explode with in 1 minute or upon contact (if thrown)

Personal Fire

Range: Touch
Requires: Touch
Damage: None / Stun damage

This power is the personal affinity with fire and how it affects you as a person. Some of these abilities can be shared (as mentioned) by touch, otherwise they are only personal for you.

Inner Flame Brings out the fire inner fire to warm. Can melt ice with a touch. Lasts as long as desired as long as the caster doesn't go to sleep/unconscious.
Sharing the Inner Flame Same as Level 1 only with a touch can spread to another, and heat up objects to the point of boiling or burning (1 lethal if used to burn flesh)
Spark Sparks appear between the fingers and hands of the castor and allow them, with a touch, to stun living creatures. This effect does not do any damage but if successful renders a target unconscious until they make their save roll. [Target must roll a straight stamina roll to see if they are unconscious. Large creatures, such as dragons are -2 difficulty on the roll. Small creatures, like dwarves, are +2 difficulty to resist being stunned.]

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Air Magic: Rank 3

(LoS = Line of Sight, AoE= area of Effect, touch= Touch!)


Grants 1/2 Damage from Air/Wind Magic (including crap that flies in the wind to hit you and falling)

Most Air spells assume that if you need Air or Wind you create it as a part of the spell. You don’t need to create Air/Wind (or have a source nearby) to cast a Air/Wind spell. Sometimes the difficulty to cast your magic may be higher if there is less of your element.

Sense Air/Wind

Range: AoE

This spell allows the caster to seek out their natural element anywhere it's located in pockets. For those who want to use their powers without line of sight and effect the element in question at a distance this is critical. It allows the caster to effect things from a distance. Air can’t “scry” like the others can, however it can (like air) snatch bits of conversation from the air and bring it to the caster- as well as items and lightweight objects in a “fetch and carry” like way. The length of time it takes varies.

Senses pockets of air and wind currents within a 20 foot radius or pick up feathers, ribbons, paper, etc.
Senses pockets of air and wind currents within a 100 foot radius or pick up pebbles or really small objects
Senses pockets of air and wind currents within a 500 foot radius or pick up 1/4 fist sized rock
Air Manipulation

Range: AoE
Requires: Line of Sight or Air Sense

Manipulates the Air

Air Vision- See clearly through smoke, fog, dust, sand, etc. Eliminating any Vision penalties caused by the condition of the air around him. (Every success adds 10 feet (starts at 10) )
Purify Air - This allows the caster to condense any air pollutants, chemicals, smells, etc into a hard ball of minerals, chemicals and smells. (An Earth mage can further purify this by turning it into other things.) The area affected is 10 feet x successes.
Odor - Produces any odor elementalist is familiar with. The odor lingers for about an hour, then it slowly vanishes. If outdoors, the odor lasts only 15 minutes- less in strong wind

Controlling Winds

Range: AOE
Requires: Line of Sight
Damage: Varies

Wind Control This includes the ability to create a breeze or wind out of nothing more than stirring up the air around you. These last as long as your Successes per rounds (ie 3 successes= 3 rounds.) Keep in mind, however, tornadoes can not be controlled, they are forces of nature you can let loose.. but not control.

Breeze- You can create and control a light breeze of various temperatures- but nothing that can heat or warm you (or anyone else) significantly.
Wind - Control the wind to work in small, simple patterns unusual to it's creation. Up to 15 feet away, then the breeze will "Get away" or Create a Tornado up to an EF 1 on the Enhanced Fujita Damage Scale. (0- LIght Damage, Some Damage to chimneys and houses, Branches off trees broken. 1- Moderate Damage Peels surface off roofs, huts and simple homes pushed off foundations, moving carriages blown off roads..)
Howling Wind - Control the wind to work in medium, somewhat complex patterns unusual to it's creation. Up to 20 feet away, then the breeze will "Get away" or Create a Tornado up to an EF 3 on the Enhanced Fujita Damage Scale. (2- Considerable Damage Roofs torn off houses, Homes demolished, Light object missiles generated (2 damage points a hit), heavy objects lifted off ground. 3- Severe Damage Most trees uprooted, houses destroyed...)
Air without Tears

Range: Line of Sight or Air Sense
Damage: every 2nd success + rank bashing damage.

This is not to be confused with technokinesis- and the manipulation of weapons. This power allows the air mage to create varying amounts of density to the air molecules to create the ability to lift, move and control various objects in the air and manipulate them for a variety of purposes. These, unlike Technokinesis can’t be used to give multiple “hand” attacks. You can however pick up really big boulders, trees, other people... and hurl them (violently!) into other people/things/etc. Screaming “RAMMING SPEED” is optional, and may induce giggles. This power is limited in both range (you must see what your moving to properly “sense” the air currents you're manipulating. It’s assumed you can sense them as part of the power and you don’t have to use your sense air power to discover them.. unless you don’t have line of sight...) and by object weight. Damage is determined by object of choice’s weight, density, speed of travel and sheer temper. (Varies from bashing to lethal.) It is also limited in weight that it can successfully maintain before air itself starts to vibrate in anger for being asked to do too much. (don’t make air angry, you need to breathe yet.) If "ramming" speed is used, the damage is every 2nd success + rank bashing damage.

You can lift up to 1 pound. Dif to keep control is 5. Max time in control before the mind is tired- 2 rounds.
You can lift up to 20 pound. Dif to keep control is 6. Max time in control before the mind is tired- 4 rounds.
You can lift up to 200 pound.Dif to keep control is 7. Max time in control before the mind is tired- 6 rounds.
Personal Air

These powers, unless otherwise noted are for your person only.

Swirling Winds (Shield) A "shield" of dust and wind rises up to protect its Elementalist either skin tight or like a circle that can protect other people in their party within a 10 foot circle. This shield rebuffs all flying missiles toward it and sends them spinning back toward their maker at a +2 difficulty to hit. The shields dice pool is based on their castors dice pool. Can layer with other shields. The barrier has a 5 (+successes) health levels before it breaks. Vanishes on it’s own completely after after 1 hour (+1 hour for each success.)
Float- Allows the air mage to float on the wind. Effectively off the ground, and able to act just like the air itself was the ground- regular movement speeds and everything. (5 minutes per success)
Concussion - A ball of highly pressurized air is created in the hand and thrown at someone- if it lands, it "knocks back" the target 5-10 feet and makes an incredibly loud noise. Anyone in hearing suffers "2" turns of deafness. (If used on walls, can create damage to them)

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Water Magic: Rank 3

(LoS = Line of Sight, AoE= area of Effect, touch= Touch!)

Grants Natural ability to breathe underwater

1/2 damage to Water/Ice Magic.

Most water spells assume that if you need water you create it as a part of the spell. You don’t need to create water (or have a source nearby) to cast a water spell. Sometimes the difficulty to cast your magic may be higher if there is less of your element. (For Water, this is like a desert or places that are extremely dry.)

Water Manipulation

Range: Rank of Spell x10 feet
Time Length: Varies, see spell
Requires: Line of Sight or Watersense
Damage: Varies

This power allows the magic user to create or dry pools of water at their will. Must have Line of Sight to work. (Can use Sense Water and manipulate water from a distance without line of sight.)

Splash- Causes a small wave to rise up out of a pool, or containment of water to splash helpless victims of a prank. Also good for putting out fires. OR Creates a bucket full of water
Fountain – Causes water to pour from the ground and gush upwards, can be used to douse fires, or get lots of people very wet. OR Creates a medium sized pool, or large orb of water from the elements, whether drawing from the ground by gushing upwards in a stream or by pulling it from the elements in the air. OR c an also create or redirect a small stream.
Water Jet – Creates a stream of water from palm of hand. Forces target to slide backwards and away from mage (2 bashing from the water blast) OR Creates a large pool, or large orb of water from the elements, either drawing from the ground by gushing upwards in a stream or by pulling it from the elements in the air. OR can also redirect or create a nice sized river.
Sense Water

Range: Varies

This spell allows the caster to seek out their natural element anywhere it's located in pockets. For those who want to use their powers without line of sight and effect the element in question at a distance this is critical. It allows the caster to effect things from a distance. This also allows the caster to use the active water (or ice) as a "scry" tool and can see (and sometimes hear) what's going on near the water itself. To properly scry the water must be at least 2 feet by 2 feet otherwise the image and information is too minute to pass along information.

Senses water within a 20 foot radius
Senses water within a 100 foot radius - and- Can sense Ice at 50 feet away
Senses water within a 500 foot radius*Ice at 100 feet away
Water Healing

Range: Touch, Line of Sight
Time: Takes 1 round, or 1 "rp" minute
Requires: Touch, Line of Sight
Heals: 1 lethal to 12 Lethal

This covers all the powers of healing that water can do. Water can not purify poison completely from someone’s blood stream. They can try to flush out the impurities at any level using water (diff 8, each success works to dilute the poison or contaminate.) Water also can’t replace lost limbs and can only restart life with advanced powers and another magic type assisting. 2 bashing= 1 lethal.

Can heal 1 lethal damage with a touch.
Can heal 2 lethal damage with a touch.
Can heal 4 lethal damage with a touch.
* Note:
1 lethal is equal to 2 bashing damage.
Agg damage can not be healed using water powers.

Ice Manipulation

Range: Line of Sight + Trigger
Time Length: Varies, see spell
Requires: Line of Sight or Fire Sense
Damage: Varies

This allows the water user to manipulate and create ice. Water users can not manipulate water to become steam - just ice.

Ice Touch- With a touch this power can cool down, or ice over objects of small size (baseballs and smaller). Medium objects (up to human size) get cool. Large creatures, like dragons may only have a specific area of their body’s cool down with the touch. This power does no damage unless to small objects/creatures in which case it’s 1 lethal and a chance for freezing. (Freeze defense is a stam roll diff 6, “soaking” the damage)
Ice Shards – Creates ice shards that can do 1 lethal per shard and can potentially freeze a target. The number of shards created is the number of successes on the magic roll. This can be thrown at multiple targets. (Freeze defense is a stam roll diff 6, “soaking” the damage rolled by the victim of the attack)
Ice Spear - Creates a "spear" of ice that can be held or thrown. Multiple successes creates multiple ice spears all of which over in the air until thrown. (You don’t need to hold them to throw them, you can command them to go attack x target.) (dex + throw dif 6 to throw the spears, one roll per spear summoned) on contact they do 2 lethal per spear and have a chance of freezing. (Freeze defense is a stam roll diff 6, “soaking” the damage rolled by the victim of the attack)
Personal Water

Range: Touch
Requires: Touch
Damage: None / Stun damage

This power is the personal affinity with water and how it affects you as a person. Some of these abilities can be shared (as mentioned) by touch, otherwise they are only personal for you.

Water Creatures Communication: The ability to communicate with all living creatures who exist at least half time in the water (including frogs and insects)
Umbrella – In light precipitation of any kind, the mage is left as dry as they were before walking into the precipitation (NrN, activates on will and spent MP.)
Purify Water – Causes polluted or fouled water to be able to sustain life. Can also turn water drinkable. Can make poisoned fluid no longer contain poison. (1 success to make water drinkable, 3 successes to remove poison from liquid~ not blood)
*NrN no roll needed