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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Ritual (more than a few minutes) (+0), noticeable scope (one being) (+1), limited scope (only adults) (-1), creates magical item (+1), long duration (+1), severe effect (+2). bundle of twice-blessed sage, a ritual cauldron on a pedestal, an incense called Breath of the Atropyx, and a ritual lasting thirty minutes. Even using the cheapest toad essence around, the caster needs to spend several hundred dollars to purchase all these items. To cast the spell, the magician lights a fire in the cauldron using the various special ingredients and then drops the item being destroyed into the burning cauldron.
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EFFFFEECCTT:: Most things can be destroyed with a sledge-hammer or a can of gasoline. The most powerful mag-ical items and other similarly tough things require a bit more—say . . . magic. When the living flame of this spell consumes an item, not even ashes remain. The same spell can also be used to destroy a powerful demon, but the only problem is that the demon must remain still (in a magic circle?) for the entire duration of the ritual.
And if the caster can do that to a demon, she likely doesn’t need this ritual to get rid of it. Oh, and the Finding the Lost spell (see p. 70) cannot bring a destroyed item back.
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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Ritual (less than half an hour) (+0), noticeable scope (one being/item) (+1), instant duration (+0), unusual ingredients (-1), major effect (+3).
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and raven feathers (or canary feathers to rekindle love) in a pot, and chant an invocation.E
EFFFFEECCTTSS:: Everyone who breathes the fumes from the pot while the invocation is chanted is instantly freed from any infatuations or lusts that afflict her. This spell cannot interfere with the course of true love, but handi-ly removes any inopportune romantic or lustful feelings.
Using the converse spell to rekindle an old love only works if both parties were once truly in love and still retain at least some vestige of feeling for each other.
Both people must breathe the fumes of this spell while the invocation is chanted (Power Level increases by one). Since this spell is often used on someone involun-tarily, the boiling pot can be disguised with herbs (to seem like an oddly fragrant potpourri) and the invoca-tion can be whispered. Under either version of the spell, the effects only last one lunar month. However, if love has truly been rekindled during this time, it continues to grow normally.
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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Ritual (less than half an hour) (+0), noticeable scope (one being) (+1), very long duration (+2), severe effect (+2). symbol, herbs, liquids, candles, and chanting. Also, the recipient of the protection spell can’t know about it or the spell is instantly broken. This spell can only be cast on the Spring Equinox.
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EFFFFEECCTT:: The next time the target is hit by an attack that would either kill her or do half or more of her Life Points in one blow, the attack miraculously does no damage.
This protection lasts until it is used, or until the target finds out that the spell has been cast on her.
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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Multiple casters (-2), ritual (less than half an hour) (+0), noticeable scope (one being) (+1), permanent duration (+3), restricted use (-4), major effect (+3). wolfsbane, satyrion root, a toadstone, and some pure water in a bottle. To use the spell, the caster must say a short incantation in German and throw the bottle at the feet of the target.
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EFFFFEECCTT:: When the bottle breaks, fumes rise up and instantly banish all illusions. This spell does not affect Power Level 6 or greater spells or illusions produced by very powerful entities, like hellgods. It does reveal the truth behind all other demonic and magical illusions. It causes someone who has used a spell to make herself invisible or to disguise her true appearance to revert to her true form. Demons who hide in human form must
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also take on their true visage, and vampires must assume their “game face.” The spell does not cause werewolves to revert to human form; both forms are equally real to a shape-shifter. Those affected cannot use another spell to disguise her appearance for at least one hour.
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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Ritual (less than half an hour) (+0), may be Quick Cast (+1), noticeable scope (one being) (+1), creates magical item (+1), long duration (+1), unusu-al ingredients (-1), severe effect (+2).
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UUIIDDEESS SSOOUURRCCEE:: 3.13 The Zeppo Q
QUUIICCKK CCAASSTT:: No P
POOWWEERRLLEEVVEELL:: 4 R
REEQQUUIIRREEMMEENNTTSS:: This spell must be performed in a graveyard with a lit candle with a Latin or Aramaic invo-cation of approximately twenty minutes.
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EFFFFEECCTT:: This spell causes the secretive and mystical Spirit Guides to appear. The guides are extremely wise and have access to all knowledge of the past, present, and future. When this spell is performed, they appear as ghostly apparitions and talk with the caster.
Unfortunately, in addition to being highly cryptic and mysterious in their statements, the Spirit Guides are deeply concerned with cosmic balance and with the con-sequences of their actions. They make certain that noth-ing they do negatively influences the cosmos or disrupts the “greater” plan. As a result, they rarely divulge infor-mation, especially if the need is exceptionally great.
While many desperate magicians have summoned the Spirit Guides, only a few have ever received useful infor-mation from them. Some magicians attempt to use threats or magic to coerce the Spirit Guides. The guides are immune to all such dangers—if the caster attempts to harm them, all attacks rebound and affect her instead.
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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Ritual (less than half an hour) (+0), severe scope (more than one being) (+2), medium duration (one minute per Success Level) (+0), usual ingredients (-1), major effect (+3).
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OOSSTT SSOOUURRCCEE:: 3.16 Doppelgängland Q
QUUIICCKK CCAASSTT:: No P
POOWWEERRLLEEVVEELL:: 5 R
REEQQUUIIRREEMMEENNTTSS:: Two witches and a representation of the item that was lost. The caster also needs a large handful of pure sacred sand and must make a supplica-tion to Eyrishon, the endless one. One of the casters also needs to know exactly where and when the item was lost. The ritual only requires about ten minutes.
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EFFFFEECCTT:: This spell reaches though time and even the barriers between parallel worlds to recover lost or destroyed items. If used on an object that has merely been lost or stolen, the spell can actually cause more than one copy of the object to exist in the same world. During the ritual, both casters see flashes of the events that led up to the object being lost or destroyed. When the spell goes awry, it can bring back people who have died or vanished into another dimension. Unfortunately, it cannot be used to do this deliberately—it can only be purposefully used to find inanimate objects. Also, it cannot be used to bring the dead back to life. At best, this spell can accidentally summon a version of someone who died from a dimen-sion where she survived, causing all manner of confudimen-sion for everyone involved. This spell can be cast in reverse to return the item back to where it originally came from.
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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Dual casters (-1), ritual (ten minutes) (-1), noticeable scope (one object) (+1), permanent dura-tion (+3), rare ingredients (-2), awesome effect (+5).
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AARRDD SSOOUURRCCEE:: 3.19 Choices Q
QUUIICCKKCCAASSTT:: No P
POOWWEERR LLEEVVEELL:: 7 R
REEQQUUIIRREEMMEENNTTSS:: Repeatedly draw a circle around the protected area with a special wand and chant for fifteen minutes.
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EFFFFEECCTT:: This spell creates a barrier around an item that can only be pierced by someone who helped cast it. The protected space is only a yard or so in diameter. The barrier protects the item from all harm and keeps all from touching it. One good counterspell is Break the Wards of Magic (see p. 71).
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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Ritual (fifteen minutes) (+0), notice-able scope (one object) (+1), permanent duration (+3), major effect (+3).
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directly on the magical wards. Creating the powder takes thirty minutes or so and requires some sage, laven-der, and powdered moonstone. Using the powder takes only a few seconds.E
EFFFFEECCTT:: This counterspell instantly cancels any type of magical ward of equal or lower Power Level. The ward glows briefly, outlining the protected area, and then van-ishes. This spell is the quickest and safest way to get rid of a magical barrier. Since this powder remains good for one full lunar month, many magicians keep some around for emergencies.
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ASSPPEECCTT AANNAALLYYSSIISS:: Ritual (half an hour) (+0), noticeable scope (magical ward) (+0), creates magical item (+1), permanent duration (+3), major effect (+3).