Here's where we talk about disciplines.
Disciplines
All specials are divided into a variety of disciplines, specific applications of power. For each particular type of special (magic, divine, psionics, etc), there is a unique special, which all users of that force have access to; all other disciplines can be accessed by any force, though doing so requires a higher level of skill.
Every special listed in a discipline is a skill in its own right, and as such has a dice pool. Specials derive their base dice pool from a specific skill that is dependent upon the user and the force it is being used as; for instance, using the Special: Wall as a spell uses the Skill: Spellcraft as its base dice pool, whereas using it as a prayer uses the Skill: Litany as the base dice pool.
Discipline Format
Each discipline has its own nifty little box.
Some specials listed under a discipline may have a term in []'s after or before it, such as [Status] Ward. This means that the special is variable and can be used for a variety of things, and that other disciplines may have something such as Confusion Ward, which will link to the same special, but have the restriction that it function only for the Confusion ailment (for this example).
Selectors
The terms found in brackets are called selectors. Here we'll keep a running list of what they are and what you can select through them.
- Energy: Arcane, Fire, Holy, Ice, Lightning, Psychic
- Force: Magic, Psionics, Technology, Divine, Nature, Void, Time, Blue, Chaos
- Creature: Angel, Demon, Mechanical, Undead
- Status (Harmful): Addle, Blind, Burn, Confusion, Doom, Fear, Fury, Hold, Mute, Petrify, Poison, Sleep, Stun, Virus
- Status (Beneficial): Brave, Bubble, Faith, Protect, Reflect, Shell
Discipline List
Affliction: Inflict various status ailments on creatures.
Barrier: Protect creatures or areas against various effects.
Destruction: Wreak havoc on creatures, objects, and terrain.
Fire: Produce and manipulate fire.
Holy: Invoke and manipulate holy energy.
Lightning: Produce and manipulate electrical effects.
Mana: Use magic to produce a variety of effects.
Metal: Manipulate, shape, and interact with metal.
Primal: Use the power of nature to produce a variety of effects.
Psychic: Use the power of your mind to produce a variety of effects.
Travel: Make traveling easier and faster.
Restoration: Heal creatures.
Soul: Call upon the souls of creatures to produce a variety of effects.
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Affliction
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| Addle: Render a creature unable to use some abilities.
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| Blind: Blind a creature.
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| Confuse: Confuse a creature.
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| Doom: Cause a creature to die.
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| Fear: Cause a creature to run in fear.
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| Fury: Cause a creature to go into a frenzy.
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| Hold: Immobilize a creature.
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| Mute: Silence a creature.
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| Petrify: Gradually turn a creature to stone.
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| Sleep: Cause a creature to fall asleep.
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| Toxin: Inflict a creature with poison.
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| Virus: Inflict a creature with a disease.
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Barrier
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| Bubble: Create a shield that protects a creature from harm of any sort.
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| Contain: Attempt to contain a creature.
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| Debarrier: Attempt to remove Barrier effects.
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| Null [Energy]: Provide resistance to an energy type.
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| Protect: Create a shield that protects a creature from physical harm.
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| Reflect [Force]: Causes force effects to bounce off of a creature.
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| Repel [Creature]: Stop specific creature type from approaching.
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| Seal: Seal a door or other portal.
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| Shell: Create a shield that protects a creature from magical harm.
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| Shield: Surround yourself in a field of force.
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| Wall: Erect a physical barrier.
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| [Status] Ward: Provide resistance to a status ailment.
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Destruction
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| Crumble: Cause a stone or bone object to crumble to dust.
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| Cyclone: Summon a cyclone from the skies.
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| Debarrier: Attempt to remove Barrier effects.
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| Disintegrate: Attempt to destroy a creature or object.
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| Erosion: Attempt to erode terrain.
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| Extinction: Cause a group of similar creatures to die.
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| Firestorm: Cause an area to burst into flame.
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| Meteor: Summon a meteor from the heavens.
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| Quake: Cause the earth to shake and crack.
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| Rust: Cause a metal object to rapidly rust.
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| Shatter: Cause a crystalline object to shatter.
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| Tsunami: Summon a wave from the sea.
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| Warp Wood: Cause a wooden object to warp.
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Fire
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| [Fire] Blast: Create a blast of fire energy.
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| [Fire] Bolt: Produce a bolt of flame.
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| Burn: Burn a creature.
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| En-[Fire]: Imbue a weapon with fire energy.
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| Firestorm: Cause an area to burst into flame.
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| Forge: Smelt and refine metal ore.
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| Fury: Cause a creature to go into a fury.
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| Null [Fire]: Provide resistance to fire.
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| Overheat: Push a creature to exhaustion.
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| [Fire] Shock: Use fire to shock a creature.
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| Wall of [Fire]: Erect a wall of flame.
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Holy
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| Arise: Revive a dead creature.
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| [Holy] Blast: Create a blast of holy energy.
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| [Holy] Bolt: Produce a bolt of holy energy.
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| Bravery: Improve a creature's combat prowess.
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| Consecrate: Cause an area to be a focal point for holy power.
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| Diara: Deal damage to undead creatures.
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| Faith: Increase a creature's faith.
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| Repel [Demon/Undead]: Stop demons or undead and similar creatures from approaching.
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| [Holy] Shock: Use divine power to shock a creature.
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| Smite: Use divine power to smite a creature.
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| Summon [Angel]: Summon an angel to assist you.
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| [Doom] Ward: Provide resistance to the doom ailment.
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Lightning
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| Arc: Cause lightning effects to bounce, chain, or fork.
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| [Lightning] Blast: Create a blast of lightning energy.
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| Blind: Blind a creature.
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| [Lightning] Bolt: Produce a bolt of lightning.
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| Control Weather: Control the weather.
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| En-[Lightning]: Imbue a weapon with lightning.
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| Hold: Immobilize a creature.
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| Null [Lightning]: Provide resistance to lightning.
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| Overload: Deal damage to mechanical creatures.
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| Shatter: Cause a crystalline object to shatter.
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| [Lightning] Shock: Use lightning to shock a creature.
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| Stun: Stun a creature.
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| [Blind/Hold/Stun] Ward: Provide resistance to blind, hold, or stun ailments.
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Mana
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| [Arcane] Bolt: Produce a bolt of arcane energy.
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| Blink: Teleport a short distance.
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| Detect [Magic]: Detect the presence or absence of magic.
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| Mute: Mute a creature, rendering it unable to speak.
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| Prestidigitation: Perform a variety of small magical "tricks."
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| Seal: Seal a door or other portal.
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| Shield: Surround yourself in a field of force.
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| Tiny: Reduce a creature's size.
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Primal
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| Frostbite: Chill a creature with your touch.
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| Gust: Use wind to move or hurl objects or creatures.
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| Mist: Produce an obscuring mist.
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| Regrowth: Heal a creature slowly over time.
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| Roots: Create an area of entangling roots.
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| Shock: Use lightning to shock a creature.
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| Sunbeam: Direct and focus the light of the sun.
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| Thorns: Encase a creature or object in thorns.
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Restoration
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| Arise: Revive a dead creature.
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| Clear: Attempt to remove short-lived status ailments.
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| Cure: Heals a creature's wounds.
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| Esuna: Attempt to remove status ailments.
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| Heal: Restore a creature's hit points.
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| Invigorate: Restore target's energy.
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| Mend: Heal a creature of trauma.
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| Regenerate: Attempt to restore lost limbs.
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| Renew: Heal a creature slowly over time.
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| Reraise: Grant the reraise status.
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| Revive: Rouse an unconscious creature.
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Soul
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| Cure: Heals a creature's wounds.
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| Diara: Deal damage to undead creatures.
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| Faith: Increase a creature's faith.
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| Fortitude: Strengthens a creature against harm.
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| Libra: Learn information about a creature.
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| Pain: Use shadow to sap the life out of a creature.
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| Smite: Use divine power to smite a creature.
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| Protect: Create a shield that protects a creature from physical harm.
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Travel
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| Accelerate: Increase the target's movement speed.
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| Blink: Teleport a short distance.
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| Flight: Target gains ability to fly.
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| Fold Space: Fold space in on itself.
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| Freedom: Remove movement-impairing effects.
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| Haste: Target moves and acts faster.
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| Hustle: Actions take less time.
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| Invigorate: Restore target's energy.
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| Portal: Create a portal to a distant location.
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| Slide: Move a creature or object.
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| Sustenance: Create food and water.
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| Teleport: Teleport to a distant location.
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Specials Descriptions
ADDLE
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| Disciplines: Affliction
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| Prerequisites: Any two Affliction specials at Rank 3
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| XP Cost/Rank: 5 + 5/rank
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| Token Cost: 8 + 4/rank
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| Action Cost: Long
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| Range: 30 ft
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| Target: One creature
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| Duration: 15+ ticks
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| Avoid: Mettle
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| You addle the target's mind, causing them to forget their abilities for a short time.
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| Make a skill check with this special. The target is unable to use any skills or specials with a rank lower than the result.
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| This effect's duration is extended by the amount by which the target failed to avoid it.
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Upgrades
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Prerequisites
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| Range: The range of this special increases by 5 feet. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Effect: You gain a +1 power bonus to skill checks with this special. You can take this upgrade multiple times; the bonus cannot exceed your Potential. |
None.
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| Duration: The duration of this special increases by 5 ticks. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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[Energy] BOLT
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| Disciplines: Fire, Holy, Lightning, Mana
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| XP Cost/Rank: 2 + 2/rank
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| Token Cost: 2 + 1/rank
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| Action Cost: Medium
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| Range: 30 feet
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| Target: One creature
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| Duration: Instant
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| Avoid: Evade negates
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| You concentrate energy into a focal point, and hurl it at a creature.
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| When you use this special, you must determine what energy type you imbue the weapon with (fire, ice, lightning, etc). Note that some disciplines may dictate the energy types you can choose.
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| Make a skill check for this special, opposed by the target's Evade trait. If you win the opposed roll, you deal energy damage to your target equal to a basic skill check with this special.
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Upgrades
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Prerequisites
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| Range: The range of this special increases by 5 feet. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Empowered: When you use this special, you may increase its token cost by 1. If you do, this special deals an additional point of damage. You can take this upgrade multiple times; each time you do, you can increase this special's token cost by an additional 1, up to a maximum of your Potential. |
Rank 3 [1d6]
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| True Bolt: When you use this special, you may increase it's token cost by 2/rank. If you do, this special's target changes to "Area: A 5-ft wide line extending from you to a chosen intersection within range," and it affects all creatures in the area. |
Rank 5 [1d10]
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DEBARRIER
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| Disciplines: Barrier, Destruction
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| Prerequisites: Barrier - Any two Barrier specials at Rank 3, Destruction - Any three Destruction specials at Rank 3
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| XP Cost/Rank: 4 + 3/rank
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| Token Cost: 4 + 2/rank
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| Action Cost: Medium
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| Range: 30 ft
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| Area: One square
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| Duration: Instantaneous
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| Avoid: None (see text)
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| Using your knowledge of protection effects, you attempt to weave an effect to negate their presence.
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| Make a skill check with this special. Any Barrier effects whose target is in the affected area, or any free-standing effect created by a Barrier special that occupies the square in whole or in part, with a Potency equal to or lower than your check result immediately end.
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Upgrades
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Prerequisites
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| Range: The range of this spell increases by 5 feet. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Effect: You gain a +1 power bonus to skill checks with this special. You can take this upgrade multiple times; the bonus cannot exceed your Potential. |
None.
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| Vampiric: When you use this special, you may increase its token cost by 2/rank. If you do, when you negate an effect that targets a creature, the effect is instead transferred to you for the remainder of its duration. If you negate multiple effects, you may choose the effect you gain. |
Rank 4 [1d8]
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| Destructive: When you use this special, you may increase its token cost by 2/rank. If you do, when you negate an effect that targets a creature, this special deals damage to the target equal to your rank in this special. If you negate multiple effects, the target takes damage for each effect negated. You cannot benefit from both this upgrade and the vampiric upgrade at the same time. |
Rank 5 [1d10]
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| Improved Vampiric: When you use this special, you may increase its token cost by 1/rank. If you do, you gain an additional effect that you negate. You can take this upgrade multiple times; each time you do, you can increase this special's token cost by 1/rank, and gain an additional effect that you negate. |
Vampiric, Rank 6 [1d12]
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EN-[Energy]
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| Disciplines: Fire, Lightning
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| XP Cost/Rank: 2 + 2/rank
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| Token Cost: 3 + 2/rank
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| Action Cost: Medium
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| Range: Touch
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| Target: One weapon
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| Duration: 15 ticks
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| Avoid: None (Beneficial)
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| You weave elemental energy around a weapon, allowing it to benefit from that element.
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| When you use this special, you must determine what energy type you imbue the weapon with (fire, ice, lightning, etc). Note that some disciplines may dictate the energy types you can choose.
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| For the duration of this effect, the weapon deals additional damage equal to your base dice pool for this special (that is, if you have this special at rank 3, the weapon deals an additional 1d6 damage). This additional damage is of the energy type you chose when you used this special.
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Upgrades
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Prerequisites
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| Range: This special gains a range of 10 feet. |
None.
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| Duration: The duration of this special increases by 5 ticks. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Improved Range: The range of this special increases by 5 feet. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
Range
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PROTECT
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| Disciplines: Barrier, Soul
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| XP Cost/Rank: 2 + 2/rank
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| Token Cost: 3 + 2/rank
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| Action Cost: Medium
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| Range: 30 ft
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| Target: One creature
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| Duration: 15 ticks
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| Avoid: None (Beneficial)
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| You protect the target with a barrier that lessens the impact of physical blows.
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| The target gains a bonus to its DM equal to a basic skill check with this special. When this DM has absorbed damage equal to this effect's Potency, this effect ends.
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Upgrades
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Prerequisites
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| Range: The range of this spell increases by 5 feet. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Duration: The duration of this spell increases by 5 ticks. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Protectara: When you use this special, you may increase its token cost by 1/rank. If you do, you can target an additional creature in range. You can take this upgrade multiple times; each time you do, you may choose to increase the token cost by an additional 1 token/rank, and target one additional creature. |
Rank 3 [1d6]
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REFLECT [Force]
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| Disciplines: Barrier
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| Prerequisites: Any two Barrier specials at Rank 2
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| XP Cost/Rank: 3 + 2/rank
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| Token Cost: 3 + 3/rank
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| Action Cost: Short
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| Range: 20 ft
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| Target: One creature
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| Duration: 10 ticks
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| Avoid: None (Beneficial)
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| You construct an intricate lattice of energy around the target, causing certain kinds of effects to be reflected.
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| When you use this special, you must declare one Force (magic, psionics, etc) that it reflects. Note that some disciplines may require you to specify a specific Force.
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| Whenever the target of this special is affected by a special of the chosen type, that effect's Potency is compared to this effect's Potency. If this effect's Potency is higher than the effect's Potency, the effect is reflected back at its origin: the effect's target becomes the origin, and it's effective rank is reduced by the rank of this effect, to a minimum of 1.
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| An effect can be reflected only once.
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| If the target of this effect attempts to use a special on herself that is of the specified type, and the effect is reflected, it is reflected to the nearest legal target within range of the effect; if no such target exists, the effect fails.
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Upgrades
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Prerequisites
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| Range: The range of this special increases by 5 feet. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Insistence: You gain a +1 power bonus to skill checks with this special. You can take this upgrade multiple times; the bonus cannot exceed your Potential. |
None.
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| Duration: The duration of this special increases by 5 ticks. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Improved Reflection: The reduction of the effective rank of reflected effects is reduced by one (if you would reduce a spell's effective rank by four, you reduce it by three instead). You can take this upgrade multiple times; effects successfully reflected are always reduced by at least one rank. |
Rank 3 [1d6]
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SEAL
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| Disciplines: Barrier, Mana
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| XP Cost/Rank: 2 + 1/rank
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| Token Cost: 2 + 2/rank
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| Action Cost: Full
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| Range: Touch
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| Target: One door or similar portal
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| Duration: 5 minutes
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| Avoid: None
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| You seal a doorway with energy, preventing it from being opened easily.
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| You can affect an opening that occupies up to 1 square per rank. So long as the edges of the area you choose to affect share an edge with a wall or similar physical object, and the opening is occupied with a door or similar object (open or closed), you can place this effect there.
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| The affected opening becomes sealed, and cannot be passed through, the door or similar obstruction slamming shut and cannot be opened normally. A creature attempting to pass through the seal must make a Strength check opposed by this effect's Potency; success allows the creature to open the door and end the seal.
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Upgrades
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Prerequisites
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| Range: This special gains a range of 10 feet. |
None.
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| Improved Range: The range of this special increases by 5 feet. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
Range
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| Duration: The duration of this spell increases by 5 minutes. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Employees Only: When you use this special, you may specify a number of unique individuals or creature types that can pass through the seal as though it did not exist, up to your rank. |
Rank 2 [1d4]
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| Potent Seal: When you use this special, you may choose to affect an opening that lacks a door or similar obstruction. Doing so increases this special's token cost by 2/rank. |
Rank 4 [1d8]
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| Seal Area: This special loses its target entry and instead gains: "Area: 1 square/rank." The squares affected must be contiguous. Increase this special's token cost by 2/rank. |
Potent Seal, Rank 6 [1d12]
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| Persistent: The seal does not end when a creature passes through it. Increase this special's token cost by 1/rank. |
Rank 8 [1d12+1d4]
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SHELL
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| Disciplines: Barrier
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| XP Cost/Rank: 3 + 2/rank
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| Token Cost: 3 + 3/rank
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| Action Cost: Medium
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| Range: 30 ft
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| Target: One creature
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| Duration: 15 ticks
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| Avoid: None (Beneficial)
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| You protect the target with a barrier that lessens the impact of energy effects.
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| Whenever the target would take resistance to all energy damage equal to a basic skill check with this special. When this resistance has absorbed damage equal to this effect's Potency, this effect ends.
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Upgrades
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Prerequisites
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| Range: The range of this spell increases by 5 feet. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Duration: The duration of this spell increases by 5 ticks. You can take this upgrade multiple times. |
None.
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| Shellara: When you use this special, you may increase its token cost by 1/rank. If you do, you can target an additional creature in range. You can take this upgrade multiple times; each time you do, you may choose to increase the token cost by an additional 1 token/rank, and target one additional creature. |
Rank 3 [1d6]
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