Lord Donovan
The men in my company need to be as strong witted as their arms.
- Origin Humans
- Class Mage
- Kit Illusionist
- Culture Al Tufaili
- Faction The Sha'ir
- Ethos Esurient
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Perhaps you are a thrall to a powerful entity, or perhaps a lowly diplomat to a wealthy liege. You seek power through service to them, or by their downfall.
The green demon that lives inside you demands shiny prizes, and will stop at nothing to appease itself.
Talent
You may distribute 11 points to your attributes upon character creation, but if you do, you start with 1 fewer skill.
Technique
You may make a spell check using Smart to dispel the magic of your enemies (per the spell Dispel Magic). Additionally, as a reaction, you may absorb their spell before its targets are affected by the magic as long as your opponent is visible to you (per the spell Counterspell) and you have not already acted in the round. To absorb an opponent’s magic, you must spend MP equal to the MP your opponent spent to cast the spell. As long as you have MP (and at the GM's discretion), you can create minor, illusory cantrips related to your maleficence. Such cantrips are instantaneous and harmless, and cannot duplicate the effects of any other spells.
kit
You have been entrusted with ancient secrets from a secret order of master magicians. Casting spells is not a risky action for you and does not compromise your stealth status. When you are casting spells, it is not apparent to the untrained eye. You may spend MP to cast the spell Phantasm, even if you are not a spellcaster. Illusion spell checks explode on a 5 or a 6.
Jambiya (Curved Dagger) +8
Small
Bare Fists or Feet +1
Hand-to-Hand
Reinforced Vestments
Padded
You have no shield equipped.
Heroic deeds of valor are not your forte.
Fire
Sorcery +9
The victim is burning. If the victim does not spend their next turn putting themselves out after being subject to the source of flame, they suffer 3 damage on the second round, 6 on the third, 9 on the fourth, and so on. The damage is applied at the start of their turn.
Charm (Person)
Charm +9
Your enchantment makes a single humanoid target friendly towards you and assuages their suspicions. When you are casting this spell, it is not apparent to the untrained eye. This spell immediately fails if anyone in the area of effect is engaged in hostile action with the victim or its allies, or if you or your allies take hostile action thereafter. When engaged in social combat with a charmed person, you receive advantage on all rolls. A charmed person maintains their disposition toward you even after the spell ends, unless there is reason to question the friendship or the enchantment is revealed.
Control (Energy)
Elemental +9
You can manipulate the flow, direction, and intensity of a single source of energy, such as a burning fire, arc of electricity, light, or sound wave. If the source is used to cause harm to a target, apply the peril of the corresponding maleficence.
Elemental Form
Elemental +6
You shape your maleficence into a cloak that surrounds you or your target in magical energy. Choose a type: cold, fire, sound, lightning, force, or light/shadow. For the duration of the spell, magical sources of harm from the chosen element are reduced by 50%, rounded down in your favor. You may cast this spell multiple times to improve the protection (down to 1 point of damage) and choose different elements each time. If you are attacked (whether successfully or not), your maleficence inflicts a peril matching the element chosen.
Invisibility
Illusion +9
You or your targets and the gear on their person become invisible for the duration of the spell. If you take risky action or are successfully attacked while the spell is in effect, the spell immediately ends.
Magic Step
Dimension +1
You teleport yourself to any location within your line of sight. For each additional MP spent, you may also teleport any others you touch. (The distance you can teleport is limited by the spell's area of effect, even if you can see farther away; at 1 MP, the spell's area of effect is a melee space.) In lieu of taking an action to cast this spell, you may cast this spell as your movement. This spell can be cast as a reaction if you have not already acted in the round.
Phantasm
Illusion +9
You weave an illusion that is perfectly real to all who behold it. For 1 MP, the illusion is insubstantial and visual; for 2 MP the illusion also has sound; for 3 MP the illusion has physical substance. Harm caused by illusions can kill but is undone when the illusion ends or is disbelieved. Those suspicious of the illusion may make an opposed spell check to disbelieve. You must concentrate on the phantasm for the duration of the spell, or else it ceases to exist.
Spell Turning
Abjuration +9
You use your maleficence to reflect a spell to its source. You must spend MP equal to the MP spent by the opposed caster and succeed against them in an opposed spell check in order for the spell to be reflected. This spell may be cast as a reaction if you have not already acted in the round.
Zone of Entanglement
Illusion +6
You fill the area of effect with shadowy tendrils that seek to entangle your opponents. You may spend 1 MP to entangle any target that enters the area of effect for the duration of the spell. Those entangled are subject to the peril of your maleficence.
Zone of Secrets
Abjuration +1
By sheer force of will, you shield yourself and all those in the area of effect from all forms of scrying and psychic intrusion. Anyone scrying upon the area effect will notice nothing out of the ordinary, nor detect the magic concealing you unless the magic is dispelled or disrupted. This spell lasts 1 hour per MP spent.
Fire
Sorcery +9
The victim is burning. If the victim does not spend their next turn putting themselves out after being subject to the source of flame, they suffer 3 damage on the second round, 6 on the third, 9 on the fourth, and so on. The damage is applied at the start of their turn.
Focus Slot
Empty
You have not learned any stances.
Focus Slot
Empty
You have no shields in your inventory.
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