MRPG Exo-Mage Spell List

The Exo-Mage spell progression is a four-sided tree system in which the branches come together, combining in different ways:

In order to unlock one of the combination areas, the player must spend a certain number of points in each of the adjacent quadrants(E.G.: in order to unlock Magma, the player must spend points in both Fire and Earth.

Tree Ideas

Kind of a scratchpad for everything I think up as I am composing this system.

General Ideas

• A "chain-" spell for each type but earth.
• "Burst" spells for each type and supertype(Magam, plasama, etc). Skip those for which (name)-Burst sounds stupid(Landslide Burst).

Earth Spells

• Stone Circle: spell that repels attacks, basically just a buff adding to your DV.
• Seismic Spike: makes a sharp pillar of stone pop up underneath the target, deals both Earth and Mortal damage.
• Skin to Stone: turns the target's stone into rock, temporarily immobilizing the target. IF the timer runs out the target takes damage and becomes Injured as a result. Probably a higher-level technique?

Landslide Spells(Earth and Water)

• Earth, and Water: The pinacle of the Exo-mage's art, the wizard sheaths himself in living earth and flowing water. All spells cast by the mage are treated as Water-Type for damage calculation purposes, and all magical damage received by the mage is treated as Earth-Type. Duration: 40 minutes

Fire Spells

• Flames: low-level fire spell that does a little damage and also reduces Fire resistance.

• Fireball: well DUH. This is also going to be the most customizable and enhanceable spell.

• Wildfire: some cool effect for this. Maybe a flame-wave type deal?

• Fire Fist: fire-spell with a knock-down effect.

• Chain Fire: powerful fire-spell that allows you to hit multiple targets. The more points you put into it, the more targets it can hit.

• Burn Away: spell that removes fire-resistance. Maybe all resistance?

• Scorched Earth: well in the cardgame this makes you lose the game, the effect here should probably be slightly different.

Wind Spells

Electrical Surge

• Wind: doesn't actually deal Wind damage but just tries to knockdown the target. Can shove them back.
• Big Wind: AOE-version of Wind, affects all targets in FOV.
• Great Big Wind: throws back everything in a 360-degree ark around the caster and deals some wind-damage.
• Sweep Away: debuff that removes Weave spells on target.

Plasma Spells(Fire and Wind)

• Scorching Big Wind: Same effect as Big Wind but adds some fire damage to the mix.
• Great Big Scorching Wind: top-level Plasma Spell that has the same effect as Great Big Wind but adds some fire and untyped damage to the mix.

Water Spells

• Overflowing River: basically a simple, not very effective healing spell designed to give Exo-Mages some self-healing.

• Mist: debuff spell to remove negative magical effects on the target. Mage Wars RPG: If no friendly target is specified Mist targets the caster. Mage Wars PnP: this spell can target anyone/thing.

Turning the Wheel

Perhaps as an expansion or just something for later inclusion, this will be a process where by the "outer-wheel" of the spell-tree is turned, allowing the player to combine different elements. Earth and Wind instead of Earth and Water, and so-forth. Perhaps as the level-cap is extended different outer-wheels can be added with each new expansion.

Non-Tree Spells

The Exo-Mage does learn some spells through the traditional progression system(or every few levels, essentially) These include:

• Countermagics: Ruby, Diamond, Saphire, and Genisis counter-magic spells. There will be a variety of these with different effects divided by progression.

See Als:

• Mage Wars RPG