MRPG Spell List also old

(Note: the PnP game uses the same spell list)

With the exception of the Exo-mage proficiencies, each magical proficiency has its own unique spell list.

Spells learned automatically as the player levels are graduated and fall into two progressions: the Additive and the Subtractive. Additive spells are typically offensive and damage-dealing, while subtractive are about support and protection. There are exceptions to this rule, as healing is part of the Additive progression while some damaging Dark spells are subtractive.

The spell list is currently undergoing major re-tooling. The basic idea is to get rid of most of that "tree" bullshit.

The current plan is that all endo-magics are going to draw from a unified spell-list, however many spells will have different effects depending on which proficiency you use(a spell might do one thing if you use Mind magic and another if you use Life).

Mage Wars PnP: some spells will include special additions, conditions, or addendums for the Mage Wars PnP game.

Master Spell List

Spells are gained according to the following professions:

• Additive Gain: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 23
• Subtractive Gain: 0, 5, 10, 15, 20

Some spells are also learned. See MRPG Magic for details.

Additive List

The first gained spells do not occur until level 3. Additive spells are typically damage-dealing and offensive.

First Progression

(Character Level 3)

• Percussive Force: | Fast Cast | 10
  • Light: Deals 1d6 +2 per level Positive Damage
  • Dark: Deals 1d0 +2 per level Negative Damage
  • Mind: Inflicts -1 Stamina Penalty
  • Life: Deals 1 per level Supplemental Damage

• Mind Crush | Slow Cast | 40
  • Mind: Inflicts 1d10 + 1d10 per rank Intelligence Penalty

Second Progression

(Character Level 6)

• Circle of Binding

For all versions, the effect is the same: the target is held, motionless, for 9 per rank +1 per level seconds. A resistance of check of (Resistance + 1d6 per rank) against the caster's own resistance determines the effectiveness of the spell. Which version of the spell you use determines the resistance-check:

• • Light: Fire
  • Dark: Negative
  • Mind: Positive
  • Life: Water
  • Death: Mortal
  • Change: Wind

• Circles Of (Spell)
  • Circle of Air: binds the target in a whirling vortex of air for 9 seconds. Resistance of Wind-9 A successful flourish
    • series of spells that use a different damage-subtype for a resistance-check. If the target doesn't have a high enough resistance the spell holds them in place for X-amount of time.

Third Progression

(Character Level 9)

• Healing Spell
• Circle of Binding: Like the other circles of binding except untyped so it cannot be resisted. Make this one pretty high-level.

Fourth Progression

(Character Level 12)

• Healing Spell
• Reaping of Pawns: I have NO idea what this spell is going to do.

Fifth Progression

(Character Level 15)

• Healing Spell
• Feast of Gluttons: same with this one but they are in the card game and have cool names.

Sixth Progression

(Character Level 18)

• Healing Spell
• Faustian Bargain: give up half your HP to deal some substantial amount of untyped-damage on the target, based on how much HP you give up.

Seventh Progression

(Character Level 21)

• Healing Spell
• Send Away: spell that attempts to just send a single target out of existence. Similar mechanics to the Death spell.

Eighth Progression

(Character Level 23)

• Healing Spell
• Darkness Explode: basically just deals a crapton of Negative-typed damage in an AOE-ark.

• Send Away, Mass: see Send Away.

Subtractive List

Subtractive spells are typically defensive and healing. Unlike Additive, some subtractive spells are known at game start:

First Progression

(Character Level 0)

• Cleansing Ember | Slow Cast | 10
  • Life: Restores 1d6 per level HP
  • Death: Deals 1d4 fire damage to all enemies of evil intent.
  • Change: Removes Blindness
  • Mind: Removes the Blithesome effect

• Lesser Divination:
  • Mind:

• Mind Armor: your mage robes now grant +10 AC per-equipped-item. This AC is only applied to DV and does not aid in damage reduction.

• Dark Magic Ritual: basically a buff-spell for dark magic that makes the targets dark-magic abilities better.

Second Progression

(Character Level 5)

• Cleansing Fire | Slow Cast | 25
  • Life: Restores 3d6 per level HP
  • Death: Deals 2d4 fire damage to all enemies of evil intent.
  • Change: Removes Blindness
  • Mind: Removes the Blithesome and Inept effects

• Armor of Wind

• Cleansing Ember

• Buff-spells for positive and negative resistance go here
• Empty Hand: buff spell that causes the enemy to perceive you as not holding a main-handed weapon. This essentially reduces threat.
• Underworld Swarming: I'm thinking low-level dark spell that makes you think you're covered in bugs and causes an effect?
• Dark Magic Ritual, Level II:

Third Progression

(Character Level 10)

• Armor of Change
• Cleansing Fire
• Empty Hands: same as Empty Hand but makes them see you not holding anything at all, so covers off-hand, dual-wielding, and 2-handers.
• See the Hidden: basically a spell that lets you automatically find things like hidden doors, trigger plates, etc. This should be fairly high-level.
• Dark Magic Ritual, Level III:

Fourth Progression

(Character Level 15)

• Cleansing Inferno
• Four Hands: doubles the amount of threat the target generates from held items.
• Dark Magic Ritual, Level IV:

Fifth Progression

(Character Level 20)

• Armor of Darkness
• Armor of Light

• Dark Magic Ritual, Level V:
• Ritual Breaker: AOE spell distrupts all slow-cast spells currently in progress.
• Ritual of Rejuvenation: some... thing.

Learned List

• Dark Magic Attack: a high-level dark spell that deals damage around multiple sources, designed to bypass different forms of resistance.
• Complex spell that opens two portals to a plain of fire and a plain of water and this somehow produces a mighty thunderclap that knocks everyone down within a given area. Higher-level versions will also add some Mortal damage.

• Ancient Magi Spiral Attack: probably hardest/rarest ever.

• Death: just about exactly what the name implies. The caster will attempt to slay a target with a single word. This spell does not follow typical rules as it is not damage-dealing. Instead, if it passes the resistance-check, the player will then make a role of 1d20-per-rank + buffed-proficiency against the target. If the player roles a higher score, the target is instantly killed. The rules for this spell might change later.

• Mass Grave: similar to the Death spell but targets everything within the immediate area. The spell does not effect party members or friendly NPCs, but the player may not exclude any targets. Mage Wars PnP: this spell effects everyone within the radius, the caster may exclude up to 6 targets.

• Ultimate Offering: allows you to exchange life-points for mana-points(at a loss). Maybe variable levels of this spell to determine how much gets traded and at what cost?

Key Terms

• Caster Level: refers to the player's actual level
• Rank: refers to the player's Rank.
• Progression: refers to the spell's level(E.G. First Progression spells are available at start, Second Progression at Levels 3/5 respectively, etc)

See Also:

• Mage Wars RPG
• MRPG Magic