Projection
Create temporary objects from magic. Raise a wall, raise a staircase, raise a blade.
Flexible Projection
- Speed: Action.
- Range: 10 m.
- Area: Cube (Expression × 0.5 m).
- Cost: 2.
- Concentration.
Create an object made of magic that lasts until this spell ends. The object must fit entirely within this spell's Area when you create it, but doesn't have to remain within it.
The object may:
- Have any shape you like, of one continuous volume.
- Have any appearance you like; it cannot be invisible, but may be as transparent as glass.
- Be either mobile, or fixed in place.
- Be any weight, ranging in density from air to stone.
The object cannot be damaged or broken. It cannot cause damage to anything by itself (e.g. by falling), but could be used by a creature for an attack if appropriate (e.g. a sword). The object is not real, and can't hold traces.
Especially complicated objects may require an Expression roll.
Gloom
Prerequisite: Discretion 2
When you cast Flexible Projection, you can choose for the projection to be insubstantial. If you do, it may be opaque enough to block vision, but cannot appear completely solid; it appears to shift or billow like smoke.
Morass
Prerequisite: Discretion 4
When you cast Flexible Projection and create an insubstantial object, you can choose for it to hinder creatures. It gains one of the following:
- Creatures moving through the object move at half speed.
- If a creature moves 3 m or more through the object on its turn, roll Expression vs. its Prowess. If it fails, it loses one action (on its next turn if it has none remaining this turn).
You can choose to have insubstantial objects you create cover a surface. If you do, the spell's Area is doubled, but it can only be a few millimetres thick across the surface. It can hinder creatures moving across it.
Structure Technique
Prerequisite: Arcane 4
You gain an alternate way of casting Flexible Projection, with the following changes:
- Range: 20 m.
- Cost: 6.
- The object may be any size, up to Expression × 1 m in any dimension.
Project Blade
Prerequisite: Alchemy 4
- Speed: Action.
- Range: Touch.
- Target: Creature.
- Cost: 2.
- Concentration.
Affected creature gains the ability to manifest a projected item. On its turn, the affected creature may create projected objects at will, either in its hands or on its person. Only one such object created by this spell may exist at once. The created object may be:
- A piece of clothing or armour.
- A weapon, tool, or piece of equipment that can be held in one or both hands.
Created objects can be made of any material, but are not real, and cannot hold traces.
Unnatural Edge
Prerequisite: Expression 4
When you cast Project Blade, add 1 to rolls made using the projected object.
Perfection in Form
Prerequisite: Expression 6
When you cast Project Blade, rolls made using the projected object can use your Expression.
Projection Shot
Prerequisite: Precision 4
- Speed: Attack.
- Range: 10 m.
- Cost: 3.
Attack with Precision vs. Reflexes.
Barrage Arcane
Prerequisite: Energetics 4
You gain an alternate way of casting Projection Shot, with the following changes:
- Area: Sphere (3 m).
- Target: Creatures (Any).
Lightning Arrow
Prerequisite: Prowess 4
Lightning Arrow
You gain an alternate way of casting Projection Shot, with the following changes:
- Range: Self.
- Area: Line (5 m).
- Target: Creatures or Objects (All).
Razor Cloud
Prerequisite: Precision 4, Visualisation 6
- Speed: Attack.
- Range: 10 m.
- Area: Sphere (2 m).
- Cost: 4.
- Concentration.
When you cast this spell, and at the start of each of your turns, attack every creature in the affected area with Expression vs. Endurance. If a creature enters the area for any reason, attack it in the same way. You may move the area up to 5 m as an Attack action on your turn; it moves in a straight line, affecting any creatures it moves through. A single creature cannot be attacked by this spell more than once per round.
Suppressive Haze
Prerequisite: Precision 4, Visualisation 6, Encyclopaedia 6
When you hit a creature with a Projection attack, you may forego damage to either:
- Reduce the target's speed by 5 m on its next turn.
- Cause the target to lose one action on its next turn.
Also, when you cast Razor Cloud, you may choose for the affected area to be filled with an opaque volume.