by John Pederson <lobo1@juno.com>

Mage Sword and Variants

Here's a couple of neat spells for the combat mage without a weapon focus. These spells produce blades of magical energy in the caster's hand which can make a seriously nasty mess of whoever the caster happens to be attacking. Generally, the resultant blade is roughly a foot and a half long, but really good casting can extend that length a little bit. The resultant Mage Sword can actually block an active weapon focus (I've seen it happen!), while Power Sword and the attendant elemental variants can block most anything swung against them.

Mage Sword

Type: Mana
Category: Manipulation
Range: Limited
Target: 4
Drain: [(F/2)+1]D
Duration: Sustained
Damage: (Force)D
Effects: Resisted by Impact armor

Power Sword

Type: Physical
Category: Manipulation
Range: Limited
Target: 4
Drain: [(F/2)+2]D
Duration: Sustained
Damage: (Force)D
Effects: like the above spell, but can also affect physical targets

Flame Saber

Type: Physical
Category: Manipulation
Range: Limited
Target: 4
Drain: [(F/2)+4]D
Duration: Sustained
Damage: (Force)D
Effects: As above, with fire elemental effects (ignite flammable objects, etc.)
Note: This spell could also be adapted into a "Light Saber" spell for all the Jedi-wannabes:)

Well, due to incorrect thinking on my part, fostered by the version of this spell that I found in Wig's archive, I unfortunately wrote the spell up wrong the first time. After re-examining my thinking and going over the descriptions of spell types and after some criticism on Shadowland, I've rewritten the Mage Sword spell as a Manipulation. The current version of Mage Sword does Deadly damage, is resisted by Impact armor and produces a blade with a length equal to the caster's magic attribute times 10 centimeters. Reach is +.5 for every 50 cm or fraction thereof (round down, as always). Extra successes may be used to increase the Power (+1 per success) or to increase the length (+10 cm per 2 successes).
Mage Sword does Deadly Damage, resisted by Impact Armor (this is debatable, it being a mana spell - conversely, all DM's are supposed to have elemental effects, so . . .). Power is identical, save for being a Physical, rather than Mana, spell. The length on Mage Sword and its variants is the caster's Magic Rating times 10cm. Reach is +.5 for every 50cm (or fraction thereof). Extra success may be used to increase the blade's length (+10cm for every two).

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Mage Sword Type: Mana Category: Manipulation Range: Limited Target: 4 Drain: [(F/2)+1]D Duration: Sustained Damage: (Force)D Effects: Resisted by Impact armor	Power Sword Type: Physical Category: Manipulation Range: Limited Target: 4 Drain: [(F/2)+2]D Duration: Sustained Damage: (Force)D Effects: like the above spell, but can also affect physical targets	Flame Saber Type: Physical Category: Manipulation Range: Limited Target: 4 Drain: [(F/2)+4]D Duration: Sustained Damage: (Force)D Effects: As above, with fire elemental effects (ignite flammable objects, etc.) Note: This spell could also be adapted into a "Light Saber" spell for all the Jedi-wannabes:)
Well, due to incorrect thinking on my part, fostered by the version of this spell that I found in Wig's archive, I unfortunately wrote the spell up wrong the first time. After re-examining my thinking and going over the descriptions of spell types and after some criticism on Shadowland, I've rewritten the Mage Sword spell as a Manipulation. The current version of Mage Sword does Deadly damage, is resisted by Impact armor and produces a blade with a length equal to the caster's magic attribute times 10 centimeters. Reach is +.5 for every 50 cm or fraction thereof (round down, as always). Extra successes may be used to increase the Power (+1 per success) or to increase the length (+10 cm per 2 successes). Mage Sword does Deadly Damage, resisted by Impact Armor (this is debatable, it being a mana spell - conversely, all DM's are supposed to have elemental effects, so . . .). Power is identical, save for being a Physical, rather than Mana, spell. The length on Mage Sword and its variants is the caster's Magic Rating times 10cm. Reach is +.5 for every 50cm (or fraction thereof). Extra success may be used to increase the blade's length (+10cm for every two).