From: [w--h--r] at [cc.Helsinki.FI] (Markku Kristian Wachter)
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc
Subject: GURPS, new spells.
Date: 15 Jun 1994 07:49:49 GMT


A few new spells for GURPS. Use if there's use for them in your world.


Btw: has anyone read the new magic.dta fot Makechar ? It has a few
new Seduction College spells that I find a bit odd for a _seduction_
college.
For ex. Cure VD. Why doesn't Cure Disease and Minor/Major Healing 
themselves be enough ?
Coersion... doesn't sound too subtle. Actually more like Lesser Geas
with a new name. (like Release. Actually Undo with a new name...)
And there's no use for Arousal/Seduce when there already is Emotion Control.
Especially when Coersion is prerequisite for Seduce... why don't u
use Geas instead if your not going to _seduce_ but just _use_ someone.
Mind control college would work just fine.

Seduction College had Protector and Sterile but their prerequisites
suggest that they have a different point of view than my spells with
the same function.


Healing/Body Control College
Pain-killer                                                     Regular

Works as a local mild anaesthetic. Caster must touch the subject
to the area (body location) that is to be anaesthetized. Helps
on tooth-ache, headache etc. Reduces pain to 'manageable' level.

Does not do much good if used in surgery... Use suspended animation
or peaceful sleep instead.

Duration: 1-9 hours, cannot be maintained.
Cost: 1 to 3, target anaesthetized for cost*3 hours
Time to cast: 10 secs.
Prerequisite: Lend Health or Pain
Item: Small feather. User must touch the area to be affected. Usable
by mages, non-mages with first-aid (at least 1 pt put in fa) or some
physician skill. Energy cost to create: 400.


Healing College
Abortion                                  Regular; resisted by fetus' HT

Safe abortion. Removes both embryo/fetus (and placenta) in fairly clean way.
(Sterilize would obviously work, but is kinda inconvenient.)

Duration: Permanent (when fetus is out, it's out)
Cost: 2 up to 3 days after conception, 5 thereafter up to till fetus is
      5 months old. (after that cost would be more because of noticeable
      growth of fetus and placenta)
Time to cast: 5 mins
Prerequisites: Sterilize (, Pain-Killer) and Minor Healing.


Healing College
Contraceptive Spell                                             Regular

Safe and comfortable contraception for both sexes.

Duration: about 1 day for a male, about 1 month for a female
(Kills either spermatozoa or one egg cell.)
Cost: 2
Prerequisites: Sterilize
Item: Any, usually clothing or jevelry, kills either spermatozoa or
egg cells as they emerge. Energy cost to create: 500.


Healing/Body control College
Sterilization                                   Regular; resisted by HT

Another contraception. Makes actual physical modifications to subjects
body.
(maybe alter body could be used to achieve the same effect)

Duration: 1 hour unless made permanent. May be removed by Alter Body or
          Remove Curse
Cost: 4 to cast, 3 to maintain, may be made permanent as an enchantment
          for a energy cost of 100.
Time to cast:  2 mins
Prerequisites: Sterilize, alter body



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