spell name: MAINTAIN AIR | list name: Sustain Body | level: 1 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 2 rounds / level | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Casting this spell satisfies a target's oxygen needs. The duration of this spell may be varied by expending more than the required number of power points. Thus, a fifth level caster casts this spell using 3 PP (he could cast it with up to 5 PP). The duration of this spell would be 3 minutes (5th level x 2 rnds x 3 PP = 30 rounds or 3 minutes). |
spell name: MAINTAIN NUTRITION | list name: Sustain Body | level: 2 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 1 day | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Satisfies a target's nutritional and maintenance needs for one day. The duration of this spell may be varied by expending more than the required number of power points. Thus a 6th level caster casts this spell using 6 PP (the most he could cast it with), which would provide a duration of 3 days. |
spell name: MAINTAIN ENDURANCE | list name: Sustain Body | level: 3 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: varies | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Replenishes 2 exhaustion points per PP spent up to 2 exhaustion points per level. Can't increase exhaustion points above normal maximum. |
spell name: NO SLEEP | list name: Sustain Body | level: 4 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: varies | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Satisfies a target's sleep needs for two hours per PP spent. After the duration expires, the target must sleep a normal amount (though not more than 24 hours). |
spell name: RESIST TEMPERATURE | list name: Sustain Body | level: 5 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Allows target to withstand a greater range of temperatures without harm or discomfort. Target is able to withstand up to 10° (from nominal temp) per level from either up or down (or both if desired), though not above 600°F or below -300°F in any case. This amount is set at time of casting and to be reset, must be recast. For example, a 10th level caster may vary the temperature protection of an individual by up to 100° in one direction (either up or down) or varying amounts in both directions (though not more than 100 points total). This spell does not affect elemental spells in any way. |
spell name: POWER FUSE | list name: Sustain Body | level: 6 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 1 round / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster creates a 'circuit breaker' protecting himself from channeling mishaps and overload burnout. Assuming a burnout occurs, this spell kicks in, the circuit breaks, and the entire amount of channeled PP or spells are circuited away (the entire amount of either PP or spells is lost). |
spell name: NO FATIGUE | list name: Sustain Body | level: 7 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: varies | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster establishes a link between his PPs and his exhaustion points. His PPs are used instead of his exhaustion points on a one to one basis. This spell lasts until the caster cancels it, it is dispelled, or his PPs reach 0. |
spell name: DENSE SKIN | list name: Sustain Body | level: 8 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster is able to alter the density of his skin to aid his survival in hostile environments. Caster is able to alter his armor type by 1 step per two levels of experience, thus at 8th level the caster could alter his skin to be AT 1, 2, 3, or 4. |
spell name: RESIST DAMAGE | list name: Sustain Body | level: 9 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Allows caster to take more damage than he normally could. Caster is able to take an additional 10 hits/PP spent in casting this spell (not to exceed his normal hit points). For example, a 20th level mage (180 total hits) who casts this spell (spending 18 PPs) would increase his total hits to 360 for the duration of this spell. |
spell name: RESIST POISON | list name: Sustain Body | level: 10 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: S* | duration: - | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Resists the effect of a poison on caster. This allows the caster to make an additional RR at the time of casting versus the effects of the poison. Caster may utilize extra PP in casting in order to increase his bonus. Each extra PP spent is equal to +1% to RRs vs poisons. |
spell name: RESIST DISEASE | list name: Sustain Body | level: 11 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: S* | duration: - | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Resists the effect of a disease on caster. This allows the caster to make an additional RR at the time of casting versus the effects of the disease. Caster may utilize extra PP in casting in order to increase his bonus. Each extra PP spent is equal to +1% to RRs vs diseases. |
spell name: MEET REQUIREMENT | list name: Sustain Body | level: 12 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 1 hour / level | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Allows caster to designate an enclosed area that will alter to maintain the minimum necessary requirements to sustain specified lifeforms. This area may be no more than 1000 cubic foot per level. |
spell name: RESIST ELEMENT | list name: Sustain Body | level: 13 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Target is immune to one element for the duration of the spell. A fire-resistant target is able to endure any normal fire (his belongings are immune as well), but may be overcome by smoke, carbon-monoxide, etc. Being resistant to a element does not replace the need for other vital substances necessary for life. Also, when being attacked with an elemental type spell (of the type protected against), the attacking spell must make a RR versus the level of the caster of the Resist Element spell in order to affect the target. |
spell name: SELF KEEPING | list name: Sustain Body | level: 14 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: varies | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Upon receiving a death blow, the caster goes into stasis until he is either healed or his brain is destroyed. |
spell name: MAINTAIN SANITY | list name: Sustain Body | level: 15 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: - | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Resists the effects of harmful psychological changes on caster. This allows the target to make an additional RR at the time of casting versus the psychological effects. Caster may utilize extra PP in casting in order to increase the bonus. Each extra PP spent is equal to +1% to RRs vs the psychological effects. This spell would protect versus the various forms of insanity. |
spell name: RESIST MAGIC | list name: Sustain Body | level: 16 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Allows caster +2 per level to all RRs versus spells. |
spell name: RESIST PSION | list name: Sustain Body | level: 17 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Allows caster +2 per level to all RRs versus Psions. |
spell name: RESIST CRITICAL | list name: Sustain Body | level: 18 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 1 round / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster gains some slight resistance to criticals. All criticals rolled against the caster are lowered by one level, thus an 'E' becomes a 'D', a 'D' becomes a 'C', etc. |
spell name: RESIST AGE | list name: Sustain Body | level: 19 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 1 day / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster gains some slight resistance to aging. Caster ages at a 1 %/level slower rate. For example, a 20th level caster who casts this spell on himself would only age 8 of every 10 years (80% normal aging rate). |
spell name: MAINTAIN SOUL | list name: Sustain Body | level: 20 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster is immune to all Absolutions or similar spells which attempt to separate the caster's soul from his body. |
spell name: CHANGE REQUIREMENT | list name: Sustain Body | level: 25 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 1 hour / level | range: touch | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster is able to alter one of the basic necessities of life for one target. For example, if this spell were cast on a mammal it could allow it to breathe carbon dioxide, eat iron or silicon, drink ammonia, etc. |
spell name: MAINTAIN PRESSURE | list name: Sustain Body | level: 30 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster is able to cause his body to maintain it's internal pressure regardless of outside conditions. Thus it is possible for a caster to be exposed to a vacuum or the ocean depths without harm. |
spell name: RESIST GRAVITY | list name: Sustain Body | level: 40 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster is able to resist heavier than normal gravity. Caster is able to withstand up to 1 'G' per two levels (at 40th level he could withstand up to 20 Gs). |
spell name: TOTAL INVULNERABILITY | list name: Sustain Body | level: 50 | realm: Essence | type: closed essence | spell class: F | duration: 1 minute / level | range: self | area of effect: self | sourcebook: spell user's companion |
description: Caster is able to withstand any environment, regardless or temperature, gravity, sustenance, etc. One drawback to this spell is that the caster is isolated and totally unable to interact with this environment. |