spell name: CALM | list name: command words | level: 1 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: 1 minute / level | range: 100' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: target will take no aggressive/offensive action, and will fight only if attacked. if the caster casts this spell at an already "calmed"" target, the target will fall asleep." |
spell name: TRUTH | list name: command words | level: 2 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: concentration | range: 10' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: target must answer single concept questions truthfully. he may roll rrs to break the spell again after every question. |
spell name: CONFUSE | list name: command words | level: 3 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: 1 round / 5 failure | range: 100' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: target is incapable of making decisions or initiating action; he may continue to fight current foes or in self defense. |
spell name: FASCINATE | list name: command words | level: 4 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: 10 minutes / level | range: 50' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: target believes that caster is of the same alignment as himself, is influential, and is superior to himself in rank, power and/or efficiency. target will usually seek to ingratiate himself to the caster. |
spell name: GREAT COMMAND 1 | list name: command words | level: 5 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: varies | range: v | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: commands of the outer circle (1)1. choke (100', c, -) target cumulatively takes 10% of his hits each round that hte caster concentrates. after 10 rounds (-100%) target becomes unconscious.2. sense (50', c, -10) as long as he concentrates, the caster may receive sensory data from the target; 1 sense/5 levels of the caster.3. compassion (25', 1 hr/lvl, -20) target is overwhelmed with compassion for a person/ place/ thing specified by the caster.4. lose (300', 1 hr/lvl, -) target either loses an item or loses his sense and memory of direction as specified by the caster.5. command (20', - , -30) target will obey a command of up to 5 words in length from the caster. command cannot be completely alien to target (e.g., suicide, blinding himself, etc.). |
spell name: FORGET | list name: command words | level: 6 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: permanent | range: 50' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: target permanently forgets up to one minute per level of specified memories as selected by the caster. |
spell name: DREAM | list name: command words | level: 7 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: mp | duration: concentration | range: 10'/lvl | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: caster may dictate the dreams of a specific sleeping target. if the target succeeds in his rr by 25+, he wakens (unless somehow prevented) and knows what was attempted. if he succeeds by 50+ he knows also who attempted it. this spell may be cast through intervening obstacles such as floors, ceilings, etc. magical obstacles get an rr. |
spell name: EMOTE | list name: command words | level: 8 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: 1 minute / level | range: 100' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: caster causes the target to experience one specified emotion. |
spell name: LIKE / DISLIKE | list name: command words | level: 9 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: 1 day / 5 failure | range: 100' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: the target likes or dislikes a person, place, or thing as specified by the caster. if the target has very strong feelings about the subject previously, the gm may indicate that the target may attempt a second rr if he fails the first one. |
spell name: GREAT COMMAND 2 | list name: command words | level: 10 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: varies | range: v | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: commands of the second circle1. choke (100', -, -) target cumulatively takes 10% of his hits each round. after 10 rounds (-100%) target becomes unconscious. if the caster does concentrate for ten rounds after the target is unconscious, target dies.2. steal (25', - , -20) the target will attempt to steal one item specified by the caster.3. fear (20', v, -30) target flees in total fear from the caster (duration is 1 min/5% failure), or from one subject which the caster specifies (duration is 1 week/lvl).4. revert (100', 1 day/5% failure, -20) permanently returns a domesticated target to a natural wild state. (gm may wish to make this duration permanent).5. ignore (50', 1 min/lvl, -10) causes the target to ignore (not be aware of) one subject in sensory range.6. abandon (100', 1 day/lvl, - ) target loses sense of purpose and direction.7. summon (500' r, - , -20) caster summons spirits (faerie, rural, household, etc.). benign underground creatures, or enchanted creatures determined by the gm, within the radius. the beings are not controlled but are "drawn"". any malicious intent by the caster towards the beings may spoil the spell.8. thought (50', -, -10) caster is able to plant one single concept thought in the target's mind.9. quarrel (25', 10 min/lvl, -30) target is prone to argue and nitpick at his associate." |
spell name: DOUBT | list name: command words | level: 11 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: permanent | range: 100' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: target develops a very serious and troublesome doubt concerning a previously accepted fact, action, or idea. |
spell name: LOVE / HATE | list name: command words | level: 12 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: 1 day / 5 failure | range: 100' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: (rr mod: -20) the target either experiences devoted love or repulsive hatred toward the subject. for the duration the intensity of the emotion will be such that the target will have a difficult time focusing on anything else other that his love or hate. at the end of the duration, the target must make an additional rr (with a +20 instead of a -20 rr mod) or the effect will become permanent. |
spell name: VENGENCE | list name: command words | level: 13 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: varies | range: 100' | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: target will seek to enact some sort of vengence against a person, place, or thing as specified by the caster. there must be, in the target's mind, some concept of the subject having wronged the target for the spell to be effective. the exact form of the vengeance sought depends on the character of the target, and the severit of his rr failure (1 = mild, 50+ very severe). |
spell name: INVOKE | list name: command words | level: 14 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: fm | duration: concentration | range: self | area of effect: 1 being | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: the caster may summon to himself by name any entity regardless of range, even to the ethereal and other planes. each round there is a 35% chance that the specified entity would hear the summons, and a 15% chance that a random being may hear. this spell does not command the entity though the being will be heavily motived (rr mod: -20) to come to the caster. this spell is especially designed for, and the gm may restrict it to, supernatural spiritual entities (e.g., spirits, demons, elementals, deities, etc.). |
spell name: GREAT COMMAND 3 | list name: command words | level: 15 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: varies | range: v | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: command of the third circle1. reanimate (10', 1 rnd/lvl, -) caster may temporarily reveive the body (or the spirit if the body is ruined) of a dead target for the purpose of communcation.2. exact (25', - , -30) caster may exact an act of obedience from a being of the same alignment. treat as a geas. (target is given one task, failure results in penalty determined by gm. task must be within target's capabilities.)3. convert (25', 1 day/5% failure, +10) alters the target's "alignment"" to one specified by the caster. some beings may get additional rr mods (e.g., very evil beings such as orcs might get +20 to +50). (gm may wish to maekthis duration permanent).4. remember (50', - , -10) target remembers an event planted by the caster until presented with irrefutable evidence to the contrary.5. hold (50', c, -10) target is paralyzed and can do nothing as long as the caster concentrates.6. stun (100', 1 rnd/10% failure, -20) target is numb, stunned, and -75 for all actions. 7. mute (50', 1 hr/lvl, -20) target loses the ability to talk and loses one sense/ 20% failure as specified by the caster.8. stagger (100', 1 rnd/10% failure, - ) target takes a ""d"" unbalancing critical each round." |
spell name: DISMISS / BANISH | list name: command words | level: 16 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: f | duration: varies | range: 10'/lvl | area of effect: 1 entity | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: (rr mod: -20) dismisses a spiritual being (e.g., demon, elemental, appropriate spirits, etc.) from the caster's present plane for 200-1200 years. in addition, the caster may force the entity to answer one single concept question truthfully before he is dismissed. if the demon resists or the spell funbles, the caster may be commanded by the entity. the caster may attempt a new rr each day to break the effect of his spell failure. |
spell name: SHOUT OF PANIC * | list name: command words | level: 17 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m* | duration: 1 round / 5 failure | range: self | area of effect: 50' r | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: targets flee in total panic from the caster. |
spell name: SHOUT OF COMMAND * | list name: command words | level: 18 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m* | duration: varies | range: v | area of effect: 1 target/lvl | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: caster may effect a number of targets up to his level with a great command 1. |
spell name: SHOUT OF CONFUSION * | list name: command words | level: 19 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m* | duration: 1 round / 5 failure | range: self | area of effect: 50' r | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: targets are incapable of making decisions or initiating action; he may continue to fight current foes or in self defense. |
spell name: GREAT COMMAND 4 | list name: command words | level: 20 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: varies | range: v | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: commands of the stone circle1. sleep (100', 1 min/10% failure, -20) target is unconscious and unwakable.2. terror of the abyss (100', 1 day/10% failure, - ) target instantly experience the horrors of hell. he is incapacitated with fear.3. unmind (100', 1 rnd/lvl, - ) target forgets every skill he knows (all skill rank bonuses are reduced to -25), but does not realize that a skill is forgotten until he attempts to use it.4. murder (20', - , - ) target will attemp to murder a being specified by the caster. very lawful and good beings might get a rr bonus (e.g., up to +10 to 50).5. wereweird (25', 1 week/5% failure, -) target contracts lycanthropy. details determined by the gm.6. peace (touch, 1 day/10% failure, - ) target eased from the effects of mind disease, grief, lycanthroy, hate, etc. there is a 1%/level chance that the effect will be permanent.7. burn (100', 1 rnd/10% failure, -) target takes a "d"" heat critical each round." |
spell name: GREAT COMMAND 5 | list name: command words | level: 25 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: varies | range: v | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: commands of the ancient circle1. slumber (50', - , - ) target sleeps permanently and without aging until effect successfully dispelled or a condition specified is fulfilled (e.g., kissed by a prince).2. rot (50', c, -10) instantly rots organic nonmagic nonliving object or plant. living targets receive a -10 penalty and lose 10% hit points per round of concentration. at 15 rounds (-150), the target becomes a dead dried husk. if the caster ceases concentration before the effect is complete the target keeps hits and penalty. heals at a rate of 10% per day or immediately by a successful cure disease spell.3. repent (25', 1 day/5% failure, +10) as convert above but also changes target's perspective on his friends and will probably alter his personality. (the gm may wish to make this duration permanent.)4. changeshape (25', 1 day/5% failure, - ) target's form is altered to another living organism (must be appropriate to currentl environment) but the target retains his mental faculties; (e.g., the frog prince). (the gm may wish to make this duration permanent.)5. psychopathy (50', 1 day/5% failure, - ) target gains a psychopathic mental disorder. severity depends on die roll failure with 01 = mild (e.g., lying) and 50+ = very severe (e.g., crazy murderer). certain individuals may obtain an rr bonus (e.g., clerics, mentalists, etc.). (the gm may wish to make this duration permanent).6. give (50', - , -10) target gives an object he presently has in his possession to the caster.7. consume (100', 1 rnd/10% failure, - ) target takes a "c"" heat critical and a ""c"" electricity critical every round.8. wrath (100', - , - ) deliver a slaying critical to any being." |
spell name: GREAT COMMAND 6 | list name: command words | level: 30 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: varies | range: v | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: commands of the primitive circle1. truename (300', - , - ) caster learns target's truename. with this data the target is treated as suffering the effect of a mind control true (caster has total control of target's mind. after the initial casting, the range for control is 1 mile per level.)2. invert (10', - , - ) turns target's body inside-out making physical restoration nearly impossible. caster must concentrate and the process takes 10 rounds and can be halted, saving the target, any time before round 5.3. insane (50', until dispelled, -20) target is effected by a different mental disease each day until the ffect is successfully dispelled. the caster may specify which disease the target is currently suffering from if he is within range and concentrating.4. suicide (25', - , -30) target will immediately leave the immediate area and attempt suicide.5. lycanthropy (25', until dispelled, - ) target contracts permanent psychopathic lycanthropy. details to be determined by the gm.6. offer (50', v, -10) if the target fails his initial rr, the target offers himself to the caster as metaphysical food. caster may concentrate and take 2 hit points or 1 power point per round formt he target until the target's totals are halved (round off). these ppoints are added to the caster;s totals and subtracted from the target's totals. the target may roll another rr each week to break the effect, if successful, both target's and caster's revert to normal. the target will not necessarily obey the caster while the caster is absent, but submits whenever the caster is in sight or whenever the target hears his voice. each spell user may only have these "offered"" hit points (or power points) from one target at any one time.7. heal (touch, 1 week/lvl, - ) cures lycanthropy, mind disease, grief, hate, etc. there is a chance equal to 2%/lvl that the condition is permanently cured.8. killing light (50', - , -20) instantly gives an evil target three slaying criticals." |
spell name: GREAT COMMAND 7 | list name: command words | level: 50 | realm: essence/channeling | type: magus base | spell class: m | duration: varies | range: v | area of effect: 1 target | sourcebook: rolemaster companion 3 |
description: commands of the circle of night1. be not (24', - , -20) the target ceases to physically exist. all items on the target's person remain while the target's body is uncreated and his tie to this world is severed.2. slave (50', v, -10) if the target fails his initial rr, the target offers himself to the caster as metaphysical food. caster may concentrate and take 2 hit points or 1 power point per round formt he target until the target's totals are halved (round off). these ppoints are added to the caster;s totals and subtracted from the target's totals. the target may roll another rr each week to break the effect, if successful, both target's and caster's revert to normal. the target is the caster's unquestioning slave at all times. each spell user may only have these "offered"" hit points (or power points) from one target at any one time.3. possess (25', - , -20) the target dies (i.e., his soul is driven from his body and can only be returned through lifegiving) and the soul o fhte caster enters and controls the body of the target. the caster's hit points and physical stat modifier will be those of his new body.4. shape-melt (25', 1 week/5% failure, -20) the target thenceforth will changed from one ""shape"" to another without control or cause. his physical attributes, gender, and modifiers will be those of his current ""shape"". the target will change on an average of once every four hours. (the gm may wish to make this duration permanent).5. slaying light (25', - , -20) instantly gives an evil target one slaying critical (modified by +20) per 10% failure." |