Subject: A New Old Spell: Awaken Chaos

From: clay@Incite.com

System: Elric!

I am interjecting a short Stormbringer adventure into my Elric! game.
One of the opponents has the spell Awaken Chaos.  This spell no longer
exists in Elric! (though a similar spell, Chaos Warp does).  Therefore,
I made the following write-up for this "new" old spell:

AWAKEN CHAOS (8) - Range is touch.  Chaotic.  This powerful and
dangerous ritual allows the caster to endow a random demonic ability
upon a living creature.  Unlike Chaos Warp, the endowment occurs against
the creature's will.  The ritual takes 8D8 hours to complete.  The
victim must be present for the entire ritual.  The caster may pause the
ritual at any time, though he may not cast any other spell or regain
magic points while the ritual is in progress.  The caster may stop the
ritual at any time and lose 8 MP.  During the ritual, the caster
concentrates on the multi-forms of Chaos.  The caster must draw arcane
and foul symbols of Chaos upon the body of the victim during the ritual.
When the ritual is complete, the caster spends 1 POW and matches his POW
against the victim's.  If the caster succeeds, the victim immediately
gains one random demonic ability.  If the ability requires or allows
additional MP to be spent, the caster may spend MP to increase the
ability just as for defining a demon.  When the ritual is complete, the
caster gains 1 Chaos point and loses 1 Balance point.  The victim
receives 1 Chaos point.  Physical abilities may also lower the victims
APP (-1D8).  The victim retains the ability until death or some other
powerful intervention.  This spell does not work against demons or
elementals.

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Clay Luther
clay@incite.com

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