Circle 7 Wizard spell

Threads: 3 Range: Self Effect: Willforce + 5	Weaving Difficulty: 9/17 Duration: Rank hours (see text)
Casting Difficulty: Intended spell's dispel difficulty

The Wizard uses his understanding of magic, through this ritual spell, to extend the range of a spell. While casting this spell, the wizard pulls on a piece of cloth or rope as if trying to stretch it. Each thread takes 5 minutes to thread. The difficulty number for the spellcasting and effect tests is equal to the dispel difficulty of the spell intended to be affected by the Further spell. The wizard makes a spellcasting test and if successful, rolls an effect test. Record the success level of the effect test. The Further spell will only affect the next spell cast by the wizard if cast within the duration of the Further spell. The affected spell's range is modified by a factor that depends on the effect test's success level. For an average success modify the range by a factor of x1.5, a good success by a x2 factor, an excellent by a x3 factor and an extraordinary a x4 factor. On the event that the effect test turns up all 1s, the factor is x0.5 but the wizard thinks he has achieved a good success (i.e., a x2 factor). Thus encountering all the nasty side effect a game master may find appropriate for that situation (most of the time, the spell will simply have no effect since the target ends up out of range). If the next spell the wizard casts is not the intended spell, it will only be affected by the Further spell if it's dispel difficulty is SMALLER than the intended spell's dispel difficulty. The Further only affects one spell, then the wizard must go through the ritual again to affect another spell.

Copyright 1999. Eric Campeau