™ Matrix Magic Plug-In for Fuzion by Bob Greenwade Edition 2.1 This is a Plug-In system for the Fuzion game system, based usually .DNE sa etar emas eht ta srevocer dna 01×LLIW no desab on a magic system I had in a werb-emoh emag metsys Idekooc fI a anaM )NAM(citsiretcarahC si ,elbaliava neht yna nevigllepS pu many years ago (the early 1980s). The system was called tnenopmoC may work off rehtie DNE ro ,NAM ro emosrehto citsatnaF erutnevdA , but I initially decided to call this the T (cid:145)ran ,ecruos no nevig eb lliw liated eroM( .denrael s’ti nehw denifed sa Magic Plug-In, after the world in which that game was set. this retal ).no sesarhP hcus sa eht“ s’retsac nwo ”seigreneneht T (cid:145)ra (pronounced TEE-rah) was a world vaguely similar to srefer to rehtie DNE or MAN (or any other similar Characteristic Earth , though it was decidedly different in many ways. that the GM may wish to use). In fact, some GMs who use the Somewhere in the distant past, some 3000 years ago, an optional Humanity stat (HUM) may allow its use as spell fuel, ecnerruccO lacihpargoeg niatrec deretla dah taht ecalp nekat dah hguoht s’ti erofeb ylluferac deredisnoc eb dluohs siht fo stceffe eht ,serutaef detsixe taht noitazilivic hcet-hgih eht fo hcum deyortsed .enod at,tcaf ni ,era esohT .dlrow eht no cigam dehsaelnu dna ,emit eht Of ,esruoc ecnis DNE srevocer gnidrocca ot ehtyrevoceR eht fo emit eht ot devivrus hcihw ecnerruccO eht fo sliated ylno eht )CER( sah MG eht sselnu ,MUH dna NAM od sa — citsiretcarahC .sCP did sa ,nem gnoma devil elpoep ralimis dna ,sevrawD ,sevlE a etar acpiensahcem rof esoht — c ittashitret clalriawhC ebdesu a number of sentient species that would look to use like sa.llew dezihpromoporhtna world,rough-and-tumble a was This animals. On eht ,elohw siht si not an appropriate Plug-In for Instant with as much post-Apocalypse and Wild West to its atmosphere , nhogiuzouh Ftti dluoc .edbetpada as high fantasy. dnA criedwhich one — magic doing for method own its had it out for its own system. New Skills At eht ,emit eht ylno yaw I dluoc ees ot esu hcus aeuqinu magic system was to create my own game system from the dnuorg up. As it turned out, most of that game’s systems stank; The following Skills should be added to (or modified in) any only fo noisnetxe na desu hcihw( metsys tnemeganam-noitca eht ngiapmac hcihw sesu eht xirtaM cigaM:nI-gulP ehterew metsys cigam eht dna )trahc DPS s’oreH dniheb stpecnoc Artisan: nA Artisan Skill is similar to a lanoisseforP Skill, smooth enough to warrant continued survival. tpecxe that it’s based primarily on TECH (rather than INT) and ,enno oih,ztwuioFwN can build sub-systems ( aka Plug-Ins) swollaeht character to make things. Examples of Artisan Skills sa needed. This, at last, was an opportunity for the citsatnaF that paarrtei c ulaaprplryo Ptplhruitiigsoan- tcIeAln lu cdhee mist, erutnevdA magic system to be resurrected without re-launching Crystal-Cutter, ,revraC-enotS ,htimslateM ,yradipaL ,rewolB-ssalG (not fo emos ,esruoc fO .metsys eritne eht )gnitaerc-er noitnem ot dna Woodworker. Artisan may still be used with INT like a eht scificeps dedeen ot eb nward morf gnitsixe noizuF;sni-gulp lanoisseforP Skill, to give the character knowledge of the t’ndl uyo ewehrtehw tpursid eht ”leef“ foT (cid:145)ran magic, rules have serudecorp dna ygolonimret fo eht ,noisseforp hguoht ta 2+VD detpa dnaeeb from existing magic and powers Plug-Ins (such as (compared to the DV of gaining the information with a eht Power Plug-In from :snoipmahC muinne lewlheiTNM , nosaJ lanoisseforP Skill). s’ruoD cioreH sei tilibA Plug-In, Mark Chase’s kimotA kcigaM , or Manifestation: This is normally used as a e hosttun ob esU eh tneve koobe lmueRt soyrSeH ™!). Magic Skill (below). Normally, a magician will know only one ecniS its origin (and its posting in Beta Format), this Plug-In Manifestation (see below for a list of manifestations), and uses sah been adapted for use in other fantasy worlds, and so a new eht Manif llikS noitatse taht gnisu stnenopmoC cisaB gnisu nehw eman a taht saw tpecnoc lanigiro eht fo traP .rof dellac neeb sah Manifestation . A Ma noitatsefin itself,by used be also may Skill “spell” irs e ferretdao “as m atrix(”e vetnh ougihtn h itse xitt ’sst ill slleps sih tahw no noitamrofni naicigam eht evig ot ,TNI no desab dellac a “spell”), and so this Plug-In is called the Matrix Magic nac od dnoyeb rieht suoivbo.seitiliba Plug-In. Spell Creation: byused is INT, on based is which Skill, This . n n, Ieo or -rictSoxg ezinfi uehugerIlhFastPtMearMp asihT .sllepS lluf otni rehtegot stnenopmoC llepS tup ot naicigam erudeco r spdiessucs indi liat erdetal.no esU Magic: This is similar to the esU rewoP Skill used in Regarding Characteristics hC :snoipma ehT weNmuinnelliM dna rehto ciorehrepus.seltit ,yllaitnessE tiselbane the magician to cast spells. When casting yna niatrec ,revewoh ;HCET no llikS siht sesab naicigam eht ,lleps This Plug-In makes primary use of two Primary rehto functions may be based on other Characteristics. For Characteristics — TECH (mostly) and INT. ,ecnatsni when learning a new Component or formulating a new ehT Matrix Magic Plug-In should only be used in Fuzion Spell from known Components, Use Magic dlu oews u.TNI sihT campaigns erehw eht ecnarudnE )DNE( citsiretcarahC sidesu also )TNI gnisu ,niaga( egaugnaL cigaM eht fo esu eht stneserper (with eht ni edam era secnerefer erehW .)01×NOC fo eulav esab a for sesoprup rehto naht gnitsac ;cigam elihw eht egaugnalsi ,)esarhp ralimis emos ro( ”seigrene nwo s’retsac eht“ ot woleb txet sselesu for everyday conversation, instructional writings are s’ti gnirrefer ot.DNE possible. This is also the Skill to use when making attacks using ,revewoH siht si tfel yletarebiled eugav esuaceb emossMG magic, in this case basing the Skill on REF. may wish iswhich Mana, Characteristic, figured another utilize to Using Magic gnisU a spell which has one component takes one action. hguoht eht edulcerp t’ndluohs ngiapmac a ni NAM fo ecneserp eht gnisU a spell which has two or three components takes two esu fo DNE fi s’taht tahw a naicigam stnaw ot.esu .snoitca yrevEowt lanoitidda stnenopmoc ot eht lleps sekateno S,leuf lleps sa desu eb ot MUH wolla yam sMG emos ,ylralimi additional action. hguoht sa deton evoba eht secneuqesnoc fo siht dluohseb oT tsac as el rltieauphqs te errhetts aoc d.esegrnhitht edisnoc lausunu na hcus eb lliw sihT .enod s’ti erofeb ylluferac der taht snaem sihT .serutseg launam ,cificeps esu tsum eh ,tsriF ac es taht ti t’now eb dessucsid rehtruf sa a etarapes ;noitpoeht magic cannot yna ni dnuob era sdnah esohw retsac a yb desu eb scinahceemra rof tpecxe ,NAM ro DNE gnisu rof lacitnedi ylpmis ,yaw ro ohw si gniyrrac a ,nopaew ro ohw esiwrehto si elbanuot eht edis stceffe fo gnisu MUH sa( dessucsid ni eht noitpircsedfo esu both hands. If something is being held, it must first be put that Characteristic in the rules). ,nwod dna smra s’retsac eht naht rehto erehwemos ro ,tekcop a ni Whether eht tats ni noitseuq si ,DNE ,NAM ro ,MUHti .sdnah stcejbo dednepxe era tniop tsal siht ot snoitpecxe ylno ehT .sC’ErRet cda er,y e daebssheihmrathucaetgsvocer and Foci, both of which are discussed separately; for them the reverse is true — the caster has to pick them up and get them sevreseR noitoP ydaer htiw hc.agenitsac ,dnoceS the caster must utter incantations in the unique Potion yam naicigam a hcihw ygrene fo sevreser era sevreser egafuognal .cigaM sihT snaem taht cigam tonnac eb desu yba era yllausu yeht hguohT .)NAM ro( DNE erew yeht hguoht sa esu caster who is in a silence field, who has his mouth gagged or full liquid ,snoitop yeht od ton evah ot ;eb a noitop evreser nac eba .detci rstessesr ee hc ss c o,iasefrd whieopor rhpoooesfhhwto vial ehT .sgniht rehto fo yteirav a ro ,sgnivahs doow ,sgnilif nori fo Thir ,d eh tsum dnepxe emos tros fo .leuf sihT yam ebeht ev re ernfsuooe tiraatnop tsum e bdeni fneedhw tenhetnopmoC s’retsac y ,,lneDiw v Ndo t rrn Eotceoeoabaemsihjoetstbsroiop is learned; a magician may base all of his Spell Components off desu up when the spell is cast. Which of these options is to be eht emas epyt fo ,evreser ro evah tnereffid sepyt roftnereffid esu d tsum eb denimreted nehw eht retsac snrael eht .lleps ehT Components. latter two cases are less tiring to the caster, but if the potion It tsum eb suoivbo taht a noitop evreser si gnieb desu nia n alcle pe shetrof eyba wnaek astticej bdoednep xreeovreser eb spell. evreser eht pu sekam hcihw ffuts eht taht yrassecen t’nsi tI cast, ylno noitcirtser ralucitrap siht taht etoN( .tsac eb t’nac ti neht ebeb ot aera ro ,nosrep ,meti eht revo daerps dna ti morf devomer seilppa ot cisaB ;stnenopmoC srednetxE dna srenibmoC odton ;detceffa detneserper yllausu s’ti ,ecalp ekat seod tceffe siht elihw eriuqer fuel. However, if a spell is Combined, then the fuel for pu dleh si reniatnoc s’evreser eht ,rehtaR .tcejbo dednepxe na sa hcae Basic Component must be available and used up, or the deen on s’erehT .serutseg s’lleps eht fo trap largetni na edam dna elohw spell will fail.) More details on fuel for spells are given to htiw decalper dna ,enog eb lliw evreser eht ;reniatnoc eht nepo .woleb simple air. When the spell is cast, the caster must make a esU Magic While using a potion reserve does not tire out the caster, it Skill Roll, with any Manifestation sllikS ,dedda ot ees fieht seod eriuqer emos troffe ot .hsinelper Allams 01 ylno fo evreser casting is successful. The Skill Roll represents how well he doog eb ylno lliw ti ecnis ,revocer ot ysae ylevitaler eb dluohs spip emrofrep d eht serutseg dna snoitatnacni deriuqer rof eht.llepS for elihw ,yawyna lleps elgnis a fo stohs derewop-lluf eerht ro owt ehT Difficulty Value (DV) is equal to 15, plus the Difficulty of the a massive one of 200 pips should take quite a bit of effort or individual Spell being cast (if the Spell’s Difficulty is 3, then the .esnepxe As an example, consider a water mage whose potion final DV is 18). ni debircsed dna( evoba denoitnem seigrene ehT evreser eb dluohs ti ,spip 01 tA .retaw gnirps fo neetnac revlis a si retaerg liated )woleb tsum eb dednepxe rehtehw neht lloRsi hguone eht ,spip 002 teg ot ;pu ti llif ot maerts tseraen eht ot og ot successful or not; only after a lufsseccus esU Mag ic Roll will the magician no gnirps erup-nigriv a fo ecruos eht ot og ot deen thgim magician make any needed attack rolls, effect rolls, or other arehto ni( gnieb tneitnes yna yb delttesnu niatnuom deppac-wons .gnipeekkoob words, eht rerup eht ,retaw eht regral eht evreser si taht ehsteg :seithotN .noituloser llikS rof desu gnieb si 6d3 taht semussa out of it). fI 1d10 is being used, use a base DV of 10, and subtract 5 from For each spell that the magician has which uses a potion .wol esbelpma xnneiev isgks arteh td onsalle pl s lfVeaoDht ,evreser eht naicigam steg 01 spip htrow fo evreser rof tahtlleps rof.eerf d e ev ysryeaae bhme seTr0eb c1 rrnhoicf atPenOeps .esop renuhopt Fuel stcejbO dednepxE sA deton ,evoba slleps esu .leuf s’tI ton elbissop ot evaha eps ll taht t’nseod esu ,leuf ecnis eht ygrene rof eht lleps sahot gnitsac eht yb pu desu era hcihw smeti era stcejbo dednepxE oc morf em erehwemos .a taht leuf fo sepyt cisab eerht era erehT of a spell. These may be simple objects of a material related to caster may use: his or her own energies, potion reserves, and eht Component’s Manifestation, or some liquid or powder that is .stcej bdoednepxe derettacs over the item, person, or area to be affected. In any eb ton yam lleps ehT .enog si meti eht tsac si lleps eht retfa ,tneve ygrenE nwO s’retsaC cast again until the item is replaced. dednepxE dna yenom tsoc od yeht tub ,PO tsoc ton ot stcejbo .troff e sA a elur f,obm ur hoytfre vpeip fydogerdee neoenttsac yllareneG ,gnikaeps nehw a lleps sesu eht s’retsacnwo eht spell, the magician should have to spend the campaign ,seigrene ngiapmac eht fI .)evoba debircsed sa( DNE sih esu yeht tnelaviuqe y eg hnnnwcoiooumdhmn e,pte cd 5 ef-nejo2ohb$to is using MAN, then a caster may use that characteristic as well, dseiidnab dednep xnteaa hstna es.mi nhgTiapm ae chnttiuo ba Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 2 tcejbo for a simple Bolt lleps htiw( on )srednetxE dluow tsoceht ruoh to an hour), while a badly missed Roll could place the campaign eht tuoba eb osla dluohs meti ehT .52-01$ fo tnelaviuqe e keastosli cmot eht dne fo eh t.kdrooiwrep ezis fo a s’nam dnah ton( gnitnuoc eht .)sregnif esehTowt A really bad Roll (less than half the actual DV, or the considerations gnidaol morf snaicigam peek ot hguone eb dluohs minimum llor no eht ,eci drevehcihw si —retaerg ro revehcihwsi sevlesmeht nwod htiw stcejbo rof rieht.slleps preferred by the GM) could mean that the mistake was a rehtonA lausunu tcepsa fo dednepxe stcejbo si ,taht elihwa particularly eltbus .eno rehtonA Artisan Roll, this one based on tnenopmoC taht sesu na dednepxe tcejbo tsum syawla esutaht INT, eht sulp ,erofeb sa VD emas eht tsniaga detpmetta eb dluohs ,tnemele .rehtona ot llepS eno morf egnahc yam tcejbo esicerp eht amount the first Artisan Roll was missed by, to detect such a ,suhT a simple Bolt may use a brass rod as its fuel, while an subtle flaw. If the flaw t n ’,anndi eoecehwtihtcgt ea tmseedongu decnahne Bolt eht htiw elbuoD rewoP regral a esu dluoc rednetxE wonktaht this particular object is too flawed for his spell until he ssarb ,dor ro a leets ,dor ro gnihtemos.esle tries to cast it and nothing denrub“ neve t’nsi tcejbo eht( sneppah nI ,tcaf fi owt ro erom stnenopmoC hcihw esudednepxe up” in the attempt). objects are Combined (using Combiners), their objects must At Spell,one than more for used is item the if time, same the yllareneg be combined as well. How this works may be dna eseht slleps evah tnereffid ,sVD neht eht meti yam ylnoeb denimreted eseht fo owT .revewoh ,sisab llepS yb llepS a no Bolt doog rof emos fo eht reisae slleps dna ton rof eht eromxelpmoc Basic Components brought together with the Combine Spells .seno ,yllacisaB ti lliw ylno eb doog rof esoht slleps esohw VDsi Combiner could use two brass rods, or a larger brass rod, or a el ss than the craftsman’s Artisan Roll. Any flaws will only be brass cross, or something similar (in addition to whatever other immediately apparent if the item isn’t even good for a basic spell leuf eht Combine Spells eriuqer stnenopmoC owt eht fI .)deriuqer eno( htiw ylno a cisaB ;)tnenopmoC ,revewoh ot ezingocerswalf etarapsid e bllit stsu mstnenopmo ceseh tneh t,stcejb odednepx e that would render it useless for a compound spell (one with combined somehow; if the above Bolt were Combined with a ,)eshrten ir bosm/rodeCndanetxE craftsman must make another desab-doow erucs be Ostonhewnopm oscaw a devr aecrauqsfo Artisan .edam yllautca eh lloR eht tsniaga ,TNI sih no desab ,lloR mahogany, then the object for the combined spell might be a If +1is DV practical the that think will he that, than lower Rolls he .e lryhd entnegaiaz ggwhnaaoodhrabm more than what it actually is for every -1 he missed the Roll by. ehT + IsNmiTaaoam gtRfliitoca slcela oaimln rap nt esU Mag ic Making Expended Objects + Manifestation . etoN taht eht evoba tsoc si rof eht robal devlovni nignitaerc secruoS elpitluM eht item as well as the materials. Expendable objects are not erem sdor ro sksid ro ;revetahw yeht era yllausu evahetacirtni In emos ,sesac slleps yam esu erom naht eno ecruosfo sngised worked into their surfaces by some means. It takes a .ygrene Spella where spells, compound of true particularly is This craftsman (with the Artisan Skill) to make an item that is to be ecnahnE r sesu NAM tub eht lleps ti seilppa ot sesu anoitoP .tcej beolbadnep xnsdeaaesu .evreseR If etairporppa eht sah naicigam eht nasitrA dayfull a and Skill e h,trevewoH MG yam wolla neve a elgnis lleptSnenopmoC rep tnenopmoC ni eht lleps ot dneps no eht ,krow neht ehyam toot ti stnaw reyalp eht fi ,ecruos eno naht erom morf leuf sti ward dne pfslah eh te.vtonbuaoma krow ,ygrene fo spip 2 sdeen hcihw ,tloB a ,elpmaxe roF .yaw taht etoN osla taht fi eht dednepxe tcejbo sah erom nahteno could take 1 MAN and 1 from a potion reserve. This has the material sa( dessu c,s)iedvoba erom naht eno Artisan Skill may egatnavda of depleting each more slowly, but if rehtie ecruossi eb .deriuqer nI siht ,esac a elg nriestcarahcyam od eht ,krowro .d etesobun ntancenop m eonh Ceto h rntoewtzod eht work may be split up among more than one individual, and A special circumstance exists with certain Continuing spells yeht may work concurrently. Thus, for the dagger in the above — that is, spells whose effects can last more than one action ,elpmaxe ti dluoc ekat enoemos htiw Artisan: Blacksmith dna ,esahp .stceffe etaidemmi evah hcihw ,slleps tnatsnI ot desoppo sa rekro w:dnoaosWitrA three days to make it, or it could take two ehT sti rof leuf fo epyt eno gnisu sa slleps hcus enifed yam retsac ,serneotcarahc a htimskcalb dna eht rehto a ,rekrowdoow ayad initial casting, and a different type for its continuation. This is dna a flah gnikrow edis yb.edis partic ularly common when the fuel for the initial casting is an ehT ytluciffiD eulaV rof gnitaerc na elbadnepxe tcejbo sieht nepxe ded object; it’s fairly unusual for Continuing spells to use same as for casting the spell: 15 plus the combined Difficulty of dednepxe objects for their maintenance. For instance, a Shield eht individual Components. A missed Roll means that the object lleps could use an expended object for its initial casting, but use is useless for magic; in most cases, the materials are useless as eht tsum noitinifed sihT .ecnanetniam rof ecnarudne nwo s’retsac llew (metal can be recast and glass re-blown, but crystal, gems, .den r lasle i elenp heset hdewabm ,enots wood, and similar materials must be discarded — though etoN rehtar snaicigam rof gnipeekkoob eht ekam nac siht taht .)sevr e nss o eydi eryraetnboewsoafhlupcta complicated. sselnU eht reyalp si deraperp ot od sihtxelpmoc ehT MG yam hsiw ot ekameht amount by which an Artisan ,gnipeekkoob the magician should limit himself to using just one lloR sdie sesn iio mmtwroe hthec dukmro wsa w eenroodfeehbt ro owt sepyt fo.leuf mistake was made. A Roll missed by 1 may mean that the error saw halfa (say, lost was time little ainmdm ediaatlemloys,t made Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 3 Manifestations ynA given Spell must have a Manifestation . eh Terutanfo E HTRA fo tnelaviuqe eht( rewop desaercni: ta krow yam esehT eht Manifestation de n rsaiel (asComponent Basic a of part a as 1+ ro aes ta nehw rewop flah ta tub ,dnuorgrednu nehw )recnahnE debircsed llepS eht nehw denifed era scificeps eht hguoht ,)woleb in mid-air. .d eenhrT aseil Manifestation si el ha”titcc eehpfcsfi“ehswevig F ERI : Contact with the physical manifestation of Fire slleps eht spell a physical reality, at least in a sense. Each nac ignite combustibles; however, the spells are also easily Manifestation sah sti nwo laiceps seitiliba dna ,sessenkaewsa blocked by non-flammable materials and (of course) water, and .wo ldeebbircsed era yli sdaeetacol ta ecnatsid yb.hcuot sA deton ,evoba ni noitidda ot esU Magic , a magician tsum W ATER : esehT krow ta niaga-flah rewop )%051( nehw evah a no desab lliks a Manifestation o.etl sln ueeapvSig This retawrednu or at least fully immersed (assuming the mage can Manifestation Skil l s’naicigam eht ot dedda si Magic Skil l nehw ;snoiger tresed dira ni rewop flah ta era tub ,)noitatnacni eht kaeps casting si lloR elgnis a ni sesunob llikS owt fo esu ehT( .lleps eht also, ,llihnwod wolf ot sdnet retaw ecnis retaW 1+ ta etarepo slleps decnalab detaicossa evah stnenopmoC llepS tsom taht tcaf eht yb FER and half again maximum range when aimed at a 45 E or penalties, and can make their Spells rather difficult!) ,tdurbaw ne wlrogedntaaerg at -1 REF and half maximum range toN obvpasihhnpowyaa euisvmllslieall lc n s ai l f estatbiyon, dne emthiawa a54 E.d r ea rlwegp tnuraaoerg hcihw the spell literally takes the form of the M anifestation in .noitseuq eht fo snoitanigami denibmoc eht neve ,sesac emos nI snoitatsefinaM latnemelE-araP ,reyalp eht ,MG dna yldneir fsrekoolno t’now eb elba ot emocpu htiw na etairporppa yaw ot od .siht nIeseht lleps eht sesac tsum esehT era snoitatsefinaM desab no eht ruofyradnoceS esu a material component (that is, a potion reserve or an stnemelE (or Para-Elements) of Nature. It’s possible for a slleps gniunitnoC ,revewoh ;gnitsac laitini sti rof )tcejbo dednepxe mag etairporppa eht tuohtiw meht esu ot naici Manifestation Skill; f os ie.hpe tycytn a asmsene’ s e irruntegeownhrtfoitesanamec eh must have both of the Manifestation Skills for the related Primary Elements (above), using the lesser of the two with a -3 modifier to the Skill Roll. Manifestation Effects This tsil sevig eht emag stceffe fo hcae Manifestation of D UST (E HTRA & F ERI ): esehT etarepo sa hguoht htiw a1+ recnahnE nehw desu ni tresed ,saera tub ta 1- recnahnEnehw magic, and how yeht ton ylno era detceffa yb eht tnemnorivneni desu )ekal egral yrev ro naeco na fo os ro '001 nihtiw( hcaeb a no hcihw the Spells are cast, but can have certain effects on that n .retaeh aecwr snot aa2h-nE environment. Realistically, rof ;etulosba eb ton dluow stceffe eseht fo ynam ICE (E HTRA & W RETA ): taerT Ice stceffe sa gnivah a1+ recnahnE if the ambient temperature is below freezing, but a -1 ,ecnatsni ton dluow rewop tneiciffus fo )resal a ekil( thgil fo tsrub a ssap etiuq os yltaen hguorht a enap fo ,ssalg ron dluow titcelfer recnahnE fi ti si evoba08 EF; also, last ing Ice tlem ot dnet stceffe revo emit fi eeh rttunteairbe mpsamiet e.vgonbiazeerf etiuq os yltaen ffo dehsilop .latem esehT dluohs eb nekatsa .syelnniol eldairuegneg L THGI NING (A IR & F ERI ): esehT sllepS nac yllausuerongi metallic armor, travel along the lines of metal without range sA Spedlelfsensivea ll this, all to addition in ruleo,p tional an ,seitlanep ekil ,dna Fire contacton combustibles ignite can spells, gnidulcni( esoht desab no eht elgnatnE Basic Component) may krow as though they had +1 Enhancer against attacks of the (though eht ecnahc si flah taht fo Fire ) ; however, like Air spells, etisoppo Element, but -1 Enhancer against attacks of the same yeht operate at reduced power (in this case, the equivalent of -1 Element. nahnE ylralimis ta etarepo dna ,dnuorgrednu ro sroodni nehw )rec decuder rewop tsniaga stegrat hcihw era gniylf roesiwrehto etoN a gnignahc taht Manifestation t’nseod cisab eht egnahc insulated from the ground. working Spell. a of retaW laeH ,elpmaxe rof ,retaw yfirup t’nseod dna Air laeH doe snp’utr iafityrh ;es spee lsltsih leilan lj uriejsu,s t S MAET A( IR & W ATER ): Against any fire (magical or natural), this eht ro( tnemecnahnE 1- reffus htob ;tceffe tuo-gnilecnac a sah like rehto yna laeH To ways. different in it about go just and spell, )tnelaviuqe neh wye h.tteem Steam osla steg 1+tnemecnahnE purify water or air, retaW Environment dna Ai r Environment nehw ro( tnemecnahnE 1- tub ,retaw fo ydob egral a raen ro aes ta .d dle)eubysoluwevitcepser( the equivalent) when in a desert, or similarly arid a sa hcus( aera ecanruf room). Continuing Spells also cost half again Fuel in snoitatsefinaM latnemelE ydniw conditions (such as when at sea), but half Fuel in an .a edreasolcne esehT stnemelE yramirP ruof eht no desab snoitatsefinaM era of Nature. To use them, the magician tsum etairporppa eht evah snoitatsefinaM latnemelE-isauQ Manifestation Skill. esehT stnemelE yraitreT ruof eht no desab snoitatsefinaM era A IR : These are generally quite hard to see coming (-5 to all (or esu ot naicigam a rof elbissop s’tI .erutaN fo )stnemelE-isauQ noitpecreP tsniaga skcehc Air onlyat operate usually but spells), them tuohtiw eht etairporppa Manifestation Skill; he must have half rewop nehw sroodni ro .dnuorgrednu etoN( taht a both fo eht Manifestation sllikS rof eht detaler yradnoceS noitatsefinaM of Air ”cinos“ a evah hcihw slleps edulcni osla nac stnemelE ot reifidom 3- a htiw owt eht fo ressel eht gnisu ,)evoba( .tceffe These are audible rather than visible, and anyone can eht Skill Roll, or lla three fo eht Manifestation Skills for the tegrat the magician with a Hearing noitpecreP neve fiyeht Primary gnisu ,stnemelE yradnoceS owt esoht ot detaler stnemelE normall y couldn’t; they also work at normal power indoors and eno eht s’ti fi lloR llikS eht ot reifidom 5- htiw eerht eht fo tsael eht ).dnuorgrednu Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 4 detaler ot htob fo eht yradnoceS ,stnemelE ro 7- rof rehtie foeht ne countering fire unless the encounter is in a particularly humid rehto.owt area (such as a swamp or sauna). D ARK D( UST & ICE ): esehT etarepo sa hguoht htiw a1+ snoitatsefinaM deifinU recnahnE nehw ro )noom lluf a fo thgil tcerid eht ni tpecxe( thgin ta inrecnahnE 1- ta tub ,)dnuorgrednu sa hcus( aera desolcne ylluf a erehT htiw naicigam A ”.ygrenE deifinU“ fo sepyt owt osla era nehw outdoors during the daytime unless the sky is overcast or Manifestation snoitatsefinaM evlewt evoba eht fo eno yna ni llikS ylraen.os — regardless of the level of that Skill — may be considered to L THGI (L GNINTHGI & S MAET ):implication, by and, — Light Light evah a Skill of 1 in each of the Unified Manifestations. Each sllepS — will tend to pass straight through clear glass and other additional Manifestation llikS si lauqe ot 1+ htiw hcae foeht tnerapsnart materials as if they weren’t there, but will reflect off deifinU Manifestations. Manifestation Skill in the Unified mirrors and other well-polished surfaces. sefinaM tation may not be bought separately, unless on rehto M LATE D( UST & L GNINTHGI ): Certain metals (most notably Manifestation era )noitatsefinaM deifinU rehto eht gnidulcni( sllikS silver, though others may qualify as well) are more effective ;nekat such a magician may not learn magic in the other Unified against certain monsters than normal, though this is usually Manifestation, but may cast magic in any of the above detcelfer naht rehtar steehs retcarahc ’sretsnom evitcepser eht no Manifestations at a universal -4. detaert eht rof reifidom a sa lateM eht rednu deton sa ,osla ;sllepS evitcepser evitceffe erom eb ot dnet sesnefed latem ,evoba sgnitsil against Light , tub era ylbaredisnoc ssel evitceffe tsniaga P URE M CIGA : sllepS with this Manifestation syawla krowsa written, with no special modifications. gninthgiL . W DOO (I CE & L HGI TNING ): sA na laitnesse tnemele fo,efil S TIRIP tsniaga recnahnE 1+ a :htiw hguoht sa etarepo skcattA Elementals, Elemental Steeds, and other magical creatures, but dooW acts as though it has +2 Enhancers when acting against sesnefed era ta 1- recnahnE tsniaga eseht emas serutaercro daednU creatures; however, it is also combustible, and not only against other types of magic. acts at -1 Enhancer against fire (whether it’s magical or natural) but retfa stnemges 3 yreve recnahnE 1- esol slleps gniunitnoC yna Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 5 Magic Components erehT era eerht sepyt fo stnenopmoC desu ni :sllepscisaB attack era selur esoht fi( egamad PDS dna laretalloC seod syawla Components, ,srednetxE dna .srenibmoC hcaE sah stinwo in rehtehw neht ,esu ni si citsiretcarahC DE lanoitpo eht fI .)tceffe characteristics. eht kcatta stceffa taht esnefed ro DS sdneped no eht ,revewoH they also have characteristics in common. In the Manifestation ;tegrat eht. tih ot deriuqer si lloR kcattA degnaR A listings below, each Component is listed with the following .esle gnihtemos stih kcatta eht ,esiwrehto :tsoC 1. :leuF .2 :ffiD statistics: 2. Enhancement: +2d6, +100 m/yds. C TSO : cotmh peiToO shnP ie.icsn no t s’ts e teosnaelP tha t, B TLO :ot pu egamad gnilliK 6d3 seod tnenopmoC cisaB sihT yb the default written here, Spell Components cost OP, not PP 052 m/yds from the caster. Other than the amount and type of rewoP( ngiapmac a otni PP ecudortni ot deen on s’erehT .)stnioP damage, it’s identical to Blast . :tsoC 1. F uel: 2. Diff: 2. eessiuwr eth’tnod ltuaohwt era ereht fi ,dnah rehto eht nO .meht Enhancement: +2d6, +100 m/yds. ot ro srewop latnem sa hcus( ngiapmac eht ni PP rof sesoprup reh B HTAER : t ns eiscnheioTospdamBoC pu egamad NUTS 6d3 ,)scitenrebyc rof desu eb dluohs PP taht ediced yam MG eht neht to 250 m/yds from the caster, but in a steady stream. All notes magic level gnitrats a eb dluohs ereht ,esac siht nI .PO fo daetsni drager ing Bolt (above) also apply to htaerB , tpecxe taht s’tia of PP for each character, and the usual optional conversion component stih ti rehtehw( stih ti revetahw ;llepS gniunitnoC a rof met sfyos 5 PO = 1 dPlPu oe.hbdsesu its degamad eb ot eunitnoc lliw )esle gnihtemos ro tegrat dednetni Fuel: ,sesu tnenopmoC eht taht ygrene fo tnuoma eht si sihT for A .ti otni leuf gnittup speek retsac eht sa gnol sa htaerB llepS rehtehw na ,evreser noitop a ,NAM ,DNE morf semoc ygrene taht may osla eb desu ot kcolb rehtona fo eht emas roetisoppo .ecr uroe sh e t,mrotoocse jdbeodnepxe Man noitatsefi eht rednu ,no; retal ees Combat Modifiers section, Difficulty (Diff): sihT si eht tnuoma dedda ot eht VD foeht fo .siht no erom r :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: 2. Enhancement: ,6d2+ llepS VD ehT( .llepS eht ni sraeppa tnenopmoC siht emit hcae rof +100 m/yds. of a Spell is 15, plus the combined Diff of all Components.) C VRIAL OYANCE : sihT cisaB tnenopmoC swolla eht retsacot Enhancement: sihT si eht tceffe no eht llepS rofhcae ees and hear events from a distance of up to 250 m/yds. His .t n )etw n uodo nplepeoebmhbiotrCc sreedc(nahnE noitavresbo tonnac eb detceted tpecxe( htiw a tceteD Spell), etoN that some Components have options that must be selcatsbo neewteb mih dna tahw eh sevresbo od ton kcolbsih nifed de nehw“ eht tnenopmoC si ”,denrael elihw srehtoevah ,weiv and he can change the direction of his perspective at will. s nto aithts t pud nomeeen bhiewlfh“letedpS is learned.” This is ,revewoH .ecnayovrialC eht hguorht lleps a tegrat tonnac eh :tsoC na denifed eb ylno nac ti ,esac remrof eht nI .noitcnitsid tnatropmi 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: 2. Enhancement: . e g×n4ar ,ecno and any Spell which uses that Component will work that C LORTNO lortnoc ot retsac eht selbane: tnenopmoC cisaB sihT .yaw In the latter case, it may be defined each time the eht movement of the particular element defined by its Component is used in a Spell, though each Spell is fixed in that Manifestation . ehT retsac yam esuac eht tnemele ot ekirtsa definition. ,tetgcrealtfed na kcat tdaesab no eh ttneme lyeawa morfflesmih or an ally, sculpt the element into a particular shape, or do stnenopmoC cisaB anyt ehT .)esruoc fo ,nosaer nihtiw( sehsiw eh taht ti htiw esle gnih tnemele must either pre-exist within 250m/y of the caster, or be Basic stnenopmoC era lleps stnenopmoc hcihw edivorpeht detaerc eno siht htiw noitanibmoC ni tnenopmoC cisaB rehtona yb basic ;tnenopmoc deriuqer ylno eht era yehT .slleps eht fo stceffe tahw ot puin si dellortnoc eb nac taht tnuoma ehT .llepS emas eht ylno tsisnoc yam lleps aa hguoht ,eno tuohtiw tsac eb tonnac lleps dluow .tegrat a ekirts ot erew ti fi egamad NUTS fo 6d2 od :tsoC of a Basic Component (in fact, many do). Because Basic 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: 3. Enhancement: 2d6 worth of element, 150 stnenopmoC knowmust magician any Spell, any for required are m/y. ta tsael eno cisaB tnenopmoC ni redro ot mrofrep a.lleps D TCETE : This Basic Component is the basis of a Continuing sA eman eht ,detsil si tnenopmoC cisaB a nehw ,noitnevnoc a pS ell which detects the presence of some material or situation. o eht f noitatsefinaM a Thus, it. of ahead listed is sgnidniB Basic Tappropriatesomething or Magic, be may situation or material hat Component with a Manifestation of Ice would be listed as Ice to s ’elhlteps Manifestation tce tne e dn vtaeic( magic specific to Manifestation . fI ereht era rehto stnemele ot eht cisaB eht element of the Manifestation , ro sti ,)etisoppo sadenifed tnen ohpcmiohCwnac htiw sa ,denrael s’ti woh ot gnidrocca yrav .d eehnTr atsenilenop m eonhCethw rets ascdeen ylno otekam tceteD cisaB eht retfa detsil era tnemele, taht fo scificeps eht neht a normal Perception Roll against whatever the object is, with tnenopmoC a so name, tceteD a with Manifestation of Ice hcihw normal sti eciton ylno ton nac eh dna ,ezis dna egnar rof sreifidom s tcc iedgtlaeumdo w edbellac Ice Detect Magic . ecneserp tub osla evah a doog ecnahc ot ezingocer emosstcaf etoN that this convention only affects what a Basic tuoba .htrof os dna ,epahs lacisyhp ,ytilauq ,ytitnauq eht sa hcus ,ti Component is called. All ey parSme vdreeeeebhtlttalshaawcc :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: 2. Enhancement: .n o5i+t poetcreP wants it to be called. D LEPSI gnillepsiD drawot 6d8 sedivorp tnenopmoC: cisaB sihT rehtona -ot degnar a ekam tsum naicigam eht ,desu nehW .llepS B INDINGS eht dnuora gnidnib a setaerc tnenopm:oC cisaB sihT hit roll against something with an enchantment or being affected tegrat which consists of the element of the Manifestation . This yb,aera ro ,nosrep ,gnir a si tegrat taht rehtehw ,lleps gniunitnoC a gni dsnaihb 9 DPdna 3 ,stiH tsniaga hcihw eht tegrat tsumtrexe as long as it’s within a range of 250 m/yds; it can even be cast his eht kaerb ot yrt osla yam tegrat eht fo ylla nA .tuo teg ot RTS against na fo tluser eht elgnatnE or llaW dellor neht e.ra ecid ehT binding gnisu snopaew ro .slleps :tsoC 2. uF el: 3. Diff: 3. and the total divided by 5, with all fractions rounded down. If the Enhancement: +3 PD, +1 Hit. total si hguone ot emocrevo eht ezis fo eht ,llepS neht ehtrehto B AL TS ot pu egamad NUTS: 6d5 seod tnenopmoC cisaB sihT l lyelpeSta i.dseemsmaiec ynAllepS cisaB a rof 5 fo eulav a sah 250 m/yds eht fo sseldrageR .retsac eht morf Manifestation ,eht tnenopmoC htiw on ,tnemecnahnE 2+ rof hcae rednetxEro Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 6 Combiner, +2 for each Enhancement (regardless of the type of of 18 STUN (and, thus, only 3 Hits) to the target. Unlike tnenopmoC ro lauqe tsum ecid eht morf tluser eht ;)ot dehcatta s’ti rewopmE , ,revewoh ti tonnac tnarg NUTS ro stiH taht ehttegrat deecxe .siht :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: 2. emecnahnE nt: +3d6, wouldn’t normally have. :tsoC 2. Fuel: 3. Diff: 3. +100 m/yds range. Enhancement: +1d6, +6 to max STUN; max Hits remains max E LATNEMEL : This Basic Component summons an Elemental NUTS dedivid yb ,5 htiw lla snoitcarf dednuor.nwod of the Manifestation form. An Elemental is a creature that is INJURE ot egamad: NUTS 6d2 sesuac tnenopmoC cisaB sihT basic ally a semi-intelligent manifestation of the element it eht target which is not protected against by the target’s intrinsic tneserper HCET ,01 ERP ,1 LLIW ,1 TNI era scitsiretcarahC stI .s ,sesnefed the on based Spells only armor; normal by nor Protect 1, REF 7, DEX 7, CON 10, STR 10, BODY 10, MOVE 8; it is or dleihS Basic Components will protect from one based on totally immune to all attacks whose Manifestation is its own Injure . This Spell requires a Ranged Attack to hit, and has no ,tnemele but takes double damage from the opposite. It can be effect if it misses; m/yds. 300 is range base its :tsoC 2 . leuF : 3. deredisnoc ot evah lla cisaB sllepS tpecxe siht ,eno htiweht Diff: 3. Enhancement: +1d6, +100 m/yds. evisnepxE recnahnE nekat eciwt no ,hcae tub on srednetxEro O BSCURE : This Basic Component for a Continuing Spell Combiners. (A separate document may describe relevant makes esneS eht ;yaw emos ni eviecrep ot tluciffid erom tegrat sti Elementals txen xeh a ni sraeppa latnemelE ehT ).liated retteb ni Group hcihw siht esnes stceffa tsum eb denifed nehw eht to the caster, and is under his mental control. This is a tnenopmoC si .denrael llA stpmetta tanoitpecreP rof tahtesneS tnenopmoC for a Continuing Spell; the Elemental only stays Group tsniaga eht tegrat fo erucsbO take -3 for as long as it’s in around for sa gnol sa e hrte t ssgpanecie tklteuup fotni eh.tllepS .tceffe tI sah na evitceffe egnar fo 052 ,sdy/m dna eht retsacsi :tsoC 20. Fuel: 12. Diff: 12. Enhancement: +10 points to llit selba oetviecrep the target normally. :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: arahC cteristics and/or the evisnepxE recnahnE rof ynallepS 2. Enhancement: -2 to Perception, +100 m/yds range. (When .) ddn leeeel nnhhesriwtpiamse rl,eet cesid’orhectsac( gnit lyut slneaornietpp eechrteP yr0sno1daf-ee clm xl oeearpfS E MPOWER : This Basic Component adds 3d6 to any one ,nosaer neht e ht tesgnriagt e ;boet l dbneie rsveeiebdvinnsiinoc Characteristic (either Primary or Derived) of the caster’s or sesac erehw on noitpecreP lloR dluow yllamron eb dedeenot e.neoselmeo s te lhmuTos reefrh t6d 3d esdi iyvbid5 s’ti erofeb eviecrep the target, one must be made at +10 minus the given applied to the Characteristic; any fractions are dropped, but may penalty, with any other appropriate modifiers.) yrracrevo ot tneuqesbus sesu fo siht .rewoP echiTtsiretcarahC P ROTECT : sihT cisaB tnenopmoC sedivorp eht retsac roa must eb denifed nehw eht lleps si .denrael fI tahtcitsiretcarahC eht no desab sllepS morf esnefed fo stniop 51 htiw tegrat erujnI ro sah gnitrats sti ot pu thguorb si dna snaem emos yb derewol neeb nekaeW Basic Components (along with anything esl etahdtluow eulav ro ,ssel ti syats ;ereht fi eht eulav retfa rewopmE is more krow against “Power Defense,” or its equivalent, from another than its starting value, then the excess points fade at a rate of 1 Plug-In). If used against another target, physical contact is pip 81 fo mumixam a eviecer ylno nac tegrat nevig ynA .dnuor rep deriuqer effect. into Component this put to :tsoC .1 :leuF .5 :ffiD points rep yad( b efore the division by 5) from any one magician 5. Enhancement: .esnef e0d 1+ using rewopmE (though anything that increases the number of R LAEVE : This Basic Component is the opposite of the ecidosla increases this maximum, at the rate of 6 per die). This erucsbO noitpecreP fo sepyt lla sezilartuen ti taht ni ,tnenopmoC tnenopmoC retsac eht ,tceffe ekat ot ti rof ;egnar ta krow ton seod seitlanep due to that Component, as well as darkness, size, must make physical contact with the target. :tsoC 2. Fuel: 3. ,e c,ntantesmildaecnoc ro tsuj tuoba gnihtyna .esle ehT tsetaerg Diff: 3. Enhancement: +1d6, +6 to max. ytlanep thecases, most In -5. is (unmodified) neutralize can it that E NVIRONMENT : This Basic Component, the basis for a retsa cts ufmlesmih eb elba o teviecr eepht tegratni redro otesu Continuing Spell, creates a fundamental change in the eht spell. :tsoC 1. Fuel: 3. Diff: 3. Enhancement: +2 to tnemnorivne dnuora eht retsac ni yna rennam etairporppa oteht ,noitpecr e0P01+ sdy/m.egnar Manifestation . Its maximum radius of effect is 32 m/yds, and R LAEVE N YBRAE : This Basic Component is similar to the eehltihw llepS eht nehw deralced eb yam egnahc eht fo scificeps laeveR niatrec a fo meti yna laever lliw ti taht tpecxe ,tnenopmoC is cast, they cannot be of a type that causes damage or can epyt within a radius of 20 m/yds of the caster. This Component noi tytp lceetecscfriefewrapriedhto coorm ba t. :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. will neutralize Perception penalties of up to -3. The type of item Diff: 2. Enhancement: 4× maximum Radius. must eb denifed nehw eht tnenopmoC si ;denrael ti yameb F YLsdeeps ta ylf ot retsac eht selbane t:nenopmoC cisaB sihT magical items, items related to the element of the Spell’s of up is velocittyh is that (Note phasea.c tion per m/yds 25 to not Manifestation , ro smeti detaler ot eht etisoppo .tnemele ehT detceffa hoveralso can magician The MOVE.) magician’s the by )s(meti eht eviecrep ot elba eb ot evah ylirassecen ton seod retsac ,latnoziroh ,lacitrev rehtehw ,noitcerid yna ni ylf yam dna ,ecalp ni r .delaeve :tsoC 2. Fuel: 6. Diff: 6. Enhancement: +2 to orthgilF sih ×5.1 ta tnirpS osla yam eH .esae lauqe htiw ,lanogaid Perception, +5 m/yds radius. evoM fi eh .sehsiw :tsoC 1. F uel: 2. Diff: 2. Enhancement: S DLEIH :esnefed fo stniop 51 sedivorp tnenopmoC cisaB sihT 01+ sdy/m rep noitca.esahp from all forms of attack, including (but not limited to) melee H AND : This Basic tnenopmoC rof a gniunitnoC llepSsetaerc weapons, ranged weapons, martial arts attacks, magic, animal a dnah edam pu fo eht tnemele fo eht ,noitatsefinaM hcihweht attacks, and others. All STUN damage, Killing damage, and retsac may use to move things around. The hand may perform egamad from Injure dna nekaeW esle gnihtyna htiw gnola( sllepS most inhnoacrnlmgduar,adfla iu blnnbtigciohf tnfetig ioo,nnf gs that dluow krow tsniaga rewoP“ ”,esnefeD ro sti ,tnelaviuqemorf ezeeuqsw tonnac ti ,revewoh ;noitalupinam enif ro ,RTS 3 ot pu hti htona eht tsniaga deilppa si )nI-gulP re dleihS srewoP la.tneM a fI( or punch (at least, not without modification). Cost: 1. Fuel: 2. Plug-In seod ti ,revewoh ,desu gnieb si not latneM tsniaga tcetorp Diff: 2. Enhancement: . R2T+S attacks.) :tsoC in 2. Fuel: 3. Diff: 3. Enhancement: 3+ H LAE : This Basic Component is similar to rewopmE . It .esnefed y r ;Nre5t Uo v eNTf se 6gUSonedrTtrh3aSuttter that it restores S TEED : This Basic Component conjures a steed made from (in net returns to each target, with all fractions rounded down), it eht eht fo tnemele noitatsefinaM epahs eht ni sraeppa. deets ehT also restores 1 Hit. In similar fashion to Empower , tiseriuqer of a healthy horse, but made of a pure form of the element. Its physical contact with the target, and can only return a maximum esab Characteristics are INT 2, WILL 5, PRE 5, TECH 1, REF 6, Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 7 XED fo elbapac osla si ti ;01 EVOM ,01 YDOB ,01 RTS ,5 NOC ,6 New muinnelliM , Jason Dour’s cioreH seitilibAnI-gulP , kraM Flight ot gnidrocca evom nac ti( ”ria no gninnur“ erew ti hguoht sa s’esahC kimotA Fuzion , the latoT srewoprepuSnI-gulP from the its MOVE, but can only climb at an incline no greater than 45 E), oreH Games website, or virtually any other source — even dna eht ot tnelaviuqe kcatta 6d8 na sah htaerB eht ni ,evoba ,lleps something adapted from a non-Fuzion RPG, such as the HERO same Manifestation xe h an israepp adeet Seh T.tnemel est is a System htrow PP 5 no seulav eht esab ,enod si siht fI .)SPRUG ro tnecajda ot eht retsac ,ro( fi eht retsac os serised dnas’ereht of ability being worth a tsoC of 1 OP, leuF rating of 2, and Diff hguone room, directly beneath him) and will carry out one factor of 2. If you can’t build the ability on 5 PP, use 6 PP and command hcihw eht retsac sevig yllatnem ta eht emit eht llepssi ese hfhtoc aeesaercni yb .1 fI uoy evah ot og ne v,erehginheht cast. Once the Steed has carried out that command (and it will yreve eht ot 1 sdda PP lanoitidda C tso PP 2 lanoitidda yreve dna , carry gnignah ro sdrow s’retsac eht gnitsiwt tuohtiw tnetni eht tuo sdd a1 o teht leuF dna Diff . yB on snaem og rewonlaht 5 PP; if mret-gnol a sah siht elihw ,taht etoN .sehsinav ti ,)seitilacinhcet no uoy evah ,ot ylppa sreddA litnu eht ytiliba si gib.hguone ,tceffe leuf ;llepS gniunitnoC a etaerc ton seod tnenopmoC si siht only needs to be given once. :tsoC 14. Fuel: 14. Diff: 14. srednetxE Enhancement: +10 to any Characteristic (with MOVE at double cost) and/or to the breath attack at 1 point per 1d6 (caster’s srednetxE era lleps stnenopmoc taht esaercni eht .)d e l nnd leeresehhaniptweislmr e,teecdiohc ssenevitceffe of Basic components. They are not required T TROPELE : sihT cisaB tnenopmoC selbane eht retsacot learning, ta wonk sresu-cigam tsom taht dednemmocer s’ti hguoht tropelet sih morf sehsinav ylpmis retsac ehT .yawa sdy/m 52 ot pu least one or two. Any Spell may be performed either with or start ing point and appears at his destination without traveling without .detaerc si llepS eht taht emit eht ta dediced ,rednetxE eht through eht gninevretni .ecaps :tsoC 1. euF l: 2. Diff: 2. srednetxE thein cast if order; particular a in cast normally are Enhancement: +10 m/yds. gnorw .detcepxe si tahw naht stceffe tnereffid evah yam yeht ,redro W LLA : This Basic Component creates a physical barrier 2 For ,ecnatsni oD emiT elbu erofeb tsac elbuoD rewoP evah dluow m eht retfa pu syats dna ,stiH 3 dna DP 9 sah llaw sihT .ediw sdy/ eht expected effect of doubling both the time of an effect and its spell is cast until it is taken down (though it does not define a rewop of the Basic Component; if elbuoD rewoP si tsacerofeb Continuing Spell). :tsoC 2. Fuel: 3. Diff: 3. Enhancement: 3+ Double Time ee hvdtal hulol ween phe,stht l raleuewsvouepflo PD, +1 Hit. the Basic Component, but last s ermuiotf as long. W ARD ,llepS gniunitnoC a: rof sisab a ,tnenopmoC cisaB sihT etoN that in some cases this creates a situation where the setaerc a tnatsnoc reirrab 6 sdy/m ediw hcihw sedivorp 41.PDS derised ;elbissop ton si tceffe dnetxE rewoP erofeb dnetxE esaE :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: 2. Enhancement: +7 SDP or + 8 m/yds dluow elbuod eht rewop fo txE end Ease , elihw dnetxE esaE .) dten ne snrnni eaoe es ephhhoflmwtthoodcCi(w erofeb dnetxE rewoP would reduce the Difficulty of dnetxE W EAKEN :eno yna morf 6d3 stcartbus tnenopmoC cisaB sihT rewoP srednetxE htob ylppa ot elbissop eb ot raeppa ton seod tI . si kcatta sihT .)devireD ro yramirP( scitsiretcarahC s’tegrat eht fo todluohs MG eht ,snoitautis eseht nI .tnenopmoC cisaB emas eht not ranged; physical contact with the target is required. At the allow the magician to simply state that, regardless of order, for same time, the target’s intrinsic defenses (neither SD nor the sesoprup of a particular Spell both Extenders apply to the Basic optional ED characteristic) do not protect against this attack, nor tnenopmoC eht ot tsrif eht ro ,rednetxE wollef emas eht ot htob ro( seod the onlayr mnoorr;m al Protect or eihS dl stnenopmoC llepS Basic .)ti swollof hcihw rednetxE eht ot dnoces eht dna tnenopmoC (or something the equivalent of “Power Defense,” if that’s being Semantics are important in Matrix magic, but not inflexible. desu is3d6 the from result The protect. will Plug-In) another from With eht noitpecxe fo tnahcnE , lla srednetxE yam eb dedivid snoitcarf yna ;citsiretcarahC eht ot deilppa s’ti erofeb 5 yb “stack ;”de taht ,si yna nevig rednetxE yam eb deilppa eromnaht .rewoP siht fo sesu tneuqesbus ot revo yrrac yam tub ,deppord era ,ecno htiw eht stceffe fo htob secnatsni dedda rehtegot dnaton :tsoC 2. Fuel: 3. Diff: 3. Enhancement: .6d1+ multiplied yb h c,aree hnteove feir’y eohwtt stn noeirserffeofvid eht same Extender — unless, of course, the Extender’s normal setoN function is to multiply, as eht ni debircsed tnemecnahnE noitces of its description. Thus, if uoD ble Time erew ylpmis deddano esohT — sesnes tceffa hcihw stnenopmoC llepS erucsbO dna eciwt ni eht evoba ,elpmaxe ti dluow ylno elpirt eht s’lleps.emit laeveR htiw etarepo — esneS spuorG .esab ehT spuorG esneS era ruof tsrif ehT .cigaM dna ,hcuoT ,etsaT/llemS ,gniraeH ,thgiS E NCHANT : deilppA ot a cisaB tnenopmoC ro tes focisaB edulcni eht lamron sesnes retfa hcihw er’yeht ,deman sulpyna stnenopmoC brought together under a Combiner, this Extender ;stnemecnahne eht Magic puorG esneS no desab slleps sedulcni sesuac the Spell to be placed into an item. The item being eht tceteD llepS .tnenopmoC nI emos ,sesac erehw rehto-gulP detnahcnE etairporppa eht htiw edam ylsuoiverp eb tsum nasitrA snI , de errvaelhotvoni s peusonreGS hcus(sa )oidaR ro latneM Skill, htiw a VD lauqe ot eht VD fo eh tlle psS’d tegitnniaehbcnE yam eb dedda ot eht.tsil with. sihT sedulcni yna srednetxE hcihw wollof eht tnahcnE tce fsf’el le erap esshew snaIc requires physical contact with etxE ot deilppa era rednetxE eht edecerp hcihw yna ;redn tnahcnE eht target, the caster must make a hand-to-hand attack, or have (if possible) or are .detsa w e t,otNa(h tto,nteesv ueebrhaptMG a tegrat ohwsi g ni t ra,e rshrestopeiole opnclie hredro ot esueht may meti eht no llepS eht fo PO eht 5/1 dneps ot retsac eht eriuqer . sst’clelfefpes gnieb sllepS ).yllufsseccus desu si llepS siht emit yreve detnahcne Of course, there are several effects that some players may decalp in items may do away with rehtie eht serutseg ro tnaw which are not available on the above list. One of the most incantations requirement, and eht eriuqer ton od Use Magic Skill common latnem yllaicepse( seitiliba esehT .stceffe latnem eb lliw to ;esu eht resu fo eht meti ylerem skaeps a drow fo rewopro )stceffe least,at — maaMgvtaiahtcirr loinauxobgs tlhi e m playr e make s some triggering gesture, and the Spell is activated. Of t on.n eestrateihrw , elyslnreaupoSc which normally requires an Attack Roll will still ehT ,esruoc fo ,seitiliba eseht fo emos dda ot esoohc yam MG require an Attack Roll. :tsoC 15. Fuel: 15. D iff: 15. basing their costs on those in some other Plug-In (such as the Enhancement: -2 to tsoC , leuF , or Difficulty . Superpower dna latneM Power Plug-Ins from :snoipmahC ehT Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 8 E ETX ND A CCURACY : deilppA ot a cisaB tnenopmoChcihw E XTEND T EMI : deilp poAtyna Instant Spell, it makes the spell seriuqer taht ot 3+ a retsac eht sevig rednetxE siht ,lloR kcattA na Continuing; if a roll taht neht ,krow ot lleps eht rof dedeen si tih ot Roll. :tsoC 1. Fuel: 1. Diff: 1. Enhancement: kcattA eht ot 2+ rol l is only needed when the spell is activated, though if it only Roll. skrow on physical contact, then physical contact must be E X DNET A AER ton seod hcihw tnenopmoC cisaB a: ot deilppa fI maintained for it to continue working. Applied to any Continuing rneavoc ,aera ti sesuac sti stceffe ot evah na aera ni a suidarfo sel brueoddn e st,ixlhEltepS wiSlpleltlh et hatti me oafm outnhte 2 m/yds; applied a second time (or with one hnE ancement ) last erofeb ti sdeen erom .leuF :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff : 2. ga ainst such a Component), the radius becomes 2 m/yds times Enhancement: further doubling of time. eht final Difficulty of the Basic Component with all Extenders. If INDIRECT S OURCE : sihT rednetxE yam ylno eb deilppa ota deilppa selbuod ti ,aera na revoc seod taht tnenopmoC cisaB a ot Basic eht htiw ro flesti yb rehtie( egnar ta skrow hcihw tnenopmoC the area. :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: 2. Enhancement: doubled dnetxE egnaR rednetxE .)evoba tI swolla eht retsac otrehtie ;aera eno dna( ylno )eno tnemecnahnE yam eb deilppadrawot ssapyb one particular type of external protection (armor worn by gnitrevnoc anhas andt himc/ky ds 2 is whircihn g, a intoa rea the eht ta rget, dleihS spells, walls, or draW spells), or to toup make renni tuohtiw eb dluow elcric eht fo suidar eht tahw ot lauqe suidar 021 E worth of mid-air curves along its trajectory. Which “trick” is that tnemecnahnE . delbane rof a llepS tsum eb denifed nehw eht tnenopmoCsi E XTEND E ESA : sihT rednetxE sevlah eht Difficulty tnemele .denrael :tsoC 1. Fuel: .2 Diff: 2. Enhancement: additionalone n wdoeddnuor( after )reht ed g eoledtlrdaaa tn efon otoephmtoC “trick.” which it applies, dna .ti ot yltcerid ylppa hcihw srednetxE rehto lla T REGGIR eht lla hguorht og ot rets:ac eht swolla rednetxE sihT (If applied to a Basic Component which is within a Combiner, it effort of fuelincantations, gestures, including — Spell the casting seod eht ot ylppa hcihw srednetxE yna ro renibmoC eht tceffa ton ,erutidnepxe and any other requirements — and then “hold” it, Combiner or all parts within the Combiner.) :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. gnisaeler it later as a single action regardless of its size. Once Diff: 2. Enhancement: further halving, with all rounding done rednetxE sihT .tsac-er eb tsum dna pu desu si llepS eht ,desaeler only after all halvings are done, and a minimum Difficulty of 0. may be applied to either a Basic Component or a Combiner (it E XTEND E YCNEICIFF : sihT rednetxE sevlah eht Fuel egasu dluow normallyis and Extender), another to it apply to illogical be dednuor( )nwod fo revetahw tnenopmoC ot hcihw ti si .deilppa fI eht rednetxE rehtona sselnu desu s’ti nehw detsil tnenopmoC tsrif eht leuF egasu fo eht tnenopmoC si ,1 neht ti semoceb 0siht( is being applied to it. A magician may only have as many Spells actually .)tnetsixenon ton ,elbigilgen si hcihw egasu ygrene setaerc .TNI fo spip sah eh sa yaw siht ni ”derots“ :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff : t. s0daepcu dteeobrn neagc alseuuF :tsoC 1. Fuel: 1. Diff: 1. 2. E nhancement: eno ,ecnatsmucric denifed nehw eht llepSsi Enhancement: rehtr ugfnivlah fo leuF.egasu ,denrael ro ;detavitca yllacitamotua eb yam llepS eht hcihw rednu E XTEND P OWER tnemecnahnE lamron a sa :stca rednetxE sihT eht ytiliba ot enifed hcus a ecnatsmucric denrae( yb aetarapes o ttn eenh otop tmhocCih wti . dseiilp pa ehtTcaxe thisof effects )n t elnehleh wem.tspetiScsnaachnE Enhancement, if ,noitseuq ni tnenopmoC eht rof eciohc a si ereht is denimreted nehw eht llepS si .denrael sihT rednetxE yameb srenibmoC deilppaot rednetxE yna ekil hguoht ,flesti tpecxe tnenopmoC yna it ”.dekcats“ eb nac :tsoC 1. Fuel: 1. Diff: 2. ahnE :tnemecn 1+ Combiners era lleps stnenopmoc hcihw esuac owtcisaB tne. mtoentce nneaohhptnmEoC stnenopmoC ot enibmoc rieht.stceffe E XTEND R EGNA : If applied to a Basic Component which normally affects ret s eashcetlb arneedne tsx iE,hyt lrneot s eahct B L ANKET : sihT si a renibmoC dengised ot krow htiwrehto ot tceffa rehtostegrat at touch. If applied to a Basic Component Combiners. eht ot ton deilppa era ti edecerp hcihw srednetxE ynA hcihw affects others but requires physical contact, it allows the Combiner it affects, but to each of the Basic Components within retsacot semoceb egnar mumixam eht( egnar ta stceffe sih evah that Combiner. nalB ket flesti si detceffanu yb yna.srednetxE 05 m/yds times the Difficulty of the Spell, disregarding modifiers :tsoC 1. euF :l 1. Diff: 1. Enhancement: stnemecnahnE on( A/N for eht Di tluciff hcihw tnenopmoC cisaB a ot deilppa fI .)recnahnE may be applied to this Combiner). ydaerla range. maximum that doubles it range, at operates :tsoC C ENIBMO S SLLEP stnenopmoC cisaB owt sekat: renibmoC sihT 1. Fuel: 1. Diff: 1. Enhancement: (orrange of doubling further (along htiw eht srednetxE deilppa ot )hcae dna sekam enollepS tnemecnavda pu eht ,spets sa etairporppa ot eht cisaB out of them. Normally, both Components will have the same Component). characteristics regarding time and range. If one Component is E XTEND S ECURITY : sihT rednetxE selbuod eht eulav foeht Continuing eht fo noitrop tnatsnI eht neht ,tnatsnI si rehto eht dna Basic dehcatta srednetxE lla htiw gnola ,renibmoC ro tnenopmoC llepS will only last on the Phase in which it’s cast, while the to it (including this one), for purposes of lepsiD . If attached to a Continuing noitrop lliw og ;no ,revewoh eht retsac tsumeunitnoc Combiner, ti stceffa ylno eht renibmo Cflesti sselnu ehtrednetxE paying skrow tnenopmoC eno fI .llepS eritne eht rof tsoc leuF eht .dec nsaihnE :tsoC 1. Fuel: 2. Diff: 2. Enhancement: further atkrow ton seod hcihw eno eht neht ,ton seod rehto eht dna egnar doubling sa eciwt tceffa ot ytiliba eht ,yllanoitpo ;eulav evoba eht fo athtiw tcatnoc lacisyhp ekam nac retsac eht fi krow ylno lliw egnar many cisaB stnenopmoC hguorht a ,renibmoC pu ot ehtrebmun eht hcihw srednetxE ynA .flesmih retsac eht stceffa ti fi ro ,tegrat of Basic Components in the Combiner to which this Extender is era applied to this Combiner may be applied to either the .)de nl r lsa neeiedehplehtSnw idsfeaeh(dcatta oC mbiner itself, or to each of the Basic Components within the E XTEND T STEGRA : Applied to a Basic Component which Spell, as defined when the Spell is learned. Note that this seriuqer an Attack Roll, this Extender allows the caster to attack renibmoC nac eb ;”dekcats“ a puorg fo cisaBstnenopmoC rednu more than one target in a single attack. A separate roll to hit is Combine Spells sesoprup eht rof tnenopmoC cisaB eno sa tnuoc deriuqer esrever eht sreffus osla tnenopmoC ehT .tegrat hcae rof froehtona Combine Spells hcihw dluow tceffa eht tsrif eno saa tceffe seod rednetxE siht taht etoN .tnemecnahnE na fo not allow Basic Component. :tsoC 2. Fuel: 3. Diff: 3. Enhancement: eno the same target to be hit multiple times. :tsoC 2. leuF : 2. Diff: additional Basic Component in the Combination. 2. Enhancement: 1+.tegrat S LLEP OT S LLEP :llepS eno fo stceffe eht sekat renibmoC sihT yllausu si lleps remrof ehT .rehtona fo stceffe eht ot ti seilppa dna Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 9 rehtie ucsbO er ro laeveR ti ekam ro ecneserp s’llepS eht edih ot( D ETACILE : This Enhancer may only be bought on a Spell more si lleps rettal eht fi hguoht ,)ylevitcepser ,suoivbo Elemental Component for a Continuing Spell. Basically it means that any or deetS neht rewopmE acould as well, as appropriate be might llepS which includes the Component must be maintained with epS ll based on tnahcnE ot( evig eht latnemelE ro deetSemos consta nt gestures and incantations, or it will cease. The caster laiceps ability while it’s around). :tsoC 2. Fuel: 3. Diff: 3. nac run no faster than half his base Move, but can perform no emecnahnE :tn primarythe affect may which Spell additional one rehto eciov ro sdnah eht evlovni hcihw esoht ylralucitrap — snoitca .llepS —naht erom nekat eb ton yam recnahnE sihT( .pots lleps eht tsel ecno no a ,tnenopmoC hguoht erom naht eno tnenopmoC htiwti srecnahnE may be included in the same Spell.) This Enhancer may not be n eek rano.tamehctno D TLUCIFFI : This Enhancer doubles the Difficulty of the ynA dna lufrewop erom htob edam eb yam tnenopmoC llepS Component, derugif after all Enhancers (including this one) are more htiw enod yllausu si sihT .srecnahnE fo esu eht htiw tluciffid dedda ytluciffiD eht seilpitlum ti ,ecno naht erom desahcrup fI( .ni Basic Components, though this can be applied to other types of by three, four, five, etc.) tnenopmoC sa.llew E EVISNEPX tsoc tnenopmoC eht: sekam ylpmis recnahnE sihT eh T dwMloGul oloh anse rnoamhetno ot srecnahnE owt ro +2 points. eb put on a Spell Component without close scrutiny. A G LAUDAR : This Enhancer may only be bought on a Basic tnenopmoC which has more Enhancers than this can be too tnenopmoC rof na kcatta .llepS tI sesuac eht stceffe fo ehtllepS lufrewop for a campaign — though at least some of this excess to take effect gradually, over a period of time. With a single rewo pnac e btesff oyb t lwuochiefhftid ofnothings ay to is, Spell application, the Spell takes a full Turn to take effect; any further .sevlesm eshrtecn a sheftnhocEte fefveita geehnt applications eht ;ssel ro erom( 5 yb emit fo tnuoma taht seilpitlum hT e MG dluohs osla eb luferac tuoba eht emasrecnahnE MG yam dnuor eht emit doirep ot gnihtyna .)elbanosaer eciDrof gnieb bought more than once on a Component. It shouldn’t be the spell’s effect are rolled when it takes effect, and the effect is cificeps evah srecnahnE eht fo emos ,lla retfa ;thgirtuo dewollasid daerps erom ro ssel ylneve hguorht eht doirep fo .tceffe ynA seton no eshttcef ffeo .siht tuob alufera ce btsu jdluoh sM Geh T snefed deredisnoc si tser eht ;tceffe fo spip tsrif eht ot ylno ylppa se esuba ylralucitrap( ni eht esac fo evisnepxE ). ,sesne fse’dteg ret ahsnttaept te ovogath dna yna yrevocermorf yrevE dna ,tnenopmoC llepS a fo VD eht ot 1+ sdda recnahnE eht .tceffe etelpmoc sti dah sah llepS eht litnu nigeb ton seod tceffe 1+ o t e.lhtets sursofet cc crnfeeaofhhftneOe hedtheit twesrial INACCURATE : When bought on a Spell Component for an individual Components; alternately, if the base tsoC of a Attack Spell, this Enhancer subtracts the component’s total tnenopmoC eht ecuder yam recnahnE na ,erom ro 3 si tsoC 2.by Difficulty ( after eht Difficult Enhancer, if any) from the caster’s Attack iARttotrlaelacq,nnku o idtwroS heepi sec lhl a On T otal. B GNIRIFKCA : A Spell Component with this Enhancer will subtracts that amount from his Defensive Value until his next erhetven erhewt s eathccte fyflaevitagen esU Magic Skill Roll is action. fo flah neht ,egamad seod hcihw eno si tnenopmoC eht fI .dessim ITNEICIFFEN ,llepS eht rof tsoc leuf: eht selbuod recnahnE sihT setgiam asdi enod oets i;ewr hrettetihstsaoecod 1d6 times the derugif after all Enhancers (including this one) are added in. (If final, Difficultythe is, (that Component the of Difficulty unmodified desahcrup ,ruof ,eerht yb tsoc leuf eht seilpitlum ti ,ecno naht erom e hetrofeb Difficult rec n,awhonlEeb fi.)yna five, etc.) B GNIDNIL : When a Spell with one or more Components with R UNES : With this ancientdraw mustm agician theE nhancer, this recnahnE si ,tsac eht retsac tsum etartnecnoc os drah nosti r senu — eht nettirw tnelaviuqe fo eht cigaM eugnot — noeht casting yllatot semoceb eH .esle gnihtyna od ot elbanu si eh taht dnuorg or some other surface prior to casting a Spell containing oblivious ta sdnefed eH .tegrat sti dna lleps eht tpecxe gnihtyna ot eht era senur eht fI .deilppa si recnahnE siht hcihw ot tnenopmoC half DEX (rounded up) with no Skill (not scitaborcA nor edavE nward fo stceffe eht neht ,ecafrus dexif rehto yna ro dnuorg eht no nor eht tsniaga )ngiapmac eht ni desu eb thgim taht esle gnihtyna a Continuing Spell cannot be moved; if drawn on some object, target, and has a flat DV of 10 (or just an unmodified die roll) neht hcaE .tcejbo eht htiw sevom llepS gniunitnoC a fo sucof eht against hcihw ni eno eht gniwollof noitca eht litnu ,stegrat rehto lla gniward fo eht senur tsum eb edam ;yletarapes eht emassenur eh gives the last fuel for it. If he takes any STUN damage at all cannot be used for multiple castings of the same Spell. while casting it (or while maintaining it, if it’s a Continuing Spell), T EMI C- ONSUMING :detaert si recnahnE siht htiw tnenopmoC A eht a fo VD eht semoceb sekat eh tnuoma esU Mag ic desab lloR sa hguoht ti erew owt stnenopmoC rof sesoprup fogninimreted no WILL that he must make; if the roll is failed, the spell ceases woh ,ecno naht erom desahcrup fI( .llepS eht tsac ot sekat ti gnol immedia .ylet fI eh sekat yna stiH ro ,kcabkconK ehtlleps hcae esahcrup selbuod eht rebmun fo stnenopmoC tahtsiht automatically naht erom nekat eb ton yam recnahnE sihT .sesaec Component counts for.) .ecno Spell Construction Building Spells using the various components is relatively For instance, applying na dnetxE yc aruccA reoehtdtne txE ,elpmis tub seriuqer a yrev cificeps.xatnys Bolt taht seriuqer tnenopmoC cisaB dnetxE ycaruccA decalp eb In linguistic terms, you can treat the Basic Components as chronologically erofeb Bolt ; this will create a Bolt with +3 to its imperative ,sbrev srednetxE sa ,sbrevda dna srenibmoCsa ycarucca (or more, if dnetxE yc aruccA is Enhanced). If Bolt is conjunctions. ,gninaem yna evah ot renibmoC ro rednetxE na roF decalp erofeb etxE ycaruccA dn , eht neht Bolt behavesimply will .ylppa yeht hcihw ot stnenopmoCit cisaB eht edecerp syawla tsum normally; the ycaru cdcnAetxE .det srsaeiwdne txE Matrix Magic Plug-In - Page 10
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