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The Savant: A variant Scholar class for the Conan RPG NEW FEATS Alchemist (Sorcery) You know the secrets of alchemy and how to create alchemical items quickly. Prerequisites: Scholar/savant or dabbler, Craft (alchemy) 4 ranks. Benefit: You know how to make Flame- Powder, Kothic Demon-Fire, Stygian Tomb- Dust and Blue Devil’s Flame (from Scrolls of Skelos). The cost of creating the first three of these alchemical items is reduced to one-fourth of the listed cost, while the cost of creating Blue Devil’s Flame is reduced by one-half. This in turn reduces the time it takes to craft the items. Note: The Game Master may decide to apply similar benefits to (overpriced) alchemical items found in other supplements for the game. REVISED SPELLS Rune of Jhebbal Sag (Counterspells) Power Point Cost: 1 point/round Components: S, M, (XP) Casting Time: 1 full round Range: Touch Effect: Any worshippers of Jhebbal Sag who come within 25 feet + 5 feet/scholar level of the rune Duration: Power Points or Mortal Saving Throw: None Prerequisites: Knowledge (arcana) 4 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 6 ranks, Wis 13, Warding The rune of Jhebbal Sag, when inscribed or painted onto any surface (only runes inscribed on non-movable items can be made permanent), lets any worshippers of Jhebbal Sag know that the sorcerer is friendly. Its most notable effect is to release the subject or subjects of a Summon Beast spell from the spell as soon as they come within range. However, all animals remember their god Jhebbal Sag and will become calm and non-aggressive if they come within range. Likewise, if any human or other intelligent worshippers of the god come within range, the sorcerer gains a +2 circumstance bonus to all Charisma-based skill checks regarding them. In effect, he is demonstrating an allegiance to Jhebbal Sag, though this allegiance need not be true. XP Cost: 1,000 XP to make the rune permanent Page 6 Lesser Ill-Fortune (Curses) Power Point Cost: 2 Components: V Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Evil Eye, Touch or Magical Link Target: One creature Duration: One day Saving Throw: Will negates Magic Attack Roll: Sets DC for target’s Will saving throw A sorcerer places a curse on a victim. The victim suffers a -4 luck penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, ability checks and skill checks. Ill-Fortune (Curses) Power Point Cost: 4 Components: V Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Evil Eye, Touch or Magical Link Target: One creature Duration: One month Saving Throw: Will negates Prerequisite: Lesser Ill-Fortune Magic Attack Roll: Sets DC for target’s Will saving throw The sorcerer can choose from any of the following effects when casting this spell: • Bound to the Earth: The target automatically fails all Climb and Swim checks. • Fool: The target loses 4 points of Wisdom or his Wisdom is lowered to 7, whichever is lower. • Hated by Wild Animals: If the target approaches within 20 feet of any wild animal or vermin, or within 40 feet of a specific species of wild animal or vermin (caster’s choice), the animal immediately attacks and fights to the death. • Impotence/Infertility: The target is unable to satisfy and impregnate a woman (if male) or unable to bring forth offspring (if female). • Troubled Sleep: The target’s sleep is troubled by nightmares and strange unsettling visions. The sleep-deprived target is always fatigued.
Greater Ill-Fortune (Curses) Power Point Cost: 8 Components: V Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Evil Eye, Touch or Magical Link Target: One creature Duration: One year Saving Throw: Will negates Prerequisite: Magic attack bonus +3 or higher, Lesser Ill-Fortune Magic Attack Roll: Sets DC for target’s Will saving throw The sorcerer can choose from any of the following effects when casting this spell: • Aged Before His Time: The target physically ages by two age categories and suffers all negative effects of aging, but none of the positive effects. • Blindness: The target becomes blind. • Evil Eye: The target automatically fails all saving throws of a specific type (Fortitude, Reflex or Will), as selected by the sorcerer. • Lame Limb: One of the target’s limbs (caster’s choice as to which) becomes lame and useless. A lame foot reduces speed by half and makes it impossible to run. A lame arm cannot grasp a weapon or shield. Greater Ill-Fortune can also duplicate any of the effects of an Ill-Fortune spell, but with a longer duration. Astrological Prediction (Divination) Power Point Cost: 1 Components: V, S, M Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Personal Target: You Duration: Instantaneous An astrological prediction can tell you whether the stars are right and if a particular action will bring good or bad results for you in the immediate future. The base chance for interpreting the stars correctly is 70% + 1% per caster level, to a maximum of 90%; this roll is made secretly. A question may be so straightforward that a successful result is automatic, or so vague as to have no chance of success. If the astrological prediction succeeds, you get one of four results: • Weal (if the action will probably bring good results). • Woe (for bad results). • Weal and woe (for both). • Nothing (for actions that don’t have especially good or bad results). If the spell fails, you get the “nothing” result. A caster who gets the “nothing” result has no way to tell whether it was the consequence of a failed or successful astrological prediction. The astrological prediction can see into the future only about half an hour, so The Savant: A variant Scholar class for the Conan RPG anything that might happen after that does not affect the result. Thus, the result might not take into account the long-term consequences of a contemplated action. All astrological predictions cast by the same person about the same topic use the same dice result as the first casting. Material Component: Valuables worth at least 25 sp. Psychometry (Divination) Power Point Cost: 1 point Components: V, S Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Target: One object Duration: Instantaneous Saving Throw: None Prerequisites: Astrological Prediction, Knowledge (arcana) 5 ranks Skill Check: See text Psychometry allows the sorcerer to determine information about the previous owner of an object touched. The object may be a completely lifeless inanimate object, or a body part or fluid previously “owned” by a still-living creature. Examples of the latter include the hair of a wolf, found caught in thorn-bush; or the blood of a king, spilled forth on the sand during a desperate fight to the death. The sorcerer makes a Knowledge (arcana) check, with the Difficulty Class dependent on how far into the object’s past he wishes to probe, as follows (take 10 not allowed): Period of object’s lifetime DC Last month 15 Last year 20 Last decade 25 Last century 30 Last millenium 35 Every additional 1,000 years +5 Success means the caster learns one basic fact about the object during the specified period, such as the owner’s species, gender, land of origin, age, name, how he came by the object, how he lost the object, and whether he had any Corruption. A failed roll means the caster cannot use this spell on the same object until he gains another level. Visions (Divination) Power Point Cost: 2 points/minute Components: S, M or F Casting Time: 1 hour Range: 1,000 miles plus 100 miles/scholar level Effect: Magical sensor (see below) Duration: Power Points Saving Throw: Will negates Prerequisites: Astrological Prediction, Knowledge (arcana) 8 ranks Skill Check: Knowledge (arcana), DC 15 + 1 per 100 miles distant the target is beyond the first 100 miles, plus see below. Page 7
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