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Red Magic
This is the slightly controversial teaching syllabus of the Fire College of the Brotherhood of Magic, Grantabrugge.
Further information on Fire magic, and the controversy, is available in the Fire College players' guide.
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- Level 0: Ignite
- Range: Touch
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Lights a candle or sets a piece of paper on fire (or similar actions, but those aren't guaranteed to work). After lighting, the fire is perfectly mundane and will burn on or go out as such. May be physrepped by a cigarette lighter or similar if safe, or by removing the burnt-up item from play (put it in an OOC container or hand it to a ref).
- Level 1: Enflame Arrow
- Range: Touch
- Duration: 5 minutes or until discharged
- Effect: Enchants an arrow, throwing knife or crossbow bolt to do +1 degree of damage; also turns all damage from projectile into Red damage. The magic is expended on the first thing the arrow hits.
- Level 1: Firedart
- Range: Target
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "Target, RED SINGLE!" as a dart of bright flame strikes them in the chest.
- Level 2: Enflame Arrows
- Range: Touch
- Duration: 5 minutes or until discharged
- Effect: Enchants up to three arrows or crossbow bolts to do +1 degree of damage; also turns all damage from projectile into Red damage. The magic is expended on the first thing the arrow hits (it then dissipates).
- Level 2: Firestrike
- Range: Target
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "Target, RED DOUBLE!" as fire leaps from your hand to strike them in the chest.
- Level 3: Enflame Dagger
- Range: Touch
- Duration: 5 minutes
- Effect: Enchants a bladed weapon of length 18" or less to do +1 degree of damage; also turns all damage from weapon into Red damage.
- Level 3: Firebolt
- Range: Target
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "Target, RED TRIPLE!" as a bolt of flame impacts against their chest.
- Level 4: Enflame Sword
- Range: Touch
- Duration: 5 minutes
- Effect: Enchants a bladed weapon of length 42" or less to do +1 degree of damage; also turns all damage from weapon into Red damage. (This spell works just as well on appropriately-sized axes as it does on swords.)
- Level 4: Fireball
- Range: Target
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "Target, RED QUAD!" as you throw a football-sized ball of fire which heads unerringly for their heart.
- Level 5: Ring of Fire
- Range: Mass
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "MASS RED DOUBLE!" as a wave of fire radiates out from you in all directions.
- Level 5: Ricochet
- Range: Target (twice)
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "Target, RED TRIPLE" as flame leaps at them from your hand. From there, it leaps onto another target: choose another target and call "Target, RED TRIPLE" again. You may not target the same person twice with one casting of this spell.
- Level 6: Inferno
- Range: Mass
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "MASS RED TRIPLE!" as columns of fire leap up from the ground around you.
- Level 6: Enflame Polearm
- Range: Touch
- Duration: 5 minutes
- Effect: Enchants a bladed weapon of length 42" or more to do +1 degree of damage; also turns all damage from weapon into Red damage. (This works equally well on massive two-handed swords as on polearms and spears.)
- Level 7: Spear of Flame
- Range: Target
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "Target, RED SEPT!" as they are struck by a thick spear of bright flame.
- Level 7: Leaping Flame
- Range: Target (twice)
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "Target, RED QUAD!" as your target is suddenly wreathed in flames. From there, the flames leap to another target: choose another target and call "Target, RED QUAD" again. You may not target the same person twice with one casting of this spell.
- Level 8: Disrupt
- Range: Target
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "Target, RED OCT!" as the very air around them turns to searing flames.
- Level 8: Conflagration
- Range: Mass
- Duration: Instant
- Effect: Call "MASS RED QUIN!" as the ground around you erupts upwards in a pillar of blinding flame.