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Ranges Ring: The spell lasts until the target of the spell moves
outside the ring drawn at the time of casting, or until the ring is
physically broken.
Mythallar: Spells of this range can effect any target the Moon: this spell lasts until both the full and new moon
caster can both see and are within the area of effect of the same have been in the sky.
Mythallar he is in. If the caster of a spell with this range is also the Fire: A spell of fire duration lasts until the original fire
creator of, or is the bonded agent of the creator of the Mythallar he targeted is extinguished. While the duration probably will not last
is in, he is considered to have an Arcane Connection to every no longer than to the next sunrise or sunset, it is possible that the
person, place or thing within the area of effect of the Mythallar. This spell effect could persist indefinitely if the fire keeps going. It is thus
effect does not apply to bonded agents if they are attempting to rated as equivalent to Ring duration for the purposes of spell design.
target the creator of the Mythallar. Note that is Range is only known Season: The spell lasts until the next solstice or equinox
to wizards properly trained in Netherese Magic Theory. after its casting.
Personal: The effect of the spell is centered on the caster. Year: The spell lasts until the fourth equinox or solstice
The amount affected depends on the effect of the spell. after its casting.
Touch: The caster or anything he touches, whether a "Year" +1: Includes "a year and a day", but others (such as
person or thing. 1001 days or 100 years and a day) also fall into this category. Note
Eye: The caster may target any person or creature that he that is slightly longer than Year duration, and is measured from
has established eye contact with. when the spell is cast, not by the turning of the seasons.
Reach: Anything the caster could touch (but is not Permanent: The spell lasts forever, but remains forever
necessarily touching) without moving substantially. Anything within magical. Thus it could be dispelled at some point in the future. This
roughly two paces. duration is only available for spells that have magical effects: natural
Near: Anything within fifteen paces of the caster. effects are instant duration instead.
Far: Anything within a hundred paces of the caster. Instant: The spell effect persists forever as a mundane
Sight: Any thing that the caster can see. If the caster is thing. It cannot be magically dispelled, although it can be destroyed
standing on the highest point for miles, the range can be immense. by any method which would destroy the mundane thing it is. This
Arcane Connection: Anything the caster has an arcane duration is only available for spells with natural effects. Note also
connection to. Distance is immaterial unless the Storyguide chooses that this duration cannot be attained for magical creation or healing
to impose some limit. without the use of raw vis.
Symbol: This range allows the magus to cast a spell on any Until (Condition): The spell last until some condition is
target for which he has a reasonable symbol. This symbol need not met. For example, such a spell might last until the name of God is
be an arcane connection to the target – the casters could draw a invoked, until some item is touched with iron, or until a word in a
picture of the target, for example. The Storyguide must approve the list is said out of place (days of the week are spoken out of order, for
choice of symbol. example). Colors, words, or actions can also trigger the termination
A useful symbol must have a clear and unambiguous of the spell. Until (Condition) spells cannot usually be dispelled by
symbolic link to the target. A symbol being used in a spell forms a formulaic magic if that is not part of the condition. Conditions
temporary arcane connection for the duration of the spell (or casting must be specified when the spells that employ them are created.
process). You can only make a symbol for a target you can identify in Alternately, they may be determined by the caster's sigil.
at least two independent ways. For example, “The King of England” Bargain: A spell of Bargain duration can only be cast on
and “Henry son of John”, or “The Mongol leader” and “The fat someone who has just concluded a bargain or agreement with the
Mongol with bad breath and a gold ring”. magus. The magus’ penetration total is doubled when checking
whether the spell takes effect. If it does, nothing happens unless the

Durations target brakes the bargain. If he does, the spell takes effect without
further resistance rolls. Bargain spells have a second duration which
determines how long the spell lasts after it takes effect. To calculate
Mythallar: Spells of this duration last as long as it's effect, the level of a Bargain spell, calculate the level of the spell that take
or the target of it's effect remain within the boundary of the effect when the bargain is broken and add three magnitudes.
Mythallar it was cast within. If the effect or target of the effect leaves Variable: A spell with a Variable duration lasts as long as
the Mythallar, the spell ends immediately. The spell will also end if the caster desires, up to its normal maximum duration. To calculate
the caster, or creator of the Mythallar simply wishes it to. Note that the level of a Variable spell, calculate the level of the spell using its
is Duration is only known to wizards properly trained in Netherese maximum duration and add one magnitude.
Magic Theory.
Momentary: The spell lasts but a moment, and then
dissipates. Any effect that it has remains, however. This is the
normal duration for combat spells.
Targets
Concentration: The spell lasts as long as the caster Mythallar: Spells with this Target affect anything and
concentrates. everything, regardless of whether or not the caster can see or is aware
Diameter: The spell lasts until the sun moves its diameter of the targets, within the area of effect of a Mythallar, so long as they
in the sky – almost exactly two minutes. are cast within that same Mythallar. Note that is Target is only
Sun: The spell lasts until the sun next rises or sets. known to wizards properly trained in Netherese Magic Theory.
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Small: Affects a small item, something that a person of

average strength could comfortably hold in both hands.
Individual: The spell can affect a single discreet thing,
General Modifiers
such as one person or one object. A huge boulder is a discreet No Gestures: By adding this modifier to a spell during its
object, a mountain is not (because it is joined to the ground). creation, the caster does not need to use any gestures during casting,
Group: The spell can affect a small group of people or nor does he acquire the penalties for not doing so. However, if the
things. There should be no more than about a dozen things, and caster desires for what ever reason, he may use gestures, though
they must be an obvious group. Three grogs huddled together or a Vigorous Gestures does not give the usual bonus to the casting total.
ring of standing stones are a group: six people out of a crowd are This modifier may not be added to Ritual spells.
usually not. No Voice: Similar to No Gestures above, when this
Room: The spell affects a chamber and every one or thing modifier is added to a spell's formula during creation, the caster
in it. this room can be very large (the nave of a cathedral for does not need to use any level of Voice, nor does he receive the
instance, or a natural cave), but must be enclosed, and have definite usual penalties for not doing so. He may use any level of Voice, if he
boundaries. A courtyard would often count, a valley would not. desires, but Booming Voice does not add any bonus. This modifier
Circle: The spell affects everything within a ring drawn by may be combined with No Gestures, to create a subtle and silent
the caster at the time of casting, and ends if the circle is broken, spell, but bear in mind, doing so increases a spells level by 15. This
irrespective of the of the normal duration of the spell. modifier may not be added to ritual spells.
Structure: The spell affects a single structure and Auto Targeting: Adding this modifier to spells that would
everything within it. The structure can range in size from a hut to a normally be Aimed, such as Incantation of Lightning, or Pillum of
castle, but must be a single, linked edifice. As a rule of thumb, if it is Fire, causes the spell to unerringly strike it's intended target, as long
all covered by one roof, it is one structure, but Storyguide discretion as the target is both within range of the spell and the caster can draw
applies. a direct line of sight to it. The down side to this modifier is that
Boundary: The spell affects a well defined natural or man- there is no chance of increased damage due to high targeting rolls.
made boundary. This could be the wall of a city, the edge of a Mythallar Bonded: Spells created with this modifier have
village, the shores of a lake, the edge of a forest, or the base of a their levels reduced by 1 magnitude for purposes of creation,
mountain. Since the ocean is not obviously bounded, it cannot be learning and Vis cost, but such spells can only be cast within a
affected in this way. The caster must be able to see most of the Mythallar.
bounded area unless the spell is being cast at Arcane Connection Fast Casting: This modifier allows spells to be cast in
range. combat phases earlier than the standard Magic phase. Adding one
Bloodline: A bloodline is all the people descended by magnitude allows the spell to be cast in the Second Missile phase,
blood from a given person (the immediate target). Only the adding two magnitudes allows the spell to be cast in the Melee
immediate target need be within the spell's range, but all members phase, adding three magnitudes allows the spell to be cast in the
of the bloodline are affected immediately. The spell applies to all First Missile phase. The spells First Strike total is equal to the
members of the bloodline born during its duration, as well as those caster’s Quickness + Finesse + a Stress Die, the virtue Fast Caster
already living when it is cast. adds 3 to this total.
Sight: The spell affects everything within the sight of the
caster.
Variable: A spell with a Variable target allows the caster to
affect as much of an area or as many targets as desired, up to the
maximum allowed by it’s normal target. To calculate the level of a
Variable spell, calculate the level of the spell using its maximum
target area and add one magnitude.

Ranges (from low to high) Durations (from low to high) Targets (from low to high)
• Mythallar • Mythallar • Mythallar
• Personal • Momentary • Small
• Touch/Eye • Concentration/Diameter • Individual
• Reach • Sun • Group/Room
• Near • Moon/Ring/Fire • Circle/Structure
• Far • Season • Boundary/Bloodline
• Sight • Year • Sight
• Arcane Connection • Permanent/Instant/Until
• – Variable +1
• Symbol Bargain +3
Variable +1

General Modifiers
• Fast Casting: 2nd Missile +1 • Auto Targeting +1 • Mythallar Bonded -1
• Fast Casting: Melee +2 • No Gestures +1
• Fast Casting: 1st Missile +3 • No Voice +2
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Creo Animal Guidelines Level 15: Learn the origin, age and history of something made of
animal products.
Level 20: Speak with an animal (Auram requisite for birds,
Basic Range: Touch Aquam requisite for fish). Read an animals surface
Basic Duration: Sun thoughts.
Basic Target: Individual Level 25: Read the recent memories of a beast.
Notes: When creating a magical creature, its magic Level 30: Thoroughly probe the mind of an animal.
might cannot exceed the level of the spell, and requisites must be
included for any special powers it has.
To create treated animal products (leather, jointed meat,
parchment) add one magnitude to the level necessary to create
Muto Animal Guidelines
the equivalent amount of dead animal. To create only part of an Basic Range: Touch
animal corpse (like hide or horns), subtract one magnitude. Basic Duration: Sun
Basic Target: Individual
Level 3: Create the corpse of a tiny animal (Size –5/-4). Notes: Animals granted new abilities, such as wings, will
Level 4: Create the corpse of a small animal (Size –3/-2). need a few minutes to get used to them.
Level 5: Create the corpse of a medium animal (Size -1/0/+1).
Create an insect. Level 3: Make a superficial change to something made of
Level 10: Create the corpse of a large animal (Size +2/+3). animal products (like changing its color).
Create a tiny living animal. Level 5: Make a major change to something made of animal
Level 15: Create the corpse of a very large animal (Size +4/-+5). products that preserves the substance (i.e. turn a
Stop the progress of a disease. leather jerkin into a saddle). Gradually turn meat into
Level 20: Heal one body level of damage. vermin. Make a superficial change to a beast.
Level 25: Create a small living animal. Level 10: Change an animals limb.
Level 30: Create a medium living animal. Create a tiny magical Level 15: Make a major change in a beast, while leaving it
beast. Create a swarm of insects. Heal two body levels recognizably the same sort of animal (i.e. make a horse
of damage. Restore a lost sense. Restore a lost limb. bigger and change its color).
Cure a disease, counteracting its effects. Level 20: Change an animal to another animal. Change an
Level 35: Create a large living animal. Create a small magical animal in a minor way so that it is no longer natural
beast. Heal four body levels of damage. (i.e. change a horses color to match a knights coat of
Level 40: Create a very large living animal. Create a medium arms).
magical beast. Heal six body levels of damage. Level 25: Change an animal into a human (though it retains its
Level 45: Create a large magical beast. Heal eight body levels of animal mentality). Change an animal into a plant
damage. (requires an Herbam requisite).
Level 50: Create a very large magical beast. Heal ten body levels Level 30: Change an animal in major unnatural way (i.e. give a
of damage. horse claws, fangs and scaly armored hide). Change an
Level 55: Create a dragon. Heal twelve body levels of damage. animal into a non-living item (appropriate requisite
Level 60: Raise an animal from the dead. required).
Level 40: Radically change an animal in an unnatural way (i.e.

Intellego Animal Guidelines give a horse wings). Give an animal a ‘magical’ ability,
such as the ability to breath fire (requires the a
requisite appropriate to the ability).
Basic Range: Touch
Basic Duration: Concentration
Basic Target: Individual
Notes: Bear in mind that an animals memories are
gathered through its particular senses, with their particular
strengths and weaknesses. For example, dogs remember much
about odors of various things, but often forget what the details of
how they looked. Animals do not remember human words, but
might remember tone of voice and such.

Level 1: Get a mental image of an animal.

Level 5: Sense the state of consciousness of a beast. Get general
information about its body.
Level 10: Sense the dominant drive of a beast. Learn a specific
fact about its body.
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Perdo Animal Guidelines contained (i.e. spread over a surface). Create a slightly
unnatural liquid (i.e. beer or wine).
Level 15: Create water (or some other natural liquid) in an
Basic Range: Touch unnatural shape (such as a sphere over someone’s
Basic Duration: Momentary head), or in an unnatural location (i.e. in someone’s
Basic Target: Individual lungs) – but water so created will behave normally.
Notes: There is normally no soak against Perdo Animal Create an extremely unnatural liquid.
– the magic does not create something that causes damage, it just Level 20: Create poison that causes a minor illness.
causes damage. Level 25: Create a small spring. Crate poison that causes a
major illness.
Level 3: Damage something made of animal products. Level 30: Create poison that is fatal.
Level 5: Do superficial damage to a beast (i.e. remove its hair).
Destroy something made of animal products.
Level 10: Cause a beast pain, but do no real damage.
Level 15: Do one body level of damage. Destroy a beasts limb.
Intellego Aquam Guidelines
Level 20: Destroy one of a beasts senses. Do two body levels of Basic Range: Touch
damage. Basic Duration: Concentration
Level 25: Do four body levels of damage. Basic Target: Small
Level 35: Kill an animal. Notes: Intellego Aquam Spells do not normally require
requisites for other liquids.

Rego Animal Guidelines Level 1: Get an image of water within range.

Level 3: Get an image of water and it’s immediate surroundings
Basic Range: Eye within range.
Basic Duration: Concentration Level 5: Learn the natural properties of a liquid.
Basic Target: Individual Level 10: Learn the natural properties of a mixture of liquids.
Notes: Refer to Rego Corpus for additional guidelines Level 15: Learn the magical properties of a liquid. Make your
for controlling an animals body and Rego Mentem for senses unaffected by water.
controlling its mind. Level 20: Learn the magical properties of a mixture of liquids.
Level 25: Speak with a natural body of water.
General: Protect a group from attacks by magical creatures of Level 30: Speak with an artificial body of water (like a fountain).
Might less than the level of the spell (duration Ring,
target Group).
Level 4: Manipulate items made of animal products.
Level 5: Plant a single suggestion in the mind of an animal.
Protect the target from attacks by normal animals.
Level 10: Calm an animal.
Level 15: Manipulate an animal’s emotions. Paralyze an animal.
Level 20: Make an animal completely passive.
Level 25: Completely control an animal.

Creo Aquam Guidelines

Basic Range: Near
Basic Duration: Sun
Basic Target: Small
Notes: Water created without Vis quenches the thirst,
but provides no lasting benefit to the drinker.

General: Create poison that causes +(Level) damage (Corpus or

Animal requisites apply). Create liquid that causes
+(level) damage on contact (Corpus or Animal
requisites apply).
Level 5: Fill a man made container with water (or some other
natural liquid, with appropriate requisites).
Level 10: Create water (or some other natural liquid) that is not
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Muto Aquam Guidelines Level 5: Control a liquid in a natural fashion (i.e. control
direction or speed of flow).
Level 10: Control a liquid in a slightly unnatural fashion (i.e.
Basic Range: Touch make it flow uphill or stop it from wetting
Basic Duration: Sun something). Control an amount of liquid which is
Basic Target: Small part of a larger body in a natural fashion.
Notes: To cause a liquid to change into something that Level 15: Control a liquid in a highly unnatural fashion (i.e.
is not governed by Aquam takes one more level of magnitude, in make it flow straight up or take on a humanoid form).
general. Control an amount of liquid which is part of a larger
body in a slightly unnatural fashion.
General: Change a liquid into a poison that does +(Level +5) Level 20: Control an amount of liquid which is part of a larger
points of damage (Corpus or Animal requisite). body in a highly unnatural fashion.
Change a liquid into a liquid that causes +(Level)
points of damage on contact.
Level 3: Change a characteristic of liquid within that liquid’s
normal range (i.e. make water pure or stagnant).
Creo Auram Guidelines
Level 4: Change a natural liquid into another natural liquid. Basic Range: Sight
Level 5: Change a liquid into a corresponding solid (Terram Basic Duration: Momentary
requisite) or gas (Auram requisite) (i.e. water to ice or Basic Target: Boundary
steam). Change a natural liquid into a slightly Notes: Created air disperses at a natural rate due to
unnatural liquid (i.e. make blue water or strawberry momentary duration. Non-weather effects should be gauged by
flavored castor oil), or vice versa. their effects relative to the guidelines. For example, poison gas
Level 10: Change a liquid into an unrelated solid or gas (with doing +5 damage might be equivalent to the amount of damage
requisites). Change a natural liquid into two or more caused by a tempest.
natural liquids, with the two types separate (though
they will mix normally). Change a liquid into a very Level 5: Create a draft.
unnatural liquid (i.e. a shocking pink liquid that causes Level 10: Create a breeze.
bizarre hallucinations) – requisites will often apply. Level 15: Create a wind. Create fog.
Level 15: Change a liquid into a mixture of any liquid, solid Level 20: Create a squall.
(Terram requisite), or gas (with Auram requisite). Level 25: Create a thunderstorm.
Change a liquid into a slightly unnatural solid or gas. Level 30: Create a tempest.
Level 20: Change a liquid into a very unnatural solid or gas. Level 35: Create a tornado.
Level 45: Create a hurricane.

Perdo Aquam Guidelines Level 60: Create lightning.

Basic Range: Touch

Basic Duration: Momentary
Intellego Auram Guidelines
Basic Target: Small Basic Range: Personal
Notes: As magnitudes in these spells rise, the Basic Duration: Concentration
destruction caused becomes more subtle, or more pervasive. Basic Target: Room

Level 5: Destroy a liquid (requisites may apply). Level 5: Sense one property of air (i.e. determine if it is safe to
Level 15: Destroy one property of a liquid (like alcohol’s ability breathe.
to intoxicate, or seawater’s saltiness). Level 10: Learn all mundane properties of the air. Have an
Level 20: Destroy a small spring, so that it never flows again. intuition about some fact regarding the air.
Level 15: Make your senses unhindered by the air (i.e. be able to
hear over a howling wind).
Rego Aquam Guidelines Level 20: Predict the weather.
Level 25: Speak with air.
Basic Range: Near
Basic Duration: Concentration
Basic Target: Small

General: Ward against Faerie creatures of water whose Might is

equal to or less than the level of the spell (duration
Ring, target Group).
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Muto Auram Guidelines Level 20: Direct weather in progress. Control an amount of air
with enough force to uproot small trees.
Level 30: Cause clouds to produce rain. Control an amount of
Basic Range: Near air with enough force to uproot large trees.
Basic Duration: Momentary
Basic Target: Small
Notes: Transforming only one property of air generally
lowers the level by one order of magnitude.
Creo Corpus Guidelines
Basic Range: Touch
Level 4: Double or halve the intensity of a manifestation of air. Basic Duration: Sun
Level 5: Transform an amount of air into another form of air. Basic Target: Individual
Level 10: Transform an amount of air into another element
(requisites apply). Transform an amount of air into a Level 5: Prevent decay of a body.
gas that does +5 damage. Level 10: Create an entire human corpse. Stabilize one wound.
Level 15: Transform an amount of air into a mixture of Level 15: Stop the progress of a disease.
elements. Transform an amount of air into something Level 20: Heal one body level of damage.
slightly unnatural (i.e. into a silvery fog or a specific Level 25: Heal the damage caused by a poison or disease.
shape). Level 30: Restore a lost limb. Heal two body levels of damage.
Level 20: Transform an amount of air into something wholly Level 35: Heal four body levels of damage.
unnatural (i.e. transform a cloud into a horse shape Level 40: Heal all harm done to a body.
that gallops across the sky). Level 50: Return “false” life to a corpse.
Level 100: Return true life to a corpse.

Perdo Auram Guidelines

Basic Range: Touch
Intellego Corpus Guidelines
Basic Duration: Momentary Basic Range: Sight
Basic Target: Individual Basic Duration: Momentary
Notes: Destroying just one property of air is one Basic Target: Individual
magnitude lower than destroying air outright. Destroying air with
great precision raises the order of magnitude by at least one level. Level 5: Sense very general information about a body.
Level 10: Sense a specific piece of information about a body.
Level 5: Destroy an amount of air. Stop very minor weather Level 15: Locate a person you have an Arcane Connection to.
phenomena, like breezes. Level 20: Sense all useful information about a body.
Level 20: Stop any one part of a weather phenomenon (i.e. stop Level 25: Speak with the dead.
lightning from striking during a thunderstorm).
Level 30: Stop any weather phenomenon, excluding those
caused by Ritual magic. Muto Corpus Guidelines
Rego Auram Guidelines Basic Range: Touch
Basic Duration: Sun
Basic Target: Individual
Basic Range: Near
Basic Duration: Concentration Level 5: Change a part of a person (i.e. an eye or the nose).
Basic Target: Individual Level 10: Change a limb of a person.
Notes: A small effect in the absence of a container is Level 15: Change the face of a person.
about one half pace across. An individual effect is about one pace Level 20: Utterly change the appearance or size of a person
across. A Room effect is about five paces across. A structure effect (though they must remain human in form). Make a
is about twenty paces across. body resistant to damage (+5 Soak).
Controlling an amount of air with great strength or Level 25: Turn a human into a land animal (Animal requisite).
precision raises the magnitude of the spell by one. Level 30: Make a body resistant to damage (+10 Soak).
Level 35: Turn a human into a bird or fish (Animal or Aquam
General: Ward against Faerie creatures of the air whose Might is requisite).
equal or less than the level of the spell (duration Ring, Level 40: Turn a human into a solid inanimate object (Terram
target Group). requisite). Turn a human into a plant (Herbam
Level 5: Control an amount of air. requisite).
Level 10: Control an amount of air with great force or precision. Level 45: Turn a human into an insubstantial object.
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Perdo Corpus Guidelines Intellego Herbam Guidelines

Basic Range: Near Basic Range: Touch
Basic Duration: Momentary Basic Duration: Concentration
Basic Target: Individual Basic Target: Individual
Notes: These spells harm people directly, often
permanently, unless outside magics are used to repair the Level 3: Gain an intuitive knowledge of a plant (i.e. know
damage. whether a given action would harm a plant).
Level 5: Learn general information, or a single specific fact
Level 5: Do superficial damage to a body (i.e. remove it’s hair). about a plant or an item made from plant products.
Level 10: Cause a person pain, but do no real damage. Cause the Level 10: Learn all mundane properties of a plant or an item
loss of one Fatigue level. made from plant products.
Level 15: Do one body level of damage. Destroy a person’s limb. Level 15: Sense or locate plants you cannot otherwise perceive.
Destroy a corpse. Level 25: Speak with a plant.
Level 20: Destroy one of a person’s senses. Do two body levels of
damage.
Level 25: Age someone five years. Do three body levels of Muto Herbam Guidelines
damage.
Level 30: Inflict a major disease. Do four body levels of damage. Basic Range: Touch
Level 40: Kill a person. Basic Duration: Sun
Basic Target: Small
Notes: Changing a plant into something other than
Rego Corpus Guidelines another plant raises the level of magnitude by one. To change
plants into treated or finished material, such as furniture, a
Basic Range: Near vegetarian meal, linen or cotton cloth, add one level of
Basic Duration: Concentration magnitude to the level necessary to change plants into natural,
Basic Target: Individual unworked plants.

Level 5: Make someone lose control of a body part. Level 5: Change a plant or item made from plant products.
Level 15: Control the gross physical movements of a target. Level 10: Change a plant or item made from plant products into
Level 20: Hold a target’s body motionless. metal or stone (Terram requisite).
Level 25: Control a target’s motions. Eliminate the penalties of Level 15: Cause a plant to bend or twist rapidly in place.
fatigue and wounds. Level 20: Affect the consciousness and spirit of a plant.
Level 30: Direct the flow of bodily energy.
Level 50: Teleport a target’s body to a place you have an arcane
connection to. Teleport a target’s body seven leagues. Perdo Herbam Guidelines
Basic Range: Reach
Creo Herbam Guidelines Basic Duration: Momentary
Basic Target: Small
Basic Range: Near Notes: These guidelines are for destroying dead plants,
Basic Duration: Sun to destroy living plants, add one level of magnitude.
Basic Target: Individual
Notes: Any food created is nutritious only if raw vis is Level 4: Spoil an amount of food.
used in its creation. Plants may be created living or dead with Level 5: Destroy an amount of dead wood. Cause the leaves to
equal ease. To create treated plant products, such as furniture, a fall off of a plant.
meal, linen or cotton cloth, add one magnitude to the level Level 10: Destroy a living plant.
necessary to create the equivalent amount of unworked living or
dead plants.

Level 5: Create a plant product (like a leaf or fruit). Create a

plant. Prevent a plant from becoming sick.
Level 10: Create a bush or a pile of sticks or brambles. Prevent a
bush from becoming sick.
Level 15: Create a tree. Create wood. Prevent a tree from
becoming sick. Prevent wood from rotting.
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Rego Herbam Guidelines Intellego Ignem Guidelines

Basic Range: Reach Basic Range: Reach
Basic Duration: Concentration Basic Duration: Concentration
Basic Target: Small Basic Target: Small
Notes: It is equally easy to control living and dead
plants. Level 4: Sense one property of fire. Locate a fire.
Level 5: Sense all mundane properties of fire. Become aware of
Level 5: Control an amount of wood, such as a branch or all fires within the target area. See a fire with which
wooden weapon. you have an arcane connection.
Level 10: Deflect a single attack from a wooden weapon. Level 10: Sense all mundane property of ash. See a fire you have
Level 15: Deflect several attacks from wooden weapons. an arcane connection to and all things it illuminates.
Level 20: Deflect all known attacks by wooden weapons. Cause a Level 15: See clearly through raging fire (an Auram requisite may
Small amount (i.e. wooden weapon, small plant, or be necessary if smoke is present as well). Learn the
branch) to move around as you direct it, though if it is magical properties of a fire.
a rooted plant, it remains rooted. Level 25: Speak with a fire.
Level 25: Deflect all attacks by wooden weapons, both seen and
unseen. Cause a Small amount of wood to move
around as you direct it (it need not remain rooted). Muto Ignem Guidelines
Basic Range: Reach
Creo Ignem Guidelines Basic Duration: Concentration
Basic Target: Individual
Basic Range: Near
Basic Duration: Momentary Level 3: Change one characteristic of a fire within the target
Basic Target: Small area (i.e. make a fire burn more brightly, or produce
more smoke).
Level 1: Ignite something extremely flammable (like oil, or a Level 4: Totally change a fire into another natural fire
wick). Illuminate an area as if by moonlight. Heat an (changing any or all of it’s characteristics).
object so that it is warm to the touch. Level 5: Change a fire so that it is slightly unnatural (i.e. make
Level 3: Ignite something very flammable (like parchment, or the flames a different color, or make the smoke smell
dry grass). Illuminate an area as if by candle light. Heat like roses). May require requisites.
an object to be hot to the touch. Level 10: Change a fire so that it is completely unnatural (i.e.
Level 5: Create a fire intense enough to do +5 damage (a Small multicolored flames that form images while the
flame can only affect a small target). Ignite something popping of the fire plays music). Often requires
flammable (like dry wood or charcoal). Illuminate an requisites.
area as if by torch light. Heat an object enough to boil Level 15: Change a fire into natural air (Auram requisite).
water. Level 20: Change a fire into a natural solid (Terram requisite).
Level 10: Create a fire doing +5 damage in an unnatural shape Change a fire into slightly unnatural gas.
(like a ring or sheet). Create a fire doing +10 damage. Level 30: Change a fire into a natural liquid (Aquam requisite).
Ignite something slightly flammable (like damp wood Change a fire into very unnatural gas.
or leather). Illuminate and area as if by day light on an
overcast day. Heat an object enough to melt lead.
Level 15: Create a fire doing +10 damage in an unnatural shape. Perdo Ignem Guidelines
Create a fire doing +15 damage. Ignite something
barely flammable (like a body). Illuminate an area as if Basic Range: Reach
by full day light. Heat an object enough to make steel Basic Duration: Momentary
glow red hot. Basic Target: Small
Level 20: Create a fire doing +20 damage. Heat an object enough
to melt steel. Level 3: Greatly reduce the amount of light in the area.
Level 25: Create a fire doing +25 Damage. Level 4: Completely extinguish all light in an area.
Level 30: Create a fire doing +30 damage. Level 5: Extinguish a fire, cooling the ashes to merely warm.
Chill an object.
Level 10: Strongly chill and object. Destroy one aspect of a fire
(i.e. heat, or light).
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Rego Ignem Guidelines Basic Range: Near

Basic Duration: Sun
Basic Target: Individual
Basic Range: Reach
Basic Duration: Concentration Level 4: Heighten or lessen one sensation of an object (i.e.
Basic Target: Small make candy more, or less sweet).
Notes: The intensity of a fire also effects the difficulty of Level 5: Change one sensation of an object (i.e. make a leaf
controlling it. Add a fire’s (damage bonus –5) to the level of the look like a coin).
spell. Level 10: Change two sensations of an object.
Level 15: Change three sensations of an object.
Level 5: Control a fire in a natural fashion (i.e. control its Level 20: Change four sensations of an object.
direction of spread). Level 25: Change an object completely, in all things except
Level 10: Control a fire in a slightly unnatural fashion (i.e. stop touch.
it from burning a person). Level 30: Completely distort the sensory perceptions of a target.
Level 20: Control a fire in a very unnatural fashion (i.e. fashion
it into a dancing humanoid shape).
Perdo Imaginem Guidelines
Creo Imaginem Guidelines Basic Range: Reach
Basic Duration: Momentary
Basic Range: Reach Basic Target: Individual
Basic Duration: Sun Notes: Destroying the images of a moving target is more
Basic Target: Individual difficult – add one level of magnitude to spells that do so.
Notes: Increasing the complexity of sensory perception,
such as making moving visual images or making clear words Level 5: Destroy an objects ability to affect one sense.
instead of noise, adds one additional level of magnitude. Making Level 10: Destroy an objects ability to affect two senses.
an image move or make noise at your direction as you Level 15: Destroy an objects ability to affect three senses.
concentrate adds two levels of magnitude. In addition, very Level 20: Destroy an objects ability to affect four senses.
intricate images (i.e. an intricately ornamented bridge) are Level 25: Destroy an objects ability to affect five senses.
generally one level of magnitude higher as well.

Level 5:
Level 10:
Create an illusion that affects a single sense.
Create an illusion that affects two senses.
Rego Imaginem Guidelines
Level 15: Create an illusion that affects three senses. Basic Range: Reach
Level 20: Create an illusion that affects four senses. Basic Duration: Sun
Level 25: Create an illusion that affects five senses. Basic Target: Individual
Notes: Add one level of magnitude if the image to be

Intellego Imaginem Guidelines controlled is moving. Add a further level of magnitude if the
image is to move along with the object. Add one level of
magnitude for each sense to be affected.
Basic Range: Near
Basic Duration: Concentration Level 5: Make an object appear (to one sense) to be up to one
Basic Target: Room pace away from it’s actual position.
Notes: Each additional sense you wish to perceive Level 10: Make an object appear (to two senses) to be up to five
increases the magnitude by one. paces away from it’s actual position.
Level 15: Make an object appear (to one sense) to be up to
Level 5: Use one sense at a distance. Memorize or perfect your within Near range of its actual position. Make an
memory about an image you have encountered. Be able image appear (to one sense) to be contained in or
to discern your own false images. attached to another object defined at the time of
Level 10: Use two senses at a distance. casting (i.e. make someone’s voice appear to come
Level 15: Use three senses at a distance. from within a bag).
Level 20: Use four senses at a distance. See up to five years into Level 20: Make an image appear (to one sense) to be within Far
the past. range of it’s actual position.
Level 25: Use all senses at a distance. Level 25: Make an image appear (to one sense) to be within Sight
of its actual position.

Muto Imaginem Guidelines Level 30: Make an image appear (to one sense) to be in a
location that the caster has an Arcane Connection to.
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Creo Mentem Guidelines Perdo Mentem Guidelines

Basic Range: Eye Basic Range: Eye
Basic Duration: Sun Basic Duration: Momentary
Basic Target: Individual Basic Target: Individual

Level 5: Form words in another’s mind. Level 5: Remove a minor detail from a person’s memory.
Level Put a thought in another’s mind. Level 10: Remove an important detail from a person’s memory.
10: Level 15: Quell an emotion in a person. Diminish a single
Level Create an emotion in another’s mind. mental capability in a person.
15: Level 20: Remove a minor or short term memory from a
Level Create a memory in another’s mind. person’s mind.
20: Level 25: Remove a major or long term memory from a person’s
Level Effectively increase another person’s ability to think. mind. Reduce all of a person’s mental capabilities.
25: Level 30: Remove all emotions from a person. Drive a person
insane.
Level 40: Leave a person a mindless husk.
Intellego Mentem Guidelines
Basic Range: Eye
Basic Duration: Momentary
Rego Mentem Guidelines
Basic Target: Individual Basic Range: Eye
Basic Duration: Sun
Level 5: Sense the state of consciousness of one intelligent Basic Target: Individual
being (i.e. asleep, awake, meditating, dead, drugged,
insane, or comatose). Level Control a target’s mental state (i.e. awake, asleep,
Level 10: Sense a single emotion in a being. 10: confused).
Level 15: Sense all of the emotions in a being. Discover the truth Level Control a natural emotion (i.e. calm, fear). The target
of a statement. 15: must feel the emotion before you can control it.
Level 20: Speak with any one human. Read a person’s surface Level Control an unnatural emotion (i.e. cultivate a
thoughts. Pick an answer from the mind of the target. 20: person’s feelings of bravery where he is usually
Level 25: Read the last day’s memories from one person. cowardly).
Level 30: Learn all the information you wish from a person’s Level Control a human being as long as you can see him.
mind. 25:
Level Give a person one complex command, which he tires
30: to carry out to the best of his ability.
Muto Mentem Guidelines Level
40:
Completely control a person’s mind and emotions.

Basic Range: Eye

Basic Duration: Sun
Basic Target: Individual Creo Terram Guidelines
Level 4: Force a ghost to become visible (provided it can do so Basic Range: Near
normally). Basic Duration: Sun
Level 5: Make a minor change in a person’s memory of an Basic Target: Small
event. Notes: Creating earth in an elaborate shape or with
Level 10: Make a major change in a person’s memory of an some unnatural property is one level of magnitude higher than
event. Make a minor change in a person’s emotion. the listed guidelines.
Level 15: Make a major change to a person’s memory of a series
of events. Make a major change in a person’s emotion. Level 5: Create an amount of sand, dirt, mud, or clay.
Level 20: Make major changes to a person’s memories of a Level 10: Create an amount of stone or glass.
period of their life. Completely change a person’s Level 15: Create an amount of metal or a rough gemstone.
emotions. Level 20: Create an amount of polished gemstone.
Level 30: Completely rewrite a person’s memories. Utterly
change a person’s mind.
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Intellego Terram Guidelines Perdo Terram Guidelines

Basic Range: Reach Basic Range: Reach
Basic Duration: Concentration Basic Duration: Momentary
Basic Target: Small Basic Target: Small
Notes: The guidelines below are for dirt, sand, mud and
Level 2: Learn one visible property of an object (a property that clay. To destroy stone or glass, add one level of magnitude. To
someone with the appropriate skills could determine destroy metal or gemstone, add two levels of magnitude.
just by looking).
Level 4: Learn one mundane property of an object. See an Level 3: Destroy one property of dirt.
object and its surroundings. Level 4: Destroy dirt.
Level 5: Learn all components of a mixture or an alloy (you
must know the components before divining the
properties).
Level 10: Learn all the natural properties of an object.
Rego Terram Guidelines
Level 15: Sense all the mundane properties of a composite Basic Range: Near
object. Basic Duration: Concentration
Level 20: Learn the magical properties of an object. Make your Basic Target: Small
senses unhindered by earth (i.e. see right through a Notes: The guidelines below are for dirt, sand, mud and
rock). clay. To control stone or glass, add one level of magnitude. To
Level 30: Speak with a natural rock (i.e. a boulder). control metal or gemstone, add two levels of magnitude.
Level 35: Speak with an artificial rock (i.e. a statue). Controlling Terram with great force or precision adds one or
Level 45: See an object and it’s surroundings in the past. more levels of magnitude, depending on the level of control
needed.

Muto Terram Guidelines Level 5: Control or move dirt.

Level 10: Deflect a single attack by a metal weapon.
Basic Range: Reach Level 15: Teleport dirt to within Near range. Deflect several
Basic Duration: Sun attacks from metal weapons.
Basic Target: Small Level 20: Deflect all attacks by metal weapons that you are aware
Notes: The guidelines below are for dirt, sand, mud and of.
clay. To change stone or glass, add one level of magnitude. To Level 25: Deflect all attacks by metal weapons, whether you are
change metal or gemstone, add two levels of magnitude. aware of them or not.

Level 3: Change the shape of dirt.

Level 4: Change one property of dirt.
Level 5: Change dirt to another type of natural earth (i.e. sand
Creo Vim Guidelines
to clay). Basic Range: Touch
Level 10: Change dirt so that it is slightly unnatural (requisites Basic Duration: Sun
may be required). Change dirt into liquid or gas (with Basic Target: Individual
appropriate requisites). Change dirt to stone, or vice
versa. General: Create a magical shell which looks real to Intellego
Level 15: Change dirt so that it highly unnatural (requisites will spells with penetration of less than twice its level (this
often be required). Change dirt into a mixture of aura is generic ‘magic’ only – no misleading information
liquids, solids and gases (with requisites). can be supplied).
Level 20: Change dirt into a slightly unnatural liquid or gas General: Create a magical shell which prevents Intellego spells
(with requisites). with penetration less than its level from learning any
Level 25: Change dirt into a highly unnatural liquid or gas (with details about the magic on the target.
requisites). General: Create a magical shell which provides false information
about the target to Intellego spells with penetration less
than half its level.
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Intellego Vim Guidelines knowledge of a type of magic (although not necessarily

ability to use it) to invent a spell to affect it.
General: Make something (including a magic item) seem non-
Basic Range: Near magical to any Intellego spells of less than twice the level
Basic Duration: Concentration of the spell. The basic duration for this is sun.
Basic Target: Individual General: Reduce a target’s Might by one point for every point of
Notes: The addition of one magnitude will determine the Vim spell plus a quality die that exceeds its might.
whether the effect detected is Hermetic, or another tradition, if Different spells are required for creatures tied to
the caster is familiar with it. The addition of two magnitudes will different Realms.
reveal information about the Technique and Form of an effect. General: Dispel any magical effect with a casting total less than
See page 155 Ars Magica 4th edition for additional details. half the level of the vim spell plus a quality die.
General: Reduce the casting total for all magic cast by, in or on
Level 5: Detect magical effects of Level 50 or higher. the target by half the level of the spell. Note that one
Level 10: Detect magical effects of Level 40 or higher. spell will either reduce totals for magic cast by the target,
Level 15: Detect magical effects of Level 30 or higher. in the target, or on the target, but not two or three of
Level 20: Detect magical effects of Level 20 or higher. them. Which one is to be affected must be determined
Level 25: Detect magical effects of Level 10 or higher. at the time the spell is invented. Basic duration for this
Level 30: Detect magical effects of Level 0 or higher. Detect is Sun. If two or more such spells affect one target, only
traces of powerful magic (Level 30+), or the recent the higher has any effect, they do not add.
presence of weak magic (Level 15 or less).

Muto Vim Guidelines Rego Vim Guidelines

Basic Range: Near
Basic Range: Reach Basic Duration: Concentration
Basic Duration: Special Basic Target: Individual
Basic Target: Individual
Notes: See page 157 Ars Magica 4th edition for General: Ward the target against creatures with Might less than
additional details. the level of the spell plus a quality die. A creature
warded against cannot directly affect the target
General: Superficially change a spell of less than the level of the physically or by magical means. A spell of this nature
Vim spell. This may not change the primary effect of the will only ward against creatures of one Realm. Note that
spell, or its power. wards against magical and faerie creatures can also be
General: Significantly change a spell of less then the level of the constructed using other forms, but those wards are more
Vim spell. This may not change the Arts of the target limited in effect.
spell. A change in power of plus or minus one General: Give the target magic resistance equal to the level of the
magnitude is a significant change, as is a change of spell. Two versions of this spell, or a version of this spell
target, if the target was possible for the original spell. and Parma Magica, do not add their resistances. Only
General: Totally change a spell of less than half the level of the the higher resistance counts.
Vim spell. This may change the Arts of the target spell, General: Sustain or suppress a spell you have cast whose level is
and needs no requisites for those Arts. The Vim spell less than the level of the Vim spell.
affects the structure of the spell, not the things the spell General: Create a conduit or container for spells with level less
targets. A change in power of up to two magnitudes is a than the level of the Vim spell. A conduit puts you in
total change. Any greater change requires either Creo or mystic contact with the target (effective Touch range),
Perdo to create more magical power or destroy some. while a container will hold a spell for a specific length of
time before releasing it.

Perdo Vim Guidelines General: Sustain or suppress a spell cast by another with level less
than half the level of the Vim spell.

Basic Range: Reach

Basic Duration: Momentary
Basic Target: Individual

General: Dispel effects of a specific type with a casting total less

than the level of the Vim spell plus a quality die. A
specific type could be Hermetic Terram magic, or
Shamanic spirit control magic. A magus must have some