This is part 2 of the thirty-ninth 4E Anatomy of a Discipline, an ongoing series about Earthdawn Fourth Edition. Introduction and Index.
Everything contained here is the work of a fan and not associated with FASA Games.
Spells are hard to write. Spells different from existing spells are even more difficult. Some of these are similar to existing spells. Or spells that exist, but haven't been released, which is something of a quantum state where they're real to me, but not anyone else. It's complicated. I limited the number of spells here and didn't include improved spell knacks to keep their options more inline with what other spellcasters get in the Player's Guide.
Bladeweaver Spells
Note: The extra thread for “Increase Effect (+1 attack)” allows the spell’s effect to affect an additional attack that round. It does not grant an additional attack.
First Circle
Channel Chaotic Fixation
Threads: 0
Weaving: 5/10
Casting: 6
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 1 round
Effect: +2 to close combat Damage test and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell covers a glyph blade with swirling, chaotic energy that tears the world around it. The magician forms a glyph with their off hand, runs their hand down their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (6) test. If successful, glyphs appear on the glyph blade which melt into chaotic energy. The magician gains +2 to their next close combat Damage test this round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Damage test)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Damage test), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Channel Entropic Shield
Threads: 0
Weaving: 5/10
Casting: 6
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: Create damage barrier and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell creates a barrier of entropy around the magician, degenerating the next attack. The magician forms a glyph with their off hand and splays their fingers wide, then clenches them into a fist and makes a Spellcasting (6) test. If successful, a faint bubble forms around them, bending light slightly. The next successful, damaging attack against the magician before the end of the next round has its damage result reduced by 6 before armor is applied.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+4 reduction)
Channel Symmetrical Offensive
Threads: 0
Weaving: 5/10
Casting: 6
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 1 round
Effect: +2 to close combat Attack test
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell harmonizes the magician's intent and glyph blade to improve their attack. The magician forms a glyph in their off-hand, spreads and runs the first two fingers across their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (6) test. If successful, they successfully align their intent and actions with the chaos within their blade and gain a +2 bonus to their next close combat Attack test with their glyph blade this round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Erode Record
Threads: 1
Weaving: 5/10
Casting: TMD (see text)
Range: Touch
Duration: Instant
Area of Effect: Up to 2 yards by 2 yards
Effect: Remove inscriptions
This spell removes inscriptions from surfaces. The magician draws a glyph on the surface, wipes their hand across it, and makes a Spellcasting test against the greater of the surface’s Mystic Defense or 10. If successful, all carvings, inscriptions, writing, etc., are removed from the surface. There is little trace they were ever there, but it is impossible to reconstruct what they once displayed without viewing the past.
Increasing the area with additional successes does not allow surfaces with greater Mystic Defenses to be affected.
Success Levels: Increase Area (+2 yards)
Extra Threads: Increase Area (+2 yards)
Illuminate
Threads: 1
Weaving: 5/10
Casting: 6
Range: Self
Duration: Rank minutes
Area of Effect: 10-yard radius
Effect: Creates light
This spell creates a small area of light that seeps into astral space. The magician forms a glyph, holds the hand at shoulder level, and makes a Spellcasting (6) test. If successful, cold light illuminates the area around them and follows the magician, but is sourceless. Low-light vision still doubles the range as usual. The light is equivalent to torchlight and is bright enough to read by. Astral Sight or Thread Sight tests to inspect a pattern within the area gain a +2 bonus. This bonus includes inspecting with Systematic Examination, but this does not benefit Astral Sense or similar effects.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Area (+2 yards)
Ordered Links
Threads: 1
Weaving: 5/10
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Rank minutes
Effect: Create a 10 yard chain
This spell crafts a temporary chain from links forged of astral energy. The magician clenches their fists, places them end to end, stretches them apart, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, a chain of solidified energy forms between them up to 10 yards long. The chain is functionally like metal, but nearly weightless. It can leave the magician’s presence, but dissipates when the duration expires. A broken link vanishes as the magic dissipates and multiple chains cannot be connected as they repel from each other like magnets of the same polarity.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Effect (+10 yards)
Reality Shards
Threads: 0
Weaving: 5/10
Casting: TMD
Range: 20 yards
Duration: Instant
Effect: WIL+4/Physical
This spell fires shards of condensed magic at a target. The magician forms a glyph with their outstretched hand and arm, and makes a Spellcasting test against the target’s Mystic Defense. If successful, shards of solid magic shoot from their hand at their target, striking and flaying them. The Effect test determines how much damage is inflicted, reduced by Physical Armor.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 Effect Step)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 Effect Step), Increase Range (+10 yards), Additional Target (+1)
Reorder Structure
Threads: 2
Weaving: 5/10
Casting: 10
Range: Touch
Duration: Rank minutes
Effect: Increases an object’s size by 2-fold
This spell causes a non-living object to increase in size. The magician draws a glyph on the object with their finger, places their hands with their thumbs and forefingers forming a circle around the glyph, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the object increases up to twice its original size, but does not change its mass.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Effect (+1-fold increase)
Second Circle
Channel Reckless Intent
Threads: 0
Weaving: 6/11
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant
Effect: Move 6 yards and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell propels the magician forward to attack. The magician crouches, forms a glyph with their off-hand, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the magician conjures an orb of energy that collapses and explodes behind them, sending them forward up to six yards.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty and cannot be combined with Splitting Movement. Additional successes increase the damage of the close combat attack that immediately follows the movement.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Damage test)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Damage test), Increase Effect (+4 yards to Movement), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Channel Tumultuous Conflict
Threads: 0
Weaving: 6/11
Casting: 6
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: -2 to Action tests and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell winds a glyph blade with conflicting energy of chaos and order. The magician forms a glyph with their off-hand, slides their fingers around the glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (6) test. If successful, glyphs appear along the glyph blade in a double helix; one of chaos and the other order. The magician’s next close combat attack with their glyph blade inflicts tumult on the target with conflicting desires for perfect order and absolute chaos. They suffer -2 to Action tests until the end of the next round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (-2 to Action tests), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Entropic Spear
Threads: 1
Weaving: 6/11
Casting: TMD
Range: 40 yards
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: WIL+2/Mystic and -2 to Physical Armor
This spell throws a spear of entropic energy at a target. The magician forms a glyph with their outstretched hand and arm, and makes a Spellcasting test against the target’s Mystic Defense. If successful, a spear of entropy condenses into their hand which they throw at the target. It strikes them and fractures the patterns of the armor. The Effect test determines how much damage is inflicted, reduced by Mystic Armor and the target then suffers a -2 penalty to their Physical Armor. The damage is only dealt once; the duration refers to the armor reduced effect. The target’s armor returns to normal at the end of the duration.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+2 Effect Step), Increase Effect (-2 Physical Armor), Increase Range (+10 yards), Additional Target (+1)
Model Reformation
Threads: 2
Weaving: 6/11
Casting: 10
Range: Touch
Duration: 2 hours
Effect: Reforms a non-magical object
This spell changes the shape of a non-magical object into a different non-magical object. The magician draws a glyph on the object, roughly outlines the shape with their hands, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the object takes its new form with the glyph clearly visible on it. It must be recognizable as a single object, though can be made of multiple parts, and must be something the magician has seen previously. For example, a sword is acceptable, but an herbalist’s kit or quiver of arrows is not.
Complicated objects or objects the magician has only seen and not used or touched may require additional successes. The object can be no more than 5 lbs. If the object is damaged or destroyed in its new form, it is similarly affected when it returns to its original form.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 hours)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 hours), Increase Effect (+5 lbs)
Pattern Gliding
Threads: 0
Weaving: 6/11
Casting: 10
Range: Touch
Duration: Rank rounds
Effect: Allows the target to glide
This spell allows the willing target to glide on barely sensed astral winds that flow naturally through the world. The magician draws a glyph on the willing target with their finger, spreads their arms wide, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the target’s pattern stretches out from their body in the shape of barely visible, shimmering wings. For every yard the target descends, they can move forward two yards, or spin and maintain their position. The target does not take falling damage for the duration.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Duration (minutes), Additional Target (+Rank)
Third Circle
Channel Degenerate Reorder
Threads: 0
Weaving: 7/12
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: Reduce Wound Threshold and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell infuses chaotic, rending magic into a glyph blade. The magician forms a glyph with their off hand, rolls their fingers along the glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, glyphs appear along the glyph blade and rend into chaos, infusing it. The magician’s next close combat attack with their glyph blade tears at the target’s pattern, temporarily degenerating and weakening it. The target suffers -4 to their Wound Threshold until the end of the next round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (-2 to Wound Threshold), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Channel Pattern Defense
Threads: 0
Weaving: 7/12
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: +2 to Physical Defense and Avoid Blow, and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell creates circles around the magician allowing them to quickly analyze and defend against attacks. The magician forms a glyph with their off-hand, moves it to form magical circles, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, glyph filled circles rotate around the magician at various angles, helping them to analyze attacks. The magician gains +2 to Physical Defense and active defenses (e.g. Avoid Blow and Riposte) which affect abilities that target Physical Defense until the end of the next round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+1 to Physical Defense and active defenses)
Circle of Pandemonium
Threads: 0
Weaving: 7/12
Casting: TMD
Range: Self
Duration: Instant
Area of Effect: 4-yards
Effect: Bladeweaver Circle+4/Mystic and Knockdown
This spell creates an area of swirling chaos. The magician crouches, writes a glyph on the ground, and makes a Spellcasting test against the highest Mystic Defense in the area. If successful, the glyph glows brightly, magic encircles the area, and chaos issues forth explosively. The Effect test determines how much damage is inflicted, reduced by Mystic Armor and the targets must resist Knockdown against a Difficulty Number equal to the total damage received after armor.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to Effect Step)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to Effect Step), Increase Area (+2 yards)
Dismantle Astral Threat
Threads: 0
Weaving: 7/12
Casting: 10
Range: Touch
Duration: Rank rounds
Effect: Mystic attack suffers a -4 penalty
This spell creates a shield of entropic energy. The magician makes a glyph with a hand, moves it across their willing target, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the magician forms a shield of entropic energy in astral space to protect them which degrades and dismantles the power of mystic attacks. The next hostile ability that affects the target’s Mystic Defense suffers a -4 penalty to the test. Once used, the shield dissipates.
This spell requires one the magician’s hands to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (-2 to test)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (-2 to test), Increase Effect (+1 use), Increase Range (+10 yards)
Systematic Examination
Threads: 1
Weaving: 7/12
Casting: 6
Range: Self
Duration: Rank minutes
Area of Effect: 10-yard radius
Effect: Detect magic through objects
This spell allows the magician’s Astral Sight and Thread Sight talents to extend through non-living physical objects to detect magic. The magician forms a glyph with each hand, places them over their eyes, and makes a Spellcasting (6) test. If successful, the glyphs appear in front of the magician’s eyes. If the magician astrally senses an object with at least one additional success, they can sense beyond or within it. They may astrally sense and examine anything detected in this fashion.
While useful, it is distracting and the magician is Partially Blind while this spell is active. The magician may end the spell at any time only if it affects them. This only detects spell patterns, thread items, pattern items, magic, and other astral energies. The spell does not detect the patterns of living, undead, or similar entities, nor does it work with windling’s natural Astral Sight.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Area (+5 yards)
Fourth Circle
Chains of Chaos
Threads: 1
Weaving: 8/13
Casting: TMD
Range: 10 yards
Duration: Rank rounds
Effect: WIL+Bladeweaver Circle
The magician summons chains forged of chaos to secure an opponent. The magician stretches out a free hand to the sky, clenches and pulls it down sharply, and makes a Spellcasting test against the target’s Mystic Defense. If successful, shifting chains strike out from astral space, entangling the target. The target is Harried and their Movement Rate is halved. They can make a Strength test against the Effect Step as a Simple action; Harried penalties don’t apply. If successful, their Movement Rate is no longer reduced. If they succeed on a second Strength test, they are no longer Harried.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+2 Effect Step), Increase Range (+10 yards), Additional Target (+1)
Channel Astral Decay
Threads: 0
Weaving: 8/13
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: +2 to Mystic Defense and Steel Thought, and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell warps and degrades offensive magic targeting them with a buffer of chaos. The magician forms a glyph with their off hand, crushes it in a fist, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the magician’s form warps and bends to all astral viewing and sensing. The magician gains +2 to Mystic Defense and active defenses (e.g. Glyph of Reversal and Steel Thought) which affect abilities that target Mystic Defense until the end of the next round. This breaks any existing astral sensing effects and the magician must be astrally sensed again.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+1 to Physical Defense and active defenses)
Channel Concussive Force
Threads: 0
Weaving: 8/13
Casting: 6
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 1 round
Effect: Attack causes knockdown
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell gathers chaotic energy into a point on a glyph blade that explodes as it strikes an opponent. The magician forms a glyph with their off-hand, slides their thumb down their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (6) test. If successful the glyph rages then turns into a mote of light on the blade. The next successful close combat attack with the glyph blade this round forces the target to make a Knockdown test against the Attack test result.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty. Additional successes increase the Attack test of the close combat attack that immediately follows this spell.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Channel Dissonant Defense
Threads: 0
Weaving: 8/13
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: -2 to Physical and Mystic Defense, and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell infuses a glyph blade with entropic energy that degrades defenses. The magician forms a glyph with their off-hand, runs their middle two fingers down the length of their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the glyph blade is filled with swirling, destructive energy and the next successful close combat attack with it causes the target to suffer -2 to Physical and Mystic Defense until the end of the next round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (-1 to Physical and Mystic Armor), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Orders Find a Way
Threads: 3
Weaving: 8/13
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: 2 hours
Effect: Delivers a message
This spell creates a messenger of chaos and order. The magician writes a message no more than Spellcasting rank ×10 words, draws a glyph over it, recites the Name of the recipient, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the message folds itself into a small crystal and flies away, borne by the winds of chaos. It moves at Movement Rate 22 and travels in the most direct route to the recipient, though the message and crystal cannot be tracked to determine their location.
If it can arrive within the duration, the crystal recites the written message in a tinny voice, then explodes into dust and dissipates once done.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 hours)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 hours), Increase Effect (+20 words)
Fifth Circle
Channel Harmonic Imbalance
Threads: 0
Weaving: 9/14
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant
Effect: Close combat attack affects Mystic Armor
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell concentrates magic along the edge of a glyph blade to cut through worlds. The magician forms a glyph with their off hand, runs their hand down their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, glyphs appear on the edge of the glyph blade which form a glowing line in harmony with the veil between worlds. The magician’s next close combat attack with their glyph blade this round affects Mystic Armor.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty. Additional successes increase the Attack test of the close combat attack that immediately follows this spell.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Channel Structured Chaos
Threads: 0
Weaving: 9/14
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: +2 to close combat Attack and Damage tests, and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell aligns the magicians mind, body, and blade to eliminate stray thoughts and focus on dismantling their opponents. The magician extends their glyph blade, forms a glyph with their off-hand near their body, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the glyph extends over their body and their consciousness crystallizes on the conflict at hand. The magician gains +2 to close combat Attack and Damage tests with their glyph blade until the end of the next round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+1 to close combat Attack and Damage tests)
Force of Order
Threads: 1
Weaving: 9/14
Casting: TMD
Range: 40 yards
Duration: Instant
Effect: WIL+5/Physical and causes Knockdown
This spell strikes a target with sudden force. The magician forms a glyph with their hand, makes a fist, punches down, and makes a Spellcasting test against the target’s Mystic Defense. If successful, space stills around the target and a sudden force pummels them from above. The Effect test determines how much damage is inflicted, reduced by Physical Armor and the target must resist Knockdown against a Difficulty Number equal to the total damage received after armor.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to Effect Step)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to Effect Step), Increase Range (+10 yards), Additional Target (+1)
Structured Link
Threads: 2
Weaving: 9/14
Casting: 10
Range: Touch
Duration: Rank minutes
Area of Effect: 2 yards wide and up to 20 yards long
Effect: Creates a bridge of astral energy
This spell shapes a complicated lattice bridge from energy. The magician stands where they want the bridge to begin, places a glyph on the ground, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, energy cascades in and solidifies into a bridge 2 yards wide and up to 20 yards long; it can be shorter if the magician desires. The bridge’s appearance is unique to the magician. It can hold up to 2000 pounds and is treated as metal, but weighs virtually nothing.
If the bridge does not have a stable position to rest on both sides or becomes unstable, it dissipates.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Area (+2 yards wide), Increase Area (+10 yards long)
Tear Down the Walls
Threads: 2
Weaving: 9/14
Casting: TMD (special)
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Area of Effect: 4-yard radius
Effect: WIL+10/Physical, reduce barrier Physical Armor by -4
This spell directs a blow of entropic energy at inanimate objects, destroying and weakening them. The magician can choose to affect a single object or direction in the area, or everything in the area. The magician places their glyph in front of them, kneels over it, and makes a Spellcasting test against greater of the highest applicable Mystic Defense in the area the magician is affecting or 10. If successful, a brief, shattering force fills the desired area. The Effect test determines how much damage is inflicted and all barriers suffer a -4 to Physical Armor until the end of the next round.
Animate, living, or objects in the possession of someone are unaffected by this spell.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 Effect Step)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+2 Effect Step), Increase Area (+2 yards)
Sixth Circle
Channel Crystal Guard
Threads: 0
Weaving: 10/15
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: +2 to Physical and Mystic Armor, and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell crystallizes astral energy to form sections of armor. The magician forms a glyph with their off hand, runs their hand down their arm, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, glyphs appear on the magician’s body at key locations, leaving customized pieces of crystal armor. The magician gains +2 to Physical and Mystic Armor until the end of the next round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+1 to Physical and Mystic Armor)
Channel Descent to Chaos
Threads: 1
Weaving: 10/15
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: Harried and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell infuses a glyph blade with winding chaos. The magician forms a glyph with their off-hand, runs their palm down the length of their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the glyph blade is surrounded by a winding trail of chaotic energy. The next successful close combat attack with it this round causes the band of chaos to wrap around the target and torment them, inflicting Harried until the end of the next round.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Channel Forced Perspective
Threads: 1
Weaving: 10/15
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: The target focuses their attention to their detriment and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell gives an opponent tunnel vision on their attacker. The magician forms a glyph with their off-hand, wraps it around the glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the glyph is transferred to the glyph blade. The magician’s next close combat attack with their glyph blade inflicts an incredibly heightened focus on the magician. They are Blindsided to all other attackers until the end of the next round.
However, spells, talents, and other abilities (this does not include benefits from pattern items, thread items, Discipline bonuses and other permanent bonuses) do not increase the magician’s Defenses against the affected opponent as they can see clearly through them. The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty. Additional successes increase the Attack test of the close combat attack that immediately follows this spell.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test)
Prism Scout
Threads: 3
Weaving: 10/15
Casting: 10
Range: Touch
Duration: Rank minutes
Effect: Creates a small scout
This spell summons astral energy and suspends it into a tiny, crystalline form the magician can control and observe through. The magician draws a glyph, cups their hands around it, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, a shiny, faceted pebble is revealed when they remove their hands. The magician controls it and uses their senses through it, though can only use mundane perception abilities through it (e.g. Awareness talent, not Astral Sight). It has Movement Rate 10 and is easy to overlook as a shiny pebble, but not stealthy. It can climb sheer surfaces with its spindly legs, but is immediately destroyed if attacked. Once destroyed or the duration expires, it dissipates.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Effect (+2 Movement Rate)
Shifting Forms
Threads: 2
Weaving: 10/15
Casting: TMD (Special)
Range: 10 yards
Duration: Rank minutes
Effect: Exchanges the shape of two objects
This spell exchanges the form of two similarly sized, small, non-magical objects. The magician makes a glyph for each of two non-magical objects within range. This spell requires an additional success for each object the magician doesn’t place the glyph directly on. After the glyphs are created, they make a Spellcasting test against the greater of the highest Mystic Defense of the two objects (use possessor’s Mystic Defense if they are in someone’s possession) or 10. If successful, each object takes on the form of the other. Each object returns to its normal form when the duration expires.
The objects can be no more than 5 lbs and must be palm sized.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Effect (+5 lbs and similar increase in size), Increase Range (+10 yards)
Seventh Circle
Channel Bastion Crumble
Threads: 0
Weaving: 11/16
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: -2 to Physical and Mystic Armor, and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell infuses a glyph blade with entropic energy that degrades armor. The magician forms a glyph with their off-hand, runs their last two fingers down the length of their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the glyph blade is filled with dark, destructive energy and the next successful close combat attack with it causes the target to suffer -2 to Physical and Mystic Armor until the end of the next round. The penalties are inflicted after damage is assessed.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (-1 to Physical and Mystic Armor), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Channel Static Motion
Threads: 0
Weaving: 11/16
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 2 rounds
Effect: Reduces target’s Movement Rate to 0 and attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell eliminates the target’s opportunities for movement. The magician forms a glyph with their off-hand, runs their first two fingers across their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the area around the glyph blade becomes unnaturally still. The next successful close combat attack with the glyph blade this round reduces the target’s Movement Rate to 0 until the end of the next round. It cannot be increased during this time and the Movement Rate of anyone touching them is also reduced to 0.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty. Additional successes increase the Attack test of the close combat attack that immediately follows this spell.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Disorder Location
Threads: 2
Weaving: 11/16
Casting: TMD (Special)
Range: 10 yards
Duration: Instant
Effect: Switch the position of two objects
This spell exchanges the location of two similarly sized, small, objects. The magician makes a glyph for each of two objects within range. This spell requires an additional success for each object the magician doesn’t place the glyph directly on. After the glyphs are created, they make a Spellcasting test against the greater of the highest Mystic Defense of the two objects (use possessor’s Mystic Defense if they are in someone’s possession) or 10. If successful, each object exchanges location with the other.
The objects can be no more than 5 lbs and must be palm sized.
Success Levels: None
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+5 lbs and similar increase in size), Increase Range (+10 yards)
Disorienting Field
Threads: 2
Weaving: 11/16
Casting: TMD (see text)
Range: Self
Duration: Rank rounds
Area of Effect: 8-yard radius
Effect: Causes Harried in the area
This spell brings chaotic and disorienting magic to the area. The magician places a glyph at their feet, lifts their hands to the sky, sweeps them down into a bow, and makes a Spellcasting test against the greater of the highest Mystic Defense in the area or 10. If successful, energy seeps in through the glyph and distorts reality slightly, making anyone unfamiliar with Blade Weaving Harried while in the affected area. Those familiar with Blade Weaving are unaffected.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 rounds)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 rounds), Increase Duration (minutes), Increase Area (+2 yards)
[Disrupted/Focused] Thoughts
Threads: 2
Weaving: 11/16
Casting: TMD
Range: 10 yards
Duration: Rank minutes
Effect: Distracts target
This spell distracts a target. There are two versions of this spell, one for chaos and the other for order. Each version is learned separately, but can be held in the same spell matrix. The magician forms a glyph with their hand, runs it down their face, and makes a Spellcasting test against the target’s Mystic Defense. If successful, the target is distracted.
Disrupted Thoughts causes the target’s thoughts to become a jumble of confusing images and contradictions. The target forgets what they were doing and is easily distracted. All attempts to distract them gain a +8 bonus.
Focused Thoughts causes the target to be myopically focused on one task. They perform this to the exclusion of everything else, though it must be a task they would normally consider focusing intently on, though this may not be the appropriate time. They suffer -8 to notice anything outside of their task.
Violent action of any kind around them immediately ends the spell.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Effect (+/-2) Additional Target (+1)
Eighth Circle
Blade Genesis
Threads: 2
Weaving: 12/17
Casting: TMD
Range: Self
Duration: Instant
Area of Effect: 4-yards
Effect: Bladeweaver Circle+Glyph Blade/Physical and a Wound
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell creates numerous copies of the magician’s glyph blade piercing opponents. The magician kneels, writes their glyph of the blade on the ground, slams their hand on it, and makes a Spellcasting test against their opponents’ highest Mystic Defense in the area. If successful, hundreds of copies of their glyph blade are created in the area in a vertical column, piercing their opponents from the ground and appearing in mid-air as appropriate. The Effect test determines how much damage is inflicted, reduced by Physical Armor; use the glyph blade’s current Damage Step (this includes bonuses from Glyph of Violence). Each target which suffers damage also takes a Wound in addition to any Wounds they would normally suffer.
This spell requires one the magician's hands to be empty.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to Effect Step)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to Effect Step), Increase Area (+2 yards)
Channel Cyclonic Purge
Threads: 1
Weaving: 12/17
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant
Area of Effect: 2-yard radius
Effect: Area attack
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell allows the magician to attack everyone within their magical circle. The magician places their off-hand at their chest, forms a glyph with it, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, the glyph expands out within a magical circle roiling with chaotic energy and makes a close combat Attack test using their glyph blade. The Attack test result is applied to every opponent within the area and the magician makes one Damage test (apply damage modifiers for extra successes individually).
The magician may not have made or make other close combat attacks this round. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty. Additional successes increase the Attack test of the close combat attack that immediately follows this spell.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test), Increase Area (+2 yards)
Channel Discord of Life
Threads: 0
Weaving: 12/17
Casting: 10
Range: Self
Duration: Instant; 1 round
Effect: Close combat attack inflicts a Wound
Keywords: Glyph Blade.
This spell concentrates chaotic magic along the edge of a glyph blade to in discord with life. The magician forms a glyph with their off hand, runs the back of their hand down their glyph blade, and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. If successful, glyphs appear on the edge of the glyph blade which form a void-like line. The magician’s next close combat attack with their glyph blade this round inflicts a Wound if it causes damage. This is in addition to other Wounds the attack may inflict.
The magician may make a close combat attack with their glyph blade. This spell requires the magician’s off-hand to be empty. Additional successes increase the Attack test of the close combat attack that immediately follows this spell.
Success Levels: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test)
Extra Threads: Increase Effect (+2 to close combat Attack test), Increase Effect (+1 Wound), Increase Effect (+1 attack)
Chaotic Rearrangement
Threads: 3
Weaving: 12/17
Casting: TMD (Special)
Range: 10 yards
Duration: Instant; Rank minutes
Effect: Switch the position and shape of two objects
This spell exchanges the form and location of two similarly sized, small, non-magical objects. The magician makes a glyph for each of two non-magical objects within range. This spell requires an additional success for each object the magician doesn’t place the glyph directly on. After the glyphs are created, they make a Spellcasting test against the greater of the highest Mystic Defense of the two objects (use possessor’s Mystic Defense if they are in someone’s possession) or 10. If successful, each object takes on the form of the other and exchanges location. Each object returns to its normal form when the duration expires; their location doesn’t change.
The objects can be no more than 5 lbs and must be palm sized.
Success Levels: Increase Duration (+2 minutes)
Extra Threads: Increase Duration (+2 minutes), Increase Effect (+5 lbs and similar increase in size), Increase Range (+10 yards)
Rearrange Position [Chaos/Order]
Threads: 2
Weaving: 12/17
Casting: 15
Range: Self
Duration: Instant
Area of Effect: 200-yard radius
Effect: Changes location
This spell instantly moves the magician to a different location within the area. There are two versions of this spell, one for chaos and the other for order. Each version of Rearrange Position is learned separately, but can be held in the same spell matrix.
The magician draws a glyph on their chest (chaos) or the ground (order) and makes a Spellcasting (10) test. For order, the magician must be able to see their destination or know its exact location by some other means (gamemaster’s discretion). If successful, the order spell rearranges reality to place the magician at the desired location. The chaos spell simply moves the magician somewhere in the area, though it is not into a physical object or immediate environmental danger, but that doesn’t mean it is safe. This choice is used when it is assumed anywhere is better than here. Sometimes it is.
If the magician gets one success, they are disoriented and cannot act during the next round. On two successes, they may act normally on the following round. With three successes, they may immediately act as though they hadn’t taken actions yet this round.
Success Levels: See text
Extra Threads: Increase Area (+20 yards)
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