From: Brother Andrek <arakins@iastate.edu>
Subject: A spell...
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 06:23:55 GMT


  Well, I'd like to thank Kansas Jim for his comments
on my template...

  And, I'd like to explain myself :). I am the GM of
a group of new TORG players...all of us, even me, are
new to TORG (been playing for about 3 months). Now
that we have the basics down, I'm trying out some of
the more advanced things....creature design....template
design...and now, spell design.

  I post a new spell below...along with the steps I
followed to design it. I am typing these, because
I'm not sure if I did it right :).

  The spell is Deep Sleep. It is a VERY specific
spell...it is a Touch range spell, and it only
works on sleeping individuals. All that the spell
does is it prevents the individual from waking
from noise...however, they will wake normally when
they would normally wake up (aka, the morning).

  The mage who designed this spell, a NPC, has

  Conjuration: 9
  Divination: 10
  Apportation: 9
  Alteration: 16 (yes, 16)
  Folk: 3
 
  I designed the spell to be Alteration Folk-Living-Folk.
  Since the spell simply works on a natural event (sleep)
and extends it, I assigned an axiom level of 7.
  I figured the state total to be 11.
  I set the effect total to 15. Thus the pattern
total is 15 (no area, volume, or result mod).
  I wish to control the Duration aspect...and the pattern
skill cost is 13. Thus the control total is 15 (no
multi-attributes or disbelief).
  The range is to be touch, thus the Apportation
total is 0 (no range, no speed).
  I want the spell to last all night...I assign a
duration of 22 (6.9 hours).
  After rolling, I end up with a spell sum of 0.
  The magic type is 22, the process maximum is 22, I
want a casting time of 5 (10 sec), and the spell summ is
0, so the basic complexity is 39.
  I apply the Contagion and Touch theorems. However, I
get unlucky, and end up with only 1 bonus point. The
final complexity is 38. I split the difficulty and backlash
evenly (19). Not great....maybe I'll try again :)

Final Spell: Deep Sleep
  Axiom Level:      7
  Skill:            Alteration/Folk 19
  
  Backlash:         19
  Difficulty:       19
  Effect Value:     15
  Bonus To:         Effect
  
  Range:            Touch
  Duration:         22 (7 Hours)
  Cast Time:        5 (10 sec)
  Manipulation:     Duration

  Deep sleep only works on folk that are already
asleep. The spell prevents them from being awakened
by noise or movement. They wake whenever they would 
have normally woke (the morning).
  The final effect value must exceed the victim's
MIN to take affect.


  That's it. I have two questions: First, did I design 
this thing right? Second, any comments (other than
the backlash and difficulty are high...that's what I
get for using a weenie mage to design it :) )

  If it helps, this is the purpose of the spell...a
vampire NPC I have casts it on it's victims and the
people in the house of the victim as he "dines".

-- Andrew Akins
   aka Brother Andrek
   Iowa State University
   arakins@iastate.edu