HGd10PHB - Spell - Mental Barrier

==Mental Barrier==
The mental barrier spell is used to slightly enhance any natural Mental Defense skills the character already possesses. If used by a caster untrained in any natural Mental Defense Skill, the Mental Barrier will absorb some of the effect of any mental attack. The look and feel of the barrier is a flurry of random thoughts related to the imagination rather than memory of the caster. These thoughts act as a wall of nonsense through which active mental attacks must pass to get to the caster's mind.
==Effect==
Adds a number equal to Mental Barrier Spell roll/10 to any natural Mental Defense Skill for the duration of the spell for the caster only. For an additional 3 EDR or Myr, this number can be increased by 1. Duration can be extended for 1 round by expending EDR or Myr equal to the original cost to cast the spell.
If not used in conjunction with any Mental Defense Skill, Mental Barrier will absorb 1 point of effect or damage per 20 rolled on the Mental Barrier Spell roll.
==Spell Construction==
*DS: 10
*Tier 0
*Spectra: Mind [3]
*Purpose: Defense [2]
*Casting Time:1 Player Turn [10]
*Duration: 1 Round [10]
*Duration-Ticks: None [0]
*EDR: 1/10 TSB +3 [-3]
*Intensity: Skill check/10 [-10]
*Number of Targets: Self [0]
*Prerequisite: None [0]
*Range: Self [0]
*Shape: 0 Dimensional - Self [0]
*Focus: None [0]
*Verbal Component: "protect my mind with a barrier of thought" [.14]
*Somatic Component: Close eyes for a second. [.02]
*Material Component: None [0]
==Character Sheet Example==
TS 	Skill Name 	PC 	PCB	SC 	SCB	BP	TP	XP/XPN
1d10+17	Mental Barrier	INT	9 	WIS	3 	1 	4 	3/5
Shiuri casts Mental Barrier on herself and rolls a 23. She adds +2 to any Mental Defense Skills for a cost of 1 Myr. When an Emissary attacks her with a Mind Spike, Shiuri rolls her Mind Foil Skill at a +2 which gives her enough for a potential Mental Riposte.
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