Spell Lock

Spell Lock
Skill: alteration/time 21
Backlash: 20
Difficulty: 16
Effect Value: 31
Bonus Number to: effect
Range: 10 (100 meters)
Duration: 9 (10 minute)
Cast Time: 0 (one second)
Manipulation: control
Spell Lock is
a focused spell. This spell alters the flow of time around a spell just cast,
slowing the spell process to a halt. The mage shouts the words "spell
lock" while casting the spell, making certain to stop speaking just before
finishing the phrase. The effect value must be greater than the skill total
generated by the target spell. A bubble of temporal stasis appears, freezing
the spell in one place, holding the process in check. The spell lock holds the
target spell for one minute, or until the caster of the releases the spell to
continue on its path.