8. Anti-Magic Shell

Druid Cycle

BTS: n/a

ULT: 80 hours

Materials: none

Actions: open hands and move them apart, in a dispelling motion that describes part of the surface of a sphere

Effect of Throw:

1 to 17 No Effect

³ 18 % chance of success in Dispelling Target Spell =

(T of Dispel) / (T of Target Spell) * 50 %

Duration: 5t min    -t

Range: 3d ft -(4+d(d+1)/2) If cast on self, there is no Range minus. If cast on others, Range is at least 0 ft, so there will be a Range minus of at least -4.  If cast on a Being or Object, Shell moves with it.  If cast on a fixed point, it does not move.

Radius: 3r ft      -r(r-1)/2    (as sphere around Target)

Targeting n Levels of Spells or effects:    -n to T each time it resolves against a Spell or effect of level n.  Clerical Spells count as half their SL (FRU) for the purposes of subtraction of their SL from the T of Druidic Anti-Magic Shell.

Notes:

  1. Anti-Magic Shell is a Counterspell which functions as a Dispel Magic Spell against all Magic Using effects coming into contact with or which are Cast at a point or target inside the Shell from a point outside the Shell.
  2. It Dispels Magic Using effects (including effects of Spells, unused Potions, effects of Potions and effects of Magic Items, but excluding the properties of Magic Items and the effects of Powers).  Note that it is therefore inadvisable to move through it whilst carrying unused Potions.
  3. If a Spell is being Cast or is resolving during any second of the Casting time of Anti-Magic Shell, then any Beings and Objects within the intended Radius of Anti-Magic Shell receive Counterspell Protection against the effects of that Target Spell until the resolution of Anti-Magic Shell.  The resolution of the effects of that Target Spell against the Target Beings and Objects is therefore delayed until the resolution of Anti-Magic Shell.  If the Target Spell is then Dispelled, it has no effects on the Target Beings and Objects.
  4. Anti-Magic Shell separately Targets all Spells whose effects come into contact with or which are Cast at a point or target inside the Shell from a point outside the Shell.  Make a separate calculation and %age roll for each such Spell.  The order to be Dispelled is chronological.  If there are multiple effects contacting or resolving through the Shell in the same second, then they are all Dispelled at the T of Anti-Magic Shell at the beginning of that second, after which the sum of their SLs is subtracted from the T of Anti-Magic Shell.
  5. For purposes of Dispelling them, Potions have the Minimum Throw required by their respective Recipes, and are of the Magic-Using Discipline and SL of the Spell required.  Non-Magical Alchemical Items are not affected by Anti-Magic Shell.
  6. See also the FAQ re Dispel Magic.
  7. Effect is not blocked by earth / stone.