* Restricted: Keragund Drs only

6. Transport via Organisms

Ranian Cycle

BTS: 30% (Sz)

ULT: 75 hours

Materials: an Organism (the "Entry Organism") of the same species (see Note 5.) as target Organism (the "Exit Organism"), and at least as big as the Caster, Passengers and possessions (though not necessarily the same height or width)

Actions: Passengers hold hands with Caster / each other, and Caster steps into Entry Organism in final second of Spell Casting, followed by Passengers.  They may bend down or crawl to comply with height restriction on Materials.

Effect of Throw:

1 to 16 No Effect (but see Note 1)

³ 17 %age Chance of Success = 5(T-7)%

Passengers: N living passengers -2N (in addition to Caster - must hold hands)

Weight: 600w weight points -w(w-1)/2 (excluding body weight of Caster and Passengers)

Notes:

  1. Allows the Caster and Passengers to step into the Entry Organism and out of the Exit Organism, irrespective of distance or Forest.  They will appear to (non-Truesighting) observers to have been digested by the Entry Organism (including any material that species would not normally digest) or to have been excreted by the Exit Organism.  They will not be attacked or digested by either Organism, unless the Spell has No Effect.  If the Chance of Success roll is failed, they are excreted unharmed by the Entry Organism.
  2. The Caster must have previously have instressed at least 10IP from the Exit Organism.  If less than 10IP have been instressed, ratio %age Chance of Success by (IP instressed)/10.  If the Exit Organism was last instressed before the Caster bound (finished learning) Transport via Organisms, he takes -10 (-1 per 1/10 LT outstanding). There is also a penalty of -1 per year since Exit Organism last instressed last visited.  There is no limit to the number of potential Exit Organisms which can be remembered in this way.
  3. Entry and Exit Organisms on different Planes count as different destinations.  Normal penalties apply (see "Casting Spells between the Planes" in the General Magic-Using System) for Transporting via Organisms to another Plane.
  4. The Caster must always Transport himself.  If he saves, the Transport fails for all Passengers.
  5. The Entry and Exit Organisms must both be of the same species of Organisms.  For example, the Spell allows transport from Black Pudding to Black Pudding, but not from Black Pudding to Ochre Jelly, even though both are Jellies.

See also the FAQ for Planist Spells