Elementalist Spell Specification

Class: Planist

3. Messages

BTS: n/a

ULT: 90 hrs

ChMod/2 (Mr) applies to the Spell.

Materials: a piece of paper or similar writing material, on which the message is written in blood (not necessarily the Caster's)

Actions: concentrate hard on remembering applicable conversation with Addressee

Effect of Throw:

-1 to 8 Insanity

9 to 11 Message sent to random addressee

12 to 15 No effect

16 to 40 18+(2T)% chance of success

>= 41 100% chance of success

If there is a failure result on the chance of success d100 roll, there is a % chance that the message will disappear (but not be delivered) equal to the amount by which missed that needed for success. (For example if you get a Throw of 25, and so have 68% chance of success, but roll 75, then you have a 7% chance of the message disappearing undelivered.)  Both the chance of success and chance of disappearance rolls are made secretly by the DM.

Size of Message (if > 1 square inch):    i square inches    -2i

Words in Message (if not written in Old Speech):    12w words    -(w-1)    (abbreviations may be used, but joining words together doesn't make them count as one word)

Notes:

  1. The Spell transports the Message to a Target Being (the "Addressee") known to the Caster.
  2. The Caster must have had a conversation with the Addressee of at least 12 words spoken by each.  If less words were spoken by either, ratio T by (words spoken)/12.  Separate ratios apply for words spoken by Caster and by Addressee.
  3. If the Caster last conversed sufficiently with the Addressee before the Caster bound (finished learning) Messages, he takes -10 (-1 per 1/10 LT outstanding).
  4. There is a penalty of -1 per year since the Caster last conversed sufficiently with the Addressee.
  5. If different conversations with the Addressee may result in different penalties as above, the penalties that apply are those applicable to the conversation remembered by the Caster as Actions. 
  6. The Caster and Addressee do not have to be in the same place for a sufficient conversation.  They just have to be able to hear and see each other (sound only conversations do not count).
  7. If the Caster and Addressee happen to be on different Planes normal penalties apply for Casting Spells between the Planes.  Note this can result in an unexpected ratio to T.
  8. The Message appears somewhere about the Addressee's person.  He does not get a saving throw or any form of alarm.  Typically, it will appear in a pocket.  If he is naked or shapechanged into another form, the Planist Elemental delivers it about his person at its discretion!

See also the FAQ for Planist Spells