Human Summoning

[Zain Winters]

please note the actual document looks much more organized <.<;

Introduction
Legend speaks that the Gods who created this Planet also created 6 orbs protected in chapels corresponding to there elements to control the elements of the Planet now known as Spire. When one man challenged the Gods he nearly escaped with his life and a heavenly artifact that tore the gate between the human realm and the god's paradise. As it was torn the Chapels sunk through the realm of the Gods and fell to Spire. Attracted to the greatest sources of there elements, where they now stay.

Many years after this legend began, humans have studied and perfected how the altars work, and how the orbs communicate. Over time a nameless man has mastered the fire orb and learned to harness its power by proving himself to the orb, and with this the art of summoning was born as he spread his information to the other chapels.

With this new found art. The Chapels have attracted many underground citizens and are widely kept secret due to dangerous beings. Many monks and worshipers of the elements stay in the chapels and protect the secret behind them. However, if you prove your knowledge and willingness to the elder of that chapel. He may allow you to take a trial to please the orb and prove yourself worthy of its prize.

What the orb offers to the human race is nothing beyond his\hers wildest dreams. Quite the contrary that is exactly what the orb offers. The power of your imagination coming to life. Whatever image is most prominent in your mind when the gift is offered is the form you shall summon when used. Dragons, Humans, Demons, Animals. Anything the orb seems worthy of being created it will give you the ability to summon and aid you when needed. (Also within talespinners restraints. I believe this creation process is only abused as long as the talespinner allows it to be abused.)

When you have proven yourself worthy of the orbs test it will send you into the depths of the chapel where you will be given a selection of default summons to use to complete your' trials through the dungeon. If you complete the said trials then you will be rewarded with your' new powers and form.

As you venture into this Trial you will learn the basics of summoning. As with to control your creature you must concentrate mostly to the summon. Impeding your ability to attack due to breaking your concentration. However you may still move but you and your' summon control the two turns that each character receives during there battle turn

Creation Process

To create a summoner you must first create a human, exactly as you normally would create a human, nothing is different outside the needed advantage of Summoning of at least level 1. If you are well into a campaign and wish to stop to a Chapel and learn to summon, you must complete the trials then spend a corresponding 10xp to learn the skill at level 1 after the trial is complete.

After you have created a human of your choosing, you will need a second sheet to create your summon. As you do this you may create it just as you would a human, body mind and skill may be whatever you wish as long as they don't go under 1 or over 3 and equal up to 6. When you reach the Advantages part. The summon has 5 advantage points at the start to split between what spell class they have (attack or support) if they have Claws, Wing, Teeth, Tails,Ethereal Weapons (weapons that are bound to the summon) or other things of the sort. Remember these must be reviewed with the Talespinner to make sure he\she allows what you want on your' summon.

Spells are listed at the end of the guide. As are Body part stats are listed in the Whitigo book. (which has yet to be completed...so consult your' all knowing talespinner). With your' Human and Summon fully created your' now ready for the...



Battle Process

When it is the Summoners turn, he must first roll his con+summoning to attempt to summon his creation. He must obtain a roll higher then the average of the summons stats. (if the summon has all stats of 3 then 3+3+3+3+3+3=24, 24\6=3, which means you would need 3 or higher to summon the creation) When it is successfully summoned, you may now control it with your' two turns. Your' human may also evade 1 time penalty free, after that his evasion will drop by 2 each time afterwards that he tries to evade. He may also use 1 of his 2 turns to move, but remember that you and your' creation share these turns.

If the summon is hit the summoner will retain some of the pain within him. In a sense this form is a spectral version of your' soul. (so being punched in the soul...) So when your' creation takes damage, the human will take 50% of that damage rounded down. (summon takes 4? you take 2, summon takes 7, you take 3) If the summon takes 50% or more damage in one hit you will need to reroll your con+summoning and get the successes needed to originally summon to keep the creation intact. If you fail it will be dismissed, and you will need to wait a total of 6 turns before you can resummon him at level 1 summoning.(5 turns at level 2, 4 turns at 3, 3 at 4, 3 at 5, 1 at 6).

When your' summon is knocked out it will return to you and will be healed at 1 hp per turn but cannot be summoned until its full hp is restored. Mp will not be regenerated this way and will be fully healed when the human falls to sleep.

Trials

(may add some default for each altar but thats 6-24 trials I dont feel like typing up currently, I may later but this is good enough to get feed back on so far and I cant think of anything I missed about the book)

All fractions are rounded up unless stated otherwise.

All spells are casted by the summon, not you. even the initial spells.

Ignescent [ig-nes-uh nt] = Fire


Initial Magic :

Fire Start : able to start a small fire at the cost of 1 mp

Magic Attack: Fire based missile that will cause the target to catch flame resulting in more damage and possibly worse. The roll is (int+spell) and your damage will be from your successes.

Rank 1:

Fire Missile: Stage 1= 2 MP cost to cast, Small Fireball with no chance of catching the target aflame
stage 2 = roll a die and if it is 5-6 it will catch the target aflame for 1-2 hp damage

Rank 2:

Fireball: Stage 1= 3MP cost to cast a small radius of a 5 feet explosion. Split your successes 50\50 and the result will be the damage to the targets it has hit (6successes\50%= 3, 3 targets receive 3 damage, 1 target alone will receive only 3 also)
+2 add 1 damage to the damage split outcome (instead of 3 it is now 4) roll a die for each target, if you obtain a 6 that target will catch aflame for 1-2 hp damage the radius is also 10 feet now

Rank 3:

Sticky Flame: Stage 1= 4MP cost to cast, a goop flame is thrown and attached to the target burning the area on the target it is stuck on. (Roll a trine roll for the damage to the target during this stage) on the next casters turn the flame will explode causing the spell+int damage.
Stage 2= the explosion has a 10feet radius doing 50% damage to any near people

Support Spell: Will create various Supportive effects on the target.
The roll is (wil+Spell)

Rank 1:

Flames Warmth: Stage 1 = 1mp cost, Heal yourself target with your successes.
stage 2 = 1mp cost, Heal yourself with your successes. + 2

Rank 2:

Fires Blessing: Stage 1 = 3mp cost, Raise your Vit by the successes for 3 minutes
stage 2 : can choose between Str or Vit for 5 minutes

Rank 3:

Burning Desire: Stage 1= 6mp 3hp cost, Save one thing from the Brink of death and heal them 25%, also brings out of unconscious state. (if your hp is 6 max or lower you MUST roll a system shock) if the target has been dead for more then 10minutes the spell will not work
Stage 2 = brings back with 50% hp and able to revive targets that have been deceased for 15min




Aqueous [ey-kwee-uh s] = Water


Initial Magic:

Water Creation: Can create 1 Liter of Purified water at the cost of 1mp

Magic attack: A forcefully blast of water thrown at the target. (Int+Spell)

Rank 1

Aqua Shot: Stage 1= 1mp cost, a small Water ball the size of a baseball shot at insane speed. (target cannot dodge)

Stage 2: roll a die and if 6 the target is dazed for 1 turn at the sacrifice of 2 hp damage from the spell (if you roll 4 die and get 3 successes that would be normally 3 damage, but if you roll the stun die and get 6 that stuns the target for 1 turn but the damage is now only 1 hp damage)

Rank 2

Aqueous Unleashed: Stage 1= 3mp cost, a 5foot Linear beam of water will damage the target and anyone else it comes in contact with. (successes cut in half for damage)

Stage 2: 10foot linear beam

Rank 3

Water Split Stage 1: 5mp 2hp cost, two spears of water shoot from the sides of the Beast and attack the Target. 3 foot range. Requires 2 turns to use. (roll int+spell, twice and half successes)

Stage 2= 3 spears the 3rd spear shoots from the stomach and shoots straight as the others arc towards the target from the sides of the stomach (roll int+spell, three times, and half successes)

Support Spells: Will create various Supportive spells on the target.
The roll is (Wil+Spell)

Rank 1

Water Breathing+1= 1mp cost per 15min, Allows the target to become linked with the beast giving the target the air supply of the beast, after an hour has passed the beast will faint from lack of air cutting off the spell. Roll must be made every 15min and must gain 2 successes to start the spell, 3 for the next, 4 for the next, and 5 for the last.

Stage 2 = upon this spell being cast, the summoner is able to keep the spell going and move about as if the beast isn't out, 3mp per 15min while summoner is active

Rank 2

Aqua Shield: Stage 1= 3mp per 2 turns, creates a 3foot shield made out of water around the target. It reduces the force caused by attacks. The (wil+spell) roll will be the bubbles vitality, (For the hell of it lets say 3) when you take damage you will roll your bubbles vitality and then your own vitality. The damage absorbed by your bubble should be counted, (so if you get hit by 5, the bubble roll is 2, and your vit roll is 2, then you only take 1 damage, and your bubble takes 2) as after 5 damage is absorbed the bubble will pop and leave the caster dazed for 1 turn (2 actions) (the Axe's Armor Breaking special will break the bubble completely)

Stage 2= the bubble can absorb 10damage before breaking

Rank 3

Revitalize: Stage 1= 4mp, the success roll will be cut in half and your vit, wil, and dex will be raised by that number (4 success roll, 2 to all 3 stats)

Stage 2 = your hp will also be healed by the successes halved


Zephyr [zef-er] = Wind

Initial Spells:

Small 5mph Wind

Offensive Spells:

Rank 1:

Aero Blade: Stage 1= MP1 a sharp blade is shot out at extreme speed. (no chance to dodge)

Stage 2= The blade is shot at higher speeds causing an auto +1 damage

Rank 2:

Wind Snare: Stage 1 = MP2 the target is snared in a small tornado and Is constantly cut. (successes\halved=damage) roll a die and if 6 the target is cut twice (roll your dice again to calculate the damage done)

Stage 2 = MP3 roll a die after the attack, if 5 the target takes two cuts, if 6 the target takes 2 cuts and looses 1 turn

Rank 3:

Tornado: Stage 1= MP5 a small tornado is throw at the target knocking him off of his feet 100% forcing the target to forfeit 1 turn to recover

Stage 2: MP7 the Tornado is massively grown in a size of 5 foot radius, hitting all targets around the initial target (including friendly targets) roll 1 die per target hit other then the main target, if 6 that target looses their turn, the initial target will loose their turn.

Supportive Spells

Rank 1:

Evasive Winds: Stage 1= MP1 raises the evasion (not dex) of the target by the successes.

Stage 2= Raises the Evasion and Acrobatics of the target by the successes

Rank 2:

Aero Guard: Stage 1= MP2\2turns Creates a barrier of wind around target that deflects projectiles (the amount of successes determines the damage of the projectile that can be redirected, 4 power sheild can deflect 4damage arrows\small spells)

Stage 2= if physically attacked, roll a die, if you get 3+ the attacker will receive 1 hp damage.

Rank 3

Aerotic: Stage 1= mp5\1min Surrounds the target with an impenetrable shield but makes the target immovable for the length of the spell.

Stage 2= slowly heals the target with 2hp per minute


Galvanic [gal-van-ic] = Electric

Initial Spells :

Small Static shock

Offensive Spells

Rank 1

Static Shock: Stage 1= MP1 a small static ball is shock at the target, causeing 50% of the success damage, roll a die and if you get 4+ the target is shocked slightly and looses 1 action (not turn)

Stage 2= the static now does full damage

Rank 2

Electric Escape: Stage 1= MP4 an electrical shock is shot threw the ground paralyzing all targets that are hit for 1 turn. Inflict 25% (rounded down) damage to all targets. Beast is auto unsummoned after this spell is casted.

Stage 2= Will miss friendly targets and inflict 50% damage

Rank 3

Chain Lightening: Stage 1= MP 5 a lightening bolt is thrown at the target for full damage, then chains into the next closest person for 50% damage, then the next closest for 25% damage.

Stage 2= MP 8 100% for the first target, 75% for the 2nd, 50% for the 3rd and 25% for the 4. and stuns the 5th target and looses the last target 1 turn

Supportive Spells

Rank 1

Energy Transfer: Stage 1= MP1\2turns with your successes you may transfer stats to another target (successes=4, str=4, transfer the str to someone else and boosts there str by 4 and the beasts is now 0 for now)

Stage 2= you may now transfer hp at 50% damage to yourself and 100% heal to them (you get 4 on your roll, you can heal someone for 4 and take 2 damage)

Rank 2

Electrifying Senses: Stage 1= 3mp\2turns Raises the Accuracy of the Target by 50% of the successes.

Stage 2= 75% of successes, 4mp\2turns

Rank 3

Extreme Conductor: Stage 1= MP5 The target is imbued with electricity. When hit by a physical attack the attacker will receive 50% damage that was dealt. This spell will last the same amount of turns as successes

Stage 2= roll a die, if it is 3+ the attacker looses his next turn. If it is 2- then the defensive rolls a system shock to control the disruption in the electricity


Resplendent [ri-splen-duh nt] = Holy

Initial Spell

Flash: light up a small area

Offensive Magic

Rank 1

Holy Flash: Stage 1= MP1 Throws a ball of holy light causeing a giant flash that disorients anyone who looks for 1 turn, causes 50% damage to a direct hit target

Stage 2= 100% damage to target, roll die, if 5-6 then disorients for 2 turns

Rank 2

Holy Javelin: Stage 1= MP2 a javelin is thrown at the target and causes damage, if the target is undead it will do 200% damage

Stage 2= MP3 Can be used as a Preemptive strike, Roll a die if 4-6 then the strike will happen (you may choose to roll the die or not, if you choose to roll and fail the turn is still taken away)

Rank 3

Light of Hope: Stage 1= MP7 the sky shines bright focusing holy light onto the target, doing 50% damage to the target and healing the user by the same amount of damage done

Stage 2: 100% damage and the beast and summoner is healed by the damage done

Supportive Spells

Rank 1

Holy Life: Stage 1=2mp Heal the target

Stage 2= Heal two targets (50% of successes go to hp on both targets)

Rank 2

Protective Light: Stage 1= 3MP Casts a light around a target that keeps them immune to all attacks for number of successes turns, if the target moves the spell is broken

Stage 2: Heals the target by 50% the successes

Rank 3

Holy Blessing: Stage 1= 7MP. Everyone in a 10foot radius is healed by the successes.

Stage 2= if casted on a single target that target is revived fully. If casted on a party roll a die, if 4-6 raise all targets Vit by 2 for 2turns


Aphotic [ey-foh-tik] = Dark

Initial Spell:

Darkness Envelope: creates a dark shadow with the radius of 2 feet that envelopes the summoner (great for hiding, and just enough to cover yourself and only yourself <.< >.>)

Offensive Spells

Rank 1

Soul Steal: Stage 1=2MP A dark arrow is shot at the target, the damage it does is sent back at 50% (you do 6hp damage you get healed by 3)

Stage 2= The arrow now does an automatic 1 damage

Rank 2

Evil Incarnate:Stage 1= MP3 is consumed by the pain of past and present and turns it into a physical pain. Brings out the rage and betrayal in an opponent causing him to turn against his comrades for 2 turns. (after casted once in a battle, the spell will do only damage)

Stage 2: Roll a die. If 5-6 the Target will join for the rest of the fight and possibly join afterwards

Rank 3

Destruction of Light: Stage 1= MP8 the target will be consumed in darkness and tortured for 1 turn. Automatic +2 hp damage

Stage 2: roll a die, if 5, any one target near the target will be sucked in and tortured also, if 6 then any 2 targets will be sucked in and tortured Automatic +3 damage.

Supportive Spells

Rank 1

Beserker Rage:Stage 1= MP2\4turns Raises strength of the target double the successes and lowers accuracy by the successes, Target looses all thought processes and rushes opponets

Stage 2= Vitality is Raised by half of the successes

Rank 2

Night Revealed: Stage 1= 3MP\3min the target can see in the dark, Accuracy raised by successes.

Stage 2 = 2mp\4min, healed by 1hp per minute as long as you remain in the dark

Rank 3

Overwhelming Darkness: Stage 1= MP 8\4turns All targets in a 5 foot radius has its stats boosted by 25% the successes

Stage 2= 50%





Woohoo clusterfuck that was down here is gone d(~.^)n

[Lurid Sorcerer]

Looks good so far. We'll have to playtest for balance and such when it's all done, but it's nice to see something purely fantasy being worked on. We've been worrying about realism for quite a while now, and it's nice to have a little break.

[Perilaxis]

looks good Zain. Very good indeed. This could easily be part of a mage class of humans yea.

[Zain Winters]

wooohoo! great to hear some positive feedback <.<;...and i forgot to add exactly what the summons do at all and how it works XD..........................*adds that*

[Lurid Sorcerer]

Now that you've got all of it up there it's looking even more interesting! I can't wait to help you test it all out. The only thing I can really suggest is making use of different sized fonts and boldface to make it easier to understand. The actual content seems really good, but like I said, we won't know how well it's balanced until we give it a shot.

[Zain Winters]

thanks ^^;..would..like more feedback then just Lurid on the whole thing <.< >.> yeah theo left some but he seen a very small portion <.< >.>

[Child of Flame]

Not bad... a few questions that could probably be easily answered though. Most of it's technical stuff like "how does this work?"

1) The Aqua Shot and the Aero Blade. How strong are these attacks, that they are automatically undodgeable at such a low rank (even moreso of a question with Aero Blade, stage 2)?

2) The Aerotic spell, stage 2: For how long does the target get healed? Do you need to cast it every time to get healed (kinda like stage 1, dumping 5MP per minute), or do you roll something to see how many minutes the spell lasts? I'm pretty sure it's the former, I just want to make sure.

3) I think Electric Escape should have a chance to miss friendly targets rather than a 100% miss rate for them (unless, maybe, some of those allies have some sort of protective charm against the lightning element? O.o). It IS electricity you're dealing with, after all. That's not really a question though.

4) Might I comment that the Initial Dark Spell is a lot more bitchin' (Read: useful and superior) compared to the others? XD I think it's the range thing, really. You could cloak an entire party!

5) Evil Incarnate stage 2: I suppose TS determines whether the guy who defects stays a defect. If not, how is it determined whether a former foe becomes a party member or not?

I strongly agree with Lurid that there is lots of play testing to be done with this, as great as it seems. Otherwise, it's awesome and I commend you greatly for getting all of this done in a matter of days. *applauds* Maybe it's just me, but I really like the Dark element the best, especially the supportive stuff.

[Zain Winters]

1: all spells initial damage is the success roll, which for Offensive magic is int+spell stage

2: not be a jerk but reread Aerotic xD..."mp5\1min" means it costs 5mp every minute, and on stage two it says " slowly heals the target with 2hp per minute"

3: its a good idea <.< >.>...for the 1st stage maybe do a roll to miss friendly targets and make it easier to miss the friendly targets on stage 2?

4: *looks at the length of my feet*....yeah good point that is way to big a range XD maybe a 2 foot range, what i wanted is to mainly cloak yourself and just barely....*changes the feet on that*

5: i would assume the TS would decide, although i was considering a willpower rule from the opponent, but in reality it would be more of what that target really wanted and of course it would only be human based on the recruiting part. id assume at least? but to make it less realistic we really could keep it a willpower rule at the end of the battle? (feedback plox)

thanks ^^ im not sure which one i like the most but i loved coming up with the holy and dark stuff, even though i did that in a 20min span trying to get it done so i could get my 4 hours of sleep for work XD

[Lt. Pwnage]

This is really interesting, I really like the ranking system for the magic I think thats how all magic should be done, Well Done I would like to try it.

[Zain Winters]

o.o; i really appreciate the feedback buut...should i know you xD? no offense ment

[Perilaxis]

That's Korrey Treese, Zain. I brought him in.

[Lurid Sorcerer]

That probably would have been better left to private message. In actually, he and I played some RPG stuff with dice that I came up with years before Kalarsys came about. Of course, it was nothing like Kalarsys at all, but it was a start for me in inventing rules for "Final Fantasy-like" combat that we could both participate in.

[Zain Winters]

*forces the convo back to the summoning, waits for more feedback*

[DC_Desperado]

Ok, here goes.

I thought from the very beginning that the summoner him/herself not being able to move after summoning was..... well.... I don't want to be harsh but ridiculously stupid. Right now, the way kalarsys stands we really don't keep track of the distances traveled by players and enemies....this being said its not rare that a player or enemy would cover a good chunk of distance to zero in on the summoner and attack... not only dealing direct damage, but breaking whatever link the summoner and summon have. without a way to track these movements this will always be a problem.

Of course I, much like all of you, kept my silence not for fear of hurting ones feelings but because I did not have a solution.

That is no longer the case. I believe that the rule stateing that the summoner, after summoning, cannot move should be thrown out.

In its stead however would be a rule that would be sort of the converse. " the summon cannot move enless given a command from its summoner. Commanding a summon would be considered either a battle action or a movement action. I myself was leaning towards movement action that way it would still prevent the summoner from fleeing while commanding a summon. though the actions of the summon either moving or attack at the will of the summoner would clearly show that it would be a battle action.

I leave that choice to you guys.

You asked for feedback and here it is, take it or leave it really won't bother me.

[Zain Winters]

sooo from what DC is saying, the summon and summoner would share the 2 actions, the summoner could move but it would cost one of those actions, which i like that to be honest. it keeps the disadvantage of being slightly prone as a summoner while summoning but also keeps it from getting overpowered because that is all the summoner could do. i like the idea any feedback on that <.< >.>?