Sever Thread (2.0)

	Sever Thread
Abbreviation:	SET
Prerequisites:	25th Circle
Minimum Prep:	8
Casting Cap:	62
Valid Spell Target:	Others, Critters
Description:	The Elemental infusion of the Pattern of Luck, Sever Thread generates a massive surge of luck around its victim. The luck that teleologic sorcerers deal with is not the 'good' or even 'bad' luck of folklore, but a force of improbability, which they believe twists fate and slackens iron-clad destiny into shades of probability. Sever Thread sends such a powerful surge of corruptive luck that the victim's connection to fate is disrupted, metaphorically severing his thread in the web of fate. While the disruption lasts for a mere moment, the mystic violence of the act can cause confusion and distress in the victim. Once cast, Sever Thread creates a perverse link between the caster and his target. The caster can predict upon the target at any time during the duration of the spell, even if he's halfway across Elanthia, to choose the precise moment he brings misfortune upon his victim.
Example Messaging:	Color bleeds away from the world, leaving the area grey except for writhing purple magic around you. Following your unspoken command, the malignant energy lashes out toward a fendryad! Some of the purple energy arcs away from you and anchors itself around a fendryad, creating a psychic link between the two of you. Muted colors slowly return to the world. <Caster> gestures at you. Color bleeds away from the world, leaving the area grey except for some flickering threads of purple light around <Caster>. You feel a chill rush down your spine as <Caster>'s magic lashes out toward your mind! <Caster>'s magic breaks through your mental defenses! While nothing happens immediately, a precognitive sense of dread wells up in the back of your mind. Predict Sever <Target>: You look inside yourself, surrendering your mind to the Sever Thread spell. Your vision blurs for a brief moment, accompanied by a burning sense of malice in the back of your mind. You see <target>'s thread of fate disintegrate under a massive barrage of corrupt luck and reform hesitantly. You sense that the spell controlling your prophetic talent weakened as a result of your attack. Roundtime: 1 sec. Non-Moon Mage casting: A complex admixture of Lunar and Elemental energy forms in front of you, yet something is wrong. The pattern twists painfully before your eyes, as though it's stretching out into dimensions you cannot see, and the spell fills the quiet parts of your mind with an unnatural drone.

Notes

• Once the initial connection is formed Sever Thread works as a remote Prediction ability.
  • PREDICT SEVER <target> unbalances, stuns or immobilizes the target depending on the success of the initial cast.
  • PREDICT VISION gives the caster information about the target as well as the strength and duration of the spell.
• More skill in Astrology will give you more potential severs.
• To permanently memorize this scroll spell, you must spend 125 TDPs.
• Casting in a Justice Zone is considered a Foribidden Practice.

Also See

• Reene's notes on the spell and Teleologic Sorcery in general.