True Mage

True Mage

If you cast spells, all DCs are based off of your primary spellcasting ability. Otherwise, you can pick a mental ability to be your Track Ability Modifier (TAM) for this track.

Abilities in this track may refer to "discharging" an ability. When this happens, the passive benefit ends and you gain the active benefit at that point. If no duration is given on the active benefit, it lasts one [Round].

Circles

1^st Circle - Kingship^EX

You may bestow ritual blessings upon allies at the beginning of a [Scene]. Until discharged, each of these abilities lasts for the duration of the [Scene]. A creature may only benefit from one ritual blessing at a time. You have access to the following ritual blessings, though each must be placed only once per [Scene] and on a different ally:

• Sword: Whenever an ally who possesses this ritual blessing hits an opponent with an attack, that opponent takes a -10 ft penalty to their movement speed until the end of the [Encounter]. In addition, as a free action after hitting an opponent with an attack, that ally may discharge this ritual blessing to inflict a penalty equal to the number of circles of True Mage you possess to the AC of one opponent within [Close] range. This penalty lasts until the end of the [Encounter].
• Shield: For each opponent, the first time each [Round] that opponent's melee attack hits an ally possessing this ability, that opponent takes 1 point of damage per level of the ally. In addition, as a free action that ally may discharge this ritual blessing to create a spread with a radius of that ally's [Close] range originating from that ally, dealing damage equal to your TAM + your level to all opponents in the area.
• Sceptre: The ally who possesses this ability has the power to speak words which hold greater weight to other creatures. That ally receives a +2 bonus to a social skill of their choice or to Awareness. When attempting to reason with a hostile creature, the ally may discharge this ability as a free action to gain a token for the social encounter.

2^nd Circle - Foundation

Once per [Scene] as a standard action you gain one of the following abilities until the end of the [Scene]:

• Theurgic Secret^EX: Choose a single spell you know of any circle lower than the highest circle of spells you can cast. You may cast this spell once per [Encounter] without expending a spell slot.
• Alchemical Mysteries^SU: As a move action, if you possess the Combat Alchemist track, you may expend a consumable to convert one of your Potions or Poisons into a consumable with effects identical to that Brew. This consumable expires at the end of the [Scene].
• Goetic Strength^EX: Choose either spell-like or supernatural abilities. Calculate all level-dependent variables, such as range, damage, and DCs, for abilities of the chosen type you possess as if you were two levels higher.
• Arcane Preparation^SU: Once per [Scene], after spending no actions for 5 minutes, you may create a spread with a radius of your [Close] range originating from you that lasts for the rest of the [Scene]. If any creature enters a square within this spread, the glyph alerts you (a harmless mental jolt sufficient to wake you from sleep) and conveys an image of the creature along with a vague sense of the creature’s general intent. When you create the spread, you can choose to direct it to ignore creatures fitting a certain description (such as "small animals and insects") as well as yourself and/or anyone inside the spread when it is created.
  
  You can also direct the spread to repel creatures fitting a certain description no more complex than race and a range of height and weight. A creature under that description is unable to enter a square within the spread. A successful Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 your level + your TAM) allows the creature to enter a square within the spread for the rest of the [Scene].
  
  Finally, creatures outside the spread cannot establish line of sight to any creature within the spread from your [Long] range or farther. Creatures outside your [Medium] range from the spread also cannot establish line of sight to any creature within the spread unless they are able to ignore [Figment] or [Glamer] effects. Taking an offensive action against an opponent while inside a square within the spread allows any creature to establish line of sight as normal to creatures within the spread for the rest of the [Scene].

3^rd Circle - Splendor^SU

You gain access to three broader rituals which take a hundred [Rounds] to cast each. Out of combat, this is roughly equivalent to ten minutes.

• Seal: You create a Splendorous seal over a door or object, stopping it from being opened without two [Rounds] of concerted effort. You may only have one Seal in existence for each circle of True Mage you have acquired, and only one active on a given door or object. These seals function while you are within 750 ft, and 5 minutes after you leave that radius. You may open a seal or reseal it at anytime. As a swift action, you may discharge a seal in order to deal damage equal to your character level plus your Key Offensive Modifier to all opponents within 20 ft of the seal.
• Trickery: You create a Rune of Trickery on an ally. You may only have one Rune in existence for each circle of True Mage you have acquired, and only one active on a given ally. While a Rune of Trickery is on an ally, that ally may alter their appearance at will. A Perception check (DC 10 + 1/2 your character level + your TAM) makes an observer aware of the deception. This Rune lasts for the duration of the [Quest]. The ally may discharge this Rune as a move action or part of a move action to [Teleport] to a destination point within [Close] range and become [Invisible] for two [Rounds].
• Majesty: You create a symbol of Majesty on an ally. You may only have one Symbol in existence for each circle of True Mage you have acquired, and only one active on a given ally. This symbol lasts for the duration of the [Quest]. An affected ally gains a 10 ft bonus to their [Melee] range and opponents hit by their melee attacks begin [Burning]. As a move action, the ally may discharge the symbol to cause all opponents within the ally's improved [Melee] range to be [Blown away] and begin [Burning].