Grimoire

Dark Sorcery

Mastering formulas fatal to the flesh to visit vengeance upon one's hated enemies, summon foul entities from the realms below, or bend lesser minds to one's will.

Stat Value: WIT

1st • Agony

Range: 20 m · Area of Effect: 1 target · Duration: - · Save: Yes Target living creature is wrecked by pain, instantly suffering damage equal to 10% of their Total Hit Points. +5 Weave: the target suffers damage equal to their Bruised Value instead (cannot be chosen more than once).

2nd • Dark Tongue

Range: 0 (self) · Area of Effect: caster · Duration: 1 minute per Level · Save: No The caster can speak with any servant of the Darkmaster or creature suffering from Taint for the Duration. +2 Weave: change Duration to 10 minutes per Level. +2 Weave: the caster can speak with any sentient creature instead. +3 Weave: each Round for the Duration, by Concentrating the caster can also choose one servant of the Darkmaster or creature suffering from Taint they can see and ask them a single question, to which they must answer truthfully, unless they pass a WSR (cannot be chosen more than once).

3rd • Dark Contact

Range: 0 (self) · Area of Effect: caster · Duration: - · Save: No The caster asks the Darkmaster for guidance, receiving a vision about His grand plans. The caster chooses an item, creature, or location they're familiar with and asks the GM to reveal one of the following: what kind of danger the subject poses to the Darkmaster; how the subject can help the Darkmaster's cause; what the caster should do with the subject to please the Darkmaster; a secret the Darkmaster knows about the subject. However, the Darkmaster can choose to reveal only part of what He knows, often withholding crucial information, as mortal minds cannot hope to fully comprehend His true plans.

4th • Hand of Doom

Range: 0 (touch) · Area of Effect: 1 target · Duration: - · Save: No Target creature suffers a Light Dark Magic Critical Strike. +3 Weave: increase Critical Strike severity by one degree (up to Lethal).

5th • Summoning

Range: 3 m · Area of Effect: 1 demon · Duration: 1 hour per Level · Save: Yes The caster summons a Faceless Demon, that appears in an unoccupied space within Range. As soon as it appears, the demon must pass a Save Roll. If it fails, it will carry out a task for the caster (usually trying to subvert their orders by following them to the letter, if given the chance). Otherwise, the demon is free to act as it pleases, remaining in the mortal world until destroyed, banished, or the Duration of this Spell expires. The demon will disappear as soon as it finishes its task, or when the Duration expires, whichever comes first. +3 Weave: change Duration to 1 day per Level. +3 Weave: the caster summons a Werewolf instead. +5 Weave: the caster summons a Vampire instead.

6th • Dark Bolt

Range: 30 m · Area of Effect: 1 target · Duration: - · Save: No The caster hurls a bolt of dark sorcerous energy against the target. This Attack Spell inflicts Dark Magic damage and is resolved on the Bolt Spells Attack Table, with a maximum result of 150. +2 Weave: increase Range by 10 meters.

7th • Venom

Range: 15 m · Area of Effect: 1 target · Duration: - · Save: Yes The caster conjures a powerful, virulent venom inside target living creature's body, inflicting upon them one of the following effects: the target suffers a -50 penalty to all actions due to severe muscular contractions; the target becomes deaf and mute; one of the target's limbs at random is paralyzed and unusable. The effects persist until the poison is cured.

8th • Demon's Breath

Range: 0 (self) · Area of Effect: 15 m × 6 m cone · Duration: - · Save: No The caster exhales a thick, black caustic smoke that dissolves anything it touches. This is an Attack Spell, affecting every creature in a cone originating from the caster, with a length of 15 meters and 6 meters wide at its furthest end. The attack inflicts Dark Magic damage and is resolved on the Area Spells Attack Table, with a maximum result of 140. +2 Weave: increase cone length by 2 meters.

9th • Bestow Curse

Range: 15 m · Area of Effect: 1 target · Duration: Permanent · Save: Yes The caster curses target creature, calling a terrible misfortune upon them. Until the curse is dispelled, the target cannot spend Drive Points to re-roll failures or suffered Critical Strikes.

10th • Endless Torment

Range: 15 m · Area of Effect: 1 target · Duration: Concentration · Save: No Target sentient creature is Held for the Duration, crushed by the terrible power of the caster's will. At the end of each Round, the target must either answer truthfully to a question asked by the caster or suffer a Grievous Dark Magic Critical Strike and try to pass a WSR. This Spell ends if the caster stops Concentrating or the target passes one of these Save Rolls.