Technomancy Spells

Brute-Force Attack [attack, maintained]

Roll: Astute+Forceful (Threat [ranged])

Range: 2

Effect: You batter the mind of your target with an overwhelming barrage of junk data and random bits of magic, an overwhelming assault designed to find their every weakness.

On the first turn that you cast Brute-Force attack, the spell deals 1 damage to its chosen target. Each turn you maintain it, it deals 1 damage again, plus an additional 1 damage to your target for each turn it is maintained.

Fabricate Drone [Maintained]

Roll: Astute+Creative (10)

Effect: You rapidly 3d print a small drone to follow your command, using magic, scrap and vitium to temporarily create a mechanical servant.

Your drone acts on your initiative under your control, but otherwise takes its own turn as a separate character.

All of its Aspects are set as 1, it has 1 wound and 5 Strain, and it deals damage using your Arcane Mastery. It has a base speed of 1, and has a melee attack that you detail when you create the drone.

In addition, when you create the drone, choose two upgrades. If your roll is Critically Successful, choose four instead.

• Durable Chassis: Double your Drone’s base Strain.

• Heavy Combat System: Your drone’s melee attacks gain the Heavy tag.

• High-powered Motors: Increase your drone’s Speed by 1.

• Microfusion crossbow: The drone gains a Range 2 ranged attack with the Piercing quality, which deals damage using your Arcane mastery.

• Micromanipulators: Your drone gains a small pair of miniature pincers capable of performing high-precision tasks.

• Nanomedicine Unit: Your drone gains a cache of Vitium; it can use an action to restore 2 Strain to any character it is in Intimate range of, doing so a number of times equal to your Arcane Mastery rank.

Factory Reset [attack]

Roll: Astute+Ruthless (Threat [ranged])

Range: 1

Effect: You instantaneously hack into a machine’s systems and force it to reboot.

The character targeted by this spell must be a machine. If the spell is cast successfully the machine shuts down and begins to reboot. It cannot use its next two Retaliations (this includes the retaliation that casting this spell would trigger). If the casting roll is critically successful, it cannot use its next three Retaliations.

While an enemy is under the effects of Factory Reset, attacks made against it have Advantage.

Firewall [maintained]

Roll: Astute+Defiant (16)

Range: 0

Effect: You create a translucent shimmering field of magical energy, allowing your allies through but blocking the movement of your foes.

When you cast this spell, choose an edge of your current zone. The edge is blocked by a magical barrier that will allow friendly characters through, but cannot be passed through by enemies. Projectiles, spells and thrown objects are blocked by the barrier, regardless of who sends them.

The firewall has a total Strain equal to ten times your Arcane Mastery. Enemies may use their Retaliation to attempt to shatter it.

Overclock

Roll: Astute+Graceful (11)

Range: 1

Effect: The target of the spell can take an additional action for free on their next turn. They can use this to repeat an action they have already taken this turn. If the casting roll is critically successful, you can either grant another character its benefit, or extend its effect to that character’s next two turns.

When you cast this spell, test your Arcane Mastery twice.

Overhaul [rite]

Roll: Astute+Precise (varies)

Range: 2

Effect: Choose a piece of machinery, up to three metres in size. Over the course of the rite, this spell repairs any damage to the machine and removes wear and tear inflicted upon it, restoring it to full working order.

Note that this spell won’t restore components that are outright missing. That said, placing replacement parts in the appropriate places on the item will incorporate them into the spell’s design as it takes effect.

The difficulty of casting this spell varies according to what it’s being cast on. On simple, low-complexity items with few or no moving parts the difficulty would be 10. On more complex items that have moving parts (such as an internal combustion engine) the difficulty would be 15. On highly complex items, such as computers, advanced materials or tech relics, the difficulty would be 20 or more.

System Diagnostic [Swift]

Roll: Astute+Empathetic (Ranged Threat)

Range: 3

Effect: When you cast this spell, you learn one of the following:

• The current Wounds and Strain of the target

• Its Ranged or Melee Threat, and how it Retaliates to the type of attack you ask about

• If it has any special abilities or Extreme Retaliations, and what one of them is

If you are Critically Successful, you can ask two questions, or ask the same question twice (getting new information each time).