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I don't know how but I forgot to put the +6 between "of" and "is"
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Delshad Blotted Out the Sun, Supposedly
Solomonic Storytelling 25
Allure: Supernatural
A clever spell once used so that a controversial bayut al-hikma was not expelled from a city. Causes the audience to believe that the sahir used magic to blot out the sun until his conditions were met. Unless they have a supernatural perception to correctly recall the memory against an ease factor of 6, they will not recall the original events.
(Base 10, +3 Supernatural)
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May Hermes Passage Close at the Passing of Seasons
Solomonic Travel 35
Delay: Season
If the magnitude of the effect that created the passage or window is less than 16, it will close at the passing of the next season (solstice or equinox).
Considering that even the most powerful Solomonic storytelling spells don’t go above nine magnitudes, many sahirs wonder the purpose of this spell. Sahirs familiar with it’s reason for existence wonder how powerful a you would have to be to cast this under the Shield of Hermes.
(Base 35)
Note: As silveroak points out, this spell is useless against the enchanted portals (as they have a momentary effect with unlimited uses), but should work fine against the ritual version of this spell.
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Your Burial Will Be Here
Solomonic Alchemy 15
Alteration: Substantial
This spell greatly enhances the moist qualities of sand, causing an area about two paces wide in each direction and two and a half paces deep to become like quicksand. Unless the “intended” target (the person over the sand being changed) is rather small, this should not cause them to drown. It should, however, give a sahir and his potential acquaintances an advantage over those trapped.
The name of this spell is spoken while casting, giving others the impression that the quicksand is deeper and wider than it actually is. (Base 4, +2 Substantial, +1 Size)
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Who Was Your Last Master?
Solomonic Astrology 15
This naranj informs the caster of a spirit's previous master, if there are any. Some sahirs cast this as a ritual to ease the penetration total of a spirit they are interested in summoning later with their summoning arts.
A more scandalous version is used against potential spouses.
(Base 5, +1 Basic, +1 questions of the past)
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Our Enemies Are Here! Stay Alert!
Solomonic Storytelling 10
Allure: Emotional
Causes an audience to go from asleep, groggy, or dazed to awake and alert. A Perception + Personality trait roll is occurs against an ease factor of 6, with attentive personality traits likely being subtracted in the roll against the spell, while lazy or similar personality traits adding to the roll.
It is said that this spell was used many times against soldiers who suddenly fell asleep in the Levant in the middle of important events.
(Base 4, +1 Emotional, +1 ease factor)
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Does N Have the Gift?
Solomonic Astrology 20
Detail: Brief
The spell informs the sahir about the magical potential of the target. The brief information imparted includes whether the Gift is normal, gentle, or blatant. It also helps distinguish if the target merely has a magical air to him. Although the guideline could be lower for the regular or blatant Gift, a higher guideline is used to also detected the harder to detect Gentle Gift.
(Base 10, +2 Brief)
Note: I'll update the table of contents when I have time.
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Snow Under the Skies of Baghdad
Solomonic Alchemy 25
Alteration: Substantial
This fantastical spell causes a rain or storm cloud to bring down snow upon the area it rains. This effect must usually be cast as a ritual, as the effect must be held, and the spirit must then fly up to a rain cloud to then release the effect. If a sahir is in a high enough elevation (such as on a mountain or a flying carpet) then he does not need to do so.
(Base 4, +2 Substantial, +3 Size)
edit: Thanks to sglasby for pointing out a grammatical error
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Make the flames last just a little bit longer
Solomonic Alchemy 5
Alteration: Minor
Improves the primary qualities of a fire so that it lasts a while longer. At most, a dying flame could last a few more hours. Some sahirs suspect that this spell was developed by a crypto-Zorastian sahir.
Some further suspect that a group of Zorastian sahirs have found a way to create a magical fire that creates a preternatural tether.
(Base4, +1 Minor)
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Enough of this nonsense! Speak about something else!
Solomonic Storytelling 10
Allure: Supernatural
Causes an audience discussing something particularly controversial to change their conversation to something less so. If members of an audience beat an ease factor of 6 on a Perceptions + (Supernatural Ability) roll, they will not be influenced to change subject, and the dangerous discussion might very well start again.
Such a simple trick has allowed many sahirs to avoid discussions erupting into bloody brawls.
(Base 3, +3 Supernatural)
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Demolish the Portal of Hermes
Solomonic Alchemy 25
Alteration: Major
This spell greatly diminishes the cohesive property of the physical structure of a Portal of Hermes, making it structurally weak enough to be destroyed with a simple strike. Since enchanted items are much more durable than mundane items, the alteration must be Major.
(Base 10, +3 Major)
Since this spell is likely cast under an aegis, the caster must somehow have a high enough casting total (or a token and invitation from a member of the aegis) and a spirit that can cross the aegis (or is also invited into the aegis). Being in a situation where you are able to even cast this spell will be a great feat.
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I have been busy moving into a new house the pass weekend. I will attempt to catch up tonight.
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Where will N find taqa in Mazydan next season?
Solomonic Astrology 25
Detail: Thorough
This astrology spell allows for the caster to gain inceptions of how the seasonal activity of searching for vis will go (as described on page 152 of Cradle and Crescent). At the discretion of the story guide, this spell could provide a bonus of at least +3 to a maximum of +5 to the roll of the roll for the purposes of reducing the amount of time spent finding vis.
This spell is usually used for helping a sahir find vis Mazandaran, but it has been rumored that less honorable sahirs could also use this spell to "steal" vis from another sahir who is searching in the same area.
(Base 5, +3 Thorough, +1 Near Future)
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(Spirit), take me to the void where my adversaries will not be able to chase me!
Solomonic Travel 30
Delay: Immediate
Through quick expenditure of vis and haphazard markings of a passage, a sahir is able to make a direct passage into the Twilight Void. This is done as a last result when a sahir finds himself surrounded by enemies and unable to feasibly escape. Although expensive, six pawns is less than the life of a member of the suhar sulayman.
(Base 15, +3 Immediate)
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Breathe air into the man by the river
Solomonic Physic 30
Potency: Mighty
With the casting of the spell, a deprivation wound caused by drowning that causes incapacitation (or less) is healed. Furthermore, the penalties from other deprivation wounds caused by drowning are reduced by seven for as long as the spirit maintains the spell. Those cast upon by the personal jinn of an oasis from Besada Al-Halqa proclaim that the murky water in their bodies is expunged for more fulfilling "holy" water. This is a result from the spirits "sigil".
(Base 10, +4 Mighty)
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The collapsing roof is light as a feather
Solomonic Alchemy 30
Alteration: Substantial
With the quick expenditure of vis and the commanding of a spirit, a sahir is able to make a falling object up to 500 cubic inches in size (such as the roof of a building or a boulder) substantially lighter. Depending on how high an object is, the sahir may not have enough time to cast this spell, but some paranoid (or devious) sahirs have been known to have this spell held by a spirit until the apropriate time.
(Base 15, +2 Substantial, +1 Size)
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Remember the majili which you did not attend
Solomonic Storytelling 20
Allure: Simple
After spending an hour telling important information about a majil, the audience is able to recall it as if they were really there. The audience can see through the effects with a Perception + Awareness roll against an ease factor of 12, although since they want to hear it the story guide may allow the roll to be forfeit. Several versions of this spell exists for especially important majils, each only covering a day at most. After the formation of the Naziris and the crusades, the Grand Vizer has ordered the destruction of most of these lab texts, save those that are of historical importance and little relevance today. Only the head of the Ashab Al-Qalb has all lab texts in his possession, guarded by a watchful dog-headed faerie that decapitates unwanted intruders.
(Base 10, +2 Ease factor)
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The abandoned house of wisdom- not!
Solomonic Storytelling 30
Through expenditure of vis and the instruction of a sahir, a structure comes to resemble a boarded off and decrepit place. The sahir who casts this spell can concentrate at sunset to make it as if the place somehow undesirable to squatters (such as adding slightly concealed faces to the windows, or having dangerous animals seen sleeping through the windows). Gifted sahirs are known to take up abandoned buildings in Baghdad with this spell, often employing a spirit if they are able to cast this spell or commissioning greater bindings with this spell. Against a Perception+Awareness roll of 12, someone could see through this illusion.
(Base 20, +2 Ease factor)
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How goes the Majilis al-Sulayman
Solomonic Astrology 20
Detail: Thorough
By consulting astrological charts for an hour and observing other omens (such as the minute waves in a bowl of water or the way birds move along the sky), a sahir is able to both determine what is potentially being discussed at the moment of casting and the reactions of the five Asalat (and any other notable player). Most times this spell is casted multiple times during the second day of the Majilis, as information conveyed from the first day would most likely be that the audience is having a good time. Without knowing when and where the Majili starts, a sahir cannot cast this spell.
(Base 5, +3 Thorough)
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