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BUILDING YOUR WIZARD

A Wizard is built on the Adept Type framework in the Cypher System Rulebook. The Wizard gains select options from the Adept ability choices, along with new abilities derived from Flavors, Foci and custom abilities.

As with the Adept, a Wizard can always choose a lower tier ability instead of adding one from the current tier, and can also swap around( or “respec”) lower-tier abilities.

Please refer to the Cypher System Rulebook for the full text on your ability choices.
At each tier, a chart provides the Wizard abilities available at that tier, plus abilities available from other sources, if any. An asterisk (*) denotes a new ability that is not in the core book.

Stat	Starting Pool Value
Might	7
Speed	9
Intellect	11

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Roll	Background
1	You served as an apprentice for an wizard respected and feared by many people. Now you bear his mark.
2	You studied in a school infamous for its dark, brooding instructors and graduates.
3	You learned your abilities in the temple of an obscure god. Its priests and worshippers, although small in number, respect and admire your talents and potential.
4	While traveling alone, you saved the life of a powerful person. He remains indebted to you.
5	Your mother was a powerful wizard while she lived, helpful to many locals. They look upon you kindly, but they also expect much from you.
6	You owe money to a number of people and don’t have the funds to pay your debts.
7	You failed disgracefully at your initial studies with your teacher and now proceed on your own.
8	You learned your skills faster than your teachers had ever seen before. The powers that be took notice and are paying close attention.
9	You killed a well-known criminal in self-defense, earning the respect of many and the enmity of a dangerous few.
10	You trained as a warrior, but your wizard predilections eventually led you down a different path. Your former comrades don’t understand you, but they respect you.
11	While studying to be an wizard, you worked as an assistant for a bank, making friends with the owner and the clientele.
12	Your family owns a large vineyard nearby known to all for its fine wine and fair business dealings.
13	You trained for a time with a group of influential wizards, and they still look upon you with fondness.
14	You worked the gardens in the palace of an influential noble or person of wealth. She wouldn’t remember you, but you made friends with her young daughter.
15	An experiment you conducted in the past went horribly awry. The locals remember you as a dangerous and foolhardy individual.
16	You hail from a distant place where you were well known and regarded, but people here treat you with suspicion.
17	People you meet seem put off by the strange birthmark on your face.
18	Your best friend is also an wizard. You and she share discoveries and secrets readily.
19	You know a local merchant very well. Since you give him so much business, he offers you discounts and special treatment.
20	You belong to a secretive social club that gathers monthly to drink and talk.

TIER 1

First-tier wizards have the following abilities:
Effort: Your Effort is 1. Genius: You have an Intellect Edge of 1, a Might Edge of 0, and a Speed Edge of 0. Expert Cypher Use: You can bear three cyphers at a time. Starting Equipment: Appropriate clothing, plus two expensive items, two moderately priced items, and up to four inexpensive items of your choice. Special Abilities: Choose 3 of the abilities from the table below. You can’t choose the same ability more than once unless its description says otherwise.

Ability
Closed Mind (Magic Flavor Tier 1)
Distortion
Entangling Force (Magic Flavor Tier 1)
Erase Memories
Far Step
Hedge Magic - preselected
Magic Training - preselected
Mental Link (Magic Flavor Tier 1)
Onslaught
Practiced with Light Weapons
Premonition (Magic Flavor Tier 1)
Push
Resonance Field
Scan
Sculpt Flesh
Shatter
Ward

TIER 2

You gain the abilities of a second tier Adept except for the following exception:

You gain the second tier of the Cast Spells focus

Choose 1 of the abilities below

Ability
Adaptation
Concussive Blast (Magic Flavor Tier 2)
Cutting Light
Fetch (Magic Flavor Tier 2)
Flash
Force Field (Magic Flavor Tier 2)
Hover
Mind Reading
Retrieve Memories
Reveal
Stasis

TIER 3

You gain the abilities of a third tier Adept except for the following exception:

You gain the third tier of the Cast Spells focus

Choose 2 of the abilities below

Ability
Adroit Cypher Use
Barrier
Countermeasures
Distance Viewing (Magic Flavor Tier 3)
Energy Protection
Fling (Magic Flavor Tier 3)
Fire and Ice
Force at a Distance (Magic Flavor Tier 3)
Sensor
Targeting Eye

TIER 4

You gain the abilities of a fourth tier Adept except for the following exception:

You gain the fourth tier of the Cast Spells focus

Choose 1 of the abilities below

Ability
Exile
Ignition (Magic Flavor Tier 4)
Invisibility
Matter Cloud
Mind Control
Projection
Pry Open (Magic Flavor Tier 4)
Rapid Processing
Regeneration
Reshape
Slay
Wormhole

TIER 5

You gain the abilities of a fifth tier Adept except for the following exception:

You gain the fifth tier of the Cast Spells focus

Choose 2 of the abilities below

Ability
Absorb Energy
Concussion
Conjuration
Create
Divide Your Mind
Dust to Dust
Fast Travel (Magic Flavor Tier 5)
Knowing the Unknown
Master Cypher Use
Teleportation
True Senses

TIER 6

You gain the abilities of a sixth tier Adept except for the following exception:

You gain the sixth tier of the Cast Spells focus

Choose 1 of the abilities below

Ability
Control Weather
Earthquake
Move Mountains
Relocate (Magic Flavor Tier 6)
Traverse the Worlds
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