Divine Ultimatum

Tier 4 Spell (Daunting(d d d d) difficulty)

"Now, Wura, lend me your full power!"

— The first cleric of Wura to use this spell.

The Elderon are powerful beings, far more powerful than any mere mortal could hope to be. This spell offers a mere fraction of their true power to the most devoted of clerics, and is different for each Elderon. The full list of effects is below:

• Elder Sight: Granted to Coraga's followers, this allows the caster to create a one-way divination circle that can see almost anything that is currently happening. There are restrictions, however. Because this power is granted by Coraga herself, she can choose to deny the requested vision if it is used with selfish or perverted intent. In addition, it cannot be used to see the future, and seeing into the past requires an object or person from that time.
• Dwarven Paradox: Granted to Wura's followers, this spell can make a target grow to silhouette 3 (as massive as a jet fighter) until the end of the caster's next turn, doubling all melee and unarmed damage dealt.
• Attractiveness Overload: Granted to Bayu's followers, this spell makes a target so attractive to a wall or ceiling, that it manifests as a gravitational pull. This can be used to immobilize enemies, or to walk on the walls. This effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to the caster's ranks in Knowledge.
• Goldenwing Roar: Granted to Drogus's followers, this spell sends a powerful roar that deals Sonic damage to all enemies in front of the caster, and can even be used in places where there is no atmosphere.
• Weather Command: Granted to Araque's followers, this spell allows the caster to change the weather of their current location, from summoning or removing storms to causing lightning strikes and heatwaves. This cannot be used in places where there is no atmosphere, or if the caster is not currently on a planet.
• Moonlight Howl: Granted to Lycaros's followers, this spell grants the target the speed and strength of a wolf pack, allowing them to move from short to long range in a single maneuver, and any attacks they make gain the Vicious quality with a rating equal to the caster's ranks in Knowledge, and a critical rating of 2.
• Gorgon's Gaze: Granted to Mulus' followers, the target of this spell must make a Discipline check with a difficulty equal to the caster's ranks in Knowledge. If they fail, they become petrified and cannot move for a number of turns equal to the caster's ranks in Knowledge. The caster may spend t from the spell's check to make the condition permanent. Permanently petrified people can be saved if someone, including the original caster, casts Gorgon's Gaze on them again.
• Miracle Charm: Granted to Dalomon's followers, this spell can heal any injury, cleanse any illness, and even regrow missing limbs, although this process usually takes a few days. It can be used to depetrify those affected by Gorgon's Gaze, and restore a character's wound and strain thresholds. It cannot be used to revive the dead, however.
• Chaos Word: Granted to Endiro's followers, this spell's effect is determined by replacing "word" with a single-word command during the casting. Endrio will then aid the caster, usually through acts of mischief or trickery. It is said that no two Chaos Word spells operate the same way. For example, one use of "Chaos Extinguish" might summon a prank flower that dowses flames in water, while another might conjure a fire extinguisher which is then thrown at the fire.

Manifestation

Divine Ultimatum's effects always spawn from a central runic circle surrounding a smaller one, both of which appear during the casting motions.

Gestures & Ritual

To cast Divine Ultimatum, the caster must first stretch their arms out about equal distance from each other, palms facing outward, their left above their head, and their right about waist height, like so:

Then, they must rotate them around an imaginary central point, creating the outer runic ring as they go, while saying the first name of the spell in question.

Then, they bring their hands together in the center of the circle, with their wrists pressed against each other, and their palms stretched outward.

Finally, they must rotate their palms in the opposite direction they rotated their arms before, while saying the second word in the spell's name.

While doing all of this, the caster must concentrate on the desired effect of the spell before releasing its energies.

Related Discipline

Divine Magic

Effect Duration

Varies

Effect Casting Time

2 Combat Maneuvers and 1 Action (2 minutes)

Range

short (range band)

Level

Characters need at least 1 rank in Divine to cast this spell

Applied Restriction

Divine Ultimatum requires both arms be free during the casting. If the user does not have both arms free, or the ritual is interrupted, the spell does not work.