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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EarthsShadow" data-source="post: 287624" data-attributes="member: 3531">Additional details...Element                                Single Element Spell - This is a spell the mage is casting that is composed of a single element.  Casting a single element spell does not add any Mana to the Mana Threshold.                                Dual Element Spell - This is a spell that is composed of two elements.  In order for a mage to cast a spell with two elements, he must have taken mage levels of both elements.                              The four dual element spell categories are: Weather, Plant, Lightning/Electricity, and Animal.  Casting a dual element spell adds 15 to the total MT of the spell.                                Range: This is how far away the spell's target is, or where it's effects start.                                Personal/Self - This spell only effects the caster of the spell.                        Touch - This spell is cast by a mage and it targets someone that the mage has to touch.  This kind of spell requires a touch attack made by the mage.                                Close - This spell has a range of 25 ft. + 5ft/2 mage levels of the mage.                                Medium - This spell has a range of 100 ft. + 10ft/level.Long - This spell has a range of 400 ft. + 10 ft/level.Extreme - This spell has no range requirements.  Note: This only works for non-damaging spells.  Spells that do damage can have a maximum range requirement of Long.Duration I: This type of duration is used for non-damaging spells.  Most appropriate for spells that involve illusions, enchantment or scrying types of spells.  Duration II: This type of duration is used for damaging spells.  Spells that do damage over the course of more than Instand duration do 1 less die of damage per round after the initial damage isdealt, until the duration of the spell ends.Senses Affected: This is used for non-damaging spells.  Mainly used for illusions that effect the senses.  Could also be used in other ways also.  Attack Roll: This is used for damage dealing spells.  The kind of attack roll included in the spell is either a Normal Touch Attack, Normal Ranged Attack, Ranged Touch Attack, or Automatic Hit.This is not used for damage dealing spells that target a area vs. a target.  So, if you are creating a blast dealing spell, then there is no Attack Roll necessary because your targeting a square andarea and not a specific person.  In other words, only use this if you are casting a spell that targets specific people.Dice: This is the type of die used in a damage dealing spell.  Number of Dice: This is used to determine how many dice are involved in a damage dealing spell.  Combined with Dice above, this dictates how many dice of what kind are used in the spell.Effects:Targeted - This type of spell targets a specific individual.  For each target you wish to target with the spell, it adds +2 to the Mana Treshold.  Burst - With this effect you select the point of origin, then the spell burst's out from this point, affecting whatever it catches in its area.  Cone - A cone effect shoots out from the caster's hands, starting just in front of the caster and it widens out as it goes.  The width at the end of the cone is equal to the distance selected underarea for the spell.Cylinder - As with a burst, you select the spell's point of origin.  This point is the center of a  horizontal circle, and the spell shoots down from the circle, filling the cylinder.Spread - This is best used for effects that are like fogs and clouds.  You select a point of origin, The spread does spread out around corners and walls, and it can spead to areas not visibleto the spell caster.  Emanation - This is like a burst except the effect continues to radiate from the point of origin for theduration of the spell.  Best examples are silence fields.Stream - This is like a cone, as it starts in front of the caster, except it surges forward from the caster in a 5 foot wide stream a number of feel equal to the area requirement.Wall - This is a wall effect, and it looks like a wall.  You select a point of origin, and from the point of origin it is 5 feet wide and a length equal to the area requirement.Area: This is either the radius involved in a spell with a burst, cone, cylinder, spread or emanation, or the length a stream or wall effect is.  Save DC: All spells can offer a target a chance to save or not.  For damaging spells, its appropriate for a Reflex save to see if they can move out of the way.  For spells that damage the body, like poisons, then a Fortitude save is appropriate.  For spells that affect the mind, the a Will save is appropriate.  The base DC is 10.  The DC of the spell can be increased +1 for each +2 MT you wish to put into the spell.  So, if you want a spell with a spell DC of 16, then the additional MT is +12.After you put in the mana you wish, then you add in your INT modifier to the final DC of the spell.You also must select if the target either takes half damage or no damage if a damage dealing spell, or no effect for any other spell.  Animating Undead: Special for Void casters.Type - this is the type of undead available for void casters.  When you want to animate an undead you first select the type involved.  So, if you are raising skeletons, then you add a one time modifier of +3 to the MT.  Number of Undead - Once you select the type of undead, you then figure out how many total you are trying to animate.  For each you are animating, you add +1 to your MT.Duration - Void casters use a different Duration chart specific for them animating undead.Size - You also must add in a one time addition depending on the size of the Undead you are trying to animate.</blockquote>

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