Disaster

Threads

 * 0

Thread Weaving Target

 * 5/10

Casting Target

 * Target's Mystic Defense

Range

 * 10 yards

Duration

 * Rank rounds

Effect

 * Create a distraction

Description

 * Figment. This spell creates the figment of a disaster happening just beyond normal sight. The magician glances around casually, then stops and stares hard at a fixed point on the horizon, saying out loud something like “Oh, Passions, look over there!” or “What in the world can that be?” and makes a Spellcasting test against the highest Mystic Defense among the target group, +1 for each additional target. If successful, the evidence of a disaster of the magician’s choosing is created: a plume of smoke rising from the roofs of a village, the sounds of people screaming, or some other minor, but distracting, effect.
 * The target’s attention is drawn to the supposed disaster and is sufficiently distracted to allow the equivalent of a Blindsided attack against him. The magician may affect up to Spellcasting Rank targets. The spell cannot be cast inside small, enclosed environments, such as rooms with no windows. If used against a target engaged in combat, or another equally engaging activity, the magician must achieve an additional success for the spell to affect him. Anyone affected by the spell targeted by an Action test (such as an Attack test) which draws their attention is no longer affected by the spell. If this spell has previously affected a target and they were attacked as a result, it may not be used again on that target until the following day.

Success Levels

 * Increase Duration (+2 rounds)

Extra Threads

 * Increase Range (+10 yards)