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Incantations
« on: August 12, 2012, 02:10:14 AM »
Spellshape Incanter
Through your study of magic, you have learned to use the incantations associated with one of the arcane circles.
   Prerequisite: One level in a spellshaper class
   Benefit:  When you take this feat, choose a circle of formulae to which you have access. You gain the ability to use the incantations associated with that circle.  At first, you can only use the circle's least incantation once per day.  If your shaper level is 7th or higher, you can instead use the least incantation three times per day.  If your shaper level is 13th or higher, you can instead use the least incantation at will.
   When you reach shaper level 7th, you gain access to the circle's lesser incantation.  In order to use a lesser incantation, you must have at least 10 ranks in Spellcraft, and you must know at least two formulae from the incantation's circle.  At first, you can only use a lesser incantation once per day.  If your shaper level is 13th or higher, you can instead use the lesser incantation three times per day.
   When you reach shaper level 13th, you gain access to the circle's greater incantation.  In order to use a greater incantation, you must have at least 16 ranks in Spellcraft, and you must know at least four formulae from the incantation's circle.  You can use a greater incantation only once per day.
   Special: You can take this feat more than once.  Each time you take the feat, you gain the ability to use the incantations associated with a different circle of formulae to which you have access.



Incantations
Incantations are a set of basic powers that are associated with a circle of spellshaping.  Each circle has a set of three incantations associated with it, of three different levels: Least, Lesser, and Greater.  As a spellshaper grows in power, he learns to shape higher-level incantations and gains increasing mastery with incantations he already knows.
   All incantations are spell-like abilities with verbal components, but no somatic components.  Thus, an incantation can be shaped in armor without difficulty, but can only be shaped by a spellshaper who is able to speak in a strong voice.  A silence spell or a gag spoils the incantation.  A spellshaper who is deafened has a 20% chance to spoil any incantation that he or she tries to shape.
   An incantation is the equivalent of a spell whose level is equal to one-half the spellshaper's shaper level (round down), with a minimum level of 1st and a maximum of 9th.  A multiclass character who has different shaper levels for the purposes of each class shapes incantations at his or her highest shaper level derived from a class with which he or she has access to the incantation's circle.

Shaping Incantations
Unlike formulae, incantations are not expended and recovered.  Instead, incantations can only be shaped a certain number of times per day.  Each incantation can be shaped a certain number of times per day, depending on its level, and the shaping of one incantation does not affect the shaping of other incantations from its circle or the shaping of other incantations of its level.
   The number of times per day that a spellshaper can shape an incantation is determined by his shaper level.  In addition, shaping an incantation of lesser or greater level requires both a minimum number of formulae known from its circle and a minimum number of ranks in the Spellcraft skill.
   Once a spellshaper gains the ability to shape the incantations associated with a circle, his progression with those incantations proceeds naturally.  So long as he meets their prerequisites, he naturally learns a circle's higher-level incantations when he reaches the appropriate levels.
   Least: At 1st level, a spellshaper can shape a least incantation once per day.  If the spellshaper's shaper level is 7th or higher, he can instead shape the least incantation three times per day.  If his shaper level is 13th or higher, he can instead shape the least incantation at will.
   Lesser: In order to shape a lesser incantation, a spellshaper must know at least two formulae from the incantation's circle and have at least 10 ranks in Spellcraft.  At 7th level, a spellshaper can shape a lesser incantation once per day.  If the spellshaper's shaper level is 13th or higher, he can instead shape the lesser incantation three times per day.
   Greater: In order to shape a greater incantation, a spellshaper must know at least four formulae from the incantation's circle and have at least 16 ranks in Spellcraft.  At 13th level, a greater incantation can be shaped once per day.
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Re: Incantations
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« Last Edit: August 12, 2012, 11:53:31 AM by DonQuixote »
“Hast thou not felt in forest gloom, as gloaming falls on dark-some dells, when comes a whisper, hum and hiss; savage growling sounds a-near, dazzling flashes around thee flicker, whirring waxes and fills thine ears: has thou not felt then grisly horrors that grip thee and hold thee?”

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“Hast thou not felt in forest gloom, as gloaming falls on dark-some dells, when comes a whisper, hum and hiss; savage growling sounds a-near, dazzling flashes around thee flicker, whirring waxes and fills thine ears: has thou not felt then grisly horrors that grip thee and hold thee?”

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“Hast thou not felt in forest gloom, as gloaming falls on dark-some dells, when comes a whisper, hum and hiss; savage growling sounds a-near, dazzling flashes around thee flicker, whirring waxes and fills thine ears: has thou not felt then grisly horrors that grip thee and hold thee?”

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“Hast thou not felt in forest gloom, as gloaming falls on dark-some dells, when comes a whisper, hum and hiss; savage growling sounds a-near, dazzling flashes around thee flicker, whirring waxes and fills thine ears: has thou not felt then grisly horrors that grip thee and hold thee?”