Astrology
Field of magic
The study of the heavens, reading signs and omens in the stars.
From the book
Astrology studies the heavens and the reading of omens and portents. Its practitioners are perhaps the most scholarly of all spell casters: astrologers are schooled as scribes and linguists and are frequently consulted for advice and counsel, and every one serves a patron sky or sun deity whose alignment he or she is bound to uphold. Mages choose astrology as their primary field and combine it with Divine Magic (magi), High Magic (cabalists) or Enchantment (archimages), while a charlatan can dabble in its first level spells.
The bulk of its spells are divinations. A long run of -mancies includes astromancy, chartomancy, chiromancy, crystalomancy, botanomancy, theriomancy, geomancy and hydromancy, and beside them sit spells to detect danger, poison, curses and magic and to find directions and objects, rising at last to Legend and Prophecy. Its second major thread consists of the incantations of the sun, moon and planets, each available in lesser and greater versions, and the zodiac influences, running from the Initiative of Aries to the Restorative Power of Pisces, which are reserved for astrologers and mages. A handful of spells go further still, among them Astral Bolt, the four elemental Signs, Chariot of the Sun and Travel to Outer Plane.
Starting at 5th level, an astrologer or mage may cast any zodiac or planet spell they know in silence by drawing its sign in the air, and both can construct an observatory, which provides one extra spell per day and divinations of the highest quality.
At a glance
- Used by
- Astrologer, Mage (primary field), Charlatan (optional, first level only)
- Level 1 spells (8)
- Astral Bolt*, Astromancy, Detect Magic, Fortune, Initiative of Aries*, Lesser Incantation of the Moon, Lesser Incantation of the Sun, Locate Object
- Level 2 spells (8)
- Chartomancy, Contra-influence of Gemini*, Lesser Incantation of Mars, Lesser Incantation of Mercury, Locate Direction, Misfortune, Psychomancy, Will of Taurus*
- Level 3 spells (8)
- Astral Vision, Chiromancy, Courage of Leo*, Detect Curse, Detect Poison, Lesser Incantation of Jupiter, Lesser Incantation of Venus, Mnemonic Influence of Cancer*
- Level 4 spells (8)
- Crystalomancy, Detect Danger, Fire Sign, Greater Incantation of Mercury, Healing Influence of Virgo*, Lawful Influence of Libra*, Lesser Incantation of Saturn, Water Sign
- Level 5 spells (8)
- Air Sign, Baser Influence of Scorpio*, Botanomancy, Earth Sign, Greater Incantation of the Moon, Greater Incantation of the Sun, Legend, Truth of Sagittarius*
- Level 6 spells (8)
- Chariot of the Sun, Circle of the Zodiac*, Curative Influence of Capricorn*, Greater Incantation of Mars, Greater Incantation of Venus, Passage of Aquarius*, Theriomancy, Travel to Outer Plane
- Level 7 spells (6)
- Geomancy, Greater Incantation of Jupiter, Greater Incantation of Saturn, Hydromancy, Prophecy, Restorative Power of Pisces*
- Total spells
- 54
- Practitioners
- Astrologers; mages (astrology is the mage's primary field, with Divine Magic, High Magic or Enchantment secondary)
- Restricted spells (*)
- Restricted to astrologers and mages only
- Special
- Mages of 5th level or higher can cast known symbol spells (planetary or otherwise) without a verbal component (p. 26)
- Spells per day
- Any two known spells, plus one more per level of ability gained (spell level irrelevant) (p. 68)
- Default components
- Verbal and somatic unless stated; no material components unless stated (p. 68)
- Default casting time
- One full round; first level spells take slightly less (p. 68)
- Spell type
- Each description ends with SAVE and SPELL TYPE lines; 'Variable' spells scale with caster level as stated, 'Non-variable' do not
- Extra-curricular research
- Outside casters pay 500 X.P. per spell level; asterisked (restricted) spells cannot be learned this way (p. 70)
- Spell list table
- p. 74 (* = restricted)
- Spell descriptions
- pp. 79-83
- Silent casting
- Astrologers of 5th level or higher can cast any known zodiac or planet spell silently by tracing its sign in the air (page 16)
- Observatory
- An astrologer (or mage) working in his or her own observatory casts 1 additional spell per day and gets the best possible divination results