Baser Influence of Scorpio
Spell, Astrology, level 5
Drives everyone within 20 ft. into one base passion: greed over visible treasure, lust, or indiscriminate berserk fury that ignores the caster.
From the book
Stirs one base passion in every individual or creature within 20 ft. of the caster; each must save vs Will or be gripped by it for 1 hour.
Greed makes the victims covet any treasure or valuables they can see, each insisting it is his or hers alone. Angry quarrels break out immediately, and those with violent natures will come to blows. Lust makes them drop whatever they are doing to find a mate: if a suitable partner is nearby they try to embrace them at once, and if not they leave straight away to go looking.
Fury throws the victims into a berserk rage in which they attack friend and foe alike. The enraged ignore only the caster, which makes this form of the spell especially dangerous to use.
At a glance
- Restricted to
- Astrologers and mages only
- Options
- 1 Greed; 2 Lust; 3 Fury
- Area
- Individuals or creatures within 20 ft. of the caster
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Save
- vs Will, as stated
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The corsairs of the Isles of Zora have tied the mage Pallas to the mast and are dividing the spoils around a chest of Atlantean coin. That is their mistake. Pallas speaks the scorpion's sign under his breath, and greed spreads outward from him like a stain. Within moments every pirate near the chest is shouting that it is his, and his alone. Knives come out. Only the cabin boy, frowning, seems untouched, and he quietly begins untying the ropes while his elders bleed.