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Subject: Re: Mind College 1.3 Special Knowledge Spells
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>S10.    Transmutation
>Range: 15 feet + 15 / Rank
>Duration: 10 minutes + 10 / Rank
>Experience Multiple: 1000
>Base Chance: 1%
>Resist: May be actively & passively resisted
>Storage: Investment, Ward, Magical Trap
>Target: Entity or Object
>Effect:The Adept may transmute and rearrange the elemental components of
>any target that fails to resist, transforming it into any form of the same
>mass that the Adept desires. A living entity can only be rearranged into
>another living form (which may or may not have a limited lifespan in the
>current environment). This spell cannot confer skills or magical abilities,
>but the target will acquire the non-magical features of the new form such
>as wings, gills etc, and may use them according to ability. If the new form
>is maintained without disruption for the duration of the spell, the target
>may revert to its original shape.


    I had not read this spell properly, all the way through, before, so I
didn't spot the bit about only turning a living target into another living
form. This is a really good idea, because it stops the spell from being an
instant irressurectible death spell. Excellent.
    I would suggest that when the target of the spell is self, then the
spells duration can be ended at the target's discretion, if only to avoid
meaningless time wasting while waiting for the spell to expire.

Jim.


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