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Effects to Deal with Volcanic Inhabitants

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	{{ArsMspell\|		{{ArsMspell\|
	==== Basalt Cage ====		==== Basalt Cage ====
	'''~~MuAn(Ig)~~''' 45		'''CrTe''' 20
	\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' ~~Sun~~, '''T:''' Individual		\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Momentary, '''T:''' Individual, Ritual
	\|		\|This ritual creates a large cage made out of basalt stone with a single gate (also
	\|Base 25, +1 Touch, +~~2 Sun~~, +1 ~~Size~~, ~~free requisite~~}}		made of basalt) that can be opened and shut. The cage is large enough to hold ten man-sized creatures. Individuals in the cage may find it difficult to escape, if the gate is somehow locked or barred.
	Required Lab Total to invent spell:
	One Season (90), Two Seasons (68), Three		However, the main purpose of the ritual is to create a cage which is subsequently
	Seasons (60), Four Seasons (57).		enchanted as an item with the effect ''The Entrapped Flame''.

			Note that, if your character is talented at Rego magics, he may find it easier to use
			a Rego Terram craft effect to sculpt such a cage from a hunk of basalt. However, remember to consider that the magus must make a Finesse roll against an Ease Factor of 24 to succeed in casting such a Rego craft effect, as it would be hard for a mundane craftsman to sculpt such an item and it would take him a long time to do so (see ''Covenants'' page 49).
			\|Base 3, +1 Touch, +1 Size, +1 complex structure, +2 minimum level of a ritual}}
			Required Lab Total to invent spell: One Season (40), Two Seasons (30), Three Seasons (27), Four Seasons (25).

	{{ArsMspell\|		{{ArsMspell\|
	==== ~~Basalt Cage~~ ====		==== Commune with the Fire Soul ====
	'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45		'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
	\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual		\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
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	==== ~~Basalt Cage~~ ====		==== Ring of Protection Against Creatures of Fire ====
	'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45		'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
	\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual		\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
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	==== ~~Basalt Cage~~ ====		==== Sense the Hearts of Fire ====
	'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45		'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
	\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual		\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
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	==== ~~Basalt Cage~~ ====		==== Sublimation of Flame ====
	'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45		'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
	\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual		\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
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	==== ~~Basalt Cage~~ ====		==== The Entrapped Flame ====
	'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45		'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
	\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual		\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
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	====Story Seed: Eternal Spirit of Flame====		====Story Seed: Eternal Spirit of Flame====
			The volcano (or a regio within it) may be inhabited by a powerful magical nature spirit, or possibly a spirit associated with another realm. Once the characters have established themselves in or near the volcano, they can try to contact and commune with this spirit. Alternatively, the spirit may contact the magi itself. Bjornaer and Merinita characters
			are particularly likely to be contacted, as they are generally the magi most connected with nature, but any character apparently interested in the welfare of the volcano could be contacted.

			Communing with the spirit at the heart of the volcano allows the characters to access the Volcano Lore Supernatural Ability (this is a type of Nature Lore; see Houses of Hermes: Mystery Cults, pages 102–106, or Guardians of the Forests: The Rhine Tribunal, page 37).

			The volcano spirit can grant Virtues to characters who are loyal to it. The basic procedure is that the character performs a quest for the spirit and makes a sacrifice (gains a Flaw) and in return the spirit grants the character a portion of his power (a Virtue). Each quest is a good opportunity for the troupe to tell a story. Some example Virtues, quests, and
			sacrifices include the following.
	=====Virtues=====		=====Virtues=====
	=====Quests=====		=====Quests=====

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	=== Effects to Deal with Volcanic Inhabitants ===		=== Effects to Deal with Volcanic Inhabitants ===

			Volcanoes might be home to a number of supernatural creatures. These effects may help the magi deal with their neighbors.

			{{ArsMspell\|
			==== Basalt Cage ====
			'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
			\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
			\|
			\|Base 25, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Size, free requisite}}
			Required Lab Total to invent spell:
			One Season (90), Two Seasons (68), Three
			Seasons (60), Four Seasons (57).

			{{ArsMspell\|
			==== Basalt Cage ====
			'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
			\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
			\|
			\|Base 25, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Size, free requisite}}
			Required Lab Total to invent spell:
			One Season (90), Two Seasons (68), Three
			Seasons (60), Four Seasons (57).

			{{ArsMspell\|
			==== Basalt Cage ====
			'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
			\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
			\|
			\|Base 25, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Size, free requisite}}
			Required Lab Total to invent spell:
			One Season (90), Two Seasons (68), Three
			Seasons (60), Four Seasons (57).

			{{ArsMspell\|
			==== Basalt Cage ====
			'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
			\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
			\|
			\|Base 25, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Size, free requisite}}
			Required Lab Total to invent spell:
			One Season (90), Two Seasons (68), Three
			Seasons (60), Four Seasons (57).

			{{ArsMspell\|
			==== Basalt Cage ====
			'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
			\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
			\|
			\|Base 25, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Size, free requisite}}
			Required Lab Total to invent spell:
			One Season (90), Two Seasons (68), Three
			Seasons (60), Four Seasons (57).

			{{ArsMspell\|
			==== Basalt Cage ====
			'''MuAn(Ig)''' 45
			\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Sun, '''T:''' Individual
			\|
			\|Base 25, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Size, free requisite}}
			Required Lab Total to invent spell:
			One Season (90), Two Seasons (68), Three
			Seasons (60), Four Seasons (57).

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			====Story Seed: Eternal Spirit of Flame====
			=====Virtues=====
			=====Quests=====
			=====Sacrifices=====
			\|}

	==Increasing the Lab Total==		==Increasing the Lab Total==

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 |Base 15, +1 Touch; +3 linked trigger (''Fill the Well''), +1 2 uses per day}}
 Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (48), Two Seasons (36), Three Seasons (32), Four Seasons (30).
 === Effects to Deal with Volcanic Inhabitants ===

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	* Metal objects held or worn by the caster (or target) melt. This causes no damage if he immediately drops the item, although usually it ruins the item. If the character holds onto the item, he takes +12 heat damage. If he is wearing full metal armor, he takes +48 damage; partial metal armor, +36 damage.		* Metal objects held or worn by the caster (or target) melt. This causes no damage if he immediately drops the item, although usually it ruins the item. If the character holds onto the item, he takes +12 heat damage. If he is wearing full metal armor, he takes +48 damage; partial metal armor, +36 damage.
	* The caster’s (or target’s) clothing turns to ash. This causes no damage exceptto the clothing, but obviously it draws attention to the character. Metal armor and jewelry is slightly singed, but otherwise unaffected.		* The caster’s (or target’s) clothing turns to ash. This causes no damage exceptto the clothing, but obviously it draws attention to the character. Metal armor and jewelry is slightly singed, but otherwise unaffected.
	* Fires within Voice range of the target (or caster) briefly flare up to a brilliant,		* Fires within Voice range of the target (or caster) briefly flare up to a brilliant, searing heat and then extinguish.
	searing heat and then extinguish.		* Wherever the caster (or target) walks, her footprints burn into the surfaces she walks upon. This leaves a clear trail of scorched earth and ash. This side effect lasts for Sun duration.
	* Wherever the caster (or target) walks, her footprints burn into the surfaces		* The room briefly fills with toxic volcanic fumes. An immediate Stamina check, against an Ease Factor of 6, must be made for each character within the room. If this is failed the character takes a Medium wound. If the room is normally ventilated, the poisonous fumes disperse within 1 round. However, if the room is sealed, the fumes persist and characters in the room need to take another Stamina check every Diameter. If the effect is cast outside, there is no damaging effect as the fumes are too quickly dispersed, although characters within Voice range of the caster do smell the fumes before they disperse.
	she walks upon. This leaves a clear trail of scorched earth and ash. This side effect lasts for Sun duration.
	* The room briefly fills with toxic volcanic fumes. An immediate Stamina check, against an Ease Factor of 6, must be made for each character within the room. If this is failed the character takes a Medium wound. If the room is normally ventilated, the poisonous fumes disperse within 1 round. However, if the room is sealed, the fumes persist and characters in the room need to take another Stamina check every Diameter. If the effect is cast
	outside, there is no damaging effect as the fumes are too quickly dispersed, although characters within Voice range of the caster do smell the fumes before they disperse.
	* The humors of the caster (or target) become temporarily unbalanced. Make a Stamina check for the target against an Ease Factor of 6. If this is failed, the character develops a disease due to an excess of hot, dry, yellow bile, which causes a Medium Wound.		* The humors of the caster (or target) become temporarily unbalanced. Make a Stamina check for the target against an Ease Factor of 6. If this is failed, the character develops a disease due to an excess of hot, dry, yellow bile, which causes a Medium Wound.
	* The humors of the caster (or target) become subtly, but permanently unbalanced. This causes no immediate effect, but the character’s subsequent Aging checks are made with an additional –1 Living Condition Modifier. Note, that this side-effect only affects the character once, even if he is affected by the spell/item effect multiple times.		* The humors of the caster (or target) become subtly, but permanently unbalanced. This causes no immediate effect, but the character’s subsequent Aging checks are made with an additional –1 Living Condition Modifier. Note, that this side-effect only affects the character once, even if he is affected by the spell/item effect multiple times.
	* The humors of the caster (or target) are buffered against extreme swings.		* The humors of the caster (or target) are buffered against extreme swings. This causes no immediate effect, but the character’s subsequent Aging checks are made with an additional +1 Living Condition Modifier. Note, that this side effect only affects the character once, even if he is affected by the spell/item effect multiple times.
	This causes no immediate effect, but the character’s subsequent Aging checks are made with an additional +1 Living Condition Modifier. Note, that this side effect only affects the character once, even if he is affected by the spell/item effect multiple times.		* The outer layers of the target’s skin form a hard, black crust. This gives him a +3 bonus to Soak, which lasts for Sun duration. When this side-effect expires, the crust of skin peels off over a period of about one week. This has no game-mechanical effect, but it is visually unappealing: the peeling skin is broken, scabbed, and burnt.
	* The outer layers of the target’s skin form a hard, black crust. This gives him a +3 bonus to Soak, which lasts for Sun duration. When this side-effect expires, the crust of skin peels off over a period of about one week. This has no game-mechanical effect, but		* The caster (or target) is imbued with a warm internal glow. She does not suffer from exposure, hunger, or thirst until the glow subsides, which takes a simple die of Sun durations. This side effect appears to bypass the Limit of Energy, which could make the spell Lab Text an important source of insight for a magus attempting research in this area.
	it is visually unappealing: the peeling skin is broken, scabbed, and burnt.
	* The caster (or target) is imbued with a warm internal glow. She does not suffer from exposure, hunger, or thirst until the glow subsides, which takes a simple die of Sun durations. This side effect appears to bypass the Limit of Energy, which could make the spell Lab Text an important source of insight for a magus attempting research
	in this area.

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Laboratory Customizations

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	=== Laboratory Customizations ===		=== Laboratory Customizations ===

			Features can be added to a laboratory which add a bonus to certain types of Lab
			Totals, and elements of the laboratory’s structure or location can also be auspicious for some sorts of work. Many of the options presented in ''Covenants'' ([[Covenants_Chapter_Nine:_Laboratories#Laboratory_Specializations\|pages 112–121]]) could help with the Burning City effects. Some new Laboratory Virtues and Flaws include the following.

			====Features====

			A Greater Feature is a ''Major Structure Virtue'' for a Laboratory and it adds +2 Aesthetics and +3 points distributed among the appropriate specializations. A Lesser Feature is a ''Minor Structural Virtue'' and it adds +1 Aesthetics and +1 in an appropriate specialization.

			=====Fumes=====

			A sphere of glass rests on plinth in the laboratory. Trapped in the sphere are swirling, noxious vapors captured from a volcanic vent. ''Specializations: Pe, Au, Ig''.

			=====Pool of Lava=====

			The laboratory is either built to enclose a pool of lava or a specially constructed cauldron keeps a sample of lava hot and molten. ''Specializations: Ig, Te''.

			=====Thermal Spring=====

			A volcanically heated spring bubbles up from the center of the laboratory. ''Specializations: Cr, Aq, Ig''.

			=====Volcanic Rock=====

			In the center of the laboratory is a huge slab of volcanic rock. ''Specializations: Mu, Ig, Te''.

			====Dormant Volcano====

			''Free Structure Virtue''

			The laboratory is located in a dormant volcano crater. ''+1 Aesthetics, +1 Ig''.

			====Active Volcano====

			''Major Structure Flaw''

			The laboratory is located in an active volcanic crater. Note that the Safety, Upkeep, and Health factors here assume that this laboratory and the magus are both somehow protected from the catastrophic hazards of being in an active volcano crater. ''+2 Upkeep, –2 Safety, –1 Health, +1 Experimentation, +3 Ig''.

			====Mineral Bath====

			''Minor Outfitting Virtue''

			The laboratory contains a mineral bath that is heated by a volcanic source. The magus takes frequent baths while contemplating his work. ''+2 Health, –1 Safety, +1 Aq, +1 Longevity Rituals''.

			====Volcanic Spirit Forge====

			''Minor Supernatural Virtue''

			The laboratory contains a forge that is heated by a volcanic spirit. ''–1 Upkeep, –1
			Safety, +1 Experimentation, +1 Re, +1 Ig''.

			====Hell Portal====

			''Major Supernatural Flaw''

			The laboratory contains a fiery portal to Hell. ''–2 Safety, +2 Warping, +1 Re, +3 Vi''.

	=== Experimentation ===		=== Experimentation ===

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	=== Shape and Material Bonuses ===		=== Shape and Material Bonuses ===

			Shape and Material bonuses can give your characters bonuses to their Lab Total when inventing item effects ([[Ars_Magica_5E_Standard_Edition,_Chapter_Eight:_Laboratory#Instilling_The_Effect\|ArM5, page 99]]). Also, if a magus has a Talisman, then its Shape and Material bonuses can be used to give him a bonus when casting appropriate spells (once the Talisman has been attuned; see [[Ars_Magica_5E_Standard_Edition,_Chapter_Eight:_Laboratory#Talisman_Attunement\|ArM5, page 98]]).

			Some new Shape and Material Bonuses are listed later (the troupe should feel free to devise their own Shape and Material bonuses too). The bonuses written in italic text have been drawn from other books in Ars Magica Fifth Edition. The bonuses written in regular text are new suggestions.

			'''Ash''' (burned debris, not the tree) (+2
			burning things, +5 affect things that
			have been burned, +2 Ignem)

			'''Artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum''' (+3 volcanoes)

			'''Marble''' (''+5 wards, +3 beauty'', +3 cold)

			'''Mask''' (''+2 affect wearer’s sight, +3 hiding, +7 disguise,'' +2 affect wearer’s breathing)

			'''Mirror''' (+7 illusions, +5 see the truth)

			'''Vent''' (+7 affect air passing through it)

			'''Volcano''' (+5 volcanoes)

	=== Laboratory Customizations ===		=== Laboratory Customizations ===

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Well Ever-Full

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	'''Pen''': 0, 2 uses per day		'''Pen''': 0, 2 uses per day
	\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Momentary, '''T:''' Individual		\|'''R:''' Touch, '''D:''' Momentary, '''T:''' Individual
	\|This effect eliminates the salt in the water in the well. This effect is triggered by the ''Fill the Well'' power, and is activated one round later.		\|This effect eliminates the salt in the water in the well. This effect is triggered by the [[Hermetic_Projects_Chapter_Two:_The_Burning_City#Fill_the_Well\|''Fill the Well'']] power, and is activated one round later.

	Note that the salinity of the water will not return once it has been removed. This		Note that the salinity of the water will not return once it has been removed. This
	is because salt is not part of the essential nature of water.		is because salt is not part of the essential nature of water.
	\|Base 15, +1 Touch; +3 linked trigger, +1 2 uses per day}}		\|Base 15, +1 Touch; +3 linked trigger (''Fill the Well''), +1 2 uses per day}}
	Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (48), Two Seasons (36), Three Seasons (32), Four Seasons (30).		Required Lab Total to invest effect: One Season (48), Two Seasons (36), Three Seasons (32), Four Seasons (30).