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Fortitude

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Fortitude

Name Fortitude
Length Short (2 Minutes)
Range 5ft / 1.5m
Duration Until time out
Cost Special
Material Cost 1 unit of ash
Key Words Corporeal
Description The subject of this rite is given one or more tearable cards by the attending referee, at a cost to the magician of 2 magic points per card. Thereafter, and until time out on the day the rite is performed, the subject may tear one of these cards, calling Resist, to resist one effect.


The caster must specify one form of resistance, of the following. Every charge given in one casting of this rite must be of the same type (i.e. the caster may not mix and match effects).

  • Iron Body: The subject may use one charge to resist one body effect, per the skills.
  • Resist Disease: The subject may use one charge to resist one disease, per the skill Resist Disease.
  • Resist Poison: The subject may use one charge to resist one poison, per the skill Resist Poison.


The subject must be conscious resist any effect, and cannot resist multiple simultaneous effects.


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