Arken/ThePrinceisyourMaster

The Prince is Your Master

Celestial: 30 motes

On completing this spell the caster shines for a moment with a coruscating aura of glory and love, all those that see this flare of power are overwhelmed with adoration for the caster and suddenly realise he their rightful ruler.

The caster rolls Charisma + Occult and adds automatic successes equal to Permanent Essence: all beings of equal or lower essence to the caster that are looking at him must resist with Temperance + Willpower. Non-Solar celestial exalted suffer a –1 penalty to this roll, those that are not celestial exalted suffer a –2 penalty. All those that fail must halt and fall to their knees in supplication, they may not move until they succeed at this roll, they may try once a turn. Those that succeed are unaffected by the spell.

A target that fails this first roll must again roll Temperance + Willpower (without the above penalties) against the caster or have their minds overwhelmed with love and a desire to serve the caster. A target that is at this stage does not roll to escape as those in the first state unless ordered to do something against their nature.

The caster may issue orders to those beings in the second state:

• He may order beings that fail by only one success to perform any service that is not innately self-damaging; he may not order the being to attack or to fail in self-defence. The being is very favourably disposed towards the caster and so may attack if the caster asks, but they are not forced to if they would not do the same for a Lord they loved.
• The Caster may force beings that fail by two or three successes to attack or perform dangerous actions; they will not do anything that is inherently suicidal. The being loves the caster as they would their closest friends or family members.
• He may order beings that fail by more than three to commit seppuku or kill themselves. Beings in this state have their minds utterly overwhelmed and will follow almost all orders without question.

Anyone in the first state that resists the second for an entire scene is freed. The caster commits a point of willpower on casting this spell and the effect lasts until he chooses to end it. If a being under the enchantment of this spell is without the presence of the caster for more days then the caster’s presence they may make a new Temperance + Willpower roll in the morning to throw off the effects of the spell. They may make further attempts to resist in increments of days equal to the caster’s essence, these rolls gain an automatic success for each such roll already attempted. If they once again enter into the presence of the caster they are again his servant.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Comments: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Really like the idea of this spell but don't know about the double rolling to resist. i see how this spell could be really abused and that it needs a good resist roll but is there really a pont to rolling twice at the same resists? Maybe instead allow the victim to act against the spell by spending a willpower and succeding a conviction roll. Just a thought. -Some Sideral

I was wondering why you would commit a point of willpower on a spell, when most sorcery effects have set time limits or are indefinite? -grypph