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Record Count: 15

Accessorize, Nip and Tuck View
Sortilege High Society Level 0
Real Cost: 3 Active Points: 15
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Glamer
Description
The Sortiligist fusses over clothing making adjustments, mixing and matching, and magically a new wardrobe is affected.
Effect
Cosmetic Transform 2d6 (Clothes Into Any Other Clothing, Dispel Magic), Lingering +1 Phase (+1/4), Improved Target Group (+1/4) (15 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Extra Phase (-1 3/4), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), No Range (-1/2), Limited Target (Clothes Only; -1/2), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points High Society; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Charming Grace View
Sortilege High Society Level 0
Real Cost: 6 Active Points: 15
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Glamer
Description
The Sortiligist must succeed at an opposed High Society Skill Roll vs each individual they wish to use the extra PRE against. Obviously the Sortiligist does not get to include the bonus PRE of the Spell itself to these rolls. Charming / Intoxicating / Unassailable Grace do not stack with one another.
Effect
+15 PRE, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+0) (15 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -3/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests High Society vs High Society; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Indifference View
Sortilege High Society Level 0
Real Cost: 6 Active Points: 15
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Mind-Affecting
Description
The Sortiligist adopts an aloof manner which shields him from mind affecting abilities.
Effect
+15 Mental Defense (15 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), Only to Activate, -3/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points High Society; -1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Hour (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Forced Gaffe View
Sortilege High Society Level 1
Real Cost: 9 Active Points: 27
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Curse
Description
The Sortiligist trades a few words with the target, traps them into a boorish remark, and thereafter the target will make one gaffe after another..
Effect
Negative Skill Levels (-6 with High Society), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 6 Hours (+0), Difficult To Dispel (x4 Active Points; +1/2) (27 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, -3/4), Requires A High Society Skill vs Spell Resistance Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests; -1/2), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Reveal Allegiance View
Sortilege High Society Level 1
Real Cost: 10 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Description
The Sortiligist can sense the relationships between people in any gathering, sniffing out alliances, emnities, etc. Long Term Endurance Lost Paid When Spell Is Cast
Effect
Detect Relationships 21- (Unusual Group), Discriminatory, Analyze, Range, Sense, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+0) (30 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -1), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster suffers 3 LTE Loss; -1/2), Requires An High Society Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points -1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Blase View
Sortilege High Society Level 2
Real Cost: 18 Active Points: 45
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Mind-Affecting
Description
The Sortiligist adopts an aloof manner which shields him from mind affecting abilities.
Effect
+36 Mental Defense, Hardened (+1/4) (45 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), Only to Activate, -3/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points High Society; -1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Hour (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Efficient Accessorize, Nip and Tuck View
Sortilege High Society Level 2
Real Cost: 8 Active Points: 44
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Glamer
Description
The Sortiligist fusses over clothing making adjustments, mixing and matching, and magically a new wardrobe is affected.
Effect
Cosmetic Transform 5d6 (standard effect: 15 points) (Clothes Into Any Other Clothing, Dispel Magic), Improved Target Group (+1/4), Lingering up to 1 Turn (+1/2) (44 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Turn (-1 1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Limited Target (Clothes Only; -1/2), No Range (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points High Society; -1/4), Gestures (-1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Unassailable Grace View
Sortilege High Society Level 2
Real Cost: 18 Active Points: 45
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Glamer
Description
The Sortiligist must succeed at an opposed High Society Skill Roll vs each individual they wish to use the extra PRE against. Obviously the Sortiligist does not get to include the bonus PRE of the Spell itself to these rolls. Charming / Intoxicating / Unassailable Grace do not stack with one another.
Effect
+45 PRE, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+0) (45 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -3/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests High Society vs High Society; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Improved Forced Gaffe View
Sortilege High Society Level 3
Real Cost: 19 Active Points: 58
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Curse
Description
The Sortiligist trades a few words with the target, traps them into a boorish remark, and thereafter the target will make one gaffe after another for the next 25 years..
Effect
Negative Skill Levels (-6 with High Society), Difficult To Dispel (x4 Active Points; +1/2), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 25 Years (+1 3/4) (58 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, -3/4), Requires A High Society Skill vs High Society Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests; -1/2), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Shared Reveal Allegiance View
Sortilege High Society Level 3
Real Cost: 20 Active Points: 60
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Description
The Sortiligist and 1 other can sense the relationships between people in any gathering, sniffing out alliances, emnities, etc. Long Term Endurance Lost Paid When Spell Is Cast
Effect
Detect Relationships 21- (Unusual Group), Discriminatory, Analyze, Range, Sense, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+0), Usable Simultaneously (up to 2 people at once; +1/2), Ranged (+1/2) (60 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -1), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster suffers 6 LTE Loss; -1/2), Requires An High Society Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points -1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Intoxicating Grace View
Sortilege High Society Level 4
Real Cost: 30 Active Points: 75
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Glamer
Description
The Sortiligist must succeed at an opposed High Society Skill Roll vs each individual they wish to use the extra PRE against. Obviously the Sortiligist does not get to include the bonus PRE of the Spell itself to these rolls. Charming / Intoxicating / Unassailable Grace do not stack with one another.
Effect
+75 PRE, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+0) (75 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -3/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests High Society vs High Society; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Greater Forced Gaffe View
Sortilege High Society Level 5
Real Cost: 28 Active Points: 84
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Curse
Description
The Sortiligist trades a few words with the target, traps them into a boorish remark, and thereafter the target will make one gaffe after another for the next century..
Effect
Negative Skill Levels (-8 with High Society), Difficult To Dispel (x4 Active Points; +1/2), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Century (+2) (84 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, -3/4), Requires A High Society Skill vs High Society Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests; -1/2), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Group Reveal Allegiance View
Sortilege High Society Level 5
Real Cost: 30 Active Points: 90
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Description
The Sortiligist and several others can sense the relationships between people in any gathering, sniffing out alliances, emnities, etc. Long Term Endurance Lost Paid When Spell Is Cast
Effect
Detect Relationships 21- (Unusual Group), Discriminatory, Analyze, Range, Sense, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+0), Ranged (+1/2), LOS Not Required to Maintain (+1/2), Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1) (90 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -1), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster suffers 9 LTE Loss; -1/2), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Requires An High Society Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Humility Curse View
Sortilege High Society Level 6
Real Cost: 20 Active Points: 101
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Mind-Affecting, Language-Based, Curse
Description
The Sortiligist uses scathing remarks and clever repartee to belittle a target in the eyes of others, leaving them permanently humbled (unless Curse is dispelled / nullified). Long Term Endurance Lost Paid When Spell Is Cast
Effect
Drain PRE 1 1/2d6, Ranged (+1/2), IPE, Hide effects of Power (Fully Invisible; +2), Delayed Return Rate (points return at the rate of 5 per Century; +3 1/4) (101 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster suffers 10 LTE Loss; -1/2), Language Barrier (-1/2), Requires An High Society Skill vs High Society Roll (RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests, No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Social Chameleon View
Sortilege High Society Level 6
Real Cost: 27 Active Points: 100
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Glamer
Description
The Sortiligist shifts appearances with a thought, blending in to any social setting. He can even imitate peoples appearances (but not their clothing or equipment). Long Term Endurance Lost Paid When Spell Is Cast
Effect
Social Chameleon: Shape Shift (Sight, Hearing, Smell/Taste, Touch, Mental and Mystic Groups, four (max) shapes), Imitation, Instant Change, Makeover, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+1/4), Difficult To Dispel (x2 Active Points; +1/4), Persistent (+1/2) (100 Active Points); Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster takes 14 LTE loss; -1), Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -1), Requires An High Society Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; -1/4), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4), Gestures (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition