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Alleviate Curse View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 20 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Anti-Magic
Description
The Sortiligist is able to work his magic to disrupt curses, with some effort. Long Term Endurance Lost Paid When Spell Is Cast
Effect
Dispel Curses 14d6, any Curse one at a time (+1/4), Lingering up to 1 Turn (+1/2), Cumulative (168 points; +3/4) (105 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Delayed Phase, -1 3/4), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Turn (-1 1/4), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster suffers 7 LTE loss; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests Performance Skill vs Magic Skill of Caster; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Beating Drums of Despair View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 28 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Mind-Affecting, Fear, Compulsion
Description
The Sortiligist pounds out a basic rythym on anything, even by clapping or snapping his fingers. Waves of sound spread invisible forth, sapping the courage of all in their paths.
Effect
Drain PRE, EGO 2d6, MegaScale (1" = 1 km; +1/4), PRE, EGO simultaneously (+1/2), Lingering up to 5 Minutes (+1), Area of Effect Radius: 8", Selective (+1 1/4), Delayed Return Rate (points return at the rate of 5 per 6 Hours; +1 1/4) (105 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 5 Minutes (-1), Gestures (Requires both hands; Complex; Playing Make-believe Drums; -3/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests Performance vs Spell Resistance; -1/4), Noisy (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Blinding Dweomer Light of the Rhapsodist View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 25 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Light
Description
The Sortiligist hums a few bars of giddy music and a shimmering ball of light appears, streaking off to strike an opponent in the eyes
Effect
Sight Group Flash 21d6 (105 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Incantations (Song) (-1/4), Requires A Performance Roll (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Discordant Word View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 21 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic
Description
The Sortiligist shouts a single word charged with magical power, deafening and stunning an opponent.
Effect
Hearing Group Flash 6d6 (18 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Linked (Ranged Killing Attack; -1/2), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Performance; -1/4) (Real Cost: 4)
plus
Ranged Killing Attack 2d6-1 (vs. Flash Defense (Hearing)), Does BODY (+1), AVLD (Flash Defense: Hearing; +1 1/2) (87 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Incantations (-1/4), No Knockback (-1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Performance; -1/4) (Real Cost: 20)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Disruptive Note View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 36 Active Points: 100
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Figment
Description
The Sortiligist strums a chord/sings a note that imperceptibly resonates, disrupting unusual senses across a vast area for an entire day. Long Term Endurance Lost Paid When Spell Is Cast
Effect
Darkness to Hearing and Mental Groups, Danger Sense, Combat Sense and Spatial Awareness 1" radius, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+1/4), Personal Immunity (+1/4), MegaScale (1" = 1 km; +1/4), Conforming (+1/2), Uncontrolled (+1/2), IPE, Hide effects of Power (Fully Invisible; +2) (100 Active Points); Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster suffers 10 LTE loss; -1/2), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Greater Cone of Sound View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 21 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic
Description
The Sortiligist uses his voice as a weapon, uttering a painful shout.
Effect
Ranged Killing Attack 2d6 (vs. Flash Defense (Hearing)), Area of Effect Cone: 16" (+1), AVLD (Flash Defense: Hearing; +1 1/2) (105 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), No Range (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests, No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll Performance vs Spell Resistance; -1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4), No Knockback (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Greater Dispelling Melody View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 21 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Anti-Magic
Description
With some effort the Sortiligist is able to harmonize a melody that mystically disrupts some Arcane workings of magic.
Effect
Dispel Arcane Magic 14d6, Cumulative (+1/2), Any Arcane Magic Effect 1 at a time (+1/2), Lingering up to 1 Turn (+1/2) (105 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Turn (-1 1/4), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster suffers 6 LTE loss; -1/2), Gestures (Requires both hands; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Performance Skill; -1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Greater Sense Storm View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 30 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Glamer
Description
The Sortiligist brings forth a swirling storm of magical sensations which overload the sense of those caught in the area of effect.
Effect
Change Environment 32" radius, -2 to Sight Group PER Rolls, -2 to Smell/Taste Group PER Rolls, -2 to Touch Group PER Rolls, -2 to Hearing Group PER Rolls, -1 INT Roll and all Skill Rolls based on INT, Multiple Combat Effects, Uncontrolled (+1/2) (90 Active Points); Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Hour (-1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests, No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll Performance vs Spell Resistance; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Greater Soothing Song View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 42 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Mind-Affecting, Compulsion
Description
The Sortiligist hums a lullaby; the targets are affected by it but do not detect the lullaby itself or realize they are growing tired unnaturally (IPE, Hid Affects); those not in the AoE may hear the lullaby however.
Effect
Suppress STUN 4d6, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 6 Hours (+0), Uncontrolled (+1/2), Area Of Effect Radius: 28", Selective (+1 3/4), Invisible Power Effects, Hide effects of Power (Fully Invisible; +2) (105 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate Constant or Persistent Power, -3/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Cannot Be Used With Multiple-Power Attacks (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests, No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll Performance vs Spell Resistance; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Horrifying Howl View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 21 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic
Description
The Sortiligist uses their voice as a weapon, uttering a painful howl that bursts eardrums and leaves foes in disarray.
Effect
Ranged Killing Attack 1d6+1 (vs. Flash Defense (Hearing)), Explosion (Cone; -1 DC/2"; +1/2), Does BODY (+1), +5 Increased STUN Multiplier (+1 1/4), AVLD (Flash Defense: Hearing; +1 1/2) (105 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), No Range (-1/2), No Knockback (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Performance; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Improved Warding Chant View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 21 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Description
The Sortiligist Sings and Plays (or provides percussive accompanyment with their hands) a complex melody, which weaves a mystic web of resistance to Magic around up to 4 people. This is a Defensive Action and may be Aborted to.
Effect
Spell Resistance, Ranged (+1/2), Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1) (105 Active Points); Gestures, throughout (Complex; Requires both hands; -1), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Character May Take No Other Actions, -3/4), Incantations, throughout (Complex; -1/2), Concentration 1/2 DCV, throughout (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points Performance; -1/4) 29-
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Lesser Warding Chant View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 21 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Description
The Sortiligist Sings and Plays (or provides percussive accompanyment with their hands) a complex melody, which weaves a mystic web of resistance to Magic around up to 4 people. This is a Defensive Action and may be Aborted to.
Effect
Spell Resistance, Ranged (+1/2), Usable Simultaneously (up to 128 people at once; +2) (105 Active Points); Gestures, throughout (Complex; Requires both hands; -1), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Character May Take No Other Actions, -3/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV, throughout (-1/2), Incantations, throughout (Complex; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points Performance; -1/4) 21-
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Mass Improved Resonant Resistance View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 29 Active Points: 103
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Description
The Sortiligist Sings a little Melody which stays in the recipients head for the duration, granting a modicum of protection from unusual attacks.
Effect
+14 Mental Defense, LOS Not Required To Maintain (+1/2), Usable Simultaneously (up to 128 people at once; +2) (54 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate Constant or Persistent Power, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points Performance; -1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4) (Real Cost: 15)
plus
PowD (14 points), LOS Not Required To Maintain (+1/2), Usable Simultaneously (up to 128 people at once; +2) (49 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate Constant or Persistent Power, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points Performance; -1/4) (Real Cost: 14)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Piercing Cry View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 22 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic
Description
The Sortiligist undulates his voice in such a way as to project terrible, agonizing sounds in an Area of Effect.
Effect
Drain STUN 3d6, Delayed Return Rate (points return at the rate of 5 per Minute; +1/4), Ranged (+1/2), AVLD (Flash Defense: Hearing; +3/4), Area of Effect Radius: 8" (+1) (105 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Requires A Performance Roll And A Magic Skill vs Spell Resistance Roll (RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests, No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll -1/2)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Resist Magic View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 25 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Anti-Magic
Description
The Sortiligist weaves a mystic web of resistance to Magic around nearby allies. This is a Defensive Action and may be Aborted to.
Effect
Suppress 5d6, all Magic simultaneously (+2), Area of Effect Radius: 2" (+3/4), Does Not Affect Self Or Allies (+1/4) (100 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Turn (-1 1/4), No Range (-1/2), Incantations (Requires Incantations throughout; -1/2), Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (1/2 DCV; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Performance; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Rousing Melody View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 19 Active Points: 100
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Mind-Affecting, Compulsion
Description
The Sortiligist rouses a group to clap along with their music or chant.
Effect
Mind Control 8d6, Lingering up to 1 Turn (+1/2), Invisible Power Effects, Hide effects of Power, Source Only (Fully Invisible; +1/2), Cumulative (+1/2) (100 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Turn (-1 1/2), Extra Time (Extra Segment, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Set Effect "Stop Activities And Clap Hands" (-1/2), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4), Mandatory Effect EGO +10 (-1/4), Does Not Provide Mental Awareness (-1/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Performance; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Shattering Howl View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 20 Active Points: 100
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic
Description
The Sortiligist simply howls, undulating his voice up and down the register, shatering breakables.
Effect
Ranged Killing Attack 2d6-1 (vs. PD), Area of Effect Cone: 16" (+1), Penetrating (x4; +2) (100 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), No Range (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests, No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll Performance vs Spell Resistance; -1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4), No Knockback (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Sonic Aura View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 32 Active Points: 104
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic
Description
The Sortiligist surrounds himself with an aura of Sonic force that protects him from Sonic attacks.
Effect
FF (16 PD/16 Flash Defense: Hearing Group), Hardened (+1/4), Persistent (+1/2), Invisible to Hearing, and Sight Groups, Hide effects of Power (+1 1/2) (104 Active Points); Only vs Sonic Attacks (-1), Extra Time (Extra Segment, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Incantations (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Hour (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Story for the Ages View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 23 Active Points: 100
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Mind-Affecting, Compulsion
Description
The Sortiligist tells a story (etc) before a throng of 20 or more people and it is embedded solidly into the minds of the listeners, who will in turn go on to relate it to others who in their turn tell someone else, and so on until it has spread virally even despite attempts to squelch it. It becomes entrenched in the collective consciousness of a region or beyond. However, this tires the Sortiligist greatly and it takes them a few weeks to recover from the taxing ordeal.
Effect
Reality Hack, 1 Continuing Charge lasting Forever (+0) (100 Active Points); Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster Suffers A -3 Penalty To Their Performance Skill Roll, FADE rate = -1 / Week (fades completely in 3 weeks); -1), Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -1), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Must Perform Before A Gathering Of At Least Twenty People Or More (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; Performance; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Sublime Sonic Aegis View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 42 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Force
Description
The Sortiligist surrounds themselves with an aura of Sonic force that protects them from all conventional attacks as well as sonic assaults.
Effect
FF (14 PD/14 ED/14 Flash Defense: Hearing Group), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+1/4), Hardened (+1/4), Persistent (+1/2), Invisible to Sight Group (+1/2) (105 Active Points); Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Performance; -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Superior Sense Storm View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 35 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Glamer
Description
The Sortiligist brings forth a swirling storm of magical sensations which overload the sense of those caught in the area of effect.
Effect
Change Environment 32" radius, -3 to Sight Group PER Rolls, -2 to Smell/Taste Group PER Rolls, -2 to Touch Group PER Rolls, -3 to Hearing Group PER Rolls, -2 INT Roll and all Skill Rolls based on INT, Multiple Combat Effects, Uncontrolled (+1/2) (105 Active Points); Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Incantations (Complex; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests, No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll Performance vs Spell Resistance; -1/4), Gestures (-1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Hour (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Wall of Sound View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 27 Active Points: 103
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Sonic, Force
Description
The Sortiligist talks, sings, or otherwise makes meaningful noise and for the duration a perfect dome of pure sound appears.
Effect
Force Wall (19 PD; 2" long and 1" tall) (Opaque Hearing Group), Hardened (+1/4), Transparent to ED Attacks (+1/2) (104 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1), Incantations (throughout; -1/2), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, Only to Activate, -1/4), Gestures (-1/4), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4), Requires A Magic Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points; -1/4), Restricted Shape (Bubble; -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Warding Chant View
Sortilege Performance Level 6
Real Cost: 18 Active Points: 105
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Description
The Sortiligist Sings and Plays (or provides percussive accompanyment with their hands) a complex melody, which weaves a mystic web of resistance to Magic around up to 4 people. This is a Defensive Action and may be Aborted to.
Effect
Spell Resistance, Ranged (+1/2), Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1) (90 Active Points); Gestures, throughout (Complex; Requires both hands; -1), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Character May Take No Other Actions, -3/4), Incantations, throughout (Complex; -1/2), Concentration 1/2 DCV, throughout (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (Active Point penalty to Skill Roll is -1 per 20 Active Points Performance; -1/4) 23-
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition