Available to: Druid, Witch, Wizard, Magician

Sources: Scroll of Nature, Eye of the Idol, Altar, Shaman

Blend Into Background (Type II/Grey)

Target: One character, hired leader or controlled monster

Duration: Day

Usefulness: 4

The target can record and do an extra Hide phase during his turn.

This spell duplicates the Elf's special ability. It seems that an extra Hide phase would be useful but not convenient enough to be worth taking as a starting spell. Also, as a Day spell, its usefulness is very limited. However, it may be useful in caves.

Fog (Type II/Grey)

Target: The spellcaster's hex tile

Duration: Day

Usefulness: 4

This spell prevents an individual who is doing the Search activity from using the Peer table. The spell affects every character, hired leader and controlled monster who is in the target tile or who is trying to search a clearing in the target tile (he cannot Peer into the tile from a mountain in an adjacent tile). This spell affects only the Search activity. It does not prevent an individual from using spells or Treasure cards to do the Peer activity in the tile.

Inconveniencing spell. This may best be used to prevent other characters from finding Hidden Paths.

Prophecy (Type II/Purple)

Target: One character

Duration: Day

Usefulness: 3

The target character ignores his recorded turn and chooses what to do on each phase of his turn as he does the phase. He gets the same number of phases and types of activities he is normally allowed, except that he can use an extra or enhanced activity caused by a belonging as soon as he activates that belonging, whether it was active during Birdsong or not. Only one horse per day can provide him with extra phases - once he has used an extra phase caused by one horse, for the rest of that day he cannot use extra phases caused by other horses. If this spell is broken before he finishes his turn, he is instantly blocked. Note: His hired leaders, controlled monsters, familiars, and phantasms must still do the turns recorded for them.

This spell duplicates the effects of the Timeless Jewel. Another potentially useful spell, but not so useful as to be worth taking at the start of the game. Especially since it works only for the day.

Stones Fly (Type II/Grey)

Target: Any number of characters, natives and/or monsters

Duration: Attack

Usefulness: 3

This spell attacks each target like a missile weapon with a length of 15, and it inflicts Light damage with one sharpness star. Special: This spell always makes at least four attacks. If the spellcaster specifies one target, all four attacks are made against that target. If he specifies two targets, two attacks are made against each target. If he specifies three targets, two attacks are made against the target where he put his Attention chit, and one attack is made against each other target. If he specifies four or more targets, one attack is made against each target. The spellcaster rolls separately on the Missile Table for each hit.

This seems too weak an attack spell to use effectively. Again, the four characters that can use Type II spells usually have higher priorities than a relatively weak missile spell, even if it can hit four or more times. Each attack has a 25% chance of killing a single Wolf (or other M monster), an 11.11% chance of killing a H monster or a 2.78% chance of killing a T monster. Mind you, it is the only attack spell available to the Druid or the Witch.

Talk to Wise Bird (Type II/Gold)

Target: One character

Duration: Instant

Usefulness: 3

The target character immediately does a remote Peer activity. He specifies any clearing on the map and uses the Peer table to search that clearing

Useful spell for searching out treasure sites without the bother of actually having to go there. If you have enough Gold magic and Magic chits, you can search several tiles in one Evening.

Witch's Brew(Type II/Grey)

Target: Any of the spellcaster's Type II and Type VIII magic chits

Duration: Day

Usefulness: 4

Each targeted Type II chit is transformed into a Type IV chit, and each targeted Type VIII chit is transformed into a Type Ill chit.

Chit-changing spell

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