Pyromancy - Burninatin' the Countryside

[Traskus]

This spell school has equivalency with Evocation.

New keywords found here.


Pyromancy 1

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Brand
Pyromancy 1
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 15
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Touch
Duration: Indefinite

The caster marks an object or living being with a burn. This burn can be used to identify the caster, and the caster can use it to know the exact location of the target within 100m.


Cauterize
Pyromancy 1
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 20
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Touch
Duration: Instant

The caster burns a bleeding point. It hurts, but it makes the bleeding stop. The target loses one wound. If the target is suffering from the blood loss condition, that condition ends.


Firebolt
Pyromancy 1
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 15
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Attack, Combo-OK, Ranged Touch, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: Instant

One target within 50m takes XkY e damage with the fire property, where X is the effective pyromancy level to cast and Y is half the effective pyromancy level to cast (rounding up).


Lights/Lights Out
Pyromancy 1
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 15
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: Instant

The caster extinguishes fires in the room. Either you may start small fires or any small fire within 10m of the caster is snuffed out. Anything larger than a bonfire is beyond their ability to extinguish or create.


Salamander's Blessing
Pyromancy 1
Pyromancy + Charisma
Action: free action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Somatic, Subtle
Duration: Instant

The blessing of the Salamanders chapter is upon you. This spell may be used as a test to avoid catching fire or resisting the effects of heat.


Torch
Pyromancy 1
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 10
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: Concentration (free action)

You create a ball of glowing psy-flame, roughly as powerful as a glow-lamp. It may come from anywhere on your body, and pulses with rhythm of your heartbeat. It can be any color, but produces no heat or other non-visible radiation.

Pyromancy 2

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Allure of the Flame
Pyromancy 2
Pyromancy + Charisma
TN: 20
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Mind-Affecting, Social, Somatic
Duration: Concentration (reaction)

Fire is dangerous, but beautiful and alluring. The caster conjures up a harmless flame, drawing the attention of everyone around. Compare the focus power test to the mental defense of everyone within 10m. Anyone with a lower mental defense than the test is allured and fascinated by the flame unless they spend one Resolve, in which case they can pay attention or ignore it at their leisure.

How the affected react to the flame is random. They could desire to touch it, attack/abduct the caster, or attempt to extinguish it.


Fire Aura
Pyromancy 2
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
TN 20
Action: Full Action
Keywords: Somatic, Touch, Verbal
Duration: One scene

The touched weapon's damage type becomes E and it deals +1 damage per effective pyromancy level.


The Gift of Fire
Pyromancy 2
Pyromancy + Charisma
TN: 20
Action: Free Action
Keywords: Mind-Affecting, Social, Somatic, Touch
Duration: One scene

Not just able to bring fire forth, but to inspire others as fire has done. The affected target gains +1k1 to all Academic Lore and Performer tests per 2 Pyromancy levels to cast.


Fireball
Pyromancy 2
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 20
Action: Half action
Keywords: Attack, Combo-OK, Ranged touch, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: Instant

Make a ranged attack with a 50m range with blast (level*2). The targets hit takes XkY e damage with the fire property. X is equal to the effective pyromancy level to cast and Y is equal to half the effective pyromancy level to cast (rounded up).


Solar Flare
Pyromancy 2
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 20
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Saving Throw, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: Instant

The caster creates a flash of light that blinds those taken unaware. Everyone within 30 meters must make an Arcana + Wisdom saving throw, if they fail they are blinded for three rounds. If they have bionic eyes they gain an additional +2k0 on the saving throw.

Pyromancy 3

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Burning Hands
Pyromancy 3
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 25
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: (Pyromancy)/turns

The caster's hands are enveloped in flame. The caster must spend a resource point. Their unarmed attacks may substitute pyromancy for strength when rolling damage and grants the attack the incindiary property.


Endure Flames
Pyromancy 3
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 20
Action: Half action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: One scene

The caster can endure the most severe flames, allowing them to walk through fire unharmed. The caster is immune to the fire condition and Flame weapons, as well as halves all damage from plasma or melta weapons before other damage calculation. This extends to their clothes and equipment.


Flameborn Spirit
Pyromancy 3
Pyromancy + Charisma
TN: 25
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Material, Somatic
Duration: Instant
Material: a pound of charcoal

The caster calls upon the spirits of fire to serve him. One fire elemental is summoned to serve the caster for the duration of the scene. If he wishes for it to fight, he must give it rocket fuel.


Sacred Hearth
Pyromancy 3
Pyromancy + Charisma
TN: 25
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Material, Mind-Affecting, Social, Somatic
Duration: One week
Material: a phoenix feather

A hearth is the mark of a home, whatever shape it takes. The caster designates a controlled indoor fire to affect. That fire cannot expand or send sparks flying and anyone in the area the hearth warms recovers two extra Resolve per day, and lastly anyone with a mental defense lower than the focus power roll has their dispositions increased by one step of friendliness towards all others.

Pyromancy 4

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Dragon's Breath
Pyromancy 4
Pyromancy + Charisma
TN: 30
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Attack, Combo-OK, Physical, Somatic
Duration: Instant

The breath of the great fire wyrms and other great beasts. The caster makes a ranged attack with the profile of a flamer that cannot jam. This spell can satisfy the breath keyword.


Fire in the Night
Pyromancy 4
Pyromancy + Charisma
TN: 25
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Mind-Affecting, Saving throw, Social, Subtle
Duration: One week

Fire was one of the first tools, made to ward off threats and keep its wielder safe. The caster blesses a controlled fire like a torch or a hearth, to ward the area in a 20m radius. All mundane wild animals stay well away from it, and sapient mundane beings must roll Arcana + Composure over the focus power test to breach the area or even attack something in it unless you allow it.

Anything affected by the spell in the area will immediately leave it unless they pass the saving throw.


Flame Body
Pyromancy 4
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 30
Action: Full Action
Keywords: Focus, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: concentration (free action)
Focus: a matchbox

The caster's body becomes pure fire and flame, showing severe burns and burning blood. Any and all non-magical equipment the caster is holding or wearing (except the matchbox) are immediately consumed by fire. Any melee weapon that strikes the caster has a 70% chance of being destroyed after inflicting damage following the rules of the power field property. The caster's unarmed attacks have the fire property. As long as the power is sustained, the psyker also gains the stuff of nightmares trait. After the spell ends, the caster suffers 1d5 levels of fatigue.


Incendiary Cloud
Pyromancy 4
Test: Pyromancy + Willpower
Target Number: 30
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Verbal, Somatic
Duration: Instant

You create a cloud of roiling fire, up to two five meter cubes per caster level. Within this cloud of flame, visibility is reduced to 2m. All breathing creatures that start their turn within the gas or move through it during their turn are set on Fire. The cloud dissipates at a normal rate, vanishing in about five minutes in normal conditions, less if there's wind, bright sunlight, and so forth.

Pyromancy 5

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Blue Flare
Pyromancy 5
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 35
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Attack, Combo-OK, Energy, Ranged Touch, Somatic
Duration: Instant

Make an attack that deals 6k4 damage +2 per effective pyromancy level at a range of up to 120m with the fire property.


Catalyst
Pyromancy 5
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 35
Action: Full Action
Keywords: Attack, Combo-OK, Somatic
Duration: Concentration (reaction)

The caster projects a dome that disperses heat and energy away. This is a dome with a radius of 10m +1m per Pyromancy rating. Anyone inside this dome is immune to damage from fire and ranged weapons with the Flame property, and reduces other E-type damage from ranged weapons by half before other damage calculation.

[Traskus]

Removed fira and firaga. Altered fire to scale and so you don't have to anguish over choosing it, fira, or firaga. Yes it isn't as powerful as bio-lighting, get over it.

[Amanojyaku]

1/2=0 unless stated otherwise.

Now fix it again.

[Traskus]

Removed calefaction, douse flames, fire's eye, projector of oz, vulkan's gift, ashen air, fire claw, flametongue, forbidden sun, explosion,
Those spells were either redundant or just awkward to implement.

Gave a dodge tn to dragon's breath.
Fire in the night hopefully better. It only works on normies now.
Reworded flame body's not-power field to actually be a power field.

[username]

Since the other schools are no stranger to having appropriate book 1n2 spells repurposed for availability in the new school tracks as well, is there any possibility of having Incendiary Cloud (Conjuration 4, book 2) added as a pyromancy spell too? It seems a bit strange not to have it.
It even gets benefit based on caster level already so it really fits right in.

[Traskus]

Changed out some incendiaries for the fire property, and added fire to fireball. You know, because you should have that.

[Lestat]

Two spells at level 2 stand out to me.

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Fire Shield
Pyromancy 2
Test: Pyromancy + Charisma
Target Number: 20
Action: Reaction
Keywords: Energy, Somatic
Duration: Instant

The caster creates a wall of fire between themselves and an attacker. Anything that successfully hits the caster in melee loses a number of wounds equal to the effective Pyromancy level to cast.

The Gift of Fire
Pyromancy 2
Pyromancy + Charisma
TN: 20
Action: Free Action
Keywords: Mind-Affecting, Social, Somatic, Subtle, Touch
Duration: One hour

Not just able to bring fire forth, but to inspire others as fire has done. The affected target gains +1k1 to all Academic Lore and Performer tests per Pyromancy level to cast.

These two spells stand out as being too much to me at that spell level. 5 wounds without risking Psychic Phenomenon, or 8 with pushing. A lot for a normal caster, but its also a reaction, and doesn't bother with attack/saving throws. Yes you get hit, but you don't have to Static Defense stack with dodge/parry, just meet TN 20 and be high Pyromancy. There's no guarantee that you could dodge the attacker anyway, but you can guarantee this, which likely hits back harder than 99% of enemies.
The Gift of Fire obviously breaks Aria, something I've made, but I understand not dealing with balancing cross-brew. However you have Cecaelia which can make Ballistics into Performer, and get +5k5 or +8k8 for a scene of full auto/sniping. I get the assumption that Academic Lore/Performer suck so just ultra buff them, but then if any brew actually makes use of them then you can't use the spell with decent balance.

[Traskus]

Well, you do risk phenomena unfettered but your point remains valid. I'll give it a nerf, even if it just cuts it in half or just one.

I do try to consider other people but there's a lot to consider and iirc that spell predates aria and cecaelia. I can't remember where I got it but the source material has it do more or less the same as it does here. Performer and ac lore aren't great but they can come in handy and a buff to someone when the resident bard or nerd aren't around can come in handy. The real issue is how big the buff is. Few people will ever need +5k5 to academic lore or perform, though I think the intent was you fetter since phenomena still exists and the benefit hits diminishing returns quickly.

[Traskus]

Removed spells.