Level: 4
Range: Self
Duration: Ten minutes per level.
Casting Time: One melee action.
Saving Throw: -4 penalty
P.P.E.tm Cost: 12

An invocation that allows a mage to alter his physical appearance to a fair degree. If the mage has the Disguise skill, he can add a +15% bonus when using this spell. If he does not have it, his base skill is 30% +5% per level when using this spell. He can not, however, copy another person's face (too complicated). What he can do is change the appearance of his clothing, his apparent age (add or subtract three years per level), his apparent P.B. or P.S. (can alter each by one point per level of experience), and the shape of his body.

The mage still retains his own sex, voice, memory, skills, attributes, and abilities with the illusion, at least until level three. After level three, the mage can change his apparent sex, race, personal odor, and the sound of his voice in addition to his appearance. At level four, he can use his Lore: D-Bee and Lore: Demons & Monsters skills as a Disguise skill and make himself look like a member of another race. Size and weight does not change, but can appear to. Anyone who successfully saves against the spell will not see the illusion but the mage himself. The mage could also use this spell to boost his horror factor to equal (not exceed) his spell strength. Combined with Mask of Deceit, the mage can totally change his appearance into that of another person. Add Ventriloquism to this spell, and the change is even more complete.

Level: 4
Range: Self or others by touch.
Duration: Two minutes per level.
Casting Time: One melee action.
Damage: None
Saving Throw: Standard if resisted.
P.P.E.tm Cost: 10

Recipients of this magic will gain a P.B. rating equivalent to a P.B. of 28 (86% chance to charm or impress) and +5% on the Interrogation, Pick Pockets, and Performance skills. Anyone looking at the recipient gets a save vs. illusion magic - success means that the recipient is seen for exactly what he is.

Level: 4
Range: Two miles per level.
Casting Time: One minute
Duration: Until the desired amount is collected or 1 day, whichever comes first.
P.P.E.tm Cost: 20

The shaman can call all the insects or animal scavengers in the forest to comb it for dead flesh. The matter is transported mystically and rapidly decomposes as it is being carried, and arrives at the shaman in a pulp state. This is to allow the caster to use the dead matter as desired, usually by the next spell. The use of this spell can also help prevent disease.

Level: 4
Range: Touch
Casting Time: Two melee rounds.
Duration: One hour per level.
Saving Throw: None - matter is dead.
P.P.E.tm Cost: 5 for initial molding, 15 for every hour afterwards.

The shaman can mold the carrion, which he collects. Vast amounts are usually gathered, depending on the habitat. The initial molding makes the carrion mega-damage! After the initial molding, the shaman can add to the heap whenever he so desires. The carrion has 10 M.D.C.tm per item created (takes about one hour to create a simple item), or per six by six square foot area (each area takes a half hour to develop). Weapons can be created and are also mega-damage structures, but only do S.D.C.tm damage.

Dried carrion armor typically weighs about 14 lbs and causes a -10% penalty to prowl, but has an amazing 80 M.D.C.tm (double or triple according to size for larger and non- humanoid creatures). The Animal Shaman can create artwork, shelters, walls, shovels, axes, chairs, etc. Just use the appropriate skill if the GM feels it is necessary. For non- Rifts worlds the mega-damage values should be replaced with equal S.D.C.tm

Level: 4
Range: 60 feet
Casting Time: One melee action.
Duration: Two days per level.
Saving Throw: 12 or better (does not change).
P.P.E.tm Cost: 35

This is a mild curse by comparison to bloodlust, and is a simple fear of all things dead or dying. The victim will not be able to enter a graveyard, a hospital, or even discuss disease, death, or dead people. The cure is the same as all curses.

Level: 4
Range: Self
Casting Time: One melee action.
Duration: Five minutes per level.
Saving Throw: None
P.P.E.tm Cost: 15

The shaman can cover himself with a layer of thick, sharp quills. The armor has 45 M.D.C.tm and does not impede movement. Upon command 2d4 quills can dislodge to spray a target or area. One target will take 3d6 M.D.tm, while 1d4+1 targets in a 10ft area will take 1d4 M.D.tm .

Level: 4
Range: self
Casting Time: One melee action.
Duration: 1 hour per level
P.P.E.tm Cost: 35

The shaman can endow himself with the senses of a wolf, or a close approximation. His sense of smell is increased by 200 percent, (Identification of smell, direction of smell, etc.) and the shaman�s peripheral vision, hearing, and even touch sensitivity are

Level: 4
Range: 60ft
Duration: Instant
Casting Time: One melee action
Damage: 2d4x10+20 S.D.C.tm or 4d4 M.D.C.tm (the damage can be regulated).
Saving Throw: Dodge
P.P.E.tm Cost: 7

This spell requires a bone or handful of small bones (like from a hand) as a physical component. The necromancer utters the words of the spell, crushes the bones in his hand, and throws them at a target. The fragments splinter and impale the target! The death mage gets a +5 bonus to strike with the shards. Damage is doubled near a ley line, and tripled when near a nexus. Damage is also doubled if the bone of a supernatural creature is used (dragon, unicorn, sowki, demon, etc.)

Level: 4
Range: 30ft
Duration: Instant
Casting Time: One melee action
Saving Throw: Special
P.P.E.tm Cost: 10

This interesting bit of magic was developed in the Rifts city of Lazlo. This is a seemingly useless spell, which is what local guildmembers and private wizards in the city thought when that laughed at the developer, Lostrel Zhane. Then they found their magic scrolls blank. They also found their magical libraries ruined. Entire passages, accounts, laboratory reports, and chapters of the costly books were partially deleted (some even totally wiped out). Even a one of a kind text on developing magical servants was damaged beyond repair, when the first six chapters on the necessary preparation for the ceremonies were erased in a way that made you wonder if there was ever any writing there. Even Techno-wizards who thought their magical information was safe on the encrypted hard drives of their personal computers found their text files garbled beyond recognition. The neophyte who created the spell was grudgingly accepted into one of the most renowned guilds of Lazlo, and also made a lot of enemies when he agreed to teach a course on the creation and usage of this spell. Those same enemies were placated (on the surface, at least) when he offered to sell a validated counter-spell for Wordwipe.

When targeted at a scroll, book, or any sort of object with writing upon it this spell magically erases some of the writing! Even if it is encrypted or in a foreign language, the text is erased. If the caster also has the Computer Operations skill (70% skill level or better) he can attack one specific data format or program on a computer (image files, text files, virus protection software, viruses, the W|ndow$ 95 operating system, etc.)

The scroll, book, or computer gets a save vs. spell magic. Success means that no words are erased. Failure means that some (5d10 +25%) of the words are erased. A save throw roll of 3-5 means that 80 +1d20% of the text gets erased, a 2 means that all text in the book (or whatever) is erased, and a 1 means that the entire literary object is erased clean of all pigmentation (all text, artwork, images, even inkstains are gone!)

Normal literary works save normally, with no bonus. This includes all books that are about magic. Things that have magic written in or on them, such as circle making manuals and magic scrolls are +3 to save. Books that are magic probably have their own bonus to save listed. Anything on a computer gets an additional +1 save throw bonus. One magic scroll or book with magic circles and formulae can be affected per invocation of this spell. However, the caster can affect 500 pages of normal text and digital information per level per invocation. The effect is instant - so this spell could be used to counter the reading of a scroll, which would probably have some bad effects for the scroll reader.

Runes, wards, glyphs, and all magical writing and objects are not affected by this spell.

Level: 4
Range: Self or others by touch.
Duration: Three minutes per level
Casting Time: Two melee actions
Damage: None
Saving Throw: Standard if resisted.
P.P.E.tm Cost: 10

Recipients of this spell are impervious to (and cannot use) the psionic abilities of telepathy, empathy, Empathic Transmission, and Hypnotic Suggestion. They are also given immunity to all mind altering magic (Befuddle, Compulsion, Domination, Wisps of Confusion, etc.) Add a +1 to save vs. psionic attack and illusions. This spell confers the same defenses as a Mind Block in the Dreamstream, but only has half the penalties.

Level: 4
Range: Self and touch, or others by touch.
Duration: Five minutes per level.
Casting Time: One melee action
Damage: None
Saving Throw: Standard (roll for the device), but ballistic firearms get a +1 bonus, energy weapons get a +2 bonus, and vehicle weapon systems get a +3 bonus.
P.P.E.tm Cost: 10

The casting of this spell gives the recipient an unnatural skill with a weapon held at the time of casting. If the recipient has no weapon proficiency with the weapon he gains a +1 to strike and parry with it, or +1 on an aimed and burst strike for firearms. If the recipient does have training with the weapon he gains one extra melee attack with the weapon and a +2 initiative bonus when using it for their first attack in a melee, in addition to the bonuses of an untrained user of the weapon. If physical contact with the weapon ends (like if it is knocked away or dropped) the magic ends immediately.

Level: 4
Range: Self or others by touch.
Duration: Five minutes per level.
Casting Time: One melee action.
Saving Throw: Standard if resisted.
P.P.E.tm Cost: 10

The recipient of this protective magic becomes immune to darkness and negative energy blasts (like Negative Chi), immune to the darkness based spells in this file, and immune to blindness, mute, and all other sense affecting spells. No special ability to see in darkness is granted.

Level: 4
Range: 30ft
Duration: Effects last for 1d4 minutes per level.
Casting Time: One melee action
Damage: The ink drains 2d4 S.D.C.tm (or 1d4 M.D.C.tm) per minute.
Saving Throw: Standard
P.P.E.tm Cost: 8

The invocation of this spell conjures a sticky black substance that is placed on the chosen victim, who suffers from a life drain. The black ink will begin to glow a pale blue within a melee of covering a victim. During the draining the victim loses one attack, -2 on initiative, and -1 to strike, parry, and dodge. Total submersion in water or Remove Curse spells are the two quickest ways to get rid of the ink.

Level: 4
Range: Self or others by touch.
Duration: Five minutes per level.
Casting Time: One melee action.
Saving Throw: Standard if resisted.
P.P.E.tm Cost: 8

This spell confers a recipient with the ability to clearly see objects in total darkness for 200ft +100ft per level of the caster. Vision in magical or artificial darkness is 50ft +10ft per level of the caster. Taken from page 133 of the Nightbane RPG and slightly updated.

Level: 4
Range: 60ft
Duration: Instant
Casting Time: One melee action. Damage: 2d4+4 S.D.C.tm or 1d4+2 M.D.C.tm to mega-damage beings.
Saving Throw: Standard
P.P.E.tm Cost: 8

A spell that inflicts painful frostbite on an extremity. The frostbite must be taken care of within 1d4 hours, or else the affected flesh needs to be removed. Professional medical care or psionic or magical healing is necessary to prevent amputation. Regeneration abilities take twice as long to heal the wounded flesh. Note: I'm relatively sure that there was a printing of the effects of frostbite somewhere in a Palladium book. If you know which book, which page, and what the effects were please mail me <mailto:[email protected]>.

Cast on a hand - weapons cannot be held, skill performance is -35%, and the character is -2 to parry and dodge and on initiative due to the pain and distraction. If a foot is affected cut speed by 75%, -4 to dodge, -2 on initiative, and the victim loses one attack. Aiming the spell anywhere else will be painful and difficult to tend to. The penalties for this are a -2 to parry, dodge, and initiative and a -10% on skill performance.