spells.

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SPIRIT
BARRIER	BARRIER
TELEKINESIS	MIND BLAST
WINTER
WINTER	FADE STEP
CREATION
HEAL	HEAL
ENTROPY
WEAKNESS	WEAKNESS PARALYZE
DISORIENT	DISORIENT HORROR SLEEP WAKING NIGHTMARE
DRAIN LIFE	DRAIN LIFE DEATH MAGIC
FORCE
FORCE MAGIC	FIST OF THE MAKER +
BLOOD
BLOOD MAGIC	BLOOD MAGIC BLOOD SACRIFICE
HEDGE WITCH
HEDGE MAGIC	RITUAL AMPLIFY INSTILL LOAN BLACK SPOT GRASP

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HEDGE WITCH

“Hedge mages” and “witches” do not always employ forbidden magic, quite often their talents lie in the creation of charms, the use of curses and the ability to change their own forms. Their abilities may include being able to commune with spirits, as well. Still, those mages possess power no Circle spell could replicate and their unpredictable ability is deemed a threat by the Chantry.

Prior to the Circle's formation, hedge magic was commonly practiced in the form of ancient traditions and rituals, with knowledge handed down from one generation of practitioners to the next.

► RITUAL a manner of casting, attuning to the fade or the power of blood through the drawing of symbols, burning of herbs, etc. slow-paced and elaborate, not suited to casting on the fly.

► INFUSE using blood, herbs, or flowers and a material component of bone or metal or precious rocks to create charms that carry spell effects until broken or otherwise activated. created through ritual casting, carrying effects along the lines of:

⬥ heroic offense
⬥ heroic aura
⬥ heroic defense
⬥ sanctuary
⬥ death ward

+ AMPLIFY though more time-consuming and costly in terms of materials (more blood, more precious materials involved) john is able to create charms to be used by other individuals. the spell can be attached to a piece of jewelry or a jury-rigged charm for someone to carry with them. good for one use, costly in terms of energy for john to make ie something he labors over for a day and is crushingly exhausted the next day, unable to cast any kind of spell until the day after that.
► INSTILL boosts to ability and stamina to any ally john chooses, more potent if he physically marks someone as opposed to casting from a distance. effect can be maintained up to an hour. caveat, john is the one who absorbs the penalty when the spell fades, ie he is the one exhausted/fatigued rather than the person he buffed. he can only comfortably focus on one person at a time, straining two maintain two at once will increase the penalties and shorten the amount of time he can maintain the buff by half.
► LOAN a sacrifice of john's health and vitality to an ally bearing a hand-drawn, sealed and charged by his own blood and pain. activates to heal or energize them when they falter by drawing off john. up to three people can carry his mark at once, though the pool of resources he can provide is diluted among them.
► BLACK SPOT by placing his mark on an item, john is able to infuse the token (any small trinket, jewelry, sheet of paper, etc) with malicious intent. (think the hex tree from origins, that flavor of bad luck and harm or even death. whether the item is some kind of trinket, piece of jewelry, sheet of paper or hand-fashioned trinket, the magic can only be held within it for a maximum of 24 hours, with the time frame dwindling with the use of cheaper/less durable material. if the target doesn't touch the hexed item with bare skin within that timeframe, the spell will fizzle and fail to take hold.
► GRASP drawing off the excess of other mages' spellcasting and benefitting from their connections to the fade to bolster the results and efficiency of his own casting. the more mages in the mix, the greater the benefit.