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Catalog / Spells / Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection

Spells · Transmutation

Complexity 2
Strain 2
Casting Chant (1 minute)
Duration 1 minute
Delivery Touch, Remote, Imbue
  • Buff
  • Brewable

Each creature in your delivery can breathe, speak and move at normal Speed in an otherwise lethal environment for the duration. Treat Radiation (R), Atmosphere (A), Pressure (P) and Heat/Cold extremes (H) as 2 steps closer to normal for them, to a minimum of R1, A2, P3 and H3.

Delivery restriction: no area deliveries unless modified.

Optional Modifiers

  • ★ Area Protection (+1): You can use area deliveries, at double the delivery's Strain cost. [School Mastery, 5+ ranks]
  • Selective Protection (+1): Protect against one rating only (R, A, P or H), but the duration becomes 1 stretch.
  • Extended Protection (+2): Cast it as a Ritual; the duration becomes 1 hour.
  • Pressure Seal (+1): Also treat Gravity (G) as 2 steps closer to normal (minimum G2).
  • Hazmat Buffer (+1): Affected creatures exposed to Radiation Sickness or Toxic Atmosphere Poisoning make the initial save with 1 level of Advantage.
  • ★ Greater Protection (+2): Ratings move 3 steps closer to normal instead of 2 (minimums still apply). [School Mastery, 7+ ranks]

Critical Success

The duration becomes 1 stretch.