Dueling Spells
Copyright (c) 1996 by berrys@puzzler.nichols.com (Stan Berry)

Since it is "apparent" that a truly "Chivalric" duel cannot take
place with unequal weapons between the two opponents, and since a
pair of Mages, left to themselves, will seldom decide to learn
identical combat spells, I decided that the Mages Guild(s) might
develop an easily-to-learn spell (or two) that lend themselves to
Mage's duels.

If GM's want all Mages to have access to these spells, he could
declare that it is available in every college.  On the other hand,
this spell might beef up the combat skills of a 1-college-only
Knowledge mage.

I tried to make sure that these spells would be less combat effective
than the existing combat spells.


Spell Name: Dueling Jet
Cost: 1-3, same to maintain
Time to Cast: 1 sec
Duration: 1 minute
College:  Meta (or Special)
Class: Regular
Prerequisite:  Any 10 spells
   Similar to Flame Jet, except that damage is a numbing/stunning
damage that causes a temporary loss of hit points, returning in
1d+1 minutes.  If the victim fails a consciousness roll, he will
collapse and be stunned.  This is the end of a normal Mage's duel.
Consciousness rolls do not resume until the victim becomes unstunned,
and attempts some sort of strenuous action such as standing or
casting a spell.  If the victim fails a "survival" roll, he will
fall into a coma for 1d+1 hours.  The Mage must use a Magic Jet
skill (or default) to attack with this spell.


Spell Name: Dueling Missile
Cost: 1-3
Time to Cast: 1-3 sec
Duration: Instant
College:  Meta (or Special)
Class: Missile
Prerequisite:  Any 10 spells
   Similar to Fireball, except that damage is a numbing/stunning
damage that causes a temporary loss of hit points, returning in
1d+1 minutes.  If the victim fails a consciousness roll, he will
collapse and be stunned.  This is the end of a normal Mage's duel.
Consciousness rolls do not resume until the victim becomes unstunned,
and attempts some sort of strenuous action such as standing or
casting a spell.  If the victim fails a "survival" roll, he will
fall into a coma for 1d+1 hours.  The Mage must use a Spell Throwing
skill (or default) to attack with this spell.