I started trying the Contracts-as-spells system and I actually really like it! It gives spells like
Conspirator’s Confidence
Cost: 1m Casting: Speed 6
Duration: One scene Target: One yard
Keywords: None
Difficulty: N/A Attribute: N/A
Catch: The sorcerer is speaking to someone she knows has an embarrassing secret that they do not wish to be revealed.
The sorcerer draws close to a person, veiling her words from passersby with the murmurs of suspicion. For the duration of the spell, the sorcerer and anyone she speaks to at less than a shout cannot be clearly overheard by mundane means. Effects with the Scrying Keyword still function, but the sorcerer is alerted that someone is listening unless the eavesdropping party wins a Clash of Wills.
Skinmask
Cost: 1m Casting: One minute
Duration: One Scene Target: Self
Difficulty: 1 Attribute: Stamina
Keywords: Polymorph, Stackable
Catch: The sorcerer has an object belonging to the person whose features they plan to copy
The sorcerer alters his flesh to appear as another individual. This change affects only a single limb or other aspect of the character, so only his hands or his face or his back can be made to resemble that of another person. This spell is often used to enhance disguises, though it is some-times used to emulate unique birthmarks, signature tattoos, etc. The feature so modeled must be a real feature that exists on a known subject. The sorcerer can use this spell multiple times to reproduce multiple features, but the cost must be paid each time and the roll must be made each time, as well.
Reminder of Duty
Cost: 2m, 1w Casting: Speed 6
Duration: One Scene Target: 20 yards
Difficulty: 1 Attribute: Presence
Keywords: Compulsion
Catch: The target has expressed intent to break a vow he has sworn with the sorcerer
Taking on the bearing of the imperious judge, the sorcerer interdicts the target of this spell from breaking any promises he has sworn. The spell is resisted with Resolve + Integrity, but if successful, the net successes on the roll are treated as an Unnatural Intimacy binding the target to the promise.
...all of which are suitably sword-and-sorcery weird like I was going for. Thank you for the idea!!
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Conspirator’s Confidence
The sorcerer draws close to a person, veiling her words from passersby with the murmurs of suspicion. For the duration of the spell, the sorcerer and anyone she speaks to at less than a shout cannot be clearly overheard by mundane means. Effects with the Scrying Keyword still function, but the sorcerer is alerted that someone is listening unless the eavesdropping party wins a Clash of Wills.
Skinmask
The sorcerer alters his flesh to appear as another individual. This change affects only a single limb or other aspect of the character, so only his hands or his face or his back can be made to resemble that of another person. This spell is often used to enhance disguises, though it is some-times used to emulate unique birthmarks, signature tattoos, etc. The feature so modeled must be a real feature that exists on a known subject. The sorcerer can use this spell multiple times to reproduce multiple features, but the cost must be paid each time and the roll must be made each time, as well.
Reminder of Duty
Taking on the bearing of the imperious judge, the sorcerer interdicts the target of this spell from breaking any promises he has sworn. The spell is resisted with Resolve + Integrity, but if successful, the net successes on the roll are treated as an Unnatural Intimacy binding the target to the promise.
...all of which are suitably sword-and-sorcery weird like I was going for. Thank you for the idea!!