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False Witness Spell

Area: Dweomercræft, Black SchoolGrade: 8Type: Spell
Time: special/10 STEEPArea: 1 subject+specialDistance: 1 yard/10 STEEPMateria Cost: None
Other Heka Costs:
R&D: NilOther: Nil

E/F/M:

This is a dweomer which affects a person, place, or thing. Which is determined by the caster at the time the Spell is begun. lithe Spell is to be activated on a person, the caster must invest that amount of additional Heka equal to the subject's M TRAIT, but that Individual will then have a mindset and 'memories/recollections' according to the casters desire with respect to any emotions, feelings thought, opinions, ideas, and/or testimony regarding something which has happened or is under discussion. Note that this is not mind control or the like, it is more like hypnotic suggestion and brainwashing comb... This Effect persists in the subject for 1 ATs Time duration. If a place (area) is so dweomered, the Area cannot exceed the casters STEEP in square yards. The setting will be altered (evidence, clues. etc., changed) so as to fit the caster's picture of the situation. Mowers might grow, bloom, wither, etc., at a highly accelerated rate so as to match the desired look' A chamber might have locked doors but a previously unopened trap floor may now be Ajar. Dust marred by footprints might have those s.p-marks changed so as to lead Ina different direction. Blood might be fresh or old, a corpse warm or cold and stiff, a weapon present and bloodied that wasn't actually is stained. furniture displaced or broken, etc. The actual objects present will not be different, but their placement, condition, and so forth will be changed as the practitioner desires. This will last permanently, unless somehow dispelled prior to any considerable changes made in the setting by others. Once things have been disturbed/moved around much, there is no negation possible! If an object is the sub.*ct of the Casting, then the dweomer will make it match what the caster desires. No more than about 1 cubic inch of material volume of an object can be affected by the raise Witness Spell. however. A faceted quartz 1+ still will take on all the properties of a diamond. lead will be gold, a clean sword besmirched with gore, a whole garment torn. etc Thus, the dweomer can alter something to make it seem outstanding ordinary, incriminating, etc.The Casting, Time duration in this latter employment is measured in days! Plenty of time for the caster to get clear, dispose of the object, etc.

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