Augment Beast

Required	Animal Shaman 4
Area	1 Manifested Spirit
Duration	24 hours or until recast
Casting	Verbal, Somatic
Cast Action	10 Minute Ritual
Mana Cost	3
Effect	The shaman completes a ten-minute ritual to augment a manifested spirit with one of the following abilities for the next 24 hours or until recast: Name Description Magic Venom The shaman grants the manifested spirit the ability to introduce a small burst of caustic magic into a target on a successful attack, disrupting the target’s natural bodily functions. When an attack by the manifested spirit deals damage, the target must make a Magic Resistance roll vs. the shaman’s Casting roll. If the target fails to resist, its speed is immediately halved for the next Rank rounds. If a target’s speed is reduced to 0 due to the influence of Magic Venom, it is rendered fully paralyzed for Rank additional rounds: its Dodge is reduced to 0 and it is considered flat-footed unless the effect is dispelled. Virulent Magic When an attack by the manifested spirit deals damage, the target must make a Magic Resistance roll vs. the shaman’s Casting roll or be infected with a subtle form of deadly magic that may be spread to other targets. Each round for the next Rank rounds, enemies that end their turn adjacent to the "contagious" target must roll Magical Resistance vs. the shaman’s Casting roll or become afflicted with Virulent Magic. This effect does not stack, and secondary targets are not (nor can they be) made contagious after becoming afflicted. After four (4) rounds have passed from the initial target's infection, those targets that fell prey to the Virulent Magic take Rank lethal damage that ignores Ward but may be reduced by Magical Damage Reduction. Empowered Manifestation Increase the spirit’s manifestation in size by one size category (e.g. from Medium to Large) providing +1 Speed, +1 Health and -1 Dodge. The magic of the ritual additionally increases the reach of the spirit’s melee attacks by 1 yard. A Large spirit is sufficient to be mounted and ridden by most humanoids, including Trolls.