Spell: Synchronize Ley Line

Secondary Casters (continued) 2–4

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You attempt to synchronize one of the vaultlines with either Life or Death. The skills used by the primary caster, as well as a unique symbolic action that must be performed to calm the line, vary according to which line is being synchronized and whether it's being synchronized with Life or Death.

If the primary caster fails but doesn't critically fail their skill check, all casters suffer the vaultline's backlash effect, but the line is successfully synchronized. On a critical failure, the backlash effect occurs, and the ritual must be attempted again. On a critical success, the line is synchronized, and the DC of any check the primary caster makes to perform the synchronize ley line ritual in the next 24 hours is reduced by 1.

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Empathic (Life): The primary caster shares a vivid memory of joy or love, attempting a DC 45 Diplomacy or DC 45 Performance check.

Empathic (Death): The primary caster admits to a secret grudge or resentment, attempting a DC 45 Intimidation or DC 45 Society check.

Secondary Checks Speak encouraging words to soothe the emotional tempest around the line (DC 38 Diplomacy), pit your own rage, hate, or fear against surging negative energies (DC 37 Intimidation), use music, poetry, or dance to raise your allies' spirits (DC 39 Performance).

Backlash Each caster takes a –2 circumstance penalty to their next saving throw against a spell or effect with the emotion trait within the next 24 hours.

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Entropic (Life): The primary caster recounts a personal experience of confronting something alien or unknowable, attempting a DC 45 Arcana or DC 45 Occultism check.

Entropic (Death): The primary caster describes a moment of feeling lost or disconnected, attempting a DC 45 Deception or DC 45 Occultism check.

Secondary Checks Embrace the silence of the void (DC 37 Stealth), empty your mind to vanish from the psychic mindscape (DC 36 Deception), offer a prayer to deities of nothingness (DC 38 Religion)

Backlash Each caster takes 3d6 void damage (DC 40 Basic Fortitude save).

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Mephitic (Life): The primary caster offers a heartfelt vow to protect an ally and performs a symbolic (or literal) act of healing on them, attempting a DC 45 Medicine or DC 45 Nature check.

Mephitic (Death): The primary caster describes a personal experience of physical or spiritual harm, attempting a DC 45 Religion or DC 45 Survival check.

Secondary Checks Absorb the vaultline's toxic energies (DC 37 Survival), tend to ailments affecting nearby NPCs or the environment (DC 36 Medicine), identify and neutralize individual toxins afflicting the line (DC 36 Crafting or Alchemy Lore)

Backlash Each caster takes 3d6 poison damage (DC 40 Basic Fortitude save).

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Noetic (Life): The primary caster recounts a personal experience or realization that changed their outlook, attempting a DC 45 Arcana or DC 45 Society check.

Noetic (Death): The primary caster willingly abandons a long-held misconception or prejudice aloud, attempting a DC 45 Deception or DC 45 Intimidation check.

Secondary Checks Interpret patterns pulsing through the ley currents (DC 37 Arcana), project a positive outlook to ward off psychic backlash (DC 36 Diplomacy), use calming chants and rhythms to steady the magic's flow (DC 38 Performance).

Backlash Each caster takes 3d6 mental damage (DC 40 Basic Will save).

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Recalescent (Life): The primary caster makes a passionate declaration of hope or courage and symbolically ignites a flame to accompany it, attempting a DC 45 Nature or DC 45 Religion check.

Recalescent (Death): The primary caster douses a flame to symbolically extinguish an ambition or desire, attempting a DC 45 Nature or DC 45 Occultism check.

Secondary Checks Construct sacred bonfires (DC 37 Crafting), chant incantations or drum mystical rhythms to empower the flames (DC 38 Performance), stoke fires to keep them burning (DC 36 Athletics)

Backlash Each caster takes 3d6 fire damage (DC 40 Basic Reflex save).

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Temporal (Life): The primary caster describes or reenacts a new beginning or symbolic rebirth, attempting a DC 45 Diplomacy or DC 45 Performance check.

Temporal (Death): The primary caster delivers a eulogy for a fallen loved one or recounts an experience of tragic loss, attempting a DC 45 Intimidation or DC 45 Religion check.

Secondary Checks Recall historical accounts and legends intersecting with the vaultline's trajectory through time (DC 38 Society or relevant Lore), detect and identify chronological distortions in the area (DC 37 Perception), perfectly time your movements to sync your existence with the line's temporal pulses (DC 39 Performance)

Backlash Each caster takes a –2 circumstance penalty on their next saving throw against a spell or effect with the time trait within the next 24 hours.