A spell concept, Shrink [Item] Options

[bibliophile20]

I was watching The Sword in the Stone (the Disney classic) and came to one of my favorite scenes, where Merlin is packing--by means of shrinking all of his belongings so that they'll fit inside a single briefcase.

So, I present this idea for perusal, using the spell construction rules from SM:
Physical spell: +1
Touch Range: -2
Duration: Permanent: +2
Physical Manipulation: 0
Major Change: +2
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Force/2 + 3

This spell will shrink a non-living target by [Force] degrees; i.e. a Force 3 spell will shrink them to 1/3 their present size, a Force 4 spell will shrink them to 1/4 their current size, etc. Mass, however, remains the same. An "Enlarge" spell (same drain) will reverse the effect.


This idea con be used, but I did it more as an exercise with the spell construction rules. So, thoughts?

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Modified after the discussion below:

Physical spell: +1
Touch Range: -2
Duration: Sustained: 0
Physical Manipulation: 0
Major Change: +2
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Force/2 + 1

This spell will shrink a non-living target by a factor equal to the number of net hits over the object resistant threshold. For example, a commlink (resistance 3) will require five hits to reduce it's size by a factor of two. Additionally, for every order of magnitude increase in mass, there is a +1 to the threshold (base is 100 kg, so 1,000 kg would be +1 to the threshold, 10,000 kg would be +2, etc). So shrinking a car, much less a house, would be nearly impossible for anyone but a high level initiate (considering that this was inspired by a Merlin character, that seems appropriate). Mass also changes in proportion.

This post has been edited by bibliophile20: Jun 10 2007, 06:51 PM