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Eldritch Beams/Bolts

This spell unleashes a magical beam or bolt causing damage equal to the spell rank (a beam is a continuous line of energy, a bolt is an interrupted line of energy). A beam or bolt (hereafter referred to as bolt) affects only 1 target in the target area. When this spell is obtained, the player should roll on the table below to see where the bolts originate.

Origin of Beam/Bolt 1d10

The type of bolt the character uses will be 1 of the following, which the player chooses with the approval of the Judge.

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• Cold Bolt: This bolt causes freezing damage and is blue.
• Darkforce Bolt: This bolt uses the Darkforce, a form of energy from another dimension. The target loses Health points equal to the caster's spell rank. The bolt is black. (This bolt requires dimensional energy; it is not available to characters unable to use dimensional energy.)
• Disintegrating Bolt: This bolt disintegrates non-living, inanimate objects up to 2 areas away from the caster. The limit of what it can disintegrate is determined by the spell rank. Compare the spell rank to the material rank of the object to be disintegrated.
  
  If the material rank is higher than the spell rank, the target's material strength is reduced 1 rank.
  
  If the material rank is equal to or less than the spell rank, the target is disintegrated. Small objects (fist-sized, for example) can be destroyed automatically. Destroying man-sized objects requires a successful yellow spell rank FEAT roll. Destroying larger objects (like a vehicle) requires a successful red FEAT roll. If the target is an object of no importance, the Judge can waive the FEAT roll and rule that the item is automatically destroyed.
• Energy Bolt: (Also commonly called Bolt of Bedevilment.) This bolt uses pure universal or dimensional energy This is the most common form of eldritch bolt.
• Fire Bolt: This bolt causes fire and heat damage and is a reddish line of flame.
• Impact Bolt: This bolt causes impact damage through reverse gravity, magnetism, etc. The bolt is invisible.
• Light Bolt: This bolt causes damage through intense light. The bolt is golden.
• Sonic Bolt: This bolt causes damage through sonic disruption, nerve damage, etc.