Troll-Kin Magic
Today’s arcana is especially obscure, as we delve into the magic of the twisted troll-kin, a race of half-trolls who have many of their folk’s potent abilities. While those of you who have scoped out the troll-kin race, which we debuted here on the website earlier this week, will have noticed that their ability score adjustments don’t necessarily lend themselves well to spellcasting, these new spells require little in the way of high ability scores, making them good choices for troll-kin with some spellcasting and providing non-troll-kin with a chance to fit in on a temporary basis with the half-trolls in their lives.
OVERPOWERING MUSK
School transmutation; Level alchemist 3, bard 3, cleric/oracle 3, druid 2, inquisitor 3, shaman 3, sorcerer/wizard 3, witch 3
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M/DF (a pinch of troll-kin sweat)
Range personal
Target you
Duration 1 minute
You are surrounded by a potent musk which is familiar to trolls and their kin, though highly unpleasant for others. You gain a +2 bonus on Charisma-based skill checks against creatures of the giant subtype, and count as a giant for the purposes of spells and abilities which specifically affect giants, although creatures who gain a favored enemy bonus against giants receive only half their normal bonus against you. Additionally, the overpowering stench of your potent musk causes non-giant creatures adjacent to you to gain the sickened condition for as long as they remain adjacent to you. If you are a troll-kin, then creatures within a 10-foot radius are sickened, instead.
BERSERK MIGHT
School transmutation; Level alchemist 4, bard 4, bloodrager 4, cleric/oracle 5, inquisitor 5, sorcerer/wizard 5, witch 5
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M/DF (a vial of troll blood)
Range personal
Target you
Duration 1 minute
You are filled with the fury and strength of the troll, entering a state of perfect destruction. Your body and mind become engrossed in a mighty fury, granting you a +4 morale bonus to Strength and Constitution, an additional attack at your highest base attack bonus whenever you use the full-attack action, and fast healing 5. The extra attack granted by this spell does not stack with any granted by haste or similar spells. These benefits stack with those granted by the troll-kin’s berserk racial ability, and a troll-kin who casts this spell while using his berserk racial ability, or who casts this spell and then activates his berserk ability while under the effects of berserk might, does not count time affected by his berserk racial ability against the duration of this spell, effectively increasing this spell’s duration by up to a minute.
STRENGTH OF AGES
School transmutation; Level alchemist 6, bard 6, cleric/oracle 6, druid 5, shaman 6, sorcerer/wizard 6, witch 6
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M/DF (a pinch of troll-kin sweat)
Range personal
Target you
Duration 1 minute
You fill yourself with magic, imparting the wisdom of the ages not to your mind but to your body, teaching your muscles how to operate more efficiently and with greater power. You gain a bonus to your Strength score based on your age. At adult age, you gain a +2 bonus to your Strength score; at middle age, and every age category thereafter, this bonus increases by a further +2, to a maximum bonus of +8 at venerable (for most creatures, or a maximum bonus of +12 for a great wyrm dragon).