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- THE LOST COLLEGE OF MAGIC ‘The Lost College of Magic’ is an expansion for the Advanced Heroquest game system. In it you’ll find the rules to the lost Magic College and an accompanying treasure table. In the next few paragraphs, four new spells will be explained. THE LOST COLLEGE In the Advanced Heroquest rulebook, we learned about the Bright Wizards and the spells that they use. The rules to the lost eleventh college are quite similar to the rules of the College of Light, save that players cannot choose to play as a Wizard of the Lost College. There is simply no school left in the Old World that still teaches the arcane rituals and incantations associated with the Lost College. Heroes will have to find scrolls or magic items that carry the spells of the Lost College in order to cast these spells. The spells CANNOT be learned, even though they each have their own ingredient. THE LOST COLLEGE ‘SPELL BOOK’ Call of the Reaper Component: A Flawed Soul Jewel By raising the false, unclean jewel over his head, calling for the Daemons of the Underworld, the Wizard can target up to four models within his own death zone (no Undead or Daemons) to be consumed by this spell. A black smoke emanates from the jewel, slowly making for the hearts of the terrified opponents. The targeted foes must each pass a bravery test in order to avoid instant death. If they makes a successful save, damage is reduced to D12 wounds. Philosopher’s Aspect Component: Enchanted Gold Dust and a Plain Stone Spells of this type are much sought after by Dwarf Wizards, although few are even aware of the spell’s existence. When casting this spell, the Wizard sprinkles some enchanted gold dust on a small stone, turning it into solid gold (The Wizard must pass an intelligence test for this to succeed). The stone is then worth D12 x one hundred Gold Crowns, and is henceforward treated like a jewel.

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- THE LOST COLLEGE OF MAGIC

‘The Lost College of Magic’ is an expansion for the Advanced Heroquest game system. In it you’ll find the rules to the lost Magic College and an accompanying treasure table. In the next few paragraphs, four new spells will be explained. THE LOST COLLEGE In the Advanced Heroquest rulebook, we learned about the Bright Wizards and the spells that they use. The rules to the lost eleventh college are quite similar to the rules of the College of Light, save that players cannot choose to play as a Wizard of the Lost College. There is simply no school left in the Old World that still teaches the arcane rituals and incantations associated with the Lost College. Heroes will have to find scrolls or magic items that carry the spells of the Lost College in order to cast these spells. The spells CANNOT be learned, even though they each have their own ingredient. THE LOST COLLEGE ‘SPELL BOOK’ Call of the Reaper Component: A Flawed Soul Jewel By raising the false, unclean jewel over his head, calling for the Daemons of the Underworld, the Wizard can target up to four models within his own death zone (no Undead or Daemons) to be consumed by this spell. A black smoke emanates from the jewel, slowly making for the hearts of the terrified opponents. The targeted foes must each pass a bravery test in order to avoid instant death. If they makes a successful save, damage is reduced to D12 wounds. Philosopher’s Aspect Component: Enchanted Gold Dust and a Plain Stone Spells of this type are much sought after by Dwarf Wizards, although few are even aware of the spell’s existence. When casting this spell, the Wizard sprinkles some enchanted gold dust on a small stone, turning it into solid gold (The Wizard must pass an intelligence test for this to succeed). The stone is then worth D12 x one hundred Gold Crowns, and is henceforward treated like a jewel.

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Greater Undead Ward Component: Blessed Grave Dust This spell is best used when confronted with powerful Undead. The Wizard flings the dust into the air, which immediately sets the room or corridor in a faint, warm glow. This blessed atmosphere serves to protect the Heroes from the more delicate powers of the greater Undead, effectively rendering them immune to the effects of Hypnotize and Strength Drain by Undead for the rest of the combat (until the next exploration turn). Immortal Healer Component: Powdered Bones of a Healer Even in death the Healer can still prove his worth to Heroes in need of aid. As he flings the bone dust into the air, the Wizard calls out the names of the Heroes in the party. A short spell of dizziness follows as the Healer provides his services from beyond the grave. Each Hero (save the Wizard who cast the spell) must pass an intelligence test in order to have any lost Wounds healed. If the test is failed, only one Wound is healed. LOST COLLEGE TREASURE TABLE The following table can be used to determine what kind of Lost College magic item is found, when the Heroes come across one. This way you can easily implement the Lost College spells in your own quests. D12 Type of Magic Scroll 1-2 1 Call of the Reaper scroll 3-4 1 Philosopher’s Aspect scroll 5-6 1 Greater Undead Ward scroll 7-8 1 Immortal Healer scroll 9-11 1 Lost College scroll of choice 12 Lost College Wand (see below) LOST COLLEGE MAGIC WAND TABLE Each wand contains one spell, chosen at random from the table below. To find how many charges the wand has, roll a D12. If you roll an odd number, add one to the number rolled. Divide this number by two. So the wand will have 1,2,3,4,5 or 6 charges.

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D12 Type of Magic Wand 1-3 Call of the Reaper 4-6 Philosopher’s Aspect 7-9 Greater Undead Ward 10-12 Immortal Healer SELLING LOST COLLEGE SCROLLS IN SHOPS If you would like to have the Lost College scrolls available for sale in a shop, you could charge the following prices (excluding spell component cost). If you wish to keep your quest authentic though, remember that these scrolls are very rare indeed, and it is not likely that even the most renowned magic shop will sell more than one of the Lost College scrolls. 1 Call of the Reaper scroll 475 GCs 1 Philosopher’s Aspect scroll 700 GCs 1 Greater Undead Ward scroll 450 GCs 1 Immortal Healer scroll 525 GCs MORE ON LOST COLLEGE MAGIC History learns that the Lost College actually taught at least twelve spells. If any more are ever found, you will hear from me again. CONTACT THE AUTHOR If you have any questions regarding the above, e-mail me at my Wizard’s Study: [email protected]