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Roleplaying is Magic Character Sheet
This page is a work in progress.
Once you complete your character sheet, this link teaches you How To Play
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If you want to participate in a RPiM Roleplay, you need to fill out a Character sheet.
For the purpose of convenience I am providing a template to do so (located at the bottom of this page), along with links to helpful information to help you decide what is best for your character.
In compliance with the rules of this site, you may only use characters that have already been approved for Roleplay on this site.  This sheet is simply to list what would otherwise be unrequired information for a character.

If you feel I have left anything out regarding Character Creation, Or have any ideas as to how I can make the information easier to follow, Don't hesitate to send me a message.

Name:  Obvious, no?
Race:  Although this game is capable of handling many different races, The GM has final decision as to what races are allowed in the game.  Sorry CableZ, the game was not designed to handle a draconequus.
As being a Unicorn doesn't automatically grant you magic of any kind, you may wish to purchase the Magic Trick, Wizardry, and Telekinesis edges.  As the creation and usage of spells is a complicated process, It's advisable to hold off on using magic until you have experience with the other aspects of the game first.  If your character is a unicorn, but you wish to bypass any usage of magic, at the GM's discretion your character may be treated as an Earth Pony instead, Granting you Access to Earth Pony Edges, but sacrificing access to Unicorn Edges.
If you remain UN-deterred and still wish to use magic, Here is a guide telling you everything you need to know about creating and casting spells.
    As with unicorns not having magic without purchasing the edges required to use it, Pegasi don't have flight by default either.  The Flight edge must be purchased (5xp).

XP:   Consult with your GM as to how much XP your character may begin with.
Guiding Element: Choosing your element It should be noted that a Character does not have to be a Unicorn to embody the Element of Magic.
Fatal Flaw: Deciding your Fatal Flaw
Concept/Notes: Optional.  A short description of your character.
Photo:  Optional.  An image that will be attached to your character sheet.

Mind/Body/Heart: Familiarize yourself with your Attributes These stats initially start at a level of 1 point each, and determine your characters Willpower, Fortitude, and Valor.  They can only be increased by purchasing the "Gifted, Improved Gifted, and Greater Gifted Edges.  In short, you cannot directly modify these stats, so they will not be a requirement when designing your character.  They will be determined by your purchased Edges.  Although you cannot affect them directly, you should still click the link and learn how these stats help your character.

Skills:  Familiarize yourself with Skills Any skills your character may possess.  There is no preset list of skills to choose from, giving you freedom to determine these yourself.  Consult with your GM to determine if a skill is acceptable.  All skills must be obtained by purchasing the Skill Training Edge for 5XP.

Edges: Familiarize yourself with Edges  Edges are how your character advances.  Some edges provide boosts to your characters base stats, whereas others may provide bonuses to skill checks. 

If you are still unsure about how to go about all of this (yes, within those links is a LOT of information) Check THIS LINK for a step by step example of how the hypothetical player "Tom" went about creating his pony "Thrifty".

An Example Character sheet would be:

Name: Solana
Race: Pegasus
XP: 60
Guiding Element: Loyalty
Fatal Flaw: Physically Weak
Concept/Notes: N/A
Photo: s20.postimg.org/tatwtq4f1/9187354.png (Please don't use the [ img] tags.)
Skills: Gymnast, Stealthy, Biologist
Edges: Skill Training, Skill Training, Skill Training, Gifted (Body), Improved Gifted (Body), Gifted (Mind), Elementary my dear, Flight, Leadership, Noble Soul, Resilience.  (This is 60XP worth of edges)

After sending this via PM to your GM, He/She MAY choose to create an image to use for your character sheet.  If they do, it may look something like this:

Please note, that unless a GM states otherwise, they will not be updating the sheet image as characters take damage or spend valor points.  This sheet would be for your use to do with as you see fit.

To anyone who wishes to run a game of their own, HERE is the link to the entire site archive with everything you will need to know.  I can also provide links to useful tools such as character sheet editors and dice rollers if you require them, although this site does provide a roller, and character sheets can be edited with any image editing software like Photoshop, Gimp, or Paint.
If you wish to link to this specific post without loading the entire thread, the link is:
http://friendshipismagicrpg.proboards.com/post/67222/
Below is the template for you to use in making your character sheet.


[b]NAME:[/b]
[b]Race:[/b]
[b]XP:[/b]
[b]Guiding Element:[/b]
[b]Fatal Flaw:[/b]
[b]Concept/Notes:[/b] (Optional)
[b]Photo:[/b] (Optional)
[b]Skills:[/b] (Optional, if you choose to spend your XP elsewhere)
[b]Edges:[/b]


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Guiding Element

The page is to help players determine which element their character should embody.

Each of the Elements of Harmony embodies a number of concepts and ideals which can inform a character’s personality and outlook on life, helping them to make decisions and react appropriately to situations. However, it is important to note that a character’s Guiding Element does not restrict their behavior in any way; a character has aspects of each Element of Harmony within them, to varying degrees. The one they choose as their Guiding Element is simply the one which they best exemplify, and most strive to uphold.

The most important mechanical reason for a character to strive to embody their Guiding Element is that it provides an avenue for earning points of Valor, which serve many valuable purposes to help characters and groups during an Episode. The six Elements of Harmony are:

Kindness: The Element of Kindness is found in characters who have a deep compassion for others, and an acceptance of others for who they are. A kind character seeks not only to do no harm, but also to heal hurts in others, and nurture them. While they aren’t necessarily as generous, encouraging, or devoted as others might be, a character who embodies Kindness has a deep compassion and empathy for others which most do not. They are more aware of someone’s feelings and well-being, and how their actions--and the actions of others--might affect them. For this reason, a kind character tends to be reluctant to engage in confrontation and might try to stop it before it starts, and would be the first to make peace afterward and take care of those who were harmed.

Laughter: The Element of Laughter is found in characters who are optimistic at their core, and seek to use their positivity and energetic good cheer to make the world a better place. A cheerful character tends to be upbeat and rarely discouraged or fearful; even when things are at their worst, they can find the silver lining in the dark clouds. While they can tend to be odd or appear to not take things seriously, this is often not the case; a cheerful character generally understands the gravity of a situation, but chooses to focus on the positive and fun aspects of it instead of dwelling on the grim and negative. For this reason, a cheerful character tends to be more apt to encourage others than to oppose them; they are more likely to throw a party to try to change someone’s attitude than to argue with them.

Generosity: The Element of Generosity is found in characters who readily make sacrifices for others, giving of their time, effort, possessions, and even opportunity. While Generosity is similar to Kindness, it differs in that while a kind character might nurture someone by making sure that they get the medical care they need, a generous character would absolutely insist on taking care of the person themselves. It’s not enough for a generous character to make sure someone gets something nice or something they need; a generous character has a deep need to make, give, or deliver it themselves, personally. This can get them into trouble by causing them to try to take on too many responsibilities and thus suffer from the ‘weight of the world,’ but it is this theme of personal and dedicated self-sacrifice which is the mark of a generous character.

Honesty: The Element of Honesty is found in characters who focus on personal integrity, responsibility, and straightforward morality. An honest character is more than simply someone who doesn’t tell lies (in fact, they may lie if it serves a higher sense of responsibility); they have an ‘honest heart,’ and try to be dependable in all aspects of their life. An honest character usually has very strong self-discipline, and firm convictions in what they think is right or wrong; they rarely (if ever) cheat, even against their enemies. To an honest character, a commitment they have made is a sacred duty--an oath or vow that they must fulfill at any cost and by any means necessary. This can lead to an honest character being blind to the assistance others can offer, as they focus on their own personal responsibility and how important it is to their ‘honest heart’ that they make good on their promises. But it is this dependability and firm moral core of steadfast integrity which defines an honest character.

Loyalty: The Element of Loyalty is found in characters who place immense value on those who they consider important, and choose those friends over others--and even themselves. A loyal character desires value and acceptance from their friends, and regularly does things in service to their friends which they do not--or cannot--do in service to others. While a loyal character shows aspects of the other Elements in the things they do, they usually show them more when serving their friends. While they might help others and reap the glory for themselves, when helping friends they are likely to do so even to their own detriment. This is the difference between a loyal character and anyone else: a loyal character will push themselves far beyond the lengths they would normally go to when they do so out of loyalty to those they care about.

Magic: The Element of Magic is found in characters who approach the world with an outlook of idealism, faith, and wonder, and strive to see what makes all things special. A wondrous character focuses on the unique and the important, looking for what makes each pony, each situation, each experience, ‘magical.’ Often, a wondrous character tends to have an innocent, even naive, outlook on life; they have an optimism which is similar to (but more restrained than) a cheerful character’s. A wondrous character approaches situations with a unifying faith in the world around them and their friends, and more often than not, it is they who more readily see the ‘magic’ of friendship for what it truly is.

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Fatal Flaw

All characters have a Fatal Flaw. A Fatal Flaw is a personal weakness; a mental, emotional, or moral trait that they struggle to cope with, or (if the GM allows) a physical handicap which reasonably hinders the character in their daily life. For example, a good Fatal Flaw for a character might be that they are a perfectionist, or are afraid of danger, or are a little too controlling. Another might be having weak wings, or poor eyesight. Whatever your character's Fatal Flaw is, it must be approved by your GM, to ensure that it fits the tone and theme of the Episode your game group is playing.

The mechanical impact of your character's Fatal Flaw is that whenever your character's Fatal Flaw reasonably and meaningfully applies to a task they are attempting, they must perform that check without the benefit of their Attributes. In addition, when a character succeeds at accomplishing a goal despite being meaningfully hindered by their Fatal Flaw, or when a character takes on a meaningful challenge which forces them to confront their Fatal Flaw, the GM may choose to restore a point of Valor to that character.

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Attributes

This page is to familiarize yourself with the three Attributes which will form the basis of checks and tasks your character attempts to perform, as well as determining their ability to resist harm, and the degree of their inner courage which they can summon for a variety of purposes.

There are three Attributes in S4E: Mind, Body, and Heart. A new character is created with all three Attributes beginning with a score of 1.

Attributes can be improved by spending Experience Points to purchase certain Edges (Edges will be explained in greater detail later).

Mind: The Mind Attribute represents a character’s intellect, reasoning, problem-solving ability, logic and analytical ability. It also represents their memory and knowledge: how much they can remember and how much sheer information they have access to. Finally, it represents their perception and senses: how well they see, hear, smell, taste, feel, and notice about those senses. Characters with a high Mind score tend to be all-around clever, intellectual, and perceptive characters. They approach situations intelligently and rationally, and notice things others do not. They are likely to find solutions nopony else has thought of, and remember important facts no one else did. They are often natural leaders, but can also be some of the best advisors and educational characters in any group of friends. Mind is an important Attribute for characters who cast Spells and use magic, as well as characters who want to focus on having a high pool of Willpower to resist mental and emotional harm.

Body: The Body Attribute represents a character’s muscular strength and power, as well their toughness, stamina, and ability to resist injury and fatigue. It also represents their speed, quickness, reaction time, and overall swiftness. Finally, it represents their agility, dexterity, flexibility, and bodily coordination--their ability to maneuver and move gracefully. Characters with a high Body score tend to be stout, strong, athletic, and fast characters. They approach situations with a mentality of being ready for hard work, and are undaunted by difficulty. They are likely to succeed in a clinch, and can usually be depended upon to accomplish any physical task set before them. They are often the go-to characters in many situations, and can be some of the most relied-upon characters in any group of friends. Body is an important Attribute for characters who are athletic or adventurous, as well as characters who want to focus on having a high pool of Fortitude to resist physical harm.

Heart: The Heart Attribute represents a character’s charm and force of presence: their charisma, determination, and bearing. It also represents their sensitivity, empathy, compassion, care, and ability to connect with other creatures. Finally, it represents their creativity and artistic expression. Characters with a high Heart score tend to be strong-willed, compassionate, charismatic characters. They approach situations from their own perspective, and often help avert disaster with their personalities. They are likely to make friends and allies with the most unexpected creatures and characters. They are often supporting characters in most situations, though when they see what must be done, they can become a rallying force in any group of friends. Heart is an important Attribute for characters who are social or artistic, as well as characters who want to focus on having a high pool of Valor points to spend on a variety of unique abilities.


Fortitude & Willpower
The next step of character creation is to calculate your character’s Fortitude and Willpower scores, as well as familiarize yourself with how Fortitude and Willpower are important to a character.

Whenever a character is exposed to a source of harm, whether physical or mental / emotional, they lose points of Fortitude, Willpower, or both. If they run out of points of either, they become Sidelined, or temporarily defeated (damage, recovery, and Sidelining are explained in more detail later).

Fortitude represents a character’s fitness and endurance, as well as their resistance to physical harm, wounds, and injuries. Whenever they are physically injured, a character takes damage by losing points of Fortitude.

Fortitude is calculated from a character's Attributes as: (Body x 10) + (Heart x 5). As a character’s Body or Heart scores change, their Fortitude changes as well.

Willpower represents a character’s self-esteem and determination, as well as their resistance to fatigue and mental / emotional harm. Whenever they are discouraged or scared, a character takes damage by losing points of Willpower.

Willpower is calculated from a character's Attributes as: (Mind x 10) + (Heart x 5). As a character’s Mind or Heart scores change, their Willpower changes as well.


Valor
The next step of character creation is to determine your character’s starting and maximum Valor score, as well as familiarize yourself with what Valor is and why it is important to a character.

In Equestria, the genuine integrity, compassion, selflessness, and courage of an ordinary pony can turn them into a hero, allowing them to face down even the greatest dangers. Those who strive to make the world a better place and do the best they can to do the right thing often find that they have a great inner strength to draw from. Characters in S4E have a pool of Valor points to represent this effect.

Characters begin each play session, and each Episode, with an amount of Valor equal to their Heart score, regardless of the amount they had remaining at the end of any previous play session or Episode; in effect, Valor resets to the character’s maximum each time the player group sits down to play, as well as each time they begin a new Episode.

Characters may spend a point of Valor at any time during gameplay to restore 1d6 points of lost Fortitude and Willpower to themselves or any one of their friends. In addition, Valor may have other uses and effects based on the Edges a character has purchased.

As they play, characters may restore points of Valor they have spent (up to a maximum equal to their Heart score) by carrying out heroic, courageous, and / or virtuous actions or decisions at the GM's discretion. Characters don’t even necessarily have to succeed at these moral actions; often enough, making the decision to do what’s right as opposed to what might be easier is enough. In fact, one of the most reliable ways for a character to restore points of spent Valor is to act in a way which embodies their Guiding Element whenever possible.

At the GM's discretion, characters who show apathy or disregard toward those they might reasonably help, or who take advantage of others, or who act unfairly or with cruelty, or who otherwise behave in a knowingly immoral or unjust way, may have points of Valor taken away from them during gameplay to reflect the inner toll such actions take on a character.

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Skills

This post is for you to familiarize yourself with Skills.

All characters have a set of Skills; knowledge they learn and training they pick up over time. Like all aspects of character advancement, gaining and improving Skills is handled through spending Experience Points to purchase the appropriate Edges, but it is important to first understand the general importance of Skills to a character.

Whenever a character attempts an action and the GM asks them to make a check, the check is always based on one of the character’s Attributes. However, there is a limit to how well a character can do without some kind of training, even if they have very good Attributes. Having appropriate Skills to apply to a check a character is attempting helps the character improve their chances of success.

There is no pre-set list of Skills in S4E; instead, Skills are created by players and the GM as they are purchased for a character. In this way, each character's list of Skills may be unique, based on the Skills their player purchases and works with the GM to create and define. A general rule-of-thumb for creating a Skill is that it should pertain roughly to the same amount and scope of knowledge as an introductory high school or college class (for example, "Biology," "Chemistry," and / or "Physics" instead of just "Science").

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Edges

This post is for you to familiarize yourself with Edges.
A full list of Edges along with their descriptions can be found HERE

Edges are unique features and special qualities which help to set characters apart from one another and make them special; whether by establishing some narrative or personal aspect of the character, improving some quality about them (such as Attributes), awarding and improving Skills, applying bonuses to certain kinds of checks they make, or by altering the rules as they apply to the character.

It is important to note that characters' basic Racial powers (such as flight or magic) are represented by Edges which they have access to because of their Race, but characters do not automatically gain these Edges; they must be purchased like any other Edge in order to gain their benefits.

Some Edges are restricted to certain Races, or require having other Edges first, before they can be taken. Additionally, a few Edges can be purchased multiple times; otherwise each Edge can only be taken once. All Edges cost a certain amount of Experience Points to purchase.

Edges are the primary method of character advancement; simply put, characters in S4E advance by gaining Experience Points and spending them to purchase Edges.

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Library Of Edges

Below is the full text for all 116 Edges in S4E, listed alphabetically and grouped as applicable, with Race restrictions (including the Wide, Wide World variant Races), XP costs, purchase restrictions / prerequisites, the full rules for each Edge, and a special note for any Edges which may be purchased more than once.


Arcane Talent [5 XP]
(Only Alicorns and Unicorns may purchase this Edge.)
Gain a +1 bonus to checks made involving spells or magic.

Improved Arcane Talent [10 XP]
(Requires Arcane Talent to purchase.)
(Only Unicorns may purchase this Edge.)
Improve the Arcane Talent bonus to +2.


Artifice [5 XP]
At the beginning of each Episode, without making a check, you may create a number of single-use magical items equal to your Mind score, each of which duplicates a spell with a difficulty no higher than Simple. Any character may be able to make use of these magical items, at the GM's discretion. If these items are not used by the end of the Episode in which they were created, they expire and are lost.

Improved Artifice [10 XP]
(Requires Artifice to purchase.)
(Only Alicorns, Changelings, Crystal Races, Dragons, Unicorns, and Zebras may purchase this Edge.)
Out of the magic items you create, you may now create one magic item which duplicates a spell with a maximum difficulty of Average. In addition, whenever one of your magic items is used, you may spend a point of Valor to keep the item while still gaining the benefits of its use (in effect, spending the Valor in place of the item).

Greater Artifice [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Artifice to purchase.)
(Only Unicorns and Zebras may purchase this Edge.)
Out of the magic items you create, you may now create one magic item which duplicates a spell with a maximum difficulty of Difficult. In addition, all of your other magic items may now duplicate spells with a maximum difficulty of Average.


Bits And Bobs [5 XP]
Once per Episode, you may declare that your character has an item pertaining to the current situation, by pure chance. Work with your GM to determine what the item is.


Blaster Caster [5 XP]
When you cast a spell, roll 1d6. Reduce the cost of casting the spell by the result. This effect cannot reduce the cost of casting the spell below 1.

Improved Blaster Caster [10 XP]
(Requires Blaster Caster to purchase.)
When you cast a spell, roll a total of 2d6 and choose the highest result. Reduce the cost of casting the spell by that result. This effect cannot reduce the cost of casting the spell below 1.

Greater Blaster Caster [15 XP]
(Requires Blaster Caster to purchase.)
When you cast a spell, roll a total of 3d6 and choose the highest result. Reduce the cost of casting the spell by that result. This effect cannot reduce the cost of casting the spell below 1.


Bloodhound [5 XP]
(Only Diamond Dogs and Griffons may purchase this Edge.)
Gain a +1 bonus to checks made involving finding and following scents.

Improved Bloodhound [10 XP]
(Requires Bloodhound to purchase.)
(Only Diamond Dogs and Griffons may purchase this Edge.)
Improve the Bloodhound bonus to +2.


Chaotic Magic [5 XP]
Whenever you are casting a spell, after you have paid the cost of the spell, you may choose to invoke 'chaotic magic.' If you do, roll 1d6. On a result of 2, 3, or 4, nothing happens; proceed with casting the spell as normal. On a result of 5, the cost you paid to cast the spell is immediately refunded to you. On a result of 6, your dice results for making the spell's check are automatically treated as results of 6. On a result of 1, however, the spell automatically fails--and goes haywire in an often hilariously ironic, and possibly dangerous, way (at the GM's discretion) . For example, a spell intended to create a blizzard might instead create a tiny snowstorm which only annoys the caster--or it might backfire and freeze the caster solid, at the GM's discretion.


Courage [5 XP]
Whenever you are dealt Willpower damage, reduce the damage dealt to you by 2, to a minimum of 1 point of Willpower damage inflicted.

Improved Courage [10 XP]
(Requires Courage to purchase.)
(Only Buffalo, Donkeys, and Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
Increase the reduction to 4, to a minimum of 1 point of Willpower damage inflicted.

Greater Courage [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Courage to purchase.)
(Only Buffalo, Donkeys, and Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
Increase the reduction to 6, to a minimum of 1 point of Willpower damage inflicted.


Defining Attribute [5 XP]
(Requires Greater Gifted to purchase.)
Choose one Attribute to which you have applied the Greater Gifted Edge. Improve your score in that Attribute by 2.


Determination [5 XP]
Increase your maximum Willpower by 5.

Improved Determination [10 XP]
(Requires Determination to purchase.)
(Only Donkeys may purchase this Edge.)
Increase your maximum Willpower by an additional 5 (to a total of +10).

Greater Determination [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Determination to purchase.)
(Only Donkeys may purchase this Edge.)
Increase your maximum Willpower by an additional 5 (to a total of +15).


Dig Dog [5 XP]
(Only Diamond Dogs may purchase this Edge.)
You are able to move by burrowing through dirt, sand, soil, snow, and other soft or granular materials (but not solid materials such as metal or stone) as easily as walking.


Dire Straits [5 XP]
Once per Episode, when you would be Sidelined by damage, you may choose instead to remain at 1 point of Fortitude and / or Willpower, thus avoiding being Sidelined.


Doormat To Dynamo [5 XP]
Once per Episode, you may spend a point of Valor to gain an increasing bonus to checks you make until the end of the Scene. This bonus begins at +1 when you start this effect, and each check you make increases this bonus by +1 for the next check you make. This effect lasts until the end of the Scene, or until you achieve a Dramatic Success--either of which ends this effect.

Improved Doormat To Dynamo [10 XP]
(Requires Doormat To Dynamo to purchase.)
You may now use Doormat To Dynamo twice per Episode, but only once per Scene.

Greater Doormat To Dynamo [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Doormat To Dynamo to purchase.)
You may now use Doormat To Dynamo three times per Episode, but only once per Scene.


Dragonheart [5 XP]
(Only Dragons may purchase this Edge.)
You gain the ability to breathe (and / or belch) fire and smoke, and become immune to non-magical fire, lava, and other sources of extreme heat. Dragon fire, phoenix flame, and other magical sources of fire at the GM's discretion can still harm you.


Eagle Eye [5 XP]
(Only Griffons may purchase this Edge.)
Gain a +1 bonus to checks made centering on visual observation and awareness, as long as the check is made in good lighting (such as daylight). In darkness, this Edge has no effect.

Improved Eagle Eye [10 XP]
(Requires Eagle Eye to purchase.)
(Only Griffons may purchase this Edge.)
Improve the Eagle Eye bonus to +2. The darkness-limitation on when the Eagle Eye bonus applies remains in effect.

Greater Eagle Eye [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Eagle Eye to purchase.)
(Only Griffons may purchase this Edge.)
You no longer suffer the darkness-limitation on when the Eagle Eye bonus applies.


Echolocation [5 XP]
(Only Bat Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
You are able to freely use a hypersonic form of sonar to 'see' your surroundings as easily as if you were looking with your eyes, with a few notable differences. While you are able to make out the shape of things in your surroundings, you see everything as silhouettes; you cannot discern fine visual details, such as the text on the page of a book, the color of the paint on a wall, the expression on somepony's face, and the like. You may use this sense freely even if you are blinded, but cannot use it if you are deafened. If you remain still while using this sense, you can 'see' in 360 degrees all around you.


Elementary, My Dear [5 XP]
Gain a +1 bonus to checks involving searching for clues (as defined by the GM) or looking for hidden things.

Improved Elementary, My Dear [10 XP]
(Requires Elementary, My Dear to purchase.)
Increase the bonus of Elementary, My Dear to +2.


Exotic Lore [5 XP]
Once per Episode, when making a check for which you have no applicable Skill, you may treat the check as if you had the Skill Training Edge with an applicable Skill.

Improved Exotic Lore [10 XP]
(Only Zebras may purchase this Edge.)
(Requires Exotic Lore to purchase.)
You may now use Exotic Lore up to two times per Episode.

Greater Exotic Lore [15 XP]
(Only Zebras may purchase this Edge.)
(Requires Improved Exotic Lore to purchase.)
You may now use Exotic Lore up to three times per Episode. In addition, you may treat the check as if you had the Improved Skill Training Edge with an applicable Skill.


Flight [5 XP]
(Only Alicorns, Bat Ponies, Changelings, Dragons, Griffons, and Pegasi may purchase this Edge.)
You gain the ability to fly using your wings, as easily as you can walk. In addition, you may interact with clouds as if they were solid, including walking on them.


Gifted [5 XP]
(You may purchase this Edge multiple times. Its effects do not stack; each time you purchase this Edge, apply it to an Attribute which it has not been previously applied to.)
Choose one Attribute. Improve your score in that Attribute by 1.

Improved Gifted [10 XP]
(Requires Gifted to purchase.)
(You may purchase this Edge multiple times. Its effects do not stack; each time you purchase this Edge, apply it to an Attribute which it has not been previously applied to.)
Improve your score in one Attribute you have improved via Gifted by an additional 1 (to a total of +2).

Greater Gifted [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Gifted to purchase.)
(You may purchase this Edge multiple times. Its effects do not stack; each time you purchase this Edge, apply it to an Attribute which it has not been previously applied to.)
Improve your score in one Attribute you have improved via Improved Gifted by an additional 1 (to a total of +3).


Good Fortune [5 XP]
Once per Scene, you may spend a point of Valor to allow yourself to gain one Advantage on all checks you make until the end of the Scene.

Improved Good Fortune [10 XP]
(Requires Good Fortune to purchase.)
You gain one additional Advantage when you use Good Fortune.

Greater Good Fortune [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Good Fortune to purchase.)
You gain one additional Advantage when you use Good Fortune.


Great And Powerful [5 XP]
Choose one of the following Edges: Magic Trick, Sorcery, or Wizardry. Of these, you may only choose an Edge which you have previously purchased. You may cast one additional unique spell per Episode via the chosen Edge (as if your Mind score were one point higher than it actually is).


Industrious [5 XP]
(Only Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
Gain a +1 to all checks you make when you are using a beneficial non-magical tool.

Improved Industrious [10 XP]
(Requires Industrious to purchase.)
(Only Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
Increase the Industrious bonus to +2.


It's All Coming Back [5 XP]
(Only Crystal Races may purchase this Edge.)
Once per Episode, you may spend any amount of Experience Points to purchase Edges as if you were currently between Episodes.


Job Proficiency [5 XP]
(You may purchase this Edge multiple times.)
Work with your GM to define a job or profession your character has experience doing. Whenever you make a check to which your character's proficiency with this job would meaningfully apply, you gain one Advantage on that check. No more than one job can apply to a check; if you have multiple jobs which may apply, you may choose which job to apply to the check.

Improved Job Proficiency [10 XP]
(Requires Job Proficiency to purchase.)
(You may purchase this Edge multiple times. Its effects do not stack; each time you purchase this Edge, apply it to a job which it has not been previously applied to.)
Choose one job you have gained through Job Proficiency. When you make a check involving the chosen job, you gain an additional Advantage on that check.


Landlubber [5 XP]
(Only Mermares may purchase this Edge.)
You are able to breathe air and water equally well, allowing you to comfortably exist in both aquatic and terrestrial environments.


Last Chance [5 XP]
Once per Episode, when you and all of your friends have been Sidelined, you may roll 1d6. On a result of 1, nothing happens. On any other result, you recover from being Sidelined and are restored to full Fortitude and Willpower.


Lead Pony [5 XP]
When you act in Harmony with your friends, add a +1 bonus to the check being made. If you have both Lead Pony and Wing Pony, you cannot apply both to the same check when you are acting in Harmony (the combination of the two Edges must come from two separate characters).

Improved Lead Pony [10 XP]
(Requires Lead Pony to purchase.)
Improve the Lead Pony bonus to +2.


Leadership [5 XP]
Once per Scene, as long as you are not Sidelined, you may spend a point of Valor to allow all of your Sidelined friends to recover from being Sidelined, and restore 2d6 Fortitude and Willpower to yourself and all of your friends.

Improved Leadership [10 XP]
(Requires Leadership to purchase.)
(Only Alicorns may purchase this Edge.)
Once per episode, you may prevent any and all friends from being reduced to less than one point of Fortitude and Willpower by damage. This effect lasts until the end of the Scene, but is only active while you are not Sidelined. While this effect is in place, any damage which would reduce your friends to less than one point of Fortitude or Willpower is instead dealt to you as Willpower damage.


Love Siphon [5 XP]
(Only Changelings may purchase this Edge.)
When a friend spends a point of Valor to restore your lost Fortitude and Willpower, you have double the normal amount restored.

Improved Love Siphon [10 XP]
(Requires Love Siphon to purchase.)
(Only Changelings may purchase this Edge.)
You may spend your friends' Valor as if it were yours, even if they are Sidelined or aren't nearby--but only if they consent to it.


Lucky [5 XP]
Once per Scene, after rolling a check but before finding out the result from the GM, you may spend a point of Valor to re-roll the check.


Magic Trick [5 XP]
(Only Alicorns and Unicorns may purchase this Edge)
Over the course of each Episode, you may create a number of unique spells equal to your Mind score, each of which are no higher than Simple difficulty. Once a spell has been created, you may freely cast it as long as you are able to pay its cost and succeed at the check to cast it. Created spells last only until the end of an Episode; once a new Episode begins, you may create a new set of unique spells for that Episode.

Improved Magic Trick [10 XP]
(Requires Magic Trick to purchase.)
(Only Alicorns and Unicorns may purchase this Edge)
The maximum difficulty of spells you create with Magic Trick is now Average.


Mighty Roar [5 XP]
(Only Griffons may purchase this Edge.)
Once per Scene, you may spend a point of Valor to gain a bonus to a single check equal to your Heart score.


Mind Over Matter [5 XP]
(Only Buffalo and Donkeys may purchase this Edge.)
When taking Fortitude damage, you may elect to take some or all of it as Willpower damage instead.


Musical Number [5 XP]
Once per Episode, while in Narrative Mode, you may break into an inspiring song, restoring yourself and all friends to full Fortitude and Willpower.


Noble Soul [5 XP]
You start each Episode with one extra point of Valor.

Improved Noble Soul [10 XP]
(Requires Noble Soul to purchase.)
(Only Buffalo and Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
You start each Episode with a total of two extra points of Valor.

Greater Noble Soul [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Noble Soul to purchase.)
(Only Buffalo and Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
You start each Episode with a total of three extra points of Valor.


Number One Assistant [5 XP]
Work with your GM to define an assistant you gain which provides an Advantage to all checks you make in a certain type of situation, as long as it is helping you. Work with your GM to define the type of situation your assistant can help with (such as singing, herding, research, etc).

Improved Number One Assistant [10 XP]
(Requires Number One Assistant to purchase.)
Your assistant now either provides an additional Advantage to checks you make in the situation it is able to help you with, or you may define a second situation in which your assistant is able to help you--providing its normal one Advantage in both situations.


Reflective Protection [5 XP]
(Only Crystal Races may purchase this Edge.)
Whenever you are dealt damage, you may spend one a point of Valor to take only half the damage you would normally receive, rounded up.

Improved Reflective Protection [10 XP]
(Requires Reflective Protection to purchase.)
(Only Crystal Races may purchase this Edge.)
You may now use Reflective Protection when a friend is dealt damage, spending a point of Valor to halve the damage they would take, rounded up.


Resilience [5 XP]
Whenever you are dealt Fortitude damage, reduce the damage dealt to you by 2, to a minimum of 1 point of Fortitude damage inflicted.

Improved Resilience [10 XP]
(Requires Resilience to purchase.)
(Only Buffalo, Donkeys, and Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
Increase the reduction to 4, to a minimum of 1 point of Fortitude damage inflicted.

Greater Resilience [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Resilience to purchase.)
(Only Buffalo, Donkeys, and Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
Increase the reduction to 6, to a minimum of 1 point of Fortitude damage inflicted.


Resonant Recovery [5 XP]
(Only Buffalo, Crystal Races, Donkeys, and Earth Ponies may purchase this Edge.)
Whenever you spend a point of Valor to recover Fortitude and Willpower, you restore an extra amount of Fortitude and Willpower equal to your (Heart) score, whether you are spending the Valor on yourself or a friend.


Royal Canterlot Voice [5 XP]
Gain a +1 bonus to checks made to intimidate or otherwise persuade others with your force of will or grandeur of presence.

Improved Royal Canterlot Voice [10 XP]
(Requires Royal Canterlot Voice to purchase.)
Improve the Royal Canterlot Voice bonus to +2.


Seapony [5 XP]
(Only Mermares may purchase this Edge.)
When your fins apply to a check you are attempting in a beneficial way, gain a +1 bonus to the check.

Improved Seapony [10 XP]
(Requires Seapony to purchase.)
(Only Mermares may purchase this Edge.)
Increase the bonus of Seapony to +2.


Shapeshifting [5 XP]
(Only Changelings may purchase this Edge.)
You may spend 1d6 Fortitude or Willpower (split as you choose), to change your appearance to that of another of the playable Races, or anything else of comparable size at the GM's discretion. This effect does not grant you any of the copied Race's strengths, weaknesses, or abilities; you remain a member of your original Race. You may choose to take on the form of a specific individual or a generic member of the chosen Race. Reverting back to your true form does not carry any cost, and you revert back to your true form upon being Sidelined. While you are in a form which is not your true form, your capabilities and powers may reasonably restricted at the GM's discretion based on that form's physical limitations (for example, if the form does not have wings, you cannot fly--even if you have an Edge which allows you to).


Share And Care [5 XP]
Once per Episode, you may spend any amount of your remaining Fortitude and / or Willpower to restore points of Fortitude and / or Willpower to one friend. The type of points restored must match the points spent; Fortitude restores Fortitude, and Willpower restores Willpower. You may Sideline yourself if you spend either type of your points down to zero.


Show Stopper [5 XP]
Once per Scene, you may spend a point of Valor to call for a commanding halt, preventing all characters within earshot (adversaries and friends alike) from taking any aggressive actions for one round.


Signature Move [5 XP]
Work with your GM to define a special power or maneuver you can perform. Once per Episode, by spending a point of Valor, you may perform it.


Skill Training [5 XP]
(You may purchase this Edge multiple times.)
Work with your GM to create a Skill your character knows. Whenever you make a check to which your character's training with this Skill would meaningfully apply, you roll 1d6 in addition to the normal 2d6 you are entitled to, and choose the two highest results. No more than one Skill can apply to a check; if you have multiple Skills which may apply, you may choose which Skill to apply to the check.

Improved Skill Training [10 XP]
(Requires Skill Training to purchase.)
(You may purchase this Edge multiple times. Its effects do not stack; each time you purchase this Edge, apply it to a Skill which it has not been previously applied to.)
Choose one Skill you have gained through Skill Training. When you make a check involving the chosen Skill, you roll an additional 1d6 (for a total of 2d6 extra).

Greater Skill Training [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Skill Training to purchase.)
(You may purchase this Edge multiple times. Its effects do not stack; each time you purchase this Edge, apply it to a Skill which it has not been previously applied to.)
Choose one Skill you have applied the Improved Skill Training Edge to. When you make a check involving the chosen Skill, you gain a +1 bonus to the check total.


Skill Mastery [5 XP]
(Requires Greater Skill Training to purchase.)
Choose one Skill you have applied the Greater Skill Training Edge to. When you make a check involving the chosen Skill, you gain a +2 bonus to the check total.


Sorcery [5 XP]
(Only Changelings, Dragons, and Zebras may purchase this Edge.)
Over the course of each Episode, you may create a number of unique spells equal to your Mind score, each of which are no higher than Average difficulty. Once a spell has been created, you may freely cast it as long as you are able to pay its cost and succeed at the check to cast it. Created spells last only until the end of an Episode; once a new Episode begins, you may create a new set of unique spells for that Episode.

Improved Sorcery [10 XP]
(Requires Sorcery to purchase.)
(Only Changelings, Dragons, and Zebras may purchase this Edge.)
The maximum difficulty of spells you create with Sorcery is now Difficult.


Special Purpose [5 XP]
(Only Alicorns, Bat Ponies, Earth Ponies, Pegasi, Unicorns, and Zebras may purchase this Edge.)
Work with your GM to define your Special Purpose (and a Cutie Mark, if applicable). Any time your Special Purpose applies to a check, you ignore any Drawbacks you might otherwise apply to that check.


Speedster [5 XP]
(Only Alicorns, Bat Ponies, Changelings, Griffons, Mermares, and Pegasi may purchase this Edge.)
Once per round, you may spend a point of Valor to act twice in that round.


Spirited [5 XP]
(Only Buffalo, Donkeys, Earth Ponies, and Griffons may purchase this Edge.)
When you spend Valor to restore Fortitude and Willpower, you gain the effect of having spent two points; you may split these points between yourself and your friends as normal for having spent two points of Valor.


Squirrel-Speak [5 XP]
You are able to speak with, and understand, animals.


Sticks And Stones [5 XP]
(Only Buffalo and Donkeys may purchase this Edge.)
When taking Willpower damage, you may elect to take some or all of it as Fortitude damage instead.


Tactical Espionage Action [5 XP]
(Only Bat Ponies and Changelings may purchase this Edge.)
When you are hiding, sneaking, or otherwise non-magically concealing yourself, you gain a +1 bonus to your check.

Improved Tactical Espionage Action [10 XP]
(Requires Tactical Espionage Action to purchase.)
(Only Bat Ponies and Changelings may purchase this Edge.)
Increase the Tactical Espionage Action bonus to +2.


Talented [5 XP]
Work with your GM to choose a descriptive term which pertains to a unique inherent talent or area of innate ability your character has (but not a skill or area of training); when it meaningfully applies to a check you're attempting, it provides a +1 bonus to the check. No more than one talent may apply to a check. Examples of possible talents might be: Adaptable, Agile, Charismatic, Creative, Fast, Sensitive, Smart, Strong, Tireless, Tough, Wary, Willful, etc. The GM has final approval over any talent, as well as whether or not it meaningfully applies to a check.

Improved Talented [10 XP]
(Requires Talented to purchase.)
Choose one additional talent, or choose one talent you already have with a +1 bonus and increase its bonus to +2.

Greater Talented [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Talented to purchase.)
Choose one additional talent, or choose one talent you already have with a +1 bonus and increase its bonus to +2, or choose one talent you already have with a +2 bonus and increase its bonus to +3.


Telekinesis [5 XP]
(Only Alicorns, Changelings, and Unicorns may purchase this Edge.)
You may magically lift and manipulate a single light object by making an appropriate check.

Improved Telekinesis [10 XP]
(Requires Telekinesis to purchase.)
(Only Alicorns, Changelings, and Unicorns may purchase this Edge.)
You may now use Telekinesis on a small number of light objects simultaneously, or a single average weight object, by making an appropriate check, at the GM's discretion.

Greater Telekinesis [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Telekinesis to purchase.)
(Only Unicorns may purchase this Edge.)
You may now use Telekinesis on a large number of light or average weight objects simultaneously, or a single heavy object, by making an appropriate check, at the GM's discretion.


True, True Friend [5 XP]
Once per Scene, when a friend would be dealt damage, you may choose to take the damage for them.


Valorous [5 XP]
Whenever you spend a point of Valor for any reason, roll 1d6. On a result of 6, you gain the effects of having spent the point as normal, but you retain the point of Valor.

Improved Valorous [10 XP]
(Requires Valorous to purchase.)
When you use the Valor Edge, you now retain spent Valor on a result of 5 as well as 6.


Vitality [5 XP]
Increase your maximum Fortitude by 5.

Improved Vitality [10 XP]
(Requires Vitality to purchase.)
(Only Buffalo may purchase this Edge.)
Increase your maximum Fortitude by an additional 5 (to a total of +10).

Greater Vitality [15 XP]
(Requires Improved Vitality to purchase.)
(Only Buffalo may purchase this Edge.)
Increase your maximum Fortitude by an additional 5 (to a total of +15).


Weather Patrol [5 XP]
(Only Pegasi may purchase this Edge.)
You may manipulate currently-existing weather conditions by making an appropriate check at the GM's discretion.

Improved Weather Patrol [10 XP]
(Requires Weather Patrol to purchase.)
(Only Pegasi may purchase this Edge.)
You may now also create weather conditions by making an appropriate check at the GM's discretion.


Wild Talent [5 XP]
When you achieve a dramatic success at casting a spell, half the cost (rounded down) which you originally paid to cast the spell is restored to you. For example, if you paid 4 Fortitude and 2 Willpower, and achieved a dramatic success, you would regain 2 Fortitude and 1 Willpower.


Wing Pony [5 XP]
When you act in Harmony with your friends, add a +1 bonus to the check being made. If you have both Lead Pony and Wing Pony, you cannot apply both to the same check when you are acting in Harmony (the combination of the two Edges must come from two separate characters).

Improved Wing Pony [10 XP]
(Requires Wing Pony to purchase.)
Improve the Wing Pony bonus to +2.


Wing Power [5 XP]
(Only Alicorns, Bat Ponies, Changelings, Dragons, Griffons, and Pegasi may purchase this Edge.)
When your wings apply to a check you are attempting in a beneficial way, gain a +1 bonus to the check.

Improved Wing Power [10 XP]
(Requires Wing Power to purchase.)
(Only Alicorns, Bat Ponies, Changelings, Dragons, Griffons, and Pegasi may purchase this Edge.)
Increase the bonus of Wing Power to +2.


Wizardry [5 XP]
(Only Alicorns and Unicorns may purchase this Edge.)
Over the course of each Episode, you may create a number of unique spells equal to your Mind score, each of which are no higher than Difficult difficulty. Once a spell has been created, you may freely cast it as long as you are able to pay its cost and succeed at the check to cast it. Created spells last only until the end of an Episode; once a new Episode begins, you may create a new set of unique spells for that Episode.

Improved Wizardry [10 XP]
(Requires Wizardry to purchase.)
(Only Alicorns and Unicorns may purchase this Edge.)
The maximum difficulty of spells you create with Wizardry is now Daunting.


Wondrous Power [5 XP]
(Only Unicorns may purchase this Edge.)
Once per Episode when casting a spell, if you would be Sidelined by paying the cost of the spell, you may instead remain at 1 Fortitude and 1 Willpower and avoid being Sidelined. You must pay as much of the cost of the spell as you are able to, however; neither Fortitude or Willpower can remain above 1 after using this Edge.

[Solana]

Magic Is As Magic Does

Magic in Equestria is a powerful and personal force; those who can wield it are a breed apart from others, and a character who truly understands the intricacies of magic and spellcasting is a rare individual indeed. Mechanically, casting a Spell is a potent ability, though it draws upon a character’s inner strength and stamina and can rapidly drain them of their Fortitude and Willpower.

Spellcasters beware!
The use of spells and magic is one of the most complex and potentially time-consuming parts of S4E to use (the spell creation system alone is capable of creating an estimated 16,521,197,300,156,989,440,000 unique spells); if you plan to play a character who wields magic, make sure you take the time to learn this chapter well and prepare yourself accordingly. Doing so will save you and the rest of your game group a considerable amount of time and confusion, and will help to keep the game moving at a fun pace.

It should be noted that you do not have to decide your characters spells on creation.  Instead, you are allowed to make up spells "on the fly" during an episode.  However you should study this section and try coming up with a few in order to familiarize yourself with the system.  You can normally only create as many spells per episode as your mind score value, unless a purchased edge states otherwise.

Creating Spells
Casting Spells
Spell Examples (All featured in the show.)
(Link to come) As players make spells of their own, I'll add them to a list located here.

[Solana]

Creating Spells

The ability to create Spells is what makes magic such a versatile asset; characters who can harness magic are often able to do so not just by learning Spells, but by creating their own and thus tailoring their use of magic to their personal strengths, preferences, and the situation at hand. Creating Spells, however, can be a complex process for players who are new to it.

Every Spell requires a few components to be created; the first of these is the list of the Magical Aspects which are involved in the Spell. There are five Magical Aspects every Spell needs: Target, Range, Duration, Effect(s), and Subject(s). Each Magical Aspect is chosen from a list, to best describe the Spell. Each Magical Aspect also carries its own Spell Level value (found in each Magical Aspect's entry), which are added together to calculate the Spell Level of the Spell being created. The Spell Level of a Spell will determine the cost to cast that Spell, as well as the minimum Difficulty Target a character must meet with a check to cast it successfully (which may limit what Spells can be cast by a character according to their spellcasting capabilities).

In addition to these mechanical necessities, a Spell also needs a brief description of what it does, any limitations it has, details on how it carries out its effects, and / or any other information which is important to the Spell for the purposes of gameplay. This description allows the GM to interpret the effects of the Spell, and apply those effects to the action of the Episode.

All Magical Aspects used to create Spells are found below, as well as their Spell Level value.


Target
Target determines what the Spell is trying to affect. A Spell’s Target may be any one of the following:
Individual (Spell Level +1) means a single target; one person, one boulder, one sheet of paper, etc.
Group (Spell Level +2) means more than a single individual target; a group of people, all the apples on an apple tree, etc.
Area (Spell Level +4) means everything in an area, not necessarily specifically targeted; everyone who is in a house, or enters it, etc.
Mass (Spell Level +8) means everything reasonably able to be visualized; all Pegasi, every adult, the entire sky, etc.


Range
Range determines the connection between the caster and the most inaccessible target. A Spell's Range may be any one of the following:
Contact (Spell Level +1) means that the target is the caster themselves or is in direct physical contact with the caster.
Seen (Spell Level +2) means that the target can be easily seen by the caster at the time the Spell is cast (line of sight).
Known (Spell Level +4) means that the target is known well by the caster; it may be a friend, a familiar object, etc.
Unknown (Spell Level +8) means that the target isn’t necessarily Familiar to the caster but still may be targeted by the Spell.


Duration
Duration determines how long the Spell’s effects are meant to last. A Spell's Duration may be any one of the following:
Immediate (Spell Level +1) means that the Spell is instantly resolved and completed, such as a flash of light or teleportation.
Sustained (Spell Level +2) means that the Spell lasts as long as the caster focuses on it, such as a shield bubble or an illusion.
Temporary (Spell Level +4) means that the Spell lasts for a short time without needing to be focused on, such as temporary wings.
Persistent (Spell Level +8) means that the Spell lasts for a long time without needing to be focused on, such as sealing a chest.


Effect(s)
Effect(s) determine the basic effect of the Spell. A Spell's Effect(s) may be any one or more of the following:
Animate (Spell Level +1) governs physical manipulation of something, whether through concentration or by self-manipulation.
Combine (Spell Level +1) allows for the merging, or fusion, of multiple elements into a whole, or a functional hybrid.
Deceive (Spell Level +1) obscures or hides things from detection, or gives things false characteristics.
Diminish (Spell Level +1) makes something a ‘less perfect’ version of itself, damages it, or even eliminates it entirely.
Forge (Spell Level +1) creates something from nothing, or improves something, making it a ‘more perfect’ version of itself.
Modify (Spell Level +1) gives something a property or ability it does not normally have according to its function or normal capabilities.
Reveal (Spell Level +1) reveals hidden things and imparts knowledge about things.
Separate (Spell Level +1) splits things into their component parts to various degrees of specificity.


Subject(s)
Subject(s) determine the basic area of composition the Spell is affecting. A Spell's Subject(s) may be any one or more of the following:
Air (Spell Level +1) encompasses atmosphere, gases, smoke, and other gaseous materials.
Animal (Spell Level +1) encompasses lower animals such as cats, dogs, and birds—animals which cannot speak.
Body (Spell Level +1) encompasses the physical bodies (but not the minds) of higher creatures with the ability to speak.
Construct (Spell Level +1) encompasses manufactured objects, some with multiple interacting component parts.
Earth (Spell Level +1) encompasses stone, dirt, sand, metal, gemstones, and other non-living solid material found underground.
Energy (Spell Level +1) encompasses pure non-magical energy and energy-like effects, such as electricity, magnetism, and radiation.
Force (Spell Level +1) encompasses solid barriers of magical energy, like impassable shields and force fields.
Heat (Spell Level +1) encompasses thermal matters such as warmth and coldness, as well as fire, melting, and freezing.
Light (Spell Level +1) encompasses pure light, but not elements which naturally give off light, such as fire.
Magic (Spell Level +1) encompasses pure magical power and the mystical energies which make up spell effects.
Mind (Spell Level +1) encompasses the minds of higher creatures with the ability to speak.
Plant (Spell Level +1) encompasses natural plants and flora, as well as plant creatures.
Shadow (Spell Level +1) encompasses tangible shadow-stuff, physical darkness, and gloom made manifest.
Sound (Spell Level +1) encompasses noise and perceived sound, including music, voices, and other tones.
Space (Spell Level +1) encompasses vectors and spatial dimensions; it deals with areas of material reality such as gravity.
Time (Spell Level +1) encompasses the temporal dimension of reality and the persistence or passage of time.
Water (Spell Level +1) encompasses all fluids and physical liquids, not only water itself.
Weather (Spell Level +1) encompasses natural weather effects, including clouds, lightning, wind, rain, snow, thunder, and hail.

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Casting Spells

Once a Spell has been created, it can be cast by a character with spellcasting ability. First, the Spell Level of the Spell must be converted into a Difficulty Target, as follows:

Spell Level 8 or less: “Simple” Difficulty Target (5 Fortitude/Willpower)
Spell Level 9 to 14: “Average” Difficulty Target (10 Fortitude/Willpower)
Spell Level 15 to 22: “Difficult” Difficulty Target (15 Fortitude/Willpower)
Spell Level 23 or more: “Daunting” Difficulty Target (20 Fortitude/Willpower)

The spellcasting character must pay an amount of Fortitude and / or Willpower (split as they choose) equal to the Difficulty Target in order to make the attempt. If the character cannot spend enough Fortitude and / or Willpower to meet the cost of the Spell, they cannot even make the attempt to cast the Spell.

Finally, the character then attempts to meet or exceed the Difficulty Target with a Mind-based check to succeed at casting the Spell. This check is subject to all other rules of making a check, including rules for Partial and Dramatic Successes. At the GM’s discretion, they may increase or decrease the Difficulty Target for the purposes of successfully casting the Spell (for situations in which the task the spell is attempting to accomplish is more or less difficult than is casting the Spell itself). This increase or decrease may or may not also affect the cost to cast the Spell, allowing the GM to override the spellcasting rules when necessary.

[Solana]

The Canterlot Archive

Below, you will find over a hundred pre-made spells taken from the Friendship Is Magic cartoon, which are ready for spellcasting characters to use. These spells are separated by season, and in alphabetical order.


Season One Spells

Bad Hair Day
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Deceive
Subject: Body, Plant
Spell Level: 10 (Easy, DC 5)
Description: A mean Spell used to humiliate others, especially those who care for fashion. When cast, it turns the target’s mane or tail into what looks like strands of dark, greenish, wet seaweed. It is only an illusion, however, and does not truly damage the hair in a physical way.

Cloudwalker
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Change, Forge
Subject: Body, Magic, Weather
Spell Level: 12 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell allows characters who can’t walk on clouds to gain the ability to do so. This Spell only works for 3 days and—while it doesn’t allow for flight up into the clouds—can come in handy when visiting a city like Cloudsdale.

Dress-Up
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Space
Spell Level: 6 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: This Spell allows anypony to don clothing and/or armor instantly. When cast on a piece of clothing or armor, it vanishes and reappears on the caster’s, or somepony else’s, body.

Emergency Teleport
Target: Individual
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body, Space
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell can be cast even when under extreme stress and needs almost no concentration. It teleports the caster immediately to a place he considers safe, as long as it’s within a reasonable distance.

Fireworks Picture Show
Target: Area
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge, Animate
Subject: Light
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 5)
Description: This Spell creates a colorful animated light show in the sky. The illusion looks like a stop motion animation made from neon lights and is a great way to tell a message to an entire group of ponies.

Flashy Teleport
Target: Individual
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify, Forge, Animate
Subject: Space, Light, Sound
Spell Level: 12 (Average, DT 10)
Description: A modified version of a standard teleportation. The caster appears at his destination accompanied by a victorious tune played on trumpets, and a colorful fireworks show.

Gem Seeker
Target: Area
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Reveal
Subject: Earth
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This simple Spell is used to reveal the locations of gemstones that are near the surface of the ground. The effects of this Spell are not noticeable to bystanders.

Improvised Dress-Up
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify, Combine
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 11
Description: The caster uses whatever fabrics are nearby (curtains, rugs, bed sheets) to create a decent dress. The materials will be cut, sewed, glued, and pressed together by magic to make a sturdy, but temporary, piece of clothing.

Instant Manliness
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Forge
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: A simple Spell for growing a moustache, beard, and any other type of facial hair. It can be used as a joke or to disguise oneself. The effect is only temporary and any hair grown will vanish into nothingness after a day or some time with a razor.

Light
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Light
Spell Level: 6 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: The caster’s horn lights up with a small, but bright, light to illuminate his path.

Light Form
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body, Light, Space
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The caster bursts into an orb of bright light. While in this form, he can travel almost instantly to any single location the light shines upon.

Lip Zip
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: When cast on somepony, their mouth will instantly be closed by a metal zipper. The Spell can be easily broken by zipping the mouth open again and therefore is best used simply to make a point in conversations.

Magic Surge
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Magic
Spell Level: 6 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: More of a tool, this Spell is the spark that is needed to power anything that needs magical Energy.

Magical Holding
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Forge, Modify
Subject: Space
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell sends one object to magical storage, which can be retrieved later by simply casting the Spell again. This Spell can’t magically store an object larger than the caster themselves.

Magical Melody
Target: Area
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Weather, Sound
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The wind blows gently across the area, accompanied by a sweet calming tune. The melody comes out of seemingly nowhere, and is seemingly played on wind chimes and string instruments. It could even make a raging monster sleepy…

Mend Hair
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Combine
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 5 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: A Spell to repair and sometimes lengthen the mane, tail or even moustache. It molds hair together even if the hair strands are from different origin or color, the hair flowing smoothly together.

Mend Wood
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Plant
Spell Level: 6 (Average, DT 5)
Description: This Spell repairs broken wood. Cracks in planks heal like wounds in a matter of seconds, and broken branches can be reattached to trees to bloom once again.

Mouse Mount
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify, Forge
Subject: Animal
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell changes a group of normal mice into beautiful horses. These horses retain some of their original features, such as long teeth and whiskers. The Spell lasts until midnight, after which everything returns to normal again.

Mist Form
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body, Magic, Air
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The caster bursts into a small cloud of colorful mist. While in this form, he can travel at great speeds and is able to pass through even the tiniest holes and slits.

No Food For You
Target: Mass
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify, Deceive
Subject: Animal, Mind
Spell Level: 17 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: The Spell affects a group—or even an entire swarm—of creatures, changing their anatomy so that they can digest otherwise inedible things, like wood or stone. It also changes the creatures’ way of thinking, tricking them into believing that they dislike normal food, and prefer materials which would normally be inedible to them.

Ropecharmer
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Animate
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: The caster brings a piece of rope to life, making it move and dance at their command. The rope moves with the grace of a snake, and is able to grab and tangle anything the caster wants it to, if it’s long enough.

Small Area Teleport
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Space, Light (or Weather)
Spell Level: 8 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: The caster vanishes in a flash of light (or mist) and reappears in a chosen location within reasonable range, taking all small objects that surround him with him.

Spread Your Wings
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Forge, Modify
Subject: Body, Magic, Animal
Spell Level: 16 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: This Spell allows non-flying characters to fly in the sky like their winged counterparts by creating a pair of wings similar to a butterfly’s. These wings are very fragile, and will break or burn if flying too fast or too close to the sun.

Summon Door
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: This Spell summons a free-standing door nearby, often right in front of someone they are talking to. Because the door is created only for a matter of moments, it not suited for use in construction, but is rather used as a visual effect in conversations for making your point clear. The door may be spawned locked, unlocked, or even open (for the purpose of slamming it somepony’s face, naturally).

Summon Storm Cloud
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Weather, Energy
Spell Level: 8 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: This Spell summons a small storm cloud which the caster can move around and use to zap things with its lightning. The electrical charge is a very weak one, but it works as a great prank or distraction.

Throwback
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Animate
Subject: Magic, Force
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: As long the caster concentrates, all projectiles hurled at him slow down before reaching him and are aligned next to him. The caster can then either end the Spell, letting the objects fall to the ground, or he can concentrate on a target and throw the projectiles back, which ends the Spell as well.

Thunderbolt
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Energy
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: Lightning strikes from seemingly out of nowhere, hitting a whole group of creatures and harming or stunning them at the caster’s choice.

Topiary
Target: Area
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge, Modify
Subject: Plant
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell changes simple bushes and trees into beautiful topiaries.

Transmute Suit
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Modify, Forge
Subject: Plant, Earth, Construct
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell creates clothes and accessories from junk, like sticks and stones. The objects only have to match in shape loosely - like a stick for a cane, and a stone for a hat. The biggest drawback is that one has to concentrate on the Spell to sustain it, or the objects revert to their original form.

Up The Sleeve
Target: Individual
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Space
Spell Level: 8 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: This Spell allows to to instantly bring up any object the caster had hidden somewhere on their person. The object could’ve been hidden under a cape, in a saddlebag, or the like.

Vegetable Carriage
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify. Forge
Subject: Plant, Construct
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell changes a mundane vegetable into a beautiful carriage. The shape and design of the carriage depends on what vegetable it was created from, and it will loosely match the shape of the original produce. This Spell lasts until midnight, after which everything returns to normal again.

Warp Flame, Lesser
Target: Group
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Space, Magic
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: First, the caster chooses someone they know to be the receiving target. This Spell burns a chosen object or objects in a magical green fire, and the smoke vanishes with the wind. This smoke flies in a matter of seconds to its target, and the burned object appears before them. If cast inside a building, the smoke will escape through whatever opening possible, such as a door or a chimney.

You, Robot
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Animate
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: A Spell that is simple to cast, but hard to control, bringing any machine to life—which will then proceed to do whatever the caster orders it to do, but from then on won’t take any new orders (including the order to stop!).


Season Two Spells

Animate Toy
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Animate, Forge
Subject: Construct, Mind, Body or Animal
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: By casting this Spell on a toy, doll, or other object that is similar in shape to a living creature, the caster imbues that object, or group of objects, with life. After casting, however, the caster has no direct control over what their new creations do.

Arrest Movement
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Animate
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: By concentrating on other being, the caster can hold that being in place with this Spell.

Break Chains
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 6 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: By applying a burst of energy to a mundane chain or lock, the caster can break the device, releasing whatever was held or locked inside.

Cloak Of Bats
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Animate, Combine, Separate
Subject: Animal, Construct
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: When cast, the user’s outmost layer of clothing, typically a cloak or cape, dissolves into a swarm of fluttering bats around them. While such a display can be intimidating, the bats will try not to interact with any being other than the caster, preferring to simply fly away into the night. At the end of the scene, the bats return, forming themselves once again into the item they were spawned from.

Create Darkness
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Light
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: For the scene, the light in an area is extinguished, leaving the area in total darkness. While the source of the darkness is magical, the darkness itself is not, and any creature naturally capable of seeing in the dark can still see as normal.

Enthrall
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify
Subject: Mind
Spell Level: 8
Description: The caster takes temporary control of the mind of another being and bends it to their will. The target remains under the control of the caster for the remainder of the scene or until released, dispelled, or reminded of their true nature, similar to a dragon resisting becoming a monster.

Failsafe Spell
Target: Area
Range: Mass
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Diminish, Modify, Reveal
Subject: Magic
Spell Level: 17
Description: This Spell negates all unnatural magical effects in the surroundings that shouldn’t be there. It interrupts any working Spells, reverses any unwanted changes and reveals what should not be hidden or obscured by an illusion. Some Spells and curses may have a very powerful origin (like an ancient curse or Discord’s chaos-magic), and this Spell may prove useless against such powers.

Fire of Friendship
Target: Mass
Range: Seen
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Forge
Subject: Magic
Spell Level: 20 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: The legendary Spell crafted by the founders of Equestria to warm the winter chill (and their own hardened hearts), the Fire Of Friendship Spell is often cast as a ritual at the end of each year, an affirmation of friendship and unity between the three tribes which drives away any feelings of ill will and purges the land of the negativity that some creatures feed upon. Because of its unique nature, this Spell cannot be cast unless at least two other friends are assisting the caster.

Force Bolt
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Force, Magic
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: The caster fires a bolt of concentrated magical energy, damaging whatever it strikes.

Force Shield, Greater
Target: Mass
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Forge
Subject: Force, Magic
Spell Level: 16 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: The caster creates a massive force field, large enough to protect an entire city from invaders. So long as the caster regularly re-casts this Spell, only those who the caster deems appropriate can pass through the barrier. All others are shoved to the edge of the barrier, or further at the GM’s discretion. The barrier is also impenetrable by all spells cast from the outside.

Force Shield, Lesser
Target: Area
Range: Contact
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Force
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: By concentrating, the caster can form a small bubble of force around themselves, blocking entry by anypony the caster does not want approaching. Any opponents caught in the path of the expanding shield are pushed to the edge of it immediately.

Group Teleport
Target: Group
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body, Magic, Space
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The caster is able to teleport an entire group of characters, themselves included, to somewhere any character in the group is familiar with.

Kindle Love
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Forge
Subject: Mind
Spell Level: 14 (Average, DT 10)
Description: Like a shot from Cupid’s golden arrow, a pair struck by this Spell will experience an amplification of positive regard for each other (typically romantic love, though anything from kinship to friendliness can be achieved as well). Unlike Love Poison, which creates unhealthy obsession, this Spell creates genuine emotion without negative side effects. The pair this Spell is cast on must have some basis for the emotions being amplified for this Spell to work; complete strangers must at least find each other attractive in order for this Spell to forge the bonds of love between them, for example.

Levitation
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Animate
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: A specific and powerful version of the unicorn’s standard power of telekinesis, Levitation allows a unicorn to lift themselves or another through magic. The subject moves at a normal walking speed through the air, and their flight is under the control of the caster.

Lockdown
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Forge
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 12 (Average, DT 10)
Description: Upon casting this Spell, a door, lock, chest, or other item is magically locked, and will only respond to the magical energy of the caster.

Magic Beam
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Force, Magic
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: A concentrated beam of magical energy capable of striking multiple enemies, or holding back other beam Spells.

Mass Repair
Target: Area
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Combine, Forge, Separate
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell allows the caster to multitask when building or repairing objects, or to repair Massive objects, such as a collapsed dam.

Mind Restoration
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Diminish, Reveal, Separate
Subject: Mind
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: By touching a creature under the effects of a mind-affecting power, the caster can undo the effects of that power with this Spell.

Moonwalker
Target: Individual
Range: Unknown
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Space, Light
Spell Level: 13 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell allows the caster to use the moon as an aid in teleportation. By flying toward the moon, the caster can travel through the image of it to anywhere its light touches on the world below.

Move The Heavens
Target: Mass
Range: Known
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Animate
Subject: Air, Space, Time, Weather, Light
Spell Level: 26 (Daunting, DT 20)
Description: When cast, the caster gains control of either the sun or the moon for a short time, allowing them to cause it to rise or set.

Mystic Image
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Deceive
Subject: Air
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: By manipulating smoke or vapor in the air, the caster can create an image in any shape they can imagine. The illusionary figure moves as the caster commands, but dissolves upon physical contact with any living being. Most commonly, this Spell is used in conjunction with the Mystic Mist Spell, which creates plenty of smoke and mist to shape into illusions.

Mystic Mist
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Air
Spell Level: 6 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: By blowing a small amount of powder into the air, the caster can create a large amount of billowing green smoke which obscures the area. This mist is frequently used to create illusions with the Mystic Image Spell, but can also be useful any time a smokescreen is needed.

Rejuvenation
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 5 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: A simple healing Spell which allows a character to recover from being Sidelined and restores them to at least one point of Fortitude and Willpower.

Scry Speak
Target: Individual
Range: Known
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Reveal
Subject: Space
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell allows the caster to may speak to others in an area they are scrying on, as if the caster were in that area as well. Note: Can be only cast at a target that is affected by the “Scrying” spell.

Scrying
Target: Area
Range: Unknown
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Reveal
Subject: Space
Spell Level: 16 (Difficult, DT 10)
Description: By looking into a mirror, crystal ball, or other reflective surface, the caster may view another place, whether they have seen it before or not. Their sight of the area is maintained only as long as their concentration holds and the reflective surface being used to scry remains intact.

Speed Read
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Reveal
Subject: Mind, Construct
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: By casting this Spell, the caster can quickly move through the pages of a book, finding any passages which contain information on the topic they are searching for.

Summon Couch
Target: Individual
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Animate
Subject: Construct, Space
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell pulls a couch, seat, or other sitting surface over to the caster, regardless of range. The Spell has little use outside of dramatic flair, but can still be used to catch the caster as he or she falls.

Sunbeam
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Energy, Heat, Light
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell creates a beam of pure sunlight, encompassing all of the majesty and wrath of the noonday sun.

Telekinetic Throw
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Animate, Forge
Subject: Construct or Body, Energy
Spell Level: 8 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: By supercharging their telekinetic abilities, the caster can hurl a character or object with far more force than normal. This Spell is normally used for offense, but can be used for more practical purposes as well, such as slinging ropes over large obstacles.

Teleport Other
Target: Individual
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body, Magic, Space
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: By concentrating, the caster can teleport another being from one location within sight to another. This Spell, however, is prone to misfiring and teleporting unintended individuals as well.

Turn Back the Clock
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify
Subject: Space, Time
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: For a very brief period of time (a minute at most), the caster can travel back through time to any specific moment they choose. Anypony casting this Spell should be careful not to meddle in the affairs of the past, as the effects of time travel are unknown. Curiously, a caster may only cast this Spell once; once it is used, it cannot be cast by the same character again (at the GM’s discretion).

Want It, Need It
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Forge, Deceive
Subject: Construct, Mind
Spell Level: 16 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: When cast on a specific item, that thing becomes an object of intense affection and desire to everypony who sees it. Under the effect of Want it, Need it, everypony beholden to the item will fight over it until the Spell is dispelled.

Warp Flame, Greater
Target: Individual
Range: Known
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Magic, Space, Construct or Body
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: More powerful than its lesser cousin, this Spell allows the caster to send objects, or even living beings, through flames more efficiently. Upon casting, the target of this Spell is surrounded, then engulfed, by crackling, green flames before being sent to a location of the caster’s choosing. The only restriction to the choice of location is that the caster must have been to this location previously.


Season Three Spells

Age Spell
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body, Mind, Time
Spell Level: 16 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: All chosen targets are modified in age to any point in natural life, from foal to old grey mare. This Spell is notoriously difficult, and only the most accomplished and powerful magicians can perform it.

Agony
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 7 (Average, DT 10)
Description: A fierce lightning bolt is fired by the caster, causing the struck target unbearable agony each round it is maintained.

Alarm Barrier
Target: Area
Range: Known
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Forge, Reveal
Subject: Force
Spell Level: 19 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: This Spell creates a powerful, nearly-unbreakable force field around an area the size of a small town. In addition, any attempt to touch or break the barrier sends an alert message to the caster, who knows exactly where in the barrier the attempted breach is coming from.

Apples To Oranges
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Animal, Plant
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: This Spell transfigures an object (or small animal of similar size) into an orange (or, in the case of an animal, a functioning animal/orange hybrid).

Arcane Cartography
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Reveal
Subject: Space
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: By casting this Spell on an object, the caster creates a temporary map of the area the target object was taken from.

Arcane Trap
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Modify
Subject: Magic
Spell Level: 12 (Average, DT 10)
Description: By casting this Spell on an object, location, or other (relatively) immobile target, the caster can place a contingency Spell, often a trap of some kind, on the target which activates when the target is interacted with.

Banishment
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Diminish, Modify
Subject: Body, Mind, Space
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell, when cast on any sort of summoned object or creature, returns it from whence it came.

Creeping Shadow
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Shadow
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: A shadow sweeps over the target, creating a darker (and possibly more sinister) version of itself.

Crystal Heart
Target: Area
Range: Known
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Forge, Diminish
Subject: Magic
Spell Level: 19 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: Love and hope rejuvenate the area, cleansing it of any ill effects. This Spell is extremely powerful, and often requires the coordinated effort of many characters, as well as a unique magical focus of some kind, in order to function.

Crystal Prison
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Forge, Diminish
Subject: Earth, Magic, Shadow
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The target is surrounded in a wall made of black crystal, which blocks magic and teleportation out of the area of the Spell’s effect, though it does not restrict normal physical escape (though it does present the normal challenge of being a wall).

Dance, Puppet, Dance
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Animate
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The target begins to dance uncontrollably, which lasts until the end of the scene, at most.

Dancing Door
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Animate
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 12 (Average, DT 10)
Description: Whenever the enchanted door, gate, or other entranceway is opened without the proper key, (be it a physical key, a password, or a specific Spell) the door will not only refuse to open, but rapidly move to a new location.

Dark Crystal
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Forge, Diminish
Subject: Earth, Shadow, Magic
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: Strange black crystals erupt from the target, weakening Spells in the area which do not include the “Shadow” Subject. If cast on a unicorn, the crystals grow from their horn, preventing them from casting any Spells until the curse can be reversed. Although this Spell has a range of touch, it can be cast through the Creeping Shadow Spell.

Dark Infection
Target: Area
Range: Contact
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Shadow, Mind
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: An area is infected with an aura of dark despair, slowly converting it into darkness and shadows.

Darkest Despair
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Deceive, Forge, Modify
Subject: Mind, Shadow
Spell Level: 15 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: The target is thrust into an illusionary world in which their worst fears come to pass, leaving their body in a state of waking nightmare. Unless granted outside help, the target may never escape from the nightmare world except through extraordinary force of will.

Dreamwalk
Target: Group
Range: Unknown
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify, Reveal
Subject: Mind
Spell Level: 17 (Difficult, DT 15)
Description: Once this Spell is cast, the caster (and their friends) are free to wander the collective dreamscape, entering into the dreams of sleeping characters and manipulating those dreams freely. Occasionally, a particularly strong feeling, such as fear, elation, or despair, may guide the caster towards a specific dream.

Gravity Shift
Target: Individual
Range: Unknown
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Modify
Subject: Space
Spell Level: 13 (Average, DT 10)
Description: For as long as this Spell is maintained, the target treats their source of gravitational pull as somewhere other than normal; up is down, left is up, or any other combination.

Horn Fuse
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body, Magic
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The caster targets two characters with horns, and causes their horns to fuse together at their tips. While fused, neither target can use their horn, and only one can be in control of movement at any given time. These effects last until the end of the scene.

Flying Zoo
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Animate
Subject: Animal
Spell Level: 8 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: The caster takes a group of animals into the air in controlled, levitation-based flight. As long as the caster maintains concentration, the group of animals can be launched into several spectacular formations.

Lingering Despair
Target: Mass
Range: Known
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Modify, Forge
Subject: Body, Mind, Shadow
Spell Level: 25 (Daunting, DT 20)
Description: A curse is laid upon an entire nation, sapping the inhabitants of their minds and energy. While in this depressive state, only concentrated effort to fight back against the curse can provide relief (and even then, potentially only temporarily).

Mute Button
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 13 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The target’s muzzle is dragged-and-dropped into a magical recycling bin, which prevents them from speaking until the Spell is lifted.

Pimp My Ride
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Persistent
Effect: Forge
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 12 (Average, DT 10)
Description: By touching a vehicle, the caster can upgrade it into a bigger, flashier, and all-around nicer vehicle for the scene. The new vehicle must be roughly the same kind as the original. For example, a small chariot can be changed into a royal float, but not an airship.

Refill
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Water
Spell Level: 5 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: This Spell fills a touched cup, mug, or other drinking vessel with the last non-magical liquid to fill it, such as tea, cider, water, or another beverage.

Releasing Spell
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Animate, Modify, Diminish
Subject: Body, Magic, Animal
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This Spell releases a being trapped by another Spell or effect, up to and including beings sealed away by the Elements of Harmony themselves.

Smokescreen
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Air
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 10)
Description: The caster whips up a small magical smokescreen which conceals a small area from view for a few seconds—just long enough to perform quick switcheroos or make a speedy escape.

Snowfall
Target: Area
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge, Diminish
Subject: Heat, Weather
Spell Level: 12 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The water vapor in the air is flash frozen into a thick layer of snow which blankets the target area, making the terrain more difficult to traverse.

Summon Instruments
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Forge
Subject: Construct
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The caster summons several musical instruments, which disappear at the end of the scene.

Summon Parasprite
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Animal
Spell Level: 6 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: The caster summons a single ravenous Parasprite, which voraciously eats what it can before splitting and reproducing. If left unattended, this single Parasprite can form itself into an entire swarm.

Tickle Torture
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Mind
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: Several feathers are summoned to tickle the victim of the Spell, who is at the very least distracted, and may even take Willpower damage each turn the Spell is sustained.

Water Walking
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Separate
Subject: Body, Water
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: As long as the caster concentrates, the target may walk on liquid water as though it were ice. Should the caster’s concentration be broken, however, the Spell’s effects immediately end.

Weather Control
Target: Mass
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify
Subject: Air, Weather
Spell Level: 14 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The caster weaves the clouds, tailoring the weather in the general area to their whim. Other attempts to modify the weather force the caster to assert control or else cede control to the other force.

Wild Growth
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The caster causes one part of a creature’s body to grow wildly out of proportion with the rest of its body, potentially causing all kinds of difficulty for the creature until the end of the Scene.


Season Four Spells

Astral Projection
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Deceive or Forge
Subject: Light
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: The caster creates a projection of light which takes any shape she desires. The projection has the color of the casters magic aura. (Which in turn very often matches one’s eyes). The shape of this illusion can be anything the caster is able to imagine, although the GM might want to raise the Spell Difficulty if the illusion is very complex or big, like for example an Ursa Minor.

Freeze Ray
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Heat
Spell Level: 6 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: This spell fires a projectile of ice at the target, freezing it on hit. Beside the freezing effect its harmless and won’t cause frostbite.

Inspiration Manifestation
Target: Mass
Range: Seen
Duration: Permanent
Effect: Forge, Modify
Subject: Construct, Earth, Light, Plant, Sound, Water, Heat
Spell Level: 27 (Daunting, DT 20)
Description: The caster reshapes the world around them to more suit their creative vision; this spell can radically change the environment, but mainly in a cosmetic sense--this spell's ability to functionally alter the environment is limited.

Jewels Of Radiance
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Forge
Subject: Light, Construct
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: A spell that creates constructs of solid light. These constructs can be of any shape mimicking everyday objects. The Game Master might want to raise the spell difficulty if the created construct are of great size or very complex.

Kindle
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge
Subject: Heat
Spell Level: 6 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: A spell to start a flame. It can ignite everything from a candle, a fireplace up to even the great Equestrian Games torch.

Magic-Alchemical Catalyst
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Modify, Combine
Subject: Magic, Water, Shadow
Spell Level: 9 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This spell is the final step in the process of brewing some very potent alchemical potions. It helps the brew to combine the ingredients properly and fill it with magical energy. Some of the most powerful potions may only respond to Alicorn magic.

Magical Entropy
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify, Deceive
Subject: Magic
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: This malicious spell makes unicorn magic go haywire. They lose all control over their magical abilities casting telekinesis randomly and using it in unwanted ways. The pollen of a specific everfree plant which resembles living thorn bushes has this same effect after contact with a horn.

Mend Wood
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Combine
Subject: Plant
Spell Level: 5 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: A Spell to repair anything thats broken and made out of wood. As long as all the pieces are present the spell will combine them perfectly, like they were never ever broken.

Null-Magic Barrier
Target: Area
Range: Contact
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Magic
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: A spell that creates a barrier, which if passed through by a unicorn makes it temporarily unable to use magic. The barrier can be created in any open space with borders. Examples include: archways, windows, frames from paintings and so on.

Paralyzing Blastwave
Target: Area
Range: Contact
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Diminish
Subject: Space, Body
Spell Level: 10 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The caster emits a magical blast wave from her horn stopping any motion in all things, be it inanimate or alive. Living beings seem paralyzed although they still retain their senses. The spell ends when the caster stops concentrating on sustaining it.

Racial Transmutation
Target: Group
Range: Seen
Duration: Temporary
Effect: Modify
Subject: Body, Animal
Spell Level: 11 (Average, DT 10)
Description: The purpose of this spell is to temporarily change the race of one or more beings into a different one. For this spell to work the caster first needs to magically “scan” the desired race and without breaking her concentration, cast the spell on the target group.

Transformation Ritual
Target: Individual
Range: Contact
Duration: Immediate
Effect: Forge, Modify
Subject: Body
Spell Level: 7 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: This ritual changes the casters physical form completely. It strengthens it, makes it grow, changes color as well as texture, adds features and makes all in all a greater example of its former self. This ritual often needs special conditions to be met. Like a solar eclipse, an aphelion night, or standing on the top of a mountain during a snowstorm.

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Here you will find a step-by-step example of character creation, using S4E's D.A.S.H. process, to help new players understand how it works. In this example, our player 'Tom' will create his S4E character, 'Thrifty'--a humble and simple pony who just might have the makings of a hero.


D - Design

Race
The first step of character creation is for Tom to decide what Race his character Thrifty will be. He decides that Thrifty will be an Earth Pony, as their hard-working, hooves-on nature best suits his idea for Thrifty.

Description
The next step is for Tom to describe Thrifty. Tom decides that, like himself, Thrifty is pretty average; average height, a generally average build, unremarkable tan coat, short brown mane and tail, and hazel eyes--an everyday citizen of Equestria. He also decides that Thrifty is a quintessential tinkerer, always fixing up old things; because of this, Thrifty is always a little covered in dust, and also always carries a saddle bag full of 'tinkering tools' and small spare parts around with him. Tom decides Thrifty is usually friendly and relaxed, with a 'can-do' attitude.

Concept
The next step is for Tom to define Thrifty's core concept, with his Background, Perspective, and Direction. Tom decides to keep Thrifty's Background simple; the youngest of a big family, he had an interest in repairing old things from an early age, so he eventually moved to his new home to open a general repair shop. This feeds into his Perspective; Thrifty hasn't gotten enough money together to start his shop yet, so he is always on the lookout for work that needs to be done. This gives him his friendly, can-do attitude; he's always willing to help out and mend what's been broken. This, in turn, feeds into his Direction; Thrifty wants to help ponies with the simple things in their lives which need fixing. He has no grand aspirations of being a hero and saving Equestria, he's simply willing to work hard to help make everypony's life a little better in his own small way. (Of course, it is this quiet and humble virtue which might one day make Thrifty into one of Equestria's heroes...)


A - Aspects

Guiding Element
The next step is for Tom to decide which Guiding Element is the one which best matches who Thrifty is. This, thanks to the previous section of character creation, is an easy task for Tom; Thrifty obviously best matches the Element of Generosity. He could also match Kindness, as the two are similar in some ways; but after talking with his GM, Tom decides that Generosity is better because Thrifty wants to have an active part in doing good work--he wants to be 'hooves-on,' so to speak. Following this ideal and striving to embody it, especially when it is difficult to do so, will help Thrifty regain spent Valor during gameplay.

Fatal Flaw
The next step is for Tom to determine what Thrifty's Fatal Flaw is. After taking some time to consider who Thrifty is as an individual, reviewing the past sections of character creation for reference, and talking with his GM, Tom decides that because Thrifty works on mending broken things and fixing up old things which have worn out, his Fatal Flaw is that Thrifty has a hard time letting go of things, whether material things, situations, problems, or other ponies. This makes Thrifty hesitant to change or give up on something, and that can lead him into trouble. During gameplay, whenever Thrifty is faced with a dilemma which plays on his Fatal Flaw, he will make checks without the aid of his Attributes.


S - Statistics

Attributes
The next step is for Tom to read and learn Thrifty's three Attributes: Mind, Body, and Heart. Each of these Attributes will begin with a score of 1 for now, and Tom will have the opportunity later on in character creation to improve them through purchasing the appropriate Edges.

Fortitude & Willpower
The next step is for Tom to understand Thrifty's Fortitude and Willpower scores, and calculate their initial values. His Fortitude is calculated as (Body x 10) + (Heart x 5), and his Willpower is (Mind x 10) + (Heart x 5). Because all of his Attributes are currently at a score of 1, both his Fortitude and Willpower scores are currently 15. This may increase later in character creation depending on the choices Tom makes for Thrifty.

Valor
The next step is for Tom to learn about Valor, and to determine Thrifty's starting and maximum Valor score. Thrifty's Valor score is equal to his Heart Attribute, which is currently 1, meaning Thrifty's Valor is also currently 1. This may increase later as character creation continues.


H - Headway

Skills
The next step is for Tom to learn about Skills. While Thrifty does not begin with any Skills by default, he may acquire them depending on the choices Tom makes later on as character creation continues.

Edges
The next step is for Tom to learn about Edges. Like Skills, Thrifty does not begin with any Edges by default, but he may purchase them later in character creation by spending Experience Points (XP). Edges are the primary way in which Thrifty will gain power, ability, and knowledge.

Experience
The final step is for Tom to put all of his knowledge and conceptualizing of Thrifty to use by spending Experience Points (XP) to purchase Edges to improve Thrifty's capabilities. He finds out from his GM that Thrifty (like all of the characters in Tom's game group) starts in the Adult tier of experience, which gives him 60 XP to spend on Edges to advance his character. The following is how Tom spends Thrifty's starting XP:

Gifted (5 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to increase his Mind score from 1 to 2, and subsequently increases his Willpower from 15 to 25 (+10).
Gifted (5 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to increase his Body score from 1 to 2, and subsequently increases his Fortitude from 15 to 25 (+10).
Gifted (5 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to increase his Heart score from 1 to 2, and subsequently increases both his Fortitude and Willpower from 25 to 30 (+5 each). The Heart increase also increases his Valor from 1 to 2.
Improved Gifted (10 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to increase his Mind score from 2 to 3, and subsequently increases his Willpower from 30 to 40 (+10).
Improved Gifted (10 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to increase his Heart score from 2 to 3, and subsequently increases his Fortitude from 30 to 35, and his Willpower from 40 to 45 (+5 each). The Heart increase also increases his Valor from 2 to 3.
Skill Training (5 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to reflect his training and skill in repairing things. Tom works with his GM to describe and define the details of this Skill, and they call it "Repair." Thrifty will roll an extra 1d6 when he makes a check to which Repair would apply, and he will choose the best two d6 results to add to the check.
Improved Skill Training (10 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to reflect his more advanced training and skill in repairing things. He chooses his "Repair" Skill, and applies this Edge to it. Thrifty will now roll an additional extra 1d6 (for a total of 2d6 extra) when he makes a check to which Repair would apply, and he will choose the best two d6 results to add to the check.
Special Purpose (5 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to reflect that he has gotten his Cutie Mark. Tom works with his GM to define Thrifty's special purpose as, "To mend the broken." They also determine that his Cutie Mark is a wrench and a screwdriver, crossed over each other. Whenever Thrifty's special purpose applies to a check he is making, he will ignore any and all Drawbacks he might otherwise suffer for that check.
Talented (5 XP): Thrifty purchases this Edge to reflect his inherent talent with using the materials available, instead of having to rely on specialized tools, to get the job done. Tom works with his GM to describe and define this Talent, and they call it "Resourceful." Whenever Thrifty makes a check to which this Talent applies, he gains a +1 bonus to his check result.

With the final step of character creation complete, Tom has finished creating Thrifty, and the handy-pony is ready for his first Episode!

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How to Play

Now that you have created your character sheet, You should probably familiarize yourself with how the game is played. Here are links to everything you need to know as a player.

NOTE:This game was originally designed to be played with other players in person, not over forums. As this game is being played over a forum, there are several ways in which this game must adapt. For instance, the GM will handle all the calculations and skill checks, as well as use their own judgement as to what skills your character has that would apply to a check, reducing the necessity of discussion between players and the GM to determine these things.
You should still familiarize yourself with the overall process, in order to help you make your decisions.

Structure of Gameplay
Making Checks
Advantages and Drawbacks
Acting in Harmony
Damage, Recovery, And Sidelining
Using and Restoring Valor

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Structure Of Gameplay

S4E is designed to be easy to play, with a loose structure of rules meant to appeal to beginner and ‘freeform’ roleplayers and to encourage collaborative storytelling. There are six important terms to learn and remember, and these are: Theater of the Mind, Scenes, Narrative Mode, Cinematic Mode, Rounds, and the “P.I.E.” acronym. In this chapter, each of these terms and how they govern gameplay will be explained.


Theater Of The Mind
S4E falls within the genre of ‘collaborative storytelling’ games, which is more loosely-governed than other game types in terms of exactly what a character can and cannot do. This means that S4E is played primarily with the group’s imagination and interpretation, and with secondary materials (such as grids, maps, tables, charts, and exact measurements of range, damage, movement speed, etc) having less of an impact on moment-to-moment gameplay. This style of play is relatively subjective and fluid when compared to other games in the RPG genre, and is best described with the term Theater of the Mind.


Scenes
Individual parts of an Episode of S4E can be separated into Scenes, which are distinct sequences of action and narrative revolving around a central plot point. Scenes can be identified by considering an Episode of S4E as if it were an episode of the original cartoon: they could be anything from “talking to ponies around town to find information,” to “confronting the hydra,” to “traveling through the forest.” Many parts of S4E revolve around the concept of Scenes, and it is thus important to approach gameplay with Scenes in mind.


Narrative Mode
Scenes in S4E are separated into two types: Narrative Mode and Cinematic Mode. A Narrative Mode Scene is a Scene in which timing isn’t necessarily important. It is the ‘exploration’ mode of the game. For example, when going around town looking for clues, or searching a cave for a secret door, or traveling through the forest, the moment-to-moment timing of the game isn’t very important. Thus, those are all Narrative Mode Scenes. Narrative Mode is fast and loose, with the GM and the players working together to tell the story, and the GM keeping things organized without needing to take gameplay into the more ordered Cinematic Mode.


Cinematic Mode
The other type of Scene in S4E is Cinematic Mode. A Cinematic Mode Scene is a Scene in which timing and bookkeeping of numbers are more important, and often one in which when danger or threat is a focal point of gameplay. For instance, Cinematic Mode comes into play when the players’ characters are facing an adversary or handling a tense or difficult situation like a sporting competition or escaping from Ahuizotl’s latest series of traps. A Cinematic Mode Scene is played out in a sequence of Rounds, with a uniform order of action and reaction that is repeated from Round to Round.


Rounds
Rounds are the most organized gameplay structure in S4E, and are meant to be used when a lot of action is taking place--often in response to danger, difficulty, or threat. Rounds are useful in that they allow the GM and the players to keep track of everything going on in the correct order by making the potentially chaotic narrative of the story adhere to a linear progression of action and reaction each Round. This progression is abbreviated into the acronym “P.I.E.”


P.I.E.
P.I.E. stands for “Presentation, Initiative, Effects.” It is the formula of steps for resolving each Round of a Cinematic Mode Scene. The following will describe each step in detail, and give examples of P.I.E. in action.

Presentation: First, the GM will present the scene (or continue the scene from the previous round), with a brief piece of narration, and, if necessary, will present a challenge. For example:

“You enter the dark banquet hall, moonlight hidden by old, heavy curtains. Cobwebs and dust lie heavily over the long table and old chairs. However, after taking a few steps, the candles and the fireplace suddenly spring to life, flame flaring to life and illuminating the hall--and the cloaked figure seated at the head of the table. “I am pleased you could join me for dinner,” he says, “I have been hungry for so long, and you look so delicious...” From the rafters, a swarm of bats come screeching down toward you, flapping their leathery wings as they attack!”

Initiative: Next, the GM will call for reactions from selected characters, followed by actions from everyone. First, those characters who the GM decides are entitled to reactions get to take a short, often defensive, action (for example, a reaction may be to dodge out of the way of a falling tree, or to make a reply to an insult directed at them). The reacting characters may act in any order they choose, sharing one group ‘turn’, and all of the characters’ reactions are resolved at once, with the results being interpreted by the GM accordingly. If they can’t cooperate to decide on their own action order, the GM may decide they’ve lost their chance to react due to bickering. Usually, only characters who are directly affected by some part of the scene presentation are entitled to a reaction, though this is left up to GM discretion. For example:

The GM decides that only three members of the group are in direct danger of attack from the bat swarm, and so calls for reactions from them. Two characters try to dodge out of the way, and one tries to blind the bats with a flash of magical light. The GM resolves all of the reactions, and decides how the combined reaction plays out. One of the dodging characters succeeded, but the other failed--but the character who tried to blind the bats succeeded! The GM decides that the blinding light prevents the bats from harming anyone for the moment, and thus the light-wielding character’s reaction ‘saved’ the failed dodging character as well.

After reactions have been resolved, the GM will call for everyone to make a single action. This action can be more complex than a reaction, but still usually only takes a few seconds; the GM and the players should work together to make sure that a given action is neither too short, nor too long, based on the scene at hand. Actions are taken in any order the players choose, and are resolved individually (not as a group, as reactions are). Just as with reactions, if the players cannot work together to decide action order, the GM may rule that they’ve lost their opportunity. Characters who choose to act in Harmony with a fellow character are counted as acting at the same time as the character they are acting in Harmony with (acting in Harmony is explained in more detail later in this chapter). For example:

The characters, with a brief reprieve from the bat swarm, decide to take the offensive. A Pegasus tries flying in a circle to summon a small tornado to trap the bats while the others confront their mysterious adversary. It works, and the bats are kept busy in the cyclone. The other characters confront the cloaked figure. One steps forward, and all the others act in Harmony with the group leader, backing them up as they demand that he tells them his name, and where he’s taken Princess Luna!

Effects: Finally, the GM will narrate any extra effects that either occur as a result of the characters’ actions over the course of the round or that should be highlighted for the players’ benefit. This is a ‘clean-up’ step, and may be skipped if the GM decides to move on to the next round instead. For example:

As the characters confront their mysterious adversary, the bats, confused by the tornado, seem to break out of a magical trance they’ve been kept under and no longer seem hostile.

With the Effects step complete, this Round ends and a new Round begins with its Presentation step.

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Making Checks

Checks are the backbone of character actions in S4E. Any time a character attempts a task, the GM may require that they make a check to determine if they were successful or not. In general, easy tasks, or tasks with little-to-no narrative significance, can be resolved without requiring a check; however, most tasks a character attempts which impact the story are good candidates for checks. Checks are also used to determine the victor in a directly opposed action or a competition between characters.

This section will explain how to perform the three types of checks: Standard, Opposed, and Competitive.


Standard Checks
When making a check, a higher result is desirable, as the total of a check is compared to a target difficulty number to determine the check's outcome. To make a standard check, perform the following steps.

Step One: Describe the action your character is taking, and work with your GM to decide which Attribute is being used for the check. Add that Attribute's score to the check total.

If the GM decides that your Fatal Flaw applies to the check, however, skip this step. When your Fatal Flaw applies to a check, you perform that check without the benefit of your Attributes.

Step Two: Roll 2d6, plus a number of additional d6's if you have an applicable Skill, according to the Edges you have purchased for that Skill. No more than one Skill can apply to a check; if you have multiple Skills which may apply, you may choose which Skill to apply to the check. Take the highest two results as the roll for the next step.

Step Three: Apply the effects of any Advantages and Drawbacks to the roll (Advantages and Drawbacks are explained in more detail later in this chapter), and add the adjusted roll result to the check total.

Step Four: Add any bonuses awarded by Edges to the check total, make use of any Edges you can use and decide to use, and give the check total to the GM to find out what happened.

For example, Royal Blue, a young Pegasus, is crossing a rope bridge over a deep ravine and is attempting to leap across a section where the old wooden planks have fallen away.

Step One: She determines with the GM that the leap will be a Body check. Having a Body score of 2, she thus gains +2 to the check total. If her Fatal Flaw "social anxiety" had applied, she would skip this step; because it doesn't, however, she gains the +2 as normal.

Step Two: She has the Skill "Gymnastics" which the GM agrees applies to the check. She is entitled to roll 2d6, as everyone is when making a check. Because of the Edges she has which pertain to her "Gymnastics" Skill ("Skill Training" as well as "Improved Skill Training"), she is entitled to two additional d6's (one from each Edge). She rolls the total (4d6), and gets results of 2, 3, 4, and 5. She takes the 4 and the 5 (total 9), being the two highest results.

Step Three: The GM decides that the swaying of the rope bridge adds one Drawback to this check, which will reduce the check's total roll by one step. In this case, the roll--determined by the previous step--was a 9. The Drawback reduces this by one step, making the 9 into an 8. She thus gains +8 to the check total, bringing it up to 10 total.

Step Four: Royal Blue is a Pegasus, and has previously purchased the "Wing Power" and "Improved Wing Power" Edges (each granting a +1 bonus when her wings are used to aid in a check). She is, of course, using her wings to aid her jump; because of these two Edges, she thus gains a +2 to the check total accordingly. This brings the check total up to 12. She gives this result to the GM to find out what happens.


Opposed Checks
Sometimes, characters may attempt tasks which are directly opposed to one another; for example, playing tug-of-war, having a race, or hoof-wrestling would all be opposed checks. In those cases, simply follow the steps for a standard check, except that in Step Four, whichever character has the highest check total succeeds at the opposed check (i.e. winning the tug-of-war, race, hoof-wrestling match, or whatever else was at stake, as interpreted by the GM). The other character fails at the opposed check.


Competitive Checks
Sometimes, characters may attempt tasks with the intent to outperform one another; for example, two teams each trying to produce more cider than the other would be a competitive check. In these cases, it becomes important not just to see who performed better, but also to make sure that the involved characters both succeeded in the first place.

This kind of competitive check is a combination of a standard check and an opposed check, in that the characters involved must first succeed at the Difficulty Target set by the GM, and then their results are compared to decide who performed the best. Only the character who succeeds against the Difficulty Target of the task and outperforms their opponent(s) is counted as having succeeded at the competitive check; all others fail the competitive check.