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Errata for GURPS Magic

Modified September 12, 2005

Page #Change
20In the boxed Powerstone Costs section, under Materials, change "1/54 to the power of P" to "53/54 to the power of P". (N.B.: The results on the table are rounded off.)
28Control (Air) Elemental should be "Resisted by higher of ST and Will".
30Hybrid Control is a Very Hard spell; it should have the "(VH)" notation.
36The prerequisite for Tickle should be Spasm.
43Corpulence and Gauntness are Very Hard spells; they should have the "(VH)" notation.
46Alter the opening text of Lend Language to read "Subject gains a language (sapient creatures only) . . . ".
51For Flesh to Stone, under Duration, change Permanent to Instantaneous.
52Under Sand Jet, change the phrase "if the spell strikes" to "if the spell strikes the face". Under the prerequisites for Mud Jet, change the text to read "Water Jet and Create Earth, or Create Water and Sand Jet."
53For Stone to Flesh, under Duration, change Permanent to Instantaneous.
86Under Sanctuary, delete the phrase "unless it is known at level 20+" from the end of paragraph three. Suspend Time is resisted by IQ.
92Strike the sentence "For permanent relief, use Cure Insanity." from Relieve Madness.
107Scents of the Past should be both a Food and a Knowledge spell.
131Link should also make mention of the spell's use in the Limiting Enchantments section, pp. 68-69.
146Under Hawk Flight, replace "without encumbrance; encumbrance counts x4 against this speed! (Example: Light encumbrance, normally -1, reduces Hawk Flight speed by 4.)" with "without encumbrance; encumbrance reduces Move normally."
152In the boxed Undead Templates section, remove Slave Mentality from the Mummy, Skeleton, and Zombie entries (Automaton already includes Slave Mentality). Mummy is now worth -107 points (note that the minus sign was omitted from the text); Skeleton is worth -162; and since the quirk was not figured in, the Zombie template cost becomes -168.
182Change the prerequisite for Identify Metal to Seek Earth.
191Under "Prerequisites" for the Geyser spell (continued from p. 190), change Create Well to Create Spring. Acid Ball's Cost should read: "Any amount up to your Magery level per second, for three seconds. The acid ball does 1d damage per energy point."
197The cost for Ball of Lightning should read:
Any amount up to twice your Magery level per second, for three seconds; half that to maintain. The ball inflicts 1d-1 burning damage for every 2 full points of energy to anyone within 1 yard of the explosion. Those further away divide damage by three times their distance in yards (round down).
200Under Alternate Prerequisites, replace:
Required traits add one to the spell's prerequisite count for every 10 full character points the trait costs; thus, each level of Magery above zero adds one to prerequisite count, while literacy adds zero. Forbidden traits – i.e., "not blind," – add nothing.
with:
"The GM may wish to consider non-spell prerequisites (Magery, IQ, etc.) when calculating prerequisite count; if so, add one point to a spell's prerequisite count for every 10 full character points of required traits. The Spell Table does not consider non-spell prerequisites."
202In the third paragraph of Syntactic Magic, delete ", with the exception of Control and Transform (p. 204)"
224Under the Prerequisites column for Banish, "M" should be "M1".
225The page reference for Burning Touch should be to p. 76.
227Under the Class column for Fascinate, change "R-IQ" to "R-Will".
228On the Spell Table:
  • Geyser's Prerequisites should list Create Spring, not Create Well
  • Great Healing should have an asterisk, as it is a VH spell
  • Flesh to Stone is found on page 51; change Duration to Instant
  • 229On the Spell Table:
  • Identify Metal's Prerequisites should list Seek Earth
  • Identify Plastic's Prerequisites should list Seek Plastic
  • 231
    On the spell table:
  • Change the prerequisites for Mud Jet to "Sand Jet and Create Water, or Create Earth and Water Jet"
  • Permanent Machine Possession should have an asterisk, as it is a VH spell
  • 234Shape Darkness has a Prerequisite Count of 3, not 350.
    235
  • Change the Duration of Stone to Flesh to Instant.
  • The following erratum is in error and should be deleted:
  • Spell Prerequisites Chart Under the Technological College, the prerequisite for "Shape Metal" should be "Seek Earth"
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