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Spell Holding

Playtest 3.2 / 4th Ed
Build Cost: 4
Purchase: Multi
Tagged: Yes
Duration: 5 Minutes
Skill Type: Arcane
Prerequisites: Mage Basic Career Skill List, Rank 4 of Any School
Skill List: Warlock

Skill Rules & Full Description

When the character invokes this skill, it will allow them to increase the duration for holding a spell from 5 seconds to 5 minutes. After the spell verbal is completed, the caster must still state the name of the Warlock skills, if any, used and the name of the spell every 5 to 10 seconds. The skill is used once invoked. If the character takes damage or the 5 minutes are up the spell and any Warlock skills that augmented the spell are lost. Note that the normal rules for having a spell in hand are still followed. For more information on this see the chapter on magic.

This skill cannot be used with any type of wall spell. This skill can only be used with a spell cast by the character and not when invoked from an item or read from a scroll.

The verbal for this skill is “With Spell Holding…” which must prefix the normal spell verbal

Canonical Source: Base Rulebook (Page 181)
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Prerequisite & Progression Tree: Spell Holding

Current Skill Skill Node General Requirement
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Skills Unlocked by Spell Holding

7 Prerequisite Unlocks

No skill names Spell Holding directly; it counts toward the group prerequisites below.

Also counts toward a group prerequisite (7 skills)