Stygian Spells
A collection of New Spells for
the Conan Roleplaying Game Vincent Darlage
Divination
Trace of the Blood-
Worm
PP Cost: 1 point
Components: V, M
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Effect See text
Duration: 3 rounds
Saving Throw: None
Prerequisites: Astrological prediction
Skill Check: Knowledge (arcana) DC 16
By mixing a small amount of one’s blood with
the dust of human bones, this spell turns the
pasty mixture into a small worm. If this worm
is placed on the ground, it will crawl, leaving
either a smeared trail or a furrow (depending on
the hardness of the ground) that points in the
direction of the nearest source of food and/or
water. The worm coils at the end of the trail,
which is only a few inches long, to indicate the
head of the ‘arrow.’ Each inch of trail or furrow
means one hour’s worth of travel at human
walking speed.
Material Components: A small amount of the
sorcerer’s blood and some powdered human bone.
Necromancy
Desiccation
PP Cost: 6 points
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 full round
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)/ 100 ft.
Target: One creature
Duration: 4 rounds
Saving Throw: See text
Prerequisites: Raise corpse,
death touch, the fi fth
mystery of Set (Knowledge
(Mystery: Set) 15 ranks
Magic Attack Roll: Sets
DC for target’s saving
throws
By chanting the formula,
‘Yotha-hie, eyes to black,
Xet’ta, steel to rust, Hie-
Yotha, bones to crack,
Ta’xet, blood to dust,’
a sorcerer causes an
opponent’s eyes to bulge
outward, then vanish
inside the skull during the
round of utterance (Fort
save negates; otherwise the
character is blind); after
that his weapons and armour crumble away in
a shower of corroded fl akes in the second round
(Will save negates). Then, in the third round,
every bone in the victim’s body pops and twists as
if a dozen heavy mallets struck him at once (Fort
save negates; character drops to 1d10 hit points;
may have to make a save against massive damage).
Finally, during the fourth round, the victim
collapses as his blood turns to crimson dust (Fort
save negates, otherwise character is dead).
