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WIZARDS4 (12)

Cypher Bestiary

Wizards spend their lives pursuing magical lore, sometimes as an end in itself, other times so they can impose their will on the world.

Adventure Seed: A coterie of wizards staged a coup and declared itself the new rulers.

Health: 12

Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound

Armor: 1

Movement: Short

Modifications: Magical lore as level 6

Combat: The wizard attacks with short-range glowing streaks of force.

A wizard usually also has at least two of the following spells they can cast as their action.

• Warding: The wizard's Armor improves by 2 (for a total of 3 Armor); the wizard usually already has this cast.
• Blast: Targets in an adjacent immediate area (or targets in an immediate area up to a long distance away) are blasted with energy (such as fire, ice, or lighting). Affected targets take damage and on a failed Might defense roll, are thrown back an immediate distance and stunned, losing their next turn.
• Flight: The wizard (and up to three allies) can fly a long distance each round for about an hour. A wizard can cast a quick version of this spell fast enough to prevent damage from an unexpected fall.
• Slumber: Up to three targets in short range fall asleep on a failed Intellect defense roll. Sleeping targets sleep until roused by vigorous shaking or damage, they succeed on an Intellect defense roll, or they use a non-rest recovery action..
• Higher-Level Spells: A "great" wizard knows one or more additional level 6 Spells, and a "mighty" wizard knows one or more extra level 6 Spells and one or more extra level 8 Spells.

GM Intrusion: The wizard turns the character to stone until the character uses a ten-minute or longer non-rest recovery.

GM Intrusion: The wizard summons a lightning elemental that attacks the character for up to one minute.

LEVEL 6 GREAT WIZARD SPELLS

A great wizard is level 6, trained in magic lore as level 7; has 22 health, deals moderate wounds with attacks; and knows one or more of the following additional spells:

• Counter: A magical attack or other magical ability attempted by the target is canceled if they fail an Intellect defense roll. The wizard can attempt Counter once between each of their regular turns.
• Disappear: The wizard and up to 6 allies are transported to a location they know of elsewhere in the world.
• Wall: A magical energy wall (fire, ice, or electricity) bisects an adjacent short area. Those that attempt to pass through it take damage and are pushed back as if targeted by Blast.

LEVEL 8 MIGHTY WIZARD SPELLS

A mighty wizard is level 8, trained in magical lore as level 9; has 40 health, deals major wounds with attacks; knows one or more level 6 Spells, and one or more of the following additional spells (which they can usually cast only once per day):

• Haste: The wizard can take two actions each round for one minute.
• Polymorph: The target that fails a Might defense roll is turned into a small animal (like a frog) until such time as the spell can be broken by magic.
• Disintegrate: The target damaged by the wizard's base attack must succeed on a Might defense roll or be turned into so much dust.
• Banish: The target is transferred to other plane of existence.

THE ESSENCE OF WIZARDS

Magical scholars, wizards scour arcane texts to learn the secrets of the multiverse. Using incantations and specific gestures, wizards channel that lore into powerful spells. Most people lack the talent to become wizards, as many wizards are quick to point out, claiming they have no time to suffer fools. Care should be taken when negotiating with wizards, as their power makes them potentially dangerous adversaries. But often, the wizard is the one that must be sought to learn a secret, find the right spell, or gain an ally for an upcoming quest where specialized magic is required.

WIZARD NAMES

Wizard names tend toward the pretentious. Options include: Syrrix Silverwand, Stmo Leornian, Miresia the Magister, Lord Dessatyso, Barlu of the Yellow College, Evrin the Enchanter, Crow, Ignatius Starcaster, Faust the Chaotic, Isa of the Iron Tower, Kairos, Amara Grimm, Shaythra, Lagos D'lester, Ozima of the White Sands, Glomund Gorthuel, Vadriel, Naug, Aganon, Rath Duskmantle

WIZARD APPEARANCE

Many wizards are wizened and carry a staff. What else stands out or is different about a given wizard?

d10	Standout Features
1	Youthful; wears shimmering robes that look like the night sky
2	Surrounded by ever-present halo of swirling dust
3	Accompanied by a pig familiar
4	Clutches a shimmering hourglass instead of a staff
5	Garments apparently made of living leaves and plants
6	Wears garments stitched with clicking clockwork devices
7	Always cloaked in shadow, even in direct sunlight
8	Wears goggles, bandoliers stuffed with glowing alchemical vials
9	Cloak made of hundreds of feathers; stuffed kestrel mounted on hat
10	Accompanied by two ferret familiars that speak with the voices of human children

Familiar: level 1; wizard can see through familiar's eyes up to a very long range

Adventure Seed: A prized object in the character's possession once belonged to a wizard who now wants it back.