Hinder meditation [2838]

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

### E.20.14: Hinder meditation [2838]

      Usage:  USE 2838 <target> [aura]
      Time to learn: 28 days.
      Time to use: 10 days.

Clouds the target's mind with disturbing images and incoherent thoughts. The target, whether mage or priest, will have difficulty achieving the proper mental state during his next attempt at meditation or devotional prayer.

The next meditate spell issued by the target may fail. The more aura invested in 2838, the greater the chance the target mage will fail:

      	aura	chance of failure
      	----	-----------------
      	 1	      50%
      	 2	      75%
      	 3	      90%

If the target does not meditate, the spell will lose one point of aura at the end of each month until it has dissipated. Casts by multiple mages accumulate on the target, although the spell may not accumulate more than three points of aura.

For example, if two mages each cast USE 2838 501 2, character [xt8] will have a 90% chance of failure in his next attempt to meditate. (One aura point has been wasted, since only three may accumulate on the target). At the end of the month, the strength of the 2838 spell against [xt8] will diminish to two points, and [xt8] will have a 50% chance of failure during his next meditation.

A mage may cast multiple 2838 spells; they accumulate on the targets, not on the casting magician.

The default amount of aura is one point.

There is a 50% chance that the target will have a disturbing dream that will warn him of his situation.

See also (Hinder meditation [3532]).