GURPS Magic Differences

	A	B	C	D
1	College	4E Spell Name	Difference in 3E	Difference in 4E
2	All	Many	Regular spells with description that the caster must touch the subject	Melee spells
3	All	Many	Cost increases linearly with hex size of subject.	No cost increased listed but rules for using Regular spells on subjects larger tham SM 0 apply.
4	All	Many	Spells that weaken as they are defeated dissipate when their Power reaches 6	Spells that weaken as they are defeated dissipate when their Endurance reaches 0
5	All	Missile spells	Cannot be enlarged. Takes one second per energy point, up to 3.	Can be enlarged, puts (usually 1-3) energy points in per second for up to 3 seconds.
6	All	Many	Resistance based on IQ	Resistance based on Will. However, many spells that are not listed as resisted on the type line give resistance in the text. This resistance is often based on IQ- see Mystic Mark for an example.
7	All	Jet/Breath/Missile spells	Magic Jet/Magic Breath/Spell Throwing skill to hit	Innate Attack skill to hit
8	All	Many	Works on subject with IQ<8	Works on subject with IQ<6
9	Air, Water, Earth, Fire	Summon Elemental	Large differences. Costs 4 and gets an elemental with random stats. Different elementals called out has willing to travel different distances from whether they might natively live. Fire elementals have -2 on the reaction roll. Casting the spell again may call the same or different elemental.	Large differences. Costs 1 per 10 character points of the elemental, minimum 4.
10	Air, Water, Earth, Fire	Control Elemental	Costs .25 energy times the sum of elemental's ST, DX, IQ, HT. Half to maintain.	Costs 1 energy per 10 character points of the elemental. Half to maintain.
11	Air, Water, Earth, Fire	Create Elemental	Max 12 DX and IQ. Cost the same as Control Elemental, except that it is doubled if cast in an inappropriate place. Time is equal to sum of ST, DX, IQ, and HT.	Can add/subtract advantages/disadvantages with GM permission. Cost is 1 per 5 character points, and time is equal to the number of character points used to build the elemental.
12	Animal	(Animal) Control	Separate spells with specific costs listed for each	One listing for the different versions, cost based on racial IQ
13	Animal	Master	Resistance based on IQ	Unlike most other 4E spells, resistance is still based on IQ instead of Will
14	Animal	Shapeshifting	Calls out certain animals that can be shapeshifted into, and says certain game worlds may have others. 6/2 cost listed.	Doesn't list specifically what forms are available. Says 6/2 cost was reasonable for most natural animals.
15	Animal	Shapeshift Others	6/2 cost	Cost is as for Shapeshifting, but with a minimum of 6/2
16	Body Control	Spasm	subject's muscles	subject's voluntary muscles
17	Body Control	Pain	3E versions of advantages listed in 4E. No Low Pain Threshold	Lists Low Pain Threshold as giving a penalty
18	Body Control	Grace	Named Dexterity. Costs 2 per point of DX	Named Grace. Costs 4 per point of DX.
19	Body Control	Might	Wording for what happens if it wears off while too fatigued	Wording for what happens if it wears of while too damaged
20	Body Control	Vigor	Wording for what happens if it wears of while too damaged	Wording for what happens if it wears off while too fatigued
21	Body Control	Debility	Named Fatigue	-
22	Body Control	Rooted Feet	Works on living subject	Doesn't specify subject must be living
23	Communication and Empathy	Hide Thoughts	Works on mind-reading and thought-control spells	Works on mind-reading and thought-control abilities
24	Communication and Empathy	Telepathy	4/4 cost gets you a 3-way link	4/4 cost gets you a 2-way link
25	Communication and Empathy	Persuation	No cap on cost and effect	Maximum 5
26	Communication and Empathy	Dispel Possession	Named Exorcism	-
27	Communication and Empathy	Several Language related spells	Gives Language skill at a certain skill level	Gives Language advantage at a certain level
28	Communication and Empathy	Gift of Tongues	4/2 cost	Scaling cost based on how well the subject will know the language
29	Communication and Empathy	Gift of Letters	4/2 cost	Scaling cost based on how well the subject will know the language
30	Earth	Shape Earth	Escape is harder while under a hex of earth. Air spells called out as a way to avoid suffocation. Shape Stone is a seperate spell.	Escape is harder while under 2 cubic yards of earth. Shaping stone costs extra instead of being a separate spell.
31	Earth	Sand Jet	Blurry vision gives -3 DX. Successful HT roll gives -3 DX for a second.	Blurry vision gives -3 to combat skills. Successful HT roll blinds for one second.
32	Earth	Walk Through Earth	Duration 1 second. 4/3 base cost	Duration 10 seconds. 3/3 base cost
33	Earth	Earth to Stone	Costs 3 for a small item, 5 for a hex and 5 per additional hex.	Can turn earth to metal. Costs 3 per cubic yard.
34	Earth	Stone to Earth	Costs double the Earth to Stone costs.	Can turn metal into earth. Costs 6 per cubic yard.
35	Earth	Create Earth	4 per hex to create. 2 per hex to turn mud to earth	2 per cubic yard to create. 1 per cubic yard to turn mud to earth
36	Earth	Flesh to Stone	Cannot turn subject into metal.	Double cost to turn subject into metal.
37	Earth	Stone to Flesh	Cannot undo subject turned into metal.	Double cost to undo metalic Flesh to Stone
38	Earth	Body of Stone	Lists effects	Gains Body of Stone meta-trait
39	Earth	Earth to Air	Costs 8 per hex. No dimention restrictions.	Costs 5 per cubic yard. Lists dimention restriction.
40	Air	Create Air	-	Details on how long air can sustain breathing. Cannot be cast inside a living being.
41	Air	Air Jet	Mentons that it can stun or kill a swarm of small creatures	Just mentions damage to small creatures
42	Air	Body of Air	Long description of turning insubstantial-ish and what can still affect the subject. Extra damage from Destroy Air is mentioned in this spell instead of Destroy Air.	Gains Body of Air meta-trait.
43	Air	Destroy Air	No mention of interaction of Body of Air since that is in the Body of Air spell	Mentions interaction with Body of Air
44	Air	Breathe Water	Subject can breathe water as if it were air.	Subject gains Doesn't Breathe (Gills) and, at GM's discretion, may gain Pressure Support 1
45	Air	Stench	Does 1d-1 damage	Does 1d damage. Specifies HT roll as once per minute. Calls out Doesn't Breathe and Filter Lungs as preventing the damage
46	Air	Windstorm	Whirlwind is a separate spell. Caster can only move 3 yards and still concentrate. Ranged attacks only succeed on a critical success. For Whirlwind, slightly more details and visibility is 0 hexes.	Double cost option (what was the Whirlwind spell in 3e). Caster can move up to half move and still concentrate. Ranged attacks take a -10 penalty for each yard they pass through. Double cost reduces visibility to 1 hex.
47	Fire	Extinguish Fire	Cost is 3 per hex. Regular spell	Base cost 3. Area spell
48	Fire	Heat	Cost is 2 for cubic foot and 3 per hex.	Cost is 2 per hex.
49	Fire	Cold	Cost is 2 for cubic foot and 3 per hex.	Cost is 2 per hex.
50	Fire	Explosive Fireball	Damage is reduced by 1 die per hex of distance	Damage is reduced as per Explosion rules
51	Fire	Flame Jet	-	Mentions that GM can allow Flame Jets to parry each other
52	Fire	Breathe Fire	Calls out that GM might require caster to eat rare materials in the hour before casting	-
53	Water	Shape Water	Wall of Water use does 2d to fire elementals that pass through it. Maintainence cost is 1 for the whole shaping.	Maintainence cost is the same as the casting cost.
54	Water	Walk on Water	DX rolls might be required for choppy water. Critical failure breaks the spell.	Subject gains Walk on Liquid advantage for walking on water.
55	Water	Fog	Fire elementals take 1 damage per hex walked entered	Explosive Fireball damage falls off faster
56	Water	Water Vision	Ice Vision is a separate spell, that costs 1 energy per 10 yards	Water Vision can see through snow and ice as well.
57	Water	Umbrella	Maintainable	Not listed as maintainable
58	Water	Body of Water	Long description of turning insubstantial-ish and sort of Permeation with Meld, as well as what can affect the subject while having Body of Water active	Subjects gains Body of Water Meta-trait
59	Water	Water Jet	Getting hit in the face is -3 DX per point of energy next turn	Getting hit in the face is -3 to combat skills per point of energy next turn
60	Water	Ice Sphere	Does double damage to creatures of fire	-
61	Water	Freeze	Calls out that ice expands and may burst container	-
62	Water	Geyser	Non-airtight armor cannot fully protect from either source of damage. 2 damage from the original geyser or 1 of the falling water always gets through	-
63	Food	Create Food	Costs 2 for starting with plant material and 3 for non-metallic inedible substance	Costs 2 for organic, 3 for inorganic, 4 for conjuration
64	Food	Mature	Named Ferment. Works on liquid or bread. Takes either an hour for liquid or minute for bread. Cost is 1 per pint or loaf.	Named Mature. Works on more foods. Processes that take years age only a year per casting. Cost is 1 per pound.
65	Food	Distill	Different examples. Number of castings to get almost pure alcohol is 4.	Different examples. Number of castings to get almost pure alcohol is 3.
66	Food	Fool's Banquet	Named Banquet.	-
67	Healing	Many	Certain breakpoints at 3 ST/HT	Breakpoints at less than 1/3rd HP/FP.
68	Healing	Lend Energy	Named Lend Strength	-
69	Healing	Lend Vitality	Named Lend Health	-
70	Healing	Recover Energy	Named Recover Strength	-
71	Healing	Share Energy	Named Share Strength	-
72	Healing	Cure Disease	Disease must have been caused by microorganisms	-
73	Healing	Halt Aging	Stops aging for 5d days	Stops aging for a month
74	Healing	Youth	Remove 1d months. Calls out that very young person might lose attributes they had gained from that age.	Removes 1 year
75	Illusion and Creation	Perfect Illusion	Specifies that the damage it takes heals as soon as the damaging object is removed	-
76	Illusion and Creation	Create Animal	Costs 2 per 100 pounds of weight	Costs 2 multiplied by 1+SM
77	Illusion and Creation	Create Servant	Skilled servitor has one non-combat physical skill at 16	Skilled servitor has one non-combat non-IQ skill at 16
78	Knowledge	Aura	-	Calls out that it can be used to detect Magic Resistance or Magic Susceptibility
79	Knowledge	Measurement	Option C is color instead of area.	Option C is area instead of color. Adds details about precision of the Measurement as well as some other uses in certains settings and higher TLs.
80	Knowledge	Seeker	-	Adds second paragraph with details about finding certain people.
81	Knowledge	History	Costs 3 for a day, 5 for a week, 10 for a month	Costs 3 for a day, 5 for a week, 8 for a month, 10 for a year
82	Knowledge	Invisible Wizard's Eye	Guessing the hex and attacking that hex requires a critical hit to hit it.	Guessing the hex and attacking that hex requires hitting at an additional -6 for invisibility.
83	Light and Darkness	Continual Light	Costs 2/4/6 for dim glow/brightness of fire/painfully bright at close range	Costs 2/4/6 for dim glow like moonlight/brightness of torch/bright as day
84	Light and Darkness	Light Jet	Hitting face causes DX penalty	Hitting face causes combat skill penalty
85	Light and Darkness	Darkness	-	Calls out that Night Vision doesn't work to see through the darkness
86	Light and Darkness	Infravision	Description of specifics	Gives Infravision advantage
87	Light and Darkness	Hawk Vision	Description of specifics. Costs 4/2	Gives Telescopic Vision. Costs 2 per level of Telescopic Vision and half to maintain.
88	Making and Breaking	Find Weakness	-	Adds that it can be used to troubleshoot complex objects
89	Making and Breaking	Weakness	Costs 2 for 1d	Costs 2-6 for 1d-3d
90	Making and Breaking	Stiffen	Foe resists with HT+2	Foe resists with ST+2
91	Making and Breaking	Repair	Costs 3 per 10 pounds, minimum 6	Costs 2 per 5 pounds, minimum 6 for objects with moving parts
92	Making and Breaking	Copy	Only can be cast at cost 2 plus one per copy one page at a time	Can be cast at double cost per 10x document length. Can also be cast on digital media, where 1 page is 1KB
93	Making and Breaking	Knot	Named Knots.	-
94	Meta-Spells	Counterspell	Mentions that GM might have to estimate spell cost.	-
95	Meta-Spells	Pentagram	Intruders roll (ST+IQ)/2. Cost 10 per hex. Time is 5 seconds per hex minimum.	Intruders roll (ST+Will)/2. Cost is 1 per square foot, minimum 10. Time is 1 second per square foot.
96	Meta-Spells	Remove Curse	Different list of spells it works on, since Grimoire had not been printed yet.	-
97	Meta-Spells	Drain Mana	Mentions that it may destroy some magical creatures	-
98	Mind Control	Fear	Slightly different wording on how to do the reaction roll. Mentions that a PC hit by the spell might make a Fright check at -3 instead of a reaction roll.	Slightly different wording on how to do the reaction roll.
99	Mind Control	Terror	Fright Check is at -5. Base cost is 1	Fright check is at -3. Base cost is 4.
100	Mind Control	Madess	Costs 4/2 and die is rolled to determine which of the four types of madness in the description is inflicted	Costs different amounts for different severities. One madness from the severity chosen is picked by the GM or determined randomly.