GURPS Magic Differences

	A	B	C
1	Spell	Magic 4E	DFRPG
2	Many	Prereq differences	Prereq differences
3	Many	Calls out advantages that don't exist in DFRPG	-
4	Many	Duration is not listed	Duration is instantaneous
5	Several Healing spells	Physician 15+ causes critical failures to be treated as normal failures	-
6	Several	Mentions way to make permanant via enchantment for extra cost	-
7	Create spells	Permanent	Duration is 24 hours
8	Many transformation spells	Permanent	Instantaneous. Some add that the transformation lasts one day.
9	Several Communication and Empathy Spells	Interacts with levels of language fluency	-
10	Many	Gives lots of flavor detail of how the spell would interact in various situations or weird alternate ways to use the spells. Some spells are given explicit uses in higher TL settings.	Less text.
11	Many	Spell description calls for damage with no type listed	Damage given a type.
12	Concussion	Calls out Protected Hearing	Calls out hearing protection
13	Create Air	Can be used to create a breeze. Each cubic foot lasts a person at rest a minute.	Each hex lasts a person at rest 3 hours.
14	Destroy Air	The 1d-2 damage requires failing a HT roll	-
15	Sandstorm	-	Allows casting double cost version similar to Windstorm
16	Windstorm	Visibility inside double strength storm is a yard at best.	Visibility inside double strength storm is one yard.
17	(Animal Control)	Cost is based on IQ of most intelligent species within a category	Various costs listed.
18	Beast Summoning	Very successful double cost summoning might bring creatures in from more than 10 miles away	10 miles is the limit.
19	Master	Resisted by IQ	Resisted by Will
20	Frailty	Cost to cast not reduced by high skill	-
21	Resist Pain	Cannot be stunned in combat	Cannot be physically stunned
22	Mind-Search	Subjects of different races may be harder to mind search.	-
23	Earthquake	-	Adds rules for underground tunnels/rooms/cave-ins
24	Steelwraith	-	Adds some more rules for use
25	Walk Through Earth	-	Calls out that gear other than 6 pounds of clothes gets left outside.
26	Create Fire	-	Calls out that it cannot be cast within water.
27	Extinguish Fire	-	Calls out that it doesn't work on creatures of fire
28	Fire Cloud	-	Calls out that this is large-area injury
29	Fireproof	Doubled cost resist all heat less than starheat	Doubled cost resists all nonmagical heat
30	Heat	-	Calls out that it is too slow for combat and that out of combat people will move away from the heat if they can.
31	Smoke	Doesn't give the option for closing eyes to avoid having to roll for blindness. Mentions that it rises by about a foot per second.	More explicit on the exact effects.
32	Warmth	Raises subject's local temperature by 30 degrees	Gives +3 to HT rolls to avoid ills effects of cold
33	Essential Food	Can turn any material into essential food for 3 energy per meal if organic or 5 if totally inedible	Can only turn actual food into essential food for 6 energy per meal
34	Poison Food	Failed HT roll causes -3 to all skills and spells	Failed HT roll causes Severe Pain
35	Prepare Game	-	Calls out its usefulness for harvesting monster parts
36	Control Gate	Allows caster to move the gate around and tilt it.	Calls out what the effective skill level of the gate might be.
37	Divert Teleport	Large differences. Caster needs skill in blocked spell, pays to change the destination. Large amount of text to figure cost	Large differences. Success causes subject to not be able to leave with same ability for minutes equal to MOV. Cost is 8 for teleportation and 16 for plane shift or time travel.
38	Sanctuary	Low mana inside	Low mana and sanctity and nature's strength is at -5
39	Trace Teleport	Caster learns the rough skill penalty of the teleport. Critical success shows destination.	Greater MOV gives more details on the destination
40	Cleanse	Cleanses subject of foreign objects in his tissue. Integral foreign matter must be excluded or it will have to resist or be destroy as well. Calls out that spell doesn't work on poison, disease, or drugs.	Cleanses subject of harmful foreign objects in his flesh.
41	Final Rest	Always cast ceremonially. One try.	-
42	Great Healing		Calls out that it will stabilize a mortal wound
43	Lend Energy	-	Calls out that it cannot recharge ER or power items
44	Recover Energy	-	Lists interactions with ER and different mana/sanctity levels
45	Relieve Paralysis	Calls out that there might be penalties due to disuse. Cost is equal to crippling threshold for the limb.	Cost is 3 for an extremity and 5 for a limb.
46	Resist Poison	-	Explains more clearly how it interacts with long lasting poisons
47	Restore Hearing	Cost equal to half Hearing score and half to maintain. Hearing organs cannot be completely missing.	Cost is 5/3.
48	Restore Memory	Permanant Forgetfulness resists at +5. Same day repeat penalty per subject of -3. Spells out effects of critical failure.	-
49	Restore Sight	Cost is equal to half of VIsion score and half to maintain.	Cost is 5/3.
50	Share Energy	Cannot be cast with HP. Spellcaster feels the help and may take it even if he doesn't know there is a share energy available. IF more than one Share spell, closer one is used.	Must be cast with personal FP. If more than one Share spell, the spellcaster chooses one.
51	Stop Bleeding	Counts as bandaging with First Aid	Counts as bandaging with First Aid for the TL3 amount. One Try.
52	Stop Spasm	-	Calls out that responsible spell gets to resist.
53	Suspended Animation	-	More details on what the spell stops
54	Illusion Shell	Cast at level of Illusion Shell, and the illusion is as good as Perfect Illusion.	Cast at lower of Illusion Shell and SImple Illusion, Complex Illusion, or Perfect Illusion- depending on what senses caster wants to fool.
55	Simple Illusion	-	Calls out that it is moved at Move 5
56	Analyze Magic	Reveals spells in order of energy cost. Resisted by spells that conceal magic. Includes rules on Name and Password enchantments.	Reveals properties in order of $ cost. Explains what properties can be analyzed exactly vs getting a vague description.
57	Far-feeling	-	Calls out that dangers that work by touch won't affect you
58	Find Direction	Can alternatively tell which way the caster's home is.	-
59	Mage Sight	Mentions that different types of effects have a different colored glow.	Also works on magical beings
60	See Secrets	-	Specifies rules for seeing the object while using the spell. Calls out that it doesn't work on magical concealment.
61	Seeker	For people- must know name or know well enough to visualize him.	For people- must know real name or have met the person
62	Hide	-	Mentions interaction with backstabbing
63	Invisibility	Costs 5/3. Lasts for duration	Costs 4/2- broken when doing a violent act.
64	Light Jet	Mentions partial illumination out to 30 yards and can be seen for up to a mile.	-
65	Sunbolt	Highly polished shields get DB bonus. Has rules for bounces. Damage is 1d-1 imp per energy	Mirrored shields get DB bonus. Damage is 1d burn per energy
66	Fasten	-	Calls out that range penalty is greater of subject or animated object
67	Find Weakness	Can be cast on alive subjects at double cost.	Can be used to learn HP and DR of components of the subject.
68	Sharpen	Lists typical costs	Lists costs and mentions that it doesn't stack with Puissance
69	Stiffen	DX change affects Move	-1 Move per -4 DX due to the spell
70	Bless	Can go up to +3. Modifier doesn't affect critical success and failure. How much of the danger is averted depends on level of Bless.	Can only go up to +2. More details on when to apply the saving effect. Calls out that it counts as a spell on.
71	Remove Curse	Lists what spells it can remove.	Mentions that it can remove curses, curse-like diseases, supernatural possession as well as spell that require Remove Curse to end.
72	Bravery	-	Calls out interaction with Fear and Panic, as well as that Bravery grants Unfazable.
73	Foolishness	-	Calls out that spell doesn't low Will or Per
74	Terror	Those in the area who fail to resist must make a fright check at -3	Those in the area must make a fright check at -3
75	Apportation	-	Can be resisted by ST or Will. Can lifft yourself. Other subjects are at -3 to DX skills. Require concentration to move things other than yourself.
76	Blink	Lists results of critical failure	-
77	Glue	Must move more than a yard away before another resistance roll.	Entering another hex causes another resistance roll.
78	Grease	Large differences. Lists effects, DX-2 to get back up.	Large differences. Counts as bad footing, DX-4 to stand up. Lists effects of critical failure.
79	Lockmaster	Apply any modifiers for lock difficulty	Apply any penalties for lock difficulty
80	Quick March	End of the day subject loses 10 FP and must sleep	If enermies interrupt travel, double assessed missing fatigue.
81	Wallwalker	Combat at -2 for subject and any foes.	-
82	Affect Spirits	-	Calls out that using it on armor lets it provide DR against ghostly attacks that would bypass it
83	Astral Block	Lists cost of 15 per cubic yard to cast on a container	-
84	Sense Spirit	-	Specifically lists as working on demons
85	Turn Zombie	Works on anything animated with Zombie spell	Works on reanimated undead servitors
86	Identify Plant	Gives basic info like edibility and toxicity and +3 to Naturalist or Physician for determining medicinal or other special properties	Gives +3 to Esoteric Medicine, Herb Lore, Naturalist, Pharmacy, or Poisons to determine edibility/toxicity or medicinal/supernatural properties
87	Plant Control	Mentions it is only useful if the plant can move by itself to being with	-
88	Pollen Cloud	-	Specifies that it is a Contact Agent
89	Shape Plant	Includes non-combat and non-delving uses. Doubled cost for non-living plant material	Only available at the doubled cost and has rules for use in combat and dungeons
90	Tangle Growth	Half move and -2 Dodge	Bad footing
91	Wither Plant	Area spell	Area spell except against Plant monsters- becomes Regular with cost 6
92	Far-Hearing	-	Doesn't work on deaf of Hard or Hearing subjects
93	Wall of Silence	-	Calls out that commands some Mind-Control spells require will be stopped by the wall
94	Breathe Water	GM has option to also have the spell grant Pressure Support 1	-
95	Coolness	Subjects gain Temperature Tolerance 3 towards heat	Subject gains +3 to HT rolls for heat and dehydration
96	Destroy Water	"Same cost to maintain"	Cannot be maintained
97	Freeze	-	Calls out that the every 10 minutes optional upkeep counts as a spell on
98	Resist Acid	Triple cost to resist Essential Acid	Triple cost to resist alkahest
99	Seek Water	At -3 to cast without a forked stick	-
100	Shape Water	Specifies that the water moves at Move 3	-