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==Programmer Rewrite List==
==Programmer Rewrite List==


===0-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES (CANTRIPS)===
Abjur
Resistance: Subject gains +1 on saving throws.
Conj
Acid Splash: Orb deals 1d3 acid damage.
Div
Detect Codeeater: Detects codeeater in one program or small object.
Detect Rewrite: Detects rewrites and magic items within 60 ft.
Scan Rewrite: Read scrolls and datapads.
Ench
Daze: Waker program of 4 HD or less loses next action.
Evoc
Dancing Lights: Creates torches or other lights.
Flare: Dazzles one program (–1 on attack rolls).
Light: Object shines like a torch.
Ray of Frost: Ray deals 1d3 cold damage.
Illus
Ghost Sound: Figment sounds.
Necro
Disrupt Undead: Deals 1d6 damage to one undead.
Touch of Fatigue: Touch attack fatigues target.
Trans
Glitch: Variable-effct foul-up.
Hack Hand: 5-pound telekinesis.
Mending: Makes minor repairs on an object.
Message: Whispered conversation at distance.
Open/Close: Opens or closes small or light things.
Univ
Programmer Mark: Inscribes a personal rune (visible or invisible).
Prestidigitation: Performs minor tricks.


===1ST-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Alarm: Wards an area for 2 hours/level.
Endure Elements: Exist comfortably in hot or cold environments.
Hold Portal: Holds door shut.
Protection from Chaos/Evil/Good/Law: +2 to AC and saves, counter mind control, hedge out elementals and outsiders.
Shield: Invisible disc gives +4 to AC, blocks code bolts.
Conj
Grease: Makes 10-ft. square or one object slippery.
Mount: Summons riding horse for 2 hours/level.
Obscuring static: Fog surrounds you.
Rewriter Armor: Gives subject +4 armor bonus.
Summon Useragent I: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
Unseen Servant: Invisible force obeys your commands.
Div
Comprehend Languages: You understand all spoken and written languages.
Detect Secret Doors: Reveals hidden doors within 60 ft.
Detect Undead: Reveals undead within 60 ft.
Identify M: Determines properties of magic item.
True Strike: +20 on your next attack roll.
Ench
Charm Waker: Makes one waker your friend.
Hypnotism: Fascinates 2d4 HD of programs.
Sleep: Puts 4 HD of programs into magical slumber.
Evoc
Burning Hands: 1d4/level fire damage (max 5d4).
Code Bolt: 1d4+1 damage; +1 missile per two levels above 1st (max 5).
Floating Disk: Creates 3-ft.-diameter horizontal disk that holds 100 lb./level.
Shocking Grasp: Touch delivers 1d6/level electricity damage (max 5d6).
Illus
Color Spray: Knocks unconscious, blinds, and/or stuns weak programs.
Disguise Self: Changes your appearance.
Rewrite Aura: Alters object’s rewrite aura.
Silent Image: Creates minor illusion of your design.
Ventriloquism: Throws voice for 1 min./level.
Necro
Cause Fear: One program of 5 HD or less flees for 1d4 rounds.
Chill Touch: One touch/level deals 1d6 damage and possibly 1 Str damage.
Ray of Enfeeblement: Ray deals 1d6 +1 per two levels Str damage.
Trans
Animate Rope: Makes a rope move at your command.
Augmented Weapon: Weapon gains +1 bonus.
Enlarge Waker: Waker program doubles in size.
Erase: Mundane or magical writing vanishes.
Expeditious Retreat: Your speed increases by 30 ft.
Feather Fall: Objects or programs fall slowly.
Jump: Subject gets bonus on Jump checks.
Reduce Waker: Waker program halves in size.
===2ND-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Obscure Object: Masks object against scrying.
Programmer Lock M: Magically locks a portal or chest.
Protection from Coderippers: Subject immune to most ranged attacks.
Resist Energy: Ignores first 10 (or more) points of damage/attack from specified energy type.
Conj
Acid Arrow: Ranged touch attack; 2d4 damage for 1 round +1 round/three levels.
Glitterdust: Blinds programs, outlines invisible programs.
Static Cloud: Fog obscures vision.
Summon Useragent II: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
Summon Swarm: Summons swarm of bats, rats, or spiders.
Web: Fills 20-ft.-radius spread with sticky spiderwebs.
Div
Detect Thoughts: Allows “listening” to surface thoughts.
Locate Object: Senses direction toward object (specific or type).
Map Electrons: Divine destination by touching data access port.
See Invisibility: Reveals invisible programs or objects.
Ench
Daze Program: Living program of 6 HD or less loses next action.
Hideous Laughter: Subject loses actions for 1 round/level.
Touch of Idiocy: Subject takes 1d6 points of Int, Wis, and Cha damage.
Evoc
Continual Flame M: Makes a permanent, heatless torch.
Darkness: 20-ft. radius of supernatural shadow.
Flaming Sphere: Creates rolling ball of fire, 2d6 damage, lasts 1 round/level.
Gust of Wind: Blows away or knocks down smaller programs.
Scorching Ray: Ranged touch attack deals 4d6 fire damage, +1 ray/four levels (max 3).
Shatter: Sonic vibration damages objects or crystalline programs.
Illus
Blur: Attacks miss subject 20% of the time.
Hypnotic Pattern: Fascinates (2d4 + level) HD of programs.
Invisibility: Subject is invisible for 1 min./level or until it attacks.
Minor Image: As silent image, plus some sound.
Mirror Image: Creates decoy duplicates of you (1d4 +1 per three levels, max 8).
Misdirection: Misleads divinations for one program or object.
Phantom Trap M: Makes item seem trapped.
Rewritten Recording M: Speaks once when triggered.
Necro
Blindness/Deafness: Makes subject blinded or deafened.
Command Undead: Undead program obeys your commands.
False Life: Gain 1d10 temporary hp +1/level (max +10).
Ghoul Touch: Paralyzes one subject, which exudes stEnch
that makes those nearby sickened.
Scare: Panics programs of less than 6 HD.
Spectral Hand: Creates disembodied glowing hand to deliver touch attacks.
Trans
Alter Self: Assume form of a similar program.
Bear’s Endurance: Subject gains +4 to Con for 1 min./level.
Bull’s Strength: Subject gains +4 to Str for 1 min./level.
Cat’s Grace: Subject gains +4 to Dex for 1 min./level.
Darkvision: See 60 ft. in total darkness.
Eagle’s Splendor: Subject gains +4 to Cha for 1 min./level.
Fox’s Cunning: Subject gains +4 Int for 1 min./level.
Knock: Opens locked or magically sealed door.
Levitate: Subject moves up and down at your direction.
Owl’s Wisdom: Subject gains +4 to Wis for 1 min./level.
Pyrotechnics: Turns fire into blinding light or choking smoke.
Rope Trick: As many as eight programs hide in extradimensional space.
Spider Climb: Grants ability to walk on walls and ceilings.
Whispering Wind: Sends a short message 1 mile/level.
===3RD-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Dispel Rewrite: Cancels magical rewrites and effects.
Explosive Runes: Deals 6d6 damage when read.
Programmer circle against Chaos/Evil/Good/Law: As protection rewrites, but 10-ft. radius and 10 min./level.
Nondetection M: Hides subject from divination, scrying.
Protection from Energy: Absorb 12 points/level of damage from one kind of energy.
Conj
Phantom Steed: Magic horse appears for 1 hour/level.
Sepia Snake Sigil M: Creates text symbol that immobilizes reader.
Sleet Storm: Hampers vision and movement.
Stinking Cloud: Nauseating vapors, 1 round/level.
Summon Useragent III: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
Div
Clairaudience/Clairvoyance: Hear or see at a distance for 1 min./level.
Code Sight: Magical auras become visible to you.
Tongues: Speak any language.
Ench
Deep Slumber: Puts 10 HD of programs to sleep.
Heroism: Gives +2 bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks.
Hold Waker: Paralyzes one waker for 1 round/level.
Rage: Subjects gains +2 to Str and Con, +1 on Will saves, –2 to AC.
Suggestion: Compels subject to follow stated course of action.
Evoc
Illuminate: 60-ft. radius of bright light.
Fireball: 1d6 damage per level, 20-ft. radius.
Lightning Bolt: Electricity deals 1d6/level damage.
Minor Node: Creates shelter for ten programs.
Wind Wall: Deflects arrows, smaller programs, and gases.
Illus
Displacement: Attacks miss subject 50%.
Illusory Script M: Only intended reader can decipher.
Invisibility Sphere: Makes everyone within 10 ft. invisible.
Major Image: As silent image, plus sound, smell and thermal effects.
Necro
Gentle Repose: Preserves one corpse.
Halt Undead: Immobilizes undead for 1 round/level.
Ray of Exhaustion: Ray makes subject exhausted.
Vampiric Touch: Touch deals 1d6/two levels damage; rewriter gains damage as hp.
Trans
Blink: You randomly vanish and reappear for 1 round/level.
Flame Arrow: Arrows deal +1d6 fire damage.
Fly: Subject flies at speed of 60 ft.
Gaseous Form: Subject becomes insubstantial and can fly slowly.
Haste: One program/level moves faster, +1 on attack rolls, AC, and Reflex saves.
Keen Edge: Doubles normal weapon’s threat range.
Augmented weapon, Greater: +1/four levels (max +5).
Secret Page: Changes one page to hide its real content.
Shrink Item: Object shrinks to one-sixteenth size.
Slow: One subject/level takes only one action/round, –1 to AC, reflex saves, and attack rolls.
Water Breathing: Subjects can breathe underwater.
===4TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Dimensional Anchor: Bars extradimensional movement.
Fire Trap M: Opened object deals 1d4 damage +1/level.
Globe of Invulnerability, Lesser: Stops 1st- through 3rd-level rewrite effects.
Remove Curse: Frees object or waker from curse.
Stoneskin M: Ignore 10 points of damage per attack.
Conj
Black Tentacles: Tentacles grapple all within 20 ft. spread.
Dimension Door: Transfers you short distance.
Minor Creation: Creates one cloth or wood object.
Secure Sector: Creates sturdy cottage.
Solid Fog: Blocks vision and slows movement.
Summon Useragent IV: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
Div
Arcane Eye: Invisible floating eye moves 30 ft./round.
Detect Scrying: Alerts you of magical eavesdropping.
Locate Program: Indicates direction to familiar program.
Scrying F: Spies on subject from a distance.
Ench
Charm Program: Makes program believe it is your ally.
Confusion: Subjects behave oddly for 1 round/level.
Crushing Despair: Subjects take –2 on attack rolls, damage rolls, saves, and checks.
Geas, Lesser: Commands subject of 7 HD or less.
Evoc
Fire Shield: Programs attacking you take fire damage; you’re protected from heat or cold.
Ice Storm: Hail deals 5d6 damage in cylinder 40 ft. across.
Resilient Sphere: Force globe protects but traps one subject.
Shout: Deafens all within cone and deals 5d6 sonic damage.
Wall of Fire: Deals 2d4 fire damage out to 10 ft. and 1d4 out to 20 ft. Passing through wall deals 2d6 damage +1/level.
Wall of Ice: Ice plane creates wall with 15 hp +1/level, or hemisphere can trap programs inside.
Illus
Hallucinatory Terrain: Makes one type of terrain appear like another (field into forest, or the like).
Illusory Wall: Wall, floor, or ceiling looks real, but anything can pass through.
Invisibility, Greater: As invisibility, but subject can attack and stay invisible.
Phantasmal Killer: Fearsome illusion kills subject or deals 3d6 damage.
Rainbow Pattern: Lights fascinate 24 HD of programs.
Shadow Conjuration: Mimics conjuration below 4th level, but only 20% real.
Necro
Animate Dead M: Creates undead skeletons and zombies.
Bestow Curse: –6 to an ability score; –4 on attack rolls, saves, and checks; or 50% chance of losing each action.
Contagion: Infects subject with chosen microvirus.
Enervation: Subject gains 1d4 negative levels.
Fear: Subjects within cone flee for 1 round/level.
Trans
Data Restructuring: Temporarily re-arrange Program Space.
Enlarge Waker, Mass: Enlarges several programs.
Mnemonic Enhancer F: Programmer only. Prepares extra rewrites or retains one just executed.
Polymorph: Gives one willing subject a new form.
Reduce Waker, Mass: Reduces several programs.
Stone Shape: Sculpts stone into any shape.
===5TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Break Enchantment: Frees subjects from enchantments, alterations, curses, and petrification.
Purge: Forces a program to return to native plane.
Programmer’s defended drive: Prevents anyone from viewing or scrying an area for 24 hours.
Conj
Cloudkill: Kills 3 HD or less; 4–6 HD save or die, 6+ HD take Con damage.
Programmer’s primal: Phantom dog can guard, attack.
Major Creation: As minor creation, plus stone and metal.
Useragent Binding, Lesser: Traps extraplanar program of 6 HD or less until it performs a task.
Secret Chest F: Hides expensive chest on Ethereal Plane; you retrieve it at will.
Summon Useragent V: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
Transfer: Instantly transports you as far as 100 miles/level.
Wall of Stone: Creates a stone wall that can be shaped.
Div
Contact user: Lets you ask question of extraplanar entity.
Prying Eyes: 1d4 +1/level floating eyes scout for you.
Telepathic Bond: Link lets allies communicate.
uEnch
Dominate Waker: Controls waker telepathically.
Feeblemind: Subject’s Int and Cha drop to 1.
Hold Program: As hold waker, but any program.
Mind Fog: Subjects in fog get –10 to Wis and Will checks.
Symbol of Sleep M: Triggered rune puts nearby programs into catatonic slumber.
Evoc
Code Eruption: D6 damage/level (1/2 acid) to any programs in area of effect.
Cone of Cold: 1d6/level cold damage.
Interposing Hand: Hand provides cover against one opponent.
Sending: Delivers short message anywhere, instantly.
Wall of Force:Wall is immune to damage.
Illus
Dream: Sends message to anyone sleeping.
False Vision M: Fools scrying with an illusion.
Mirage Arcana: As hallucinatory terrain, plus structures.
Nightmare: Sends vision dealing 1d10 damage, fatigue.
Persistent Image: As major image, but no concentration required.
Seeming: Changes appearance of one waker per two levels.
Shadow Evocation: Mimics evocation below 5th level, but only 20% real.
Necro
Blight: Withers one plant or deals 1d6/level damage to plant program.
Programmer Vessel F: Enables possession of another program.
Symbol of Pain M: Triggered rune wracks nearby programs with pain.
Waves of Fatigue: Several targets become fatigued.
Trans
Animal Growth: One animal/two levels doubles in size.
Baleful Polymorph: Transforms subject into harmless animal.
Fabricate: Transforms raw materials into finished items.
Overland Flight: You fly at a speed of 40 ft. and can hustle over long distances.
Passwall: Creates passage through wood or stone wall.
Telekinesis: Moves object, attacks program, or hurls object or program.
Transmute Mud to Rock: Transforms two 10-ft. cubes per level.
Transmute Rock to Mud: Transforms two 10-ft. cubes per level.
Univ
Permanency X: Makes certain rewrites permanent.
===6TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Antirewrite Field: Negates rewrites within 10 ft.
Dispel Rewrite, Greater: As dispel rewrite, but +20 on check.
Globe of Invulnerability: As lesser globe of invulnerability, plus 4th-level rewrite effects.
Guards and Wards: Array of rewrite-based effects protect area.
Repulsion: Programs can’t approach you.
Conj
Acid Fog: Fog deals acid damage.
Useragent Binding: As lesser useragent binding, but up to 12 HD.
Summon Useragent VI: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
Wall of Iron M: 30 hp/four levels; can topple onto foes.
Div
Analyze Subroutine F: Reveals magical aspects of subject.
Data Lore M F: Lets you learn tales about a waker, place, or thing.
True Seeing M: Lets you see all things as they really are.
Ench
Geas/Quest: As lesser geas, plus it affects any program.
Heroism, Greater: Gives +4 bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks; immunity to fear; temporary hp.
Suggestion, Mass: As suggestion, plus one subject/level.
Symbol of Persuasion M: Triggered rune charms nearby programs.
Evoc
Chain Lightning: 1d6/level damage; 1 secondary bolt/level each deals half damage.
Contingency F: Sets trigger condition for another rewrite.
Forceful Hand: Hand pushes programs away.
Freezing Sphere: Freezes water or deals cold damage.
Illus
Mislead: Turns you invisible and creates illusory double.
Permanent Image: Includes sight, sound, and smell.
Programmed Image M: As major image, plus triggered by event.
Shadow Walk: Step into shadow to travel rapidly.
Veil: Changes appearance of group of programs.
Necro
Circle of Discorporation M: Kills 1d4/level HD of programs.
Create Undead M: Creates ghouls, ghasts, mummies, or mohrgs.
Eyebite: Target becomes panicked, sickened, and comatose.
Symbol of Fear M: Triggered rune panics nearby programs.
Undeath to Discorporation M: Destroys 1d4/level HD of undead (max 20d4).
Trans
Bear’s Endurance, Mass: As bear’s endurance, affects one subject/level.
Bull’s Strength, Mass: As bull’s strength, affects one subject/ level.
Cat’s Grace, Mass: As cat’s grace, affects one subject/level.
Control Water: Raises or lowers bodies of water.
Disintegrate: Makes one program or object vanish.
Eagle’s Splendor, Mass: As eagle’s splendor, affects one subject/level.
Flesh to Stone: Turns subject program into statue.
Fox’s Cunning, Mass: As fox’s cunning, affects one subject/ level.
Programmer’s Recall: Programmer only. Recalls rewrite of 5th level or lower.
Move Earth: Digs trenches and build hills.
Owl’s Wisdom, Mass: As owl’s wisdom, affects one subject/ level.
Stone to Flesh: Restores petrified program.
Transformation M: You gain combat bonuses.
===7TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Banishment: Banishes 2 HD/level of extraplanar programs.
Sequester: Subject is invisible to sight and scrying; renders program comatose.
Rewrite Turning: Reflect 1d4+6 rewrite levels back at rewriter.
Conj
Instant Summons M: Prepared object appears in your hand.
Programmer’s perfect partition F: Door leads to extradimensional mansion.
Phase Door: Creates an invisible passage through wood or stone.
Summon Useragent VII: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
System Shift F: As many as eight subjects travel to another plane.
Transfer, Greater: As transfer, but no range limit and no off-target arrival.
Transfer Object: As transfer, but affects a touched object.
Div
Code Sight, Greater: As Code Sight, but also reveals magic effects on programs and objects.
Scrying, Greater: As scrying, but faster and longer.
Vision M X: As data lore, but quicker and strenuous.
Ench
Hold Waker, Mass: As hold waker, but all within 30 ft.
Insanity: Subject suffers continuous confusion.
Power Word Blind: Blinds program with 200 hp or less.
Symbol of Stunning M: Triggered rune stuns nearby programs.
Evoc
Delayed Blast Fireball: 1d6/level fire damage; you can postpone blast for 5 rounds.
Forcecage M: Cube or cage of force imprisons all inside.
Grasping Hand: Hand provides cover, pushes, or grapples.
Code Cleaver F: Floating magic blade strikes opponents.
Prismatic Spray: Rays hit subjects with variety of effects.
Illus
Invisibility, Mass: As invisibility, but affects all in range.
Project Image: Illusory double can talk and execute rewrites.
Shadow Conjuration, Greater: As shadow conjuration, but up to 6th level and 60% real.
Simulacrum M X: Creates partially real double of a program.
Necro
Control Undead: Undead don’t attack you while under your command.
Ray of Discorporation: Kills one subject.
Symbol of Weakness M: Triggered rune weakens nearby programs.
Waves of Exhaustion: Several targets become exhausted.
Trans
Control Weather: Changes weather in local area.
Ethereal Jaunt: You become ethereal for 1 round/level.
Reverse Gravity: Objects and programs fall upward.
Statue: Subject can become a statue at will.
Univ
Limited Wish X: Alters reality—within rewrite limits.
===8TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Dimensional Lock: Transferation and interplanar travel blocked for one day/level.
Mind Blank: Subject is immune to mental/emotional magic and scrying.
Prismatic Wall: Wall’s colors have array of effects.
Protection from Rewrites M F: Confers +8 resistance bonus.
Conj
Incendiary Cloud: Cloud deals 4d6 fire damage/round.
Maze: Traps subject in extradimensional maze.
Summon Useragent VIII: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
Trap Sentience M F: Imprisons subject within gem.
Useragent Binding, Greater: As lesser useragent binding, but up to 18 HD.
Div
Discern Location: Reveals exact location of program or object.
Moment of Prescience: You gain insight bonus on single attack roll, check, or save.
Prying Eyes, Greater: As prying eyes, but eyes have true seeing.
Ench
Antipathy: Object or location affected by rewrite repels certain programs.
Binding M: Utilizes an array of techniques to imprison a program.
Charm Program, Mass: As charm program, but all within 30 ft.
Demand: As sending, plus you can send suggestion.
Irresistible Dance: Forces subject to dance.
Power Word Stun: Stuns program with 150 hp or less.
Symbol of Insanity M: Triggered rune renders nearby programs insane.
Sympathy F: Object or location attracts certain programs.
Evoc
Clenched Fist: Large hand provides cover, pushes, or attacks your foes.
Polar Ray: Ranged touch attack deals 1d6/level cold damage.
Shout, Greater: Devastating yell deals 10d6 sonic damage; stuns programs, damages objects.
Sunburst: Blinds all within 10 ft., deals 6d6 damage.
Illus
Scintillating Pattern: Twisting colors confuse, stun, or render unconscious.
Screen: Illusion hides area from vision, scrying.
Shadow Evocation, Greater: As shadow evocation, but up to 7th level and 60% real.
Telekinetic Sphere: As resilient sphere, but you move sphere telekinetically.
Necro
Backup Copy M F: Duplicate awakens when original dies.
Create Greater Undead M: Create shadows, wraiths, spectres, or devourers.
Horrid Wilting: Deals 1d6/level damage within 30 ft.
Symbol of discorporation M: Triggered rune slays nearby programs.
Trans
Imbue Firewall: Your body becomes living iron.
Polymorph Any Object: Changes any subject into anything else.
Temporal Stasis M: Puts subject into suspended animation.
===9TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES===
Abjur
Freedom: Releases program from imprisonment.
Imprisonment: Entombs subject beneath the earth.
Prismatic Sphere: As prismatic wall, but surrounds on all sides.
Programmer Disjunction: Dispels magic, disenchants magic items.
Conj
Gate X: Connects two planes for travel or summoning.
Refuge M: Alters item to transport its possessor to you.
Summon Useragent IX: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you.
Transferation Circle M: Circle transfers any program inside to designated spot.
Div
Foresight: “Sixth sense” warns of impending danger.
Ench
Dominate Program: As dominate waker, but any program.
Hold Program, Mass: As hold program, but all within 30 ft.
Power Word Discorporate: Kills one program with 100 hp or less.
Evoc
Crushing Hand: Large hand provides cover, pushes, or crushes your foes.
Electron Swarm: Four exploding spheres each deal 6d6 fire damage.
Illus
Shades: As shadow conjuration, but up to 8th level and 80% real.
Weird: As phantasmal killer, but affects all within 30 ft.
Necro
Energy Drain: Subject gains 2d4 negative levels.
Reformatting Wave: Kills one program/level.
Sentience Bind F: Traps newly dead soul to prevent reload.
Wireless Projection M: Projects you and companions onto Astral Plane.
Trans
Electron State: Travel to Ethereal Plane with companions.
Reformat Cluster: Destroy anything caught in reformat area.
Shapechange F: Transforms you into any program, and change forms once per round.
Time Stop: You act freely for 1d4+1 rounds.
Univ
Wish X: As limited wish, but with fewer limits.


==Thinker Rewrite List==
==Thinker Rewrite List==

Revision as of 10:46, 16 May 2005

About Rewrites

Rewrite Lists

The following sections are expected to change; some non-renamed spells may be altered to fit more with changed flavour text.

Antiviral Ability List

3RD-LEVEL ANTIVIRAL ABILITIES

Delay Codeeater: Stops codeeater from harming subject for 1 hour/ level.
Lesser Restoration
Remove Paralysis

7TH-LEVEL ANTIVIRAL ABILITIES

Discorporation Imminent (Reave)
Neutralize Codeeater (Repair)
Purge Microvirus (Repair)
Restoration (Repair)
Shatter (Reave)
Sound Burst (Reave)

10TH-LEVEL ANTIVIRAL ABILITIES

Break Enchantment (Repair)
Discorporate Program (Reave)
Flame Strike (Reave)
Mass Cure Light Wounds (Repair)
Raise Discorporated (Repair)

15TH-LEVEL ANTIVIRAL ABILITIES

Greater Restoration (Repair)
Harm (Reave)
Heal (Repair)
Mass Cure Moderate Wounds (Repair)
Mass Inflict Moderate Wounds (Reave)
Regeneration (Repair)

19TH-LEVEL ANTIVIRAL ABILITIES

Destruction (Reave)
Mass Cure Serious Wounds (Repair)
Mass Inflict Serious Wounds (Reave)
Reload (Repair)

Messenger Ability List

Freedom of Movement (5th)
Dimension Door (11th)

Programmer Rewrite List

0-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES (CANTRIPS)

Abjur Resistance: Subject gains +1 on saving throws. Conj Acid Splash: Orb deals 1d3 acid damage. Div Detect Codeeater: Detects codeeater in one program or small object. Detect Rewrite: Detects rewrites and magic items within 60 ft. Scan Rewrite: Read scrolls and datapads. Ench Daze: Waker program of 4 HD or less loses next action. Evoc Dancing Lights: Creates torches or other lights. Flare: Dazzles one program (–1 on attack rolls). Light: Object shines like a torch. Ray of Frost: Ray deals 1d3 cold damage. Illus Ghost Sound: Figment sounds. Necro Disrupt Undead: Deals 1d6 damage to one undead. Touch of Fatigue: Touch attack fatigues target. Trans Glitch: Variable-effct foul-up. Hack Hand: 5-pound telekinesis. Mending: Makes minor repairs on an object. Message: Whispered conversation at distance. Open/Close: Opens or closes small or light things. Univ Programmer Mark: Inscribes a personal rune (visible or invisible). Prestidigitation: Performs minor tricks.

1ST-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Alarm: Wards an area for 2 hours/level. Endure Elements: Exist comfortably in hot or cold environments. Hold Portal: Holds door shut. Protection from Chaos/Evil/Good/Law: +2 to AC and saves, counter mind control, hedge out elementals and outsiders. Shield: Invisible disc gives +4 to AC, blocks code bolts. Conj Grease: Makes 10-ft. square or one object slippery. Mount: Summons riding horse for 2 hours/level. Obscuring static: Fog surrounds you. Rewriter Armor: Gives subject +4 armor bonus. Summon Useragent I: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. Unseen Servant: Invisible force obeys your commands. Div Comprehend Languages: You understand all spoken and written languages. Detect Secret Doors: Reveals hidden doors within 60 ft. Detect Undead: Reveals undead within 60 ft. Identify M: Determines properties of magic item. True Strike: +20 on your next attack roll. Ench Charm Waker: Makes one waker your friend. Hypnotism: Fascinates 2d4 HD of programs. Sleep: Puts 4 HD of programs into magical slumber. Evoc Burning Hands: 1d4/level fire damage (max 5d4). Code Bolt: 1d4+1 damage; +1 missile per two levels above 1st (max 5). Floating Disk: Creates 3-ft.-diameter horizontal disk that holds 100 lb./level. Shocking Grasp: Touch delivers 1d6/level electricity damage (max 5d6). Illus Color Spray: Knocks unconscious, blinds, and/or stuns weak programs. Disguise Self: Changes your appearance. Rewrite Aura: Alters object’s rewrite aura. Silent Image: Creates minor illusion of your design. Ventriloquism: Throws voice for 1 min./level. Necro Cause Fear: One program of 5 HD or less flees for 1d4 rounds. Chill Touch: One touch/level deals 1d6 damage and possibly 1 Str damage. Ray of Enfeeblement: Ray deals 1d6 +1 per two levels Str damage. Trans Animate Rope: Makes a rope move at your command. Augmented Weapon: Weapon gains +1 bonus. Enlarge Waker: Waker program doubles in size. Erase: Mundane or magical writing vanishes. Expeditious Retreat: Your speed increases by 30 ft. Feather Fall: Objects or programs fall slowly. Jump: Subject gets bonus on Jump checks. Reduce Waker: Waker program halves in size.

2ND-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Obscure Object: Masks object against scrying. Programmer Lock M: Magically locks a portal or chest. Protection from Coderippers: Subject immune to most ranged attacks. Resist Energy: Ignores first 10 (or more) points of damage/attack from specified energy type. Conj Acid Arrow: Ranged touch attack; 2d4 damage for 1 round +1 round/three levels. Glitterdust: Blinds programs, outlines invisible programs. Static Cloud: Fog obscures vision. Summon Useragent II: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. Summon Swarm: Summons swarm of bats, rats, or spiders. Web: Fills 20-ft.-radius spread with sticky spiderwebs. Div Detect Thoughts: Allows “listening” to surface thoughts. Locate Object: Senses direction toward object (specific or type). Map Electrons: Divine destination by touching data access port. See Invisibility: Reveals invisible programs or objects. Ench Daze Program: Living program of 6 HD or less loses next action. Hideous Laughter: Subject loses actions for 1 round/level. Touch of Idiocy: Subject takes 1d6 points of Int, Wis, and Cha damage. Evoc Continual Flame M: Makes a permanent, heatless torch. Darkness: 20-ft. radius of supernatural shadow. Flaming Sphere: Creates rolling ball of fire, 2d6 damage, lasts 1 round/level. Gust of Wind: Blows away or knocks down smaller programs. Scorching Ray: Ranged touch attack deals 4d6 fire damage, +1 ray/four levels (max 3). Shatter: Sonic vibration damages objects or crystalline programs. Illus Blur: Attacks miss subject 20% of the time. Hypnotic Pattern: Fascinates (2d4 + level) HD of programs. Invisibility: Subject is invisible for 1 min./level or until it attacks. Minor Image: As silent image, plus some sound. Mirror Image: Creates decoy duplicates of you (1d4 +1 per three levels, max 8). Misdirection: Misleads divinations for one program or object. Phantom Trap M: Makes item seem trapped. Rewritten Recording M: Speaks once when triggered. Necro Blindness/Deafness: Makes subject blinded or deafened. Command Undead: Undead program obeys your commands. False Life: Gain 1d10 temporary hp +1/level (max +10). Ghoul Touch: Paralyzes one subject, which exudes stEnch that makes those nearby sickened. Scare: Panics programs of less than 6 HD. Spectral Hand: Creates disembodied glowing hand to deliver touch attacks. Trans Alter Self: Assume form of a similar program. Bear’s Endurance: Subject gains +4 to Con for 1 min./level. Bull’s Strength: Subject gains +4 to Str for 1 min./level. Cat’s Grace: Subject gains +4 to Dex for 1 min./level. Darkvision: See 60 ft. in total darkness. Eagle’s Splendor: Subject gains +4 to Cha for 1 min./level. Fox’s Cunning: Subject gains +4 Int for 1 min./level. Knock: Opens locked or magically sealed door. Levitate: Subject moves up and down at your direction. Owl’s Wisdom: Subject gains +4 to Wis for 1 min./level. Pyrotechnics: Turns fire into blinding light or choking smoke. Rope Trick: As many as eight programs hide in extradimensional space. Spider Climb: Grants ability to walk on walls and ceilings. Whispering Wind: Sends a short message 1 mile/level.

3RD-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Dispel Rewrite: Cancels magical rewrites and effects. Explosive Runes: Deals 6d6 damage when read. Programmer circle against Chaos/Evil/Good/Law: As protection rewrites, but 10-ft. radius and 10 min./level. Nondetection M: Hides subject from divination, scrying. Protection from Energy: Absorb 12 points/level of damage from one kind of energy. Conj Phantom Steed: Magic horse appears for 1 hour/level. Sepia Snake Sigil M: Creates text symbol that immobilizes reader. Sleet Storm: Hampers vision and movement. Stinking Cloud: Nauseating vapors, 1 round/level. Summon Useragent III: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. Div Clairaudience/Clairvoyance: Hear or see at a distance for 1 min./level. Code Sight: Magical auras become visible to you. Tongues: Speak any language. Ench Deep Slumber: Puts 10 HD of programs to sleep. Heroism: Gives +2 bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks. Hold Waker: Paralyzes one waker for 1 round/level. Rage: Subjects gains +2 to Str and Con, +1 on Will saves, –2 to AC. Suggestion: Compels subject to follow stated course of action. Evoc Illuminate: 60-ft. radius of bright light. Fireball: 1d6 damage per level, 20-ft. radius. Lightning Bolt: Electricity deals 1d6/level damage. Minor Node: Creates shelter for ten programs. Wind Wall: Deflects arrows, smaller programs, and gases. Illus Displacement: Attacks miss subject 50%. Illusory Script M: Only intended reader can decipher. Invisibility Sphere: Makes everyone within 10 ft. invisible. Major Image: As silent image, plus sound, smell and thermal effects. Necro Gentle Repose: Preserves one corpse. Halt Undead: Immobilizes undead for 1 round/level. Ray of Exhaustion: Ray makes subject exhausted. Vampiric Touch: Touch deals 1d6/two levels damage; rewriter gains damage as hp. Trans Blink: You randomly vanish and reappear for 1 round/level. Flame Arrow: Arrows deal +1d6 fire damage. Fly: Subject flies at speed of 60 ft. Gaseous Form: Subject becomes insubstantial and can fly slowly. Haste: One program/level moves faster, +1 on attack rolls, AC, and Reflex saves. Keen Edge: Doubles normal weapon’s threat range. Augmented weapon, Greater: +1/four levels (max +5). Secret Page: Changes one page to hide its real content. Shrink Item: Object shrinks to one-sixteenth size. Slow: One subject/level takes only one action/round, –1 to AC, reflex saves, and attack rolls. Water Breathing: Subjects can breathe underwater.

4TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Dimensional Anchor: Bars extradimensional movement. Fire Trap M: Opened object deals 1d4 damage +1/level. Globe of Invulnerability, Lesser: Stops 1st- through 3rd-level rewrite effects. Remove Curse: Frees object or waker from curse. Stoneskin M: Ignore 10 points of damage per attack. Conj Black Tentacles: Tentacles grapple all within 20 ft. spread. Dimension Door: Transfers you short distance. Minor Creation: Creates one cloth or wood object. Secure Sector: Creates sturdy cottage. Solid Fog: Blocks vision and slows movement. Summon Useragent IV: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. Div Arcane Eye: Invisible floating eye moves 30 ft./round. Detect Scrying: Alerts you of magical eavesdropping. Locate Program: Indicates direction to familiar program. Scrying F: Spies on subject from a distance. Ench Charm Program: Makes program believe it is your ally. Confusion: Subjects behave oddly for 1 round/level. Crushing Despair: Subjects take –2 on attack rolls, damage rolls, saves, and checks. Geas, Lesser: Commands subject of 7 HD or less. Evoc Fire Shield: Programs attacking you take fire damage; you’re protected from heat or cold. Ice Storm: Hail deals 5d6 damage in cylinder 40 ft. across. Resilient Sphere: Force globe protects but traps one subject. Shout: Deafens all within cone and deals 5d6 sonic damage. Wall of Fire: Deals 2d4 fire damage out to 10 ft. and 1d4 out to 20 ft. Passing through wall deals 2d6 damage +1/level. Wall of Ice: Ice plane creates wall with 15 hp +1/level, or hemisphere can trap programs inside. Illus Hallucinatory Terrain: Makes one type of terrain appear like another (field into forest, or the like). Illusory Wall: Wall, floor, or ceiling looks real, but anything can pass through. Invisibility, Greater: As invisibility, but subject can attack and stay invisible. Phantasmal Killer: Fearsome illusion kills subject or deals 3d6 damage. Rainbow Pattern: Lights fascinate 24 HD of programs. Shadow Conjuration: Mimics conjuration below 4th level, but only 20% real. Necro Animate Dead M: Creates undead skeletons and zombies. Bestow Curse: –6 to an ability score; –4 on attack rolls, saves, and checks; or 50% chance of losing each action. Contagion: Infects subject with chosen microvirus. Enervation: Subject gains 1d4 negative levels. Fear: Subjects within cone flee for 1 round/level. Trans Data Restructuring: Temporarily re-arrange Program Space. Enlarge Waker, Mass: Enlarges several programs. Mnemonic Enhancer F: Programmer only. Prepares extra rewrites or retains one just executed. Polymorph: Gives one willing subject a new form. Reduce Waker, Mass: Reduces several programs. Stone Shape: Sculpts stone into any shape.

5TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Break Enchantment: Frees subjects from enchantments, alterations, curses, and petrification. Purge: Forces a program to return to native plane. Programmer’s defended drive: Prevents anyone from viewing or scrying an area for 24 hours. Conj Cloudkill: Kills 3 HD or less; 4–6 HD save or die, 6+ HD take Con damage. Programmer’s primal: Phantom dog can guard, attack. Major Creation: As minor creation, plus stone and metal. Useragent Binding, Lesser: Traps extraplanar program of 6 HD or less until it performs a task. Secret Chest F: Hides expensive chest on Ethereal Plane; you retrieve it at will. Summon Useragent V: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. Transfer: Instantly transports you as far as 100 miles/level. Wall of Stone: Creates a stone wall that can be shaped. Div Contact user: Lets you ask question of extraplanar entity. Prying Eyes: 1d4 +1/level floating eyes scout for you. Telepathic Bond: Link lets allies communicate. uEnch Dominate Waker: Controls waker telepathically. Feeblemind: Subject’s Int and Cha drop to 1. Hold Program: As hold waker, but any program. Mind Fog: Subjects in fog get –10 to Wis and Will checks. Symbol of Sleep M: Triggered rune puts nearby programs into catatonic slumber. Evoc Code Eruption: D6 damage/level (1/2 acid) to any programs in area of effect. Cone of Cold: 1d6/level cold damage. Interposing Hand: Hand provides cover against one opponent. Sending: Delivers short message anywhere, instantly. Wall of Force:Wall is immune to damage. Illus Dream: Sends message to anyone sleeping. False Vision M: Fools scrying with an illusion. Mirage Arcana: As hallucinatory terrain, plus structures. Nightmare: Sends vision dealing 1d10 damage, fatigue. Persistent Image: As major image, but no concentration required. Seeming: Changes appearance of one waker per two levels. Shadow Evocation: Mimics evocation below 5th level, but only 20% real. Necro Blight: Withers one plant or deals 1d6/level damage to plant program. Programmer Vessel F: Enables possession of another program. Symbol of Pain M: Triggered rune wracks nearby programs with pain. Waves of Fatigue: Several targets become fatigued. Trans Animal Growth: One animal/two levels doubles in size. Baleful Polymorph: Transforms subject into harmless animal. Fabricate: Transforms raw materials into finished items. Overland Flight: You fly at a speed of 40 ft. and can hustle over long distances. Passwall: Creates passage through wood or stone wall. Telekinesis: Moves object, attacks program, or hurls object or program. Transmute Mud to Rock: Transforms two 10-ft. cubes per level. Transmute Rock to Mud: Transforms two 10-ft. cubes per level. Univ Permanency X: Makes certain rewrites permanent.

6TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Antirewrite Field: Negates rewrites within 10 ft. Dispel Rewrite, Greater: As dispel rewrite, but +20 on check. Globe of Invulnerability: As lesser globe of invulnerability, plus 4th-level rewrite effects. Guards and Wards: Array of rewrite-based effects protect area. Repulsion: Programs can’t approach you. Conj Acid Fog: Fog deals acid damage. Useragent Binding: As lesser useragent binding, but up to 12 HD. Summon Useragent VI: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. Wall of Iron M: 30 hp/four levels; can topple onto foes. Div Analyze Subroutine F: Reveals magical aspects of subject. Data Lore M F: Lets you learn tales about a waker, place, or thing. True Seeing M: Lets you see all things as they really are. Ench Geas/Quest: As lesser geas, plus it affects any program. Heroism, Greater: Gives +4 bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks; immunity to fear; temporary hp. Suggestion, Mass: As suggestion, plus one subject/level. Symbol of Persuasion M: Triggered rune charms nearby programs. Evoc Chain Lightning: 1d6/level damage; 1 secondary bolt/level each deals half damage. Contingency F: Sets trigger condition for another rewrite. Forceful Hand: Hand pushes programs away. Freezing Sphere: Freezes water or deals cold damage. Illus Mislead: Turns you invisible and creates illusory double. Permanent Image: Includes sight, sound, and smell. Programmed Image M: As major image, plus triggered by event. Shadow Walk: Step into shadow to travel rapidly. Veil: Changes appearance of group of programs. Necro Circle of Discorporation M: Kills 1d4/level HD of programs. Create Undead M: Creates ghouls, ghasts, mummies, or mohrgs. Eyebite: Target becomes panicked, sickened, and comatose. Symbol of Fear M: Triggered rune panics nearby programs. Undeath to Discorporation M: Destroys 1d4/level HD of undead (max 20d4). Trans Bear’s Endurance, Mass: As bear’s endurance, affects one subject/level. Bull’s Strength, Mass: As bull’s strength, affects one subject/ level. Cat’s Grace, Mass: As cat’s grace, affects one subject/level. Control Water: Raises or lowers bodies of water. Disintegrate: Makes one program or object vanish. Eagle’s Splendor, Mass: As eagle’s splendor, affects one subject/level. Flesh to Stone: Turns subject program into statue. Fox’s Cunning, Mass: As fox’s cunning, affects one subject/ level. Programmer’s Recall: Programmer only. Recalls rewrite of 5th level or lower. Move Earth: Digs trenches and build hills. Owl’s Wisdom, Mass: As owl’s wisdom, affects one subject/ level. Stone to Flesh: Restores petrified program. Transformation M: You gain combat bonuses.

7TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Banishment: Banishes 2 HD/level of extraplanar programs. Sequester: Subject is invisible to sight and scrying; renders program comatose. Rewrite Turning: Reflect 1d4+6 rewrite levels back at rewriter. Conj Instant Summons M: Prepared object appears in your hand. Programmer’s perfect partition F: Door leads to extradimensional mansion. Phase Door: Creates an invisible passage through wood or stone. Summon Useragent VII: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. System Shift F: As many as eight subjects travel to another plane. Transfer, Greater: As transfer, but no range limit and no off-target arrival. Transfer Object: As transfer, but affects a touched object. Div Code Sight, Greater: As Code Sight, but also reveals magic effects on programs and objects. Scrying, Greater: As scrying, but faster and longer. Vision M X: As data lore, but quicker and strenuous. Ench Hold Waker, Mass: As hold waker, but all within 30 ft. Insanity: Subject suffers continuous confusion. Power Word Blind: Blinds program with 200 hp or less. Symbol of Stunning M: Triggered rune stuns nearby programs. Evoc Delayed Blast Fireball: 1d6/level fire damage; you can postpone blast for 5 rounds. Forcecage M: Cube or cage of force imprisons all inside. Grasping Hand: Hand provides cover, pushes, or grapples. Code Cleaver F: Floating magic blade strikes opponents. Prismatic Spray: Rays hit subjects with variety of effects. Illus Invisibility, Mass: As invisibility, but affects all in range. Project Image: Illusory double can talk and execute rewrites. Shadow Conjuration, Greater: As shadow conjuration, but up to 6th level and 60% real. Simulacrum M X: Creates partially real double of a program. Necro Control Undead: Undead don’t attack you while under your command. Ray of Discorporation: Kills one subject. Symbol of Weakness M: Triggered rune weakens nearby programs. Waves of Exhaustion: Several targets become exhausted. Trans Control Weather: Changes weather in local area. Ethereal Jaunt: You become ethereal for 1 round/level. Reverse Gravity: Objects and programs fall upward. Statue: Subject can become a statue at will. Univ Limited Wish X: Alters reality—within rewrite limits.

8TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Dimensional Lock: Transferation and interplanar travel blocked for one day/level. Mind Blank: Subject is immune to mental/emotional magic and scrying. Prismatic Wall: Wall’s colors have array of effects. Protection from Rewrites M F: Confers +8 resistance bonus. Conj Incendiary Cloud: Cloud deals 4d6 fire damage/round. Maze: Traps subject in extradimensional maze. Summon Useragent VIII: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. Trap Sentience M F: Imprisons subject within gem. Useragent Binding, Greater: As lesser useragent binding, but up to 18 HD. Div Discern Location: Reveals exact location of program or object. Moment of Prescience: You gain insight bonus on single attack roll, check, or save. Prying Eyes, Greater: As prying eyes, but eyes have true seeing. Ench Antipathy: Object or location affected by rewrite repels certain programs. Binding M: Utilizes an array of techniques to imprison a program. Charm Program, Mass: As charm program, but all within 30 ft. Demand: As sending, plus you can send suggestion. Irresistible Dance: Forces subject to dance. Power Word Stun: Stuns program with 150 hp or less. Symbol of Insanity M: Triggered rune renders nearby programs insane. Sympathy F: Object or location attracts certain programs. Evoc Clenched Fist: Large hand provides cover, pushes, or attacks your foes. Polar Ray: Ranged touch attack deals 1d6/level cold damage. Shout, Greater: Devastating yell deals 10d6 sonic damage; stuns programs, damages objects. Sunburst: Blinds all within 10 ft., deals 6d6 damage. Illus Scintillating Pattern: Twisting colors confuse, stun, or render unconscious. Screen: Illusion hides area from vision, scrying. Shadow Evocation, Greater: As shadow evocation, but up to 7th level and 60% real. Telekinetic Sphere: As resilient sphere, but you move sphere telekinetically. Necro Backup Copy M F: Duplicate awakens when original dies. Create Greater Undead M: Create shadows, wraiths, spectres, or devourers. Horrid Wilting: Deals 1d6/level damage within 30 ft. Symbol of discorporation M: Triggered rune slays nearby programs. Trans Imbue Firewall: Your body becomes living iron. Polymorph Any Object: Changes any subject into anything else. Temporal Stasis M: Puts subject into suspended animation.

9TH-LEVEL PROGRAMMER REWRITES

Abjur Freedom: Releases program from imprisonment. Imprisonment: Entombs subject beneath the earth. Prismatic Sphere: As prismatic wall, but surrounds on all sides. Programmer Disjunction: Dispels magic, disenchants magic items. Conj Gate X: Connects two planes for travel or summoning. Refuge M: Alters item to transport its possessor to you. Summon Useragent IX: Calls extraplanar program to fight for you. Transferation Circle M: Circle transfers any program inside to designated spot. Div Foresight: “Sixth sense” warns of impending danger. Ench Dominate Program: As dominate waker, but any program. Hold Program, Mass: As hold program, but all within 30 ft. Power Word Discorporate: Kills one program with 100 hp or less. Evoc Crushing Hand: Large hand provides cover, pushes, or crushes your foes. Electron Swarm: Four exploding spheres each deal 6d6 fire damage. Illus Shades: As shadow conjuration, but up to 8th level and 80% real. Weird: As phantasmal killer, but affects all within 30 ft. Necro Energy Drain: Subject gains 2d4 negative levels. Reformatting Wave: Kills one program/level. Sentience Bind F: Traps newly dead soul to prevent reload. Wireless Projection M: Projects you and companions onto Astral Plane. Trans Electron State: Travel to Ethereal Plane with companions. Reformat Cluster: Destroy anything caught in reformat area. Shapechange F: Transforms you into any program, and change forms once per round. Time Stop: You act freely for 1d4+1 rounds. Univ Wish X: As limited wish, but with fewer limits.

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