Unseen Servant in Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG

Unseen Servant

1^st-level conjuration (ritual)

Casting Time: 2 ACT (1+ minutes)
Range: 60'
Components: V, S, M (a piece of string and a bit of wood)
Duration: 1 minute / 1 SL

This spell creates an invisible, mindless, shapeless force that performs simple tasks at your command until the spell ends. The servant springs into existence in an unoccupied space on the ground within range. It has Combat 8, Muscle 6, Brains 10, 1 LP, 5 END (EP), and cannot attack. If it drops to 0 in any score, the spell ends.

The servant can perform simple tasks that a human servant could do, such as fetching things, cleaning, mending, folding clothes, lighting fires, serving food, and pouring wine. Once you give the command, the servant performs the task to the best of its ability until it completes the task, then waits for your next command.

If you command the servant to perform a task that would move it more than 60' away from you, the servant moves in that direction and dissipates at 16'; the spell ends.

QuickCast: No
Participants: 0
CT: Recitation +1
Scope: Minor +1
Dur: 1 min./SL
String, Wood +0
Harm: None -
Mind/Emotions -
Summoning: Severe +2
Manipulating: Severe +2
PL 6

The character's Witch-Fu must equal 15+ to know this spell. Unseen Servant is collected in numerous spellbooks, most notably those associated with higher learning. Thus, Unseen Servant is a favorite of fratboy future cultists and Gidgets everywhere. In fact, the knowledge of this spell indicates socially that you have attended the Lyceum Arcanum (the only magic college in these settings, which exists in a pocket universe—the Fey Realm—alongside our own).

An immensely useful spell despite its utilitarianism, the difference between our world and that of the typical D&D campaign becomes clear in the difference in PL; Unseen Servant is a cantrip in Dungeons & Dragons. Unseen Servant is one of the first spells most Supernaturals learn.

Note that the Unseen Servant only lasts for (SL x [1 minute]), not 1 hour; the spell is generally cast once for each action you want it to perform, but it can continue to operate for the Duration. For example, if you roll 5 SL, Unseen Servant continues to function for 5 full minutes, even if it completes all tasks within 2 minutes. The caster maintains a type of Telepathy (Lim. Use: Unseen Servant, only) with the Unseen Servant and can attempt to task it extra chores at a graduating penalty of (-1 Witch-Fu) per each new task.

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