System spells
The five commands that don't throw elements: Transfer Durability, Deep Freeze, Remove Core Protection, Wing Shape and Mirror Shape.
Not every Sacred Art throws elements. Five system commands act directly on a unit — or on the caster: giving your life away, turning someone to stone, breaking a protection, growing wings, raising a mirror. They all start with System Call, like any incantation, and can be spoken aloud or typed in chat.
The five spells
| Spell | Incantation | Authority | Target | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer Durability | Transfer Human Unit Durability, Self to Left |
none | another unit | gives it your health, up to 10 points |
| Remove Core Protection | Remove Core Protection |
SCA 40 | another unit | it takes ×1.5 damage for 12 s |
| Deep Freeze | Deep Freeze |
SCA 50 + 3 elements | another unit | stone statue, damage taken ×0.5 |
| Wing Shape | Form Element, Wing Shape, Discharge |
none | you | wings: climb, glide, no fall damage |
| Mirror Shape | Form Element, Mirror Shape, Discharge |
none | you | a mirror that sends projectiles back |
Two families
Targeted commands
Transfer Durability, Remove Core Protection and Deep Freeze fire as soon as they are said: no closing word needed, the incantation closes by itself.
- The target: the unit you traced earlier in the same incantation (
Trace, Unit ID …), wherever it is in the dimension. Otherwise, the creature you are looking at, in line of sight, within a narrow cone (about 12°): up to 16 blocks for Transfer Durability, 24 blocks for the other two. - Never yourself: with no other unit in sight, the command is refused ("No unit in sight to receive the command.").
- Held elements are consumed by the command. They strengthen Transfer Durability and Deep Freeze; for Remove Core Protection they are simply lost.
Special shapes
Wing Shape and Mirror Shape are said in place of an ordinary shape, on elements you are holding, then Discharge releases them. Form Element may be left out. Any other shape said afterwards replaces the special one.
What held elements are worth
Every held element counts, cores included (elements fused with Merge Element each count).
| Spell | No element | Per element | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer Durability | 4 health given | +1 health | 10 health (from 6 elements) |
| Deep Freeze | refused (3 minimum) | +1 s (5 s base) | 20 s (15 elements) |
| Wing Shape | impossible | +2 s (10 s base) | 60 s (25 elements) |
| Mirror Shape | impossible | +1 s (8 s base) | 30 s (22 elements) |
| Remove Core Protection | 12 s | — | 12 s |
The colour of the art (stream of life, wings, mirror) follows the most common element among those you held.
Authority gained
Every successful spell raises your System Control Authority (see System and Object Control Authority):
| Spell | SCA XP |
|---|---|
| Transfer Durability | +2 |
| Remove Core Protection | +3 |
| Deep Freeze, Wing Shape, Mirror Shape | +1 per held element |
Good to know
- Damage modifiers stack: every Remove Core Protection mark multiplies what the target takes by 1.5, Deep Freeze's petrification halves it. A statue with no core protection therefore takes ×0.75.
- Everything ends when the caster dies: wings, mirror, statue, mark or stream of life stop at once.
- Refusals show in red above the hotbar: "System Control Authority 50 required.", "Deep Freeze needs 3 held elements."