Form and Effect Bonuses

The following listing is meant to augment the Form and Effect Bonuses Table (page 84) of the Ars Magica Fourth Edition Rulebook.

 


Absinthe

+2 memory loss

Acorn

+2 Prophecy

Alder

+3 Control Wind, +3 Ignite Fire

Aloe

+3 healing skin afflictions
+5 Protection from Decomposition

Amber

+3 Ward Against Bad Dreams
+1 Ward Against Headaches
+1 Meditation

Agate

+3 Air
+5 Protection from storms
+7 Protection from venom

Amethyst

+7 versus drunkeness
+2 versus poison
+1 strong emotions
+3 Mental Healing
+2 Modesty
+2 Peace of Mind

Anchor

+5 resistance to movement
+3 Stability, Security

Anise

(yellow-white flowers) +2 Aids in digestion

Aquamarine

+3 Water, +1 Quick Thinking

Angelica

white stems, +4 exorcising demons

Animal Bone

+4 harm or destory animals

Animal hide

+7 turn into appropriate animal

Ant

+3 Diligence

Antlers

+2 fertility, +2 strength and stamina, +3 leadership

Apple

+3 Sin, +2 Eternal Youth
+1 Leadership

Apple Core

+3 Ancient Knowledge

Armor

+7 protect wearer

Arrow

+2 Aiming, +3 Direction
+3 Speed, +2 Impulse, +1 Menace

Ash wood

+2 cause dreams, +3 Flight,
+1 Breate Water, +2 Effect Water

Ashes

+3 destroy wood, +2 cause fire
+2 Purification, +2 Humility
+1 Death

Asparagus

+2 Heal Paralysis

Aspen

+2 Physical Protection

Asphodel (plant)

+4 Joy to the Dead

Axe

+4 Destory wood,
+3 Destroy Giant
+2 Establish Border
+1 Bring Lightning

Badger Pelt

+2 Slyness

Badger Tail

+2 Greed

Bag/Sack

+5 Trapping things within, +3 Moving things into or out of

Bandage

+4 healing wounds

Barberry

+3 Cause depression

Basket

+4 preserve contents, +5 create food within,+3 create things within

Basil

+2 Draw Poison, +2 Calming

Basilisk Eye

+5 Petrification

Basin/Bowl

+3 Scrying, +5 affect liquids within

Bat Wings

+3 Summon Demons

Red Bat

+3 Frighten Away Demons

Bath

+1 Lechery

Bay Laurel

+3 cause drunkeness

Beard

+2 Strength

Bear's Heart

+4 Endurance

Bed

+6 Affect sleep and dreams

Bee

+2 Wisdom, +1 Diligent
+3 Find Ghost by Following

Bell

+5 Warning
+2 Summon Supernatural Creature
+3 Drive Away Supernatural
+1 Avert Storms

Belladona

+1 flying

Bellows

+4 Create Wind, +5 Strengthen fire

Belt/Girdle

+3 Affect Strength, +1 Chastity

Beryl

+3 Water

Bierstein

+3 affect liquid within, +2 drunkeness

Birch

+1 Inspire Love, +3 Drive Away Evil Spirits

Black Wool

+4 Alienation

Blanket

+2 affect user, +5 warmth

Blood of Innocent Sacrifice

+6 attract evil creature

Bloodstone

+4 Blood and wounds

Book

+5 knowledge

Bookshelf

+3 Hide things within, +4 protect things within

Boots

+5 affect walking

Bow

+5 Destroy things at a distance

Brass

+1 Beauty, +2 Leadership

Bread Crumbs in Pocket

+1 Ward Faeries

Broom

+3 cause winds, +5 cleaning,
+2 moving something, +3 flying

Butterfly Wing

+3 Beauty

Butterfly Cocoon

+3 Change or Transform

Candle

+4 produce light, +1 create fire

Candlestick

+3 See at Night

Camel's Milk

+3 Sobriety, +1 Moderation

Carnelian

+4 with Blood and wounds

Camoline

(white flowers) +2 cause sleep

Caroway Seed

+2 Aphrodisiac

Carrot

+3 affect vision

Cat's Eye

+3 versus malign Corpus,
+2 see in the dark, +1 Cruelty

Catnip

+3 animal bonding

Cedar

+3 Durable

Centaur Heart

+7 Strength

Centaur Hoof

+4 Internal Dissention

Chain

+5 Slavery, +3 Imprisonment
+2 Defeat

Chalice

+4 Detect poison within,
+5 transform/create liquid within

Chastity Belt

+5 protection from lust,
+2 affect loyalty of wearer

Cherry

+2 Longevity

Cherry Branch

+3 Drive Away Evil Spirits

Clam Shell

+2 Protection

Clear glass

+4 Invisiblity, +5 Seeing through something

Cloak

+5 Alter/suppress wearer's image
+4 transform wearer
+3 flight

Cloud

+4 Concealment

4-Leaf Clover

+3 Bring Good Luck

Coin

+4 induce greed, +4 wealth and mercantile

Collar

+6 control wearer

Comb

+7 affect hair, +5 beauty

Container

+5 create or transform things within

Copper

+2 Peaceful, +1 Bring Luck

Coriander

(seedlike fruit) +4 cure disease

Cow's Milk

+1 Nurturing Children,
+3 Raise Rivers

Crab

+2 Bring Flood

Crab Shell

+3 Cause Pain

Crane Beak

+1 Kindness

Crane Wing

+4 Protection from Exhaustion or
Debility

Crow's Feathers

+3 Thieving

Crown

+3 control people, +5 gain respect or authority, +2 wisdom

Crucifix

+3 protection against evil

Crystal

+5 water-related power

Cypress

+3 Burial, +1 Death
+2 Ward Evil Magics
+1 affect concentration

Dagger/Knife

+3 betrayal, assassination, or power, +2 precise destruction

Deer's Milk

+3 Cure Blindness

Demon blood

+3 poison

Diamond

+5 versus demons, +2 Light,
+3 Discerning the truth

Dog's Eye

+3 See Ghosts

Dog's Paw

+2 Loyalty, +1 Vigilance

Donkey Hair

+3 Laziness

Donkey Tail

+2 Fornication

Door

+5 warding

Doorway

+7 affect movement through
+5 magical transportation
+7 magical gates and portals

Dove

+3 Tenderness, +3 Love

Dove's Egg

+4 Aphrodesiac

Down

+3 silence, +2 sleep

Dragon bone

+4 inspire fear, +2 protection from fire, +3 greed and pride

Drum

+5 Deafening, +2 cause fear, +3 create storms and thunder

Dryad hair

+5 Charm

Dwarf Eye

+4 Knowledge of Ancient Treasure

Eagle Feather

+4 Justice

Eagle Talon

+3 Inspire Heroism

Earring

+5 affect hearing

Elder

+2 Resist Illness

Elderberry

+1 healing

Elephant Tusk

+5 Strength, +1 Modesty

Burnt Elephant Hair or Bones

+4 Ward Demons

Elvish Blood

+5 Longevity

Emerald

+7 snakes and dragonkind,
+4 incite love or lust

Falcon Feather

+2 Effect Royalty

Fan

+4 create or control winds, +4 banish weather phenomena

Feather

+5 Flight, +3 Lightness

Fennel

(yellow flowers) +2 protection from spirits

Fern

+1 invisibility

Fir Needles

+1 Good Health

Fig Leaf

+5 Sexual Intercourse

Fig

+3 Intoxication, +2 Heresy

Fired Clay

+4 contain or protect from fire

Fireflies

+1 create light

Fish

+3 Fertility, +1 Good Luck
+6 The Deep Ocean

Swarm of Flies

+2 Disaster, +1 Summon Demon

Flag

+3 Honor

Floor

+7 affect movement across

Fog

+3 Confusion and Uncertainty
+1 Summon Demons

Fox Blood

+2 Protection from Evil Magic

Fox Tail

+3 Cunning, Trickery

Frog

+4 Necromancy, +2 Fertility

Frog Tongue

+3 Truthfulness

Flute

+5 control children

Garnet

+2 Solitude
+2 Protection from Spirits of Air

Garlic

+2 protection from fear,
+4 exorcising a demon

Ghost's Shroud

+6 Age

Giant blood

+5 strength

Glass

+3 Beauty of Object

Glove

+4 affect things by touch,
+4 manipulation at a distance

Gold

+4 induce greed, +4 affect wealth
+3 inspire honor, +1 Produce Light
+2 Protection from Magic

Gorse Wood

+3 Protection Against Magic
+3 Ward Against Wood Faeries

Green Turquoise

+4 necromancy, the dead

Goose Bill

+3 Gossip

Grey Goose Feather

+3 Solitude

Goose Flesh

+1 Aphrodesiac

Griffin Feather

+2 Flight

Long Hair

+3 Excess (particularly Lust)

Hall

+6 affect movement through, +3 magical transportation

Hammer

+1 Manual Labor

Hare

+3 Speed, +1 Vigilence

Hare Meat

+2 Insomnia

Hat

+4 affect image of self

Hawk's Eye

+4 Vision

Hawthorn

+4 Bad Luck/Curse

Hazel

+3 divination (ie many Intellego), +3 affect fertility

Hazel Nuts

+2 Speak with Beasts,
+1 Divine Direction

Hearth

+7 create fire and heat,
+5 destroy things within

Heather

+3 cause rain,
+2 Protection from Curse
+4 protection from Rape

Hedgehog Skin

+3 Ward Hail

Helmet

+6 affect wearer's sight, +4 affect wearer's mind and emotions

Hemlock

+4 poisons, +2 flying

Henbane

+3 provoke spirits

Hen Blood

+3 Lust

Hen Beak

+3 Foolishness, +1 Panic

Hermatite

+4 prevent bleeding, +2 aid in physical combat

Holly

+3 Good Luck,

Holly Berries

+2 Divine Weather

Honey

+2 Healing Wounds

Honeycomb

+4 Loyalty to Family

Hook

+4 catch fish

Hoopoe Bone (A Mediterranean Bird)

+3 Open
Any Lock

Horseshoe

+6 affect horse's movements, +2 warding

Horse Skull

+2 Ward Misfortune

Hourglass

+7 timing and alarms, +3 increasing speed

Human bone

+4 destroy the human body,
+3 destroy the human mind

Human skull

+4 destroy the human body
+6 destroy the human mind
+5 destroy or control ghosts

Hyacinth

+2 healing

Ibyx Heart

+4 Restraint and Steadfastness

Ibyx Hoof

+1 Concentration, +2 Cold

Inscribed Circle

(drawn continuously and uninterrupted) +7 Warding

Iris

+3 Deliver Message

Iron

+7 harm or repel faeries,
+2 protect wearer, +3 Strength

Iron shackles

+ 8 Bind faeries

Ivy

+3 Language

Jade

+4 Aquam, +2 Longlife, +1 Purity
+2 Wisdom, +1 Courage

Jasmin

+2 Inspire Lust

Jasper

+1 versus demons

Jewelry/Clothing

+4 transform self, +4 protect self, +2 move self

Jet

+3 darkness

Knot

+1 Captivity, +1 Immobilize

Knot (pulled untied)

+3 Freedom

Knot tied around Rock

+3 Drive away Mountain Spirits

Ladder

+2 Ascend

Ladder Rung

+1 Enter Trance

Locks of two person's hair tied in a Knot

+5 Love

Lamp

+7 produce light, +4 create fire

Laurel

+5 Forgive a Murder
+2 protection from lightning
+2 Ending Guilt

Crown of Laurel

+3 Victory

Lavender

+2 Remember

Leech

+2 blood, +4 protection from disease

Lead

+4 Protection from Faeries
+1 Protection from Demons
+2 longevity
+2 Stasis

Lent Cloth

+3 Cause Hunger

Lion's Mane

+5 strength, courage, or pride

Lion's Tail

+3 Military Valor

Linden

+3 Sensual Love, +1 Justice
+1 Ward Lightning

Lily

+1 Virginity

White Lily

+3 Innocence

Lizard's Tail

+3 Regeneration

Lodestone

+3 Repulsion

Lynx Eye

+2 Vision

Lynx Heart

+4 Mental Alertness +2 Cleverness

Lynx Droppings

+5 Establish Border

Lyre

+5 affect music, +3 create sounds

Magpie

+3 Talkativeness
+3 Discern Adultery

Magnetite

+3 Animal

Malachite

+3 Fidelity, +3 the Sea
+1 Influence over water

Mandrake

+3 fertility, +4 death,
+3 Create Poison
+5 Affect Human Body
+7 Harm Human Body

Map

+3 direction, +5 find something or someone

Mask

+7 disguise, +3 hiding,
+2 affect wearer's sight
+1 Contact Supernatural Creature
+2 Ward Against Evil Creatures

Mercury

+5 reversal, +3 eloquence,
+2 speed, +1 Wealth

Melting Ice

+3 Mercy

Mermaid Scale

+3 Breath Water

Milk

+1 The Moon

Mother's Milk

+3 Long Life, Sexual Potency

Millstone

+5 Produce Bread, +2 Justice

Mirror

+3 Imagonem, +5 Scrying,
+3 seeing the past,
+1 see possible future
+3 create images within
+1 Entrapping a Spirit
+1 Protection from Demons and other Mystical Creatures

Broken Mirror

+3 Bad Luck

Mixed Blood of True Loves

+5 cause emotions
-3 controlling emotions
-1 rationality

Mistletoe

+3 healing, +2 protect human body

Mistletoe Berries

+3 Rejuvenation

Mole's Blood

+6 Cure Deafness, +3 Cure Fevers

Mole's Boiled Flesh

+5 Grow Hair

Mole's Heart

+7 Divination
+5 Cure Madness

Mole's Tooth

+5 Cure Toothache

Monk's Hair

+5 Piety

Moonstone

+2 protection from cold, +4 moon related

Mouse Skull

+1 Shrewdness, +1 Hiding

Murder Weapon

+3 Revenge

Mushroom Stem

+2 Fertility

Nail

+1 Resilience

Necklace

+4 affect speaking or breathing

Net

+5 immobilization

Nettle

+1 protection from demons

Nightengale Flesh

+3 Wakefulness

Nightengale Heart

+3 Oratory

Noose (that has hanged someone)

+5 Justice

Nose of a Bloodhound

+5 Sense of Smell

Nun's Habit

+5 Chastity
+2 Purity

Oak

+7 protection from storms,
+1 longevity
+3 Passage into Spirit World
+2 Control Earth, +1 Control Sky

Oar

+4 affect currents

Obsidian

+5 darkness, +3 Inner Knowledge

Octopus Ink

+3 Supernatural Powers

Ogre's Blood

+3 Strength

Olive Branch

+4 Peace, +3 Victory

Olive Oil

+2 Heal Wounds

Onion

+5 Crying
+2 Cause Impotence

Onyx

+4 death, +4 darkness,
+1 invisibility

Opal

+4 travel, +2 Loyalty

Oven

+7 Burn Something

Owl Skull

+4 Wakefulness at Night

Panpipes

+5 revelry, +6 affect faerie emotions, +3 affect emotions

Parrot's Beak

+5 Imitate
+3 Protection from Fever

Peacock Blood

+4 Dispel Evil Spirit

Peacock Tail

+5 Glory

Pear

+4 Penance, +1 Longevity

Pear Tree Blossom

+2 Mourning

Pearl

+5 eliminate or detect poisons
+2 Faith, +1 knowledge

Pedestal

+4 affect something on it

Pelican Beak

+4 Self-Denial or Self-Sacrafice

Pentagram

+6 summoning demons,
+3 protection from demons
+5 bind creature withinpentagram

Peony

+4 Protection from Storms at Sea
+2 Dignity
+1 Ward Against Disease

Peppermint

+3 Soothe Stomach Pains

Peridot

+2 Strength, +1 Regeneration

Pick

+4 destroy stone

Pig's Knuckles

+3 induce greed, +1 Good Luck

Pillow

+4 Cause Sleep, +3 Dreams

Pin Feather

+5 Flight, +2 Aurum

Platinum

+2 Ambition, +1 Energy

Plow

+5 Benefit Agriculture

Poker

+4 affect fires

Pomegranate Seed

+3 Fertility

Poppy

+2 Impending Death, +1 Bad Luck

Quartz

+5 invisibility, +3 see through illusions

Quern

+3 Produce Bread

Quill

+7 Scribing

Ram's Horn

+5 Vitality, +3 Strength

Ram's Hair

+1 Determination

Rat Skull

+3 cause disease
+1 Summon Demon

Raven's Beak

+5 Cause Difficult Child Labor

Raven's Eye

+3 Wisdom

Raven's Feather

+1 Bring War, +2 Death,
+3 Curse

Raven's Talon

+3 Thieving

Ring

+2 constant effect

Red Coral

+4 versus demons
+2 Immunity to Poison

Reed

+3 Mending

Rock or Stone

+1 Stability, Endurance

Rock Crystal

+3 Healing, +5 Clairvoyance

Room

+6 effect everything within at once, +4 create things within

Rooster's Comb

+3 Protection from Nightmares

Rooster's Crow

+7 Drive Away Demons at Night

Rope or Cord

+2 strangulation, +4 restraint or magical binding

Rose

+3 Rekindle a Love

Rose Garland

+3 Virginity

White Rose

+2 Death

Rowan

+4 Protection from Lightning,
+3 Command Ghost

Rowan Berries

+3 Protection from Evil Spirits

Ruby

+6 fire-related power, +3 affect blood, +4 leadership in war

Rug

+3 affect those upon it

Sage

+2 Bring Prosperity

Saddle

+7 affect riding, +4 affect horse

Saint's bones

+ (?) protection versus demons

Salamander Scales

+3 Protection from Heat,Fire
+5 Extinguish Fire

Salt

+3 reveal or destroy demons
+2 Preservation, +1 Barreness

Sapphire

+5 Heal Eyesight
+2 Healing,
+2 Dispel Evil Magic on a Person
+2 Knowledge

Sardonyx

+2 versus malign Corporem

Satyr Heart

+5 Unbridled Lust

Satyr Hair

+3 Excess

Scales

+6 Justice

Scorpion

+4 Poison, +2 Logic

Sea Shell

+2 the sea, +3 sea creatures
+1 Irritate

Serpentine

+3 versus infection and animal poison

Shackles

+6 restraint or magical binding

Shape of a Cross

+1 protection from evil

Sheep Wool

+3 Helplessness

Shield

+5 protection

Ship Sail

+4 affect winds, +7 sailing

Sickle

+1 Death
+3 Harm Vegetation

Silver

+10 harm lycanthropes,
+4 oratory

Skullcap

+6 enhance wearer's mind

Lady's Slipper

+5 Female Domination
+3 Submission

Snail

+6 Slow Movement

Snail Shell

+4 Heal Boils

Snake Skin

+4 Old Age

Snake Tongue

+6 lying, +3 deception

Snake Venom

+5 Poison

Spade

+4 move or destroy earth

Spider

+1 climbing

Spider's Venom

+3 Poison

Spider's Web

+2 entrapping

Sprite hair

+3 charm, +2 fly

Stag Antlers (powdered)

+3 Protection from Snake Venom

Star Ruby

+5 conjure and control occult entities

Stork's Bill

+7 Human Birth, +3 Longevity

Stork's Feather

+3 Meditation

Sulfer

+2 healing, +3 preserving,
+1 summoning demons

Sunflower

+3 divining truth

Slyph Hair

+4 Invisibility

Swallow's Ashes

+4 Male Sexual Potence

Swan's Feathers

+4 Feminine Grace

Swan Bones

+3 Noble Purity

Sword

+4 harm human and animal bodies
+3 block single attack

Tar

+4 Ward Vampires

Tattoos

+7 affect body,
+10 affect own skin
- 7 affect something by touch,
-10 affect something at a distance

Thistle

+3 Conceive a Son
+3 Reverse an Evil Omen
+1 Lust

Thyme

+2 Purification

Tears of Grief from a True love lamenting their love's death

+7 inspire listlessness
+10 sadness

Tin

+2 Control

Toadstool

+3 protection from faeries
+5 Poison

Toad's Stone

+5 Evil Necromancy
+4 Guarding Treasure

Tombstone

+3 Human Death

Human Tongue

+4 Language

Tooth of a Dead Man

+2 Cure Toothache

Dragon's Tooth

+6 Create Human Form

Human Tooth

+3 Procreation, +1 Vitality

Tooth of a 7 Year Old Boy

+8 Prevent Conception

Topaz

+4 strength, courage, and pride
+4 leadership
+5 controlling wild beasts

Torch

+4 Produce Light or Flame
+3 Wake Someone

Troll Blood

+4 Regeneration, +2 Strength

Toy

+4 control children

Trumpet

+5 bravery, +2 Summoning Help
+4 Announce Enemies
+3 Free Slave

Turnip

+2 Cause Sickness

Turtle Beak

+3 Natural Stability

Turtle Bones

+4 Longevity, +3 Immodesty

Turtle Egg

+3 Fertility

Turtle Shell

+5 Ward Hail, +1 Ward Evil

Locks of Twin's Hair

+5 Duality

Unicorn Horn

+8 Purity, +4 Strength

Veil

+5 Modesty, +3 Virtue
+2 Summon a Fog

Violet amethyst

+4 ascendency over masses,
+7 sobriety

Violets

+3 Penance

Vine

+4 Intoxication, +1 Joy
+3 Inspire Madness

Virgin Sacrifice

+3 warding demons,
+6 summoning demons,
+7 fertility

Walnut Fruit

+5 Fertility, +2 Revelation

Walnut Shell

+3 Mental Bitterness

Wand/Staff

+4 destroy or control things at a distance, +3 project bolt or missile

Waterskin

+5 create liquid within

Wax

+2 keep something closed

Weathercock

+2 controlling wind, +4 direction, +6 predicting weather

Wheel

+3 Passing Time

Whip

+4 control human or animal body, +5 induce fear in animals

Willow

+3 Enhance Water
+5 Purify Water

Wine

+3 effect imbiber, +6 cause drunkeness

Wolf's Hide

+5 Deception

Wolf's Tooth

+3 Cruelty, +1 Greed

Wolf's Eye

+4 Victory, +3 Immobilization

Wolfsbane

+3 protection from lycanthropes

Wood (dead)

+3 affect living wood, +4 affect dead wood

Yew

+4 Death, +3 Decay

Yoke

+4 control wearer, +5 enhance strength of wearer

Zombie bones

+3 protection from control, +3 raise a corpse


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