Scapegoat

This spell transfers your bad luck to another.

Relics & Rituals: Olympus
© 2004 White Wolf Publishing, Inc.
Distributed for Sword and Sorcery Studios by White Wolf Publishing, Inc.  
By W. Jason Peck, Aaron Rosenberg, Christina Stiles and Relics & Rituals: Olympus team

Abjuration

Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 2
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 feet + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One creature
Duration: 1 round/level or until discharged
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes

You nominate a creature within range to be the scapegoat, or recipient. If the target fails its saving throw, the two of you are linked. While the spell is in effect, if you fail an attack roll, saving throw or skill check, you may choose to transfer that failed roll to the scapegoat and roll again. You cannot transfer more than one roll and must accept the results of your second roll. Once you have successfully transferred a bad roll to the scapegoat, the next attack roll, saving throw or skill check the scapegoat makes uses the result of your die roll before your own modifiers.

For instance, Phaegros the sorcerer casts scapegoat in a battle with minotaurs, targeting a minotaur archer. The minotaur fails its save, and the link is established. Two rounds later, the priest of Ares leading the minotaurs casts hold person on Phaegros, who rolls a 4 on his saving throw before modifiers. Phaegros chooses to transfer that ‘4’ to the minotaur archer, and rolls again on his saving throw; this time he gets a 15, and succeeds. On the minotaur archer’s next action, it fires another arrow at Phaegros. Instead of making an attack roll as usual, its attack is treated as if it rolled a 4 before modifiers. The minotaur archer misses, and the spell effect ends.

Note that the scapegoat must be within range of the spell when it is cast, but after it has taken effect the spell will last its duration no matter how far away the scapegoat is.

Material Component: A scrap of goatskin.