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====== Dark Arts ======
There can be no mistaking the evil inherent in the Dark Arts tradition; each spell makes the world a bit worse. They create suffering, sickness, and sorrow. A tradition of last resort for people seeking unlimited power—no matter the consequences, studying the Dark Arts stains the soul and increases the population of the Netherworld by one upon the caster’s death. Efforts to stamp out the Dark Arts should make discovering the tradition a challenge, yet its secrets have a way of surviving the bonfires and purges to infect more and more with its false promises and cruel effects. 

Fiends in the Netherworld introduced the Dark Arts to mortals, offering potent and harmful magic in return for souls. It’s believed that the gods despise the Dark Arts and that knowledge of even a single spell from this tradition will doom a soul to the Netherworld. For this reason, the Dark Arts tradition is a poor choice for heroes. Sometimes, though, casters find evil a powerful weapon for use against its authors, and thus these insidious spells might find their way into a spellcaster’s arsenal.

===== Talents =====
//**Construct Puppet:**// If you have a few strands of hair, a drop of blood, or a bit of nail all from the same creature, you can perform a ritual to construct a doll in that creature’s likeness. When you finish, you expend the required materials. The doll is Size 1/8, has Defense 0, and Health 5. The doll remains until it’s destroyed. 

When you cast a spell that normally targets one creature, you can choose to lose 1 Health and target the doll instead. In doing so, you transfer the spell’s effects through the doll to the creature it represents provided that creature is within 100 miles of you.

In addition, if you deal damage directly to the poppet, the creature it represents becomes vulnerable (luck ends). If you destroy the poppet, the creature it represents makes a Will roll. On a failure, it becomes stunned (luck ends).

//**Forked Tongue:**// Your tongue bifurcates. Whenever 
you would pass off a lie as the truth in a social situation, each 
creature that can hear you makes an Intellect roll with 1 bane. 
On a success, the creature becomes immune to this talent for 
24 hours. On a failure, the creature believes what you say to 
be true, even if presented with evidence to the contrary, for 1 
hour. On a critical failure, the creature believes anything you 
say to be the truth for 24 hours.

//**Hex:**// You can use an action to draw a fiery red pentagram with your finger in the air and send it flying from you. Target one creature within 5 yards. The target becomes cursed until the end of your next turn. At level 3, the target becomes cursed (luck ends). At level 7, the target becomes cursed and vulnerable (luck ends both).

//**Pungent Stench:**// You can use this talent when you cast a Dark Arts spell. From your body emanates a foul odor that sickens nearby creatures. For 1 minute, enemies inside a Size 3 space centered on you, and that moves with you, are Strength impaired. Creatures immune to the poisoned afflic tion ignore this effect. You can use this talent once, twice at level 3, and three times at level 7. You regain expended uses after you rest

    

===== Novice Spells =====
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===== Expert Spells =====
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===== Master Spells =====
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