Enchant

Enchant
Ultima VII Part Two Name: Enchant Missiles Incantation: Ort Ylem Reagents: BP, MR Circle: 3rd Ultima VII Incantation: Ort Ylem Reagents: BP, MR Circle: 2nd Ultima VI Incantation: In Ort Ylem Reagents: MR, SS, SA Circle: 7th

Enchant is a spell that magically fortifies weapons.

Spell Description

In Ultima VI, this spell would endow a special staff (sold by Nicodemus) with the effects of other spells (such as Fireball or Kill). Thereafter, it would convert projectiles to their magical counterparts. Normal arrows and bolts have limited strength and reliability. Some warriors avoid missile weapons altogether because of these weaknesses. However, casting Enchant on a stack of bolts or arrows turns them into magic bolts or magic arrows. These magical projectiles do much more damage and never miss their target.

History

In Ultima VI each staff could only hold one spell, but up to ten charges of it. The staff could then be used by anyone to cast the stored spell. Detect Magic could be used to check how many charges are left in a staff.

By Ultima VII Part Two, this spell could be combined with the Create Ammo spell to ensure there was a steady supply of arrows and bolts that could be enchanted, thus solving all and any ammunition problems for the party.

Lore

“	Empowers special items with magical energy. – from Compendium (Ultima VI)

“	This spell causes up to an entire bundle of arrows or bolts to become enchanted and glow blue. Enchanted missiles will always hit their target and do significantly more damage than normal. – from The Book of Fellowship (Ultima VII)

“	Affecting an entire bundle if present, this spell enchants arrows and bolts so as to enhance their effectiveness. – from Beyond the Serpent Pillars (Ultima VII Part Two)

Trivia

• It actually is possible to enchant a staff in Ultima VI with an 8^th circle spell, without being at that level, thus circumventing the lengthy quest for level 8.
• In Ultima VI, the Armageddon-spell can be put onto a staff as well. Giving that staff to a party member and letting them cast it from the staff in solo mode freezes the game completely, forcing a reset.
• The spell was omitted from the C64-port of Ultima VI.
• The scroll in the beta of Ultima VII Part Two for some reason showed a harp.

Gallery

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  Enchant scroll found in Ultima VII Part Two

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  The scroll in the beta

See Also

• Detect Magic
• Create Ammo

Ultima VI Spells
1st Circle	Create Food ☥ Detect Magic ☥ Detect Trap ☥ Dispel Magic ☥ Douse ☥ Harm ☥ Heal ☥ Help ☥ Ignite ☥ Light
2nd Circle	Infravision ☥ Magic Arrow ☥ Poison ☥ Reappear ☥ Sleep ☥ Telekinesis ☥ Trap ☥ Unlock Magic ☥ Untrap ☥ Vanish
3rd Circle	Curse ☥ Dispel Field ☥ Fireball ☥ Great Light ☥ Magic Lock ☥ Mass Awaken ☥ Mass Sleep ☥ Peer ☥ Protection ☥ Repel Undead
4th Circle	Animate ☥ Conjure ☥ Disable ☥ Fire Field ☥ Great Heal ☥ Locate ☥ Mass Dispel ☥ Poison Field ☥ Sleep Field ☥ Wind Change
5th Circle	Energy Field ☥ Explosion ☥ Insect Swarm ☥ Invisibility ☥ Lightning ☥ Paralyze ☥ Pickpocket ☥ Reveal ☥ Seance ☥ X-Ray
6th Circle	Charm ☥ Clone ☥ Confuse ☥ Flame Wind ☥ Hail Storm ☥ Mass Protect ☥ Negate Magic ☥ Poison Wind ☥ Replicate ☥ Web
7th Circle	Chain Bolt ☥ Enchant ☥ Energy Wind ☥ Fear ☥ Gate Travel ☥ Kill ☥ Mass Curse ☥ Mass Invisibility ☥ Wing Strike ☥ Wizard Eye
8th Circle	Armageddon ☥ Death Wind ☥ Eclipse ☥ Mass Charm ☥ Mass Kill ☥ Resurrect ☥ Slime ☥ Summon ☥ Time Stop ☥ Tremor

Ultima VII Spells
Linear	Awaken ☥ Douse ☥ Fireworks ☥ Glimmer ☥ Help ☥ Ignite ☥ Thunder ☥ Weather
1st Circle	Awaken All ☥ Create Food ☥ Cure ☥ Detect Trap ☥ Great Douse ☥ Great Ignite ☥ Light ☥ Locate
2nd Circle	Destroy Trap ☥ Enchant ☥ Fire Blast ☥ Great Light ☥ Mass Cure ☥ Protection ☥ Telekinesis ☥ Wizard Eye
3rd Circle	Curse ☥ Heal ☥ Paralyze ☥ Peer ☥ Poison ☥ Protect All ☥ Sleep ☥ Swarm
4th Circle	Conjure ☥ Lightning ☥ Mark ☥ Mass Curse ☥ Recall ☥ Reveal ☥ Seance ☥ Unlock Magic
5th Circle	Charm ☥ Dance ☥ Dispel Field ☥ Explosion ☥ Fire Field ☥ Great Heal ☥ Invisibility ☥ Mass Sleep
6th Circle	Cause Fear ☥ Clone ☥ Fire Ring ☥ Flame Strike ☥ Magic Storm ☥ Poison Field ☥ Sleep Field ☥ Tremor
7th Circle	Create Gold ☥ Death Bolt ☥ Delayed Blast ☥ Energy Field ☥ Energy Mist ☥ Mass Charm ☥ Mass Might ☥ Restoration
8th Circle	Armageddon ☥ Death Vortex ☥ Invisibility All ☥ Mass Death ☥ Resurrect ☥ Summon ☥ Swordstrike ☥ Time Stop