Enchantment

Enchantment
Ultima Underworld II Incantation: Vas Ort Ylem Circle: 7th

Enchantment is a spell in Ultima Underworld II that, when cast, improves the effectiveness of weapons and armour by imbuing them with magical energies.

Spell Description

The spell was taught to the Avatar by Altara in Killorn Keep after gaining her trust. With this spell, weapons can gain "accuracy" or "damage," while armour can gain "protection" or "toughness." (The meanings of these terms is not explained, but it is assumed that they are the likelihood of a weapon making a successful strike, the amount of damage a weapon is likely to inflict, the amount of damage armour is likely to deflect and the durability of the armour, respectively.) Invoking the spell upon an item already reaping such benefits raises its level of enchantment successively higher. Conversely, should the spell fail, the target weapon or armour will be destroyed in the process.

The levels granted by Enchantment are as follows, in ascending order. Note that weapons only have four levels of enchantment, while armours does have all eight.

Minor (weapons and armour)

(No prefix) (armour)

Additional (armour)

Major (weapons and armour)

Great (weapons and armour)

Very great (armour)

Tremendous (armour)

Unsurpassed (weapons and armour)

The spell Name Enchantment can then be used to determine the enchantment on the equipment.

Recharging Wands

The Enchantment spell can also restore the magical power of wands and other artifacts. However, it can only recharge wands and items of spells the Avatar can normally cast. Gems of Mana Restore cannot be recharged at all and will be destroyed upon casting. If a wand contains its maximum number of charges, it will be destroyed when Enchantment is cast upon it.

Lore

“	This spell can either be used to add charges to any magic item which can take charges, or to permanently enchant a weapon or armor. If cast on an item which can not take charges, and is neither a weapon nor a piece of armor, the spell fails with no beneficial or detrimental effects (except the caster’s loss of mana). – from Gems of Enlightenment (Ultima Underworld II)

See Also

• Name Enchantment
• Mending
• Enchant