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Disintegration Beam Spell

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On page 113 of DB12, the Demon Knight is listed as having two spells; Demon Blade and Disintegration Beam. Demon blade was listed under Demon Magic in the same book, but I have not been able to find Disintegration Beam. It's not in the demon magic section, and I also checked under the Soulmancy spells in WB35. Nothing. Was this left out? If so was it ever published as errata?
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No idea. Checked BoM, MoM, D&G, WB35, DB12, DB13, TtGD, CE RoM, and all I found was a ship's weapon system that the TGE call a "disintegration beam".

Perhaps it was left out but intended to have the same effect as the Disintegration power on Powers Unlimited 1 pg 20?
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Possibly. Might also be something that fits in between Sub-Particle acceleration and Annihilate as far as damage output. 3d6x10 MD maybe?

I do not actually have Heroes Unlimited so cannot comment on how accurate the power would be for this.
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The author said here that the spell got renamed to Nova Blast in DB13.
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Curbludgeon wrote: Thu Apr 10, 2025 6:22 pm The author said here that the spell got renamed to Nova Blast in DB13.
Hmm, almost think PB could publish a book from all the clarifying comments made by authors on this Forum over the years... :lol:

Maybe not, but Curbludgeon, your Research skill must be 90%+ to find that tidbit
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Curbludgeon wrote: Thu Apr 10, 2025 6:22 pm The author said here that the spell got renamed to Nova Blast in DB13.
That makes a lot of sense since the Demon Knights operate in space a lot and Nova Blast is brutal in space.
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Grazzik wrote: Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:05 pm
Curbludgeon wrote: Thu Apr 10, 2025 6:22 pm The author said here that the spell got renamed to Nova Blast in DB13.
Hmm, almost think PB could publish a book from all the clarifying comments made by authors on this Forum over the years... :lol:

Maybe not, but Curbludgeon, your Research skill must be 90%+ to find that tidbit
It would be great if they just compiled everything into one place. There are errata sheets on the website but fairly certain they haven't been updated this century.

At this point it would be a major task to assemble all the corrections for each book even if the original posts haven't been pruned so doubt we will ever see a full correction.
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Only 30 PPE and does 1d4x100 damage.
Anyone know if space magic can be added to TW devices?
Page 112 of DB 13 does not say "no".
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Shorty Lickens wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:37 am Only 30 PPE and does 1d4x100 damage.
Anyone know if space magic can be added to TW devices?
Page 112 of DB 13 does not say "no".
I use star sapphires to do so. However, this is a house rule. Haven't found a RAW statement on the matter yet.
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MidnightNova wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 7:19 am On page 113 of DB12, the Demon Knight is listed as having two spells; Demon Blade and Disintegration Beam. Demon blade was listed under Demon Magic in the same book, but I have not been able to find Disintegration Beam. It's not in the demon magic section, and I also checked under the Soulmancy spells in WB35. Nothing. Was this left out? If so was it ever published as errata?
It's their Anti-Matter Blast ability. It may have been intended to be a spell at one point, but was changed into an innate ability.

Just an editing error. Palladium editing has never been great.
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