From: ars3_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Aaron Sher) Subject: Spells Date: 22 Apr 90 03:57:13 GMT I'd mail this to whoever it was collecting spells, but I don't have your address. So, here are a few of my own: Veschiul's Shadowcurse Level: 2 Duration: Special Area of Effect: See below Range: 3" Casting Time: 3 Components: V, S, M Save: Negates The Shadowcurse can affect any creature of the world of light. The area of effect is 1 creature for every two levels of the mage above 1st; i.e. a 3rd level mage can affect 1 creature, a 5th can affect 2, and so on. The effect of the Shadowcurse is to afflict the victims with some of the vulnerabilities of a shade. The effects depend on the light conditions, as shown on the following table: Light Abilities Move Max HP --------------------------------------------------------- Bright -2 1/2 1/2 Average -1 3/4 3/4 Twilight - - - Shadowy - - - Night - - - Darkness -1 3/4 3/4 See the description of Shade in the MMII for exact descriptions of these light conditions. The material component is a piece of pitch. Veschiul's Shadowbolt Level: 2 Duration: Instantaneous Range: 12" Area of Effect: Special Casting Time: 2 Components: V, S Save: None The spell Shadowbolt allows the mage to mold a bolt of shadowstuff from the Plane of Shadow, and fire it up to 120' range. A to hit roll is required, but is made as a fighter at a level of 1.5 times the mage's level, rounded up. The Shadowbolt does damage by impace: at ranges under 40', the damage is 1d4 perlevel, at ranges between 40' and 80' the damage is 1d4 per 2 levels, and at greater ranges the damage is 1d4 per 4 levels. The number of dice should be rounded down in all cases (thus, a 5th level mage at 50' does 2d4 damage, but a 6th level mage does 3d4). The creature must make a DEX check to remain standing, adjusted by a -1 for every two levels of the mage (again, rounded down), as well as by mass: Mass(lbs) DEX adjustment Distance ---------------------------------------------- < 30 -8 25' < 60 -6 20' < 90 -4 15' < 120 -3 10' < 150 -2 5' < 180 -1 - < 210 0 - < 240 +1 - < 270 +2 - < 300 +3 - 300 > +4 - The distance column indicates how far the target has been knocked away from the mage if the modified DEX check was failed. Rathe's Trigger Level: 3 Duration: Special Area of Effect: up to 1 foot cube per level Casting Time: 1 turn Components: V, S, M Save: None, but see below The Trigger spell is designed as a defensive spell. When it is cast, the caster defines a volume which must be at least 1/2 foot in every dimension. This area begins to glow faintly. The caster then casts another spell directly upon the Trigger's area. The Trigger's area of effect must be touched by the caster when applying the second spell. The glow then vanishes, but both spells remain. The second spell is held by the Trigger until someone enters or touches the Trigger's area of effect. At this time the second spell will go off. If it is an area effect spell (e.g. fireball, web) it will be centered on the center of the Trigger area. Other considerations (the dimensions of the web, for instance) must be specified at the time of casting the second spell. Person-affecting spells (e.g. hold person, charm person) will be applied to the person who triggered the spell. A saving throw is applicable only if allowed by the second spell. If the caster is in or touching the Trigger's area of effect, it will not go off. This allows the caster to escort others safely through the trapped area. One possible use for this spell is two triggers overlaid in a corridor, one with a fireball, and the other, placed slightly behind the first, with a wall of force. If a person enters the regions from the wrong direction, the fireball will go off, and the wall of force will instantly restrict the blast to one direction. If a person enters the regions from the other direction, the wall will trigger first and shield him from the blast. The spells will last until triggered, but if the second spell is not applied immediately, the trigger will only last one turn per level of the caster. The material component is a black pearl of not less than 500 gp value per level of the second spell. Rathe's Contingency Trigger Level: 5 All else is as the 3rd level Trigger spell The Contigency Trigger functions identically to the 3rd level Trigger spell, with one exception: a condition may be applied to the triggering of the spell (for instance, "trigger only if a man wearing green enters the area", or "trigger if anything made of gold enters the area"). Note however that the spell's "perception" is restricted to the area of effect. The spell cannot perceive intangibles such as class, level, or alignment. The material component is as a Trigger spell, but must be worth twice as much. Rathe's Mage Lock Level: 4 Duration: Permanent Area of Effect: 1 portal Range: Touch Casting Time: 1 round Components: V, S, M Save: None The Mage Lock spell is an advanced form of the Wizard Lock spell. There are two main changes from the latter. First, while the spell is in effect, the portal cannot be damaged or destroyed by any physical (not magical) means short of an elemental. Note, however, that magical means of destroying the door (e.g. fireball, disintegrate, etc) still work as normal, and if the door is destroyed, the spell is broken. If the spell is dispelled or negated by any means whatsoever (even temporarily), the portal will crumble into dust. Second, the spell has another application; it can be placed upon an object. The effect of this is to allow anyone wearing or carrying the object to open any Mage Locks by the same caster. For example, if one of Rathe's Mage Locked armbands was worn, the wearer could open any door Mage Locked by Rathe (but not by any other mage). The material component is half a pound of iron filings for the first application and 100 gp worth of diamond dust for the second. Lorth's Sending Level: 8 Duration: See below Range: Touch Area of Effect: 1 creature per 2 levels Casting Time: 8 Components: V, S Save: Negates The Sending spell was created by Lorth the Traveller as a more versatile form of the Teleport spell. When the spell is cast, 1 creature for every two levels of the mage (rounded down) is Sent to a place defined by the caster as for a Teleport spell (the caster must have a mental image of the place). The creatures must be touching the mage, but "chains" are possible. The mage does not have to accompany them, but he may if he so desires. There is no chance of error for this spell. If any of the creatures "sent" is harmed within 5 minutes of arrival, all of them will be bounced back to the place from which they were Sent (whether they want to go or not). Any damage incurred during those five minutes, to themselves or their equipment, is erased. Note that this does not allow the spell to be used as a quick and easy messenger spell; anything dropped during the five minute grace period is returned with its owner. This can be used as a fail-safe teleport. After the five minute period elapses, the spell expires and the "protected" individuals are on their own. The Sending will not work across planar boundaries. Unwilling creatures receive a saving throw vs magic to resist this spell. Lorth's Stasis Level: 6 Duration: 1 turn per level Area of Effect: 1 creature Range: Touch Casting Time: 5 Components: V, S Save: Negates This spell was designed as either a sort of temporal stasis effect, or as a way of removing enemies without killing them. The creature touched is placed into its own extra-dimensional space, where no time passes. After one turn for each level of the caster has elapsed, the creature will be returned to the Prime Material plane in exactly the same state it was when the spell is cast (including location). If an object has been placed in the location from which the creature was sent, the subject will be displaced the shortest possible distance in any direction consonant with emerging in open space. For instance, if the tunnel has collapsed since the spell was cast, the creature might be displaced a few tens of yards up to the surface of the earth, if this is the shortest displacement that will allow the creature to be placed in an open area. However, if there should happen to be a cavity in the debris blocking the tunnel, the subject would most likely be deposited there. Lorth's Translocation Level: 9 Duration: Instantaneous Area of Effect: Caster Range: 0 Casting Time: 1 round Components: V, S Save: None Lorth's Translocation is a the most advanced teleport-class spell ever devised. Given a description of any sort, the caster is able to place himself at the specific location. The description might be a detailed mental image, a verbal description, a painting, "Thirty feet due east", "The center of the room in which stands the Sceptre of AshkaMankh", or anything else sufficiently precise. If there does not exist a location such as the one described, nothing will happen. If the description is insufficiently precise ("A field of grass", "The center of a forest"), the spell will have no effect. If the location does exist, then the caster will be placed there, no matter where it is. This spell can transport the caster to any plane, any distance. Note however that it is very, VERY difficult to describe a specific place in planes such as the Astral or the Ethereal, due to the lack of good landmarks. Of course, if there should happen to be a solid object in the place described, the caster is slain instantly. Phrixus, Lvl 1, Room 15, S3