From: dmccart@modl01.intel.com (D. J. McCarthy) Subject: Jamye's Spells (part I) Date: 26 Oct 90 22:52:46 GMT Jamye (in the game I'm in that I've referred to affectionately as Not Empyrea before) is to spells as Jethro Tull is to music. There is a long and involved story about Jamye that I'm not going to go into here; suffice to say that Jamye has grown beyond the one person who bears the name. Most of Jamye's spells are gaudy, humorous, and are more of a distractive nature than a destructive one. Nevertheless, there are some Jamye spells that do more than just make the victim laugh. So here's the first batch.... _____ DJM ---------------------%< cut here >%------------------------------ Jamye's Appearing Ink (Alteration) Reversible Level: 0 Range: Touch Components: VM Duration: Special Casting Time: 1 Area of Effect: Special Saving Throw: None This cantrip turns a small amount of ink (up to one pint) into water. The ink remains clear and colorless until it dries, at which time it reverts to its normal state. The material component is the ink itself. The reverse, Jamye's Disappearing Ink, turns up to a pint of water into an inky liquid that evaporates like water, leaving no trace when it dries. -- -- -- -- -- Jamye's Prismatic Snowball (Conjuration, Alteration, Enchantment) Level: 3 Range: 0 Components: VSM Duration: 1 round + 1 round per 3 levels of the caster Casting Time: 3 Area of Effect: 1 creature per snowball Saving Throw: Special When cast, this spell creates a pile of colored snowballs at the caster's feet. The number of snowballs is equal to the duration of the spell in rounds - 2 at 5th level, 3 at 6th level, 4 at 9th level, etc. The caster can throw one snowball per round as if he or she were proficient in snowball throwing. Other characters can also throw snow- balls, but they will suffer a non-proficiency penalty for it (unless they have taken a proficiency in snowballs). The snowball has a range of 30 yards, plus 10 yards per Strength point of the thrower over 12. The snowballs do no physical damage when they hit; however, they have powers that vary with the color of the snowball according to the chart below. In order for the snowball's magic to work, the target must be hit with it (a successful "to hit" roll required). The snowball's power only affects the creature hit, even if the spell it duplicates has a greater area of effect. The snowballs are always picked up and thrown in the order given, starting with red and ending (assuming the spellcaster is high enough level) with violet. Number Color Save vs. Effect ------ ------ ------------ --------------------------------------- 1 Red Spell Charm Person 2 Orange Spell Faerie Fire 3 Yellow Poison Taunt * 4 Green Paralyzation Spook 5 Blue Paralyzation Glitterdust 6 Indigo Spell Bind 7 Violet Wand Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (*) If the yellow snowball hits on an unmodified die roll of 20, the victim has been hit in the face and has eaten some of the snow. It must then make an additional save vs. poison at a -4 or be violently ill (no attacks, armor class worsens by 4) for a number of hours equal to the caster's level. The material components for the spell are a small rainbow-colored marble. -- -- -- -- -- Jamye's Greased Pig (Conjuration, Alteration) Level: 4 Range: 30 yards Components: VSM Duration: 4 rounds + 1 round per level Casting Time: 3 Area of Effect: 1 creature + 1 creature per 4 levels of the caster Saving Throw: Special This spell is a more powerful version of the third-level Haste spell, with the first-level Grease spell thrown in too. The people that the spell is cast upon suffer none of the side effects of the grease (i.e. they don't drop their weapons, they don't slip, etc.) but those that try to attack or grab them will. It negates special attacks by crea- tures that inflict damage automatically every round after a successful hit (i.e. stirges or executioner's hoods) - the creature must roll to hit every round due to the slipperiness of the target. Otherwise, it conforms to the normal Haste spell ( -2 on initiative, double movement rate, double number of attacks per round, ages recipient 1 year). It is not cumulative with Haste or other Greased Pig spells. The material components for this spell are a bit of butter and an anise seed for each recipient. -- -- -- -- -- Jamye's Headless Flying Roasted Pig (Summoning, Enchantment) Level: 4 Range: 60 yards Components: VSM Duration: 1 round per level Casting Time: 4 Area of Effect: Special Saving Throw: Neg. This spell summons a pre-prepared headless flying roasted pig. The pig flies at a rate of 30, and is under the control of the caster (who must give it his or her full attention). The pig is magically funny; anyone who looks at the pig (except the caster) must save vs. spell every round that the pig is in his or her field of view or fall down laughing until the pig leaves. Laughing victims are at a -2 "to hit" until the spell expires. Victims with an Intelligence of 4 or less, and are meat-eaters, will be attracted to the pig's delicious aroma and must save at a -6 or spend the rest of the spell's duration trying to catch it. If they are vegetarians, they are unaffected. Those with Intelligences of 5-9 save vs. the laughter effect at a -4. Those with Intelligences of 10-14 save at a -2. Those with Intelligences of 15-19 save normally, and those who are more intelligent than that are unaffected. The pig cannot be caught or attacked; those attempting to do so automatically succumb to the laughter. The pig has no other attacks besides its magical nature. It can be Banished or Abjured; Dispel Magic merely terminates the caster's control over it. If the Dispel Magic is successful, the pig will leave 50% of the time and stay 50% of the time, the magical laughter effect will not be dispelled, and the caster will become vulnerable to the laughter's effects. The material components are a baked, spiced apple and a hummingbird feather. Additionally, a pig of no less than 50 pounds must be beheaded, roasted and otherwise prepared ahead of time; this pig does not have to be carried with the spellcaster but must not be eaten, as it is consumed by the spell at the time of casting. -- -- -- -- -- Jamye's Greased Lightning (Evocation) Level: 5 Range: 40 yards + 10 yards per level Components: V Duration: Instantaneous Casting Time: 1 Area of Effect: Special Saving Throw: 1/2 This spell differs from the third-level Lightning Bolt spell in the following ways: - The components and casting time are greatly reduced - Damage done is d4+2 per caster level instead of d6 - Maximum damage is 15d4+30 - The bolt is a vivid orange, with green "stripes" running through it It conforms to Lightning Bolt in all other respects. -- -- -- -- -- Jamye's Flesh to Toast (Alteration) Level: 7 Range: 10 yards Components: VSM Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 7 Area of Effect: 1 creature Saving Throw: Neg. This spell turns the flesh of any creature affected into a golden-brown piece of hot yummy toast. Only the victim is affected; anything the victim may be wearing (or non-organic items ingested) will not be turned into toast. The resultant toast is subject to any forces normal toast is subject to (slicing, buttering, eating, whatever). One cubic foot of toast will satisfy the appetites of four humans, although they may get tired of toast way before then. The material components of this spell are a small pat of butter or cream cheese, and 1 foot of steel wire. The steel wire will not be consumed in the casting. NOTE that this spell is NOT reversible. The effects can only be countered with a Wish or Limited Wish spell. -- -- -- -- -- _____ D. J. McCarthy And this is artificial moonlight... dmccart@swtec1.intel.com ...!intelca!mipos3!swtec1!dmccart ...and artificial sky.