Path: tuegate.tue.nl!sun4nl!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!lrw5 Organization: Penn State University Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 15:42:03 EST From: Message-ID: <93349.154203LRW5@psuvm.psu.edu> Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Illusions wanted References: <7075@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> Lines: 99 Here's my rush of illusions those few, those illusionary few who asked. I have yet to try them out myself, so if you use them anytime, let me know how they farm out, if they do, or what you changed. Quality control, that's me. Teeth and Claws (Necromancy, Illusion/Phantasm) Level: 3/ Range: 60 yards / Duration: Special / Area of Effect: One creature / Components: V,S,M / Casting Time: 3 / Saving Throw: Special Explanation/Description: After casting Teeth and Claws, the caster merely has to advance towards his intended target, baring his teeth and hands predatorily before tossing a tooth or claw at the target. If the creature fails their savevs. spells, they see the advancing spellcaster as something/someone inimitable and flee. What follows is not entirely in their mind. The sound of claws scrabbling over the ground and teeth snapping are audible to all within hearing range. Outside of the target's mind, Teeth & Claws has no physical body aside from four sets of claws and a mouth full of teeth. Teeth & Claws is 90% invisible in shadows and darkness. It is fueled by the target's imaination and fears, and continues pursuit until the target successfully disbelieves in it. Therefore doors and other barriers would only delay pursuit. Teeth & Claws will pace and claw at the barriers. Should these barriers be removed and the victim coninues to believe in it, Teeth & Claws resumes pursuit. If it catches up with the target, it will attack as a 1 HD creature (4 claws @ 1d2, teeth @ 1d4). T & C can only be attacked with +1 weapons or better. The spell expires when the target successfully disbelieves it or if it takes 8 points damage.The tooth or claw material component turns to dust in either case. Animate Clothing (Necromancy, Illusion/Phantasm) Level: 4 / Range: 60 yards / Duration: Special / Area of Effect: One or more articles of clothing / Components: V,S,M / Casting Time: 4 / Saving Throw: Special Explanation/Description: By casting Animate Clothing, the cast can add body and substance to an illusion. The spell animates one or more articles of clothing, drawing its power from the vestiges of life energy left by the most recent wearer. The clothing fills out to the proportions of the previous owner, around which the caster can create an illusion, generally of someone wearing the clothing. The animated clothing moves, wrinkles, and stretches as if worn, and exerts tension and mild force. Should someone touch or come into contact with the clothing, it will feel as if someone was actually wearing the clothing. Attacks or forceful contact adds a +2 to disbelieving the illusion. The material component(s) is any article of clothing that has been worn within one week. Almost any article of clothing can be animated: shirts, pants, dresses, hats, boots, gloves, etc. One article per three levels can be animated at once, clothing that comes in pairs counting as one (gloves, socks), and can be mismatched, although mismatched articles filling out to different proportions could be suspicious. Even pieces of armor may be animated, however due to the heavier mass and lessen flexibility, each counts as two articles of clothing. (A complete suit of plate armor is not counted as one item, but a leather jerkin is). Animated clothing can move and lift light objects, turn pages in a book, pick up a small gem, but cannot perform actions requiring dexterity, such as unrolling a scrollor picking a pocket. They furthermore cannot attack or weildw eapons, not even daggers or darts. Any attempt exhausts the life energy fueling the spel instantly and the clothing ceases to be animated. Animated clothing remains so as long as the caster concentrates. P.S. The illusion of the creature is not a separate spell, but part of Animate Clothing. Additionally, an illusion of the creature who most recently wore this clothingis not automatically supplied by the spell. Ghost Stories (Illusion/Phantasm, Enchantment) Level: 2 / Range: Touch / Duration: Special / Area of effect: One creature / Components: V,S / Casting Time: 1 round / Saving Throw: Negation Explanation/Description: The mage casts this spell upon one speaker or storyteller before the creature touched begins telling a frightening story to an audience within hearing range and can hear the tale clearly. When the storyteller begins, the individual audience members must make a save vs. spells at -4. If they fail, they become caught up in the story and listen attentively, even 'oooo'ing and 'aahhh'ing with genuine feeling, while the storyteller's voice and movements direct the spell's effects, enhancing lighting and sound in the immediate area. Those who save wander off, disinterested. Those who cannot understand the speaker automatically save. After the story's conclusion, those who failed their saves are heartened by the exhilirating performance and receive a +2 initiative vs. undead and +2 to save vs. fear for the next 24 hours. Those who saved are unaffected and receive no such bonuses. The reverse of the spell causes those who failed their saves become disheartened and receive a -2 initiative vs. undead and -2 to save vs. fear for the next 24 hours. Audience members must sit through the entire story to receive the bonuses or penalties. They do not wish to be interrupted, but attack or similar interruptions can break the spell. The same applies if the speaker stops for longer than 1 round. If the spell is cast on a bard, he has the conscious decision to allow or disallow the spell to occur. As you can tell, I'm trying to work with necromancy/illusion combinations. Isimilarly enjoy all postings regarding illusions, and welcome any discussion and/or suggestions with necromancy/illusion combos. Thanks for tuning in and for all who asked, enjoy. Larry