New Spells

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As both a player and a DM I am obsessed with creating new spells for Wizards. The spells you will see here are mostly very powerful for their Level. This is for the following reasons:

I run VERY low level games, these spells will be for 1-7th L characters. They are NOT balanced for higher level games. You will need to adjust them for higher level characters.

Since I run low level games , the wizards need more juice!

Also I'm not big on details so they will be very basicly explained.

If your still with me, stay tuned , I've got a bunch of cool ones coming in the future!

[mao]

New Cantrip, Power Word Swear


This cantrip is emptied from slot when used

Does d10 necrotic damage to caster and two other targets. Damage is rolled separately for all targets.
although casting is a free action the caster can't cast another spell in same round. This spell is considered evil and may attract some unwanted attention from the nameless god whose name you invoke.........


Cardiac Extraction
L3 evocation evil descriptor

Casting time is full round, range 50' +10' L
Does D8 per L. ( save fort for half)if target reaches -4 hp then you rip his/her beating heart out of their chest
Spell does not work on undead/constructs/ oozes etc. Max of 7D8.


"Leach" spells are added to other spells memorized for example:
Xur the Not-So-Humble is a 3rd L wiz. one of the second L spells he has memorized is "Flaming Sphere" He adds the Leach spell "Leach Magic Missile" to it. He can cast either Flaming Sphere or Magic Missile from that slot. I suggest a limit on how many Leach spells you may attach, prob 1 per Levels you can cast, thus Xur can attach 1 Leach spell to a first L spell and 1 to a second. " Leach Jump" makes a good a good one to attach to a first L spell

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Speed

Speed Spell


L3 Divination(cause div school needs love) and Metamagic schools
This spell is cast attached to any other spell. It allows the second spell to be cast as a free action. This cannot be combined with Time spells(some to follow). This spell is totally for low level games(max of 7th L caster)
It is very unbalanced for higher L campaigns. User takes 2d6 back lash at end of round, this does not effect any other casting in round

Healing spells for wizards


Gem Healing
L2 Conjuration Good descriptor
Heals d6 +L HP(max D6 +7)
material component 100 GP gem that is consumed by casting(double this if a 500 gp gem is used)

Flying Bandages
L1 Conjugation Holy descriptor
creates healing bandages that fly and wrap at a range of 20' Heals as Cure Light. Target loses 2d3 DX and suffers -1/-1 ro melee attacks for 1 hour, if bandages are removed before the hour is up, healing is lost
Caster must be pious worshiper of good or neutral deity

Hitram Dringles Highly Restricted Yet Mostly Useful Healing Spell
This may be memorized as a cantrip, L1 , L 2 or L3 spell, granting 1,4 , 6 or 10 rolls respectively)
Roll indicated number or D6 , each one that comes up 6, a single point is cured

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Flesh Cloak


L0 Necromancy
this cantrip is consumed in casting

When cast with in 90" feet of a corpse ,the caster is granted 2D2 Temporary Hp. Healing spells may not be cast on caster for # of temp HP gained Min. If the corpse in question is undead it gets a fort save or takes same number in damage. Does not work on undead controlled by caster or with more than 5 HD.

EDIT OOPS if undead makes saving throw, spell has no effect, does not effect skeletons


Implosion


L3 Evocation

range= Fireball
D6 per L to single target
Spell is at -3 to save or +3 DC (Fort for 1/2)
25% reduction in Spell Resistance
untyped magic damage
Full round action to cast
+3 to spellcraft to detect what is being cast
+2 DC to concentration checks to resist spell failure(very difficult spell to cast)

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all follow rules for Magic missile except as noted

L2 Immediate Missile may be cast as immediate action , 1 missile every 4 L, max 3
L2 Extended Missile double range
L2 Penetration Missile ignores Shield spell 1 missile/4 levels max 3 missiles
L3 Superior Missile as Penetration plus halves spell resistance

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Augmenting Firebrand

0L Metamagic school

This cantrip is consumed by casting

This cantrip is cast with another spell, that spell must have fire descriptor, the attached spell adds D6 to it's damage. The combined casting takes a full round action

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Jun 25, 2017 8:36:16 GMT -5 mao said:

New Cantrip, Power Word Swear


This cantrip is emptied from slot when used

Does d10 necrotic damage to caster and two other targets. Damage is rolled separately for all targets.
although casting is a free action the caster can't cast another spell in same round. This spell is considered evil and may attract some unwanted attention from the nameless god whose name you invoke.........


Cardiac Extraction
L3 evocation evil descriptor

Casting time is full round, range 50' +10' L
Does D8 per L. ( save fort for half)if target reaches -4 hp then you rip his/her beating heart out of their chest
Spell does not work on undead/constructs/ oozes etc. Max of 7D8.


"Leach" spells are added to other spells memorized for example:
Xur the Not-So-Humble is a 3rd L wiz. one of the second L spells he has memorized is "Flaming Sphere" He adds the Leach spell "Leach Magic Missile" to it. He can cast either Flaming Sphere or Magic Missile from that slot. I suggest a limit on how many Leach spells you may attach, prob 1 per Levels you can cast, thus Xur can attach 1 Leach spell to a first L spell and 1 to a second. " Leach Jump" makes a good a good one to attach to a first L spell

Sounds like a lot of down sides to this spell. What make it worth it to cast it? Or do your casters have the ability to take a lot of damage?

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Jun 25, 2017 11:48:14 GMT -5 mao said:

Speed

Speed Spell


L3 Divination(cause div school needs love) and Metamagic schools
This spell is cast attached to any other spell. It allows the second spell to be cast as a free action. This cannot be combined with Time spells(some to follow). This spell is totally for low level games(max of 7th L caster)
It is very unbalanced for higher L campaigns. User takes 2d6 back lash at end of round, this does not effect any other casting in round

Healing spells for wizards


Gem Healing
L2 Conjuration Good descriptor
Heals d6 +L HP(max D6 +7)
material component 100 GP gem that is consumed by casting(double this if a 500 gp gem is used)

Flying Bandages
L1 Conjugation Holy descriptor
creates healing bandages that fly and wrap at a range of 20' Heals as Cure Light. Target loses 2d3 DX and suffers -1/-1 ro melee attacks for 1 hour, if bandages are removed before the hour is up, healing is lost
Caster must be pious worshiper of good or neutral deity

Hitram Dringles Highly Restricted Yet Mostly Useful Healing Spell
This may be memorized as a cantrip, L1 , L 2 or L3 spell, granting 1,4 , 6 or 10 rolls respectively)
Roll indicated number or D6 , each one that comes up 6, a single point is cured

Are most or a lot of your spells dangerous to use? Do you have safe healing that the casters can use to repair the damage they take from casting spells?

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Just a few of my spells are dangerous for caster and no they dont have the ability to take lots of damage althogh I do give them D8 ht die(infused w arcane power)

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Exhilaration

L2 Transmutation
This spell allows the subject to go over max hp w/ healing spells. for L rounds. If the subject is 5 or more Hp over max, they get +1 hit,damage AC and move for as long as these excess hp last(up to L rounds total)
REMEMBER these spells are designed for low level play, this should NOT be used in games that go over 7th L

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Time Gait


L2 Time and Transmutation
cast as a free action, allows the caster an extra move action that must be an actual move (not a concentration or other action) May not be combined w/ Fly, spider climb etc. casting two time spells in same round is always a BAD idea.....
Soften
L0
Metamagic
this cantrip is consumed when cast
This cantrip is cast with another spell making it a full round action, damage done is converted to subdual damage. save/DC is -1/+1

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Time Step
L2 Time and divination
Once you memorize this spells it needs not be cast, it is just "on" for as long as you choose to keep it in memory. You can always take an extra 5' step, this can be done at any time during your action for the round and is only not possible if you are not standing on your feet. It may be used if you are stunned, slowed etc.
If you take this step in a round when you cast another time spell you run the risk of nasty time creepies bothering you..........(dm discretion)

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Who doesn't love fireball let's look some at some variants (all are exact specs as FB unless otherwise noted)

Rain of Spiders-poison, fort save
Violent Hallucination-psychic, will save
Stone Eruption-stones rise from ground, ignores spell resistance
Thunderball-thunder,sonic, fort save creatures with keen or bad hearing will have save modified by -2 or +2 respectively

(remember all my spells are for casters topping out at about 7th so these would all prob be 4th L spells in higher L game, VH would prob be 5th)

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Summon indestructible goblin

L2 Conjuration

The rare goblin is born that is COMPLETELY indestructible, when encountered must be grappled and tied up.specific summons like this must only be used as stated. Otherwise it is a totally normal goblin.


As a huge fan of the spell memorization type of magic I did a lot of thinking on it. One of my first concepts was the idea of "pits"

The idea is that spell slots are divided into compartments that are filled when you memorize spells,
a cantrip takes up 1 pit , a first L spell takes up 4 a second L spell takes up 6 a third L spell takes up 8 and so on by two. This also explains what can be substituted for what.This a first L spell can be turned into 4 cantrips and a third L spell can be turned into 2 first.

This also led me to create 1/2 L spells or as I like to call them petty spells, they fill in two pits, but they are not on the spells allowed list. In the lore of my world they are not popular and there are not that many of them. The only one that caught on with my players is Shout, it allows you to yell super loud for L rounds.

Another aspect of spell memorization that is mostly of use in RPing situations is I attached emotions to the spell schools that you must place your mind into in order to memorize spells of that school. All mage carry around a book that is filled with very short stories that enable you to create the emotional state to memorize.
For example , you would read a story about your birthday party when you were young, it would lead you to wonder what was in the brightly covered box in front of you. This would evoke the curiosity necessary to memorize a divination spell. I know, I know its both kinda cool and mostly useless.

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Surge of Fortune
L3 Divination, Time
cast as immediate interrupt, this spell forces a re roll of any D20 within 60 feet, results of roll are substituted for first roll, you may not cast this spell in the same round as another time spell is operating for you. heavy use of this spell will lead to increasingly random bad luck on the part of the caster. No save but spell resistance must be checked

Saved Fortune
L1 Divination
Casting time one Min.
subject rolls 1 die twice, taking best roll(normally a d20) That roll can be used in the next six hours substituting it for any roll of same dice type, if you are using it to make a save for example , you must choose to use saved number BEFORE you roll that save
This is both arcane and clerical

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Magnetic Ray
L1
Stone Elemental and evocation
make a ranged touch(or attack at +4 if you are using OSR stuff) on subject, subject gets -2 to hit and saves as the iron in their blood is slightly magnetized for L+2 rounds. If subject is wearing metal armor , they also suffer -1 to AC.

Magnetic Protection
L1
Stone Elemental and evocation
make a ranged touch(or attack at +4 if you are using OSR stuff) on subject, subject gets -2 to hit and saves as the iron in their blood is slightly magnetized for L+2 rounds. If subject is wearing metal armor , they also suffer -1 to AC.

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Magnetic Protection
L1
Stone Elemental and evocation
make a ranged touch(or attack at +4 if you are using OSR stuff) on subject, subject gets -2 to hit and saves as the iron in their blood is slightly magnetized for L+2 rounds. If subject is wearing metal armor , they also suffer -1 to AC.
Superior Spells

Superior spells are existing ones that you add a minor bonus to. Most often I haMagnetic Protection
L1
Stone Elemental and evocation
make a ranged touch(or attack at +4 if you are using OSR stuff) on subject, subject gets -2 to hit and saves as the iron in their blood is slightly magnetized for L+2 rounds. If subject is wearing metal armor , they also suffer -1 to AC.ve done this with clerical spells. For example I have given out Superior Bless in 2 versions, one that gives +1 to damage too and another that gives plus one to all saves. Superior Clerical spells that you have memorized can never be used as spontaneously cast cures. A Mage example is Superior Magic Weapon, it stacks w/ any other enhancement(first L version only). Give these out as "treasure" only, never let PCs learn them from other NPCs for money(unless that's HOW you want to give it out). Superior spells always have a casting time of one full round and cannot be further modified.

Thunder Kick
L0 Trans
When you miss w/ a melee attack, you may followup w/ an attack at same bonuses to hit but with a fixed d6 damage

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Ok this spell really really caught on w the gaming crowd in my local area and spread to other peeps games

Preserve, L2, Evocation, duration 24 hours, The next damage target takes is negated, be it 2 HP or 50. It seems very powerful but compare it to Invisability and Mirror Image it seems in line w second l spells if you are running a low level game
A counter to it has led to the following spell being far more popular
Practice Fireball L1 as Fireball but damage is d6+ 1 per L.
Mage duels have become punctuated by low L apprentices casting Practice FB and being prepared to counterspell with it

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Pushed Fortune

L1 Time and Divination
instant interrupt
Add or subtract one to any d20 roll after die is rolled
60 foot range
No save but spell resistance works
this spell may not alter a critical hit or miss

NOTE:I'm going to do some tweaking on spells ignore comments if you don't want to see tweak

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Summon Cherub

Summon Cherub L2
Conjuration, good descriptor L2
Summons angelic baby w/ a bow(damage D4), slow flyer St 7
has one random cleric spell and one random mage spell(L1)
You must be working directly in a good deities' will to memorize this spell
Material /Focus: Holy symbol of patron god and used baby diaper(diaper is consumed)
Full round action to cast
(IF you are REALLY on the good side of god/patron , spells will be less random and more useful)

Summon Minor Djinn Workers
L1
conjuration
casting time 10 min.
duration 1 hour
Summons 1 Djinn laborer per your ECL, laborer has 14 St and are equipped w appropriate tools to the task at hand, will flee from combat automatically

Material component, 1 25 GP gem or 50 gp in coins per laborer summoned, consumed

Perm B spells are memorized and then function continuously until you empty the slot and memorize a new spell. These spells get "stuck" in the slots if memorized for long periods of time( 1 month or more) requiring clerical help to extract from brain. (NOTE again these spells are for 7th L and under play and I do not allow multi classing)

L1 Pusilance you are +1 to hit in melee (there is a second L version you may memorize that also adds +1)

L1 Hog skin +1 Natural armor untyped)

L2 Rhino Skin you get 2 damage reduction that does not stack w/ any other damage resistance

L3 Mazarinan's Spell of Over All Excellence +1 to all your physical stats, +1 to Fort saving throws and +1 movement( these bonuses are untyped and stackable w/ any other buffs) May only be memorized once a day

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Magnetic Protection
L1
Stone Elemental and evocation
make a ranged touch(or attack at +4 if you are using OSR stuff) on subject, subject gets -2 to hit and saves as the iron in their blood is slightly magnetized for L+2 rounds. If subject is wearing metal armor , they also suffer -1 to AC.


Augment Magic Missle
L0 metamagic
this cantrip is consumed in use
(Metamagic school)
Casting this on another magic wielder as a standard action allows your target to cast 1 extra missile when they next cast Magic Missile. Commonly the second cantrip learned by apprentices, as up to 2 of these may be cast on the target at one time. Also very effective when a number of low level mages take turns cast this in an army type situation
Golden Lash
L1 Evocation, Evil Descriptor

Cast as a standard action, this spell does 4d6 at a range of 30 feet, going over anything in it's path. Every time you cast it after the first time, it has a cumulative -2 to damage. If the spell does 6 or less damage it gets "stuck" in the spell slot for 1-6 days and can never be cast again.(it does not function on the "stuck" days.)
It appears as a large glowing Golden whip. You must invoke Hastur to cast this. Dangerous.

Voor Sign
This cantrip is consumed when used
Metamagic school, evil descriptor

You may cast this as a free action, accompanying another spell that requires a saving throw. That spell now gives a -1 on its saving throw, -2 if the target is Cthulhu Mythos related (you can substitute aberrations)
Mythos related beings will often go directly for the caster of this spell as it enrages them.

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Superior Spells

Superior spells are existing ones that you add a minor bonus to. Most often I have done this with clerical spells. For example I have given out Superior Bless in 2 versions, one that gives +1 to damage too and another that gives plus one to all saves. Superior Clerical spells that you have memorized can never be used as spontaneously cast cures. A Mage example is Superior Magic Weapon, it stacks w/ any other enhancement(first L version only). Give these out as "treasure" only, never let PCs learn them from other NPCs for money(unless that's HOW you want to give it out). Superior spells always have a casting time of one full round and cannot be further modified.

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Time Hicough
L1Divination
AS an Imediate action, take a 5' Step