Air Walk and Wind Walk: Air walk is an effective method of bypassing treacherous terrain. A wizard can only learn new spells that belong to the wizard spell lists. Many adventurers see the use of reincarnate as a means of bypassing the costly raise dead (a 5th-level spell). Creatures become subject to the spell when they enter the area and are no longer subject to it when they leave. However, by expanding the boundaries of wish and miracle, you open up roleplaying and story opportunities that can keep your high-level game fresh and exciting for many adventures to come. As this spell allows for travel of 600 feet per round, its over 10 times as effective as spells such as fly and overland flight as a means of long-distance travel. Some compulsion spells determine the subjects actions or the effects on the subject, others allow you to determine the subjects actions when you cast the spell, and still others give you ongoing control over the subject. Though the effects of the storm are potent, there are many things to consider when employing the spell. Pay close attention to must have choices like fireball, dimension door, and wall of force. Deferred Results: Rather than denying a particularly powerful wish, such as for the throne of a kingdom, the wish can be granted over an extended period. Similarly, blessing of fervor does not stack with haste, which means that the increased speed, extra attack, and attack roll/AC/Reflex save bonuses wouldnt stack between the two spells, but if you had both spells active, you could still get those three benefits from haste while choosing to stand up as a swift action or apply metamagic to a low-level spell. Electricity deals damage to creatures by disrupting their biological systems. If he does not have the spell prepared, he can prepare it from a borrowed spellbook and then write it into a new book. Casting trap the soul prevents any sort of revivification unless the soul is first released. The defenders spell resistance is like an Armor Class against magical attacks. If intelligible speech is possible, it must be in a language you can speak. Wizards, sorcerers, and bards cast arcane spells. Mind-Affecting: Mindless creatures (those with an Intelligence score of ) and undead are immune to mind-affecting effects. These actions must be consecutive and uninterrupted, or the spell automatically fails. The creature or object must appear within the spells range, but it does not have to remain within the range. The time required to prepare spells is the same as it is for a wizard (1 hour), as is the requirement for a relatively peaceful environment. The divine energy of the spell that the cure or inflict spell substitutes for is converted into the cure or inflict spell as if that spell had been prepared all along. A sphere-shaped spell expands from its point of origin to fill a spherical area. Although such beings can resist as summons that invokes their true names or sigils, they often choose to appear anyway merely to discover who has learned their secrets and how. A line of effect is canceled by a solid barrier. The mutable nature of these wilderness regions makes the ability to summon a temporary mount particularly helpful. If your spell is being resisted by a creature with spell resistance, you must make a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) at least equal to the creatures spell resistance for the spell to affect that creature. Despite these different ways characters use to learn or prepare their spells, when it comes to casting them, the spells are very much alike. Detect Snares and Pits: As a concentration effect, this spell is more useful in low-stress situations. Casting a spell with a casting time of 1 swift action doesnt provoke attacks of opportunity. While many of the texts rituals are suspect (possibly to ensure the death of any would-be rivals who might steal and use his books), its lengthy discussion of appropriate sacrifices and a listing of true names for many lesser daemons remain invaluable for those in possession of a copy. Further, it grants the caster the ability to see the current condition of a target, rather than just a sense of the creatures total power. True names and sigils might also be known to have other powers over devils, though most devil summoners keep the discovery of such powers closely guarded secrets. Rare and unique spells might cost significantly more. Bringing someone back from the dead involves magically retrieving his soul and returning it to his body. The next line of a spell description gives the spells level, a number between 0 and 9 that defines the spells relative power. Editors Note: The descriptors below have been updated to reflect changes and new descriptors from PZO1117. The only exception to this is when a bag of holding and a portable hole interact, forming a rift to the Astral Plane, as noted in their descriptions. Lead sheeting or magical protection blocks a scrying spell, and you sense that the spell is blocked. A creature that successfully saves against a spell that has no obvious physical effects feels a hostile force or a tingle, but cannot deduce the exact nature of the attack. Repel Vermin: Repel vermin is similar to antilife shell, but it takes up a lower-level spell slot and requires less time to cast. This spell also specifies that it affects only objectsso no using it against iron golems! Casting an evil spell is an evil act, but for most characters simply casting such a spell once isnt enough to change her alignment; this only occurs if the spell is used for a truly abhorrent act, or if the caster established a pattern of casting evil spells over a long period. A spellcaster who lacks a high enough ability score to cast spells that would otherwise be his due still gets the slots but must fill them with spells of lower levels. A focus component is a prop of some sort. Such items do not function, however, inside another extradimensional space. When preparing spells for the day, a wizard can leave some of these spell slots open. If his rest is interrupted, each interruption adds 1 hour to the total amount of time he has to rest in order to clear his mind, and he must have at least 1 hour of uninterrupted rest immediately prior to preparing his spells. A ray spell threatens a critical hit on a natural roll of 20 and deals double damage on a successful critical hit. If the check fails, you cant do either of these things. Those who perceive the figment perceive the same thing, not their own slightly different versions of the figment. The secondary use of diminish plants, the stunt growth option, is most effective as a narrative tool. If the spell interferes with you or distracts you in some other way, the DC is the spells saving throw DC + the level of the spell youre casting. For example, aspect of the falcon specifically doesnt stack with any other effect that expands the threat range of a weapon, such as Improved Critical or keen. If the researcher fails his check by more than 5, he believes hes discovered a creatures true name, but it is in fact a fake, and holds no power. Giving a spell the light descriptor indicates whether a spell like darkness is high enough level counter or dispel it. Wall of thorns can be used to deadly effect when sculpted to cover a larger area. A burst spell affects whatever it catches in its area, including creatures that you cant see. A devil only reveals one true name or sigil per summoning and returns to Hell upon doing so. Highly philosophical, it explores various ideologies regarding daemonic nature and how they relate to mortals, as well as an appendix listing more than a dozen effective wards and bindings to protect summoners. An otherwise solid barrier with a hole of at least 1 square foot through it does not block a spells line of effect. This portion of a spell description details what the spell does and how it works. It cant affect creatures with total cover from its point of origin (in other words, its effects dont extend around corners). Emotion: Spells with this descriptor create emotions or manipulate the targets existing emotions. Should the researcher already know the creatures true name but not its sigil (or vice versa) he gains a +2 bonus on this check in addition to any other bonuses for assistance or worthwhile tomes. Numerous books detail the summoning and binding of daemons. Changestaff: While animate plants creates a potential host of animated plants, changestaff creates a single powerful treant-like ally that, barring misadventure, lasts for hours. Control Plants: As this is a transmutation spell, it bypasses a plants normal immunity to mind-affecting effects. At levels above that, the foes can use magical countermeasures to overcome pass without trace. Plant Growth and Spike Growth: Control of the battlefield is essential when fighting in a wilderness environment. Two antimagic areas in the same place do not cancel each other out, nor do they stack. | Starjammer SRD Applications of several intrigue-themed spells are also appropriate for wilderness campaigns. A divine focus component is an item of spiritual significance. Spiteful PCs seeking to punish an enemy druid might decide to use this effect on the druids preferred territory. Casting Time 1 standard action. Some spells affect an area. The spell has an effect on its subject. A scroll is a spell (or collection of spells) that has been stored in written form. Some even view the ability to return as a different race as a boon, especially in cases where the new race has powerful physical ability modifiers. Keep in mind that animals are often simple creatures, with simple thoughts driving their actionsdrinking, eating, and sleeping being at the forefront of an animals mind. . They cause people to see things that are not there, not see things that are there, hear phantom noises, or remember things that never happened. If the spell has no verbal component, you can dismiss the effect with a gesture. Target creature touched. Other transmutation spells change vast swaths of terrain, allowing their casters to manipulate the wilderness in ways that range from battlefield needs to agricultural changes taking place over thousands of square feet of space. Since this spell has a duration of instantaneous, wall of stone creates long-lasting defenses. An optional system for researching new spells is outlined below. The randomly determined item must make a saving throw against the attack form and take whatever damage the attack dealt. If your new form does not cause your equipment to meld into your form, the equipment resizes to match your new size. Spells Copied from Anothers Spellbook or a Scroll. Other polymorph spells might be subject to this restriction as well, if they change you into a form that is unlike your original form (subject to GM discretion). This means the spell is vulnerable to dispel magic. a spells range is the maximum distance from you that the spells effect can occur, as well as the maximum distance at which you can designate the spells point of origin. Most emotion spells are enchantments, except for fear spells, which are usually necromancy. Bards, paladins, and sorcerers add their Charisma modifier. Of the various daemonic guides and lectionaries, the following examples are some of the most often cited or most eagerly sought after. Its also entirely possible that if the PCs find themselves camping at an easily identifiable landmark, they might become the unintended recipients of a whispering wind message. Open groves and wildlife paths where mounts can roam free crisscross dense forests, while deserts often contain escarpments of jagged rocks that confound the most sure footed of creatures. To use a counterspell, you must select an opponent as the target of the counterspell. If you cast another spell, the touch spell dissipates. Earthquake: Numerous different environment-dependent effects make earthquake an appropriate spell for wilderness-themed campaigns. Likewise, you cannot make a visual copy of something unless you know what it looks like (or copy another sense exactly unless you have experienced it). Range determines how far away an effect can appear, but if the effect is mobile, after it appears it can move regardless of the spells range. All phantasms are mind-affecting spells. Dispelling water breathing when the PCs are deep underwater and have no way to escape and no more ways to cast the spell can mean certain death, so you shouldnt spring this tactic on players oftenif ever! Higher-level spellcasters benefit more from phantom steed, especially at 8th level, when the steed starts gaining extra movement-related abilities. Earth: Spells that manipulate earth or conjure creatures from earth-dominant planes or with the earth subtype should have the earth descriptor. From the second list comes the name of the books likely author, the meladaemon referred to as the Lady of Wasting Intoxication. The bonuses or penalties from two different spells stack if the modifiers are of different types. A typical copy of this book includes the following spells: banishment, create greater undead, gate, greater planar binding, planar binding, soul transfer, summon derghodaemon, summon thanadaemon, trap the soul. While the field created by this spell can be bypassed with a successful Will save, it still deals damage to vermin managing to traverse ita particularly powerful effect against large numbers of enemies with few hit points. Despite the lengthy 1-round casting time, successfully casting antilife shell can buy precious rounds of protection to cast other spells. The extra 10 minutes of duration must be assigned to one of the four targets (your choice) or it is wasted. Once a wizard understands a new spell, he can record it into his spellbook. A typical copy of this book includes the following spells: contagion, greater planar binding, lesser planar binding, plague carrier, planar binding, summon meladaemon. To record an arcane spell in written form, a character uses complex notation that describes the magical forces involved in the spell. As many such environments lack manufactured cover and traps, it falls to magic to create such hazards. Curse: Curses are often permanent effects, and usually cannot be dispelled, but can be removed with a break enchantment, limited wish, miracle, remove curse, or wish. Your caster level is your class level if you're a bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, or wizard; it's half your class level if you're a paladin or ranger of level 4+. Most of these descriptors have no game effect by themselves, but they govern how the spell interacts with other spells, with special abilities, with unusual creatures, with alignment, and so on. Figment: A figment spell creates a false sensation. Charm: A charm spell changes how the subject views you, typically making it see you as a good friend. This impression is totally in the minds of the subjects. If the spell has an instantaneous duration, the created object or creature is merely assembled through magic. One might also attempt to research the name of a diabolical being as powerful as an infernal duke or archfiend, but such can only be done in the libraries of Hell or with a tome of fundamental evil power (like the Book of the Damned). These rules can be used by GMs and players to create individualized spellbooks, new types of treasures, or flavorful spellbooks for more exotic locales. Its best to give this kind of reminder in a situation where its possible to recover so that the potential for a more disastrous situation can loom large in the mind. Does a creature with a spell-like ability count as having that spell on its spell list for the purpose of activating spell completion or spell trigger items? It comes into effect just before the beginning of your turn in the round after you began casting the spell. Some spells have a target or targets. 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