Submit new planar spells

Hey, that's a great idea! Can we bring back wild magic? It does have its place in PS, especially on planes like Limbo.

The wild magic rules on Sean Reynolds site are pretty good. I played a wild mage just recently with them. I think his wild surge table is a bit boring though... He has the whole thing available as open source...

If you have use for it, I'll post it here and modify the wild surges to have that 'planescape twist'...

in the realm of curses, a group of people on the WotC message boards, mainly myself and a fellow by the name 'satorius' designed over 10 pages worth of curses. many of them would fit well into a planescape setting, many are just multi pourpose. if any of them look like they might help, feel free to crib them. it's what they're there for.

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104884&perpage=30&pagenumber=1

Cog Jumping
Transmutation (teleportation)
Level: Sor/Wiz 3
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: One willing creature touched
Duration: 1 hour/level
Saving Throw: No
Spell Resistance: No

For as long as the spell lasts, Cog Jumping allows the target to teleport from the cog they are on to the center of either surface any cog touching the one they are on as a move-equivilent action, thus allowing rapid movement throughout Mechanus. Naturally, this spell is useless outside Mechanus. If the center of the target cog is somehow impossible to teleport to, the spell puts the target as colse to the center as is possible

Focus: Miniature cogs in each copper, silver, gold, and steel (or iron) worth a total of 9gp.

Chaos Strike
Evocation [Chaotic]
Level: Sor/Wiz 3
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Medium (100' + 10'/caster level)
Target: 1 creature or object within range
Area: See Text
Duration: Instantanious
Saving Throw: See Text
Spell Resistance: See Text

Chaos Strike Lobs a ball of Chaosstuff at the target. it explodes on impact and can have one of many different effects. Each casting is different and completly random. Consult the followint tables for the effect of Chaos Strike

Spell Effect: For all damage effects, damage is 1d6/Caster Level, maximum 7d6. The spell gains any descriptors appropiate Roll d12
1: Fire Damage
2: Cold Damage
3: Acid Damage
4: Sonic Damage
5: Electricity Damage
6: Force Damage
7: Positive Energy -- Heals the living, hurts undead (ammount as damage effect)
8: Negative Energy -- Hurts the living, heals undead (ammount as damage effect)
9: Dandelions sprout in effected square(s)
10: Chaos stuff does not burst and bounces around wildly, dealing 2d12 bludgeoning damage to the target and 1d12 to all other creatures and obstructing objects in the effected area before dissipating
11: Chaos stuff dissipates harmlessly, snickering at the caster.
12: Roll again twice.

Area: Roll d6 on the following table for the spell's area
1: Target only
2: 10' radius burst
3: 20' radius burst
4: 30' radius burst
5: 5' wide line to the target
6: 40' cone extending in a random direction, origion on the target.

SR: Roll d6 on the following table to determine how the spell interacts with SR
1: No SR
2: Normal SR
3: Caster gets a +2 bonus to overcome SR
4: Caster gets a -2 penalty to overcome SR
5: Use Target's HD or level instead of the caster's level to overcome SR
6: Use caster's SR for all creatures effected

Save: Roll d8 on the following table to determine the Spell's saving throw
1: No Save
2: Fort Negates
3: Will Negates
4: Ref Negates
5: Fort Half
6: Will Half
7: Ref Half
8: Roll again, but use Caster's save bonus in place of those of the effected creatures or objects. ignore any further 8s

Metamagic feats cannot be used on Chaos Strike

Focus: A bit of preserved Slaad flesh in a vial. Runs about 9gp.

Stoicism
Enchantment [Mind-effecting]
Level: Sor/Wiz 1
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: One willing creature touched
Duration: Until Discharged (See text)
Saving Throw: Will Negates (Harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (Harmless)

Stoicism deadens the feelings (both emotional and sensory) of the target. This spell may only be cast on Elesyum, and the target automatically makes their next save against the plane's entrapping trait, at which point Stoicism is discharged. Stoicism is also discharged if the target leaves Elesyum. Naturally, most Sensates will flatly refuse to have this spell cast upon them.

Joy of Life
Enchantment [Mind-effecting]
Level: Sor/Wiz 1
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: One willing creature touched
Duration: Until Discharged (See text)
Saving Throw: Will Negates (Harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (Harmless)

Joy of Jife fills the target with feeling and a sense of purpose, fighting apathy. This spell may only be cast on Hades, and the target automatically makes their next save against the plane's entrapping trait, at which point Joy of Life is discharged. Joy of Life is also discharged if the target leaves Hades.

Dissolve
Transmutation
Level: Sor/Wiz 4
Components: V, S
Range: Touch
Target: Creature or object touched

As disintegrate, except as noted above; also, damage dealt by dissolve is 1d8 per caster level (maximum 20d8). A target that makes a successful Fortitude save is partially affected, taking only 3d8 points of damage. If this damage reduces the creature or object to 0 or fewer hit points, it is entirely disintegrated.
The poor man's disintegrate, this spell is known by most Doomguard wizards that regularly peruse the libraries of the four faction citadels.

Ecstatic Entropy
Transmutation
Level: Sor/Wiz 4
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Target: One corporeal creature or object
Duration: 1 round/2 levels, maximum 10 rounds (D)
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial (object); Will partial; see text
Spell Resistance: Yes

The target of this spell decomposes rapidly, experiencing exquisite pleasure at the same time. Many a Doomguard spellcaster has become addicted to this sensation, casting the spell on himself over and over again, confident in his ability to "quit anytime he wants".
The effect of the spell is twofold: If the target fails its Fortitude saving throw, it is affected by a slow disintegration process, taking 1d6 points of damage per round (objects, constructs, and undead take 2d6 damage per round instead). A target reduced to 0 or fewer hit points by this damage is entirely disintegrated, leaving behind only a trace of fine dust.
Additionally, the spell induces a feeling of immense pleasure; the target must make a Will saving throw or become stunned for the entire duration, as it writhes in ecstasy of decay.
Ecstatic entropy does not affect objects constructed entirely of force, such as forceful hand or a wall of force, unless they have specified HP scores. It also fails to affect magical effects such as a globe of invulnerability or an antimagic field.
Material Component: A pinch of dust from the remains of a disintegrated creature.

Premature Ascendancy
Transmutation [See text]
Level: Clr 5
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: 1 Creature
Duration: 1 minute/level
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes

The target assumes certain aspects of the exemplar creature to which it will eventually ascend in one of its next lives. The available forms depend on the target's alignment, as specified below:

- Any chaotic alignment: Anarchic template.
- Any evil alignment: Fiendish template.
- Any good alignment: Celestial template.
- Any lawful alignment: Axiomatic template.

If you target a chaotic good creature, for example, you could choose whether to add the anarchic or celestial template, but you could not add both.
This spell has no effect on outsiders. When you cast this spell on a chaotic, evil, good, or lawful creature, it is a spell of that type.

Prompt Restrucurization of Designated Arcana
Transmutation
Level: Wiz 4
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Instantaneous

P.R.D.A. enables you to exchange one prepared spell for another spell normally available to you. Spells of up to 6th level can be exchanged if they are both from the same school; otherwise, only spells of up to 3rd level can be exchanged.
Focus: Your spellbook.

Sensory Overload
Transmutation
Level: Brd 2, Sor/Wiz 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creature touched
Duration: 1 round/level (D)
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes

You force open the targets senses, causing it to become dazed from all the excess sensory input. The dazed subject is not stunned (so attackers get no special advantage against it), but it can’t move, cast spells, or take any other action for the duration of sensory overload.
If one or more of the target's senses are negated (blind, deaf, etc.) when you cast the spell, it receives a +4 circumstance bonus on the saving throw.

Terrible Truth
Enchantment [Mind-Affecting]
Level: Brd 3, Sor/Wiz 3
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft. /level)
Target: One creature; see text
Duration: 1 round/level (D); see text
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes

This spell allows the target to glimpse at the "Truth" about life, the multiverse, and everything. These secrets are presented in such a shocking manner that the target is stunned for the duration unless it makes a Will save. A creature with an Intelligence score of 2 or lower is not affected.
Experiments have shown that if you target yourself with this spell, there is no effect.
It is said that the a Dustman wizard had originally created the terrible truth spell, but some believe that it was actually a Bleaker or a Xaositect. Either way, members of all three factions have been seen using the spell.

Curst Word
Abjuration
Level: Sor/Wiz 9
Components: V, S, XP
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No

Your word banishes one creature to the prison-plane of Carceri. The creature is instantly transported to a random location on Carceri, and is unable to leave the plane by any means. Portals and plane shift or gate effects just transport the creature to another location within the plane. If the creature dies while imprisoned, it becomes a petitioner of Carceri, and cannot be raised or resurrected in any way. A freedom spell will free the creature only if the caster immediately follows with a miracle[i] or [i]wish spell. However, even this method fails to function if the spells are cast on Carceri; they must be cast from another plane, using some other means of locating the curst creature first (such as scrying).
Only creatures with fewer HD than you can be affected by curst word.
XP Cost: 200 XP per target's HD.

Plague-Mort
Necromancy
Level: Sor/Wiz 5
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Touch
Target: One zombie
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: See text
Spell Resistance: No

You infect the rotting meat of a zombie with a special type of disease. The zombie's belly swells, a sickening stench surrounds the creature, and traces of yellow gas can be seen dragging on the ground behind it.
Any creature that enters the zombie's threatened area must make a Fortitude save (against the spell's DC) or contract the zombie plague disease detailed below. The save is repeated every round the creature remains in the area. A creature grappling the zombie takes a -6 circumstance penalty on this saving throw.
When the zombie is destroyed, an explosion of contagious gas bursts forth from its belly, instantly covering a spread of a radius equal to twice the zombie's reach (minimum 5 ft.).
Every creature within the cloud immediately takes 1d4+1 points of Constitution damage and contracts the zombie plague disease; a Fortitude save (against the spell's DC) halves the Constitution damage and negates the infection. The plague cloud remains in the area for 1d4+1 minutes before dispersing; it provides concealment (20% miss chance). A moderate wind (11+ mph) disperses the cloud in 4 rounds; a strong wind (21+ mph) disperses it in 1 round.

Zombie plague disease:
- Infection method: inhaled, Fort save DC is equal to that of the plague-mort spell.
- Incubation period: 1 day.
- Damage: 1d4+1 temporary Constitution damage.

Material Component: A mummy's kidney and a dose of black adder venom (120 gp).

Animate Elements
Transmutation [See text]
Level: Clr 5, Sor/Wiz 5
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Close (25 ft. +5 ft./2 levels)
Target: A 15-ft. cube of elemental matter; see text
Duration: Concentration plus 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Fort negates (object)
Spell Resistance: Yes (object)

This spell transforms a 10-ft. cube of elemental matter animating it into one or more elemental-like creatures. The animated creature or creatures are either a single Large elemental, three Medium elementals, or five Small elementals; paraelementals can also be created. The animated creature or creatures have all the stats of the elemental creature of their type, except they have no Intelligence or Charisma scores, and no skills; they are also immune to all mind-affecting effects and to all effects that allow a Fortitude saving throw (unless they affect objects). The specific type of elemental created depends on the available elemental matter:

Air: Requires a cube of air or a similar mixture of gases
Cold: Requires a cube of ice or snow
Earth: Requires a cube of earth or stone
Fire: Requires a cube of burning matter
Magma: Requires a cube of magma or lava
Ooze: Requires a cube of ooze, acid, mud, or similar matter
Smoke: Requires a cube of smoke
Water: Requires a cube of water or similar liquid

When you use this spell to animate an air, earth, fire, or water creature, it is a spell of that type.

Animate Elements, Lesser
Transmutation [See text]
Level: Clr 3, Sor/Wiz 3
Target: A 10-ft. cube of elemental matter; see text

As animate elements, except you create a single Medium elemental or three Small elementals.

Animate Elements, Greater
Transmutation [See text]
Level: Clr 7, Sor/Wiz 7
Target: A 20-ft. cube of elemental matter; see text

As animate elements, except you create a single Huge elemental, three Large elementals, or five Medium or Small elementals.

Winds of Death
Necromancy [Air, Fear]
Level: Clr 8, Sor/Wiz 8
Components: V, S, DF, F
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: 60 ft.
Effect: Line-shaped gust of severe wind emanating 60 ft. out from you
Duration: 1 round
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial; Will partial
Spell Resistance: Yes

You draw upon the winds of the Negative Energy Plane to create a severe blast of air (approximately 50 mph) that originates from you, affecting all creatures in its path. Any creature, regardless of size, must make a Fortitude save or suffer 2d6 points of temporary Strength damage, and a Will save or become panicked for 2d6 minutes. In all other aspects, this spell resembles a gust of wind spell.
Winds of death can be made permanent using a permanency spell (required caster level: 15th; XP Cost: 3,500).
Focus: Skull of a noble djinni.

Astral Search
Divination
Level: Sor/Wiz 3
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Instantaneous

You concentrate on tracing the passage of a known or familiar creature through the Astral Plane, and find out which plane the creature is currently on. This is all the information that you gain - you do not learn the creature's status, its exact location within the plane, nor the way to reach the plane.
This spell can only be cast on the Astral Plane. It can be fooled by mislead, nondetection, and polymorph spells.
Focus: A mirror and a small pendulum.

Shadow Darkness
Illusion (Shadow)
Level: Brd 3, Sor/Wiz 4
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft. /2 levels)
Area: One 10-ft. cube per level (S)
Duration: 1 min./level (D)
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No

This spell negates all illumination within its area of effect. All creatures in the area gain concealment (50% miss chance). Even creatures that can normally see in such conditions (such as those with darkvision, or even the baatezu with the See in Darkness special quality) have the miss chance in an area shrouded in shadow darkness.
Normal lights (torches, candles, lanterns, and so forth) are incapable of brightening the area, as are all light spells.

Shunt
Conjuration (Teleportation)
Level: Sor/Wiz 3
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: One object
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates (object)
Spell Resistance: Yes (object)

You touch an object of up to Medium size (roughly 5 ft. x 10 ft.), and move it onto the Ethereal plane. Magic items and attended mundane objects receive a saving throw, but unattended mundane objects do not. If cast from the Ethereal Plane, the spell has the opposite effect – it moves an object onto the Material Plane.
Ethereal objects are invisible, inaudible, insubstantial, and scentless to creatures on the Material Plane. Even most magical attacks have no effect on them. See invisibility and true seeing reveal ethereal objects as well as creatures. A creature on the Material Plane usually cannot affect an ethereal object, but an ethereal creature interacts with it as normal. Even if a creature on the Material Plane can see the ethereal object, it can only affect it by a force effects, such as magic missile, for example. Gaze effects and abjurations also extend from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane.
Material Component: A drop of gorgon blood.

Fiendish Howl
Necromancy [Fear, Mind-Affecting]
Level: Clr 5, Sor/Wiz 5
Components: V
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 100 ft.
Area: A 100-ft. radius burst centered on you
Duration: 1 round/level and instantaneous (see text)
Saving Throw: Fort partial; Will partial (see text
Spell Resistance: Yes

Your scream of rage terrifies mortals and boosts the morale of fiends. All non-fiends within range must make Will saves or become panicked for 1 round/level and Fortitude saves or become deafened (deafness is instantaneous, but wears off after one hour). Fiends (outsiders of the [evil] subtype) within range gain a +2 morale bonus on melee attack and damage rolls.
A deafened character, in addition to the obvious effects, automatically fails Listen checks, suffers a -4 penalty on initiative and has a 20% chance to miscast and lose any spell with a (V) component that he tries to cast.
Panicked creatures suffer a -2 morale penalty on saving throws, and they flee from the character. A panicked creature has a 50% chance to drop what it's holding, chooses its path randomly (as long as it is getting away from immediate danger), and flees any other dangers that confront it. If cornered, a panicked creature cowers.

Fiendish Snarl
Transmutation
Level: Sor/Wiz 0
Components: S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 1 minute

Your smile becomes a hideous mess of sharp, crooked teeth and bloody saliva. You gain a +5 bonus on all Intimidate checks, a +2 bonus on Diplomacy checks dealing with fiends (outsiders of the [evil] subtype), and a -2 penalty on Diplomacy checks dealing with everyone else.
All bonuses/penalties are circumstance bonuses/penalties.

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Bump, bump, and yet again, bump!

Looks like it's bumping time again, folks.....

I'm not too impressed with the 3.5 Wild Mage. It doesn't keep enough of the old flavour and wackiness for my tastes. If anybody can find the 3rd-party supplement Wild Spellcraft, I thought that handled wild magic most excellently. I'm pretty sure it's 3.0, though.

Nope, I have it, too. I was just suggesting it to others.

1. "There is only a 75% chance that the portal will not collapse with them in it, killing them instantly" - this seems weird and clumsy. Is this supposed to be a flat 25% chance that they *do* die immediately due to a sudden portal collapse, even with a save? I'm not sure that's possible to balance.

2. How does a character with Evasion handle this spell? Does a successful save avoid the spell effects completely, suffer normal effects, or somewhere in between? (By a RAW reading of the class ability, Evasion is completely useless against this spell - something to ponder.)

Re: Wild Magic

IIRC, moogle001 had a rather interesting and open-ended WM system posted around here somewhere, but I can't seem to find it. Seeing as how he's in charge of the PSCS 3.5 thing, I guess we can safely assume that's the "official" position on wild magic, and work from there?