========================================================================== Fifth Level Spells ========================================================================== Avian Command (Enchantment/Charm) Sphere: Animal, Charm Range: 90 yards radius Components: VSM Duration: Instantaneous Casting Time: 2 rounds Area of Effect: One avian Saving Throw: None This spell allows the priest to command any avian within range as long as the avian can hear him and he does not exploit it. Only normal avians can be affected, including variants in size. Thus eagles, sparrows, doves etc. can be commanded but pegasi and phoenixes cannot. The command must be given in a short sentence of at most 25 words. The avian will automatically understand the language the caster is speaking. Since familiars are not considered to be normal animals, they cannot be commanded by this spell. The material component of this spell is a feather. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cure Insanity (Abjuration) Sphere: Healing Components: VSM Range: Touch Casting Time: 1 turn Duration: Permanent Saving Throw: None Area of Effect: Creature touched The casting of this spell cures one mental malady in the subject. Insanity applies to any form of temporary or permanent mental illness, even those brought on by psionic attack or spell, such as Feeblemind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dariod's Vestigial Vine (Alteration) Sphere: Plant Range: 0 Components: VSM Duration 1 round per level Casting Time: 8 Area of Effect: Caster Saving Throw: None This spell will allow the caster to grow forth from one of his or her fingers a vine. While any finger from either of the caster's hands is usable, the index finger of the caster's primary hand is generally chosen. The vine, while a magical extension of the druid's body, is treated as a separate physical entity, therefore having an AC 5 and 30 hit points (plus an additional 2 hp per level of the casting druid). The spell will end when either the maximum duration is reached or the vine takes more damage than it has hit points. The vine moves in a snaking fashion and is usable in most ways that an arm is. It uses up one of the caster's actions to use the vestigial vine, so, if the caster had only 1 attack per round and he or she chose to attack a creature with the vine then he or she would be incapable of performing another action until the following round. The vine can attempt to retrieve an object, wield a sickle or similar weapon (although at a penalty of -2 "to hit" due to the unwieldiness of a man-made weapon in the vine's clutches), or it may be used to whip opponents. Whipping is the primary form of attack of the vine and, assuming a successful "to hit" roll (no adjustments), the target will receive 1d10 points of damage. The material component for the spell is a small strand of vine and the juice from half a dozen holly berries (squeezed from said berries). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entreaty (Conjuration/Summoning) Sphere: Combat Components: VSM Range: 0 Casting Time: 5 segments Duration: 1 round per level Saving Throw: None Area of Effect: 6" radius This spell exactly duplicates the effect of a Chant spell, except that the caster need not continue chanting. Its effects are cumulative only with a Chant spell, and not Bless, Prayer, or Protection. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Godrage (Alteration, Enchantment) Sphere: Combat Range: 0 Components: VSM Duration: 1 round per level Casting Time: 4 Area of Effect: Caster Saving Throw: None By casting this spell, the cleric calls down the attention of his or her divinity and invokes the righteous wrath of the deity. As the earthly consequence of this Godrage, the cleric goes berserk. He or she will for the duration of the spell, instinctively attack in melee combat any unbelievers (creatures of a differing alignment) within a 6" radius, giving preference to the most extreme alignments first. The spell does not give knowledge of specific alignments, only a feeling of who is the most worthy of being punished. Note use of this spell may result in the cleric attacking his or her own party members. While under the effects of the spell, the cleric attacks on the fighter table and gains a temporary skill level with his or her weapons (note: in my world, specialisation is more developed and certain clerics can specialise to some degree, those who are not specialised, gain the basic level of specialisation for the Duration of this spell). Furthermore, the presence of the divinity surrounds the cleric in the form of an aura that reduces all damage taken by the cleric by 2 points (1 point minimum). Godrage is a state not unlike the berserkergang, but it differs in that while the cleric engages solely in physical combat, he or she is still able to make intelligent decisions on how combat is to be conducted. After the spell ends, the cleric must rest 1 round for every 2 rounds under the spells effect. The components for this spell is the cleric's body, a short verbal sermon given to the unbelievers and a consecrated weapon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hidden Champion (Necromancy) Sphere: Necromancy Range: Touch Components: VSM Duration: 1 day per level Casting Time: 1 hour Area of Effect: One sentient creature Saving Throw: Negates Through the use of this spell, the cleric establishes a link between his or her lifeforce and the subject creature's. The effect of this link is that one-half the damage sustained by one, is transferred to the other. This link is evidenced by a golden, pulsing thread connecting the two through the ethereal plane. When the link is in existence, the two creatures cannot be more than 1 mile per level of the spell caster apart or the link will snap, ending the spell. Those able to perceive the ethereal plane can see this link. Note that the damage transfer is two way. A duly consecrated alter, holy or unholy water, an appropriate sacrifice (DM's discretion) and the creature to be linked with are the material components for this spell. Side note: I used this for an evil cleric the party was trying to kill. The cleric kidnapped the betrothed of the paladin and performed this ceremony upon her. This really messed up the party since, now they couldn't just rush in and hack up the cleric in an orgasm of hack-n-slash. They had to capture the cleric and remove him from his sanctuary alive. (I run consecrated grounds as being "home field" for clerics and VERY disadvantageous for would be desecrators. Example: -1 penalty on everything per alignment difference, cumulative bless for the clerics and generally "bad luck" for the attackers) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karma (Alteration) Sphere: All Components: VSM Range: 0 Casting Time: 5 segments Duration: 1 turn Saving Throw: None Area of Effect: Caster With each casting of this spell, the cleric raises his effective level by one, to a maximum of two additional levels of effectiveness. The increase applies to all clerical actions: spell effects, turning undead, saving throws, hit probability, etc. Not affected by this spell are hit points, number of spells known and level of spells known. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lightning Strike (Evocation) Sphere: Combat Components: VSM Range: 12" Casting Time: 8 segments Duration: Instantaneous Saving Throw: 1/2 Area of Effect: 1 foot wide beam, 12" tall This spell is similar in use and effect to a flame strike, except that the effect is, of course, lightning. Damage is 6d8, half if a save is made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mammal Command (Enchantment/Charm) Sphere: Animal, Charm Range: 90 yards radius Components: VSM Duration: Instantaneous Casting Time: 2 rounds Area of Effect: One mammal Saving Throw: None This spell allows the priest to command any mammal within range as long as the mammal can hear him and he does not exploit it. Only normal mammals can be affected, including variants in size. Thus polar bears, whales, etc. can be commanded but sphinxes and xorns cannot. The command must be given in a short sentence of at most 25 words. The mammal will automatically understand the language the caster is speaking. Note that for this purpose, humans, demihumans and humanoids are not considered mammals. Since familiars are not considered to be normal animals, they cannot be commanded by this spell. The material component of this spell is a nail of a mammal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quench Flame (Evocation) Sphere: Elemental (Fire), Elemental (Water) Components: VSM Range: 6" Casting Time: 8 segments Duration: Special Saving Throw: Special Area of Effect: 1" per level square x 1" height When this spell is cast, all normal fires in the area of effect are permanently extinguished. All magical fires in the area of effect or cast into that area within one round have a percent chance of being extinguished equal to the cleric's percent chance to dispel magic. Any permanently enchanted fire items (i.e., Sword, Flame Tongue) will have the above chance of being extinguished for one round. The material component is holy or unholy water. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stonewood (Alteration) Sphere: Plant, Elemental (Earth) Range: Touch Components: VSM Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 3 turns Area of Effect: One object Saving Throw: None When the druid casts a Stonewood and touches a wooden object, the wood in that object is magically enhanced and given a stonelike strength. The altered wood is in every way the same as untreated wood (i.e. texture, colour, weight, flexibility, etc.) except for the stonelike strength and hardness. An object of up to 100 square feet ' 1 inch per level of the druid of wood can be affected by this spell. To cast this spell, the druid needs mistletoe and a gemstone of at least 500 gp. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viper's Bite (Alteration) Sphere: Animal Range: 0 Components: VSM Duration: 1 round per 3 levels Casting Time: 4 Area of Effect: Caster Saving Throw: None The Viper's Bite spell causes the druids teeth to become exceptionally sharp and hollow like the fangs of a viper. He or she is able to bite for 1d4+1 points of damage and inject the victim with a nerve poison. The effects of this poison is to paralyse the victim for 3d4 rounds if a save versus poison is failed. If the save is successful, the victim still becomes lethargic and woozy (-1 on STR, DEX and initiative rolls). The effects of the poison are cumulative for multiple bites. Like the lion's claw spell, this spell allows the druid to bite those creatures hit only by +3 magical weapons. Again, the bite is not considered a magical weapon attack. To cast this spell the druid needs mistletoe and a charm made from a poisonous snake's fang. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warp Metal (Alteration) Sphere: Elemental (Earth) Range: 1" per 4 levels Components: VSM Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 7 Area of Effect: 5 pounds per level of caster Saving Throw: None This spell is similar to the druidic second level spell warp wood except that metal is the substance affected. For those objects that possess structural strength, this spell does 1 point of structural damage per 3 levels of the caster. Against metal creatures (i.e. iron golems) the spell inflicts 1d4+1 points of damage per level of the caster (save for 1/2).