Oneiromancer spells?

[Tafkan]

So, basically, I need a new villain. The kind that manipulates the dreams of my PCs, to be exact. By the time my party finally reaches him, someone has probably already been driven insane by the constant haunting nightmares and jumped off the cliff, our poor wizard hasn't properly rested to regain his spells for a while, and the rest are just exhausted enough to pass out halfway through the fight. Well, perhaps not that dramatic and TPK-ish, but you get the idea hopefully. The problem? I can't find a class that can do that. So I just need to find any classes that have spells with similar effects to what's needed and stick them all together. (What? There's people who DON'T go mad with multi-classing for awesomeness' sake? :smallconfused:)

Anyway, I don't really have a single spell yet (except for this (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/symbolOfSleep.htm), I'll have these all over the dungeon), so pretty much any suggestions are welcome. :smallsmile:

[Malacode]

Umm... Heroes of Horror or Libris Mortis (Don't remember which) had some stuff on Oneiromancy... I think. It was a domain for Clerics, or a feat for Arcane spellcasters or something. I don't remember the details, sorry.

[Gaiyamato]

I have had much the same problem.

However try this:


Human - Lawful Evil
Cloistered Cleric 1 - domains: Dream, Madness, Knowledge - Spontaneous Domain Casting (Dream)
Level 1: Dreamtelling
Human: Willing Deformity
Flaw: Deformity (Madness)
Flaw: Mad Faith
Cloistered Cleric 2
Cloistered Cleric 3
Level 3: Oneiromancy
Cloistered Cleric 4
Cloistered Cleric 5
Dread Witch 1
Level 6: Improved Oneiromancy
Dread Witch 2
Dread Witch 3
Dread Witch 4
Level 9: Reflexive Psychosis
Dread Witch 5
Contemplative 1 - domain: Mind
Contemplative 2
Level 12: Dark Speech
Contemplative 3
Contemplative 4
Contemplative 5
Level 15: Dark Whispers
Contemplative 6 - domain: Corruption

Or some version of that. :)

Note:
Books used were -

PHB
PHBII
Elder Evils
Heroes of Horror
Complete Divine
Lords of Madness


Spells of use:
0th:
No Light
Slash Tongue

1st
Bane
Cause Fear
Command
Doom
Obscuring Mist
Angry Ache
Heartache
Slow Consumption
Sorrow

2nd:
Darkness
Touch of Madness
Curse of Ill Fortune
Wave of Grief
Addiction
Sap Strength
Wither Limb

3rd:
Bestow Curse
Blindnes/Deafness
Contagion
Deeper Darkness
Meld into Stone
Alter Fortune
Curse of Arrow Attraction
Energy Vulnerability
Chain of Eyes
Wrack
Circle of Nausea
Clutch of Orcus
Devil’s Eye
Eyes of the Zombie

4th:
Poison
Sending (send constant messages to pcs... lol.)
Pronouncement of Fate
Castigate
Doomtide
Alliance Undone
Psychic Poison
Stop Heart

5th:
Command, greater
Insect Plague
Scrying
symbol of Pain
Symbol of Sleep
Bolts of bedevilment
Morality Undone (you get this as a level four corruption domain spell)
Oath of Blood

6th:
Animate Objects
Geas/Quest
Symbol of Fear
Pox
Probe Thoughts
cloak of Hate
Plague

7th:
Blasphemy
Control weather (making it constant rain or something depressing)
Ethereal Jaunt
Scrying, Greater
Symbol of Weakness
Pact of Return
Bestow Curse, Greater
Slime Wave (for fun?)
Fiendish Clarity
Imprison Soul

8th:
Create Greater Undead
Earthquake
Symbol of Insanity
Befoul
Brain spider (you get this as madness domain level 7)
Maddening Scream
Familial Geas (amusing but mostly useless)
Stormrage
Pestilence

[Tafkan]

I'll try and get my hands on these books to look up the things you've listed, but it does sound about right. Thanks a lot! :smallsmile:

[Gaiyamato]

No problems dude. :)

Just make sure he has 18 starting WIS and pumps every ability nicrease into Wisdom. Because the Madness deformity comes with a -4 WIS penalty. But he gains total immunity to any form of mind effecting spell or ability of any sort. lol.

I might be more likely to put Dark speech and dread whispers earlier if you are dropping the level as they are awesome for givnig others insanity/madness. lol.

I used this guy against some high level players once and he debuffed one of them to over -20 on all rolls and essentially unable to act. :P

Good trick is Wights with symbol spells using spell-stiched. *shudders*