Nifft
2015-08-13, 01:52 AM
Both of these are interesting ideas, but they're both sadly locked into using Core spell lists, which aren't always that great — some Domains have to fudge using spells of other elemental types, or even just a spell with a thematic name but not a thematic effect (e.g. Cold Domain: Chill Touch).
So, what I'd like to do is brainstorm better spell lists, including all the good stuff in the Spell Compendium and later books. Ideally, the end result will be setting-neutral, and maybe if there's interest we can do some setting-specific lists as well.
First off, the Wizard Domains. These are available as OGL content: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#wizardVariantDomainWiz ard
I'll list them out for reference.
0—resistance
1st—shield
2nd—resist energy
3rd—dispel magic
4th—remove curse
5th—mage's private sanctum
6th—greater dispel magic
7th—banishment
8th—mind blank
9th—prismatic sphere
0—detect magic
1st—protection from chaos/evil/good/law
2nd—obscure object
3rd—dispel magic
4th—minor globe of invulnerability
5th—break enchantment
6th—antimagic field
7th—spell turning
8th—protection from spells
9th—mage's disjunction
0—daze
1st—true strike
2nd—protection from arrows
3rd—greater magic weapon
4th—fire shield
5th—interposing hand
6th—transformation
7th—power word blind
8th—moment of prescience
9th—time stop
0—ray of frost
1st—chill touch
2nd—chill metal (as 2nd-level druid spell)
3rd—sleet storm
4th—wall of ice
5th—cone of cold
6th—freezing sphere
7th—delayed blast frostball (as delayed blast fireball, but deals cold damage instead of fire damage)
8th—polar ray
9th—comet swarm (as meteor swarm, but deals cold damage instead of fire damage)
0—acid splash
1st—mage armor
2nd—web
3rd—stinking cloud
4th—summon monster IV
5th—wall of stone
6th—acid fog
7th—summon monster VII
8th—maze
9th—gate
0—detect magic
1st—detect secret doors
2nd—see invisibility
3rd—arcane sight
4th—arcane eye
5th—prying eyes
6th—true seeing
7th—greater arcane sight
8th—discern location
9th—foresight
0—daze
1st—charm person
2nd—hideous laughter
3rd—suggestion
4th—confusion
5th—hold monster
6th—greater heroism
7th—insanity
8th—mass charm monster
9th—dominate monster
0—light
1st—magic missile
2nd—flaming sphere
3rd—lightning bolt
4th—shout
5th—wall of force
6th—forceful hand
7th—mage's sword
8th—telekinetic sphere
9th—crushing hand
0—flare
1st—burning hands
2nd—scorching ray
3rd—fireball
4th—wall of fire
5th—cone of fire (as cone of cold, but deals fire damage instead of cold damage)
6th—summon monster VI (fire creatures only)
7th—delayed blast fireball
8th—incendiary cloud
9th—meteor swarm
0—ghost sound
1st—disguise self
2nd—invisibility
3rd—major image
4th—phantasmal killer
5th—shadow evocation
6th—mislead
7th—mass invisibility
8th—scintillating pattern
9th—shades
0—disrupt undead
1st—ray of enfeeblement
2nd—false life
3rd—vampiric touch
4th—fear
5th—waves of fatigue
6th—circle of death
7th—control undead
8th—horrid wilting
9th—energy drain
0—ray of frost
1st—obscuring mist (as 1st-level cleric spell)
2nd—gust of wind
3rd—lightning bolt
4th—ice storm
5th—control winds (as 5th-level druid spell)
6th—chain lightning
7th—control weather
8th—whirlwind (as 8th-level druid spell)
9th—storm of vengeance (as 9th-level cleric spell)
0—mage hand
1st—expeditious retreat
2nd—levitate
3rd—haste
4th—polymorph
5th—baleful polymorph
6th—disintegrate
7th—reverse gravity
8th—iron body
9th—shapechange
Here are the (names of the) Bloodline Feats from Dragon Compendium. They're for Sorcerers, and similar to the Wizard Domains, what they do is give you a bonus spell known at each spell-level. Obviously this is more exciting for a Sorcerer than a Wizard.
I don't think I'm allowed to reprint the spell lists for all of these feats, but if I am, let me know and I'll edit this post to include them.
Air Bloodline
Anarchic Bloodline
Axiomatic Bloodline
Celestial Bloodline
Draconic Bloodline
Earth Bloodline
Fey Bloodline
Fiendish Bloodline
Fire Bloodline
Illithid Bloodline (Illithid experimentation—mental power spells)
Necromantic Bloodline (Necromancy)
Penumbra Bloodline (Shadow powers)
Plant Bloodline
Serpent Bloodline (Yuan-ti tainted slave ancestor)
Water Bloodline
Here are my ideas so far:
- 1: Wings of Bounding (RotD)
- 2: Dragoneye Rune (DM)
- 3: Dragonskin (SpC)
- 4: Voice of the Dragon (SpC)
- 5: Undying Vigor of the Dragonlords (DM)
- 6: Aura of Terror (Drc)
- 7: Energy Immunity (Drc)
- 8: Demand
- 9: Dragonshape (PHB-2)
- 1: Death's Call (SpC)
- 2: Darkbolt (LoM)
- 3: Magic Circle
- 4: Bestow Curse
- 5: Wrack (SpC)
- 6: Eyebite
- 7: Pulse of Hate (PHB2)
- 8: Horrid Wilting
- 9: Soul Bind
So, what I'd like to do is brainstorm better spell lists, including all the good stuff in the Spell Compendium and later books. Ideally, the end result will be setting-neutral, and maybe if there's interest we can do some setting-specific lists as well.
First off, the Wizard Domains. These are available as OGL content: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#wizardVariantDomainWiz ard
I'll list them out for reference.
0—resistance
1st—shield
2nd—resist energy
3rd—dispel magic
4th—remove curse
5th—mage's private sanctum
6th—greater dispel magic
7th—banishment
8th—mind blank
9th—prismatic sphere
0—detect magic
1st—protection from chaos/evil/good/law
2nd—obscure object
3rd—dispel magic
4th—minor globe of invulnerability
5th—break enchantment
6th—antimagic field
7th—spell turning
8th—protection from spells
9th—mage's disjunction
0—daze
1st—true strike
2nd—protection from arrows
3rd—greater magic weapon
4th—fire shield
5th—interposing hand
6th—transformation
7th—power word blind
8th—moment of prescience
9th—time stop
0—ray of frost
1st—chill touch
2nd—chill metal (as 2nd-level druid spell)
3rd—sleet storm
4th—wall of ice
5th—cone of cold
6th—freezing sphere
7th—delayed blast frostball (as delayed blast fireball, but deals cold damage instead of fire damage)
8th—polar ray
9th—comet swarm (as meteor swarm, but deals cold damage instead of fire damage)
0—acid splash
1st—mage armor
2nd—web
3rd—stinking cloud
4th—summon monster IV
5th—wall of stone
6th—acid fog
7th—summon monster VII
8th—maze
9th—gate
0—detect magic
1st—detect secret doors
2nd—see invisibility
3rd—arcane sight
4th—arcane eye
5th—prying eyes
6th—true seeing
7th—greater arcane sight
8th—discern location
9th—foresight
0—daze
1st—charm person
2nd—hideous laughter
3rd—suggestion
4th—confusion
5th—hold monster
6th—greater heroism
7th—insanity
8th—mass charm monster
9th—dominate monster
0—light
1st—magic missile
2nd—flaming sphere
3rd—lightning bolt
4th—shout
5th—wall of force
6th—forceful hand
7th—mage's sword
8th—telekinetic sphere
9th—crushing hand
0—flare
1st—burning hands
2nd—scorching ray
3rd—fireball
4th—wall of fire
5th—cone of fire (as cone of cold, but deals fire damage instead of cold damage)
6th—summon monster VI (fire creatures only)
7th—delayed blast fireball
8th—incendiary cloud
9th—meteor swarm
0—ghost sound
1st—disguise self
2nd—invisibility
3rd—major image
4th—phantasmal killer
5th—shadow evocation
6th—mislead
7th—mass invisibility
8th—scintillating pattern
9th—shades
0—disrupt undead
1st—ray of enfeeblement
2nd—false life
3rd—vampiric touch
4th—fear
5th—waves of fatigue
6th—circle of death
7th—control undead
8th—horrid wilting
9th—energy drain
0—ray of frost
1st—obscuring mist (as 1st-level cleric spell)
2nd—gust of wind
3rd—lightning bolt
4th—ice storm
5th—control winds (as 5th-level druid spell)
6th—chain lightning
7th—control weather
8th—whirlwind (as 8th-level druid spell)
9th—storm of vengeance (as 9th-level cleric spell)
0—mage hand
1st—expeditious retreat
2nd—levitate
3rd—haste
4th—polymorph
5th—baleful polymorph
6th—disintegrate
7th—reverse gravity
8th—iron body
9th—shapechange
Here are the (names of the) Bloodline Feats from Dragon Compendium. They're for Sorcerers, and similar to the Wizard Domains, what they do is give you a bonus spell known at each spell-level. Obviously this is more exciting for a Sorcerer than a Wizard.
I don't think I'm allowed to reprint the spell lists for all of these feats, but if I am, let me know and I'll edit this post to include them.
Air Bloodline
Anarchic Bloodline
Axiomatic Bloodline
Celestial Bloodline
Draconic Bloodline
Earth Bloodline
Fey Bloodline
Fiendish Bloodline
Fire Bloodline
Illithid Bloodline (Illithid experimentation—mental power spells)
Necromantic Bloodline (Necromancy)
Penumbra Bloodline (Shadow powers)
Plant Bloodline
Serpent Bloodline (Yuan-ti tainted slave ancestor)
Water Bloodline
Here are my ideas so far:
- 1: Wings of Bounding (RotD)
- 2: Dragoneye Rune (DM)
- 3: Dragonskin (SpC)
- 4: Voice of the Dragon (SpC)
- 5: Undying Vigor of the Dragonlords (DM)
- 6: Aura of Terror (Drc)
- 7: Energy Immunity (Drc)
- 8: Demand
- 9: Dragonshape (PHB-2)
- 1: Death's Call (SpC)
- 2: Darkbolt (LoM)
- 3: Magic Circle
- 4: Bestow Curse
- 5: Wrack (SpC)
- 6: Eyebite
- 7: Pulse of Hate (PHB2)
- 8: Horrid Wilting
- 9: Soul Bind