foobar1969
2015-10-18, 09:27 PM
"At Higher Levels" effects for nearly every spell up to 5th level:
Design goal: add flexibility without changing power level (much).
LEVEL 1
Alarm: per level: range & area +10 feet, duration +4 hours.
Compelled Duel: edit: "each time it attempts to move farther away from you." per level: range +10 feet.
Comprehend Languages: per level: duration +1 hour.
Detect Evil: per level: radius +10 feet.
Detect Magic: per level: radius +10 feet.
Detect Poison: per level: radius +10 feet.
Disguise Self: per level: duration +1 hour.
Divine Favor: per level: duration +1 minute.
Entangle: per level: area +10 feet.
Expeditious Retreat: at L4+, lasts without concentration, but ends if you neither concentrate nor dash in a round.
Faerie Fire: per level: range & area +10 feet.
Feather Fall: per level: target +1 creature, range +30 feet.
Find Familiar: per level: casting time -2 minutes (L6+: 1 action).
Goodberry: per level: +5 berries.
Grease: per level: area +10 feet.
Identify: per level: target +1 creature or object (need components for each).
Illusory Script: per level: duration +10 days (L5+: until dispelled).
Jump: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Mage Armor: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Protection from Evil: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Purify Food & Drink: per level: radius +5 feet.
Sanctuary: per level: target +1 creature.
Shield: per level: duration +1 round.
Silent Image: at L4+, lasts without concentration, but non-moving image only.
Speak With Animals: per level: duration doubled (L7+: 24 hours).
Tasha's Hideous Laughter: per level: target +1 creature.
Tenser's Floating Disk: per level: duration +1 hour.
Thunderous Smite: per level: damage +1d6 (max 6d6).
Unseen Servant: per level: create +1 servant, range +30 feet.
Wrathful Smite: per level: damage +1d6 (max 5d6).
LEVEL 2
Alter Self: at L5+, lasts without concentration, but may not change form (except to revert and end spell).
Arcane Lock: per level: requires equal levels of Knock to suppress.
Augury: per level: future +30 minutes.
Barkskin: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Beast Sense: at L5+, lasts without concentration, but ends when you revert to normal senses.
Blur: per level: duration +1 minute.
Calm Emotions: per level: radius +10 feet.
Crown of Madness: per level: target +1 creature.
Darkness: per level: radius +5 feet, dispels light of that level.
Darkvision: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Detect Thoughts: per level: radius +10 feet.
Enlarge/Reduce: per level: target +1 creature or object.
Enthrall: per level: range +10 feet.
Find Steed: per level: casting time -4 minutes (L5+: 1 action).
Find Traps: level 3: know distance. level 4: know direction. level 5+: know exact nature.
Gentle Repose: per level: target +1 corpse within reach.
Gust of Wind: per level: length +20 feet, width +5 feet.
Knock: per level: target +1 lock.
Lesser Restoration: per level: end +1 effect (may target separate creatures within reach).
Levitate: per level: target +1 creature or object.
Locate Animals or Plants: per level: distance +5 miles.
Locate Object: per level: distance +1000 feet.
Magic Mouth: per level: casting time halved (minimum = message duration)
Mirror Image: per level: duration +1 minute.
Misty Step: per level: distance +5 feet.
Nystul's Magic Aura: per level: duration +24 hours.
Phantasmal Force: per level: target +1 creature (same phantasm to all).
Protection from Poison: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Ray of Enfeeblement: per level: target +1 creature.
Rope Trick: per level: rope +20 feet, duration +1 hour.
Shield of Faith: per level: target +1 creature.
Silence: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 24 hours).
Spider Climb: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Spike Growth: per level: duration +10 minutes.
Suggestion: per level: target +1 creature (same suggestion to all).
Warding Bond: per level: distance +30 feet.
Web: per level: area +10 feet.
Zone of Truth: per level: radius +5 feet.
LEVEL 3
Aura of Vitality: level 5+: duration 10 minutes.
Beacon of Hope: per level: radius +10 feet.
Blinding Smite: level 5+: damage 5d8.
Blink: per level: die roll +1.
Clairvoyance: per level: range +1 mile, duration +10 minutes.
Conjure Barrage: level 5+: cone 100 feet.
Create Food and Water: per level: feed +5 people or +1 steed.
Crusader's Mantle: level 5+: radius 50 feet.
Daylight: per level: radius +20 feet, dispels darkness of that level.
Feign Death: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Gaseous Form: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Haste: per level: target +1 creature.
Hunger of Hadar: per level: duration +1 minute.
Hypnotic Pattern: per level: area +10 feet.
L's Tiny Hut: per level: radius +5 feet. (BTW, I nerf the hut, it's not a fortress, it just blocks weather & projectiles in both directions)
Meld Into Stone: per level: duration doubled (L9: 20 days), don't need food or water.
Nondetection: per level: target +1 creature or object within reach (need components for each).
Phantom Steed: per level: duration doubled (L9: 2.5 days).
Plant Growth: per 2 levels: radius doubled (L9: 800 feet / 4 miles)
Protection from Energy: per level: target +1 creature.
Remove Curse: per level: remove +1 curse (may target separate creatures within reach).
Revivify: per level: dead +1 minute.
See Invisibility: per level: duration +1 hour.
Sending: edit: same plane only. level 4: nearby plane (inner vs outer). level 5+: any plane.
Sleet Storm: per level: area +5 feet, duration doubled (L9: 50 feet, concentrate 1 hour).
Slow: per level: target +2 creatures.
Speak With Dead: per level: ask +1 question.
Speak With Plants: per level: duration doubled (L9: 12 hours).
Stinking Cloud: per level: area +5 feet, duration doubled (L9: 50 feet, concentrate 1 hour).
Tongues: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Water Breathing: per level: target +5 creatures.
Water Walk: per level: target +5 creatures.
Wind Wall: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 1 hour).
LEVEL 4
Arcane Eye: per level: vision & speed +10 feet.
Aura of Life: level 5+: radius 50 feet.
Aura of Purity: level 5+: radius 50 feet.
Compulsion: per level: range +10 feet.
Control Water: per level: area +50 feet.
Death Ward: per level: target +1 creature.
Dimenson Door: edit: range 400 feet. per level: range +100 feet.
Divination: per level: future +2 days.
Evard's Black Tentacles: per level: duration +1 minute.
Fabricate: per 2 levels: change +1 cube.
Fire Shield: per 2 levels: damage +1d8.
Freedom of Movement: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Giant Insect: edit: bug encounter total <=1000 XP. per level: +600 XP.
Grasping Vine: per level: range & reach +10 feet.
Greater Invisibility: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Guardian of Faith: per level: reach +5 feet, total damage +20.
Hallucinatory Terrain: per level: area +50 feet.
L's Secret Chest: per level: loss chance per day -1 percent (L9: 0% = until dispelled).
Locate Creature: per level: distance +1000 feet, running water +10 feet.
M's Faithful Hound: per level: damage +1d8, your distance +100 feet.
O's Resilient Sphere: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 32 minutes).
Polymorph: per level: target +1 creature (same form to all).
Staggering Smite: level 5+: damage 6d6.
Stone Shape: per level: area +2 feet.
Stoneskin: per level: duration +1 hour.
LEVEL 5
Antilife Shell: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 16 hours).
Awaken: per level: casting time -2 hours (L9: 1 action).
Commune: per level: duration +1 minute, +1 question.
Commune with Nature: per level: radius doubled (L9: 50 miles / 1 mile).
Contact Other Plane: per level: duration +1 minute, +1 question.
Contagion: errata: effects start after 3rd failed save. per level: +1 disease (separate saves).
Dispel Evil: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 16 minutes).
Dream: per level: duration +8 hours (messenger doesn't need food or water).
Greater Restoration: per level: end +1 effect (may target separate creatures within reach, need components for each).
Hallow: per level: bind +1 effect.
Legend Lore: per level: casting time -3 minutes (L9: 1 action).
Mislead: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 16 hours).
Passwall: per level: opening +1 foot, depth +10 feet.
Raise Dead: per level: dead +10 days.
Rary's Telepathic Bond: per level: duration doubled (L9: 16 hours).
Reincarnate: per level: dead +10 days.
Scrying: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 2.5 hours).
Seeming: per level: range +30 feet.
Telekinesis: per level: duration +10 minutes.
Teleportation Circle: per level: casting time halved (L9: 1 action) or duration doubled (L9: 16 rounds).
Tree Stride: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 16 minutes).
Wall of Force: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 2.5 hours).
Wall of Stone: per level: create +2 panels.
Design goal: add flexibility without changing power level (much).
LEVEL 1
Alarm: per level: range & area +10 feet, duration +4 hours.
Compelled Duel: edit: "each time it attempts to move farther away from you." per level: range +10 feet.
Comprehend Languages: per level: duration +1 hour.
Detect Evil: per level: radius +10 feet.
Detect Magic: per level: radius +10 feet.
Detect Poison: per level: radius +10 feet.
Disguise Self: per level: duration +1 hour.
Divine Favor: per level: duration +1 minute.
Entangle: per level: area +10 feet.
Expeditious Retreat: at L4+, lasts without concentration, but ends if you neither concentrate nor dash in a round.
Faerie Fire: per level: range & area +10 feet.
Feather Fall: per level: target +1 creature, range +30 feet.
Find Familiar: per level: casting time -2 minutes (L6+: 1 action).
Goodberry: per level: +5 berries.
Grease: per level: area +10 feet.
Identify: per level: target +1 creature or object (need components for each).
Illusory Script: per level: duration +10 days (L5+: until dispelled).
Jump: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Mage Armor: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Protection from Evil: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Purify Food & Drink: per level: radius +5 feet.
Sanctuary: per level: target +1 creature.
Shield: per level: duration +1 round.
Silent Image: at L4+, lasts without concentration, but non-moving image only.
Speak With Animals: per level: duration doubled (L7+: 24 hours).
Tasha's Hideous Laughter: per level: target +1 creature.
Tenser's Floating Disk: per level: duration +1 hour.
Thunderous Smite: per level: damage +1d6 (max 6d6).
Unseen Servant: per level: create +1 servant, range +30 feet.
Wrathful Smite: per level: damage +1d6 (max 5d6).
LEVEL 2
Alter Self: at L5+, lasts without concentration, but may not change form (except to revert and end spell).
Arcane Lock: per level: requires equal levels of Knock to suppress.
Augury: per level: future +30 minutes.
Barkskin: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Beast Sense: at L5+, lasts without concentration, but ends when you revert to normal senses.
Blur: per level: duration +1 minute.
Calm Emotions: per level: radius +10 feet.
Crown of Madness: per level: target +1 creature.
Darkness: per level: radius +5 feet, dispels light of that level.
Darkvision: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Detect Thoughts: per level: radius +10 feet.
Enlarge/Reduce: per level: target +1 creature or object.
Enthrall: per level: range +10 feet.
Find Steed: per level: casting time -4 minutes (L5+: 1 action).
Find Traps: level 3: know distance. level 4: know direction. level 5+: know exact nature.
Gentle Repose: per level: target +1 corpse within reach.
Gust of Wind: per level: length +20 feet, width +5 feet.
Knock: per level: target +1 lock.
Lesser Restoration: per level: end +1 effect (may target separate creatures within reach).
Levitate: per level: target +1 creature or object.
Locate Animals or Plants: per level: distance +5 miles.
Locate Object: per level: distance +1000 feet.
Magic Mouth: per level: casting time halved (minimum = message duration)
Mirror Image: per level: duration +1 minute.
Misty Step: per level: distance +5 feet.
Nystul's Magic Aura: per level: duration +24 hours.
Phantasmal Force: per level: target +1 creature (same phantasm to all).
Protection from Poison: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Ray of Enfeeblement: per level: target +1 creature.
Rope Trick: per level: rope +20 feet, duration +1 hour.
Shield of Faith: per level: target +1 creature.
Silence: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 24 hours).
Spider Climb: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Spike Growth: per level: duration +10 minutes.
Suggestion: per level: target +1 creature (same suggestion to all).
Warding Bond: per level: distance +30 feet.
Web: per level: area +10 feet.
Zone of Truth: per level: radius +5 feet.
LEVEL 3
Aura of Vitality: level 5+: duration 10 minutes.
Beacon of Hope: per level: radius +10 feet.
Blinding Smite: level 5+: damage 5d8.
Blink: per level: die roll +1.
Clairvoyance: per level: range +1 mile, duration +10 minutes.
Conjure Barrage: level 5+: cone 100 feet.
Create Food and Water: per level: feed +5 people or +1 steed.
Crusader's Mantle: level 5+: radius 50 feet.
Daylight: per level: radius +20 feet, dispels darkness of that level.
Feign Death: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Gaseous Form: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Haste: per level: target +1 creature.
Hunger of Hadar: per level: duration +1 minute.
Hypnotic Pattern: per level: area +10 feet.
L's Tiny Hut: per level: radius +5 feet. (BTW, I nerf the hut, it's not a fortress, it just blocks weather & projectiles in both directions)
Meld Into Stone: per level: duration doubled (L9: 20 days), don't need food or water.
Nondetection: per level: target +1 creature or object within reach (need components for each).
Phantom Steed: per level: duration doubled (L9: 2.5 days).
Plant Growth: per 2 levels: radius doubled (L9: 800 feet / 4 miles)
Protection from Energy: per level: target +1 creature.
Remove Curse: per level: remove +1 curse (may target separate creatures within reach).
Revivify: per level: dead +1 minute.
See Invisibility: per level: duration +1 hour.
Sending: edit: same plane only. level 4: nearby plane (inner vs outer). level 5+: any plane.
Sleet Storm: per level: area +5 feet, duration doubled (L9: 50 feet, concentrate 1 hour).
Slow: per level: target +2 creatures.
Speak With Dead: per level: ask +1 question.
Speak With Plants: per level: duration doubled (L9: 12 hours).
Stinking Cloud: per level: area +5 feet, duration doubled (L9: 50 feet, concentrate 1 hour).
Tongues: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Water Breathing: per level: target +5 creatures.
Water Walk: per level: target +5 creatures.
Wind Wall: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 1 hour).
LEVEL 4
Arcane Eye: per level: vision & speed +10 feet.
Aura of Life: level 5+: radius 50 feet.
Aura of Purity: level 5+: radius 50 feet.
Compulsion: per level: range +10 feet.
Control Water: per level: area +50 feet.
Death Ward: per level: target +1 creature.
Dimenson Door: edit: range 400 feet. per level: range +100 feet.
Divination: per level: future +2 days.
Evard's Black Tentacles: per level: duration +1 minute.
Fabricate: per 2 levels: change +1 cube.
Fire Shield: per 2 levels: damage +1d8.
Freedom of Movement: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Giant Insect: edit: bug encounter total <=1000 XP. per level: +600 XP.
Grasping Vine: per level: range & reach +10 feet.
Greater Invisibility: per level: target +1 creature within reach.
Guardian of Faith: per level: reach +5 feet, total damage +20.
Hallucinatory Terrain: per level: area +50 feet.
L's Secret Chest: per level: loss chance per day -1 percent (L9: 0% = until dispelled).
Locate Creature: per level: distance +1000 feet, running water +10 feet.
M's Faithful Hound: per level: damage +1d8, your distance +100 feet.
O's Resilient Sphere: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 32 minutes).
Polymorph: per level: target +1 creature (same form to all).
Staggering Smite: level 5+: damage 6d6.
Stone Shape: per level: area +2 feet.
Stoneskin: per level: duration +1 hour.
LEVEL 5
Antilife Shell: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 16 hours).
Awaken: per level: casting time -2 hours (L9: 1 action).
Commune: per level: duration +1 minute, +1 question.
Commune with Nature: per level: radius doubled (L9: 50 miles / 1 mile).
Contact Other Plane: per level: duration +1 minute, +1 question.
Contagion: errata: effects start after 3rd failed save. per level: +1 disease (separate saves).
Dispel Evil: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 16 minutes).
Dream: per level: duration +8 hours (messenger doesn't need food or water).
Greater Restoration: per level: end +1 effect (may target separate creatures within reach, need components for each).
Hallow: per level: bind +1 effect.
Legend Lore: per level: casting time -3 minutes (L9: 1 action).
Mislead: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 16 hours).
Passwall: per level: opening +1 foot, depth +10 feet.
Raise Dead: per level: dead +10 days.
Rary's Telepathic Bond: per level: duration doubled (L9: 16 hours).
Reincarnate: per level: dead +10 days.
Scrying: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 2.5 hours).
Seeming: per level: range +30 feet.
Telekinesis: per level: duration +10 minutes.
Teleportation Circle: per level: casting time halved (L9: 1 action) or duration doubled (L9: 16 rounds).
Tree Stride: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 16 minutes).
Wall of Force: per level: duration doubled (L9: concentrate 2.5 hours).
Wall of Stone: per level: create +2 panels.