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2018-06-24, 03:21 PM
Mind Ward (revised Mind Blank)
Abjuration
Level: Protection 8, Sor/Wiz 8
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creatures touched
Duration: 2 hours/level; see text
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
The minds of your party are now warded against all supernatural attacks.
The touched creatures gain a +8 resistance bonus on Will saves against any unfriendly magical effect that would influence or observe their minds, thoughts, or emotions, as well as all unfriendly divination effects. This bonus applies against limited wish, wish, miracle, and similar effects used to duplicate the aforementioned effects and divinations.
Mind ward protects even against effects that would not normally allow a save (treat such effects as a DC 20 Will save).
Divide the duration evenly among all the creatures you touch.
A buff in that it can ward the entire party, but hopefully that encourages party cooperation and takes the spotlight off the wizard. A debuff in that it no longer grants automatic success (and thereby encourages specialist enchanters a bit)... a +8 bonus may still be too high though.
I was thinking of making versions for Fortitude and Reflex saves too, and/or making the resistance bonus into a different bonus type (to allow stacking with protection from spells).
n.b. Changed the name because mind blank is a somewhat esoteric reference at this point - sounds almost like you're feebleminding yourself! Open to suggestions for more flavourful names though.
Sacred Ground (revised or additional Hallow)
Abjuration [Good]
Level: Adept 5, Clr 6, Good 6, Paladin 5
Components: V, S, F, DF
Casting Time: 30 minutes
Range: Anywhere within the area to be warded
Area: Up to 200 sq. ft./level (S)
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: See text
Spell Resistance: See text
The new church is only modestly-sized, the sky is overcast, and the settlers clearly view your youth as an inauspicious sign for a new village priest. Nevertheless you intone the prayer with confidence and serenity, blessing your new home in the name of your deity. Even the surliest villager marvels as the clouds suddenly part overhead, bathing the church and its grounds in golden light.
Sacred ground makes a particular site, building, or structure a holy site. This has four major effects.
First, the site or structure is guarded by a magic circle against evil effect.
Second, any evil supernatural creature (typically any creature other than a humanoid, animal, giant, vermin, or plant creature) entering the grounds is struck with a holy smite for each round that they remain. At the DM's option, clerics of evil deities, blackguards, and similar characters with auras of evil are subject to this effect as well.
Third, any good-aligned spellcaster in the area gains a +5 enhancement bonus to their caster level when casting any Abjuration, Conjuration (Healing), Divination, or [Good] spell.
Fourth, a counterspell attempt is made against all [Evil] spells and spells cast by evil creatures within the area, as if by greater dispel magic. This effect also applies against such spells cast into the area by creatures outside it.
A deity does not grant its blessing lightly. Unless you are the head priest of your religion, you may only have one active sacred ground spell in effect at a time - casting it again dispels any prior effect (and may irritate your deity if you use the spell freely and repeatedly).
Focus
A shrine, altar, relic, or similar item dedicated to your deity. Destroying the item or removing it from the area ends the effect. The spell increases the item's hardness to equal your caster level, and increases its hit points to 10 hit points per caster level. The item is treated as a magic item for the purpose of saving throws.
True Seeing (revised)
Divination
Level: Bard 6, Clr 5, Drd 6, Knowledge 5, Paladin 4, Ranger 4, Sor/Wiz 5
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creatures touched
Duration: 2 hours/level; see text
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
You close your eyes as the magic surges through you. When you open them again, the illusionist's mirages melt away under your gaze.
The touched creatures can see all things as they actually are. They can see through normal and magical darkness, notice secret doors hidden by magic, see the exact locations of creatures or objects under blur or displacement effects, see invisible creatures or objects normally, see into the Ethereal Plane, and see the true form of polymorphed, changed, or transmuted things. They are entitled to a Will save to disbelieve any illusion they see (as though they had interacted with it), with a +5 insight bonus on the saving throw. The range of true seeing conferred is 120 feet.
True seeing can be used in conjunction with other magic (e.g. a crystal ball or a clairaudience/clairvoyance spell).
True seeing does not penetrate solid matter, mundane disguises, or nonmagical concealment. It does not grant bonuses on Search or Spot checks to notice hidden doors or hiding creatures.
Divide the duration evenly among all the creatures you touch.
As with mind ward, is a buff for the party but debuff for the spell, and encourages specialist illusionists.
Wall of Warding
Abjuration [Force]
Level: Clr 9, Sor/Wiz 9
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 24 hours
Range: Long (400 ft. + 40ft./level)
Area: Wall whose area is up to one 200-ft. square/level
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
The dwarven guards at the Mountain Gate exude calm and professionalism. You sense that their vigil is enforced by more than strength of arms... as with the elves of the Hidden Forest, this kingdom is protected by powerful magic.
You conjure up an invisible magical barrier to block the passage of creatures of particular races or alignments. This functions as a wall of force, save as described above and below.
The wall may be set to allow the passage of creatures of any number of named races, any number of named alignments, creatures that speak a particular password or bear a particular symbol or item (such as a signet ring or runestone), or any combination of the above. These conditions are set when you cast the spell and may not be changed thereafter.
The wall need not be be continuous and unbroken when formed. It merges with any preexisting structures (including the ground) without harming them, and while continuing to block ethereal travel, passwall spells, and the like through them. Smaller objects and creatures in the wall's space are harmlessly ejected to its outer side when it forms.
Bonus Spells:
Genius (revised Eagle's Splendour, Fox's Cunning, Owl's Wisdom)
Divination
Level: Bard 2, Cleric 2, Knowledge 2, Sor/Wiz 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creatures touched
Duration: 2 hours/level; see text
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
Your touch grants brilliance.
The touched creatures gain a +2 enhancement bonus to their Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom scores. This bonus increases to +4 at at 7th level and to +6 at 11th level.
Divide the duration evenly among all the creatures you touch.
Potency (revised Bear's Endurance, Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace)
Transmutation
Level: Druid 2, Paladin 2, Ranger 2, Strength 2, Sor/Wiz 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creatures touched
Duration: 2 hours/level; see text
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
Your touch grants physical perfection.
The touched creatures gain a +2 enhancement bonus to their Constitution, Dexterity, and Strength scores. This bonus increases to +4 at at 7th level and to +6 at 11th level.
Divide the duration evenly among all the creatures you touch.
Abjuration
Level: Protection 8, Sor/Wiz 8
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creatures touched
Duration: 2 hours/level; see text
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
The minds of your party are now warded against all supernatural attacks.
The touched creatures gain a +8 resistance bonus on Will saves against any unfriendly magical effect that would influence or observe their minds, thoughts, or emotions, as well as all unfriendly divination effects. This bonus applies against limited wish, wish, miracle, and similar effects used to duplicate the aforementioned effects and divinations.
Mind ward protects even against effects that would not normally allow a save (treat such effects as a DC 20 Will save).
Divide the duration evenly among all the creatures you touch.
A buff in that it can ward the entire party, but hopefully that encourages party cooperation and takes the spotlight off the wizard. A debuff in that it no longer grants automatic success (and thereby encourages specialist enchanters a bit)... a +8 bonus may still be too high though.
I was thinking of making versions for Fortitude and Reflex saves too, and/or making the resistance bonus into a different bonus type (to allow stacking with protection from spells).
n.b. Changed the name because mind blank is a somewhat esoteric reference at this point - sounds almost like you're feebleminding yourself! Open to suggestions for more flavourful names though.
Sacred Ground (revised or additional Hallow)
Abjuration [Good]
Level: Adept 5, Clr 6, Good 6, Paladin 5
Components: V, S, F, DF
Casting Time: 30 minutes
Range: Anywhere within the area to be warded
Area: Up to 200 sq. ft./level (S)
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: See text
Spell Resistance: See text
The new church is only modestly-sized, the sky is overcast, and the settlers clearly view your youth as an inauspicious sign for a new village priest. Nevertheless you intone the prayer with confidence and serenity, blessing your new home in the name of your deity. Even the surliest villager marvels as the clouds suddenly part overhead, bathing the church and its grounds in golden light.
Sacred ground makes a particular site, building, or structure a holy site. This has four major effects.
First, the site or structure is guarded by a magic circle against evil effect.
Second, any evil supernatural creature (typically any creature other than a humanoid, animal, giant, vermin, or plant creature) entering the grounds is struck with a holy smite for each round that they remain. At the DM's option, clerics of evil deities, blackguards, and similar characters with auras of evil are subject to this effect as well.
Third, any good-aligned spellcaster in the area gains a +5 enhancement bonus to their caster level when casting any Abjuration, Conjuration (Healing), Divination, or [Good] spell.
Fourth, a counterspell attempt is made against all [Evil] spells and spells cast by evil creatures within the area, as if by greater dispel magic. This effect also applies against such spells cast into the area by creatures outside it.
A deity does not grant its blessing lightly. Unless you are the head priest of your religion, you may only have one active sacred ground spell in effect at a time - casting it again dispels any prior effect (and may irritate your deity if you use the spell freely and repeatedly).
Focus
A shrine, altar, relic, or similar item dedicated to your deity. Destroying the item or removing it from the area ends the effect. The spell increases the item's hardness to equal your caster level, and increases its hit points to 10 hit points per caster level. The item is treated as a magic item for the purpose of saving throws.
True Seeing (revised)
Divination
Level: Bard 6, Clr 5, Drd 6, Knowledge 5, Paladin 4, Ranger 4, Sor/Wiz 5
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creatures touched
Duration: 2 hours/level; see text
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
You close your eyes as the magic surges through you. When you open them again, the illusionist's mirages melt away under your gaze.
The touched creatures can see all things as they actually are. They can see through normal and magical darkness, notice secret doors hidden by magic, see the exact locations of creatures or objects under blur or displacement effects, see invisible creatures or objects normally, see into the Ethereal Plane, and see the true form of polymorphed, changed, or transmuted things. They are entitled to a Will save to disbelieve any illusion they see (as though they had interacted with it), with a +5 insight bonus on the saving throw. The range of true seeing conferred is 120 feet.
True seeing can be used in conjunction with other magic (e.g. a crystal ball or a clairaudience/clairvoyance spell).
True seeing does not penetrate solid matter, mundane disguises, or nonmagical concealment. It does not grant bonuses on Search or Spot checks to notice hidden doors or hiding creatures.
Divide the duration evenly among all the creatures you touch.
As with mind ward, is a buff for the party but debuff for the spell, and encourages specialist illusionists.
Wall of Warding
Abjuration [Force]
Level: Clr 9, Sor/Wiz 9
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 24 hours
Range: Long (400 ft. + 40ft./level)
Area: Wall whose area is up to one 200-ft. square/level
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
The dwarven guards at the Mountain Gate exude calm and professionalism. You sense that their vigil is enforced by more than strength of arms... as with the elves of the Hidden Forest, this kingdom is protected by powerful magic.
You conjure up an invisible magical barrier to block the passage of creatures of particular races or alignments. This functions as a wall of force, save as described above and below.
The wall may be set to allow the passage of creatures of any number of named races, any number of named alignments, creatures that speak a particular password or bear a particular symbol or item (such as a signet ring or runestone), or any combination of the above. These conditions are set when you cast the spell and may not be changed thereafter.
The wall need not be be continuous and unbroken when formed. It merges with any preexisting structures (including the ground) without harming them, and while continuing to block ethereal travel, passwall spells, and the like through them. Smaller objects and creatures in the wall's space are harmlessly ejected to its outer side when it forms.
Bonus Spells:
Genius (revised Eagle's Splendour, Fox's Cunning, Owl's Wisdom)
Divination
Level: Bard 2, Cleric 2, Knowledge 2, Sor/Wiz 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creatures touched
Duration: 2 hours/level; see text
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
Your touch grants brilliance.
The touched creatures gain a +2 enhancement bonus to their Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom scores. This bonus increases to +4 at at 7th level and to +6 at 11th level.
Divide the duration evenly among all the creatures you touch.
Potency (revised Bear's Endurance, Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace)
Transmutation
Level: Druid 2, Paladin 2, Ranger 2, Strength 2, Sor/Wiz 2
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creatures touched
Duration: 2 hours/level; see text
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
Your touch grants physical perfection.
The touched creatures gain a +2 enhancement bonus to their Constitution, Dexterity, and Strength scores. This bonus increases to +4 at at 7th level and to +6 at 11th level.
Divide the duration evenly among all the creatures you touch.