Abyssal Specialist Wizard spell list

[TalonOfAnathrax]

The Abyssal Specialist wizard ACF lets a wizard be "considered specialized, but not in a specific school. Rather, you gain all the benefits of specialization with a group of spells that includes all those of the following subschools and/or descriptors: chaotic, compulsion, darkness, evil, and fear. You gain all the standard benefits of specialization as applied to this group of spells, as though it were a school unto itself."
Oh, and you only need to pick a single prohibited school, which is nice.

But how good is Abyssal Specialist, really? Well, unless you take the Planar Wizard level 10 substitution level to make all your spells (chaotic), then you probably want to know which wizard spells qualify. So I went looking for every single wizard spell with (chaotic), (compulsion), (darkness), (evil) or (fear). Any additions are welcome.

Abyssal Specialist spells:
0:
- Attract Eyes
- Daze
- Gasp
- Slash Tongue
- Tongue of Fiends
- Vengeful Mount
1:
- Aberrate
- Black Bag
- Cause Fear
- Cheat
- Darklight
- Death Grimace
- Distract
- Distract Assaillant
- Distracting Shadows
- Glimpse of Fear
- Guilt
- Hypnotism
- Incite
- Inhibit
- Net of Shadows
- Power Word Fatigue
- Power Word Pain
- Protection From Good
- Protection From Law
- Rouse
- Sacrificial Skill
- Sleep
- Slow Consumption
- Summon Monster I (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Summon Undead I
- Tongue Tendrils
- Whelm
2:
- Ashstar
- Black Lightning
- Blaze Bones
- Cold of the Grave
- Daze Monster
- Dance of Ruin
- Darkbolt (Vile)
- Darkness
- Graz'zt's Long Grasp
- Hideous Laughter
- Infernal Wound
- Invasive Telepathy
- Masochism
- Mechanus Mind
- Mindburn
- Necrotic Cyst
- Necrotic Scrying
- Phantasmal Assaillants
- Power Word Sicken
- Ray of Dizziness
- Ray of Stupidity
- Rebuke
- Sadism
- Sap strength
- Scare
- Shriveling
- Slow Consumption
- Summon Monster II (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Summon Undead II
- Touch of Idiocy
- Unfettered Grasp
- Unheavened
- Veil of Shadow
- Vertigo
- Wall of Gloom
- Whelming Blast
- Yoke of Mercy
3:
- Bedevil
- Blacklight
- Blood Siphon
- Burning Hate
- Control Darkness and Shadow
- Cruel Disappointment
- Curse of the Putrid Husk
- Deep Slumber
- Devil's Eye
- Dolorous Motes
- Dread Word
- Drown (Vile)
- Evil Eye
- Eyes of the Zombie
- Glimpse of Truth
- Heroism
- Hesitate
- Hold Person
- Incorporeal Enhancement
- Inevitable Defeat
- Magic Circle Against Good
- Magic Circle Against Law
- Mesmerising Glare
- Mindless Rage
- Miser's Envy
- Necrotic Bloat
- Power Word Deafen
- Power Word Maladroit
- Power Word Weaken
- Rage
- Rain of Terror
- Reality Blind
- Sleep, Greater
- Soul Charge
- Sting Ray
- Suggestion
- Summon Monster III (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Summon Undead III
- Suppress Breath Weapon
- Tongue Serpents
- Tormenting Thirst
- Vertigo (Sky)
- Vile Lance
- Warcry
4:
- Abyssal Might
- Animate Dead
- Animate Undead Legion
- Battle Fright
- Battle Fury
- Blood Drinker
- Bone Spurs
- Caustic Disdain
- Confusion
- Contagion
- Crushing Despair
- Damning Darkness
- Distort Summons
- Early Twilight
- Fear
- Hell's Power
- Lesser Geas
- Liferot
- Necrotic Domination
- Phantasmal Killer
- Plague Carrier
- Power Word Distract
- Psychic Poison
- Greater Rebuke
- Shadow Curse
- Siren's Call
- Sphere of Terror
- Summon Monster IV (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Summon Undead IV
- Wall of Chaos
- Wall of Evil
- Whelm, Mass
5:
- Animate Dead Familiar
- Animate Legion
- Atrophy
- Blackwater Tentacle
- Call Dretch Horde
- Call Lemure Horde
- Call Nightmare
- Corpsebond
- Dominate Person
- Dolor
- Feeblemind
- Fiendform
- Glimpse of Eternity
- Hold Monster
- Insidious Suggestion
- Mind Fog
- Necrotic Burst
- Night's Caress
- Nightmare
- Planar Binding, Lesser (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Power Word Disable
- Sleep Mote
- Soul shackles
- Summon Monster V (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Summon Undead V
- Symbol of Pain
- Symbol of Sleep
- Torture
- Wrack
6:
- Animate Dread Warrior
- Alert Bebilith
- Aura of Terror
- Blackwater Taint
- Coma
- Contagion, Mass
- Control Elemental
- Create Undead
- Demonic Blood Infusion
- Ectoplasmic Enhancement
- Eyebite
- Geas/Quest
- Ghoul Gantlet
- Greater Heroism
- Grim Revenge
- Imperious Glare
- Lunacy
- Necrotic Eruption
- Nybor's Psychic Imprint
- Planar Binding (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Power Word Nauseate
- Remorseless Charm
- Revive Undead
- Shadow Canopy
- Shadow Shield
- Storm Slave
- Suggestion, Mass
- Summon Monster VI (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Symbol of Fear
- Symbol of Thirst
- Transfix
- Wages of Sin
- Wall of Maggots
7:
- Avasculate
- Awaken Undead
- Barghest's Feast
- Crown of Despair
- Energy Ebb
- Evil Glare
- Eye of the Beholder
- Exaction
- Fiendish Clarity
- Geas, Mass Lesser
- Hiss of Sleep
- Kiss of the Vampire
- Mass Hold Person
- Necrotic Tumor
- Insanity
- Power Word Blind
- Final Rebuke
- Summon Monster VII (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Sword of Darkness
- Symbol of Stunning
- Symphonic Nightmare
- Torment
- Vile Rebellion
- Wall of Eyes
- Whirlwind of Teeth
8:
- Antipathy
- Avascular Mass
- Blackfire
- Binding
- Create Greater Undead
- Demand
- Desert Binding
- Dominate Person, Mass
- Fierce Pride of the Beastlands
- Flensing
- Gutwrench
- Irresistible Dance
- Maddening Scream
- Maddening Whispers
- Necrotic Empowerment
- Planar Binding, Greater (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Power Word Petrify
- Skeletal Guard
- Steal Life
- Summon Monster VIII (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Symbol of Insanity
- Sympathy
- Tharizdun's Maddening Scream
- Veil of Undeath
- Wrathful Castigation
9:
- Abyssal Army
- Crushing Fist of Spite
- Dominate Monster
- Gate (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Hellish Horde
- Mass Hold Monster
- Maw of Chaos
- Mindrape
- Necrotic Termination
- Plague of Undead
- Power Word Kill
- Programmed Amnesia
- Summon Monster IX (chaotic or evil creatures only)
- Utterdark
- Vile Death
- Weird

Overall, this seems decent. It's obviously not as good as specializing in Conjuration or Transmutation or even Abjuration, but it's comparable to Enchantment. An Abyssal Specialist can take some solid Enchantment spells at most levels, and then you get a bunch of other spells in your back pocket. Not bad, and you only lose a single other spell school in the process!

[DragonIceAdept]

From various Dragon Magazines, you have:
0:
- Attract Eyes
- Gasp
- Vengeful Mount
1:
- Glimpse of Fear
2:
- Blaze Bones
- Cold of the Grave
- Invasive Telepathy
3:
- Blood Siphon
- Burning Hate
- Rain of Terror
4:
- Animate Undead Legion
- Battle Fright
- Battle Fury
- Blood Drinker
- Bone Spurs
- Caustic Disdain
- Liferot
- Shadow Curse
- Sphere of Terror
5:
- Atrophy
- Corpsebond
- Dolor
- Torture
6:
- Lunacy
- Shadow Shield
- Storm Slave
- Wall of Maggots
7:
- Crown of Despair
- Exaction
- Geas, Mass Lesser
- Torment
- Vile Rebellion
8:
- Dominate Person, Mass
- Tharizdun's Maddening Scream

[Bullet06320]

Summon Monster I-IX

https://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/summonMonsterI.htm


When you use a summoning spell to summon an air, chaotic, earth, evil, fire, good, lawful, or water creature, it is a spell of that type.

[Fero]

Very nice list. Where any issues of Dragon particularly useful for this list? I slowly trying to build my collection.

[MaxiDuRaritry]

Summon Monster I-IX

https://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/summonMonsterI.htmThe same goes for gate and the planar ally spells, as well as anything that mimics such spells, such as shades and shadow conjuration...maybe.

[Bullet06320]

The same goes for gate and the planar ally spells, as well as anything that mimics such spells, such as shades and shadow conjuration...maybe.

gate, planar ally, and planar binding all have

Note: When you use a calling spell such as gate to call an air, chaotic, earth, evil, fire, good, lawful, or water creature, it becomes a spell of that type.

https://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/gate.htm
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/planarAllyLesser.htm
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/planarBindingLesser.htm

so yea i agree with you there

following this logic shadow evocation would too if any spells qualify

[Anthrowhale]

There are a couple other ways to tag your spells with a relevant descriptor. At level 1, you have Aligned Spellcaster (Dragon Magazine #357). And at ECL 7, Touch of the Blackened Soul becomes available.

It might be helpful to highlight the particularly compelling spells. At a quick glance:

1) Power Word Pain, Sleep
2) Ray of Stupidity
4) Necrotic Domination
7) Avasculate, Necrotic Tumor
8) Irresistible Dance, Veil of Undeath
9) Maw of Chaos, Mindrape

[TalonOfAnathrax]

Spells added. I'm trusting you on this, I couldn't find where things like Invasive Telepathy are from.

I'm not convinced that Summon Monster should be valid (it's not chaotic or evil when you prepare it, is it?) but I've added them in because you all seem convinced. Aligned Spellcaster should work to let you specialize into "all your spells", though.
In that case, Aligned Spellcaster + Abyssal Specialist + Focused Specialist does seem pretty good.

[redking]

Spells added. I'm trusting you on this, I couldn't find where things like Invasive Telepathy are from.

Source: Dragon Magazine #304 page 32.

Invasive Telepathy

Enchantment (Compulsion)
[Mind-Affecting]

Level: Sor/Wiz 2
Components: S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One living creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes

Psionic version:

Telepathy (Cha)
Level: Psion 2
Display: Me, Ma
Manifestation Time: 1 action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One living creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates
Power Resistance: Yes
Power Points: 7

As you cast Invasive Telepathy, you force your mind into the target, filling it with alien thoughts and overwhelming its capacity for sanity. If you are undead, an aberration, or an evil outsider, you deal 1d4 points of temporary Wisdom damage to the target. Otherwise, you deal 1 point of temporary Wisdom damage.

[Chronos]

I'd be inclined to include the Summon Monster spells etc., by analogy with some domains that have them (but only as cast as a spell with the appropriate descriptor).

[Anthrowhale]

In that case, Aligned Spellcaster + Abyssal Specialist + Focused Specialist does seem pretty good.
Aligned Spellcaster only applies on cast, so you can't use them in specialist slots. However, they are specialist spells on cast which has implications for things like Theurgic Specialist which also applies on cast.