What was your first 9th level spell?

[shimmercat]

My 3.5 travel cleric (Rogue 1, Cleric 10, Contemplative PrC 7) just reached level 18 -- and that means 9TH LEVEL SPELLS. The holy grail of the spellcaster! I've been playing this cleric since he was 5th level and the game started in August of 2008, so this is REALLY EXCITING.

First spell to cast: True Resurrection. We had a suicide bombing, and now I can actually question the bomber, who turned himself into a Fine Red Mist in the process of blowing up a large portion of our caravel. The bomber was one of my followers (Leadership) and had been with the ship for almost a year -- it's expected that he was under some sort of compulsion... but how did he get that compulsion on him in the first place?

If/When you had a spellcaster reach 9th level spells, what was the first spell you cast? Why was it that spell?

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My fluff for the True Rez (I am so proud my rez fluff):

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Dieder took a deep breath as he reached for the velour pouch and dumped the contents on the middle of the table. Diamonds cascaded over themselves in a thick pile. It was time to get started.

Dieder steeled himself and began the magic. "Volker Schumaker, who died aboard da Good Fortune, yesterday."

This spell felt different than the other resurrection spells as the heat coursed to his hands. His fingers glowed red-hot, hotter than he had ever been in his life, like the wood of the table would scorch under his touch, like his own flesh would burn from the heat of it. The diamonds melted and expanded under his touch.

Like a sculptor, he drew the mass of glowing diamond plasma down, forming a pair of "legs." Dieder pulled one of the "legs" through the closed ring of the leg irons before returning to the now-huge mass in the middle of the table. The spell told him exactly what to do -- pull the plasma up, form shoulders, arms, a head.

Dieder withdrew a moment, gasping and gazing in amazement at the human body solidifying on the table. Details formed -- toes, hair on the legs and chest, the thin lines on the interior of the newly-created hands. Volker's face condensed out of the mass that was his head, the young man's features glowing beneath the translucent skin.

The spell was not done, but from this point Dieder had done it before. The newly-created body was whole and had blood to flow, but it still had no life. Dieder's mouth formed a line as he placed one hand upon the body's chest above the heart, and his other hand upon the forehead. He muttered the final words of the spell, pressed hard with his hands, and staggered back.

Naked and shackled, Volker shuddered.

[Myou]

I have never got to level 17 to cast one. ;-;

[Kobold-Bard]

My Cleric of Olidamarra was bumped to Level 20 with the rest of the party because the DM had a load of powerful monsters he was excited to send at us, but a Level 8 party wouldn't have survived them.

First useful spell I cast was a True Ressurection, because Sephiroth decapitated our Ranger.

Actual first spell I cast was Miracle to summon a shed-load of assorted booze and wimminz to help the townspeople overcome the trauma of Tiamat stomping on their country.

[arguskos]

Ironically, it was Wish. I had a Wiz 17 who really DESPERATELY needed to get out of where he was, and so, I used a Wish spell to get out of dodge. Took the whole party too.

The fluff was that when I cast it, I got a momentary look at the underlying principles of magic for the world, and I made a tiny tiny alteration, just enough to move me and mine somewhere else.

[masterjoda99]

For me, it was Summon Monster IX. Because I was a Malconvoker. And it was the penultimate battle. And there was room for me to summon two buffed up colossal fiendish spiders. And a tarrasque, but that's beside the point.

[Weezer]

Sadly I've never actually gotten the chance to use one in game

[Ernir]

Gate

But I was the DM. Never cast one as a character.

[Flickerdart]

For me, it was Summon Monster IX. Because I was a Malconvoker. And it was the penultimate battle. And there was room for me to summon two buffed up colossal fiendish spiders. And a tarrasque, but that's beside the point.

I don't think you can Summon a Tarrasque, which is a unique monster, you have to Call it.

[Dr Bwaa]

The only full-caster I've ever played is a cleric who wishes he'd been a paladin in a very low-magic campaign set in 1340s Europe (history alters the moment the campaign starts; there's a devil insurrection of some kind that we haven't totally figured out). He's about level 8 I've only had one character make it past level 17, and she's a Bard.

[BenTheJester]

Storm of Vengeance.

Poor army.

[Pharaoh's Fist]

Time Stop.

[Starscream]

Gate. Had lots of fun with that one.

[Kelb_Panthera]

We play pretty humanoid-centric games, so I'm probably gonna pick weird when the time comes. Nothing like sitting on a nuke, just in case.

[Heliomance]

For me, it was Summon Monster IX. Because I was a Malconvoker. And it was the penultimate battle. And there was room for me to summon two buffed up colossal fiendish spiders. And a tarrasque, but that's beside the point.

You summoned the tarrasque? That's freaking awesome.

[Zeta Kai]

As a DM, I had a BBEG (CE Sorcerer with a necromancy fetish) spam energy drain like it was going out of style. That part of SoD sure gave me a case of déjà vu.

As a player, I think it was power word kill. I was a War-domain cleric with a mad-on for a pesky recurring villain. As soon was his health was low, I dropped him like a bad habit. Good times.

[Lunawarrior0]

The only time I ever got to cast lvl 9 spells I was a Cleric, I just loaded up on Miracle, used it mostly to cast any spell that was lvl 8 or lower any time I wanted, kind of a waste, but I was never caught unprepared. I don't think I ever cast my lvl 9 domain.

[The Deej]

Summon Elemental Monolith.

fun times.

[Dyllan]

Lets see, that would be for the BBEG fight for the campaign...

It went like this... I beat him on initiative. Time Stop, three delayed blast fireballs... after that I cast Celerity, Time Stop, three more delayed blast fireballs and a greater teleport so I wasn't a sitting duck.

The rest of the party dealt with the BBEG, and the one minion that didn't die. I teleported back in after I recovered from Celerity, but the battle was mostly over by then.

Celerity is now banned in all our games.

[Raiki]

Well, I know the OP said "spells" but I played a level 17+ Psion (Telepath) long before I played a level 17+ Wizard...so I have to say Microcosm. Followed immediately after by Assimilate.

But my first actual 9th level Spell? I think it was Time Stop, but Prismatic Sphere might have actually come first. It's been awhile.

~R~

[Volkov]

Summon Necron monolith. I am completely serious. It sure did make the humans run, and run fast. The necrons ended up killing all the humans before we could get into melee range though.

[Glimbur]

Mass Heal. As an interesting aside, I cast two 10th level (effectively) spells before casting Mass Heal to mess up that Shadow of the Void that we otherwise would have had trouble with.

[Saph]

Shapechange. It was awesome.

[Foryn Gilnith]

As a DM, Miracle. I forget what spell it was emulating.
As a player, Extended Veil of Undeath, along with the rest of the buff suite of the epic cleric I just made.

[taltamir]

I have never got to level 17 to cast one. ;-;

likewise...
the highest level spell I ever cast was disintegrate

[Dr.Epic]

I've never played a caster that reached that level. I rarely play cast and most of the campaigns I'm in don't last too long.

[Volkov]

My second ninth level spell was open portal to Soviet russia and put in a lifetime's supply of vodka. Hilarity ensued when alcohol mad armies smashed their way through the enemy's castle to get the precious, precious liquid.

[Drakevarg]

Sadly, the highest-level campaign I've ever played in had a DM that didn't allow spells higher than 3rd level. So, the biggest spell I've ever cast was fireball.

[ken-do-nim]

Time stop - from Orcus.

[Volkov]

Sadly, the highest-level campaign I've ever played in had a DM that didn't allow spells higher than 3rd level. So, the biggest spell I've ever cast was fireball.

All of my characters would laugh at a fireball, then kill the offending wizard with naught much more than a unsharpened pencil.

[Drakevarg]

All of my characters would laugh at a fireball, then kill the offending wizard with naught much more than a unsharpened pencil.

Which is exactly why everyone in the party was either crossclass wizard/fighter or wizard/rogue. Apart from the ability to set whatever we wanted on fire, we really didn't have much use for magic.

Oh, and this was a 2nd Edition game.