Spell-Cannons(3.5e)

**PersonMan** · 2010-03-28, 11:59 AM (ISO 8601)

For one of the final battles of a campaign I'm running, I'm planning on the BBEG who comes from the future/alternate future plane to pilot a heavily modified mech equipped with magical weaponry.

Effectively, it'll be loaded with wands and magical gear which it will use instead of cannons and guns. I need to know what spells will be good for this sort of thing. I have the SpC and PHB for use.

So far I have the following spells chosen:
Fireball
Lightning Bolt
Magic Missile
Scorching Ray
Disintegrate
Orbs of X

**Emmerask** · 2010-03-28, 12:02 PM (ISO 8601)

cloudkill, stinking cloud

**Bonecrusher Doc** · 2010-03-28, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)

Heroes of Battle has some good arcane artillery in it. I'll see if I can find some examples for you (after my kids go to sleep).

**Starbuck_II** · 2010-03-28, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by PersonMan

For one of the final battles of a campaign I'm running, I'm planning on the BBEG who comes from the future/alternate future plane to pilot a heavily modified mech equipped with magical weaponry.

Effectively, it'll be loaded with wands and magical gear which it will use instead of cannons and guns. I need to know what spells will be good for this sort of thing. I have the SpC and PHB for use.

So far I have the following spells chosen:
Fireball
Lightning Bolt
Magic Missile
Scorching Ray
Disintegrate
Orbs of X

Slime Wave? Shoots a blast of green slime to dissolving everything (Con damage to living) in a 15 ft area.
Sound Lance: Sonic gun!
Vitriolic Sphere: Acid Fireball, no SR.
Avasculate? Is that overkill...
Blast of Force: damages/prones foes.
Chain Missile (missiles that chain additional targets)
Cyclonic Blast: Wind blasts that can knock enemies back some feet.
FireBrand? Makes individual squares of fireballs.
Inferno: make individual target on fire.
Freeze: ray deals damage + freezes them.

**Hecore** · 2010-03-28, 12:36 PM (ISO 8601)

Energy substituted Cone of Cold for a flamethrower? (Or Burning Hands for pitiful damage)
Invisibility?

**PersonMan** · 2010-03-28, 12:45 PM (ISO 8601)

Thanks for all of the suggestions, guys.

I'm surprised that I missed that many good spells...

**Human Paragon 3** · 2010-03-28, 01:00 PM (ISO 8601)

Enervation
Glitterdust

Maximized, empowered enervation
Widened Glitterdust.

**Bonecrusher Doc** · 2010-03-28, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)

OK, actually all the stuff in Heroes of Battle has already been mentioned here, except for various projectiles, like clay balls that have acid, holy/unholy water, or swarms of spiders inside. The are also adamantine-tipped ballista bolts which could be fun.

The other thing I don't see mentioned is sonic energy spells.

**Eurus** · 2010-03-28, 02:00 PM (ISO 8601)

Sound Lance is decent for sonic damage. I'm also a big fan of Great Thunderclap.

**AslanCross** · 2010-03-28, 05:15 PM (ISO 8601)

Earth Reaver's good at tossing grunts.
Defenestrating Sphere is too.

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