Unique spells from the Adventurers saga

(created and copyright 1991-2000 by Thomas Miller, all rights reserved)

Smack (Belphanior)
  (1st level wizard spell)
  (Evocation)
Range           30'
Components      V
Duration        instantaneous
Casting Time    2
Area of Effect  one target
Saving Throw    none

  This spell enables the caster to insult an annoyance by slapping
them with an invisible hand.  The damage is a mere 1 hp, but the sound
of the slap is always quite loud.



Hollow Darkness (Alindyar)
  (3rd level)
  (Alteration)
Range           10 yards/level
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 turn + 1 round/level
Casting Time    3
Area of Effect  15' radius from caster
Saving Throw    n/a

  This spell is a slight variation of the standard darkness spell.
It has a 5' radius sphere in its center in which the magical darkness
is not present, and in which light sources can be seen normally.



Distraction (Alindyar)
  (4th level)
  (Illusion/Phantasm)
Range           1 yard/level
Components      V,S,M
Duration        2 rounds
Casting Time    4
Area of Effect  one 10-yard cube
Saving Throw    Negates

  By casting this spell, a wizard produces an illusory (and typically
unpleasant) effect in one or more targets.  Although this illusion
can cause no real, lasting damage, it is highly realistic and often
suited to each victim's own fears.  Thus, one target might feel as
if ants were crawling over him, while another might believe that a
swarm of bees was attacking him.  A victim who feared heights might
believe that he was falling through a great, empty sky.  Someone who
shunned darkness might think he was surrounded by blackest night.
  This is a quick, efficient spell whose purpose is to distract, no
more - hence the name.  Each creature within its area of effect gets
a chance to save, a successful saving throw indicating that that
victim was able to ignore the spell.  After two rounds of horrific
illusions, the enchantment expires, and the victim(s) will realize
the illusion for what it was.  The material components are a pouch
of topaz dust and a vial of ghost ectoplasm, which are mixed and
then hurled toward the victims as the spell is cast.



Helping Hands (Alindyar)
  (4th level)
  (Conjuration/Evocation)
Range           Special
Components      V,S
Duration        2 rounds/level
Casting Time    1 round
Area of Effect  Special
Saving Throw    n/a

  This spell creates a pair of immaterial, disembodied hands in
the air before the caster.  These hands are roughly human-sized and
will always remain several feet in front of the caster, moving with
him if necessary.  These hands have only one use:  they are capable
of performing the somatic components and manipulating the material
components of spells.  The hands' activity serves to halve the cast-
ing times of any spells cast with their aid, though a caster can
still only cast one spell per round.  The spellcaster need not use
his own hands for such spellcasting, freeing them up for other uses
(but not combat.)



Platform (Lyra)
  (4th level)
  (Alteration/Evocation)
Range           20 yards
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 turn/level
Casting Time    1 round
Area of Effect  one disc up to 20' wide
Saving Throw    n/a

  This spell creates a stronger and more mobile version of Tenser's
floating disc.  The plane of force brought into being can be up to
twenty feet wide, at the caster's discretion.  It can also be raised
and lowered, at the same speeds as a Levitate spell, and to double
the maximum height.  Note that the platform can NOT be moved in any
horizontal direction - only vertically.



Feet of Lead (Belphanior)
  (4th level wizard spell)
  (Alteration/Evocation)
Range           10 yards
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 round/level
Casting Time    7
Area of Effect  one target
Saving Throw    n/a

  This spell causes the ground or floor that the target is standing on
to shift and flow around its feet, re-hardening to trap the victim and
prevent walking or running.  A successful bend bars/lift gates check
indicates that the victim has shattered the bonds, and an attempt may
be made each round.  Based on the composition of the ground or floor
beneath the victim's feet, a modifier to the roll applies (remember
that lower rolls are better for bend bars/life gates checks) :
  loose dirt or sand      -10%
  mud                     - 5
  normal packed earth     + 0
  clay                    + 5
  stone                   +10
  hard stone (granite)    +15
  metal                   +25



Ged's Glorious Identification (Nenya)
  (4th level)
  (Divination)
Range           0
Components      V,S,M
Duration        Special
Casting Time    Special
Area of Effect  one item
Saving Throw    None

  This spell is much like the _identify_ spell with regard to
preparation and execution, save that it allows only a single
item to be scryed.  However, it virtually guarantees the caster
an understanding of that item.  Only on a roll of 96-100% will
the spell fail (artifacts add a -10% penalty.)
  The spellcaster gains a temporary empathy with the target item,
and this enables him to learn a great deal about it, including
its history, powers, and drawbacks.  The spell also allows a save
versus any adverse effects triggered by the empathy with the device,
at +1 per 1000 gp value of the pearl (rounding down, to a maximum
of +5 at 5000 gp value or more.)
  Note that intelligent items, particularly weapons, may stretch
the truth a bit, as they have personalities of their own and will
probably not remain quiet during the spellcasting.
  After the spell is complete, the caster must rest as per the
normal identify spell.  The material component for this spell is
a pearl of at least 500 gp value, and the rarity of such gems
makes this spell a rarely-cast enchantment.



Silent Darkness (Lyra)
  (5th level)
  (Alteration)
Range           10 yards/level
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 round/level
Casting Time    7
Area of Effect  15' radius sphere
Saving Throw    none

  This spell creates a sphere of absolute darkness and silence,
both properties identical to the standard spells.



Wall of Electricity (Lyra)
  (5th level)
  (Evocation)
Range           60 yards
Components      V,S,M
Duration        Special
Casting Time    4
Area of Effect  Special
Saving Throw    None

  This spell brings forth an immobile, crackling wall of bluish-
white electricity.  It either creates an opaque sheet up to one
20-foot square per level of the caster, or a ring with a radius
up to 10 feet plus 5 feet/2 levels.  In either form, the wall of
electricity is 20 feet high; it must be cast vertically with
respect to the caster.  Unlike a wall of fire, either side of a
wall of electricity is equally dangerous:  2d4 points of damage
to anyone within 15' of it.  Passing through the wall inflicts
2d6 points of damage, plus 1 point per level of the caster.  In
all other respects, the wall is identical to a wall of fire.
  These walls tend to attract other forms of electricity, such
as lightning bolts; any such energy within fifty feet of a wall
of electricity will actually be absorbed into the wall, harming
only those who are in the way.



Safe and Sound (Lyra)
  (5th level wizard spell)
  (Evocation/Divination)
Range           n/a
Components      V,S,M
Duration        8 hours, or 1 round (see below)
Casting Time    1 round
Area of Effect  see below
Saving Throw    n/a

  This is a simple but powerful spell used to secure a campsite or
other place of rest.  If anyone or anything approaches within 50'
of the caster, two things happen:  the loud and clear sound of bells
begins, and a domed wall of force pops up, centered around the caster.
This wall of force only lasts for a single round, however.



Alindyar's Closet (Alindyar)
  (6th level)
  (Alteration, Conjuring/Summoning)
Range           0
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 round/level
Casting Time    8
Area of Effect  Special
Saving Throw    n/a

  This spell allows the caster to access an extradimensional pocket,
about the size of a large wardrobe, that is, roughly 8' high, 6' wide,
and 2' deep.  This place is unique, not to mention unassailable, even
from the Ethereal Plane.  Upon a particular wizard's first casting of
this spell, an extradimensional space is created and linked to him or
her.  From that moment forth, this place is the caster's; no other
wizard can access it, and the wizard can never open a second such
pocket.
  The extradimensional "closet" will remain open for as long as the
caster desires, up to the duration of the spell.  Items can be put
into it, or taken out, as long as they are nonliving matter.  When
the closet "closes", it is gone, its link to the Prime Material
plane severed.  Thereafter, this spell must be cast again to bring
the extradimensional closet back.  Once such a closet is created,
however, it is permanent, though accessible by a single wizard.
  If a living being is in the closet when its time on this plane is
done, the being will be expelled as the closet vanishes; this very
action carries a 50% risk of permanent feeblemindedness.
  The material components for this spell are a shred from a portable
hole and a vial of blood from a phase spider.  After the initial
casting, the shred vanishes; subsequent castings require more phase
spider blood, which must be poured in the area where the closet is
to appear.
  It is possible that a variant of this spell allows two casters to
work together, both able to access the closet.



Chain Fireball (Lyra)
  (6th level)
  (Invocation/Evocation)
Range           40 yards + 5 yards/level
Components      V,S,M
Duration        instantaneous
Casting Time    1 round
Area of Effect  special
Saving Throw    1/2

  This spell is identical to the Chain Lightning spell in most ways,
but it simply involves fireballs instead of lightning bursts.



Bubble of Force (Lyra)
  (6th level)
  (Evocation)
Range           30 yards
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 turn + 1 round/level
Casting Time    5
Area of Effect  sphere of radius up to 1.5'/level
Saving Throw    none

  This spell conjures into being a sphere of force, identical to
the standard wall of force save for one important property:  it
moves.  The sphere can be pushed or pulled about, and it will
float.  The caster has no control over the movement of the sphere
save for the fact that he or she will always be within it, for its
duration.  This is a useful spell in situations of flooding or
lava flows or avalanches, but can be problematic if cast in a
situation where titans are in need of a kickball.



Tongues of Lightning (Lyra)
  (6th level wizard spell)
  (Evocation/Divination)
Range           100'
Components      V,S,M
Duration        instantaneous
Casting Time    4
Area of Effect  see below
Saving Throw    half damage

  This spell generates multiple forks of lightning (1/caster level)
which issue forth at different targets within range.  If there are
more bolts than targets, multiple bolts will arc to the same target,
to a maximum of four bolts per one target (the excess bolts simply
ground themselves out.)  Each bolt inflicts 1d8 damage (save vs spells
for half damage.)



Mass Haste (Belphanior)
  (6th level wizard spell)
  (Invocation)
Range           30'
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 round/level
Casting Time    8
Area of Effect  10' cube per level, up to 10 creatures in each
Saving Throw    n/a

  This spell functions exactly like the 3rd level Haste spell, save
that it affects more creatures.  All recipients are aged a year, as
per the common Haste spell.



Mass Teleport (Lyra)
  (7th level wizard spell)
  This spell sends triple the usual amount of people or cargo
along with the caster.



Secondary Teleport (Lyra)
  (7th level wizard spell)
  This spell links the caster's mind with some other being's, then
sends that other being to a place of its choosing; same chance of
failure as normal teleportation, based on the subject's knowledge
of the destination, not the caster's.



Wizard's Cocoon (Lyra)
  (7th level wizard spell)
  (Evocation)
Range           n/a
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 round/level
Casting Time    8
Area of Effect  20' radius sphere
Saving Throw    n/a

  This barrier is much like a wall of force, except that only physical
objects are blocked by it.  Magic and spells of all sorts can pass
freely, in or out.  This spell's purpose is to protect spellcasters
during large-scale melee battles.  Its one drawback (aside from the
fact that it can be dispelled as a Wall of Force) is that its field
of protection is stationary - to enjoy its benefits, the caster cannot
run around the battlefield.




Spirit Binding (Belphanior)
  (7th level wizard spell)
  (Necromancy)
Range           10'
Components      V,S,M
Duration        see below
Casting Time    9
Area of Effect  one person
Saving Throw    negates

  This spell is cast just before a person dies; it keeps them in the
Prime Material as a trapped spirit, essentially an undead without any
powers or physical body.  This is the ultimate torture for a deceased
and should-be-departed soul, as it prevents ascension to whatever outer
plane that soul was headed to.  This spell is typically used to glean
information from the deceased, perhaps as the condition for freeing
its soul.



Wither (Belphanior)
  (7th level wizard spell)
  (Necromancy)
Range           80'
Components      V,S
Duration        permanent
Casting Time    5
Area of Effect  one person
Saving Throw    negates

  By means of this spell, a wizard can drain the very life-force from a
victim.  The caster simply points at the target, and a black ray issues
forth from his outstretched finger.  The target gets a saving throw vs
rods/staves/wands.  Success indicates a successful dodge (note that any
other beings behind that target may be hit) while failure indicates a
direct hit.  The effects of the beam on a living being are horrific:
the victim is aged _one age category_ per 5 levels of the caster (round
down) with corresponding losses in statistics and abilities.  Extremely
powerful casters can slay most targets with one of these spells.



Disguise (Alindyar)
  (8th level)
  (Illusion/Phantasm)
Range           touch
Components      V,S,M
Duration        1 hour/level
Casting Time    1 turn
Area of Effect  50' radius sphere, around caster
Saving Throw    see below

  This powerful enchantment masks the appearance of one or more
creatures with a powerful illusion.  This enchantment affects all
five senses - and cannot be disbelieved.  Any who witness the
illusion automatically believe it, even if given cause not to.
Only those armed with true seeing or similar spells/effects can
see through this spell's effects.  Even then, they must make a
saving throw to succeed, otherwise sensing something unusual but
nothing more.  The illusion will completely alter the appearance
of its subjects, on all levels.  Thus, a halfling disguised as a
giant will look like a giant, sound like a giant, even smell like
a giant.  If a real giant reached forth to tap the fake one on the
head, he would feel the fake giant's head.
  This illusion's true power lies in the fact that it moves with
the caster.  The spell can be cast on one creature (the caster)
plus another for every three levels the caster has achieved.
Thus, all those under the influence of the Disguise are bound to
the spellcaster, and must remain within the spell's area of effect
or lose their disguise.  Once lost in this manner, this spell's
effects cannot be regained by the creature(s) that lost the illusion.
  While this is a powerful spell, those who can detect magic will be
aware that the caster and friends, disguised as they may be, are yet
the source of some strong magical energy.


Time Walk (Belphanior)
  (9th level wizard spell)
  (Alteration)
Range           20'
Components      V,S,M
Duration        see below
Casting Time    1 turn
Area of Effect  see below
Saving Throw    none

  This obscenely powerful and dangerous incantation actually warps the
fabric of time, allowing the caster and up to 100 lbs/level of additional
weight (living or otherwise) to move into the future or past.  There is
no saving throw - anyone and anything within 20' of the caster (up to the
maximum weight limit) at the time of the spell's completion are carried
along with him.  The material component of this spell is some object from
the past, held as the spell is completed; the time of origin of the item
determines the time period to which the caster is transported.  If no
such object is used as a focal point for this spell, the caster is hurled
(1d10 x 1d10 x 1d10) years into the future.
  To return to his own time, the caster must work another of these
spells, using as a focal point an item from his own time.  Since the
item to be used as a token must be enchanted ahead of time, it is rather
important that it be kept safe.  If this token is lost or destroyed,
return is impossible.
  NOTE:  the concept of time travel brings with it numerous logical
uncertainties, paradoxes, and problems.  Be careful if you allow your
PCs to possess this spell!