My First Spell

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Not that I would ever play a Magic-User, but if I did, I'd want him to have this spell

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My First Spell

flyingace 20 Jul 2011 04:21

A moment ago I was downstairs in my building's basement, in the laundry room, taking my laundry out of the dryer. I was alone and thought I heard the sound of someone else in the hallway approaching. "What if it's a zombie? Well if it is I'll just make him chase me around this table," I thought, looking at the large table I was about to fold my clothes on.

Which is why I would like to propose the following spell:

Large Table (1st Level, if even that)
By casting this spell the MU is able to produce a wooden table of any reasonable size, though it can be no larger than the room it is within. The table can be of any height below that which a tall human could use if he or she were sitting on a tall stool. The table can be of a variety of strengths, from being fairly flimsy to being strong enough to hold several enthusiastic dancers (or if flipped, block a volley of arrows). The table can be "dispelled" by the creator within a set time frame. After this time frame it is permanently a table. If the table is destroyed before it is dispelled it can no longer dispelled and will remain a destroyed table.

I recognize that this is inexact, but this is my first try ever at creating a spell.

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Invincible Overlord 20 Jul 2011 04:37

This is genius, though possibly the 1st level version should create only a table of the exact dimensions and construction as the big table at Cafe 28. This will lead to all sorts of viable research into table flipping times and volumes.

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foner 20 Jul 2011 04:55

Awesome!

I recognize that this is inexact, but this is my first try ever at creating a spell.

Compared to the exactness of the D&D spells we're usually faced with, I think this is actually pretty good.

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Ridiculossus 20 Jul 2011 13:00

It opens up an interesting sub-class of spells, modifying the dungeon layout to create a better strategic situation. Why not create a wall and a door, with the wall having and door having different properties based on level? Or a small cubicle or a hidey hole? Or a wooden platform above them?

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Charlatan 20 Jul 2011 14:56

Why not create a wall and a door, with the wall having and door having different properties based on level? Or a small cubicle or a hidey hole?

Some of those spells exist already, right? I'm thinking about rope trick and passwall variants.

This is a really fun spell idea, but I think the permanence aspect vaults it pretty far above first level. There are some first level spells that have permanent durations (grease, for example), but nothing so usefully massive as a table. Not to mention the fact that the carpenters' guild would certainly assassinate any first level wizard capable of such a feat.

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Double King 20 Jul 2011 16:07

Skatay makes a fine argument towards the often whispered but never voiced Interior Decorator class.

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Jedo 20 Jul 2011 17:53

I suggest a 3rd level spell, called Pot of Petunias, and following the same mechanism as the table spell, creates a largish flowerpot of bright cheerful petunias that only exists for the duration of the spell. The reason it is third level, is that the pot appears where ever the Magic-User/Interior Designer points, up to 10' distant. This gives the spell obvious combat applications, as dropping a pot of petunias on someone's head will stun, or at least distract your opponents for a short period of time.

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foner 20 Jul 2011 20:10

I think we're drifting further away from D&D and closer to Toon.

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Oban 20 Jul 2011 20:32

Ok, then the 2nd level spell to go with those would have to be: Conjure Banana Peel.

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TavisAllison 21 Jul 2011 04:03

I played in what Phil "The Chatty DM" billed as his last-ever game of 3.5 - he ran a promo adventure for Pathfinder, so it was already on its way out when he jumped ship. Anyway he told me that he had seen a first-level sorceror with the phantom mount spell be super effective by conjuring multiple horses to occupy four squares each, making it impossible for enemy combatants to get anything done. I approve of this spell on the same logic. "Urrrr! Want brains, but table in the way!"

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