Re: New Spelljammer Spells

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Thu 30 Mar, Loki wrote:
> As is usually the case Adam, I like your work. I would nominate these
> two unchanged for the Original Spells Supplement. BTW, who is
> cataloguing these as we get the lists, domains, final spells, etc. in
> order?
> Loki

The spells are good, the only concern that I'd have is that "Walk
the Plank" as a 1st level spell is doing a _lot_ of Transmutation;
make it 2nd?

However, I still don't have a feel for the reasonable effective
power of 3rdEd spells, so I will bow to other people's judgement
on this.


> On 3/29/06, Adam Miller <night_druid3000@?????.com> wrote:
> > Just because I like stirring the pot a bit :D  I've
> > been working on new SJ spells for a while, and I'm
> > starting to get a pretty nice list going.  Since we're
> > talking spells, I figure I'd toss out a couple.
> >
> > Life Preserver
> > Evocation (Force)
> > Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 1
> > Components: V, S
> > Casting Time: 1 action
> > Range: Long (400 ft + 40 ft./level)
> > Target: Up to ten creatures no two of which can be
> > more than 30 ft. apart
> > Duration: 2 rounds per level
> > Saving Throw: None
> > Spell Resistance: No
> >
> > Life Preserver creates a rope of magical energy
> > streams from your hand and into the hands of any
> > large-sized creature or smaller.  This spell is
> > commonly used to throw lines to crewmen whom have
> > fallen overboard.  A caster can throw one Life
> > Preserver line per round.  Once he has thrown the
> > line, other beings can take his end of the rope.  The
> > rope unerringly reaches its target, although the
> > target can let go of the rope at any time.  If the
> > target is unconscious, dead, or an inanimate object,
> > the rope ties itself around the object.  A rope
> > vanishes after 2 rounds per level of the caster or if
> > the object is brought on board, whichever happens
> > first.  For every two levels past 1st, the caster can
> > throw another line.  You have two lines at 3rd level,
> > three lines at 5th, and so on up to ten lines at 19th
> > level.
> >
> >
> > Walk the Plank
> > Transmutation
> > Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 1
> > Components: V, S
> > Casting Time: 1 action
> > Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
> > Target: One plank-like object, length up to 10 ft. per
> > level
> > Duration: 1 round/level
> > Saving Throw: None
> > Spell Resistance: No
> >
> > You can cause one plank-like object, essentially a
> > board about 2 ft. wide and 10 ft. long, to lengthen
> > and extend.  It will extend to the edge of the air
> > envelope, until hit hits a solid object, or until it
> > reaches a length of 100 ft. + 10 ft./level.  Anyone
> > who walks on this plank travel more quickly than
> > normal; for every 5' square traveled, four 5' squares
> > are actually traveled.  Thus, if a character moves
> > onto the plank and moves two squares, he ends up eight
> > squares from his starting point.  The plank is an
> > ordinary piece of wood and has the following
> > statistics: 1 in. thick, Hardness 5, 10 hp.
> > Destroying any one section destroys the plank and ends
> > the spell.  At the end of this spell, the plank
> > returns to its normal length, dumping anyone still
> > standing on it in wildspace.
> >
> > This spell is most commonly used to force condemned
> > prisoners to "walk the plank", dumping them beyond the
> > air envelope.  This keeps them from lingering in the
> > gravity plane, wasting precious air.  It is also used
> > to aide in the boarding of a grappled vessel, moving
> > warriors (typically marines) quickly from one vessel
> > to another.  This is somewhat risky, as a lucky shot
> > could dump several crewmen into the wildspace between
> > the ships.
> >
> > Adam
> 
> George "Loki" Williams

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