The Grimoire - Homebrew Spells and Spell Compilation

[GuardianTempest]

Phew, all these spells added to the grimoire.

[ScrapyardDragon]

Raise Dread
Necromancy 5
Test: Necromancy + Intelligence
Target Number: 35
Action: Full Action
Keywords: Material, Social, Somatic, Touch, Verbal
Duration: Indefinite
This spell works as Raise Dead. However, the caster spends 3 resource points and instead of using the statblock of one of the walking dead, it uses the statblock of one of the walking dread.
Material: A vial of the spellcaster's blood



A conceptual side-grade to zombie plague, instead of a replicating mob you get a singular unit who can actually do something on its own.

[GuardianTempest]

Nerfed Curse of Years to not potentially one-hit-kill and also made it a little easier to deal with.

Here's the old one for comparison

Curse of Years (Homebrew by CouncilOfShadows)
Necromancy 3
Test: Necromancy + Intelligence
Target Number: 15
Action: Full Action
Keywords: Somatic, Ranged Touch, Saving Throw
Duration: Instant
This spell has a range of 15m per caster level. The target must immediately test Arcana + Constitution against the result of this spell's Focus Power roll. If they are successful, nothing happens. If they fail, the target immediately ages a number of years equal to the amount they failed by. Rapid aging is painful and debilitating, causing the target to lose 1 hit point plus one more for each check they got on their Arcana + Constitution test and lose 1 dot of Constitution until their next rest. The target must then immediately suffer the effects of this spell again, and will keep having to test Arcana + Constitution until they pass the roll. If this spell reduces a target to 5 critical damage and/or zero Constitution, they are aged to dust and can not be revived.

If you have any ideas for homebrew spell revisions, feel free to bring it up.

[GuardianTempest]

Okay...so Methodia made another spell called Foresee. That has been rectified.

I've also added Path to Victory.

EDIT: removed the "Add one week for each raise" clause

Fun fact: I originally drafted this to last indefinitely.

Nerf ideas:
- Duration is 3 days plus another per raise
- Spell ends when an Exalt within 100m spends a Hero Point for any reason


Another trivia: The only reason why Path to Victory has the effect it does is because I didn't want to obsolete Methodia's Forewarn spell. Otherwise Path to Victory would be "Store the result of the Focus Power test. You may use it for a skill or characteristic test a number of times equal to raises+1."

[Amanojyaku]

Claws of the Silver Moon
Transmutation 4
Test: Transmutation + Wisdom
Target Number: 30
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Somatic
Duration: One scene

A silver nimbus swirls around the caster's limbs, coalescing into claws of argent light. You gain a natural Claws weapon with the following profile: 1k2 R, Melee, Brawling. Treat your natural melee weapons and weaponless unarmed strikes as if they were Mithril melee weapons.

Special: A Werewolf (or similar) can cast this spell as part of the same action used to enter Warform (or equivalent).

[ScrapyardDragon]

Kunda
Necromancy 3
Test: Necromancy + Intelligence
Target Number: 25
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Attack, Somatic, Touch, Verbal, Saving Throw
Duration: One scene.
The target must make an Arcana + Willpower saving throw. If they fail; they take -1 to one physical characteristic (chosen by the caster), and a further -1 for every 2 checks on the saving throw.

Debilitate
Necromancy 5
Test: Necromancy + Intelligence
Target Number: 35
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Attack, Material, Somatic, Touch, Verbal, Saving Throw
Duration: One scene.
This works as Kunda, except instead of choosing a characteristic, the penalty applies to all three physical characteristics.
Material: A talon from a carrion bird

Dim
Enchantment 3
Test: Enchantment + Charisma
Target Number: 25
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Attack, Mind-Affecting, Somatic, Touch, Verbal, Saving Throw
Duration: One scene.
The target must make an Arcana + Willpower saving throw. If they fail; they take -1 to one mental characteristic (chosen by the caster), and a further -1 for every 2 checks on the saving throw.

Feeblemind
Enchantment 5
Test: Enchantment + Charisma
Target Number: 35
Keywords: Attack, Material, Mind-Affecting, Somatic, Touch, Verbal, Saving Throw
Duration: One scene
This works as Dim, except instead of choosing a characteristic, the penalty applies to all three mental characteristics
Material: An ounce of Alchohol



Made some debuff spells because I was bored and to help justify taking a wraithbone sword for anything other than whacking things with energy grasp.

Jan 26 2024: significantly reduced kludge.

[Traskus]

Shark Typhoon
Conjuration 5
Test: Conjuration + Willpower
TN: 35
Action: full action
Keywords: material, somatic, verbal
Duration: 1 day
Material: a sharktooth necklace

You don’t just need a bigger boat. You’ll need a fleet of ‘em. You may only cast this spell in or next to a body of water so large it stretches past the horizon. This spell conjures a cyclone of water that spawns sharks with accompanying heavy rain.

Whenever someone casts a spell within 10km while this spell is in effect, summon a shark creature of a level equal to half the spell level rounded up. It will fight for you and it is friendly to you and yours, but it could change its mind if you mistreat it or you show too much weakness.

[Lestat]

Hemorrhage
Necromancy 3
Test: Necromancy + Intelligence
Target Number: 25
Action: Half Action
Keywords: Attack, Combo-OK, Saving Throw, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: Instant
Choose a target within 30m. The target suffers Blood Loss unless they pass an Arcana + Constitution saving throw.

[ScrapyardDragon]

i think that unrelenting force should be replaced with traskus' version of it from dracosophy. I just feel his take on it is a bit 'cleaner' and better balanced overall.

[GuardianTempest]

Aug 18, 2022 13:07:50 GMT -6 ScrapyardDragon said:

i think that unrelenting force should be replaced with traskus' version of it from dracosophy. I just feel his take on it is a bit 'cleaner' and better balanced overall.

Done, Nob allowed it. I also added the Razor Shower spell I left behind in Zetaboards.

[ScrapyardDragon]

added saving throw onto kunda & dim

[GuardianTempest]

Profound Still nerfed in radius because I didn't realize how much area "30m radius" covers at the time. Even in Dark Souls 2, the spell didn't go that far.

I could swap it to "ranks in abjuration" but it feels like a mouthful.

[GuardianTempest]

I've added Disenchant as a Level 2 Abjuration spell, because it turns out Dispel only works as a counterspell.

I've also buffed Tears of Denial so that it works on non-attack damage, like falling off cliffs.

[ScrapyardDragon]

command undead
Necromancy 2
Test: Necromancy + Intelligence.
Target Number: 20
Action: half action
Keywords: verbal
Duration: one day per level.
One mindless, undead creature of lower level than the caster within 10 meters is brought under the necromancer's command. A number of undead equal to the caster's command+1 may be affected at a time, and if cast again the necromancer must relinquish command of one of their undead. The spell fails if cast on an undead creature already under another's control or if the target loses mindless. The controlled undead will follow any orders given by the caster to the letter, but are too stupid to understand the spirit, so a badly worded order may result in the zombie unintentionally acting against the necromancer's wishes.


since raise dead doesnt actually give control of the zombies I made a spell to rectify that issue (be careful if using it with zombie plague). feel free to ignore it if your SM rules you already control your undead amigos

[ScrapyardDragon]

Displacement
Conjuration 5
Test: Conjuration + Willpower
Target Number: 30
Action: Full Action
Keywords: Combo-OK, Attack, Somatic, Verbal
Duration: Instant
Space around the caster distorts, causing everyone within 3d10 meters of the sorcerer switches places with someone else at random. If this spell would cause teleport storm, you instead increase the radius of this spell to 6d10.



Teleport storm is based and fun-pilled.