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Eldan
2012-04-09, 07:22 PM
"Now, of course the trick is getting a good grip on shadows first. They can be mighty slippery, if they want to be. But if you spread your fingers like this, and then grab them here, and twist a bit like this...
There we go. Like clay."
-Marna Nightsculptor

The purpose of this thread is to create a few spells that are similar to Shadow Conjuration/Evocation et al, but hopefully a bit more limited in application.

Shadow Sculpture
Illusion (Shadow)
Level: Sor/Wiz 3, Brd 3
Casting Time: See Text
Duration: Concentration plus one minute
Range: Touch
Effect: Shadow structure filling One or more 10 ft. cubes
Saving Throw: Will disbelief (if interacted with) and see text
Components: V, S

By casting for a round, the caster brings into existence a structure of shadow material filling no more than one 10 ft. cube, taking almost any shape they can imagine. They can choose to spend more time on the casting of the spell, increasing the size by another 10 ft. cube per round, up to a maximum of one such cube per 2 caster levels.
The shadow structure looks real, if a bit pale and crude to those who fail their will saves, and shadowy, gray and translucent to those who make it. The structure can not have any moving parts, and it it is of crude quality, unless the caster makes an appropriate craft check of DC 20 or higher to give it higher quality.
The shadow material has Hardness 1 and just 10 HP per 10 ft. cube, though it does not normally break, even under enormous stress, unless attacked by an intelligent creature. The structure must be supported on any surface or it falls, but it is very light for its size, only about 20 pound per ten foot cube.
Those who make their will saves to disbelief the structure move through it as if it wasn't there. However, they can choose to make another will save every round to treat the structure as if it was real. If successful, they can interact with it and move over it, such as in the case of walking over a shadow bridge across a chasm.

Note: Shadow Sculptures can be made real with a Permanency spell, for 250 XP per ten ft. cube.


More later, when I have the time.