[3.5] Help with an Alternate Magic System [WIP]

[motionmatrix]

This is a basic list I compiled of terms that have to be made into components, regardless if they are verbal, somatic or material (or overlap in a few, as many will).

Remember, many of these will probably be rolled into others, this is just a beginning. The dots show a step down, meaning that as of right now they belong to the word above them.

The word "base" in parenthesis indicates that particular option will probably be root for that component tree. Any other information in parenthesis is basic information meant as guidelines to what that component is.

I also added some words in the element table. As of this writing, there are four words, each one a prerequisite to the words after, and have a level requisite as well.

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Casting Time

• Full Round (base)
  Standard action (Base)
  Move action (costs 2 slots)
  Swift action (costs 3 slots)
  Immediate action (costs 1-3, some specific effects eg. Feather fall, drop its cost)

Range

• Personal/ Touch (base)
  Short
  Medium
  Long
  Unlimited

Aim

• Ray/Touch Attack (Base)
  Multiple Targets
  • 1 Target/5 levels
  • 1 Target/4 levels
  • 1 Target/3 levels
  • 1 target/2 levels
  • 1 target/level
  Cone
  Cylinder
  Line
  Sphere
  • Burst
  • Emanation
  • Spread

Duration

• Instantaneous
  Concentration (base)
  Rounds per level
  Minutes per level
  10 minutes per level
  Hour per level
  Day per level
  Year per level
  Permanent

Saving Throw

• Half/Partial (base)
  Negates
  Disbelief
  None

Spell resistance

• Yes (base)
  No

Elements

• Fire = Ign
  • Light (Can duplicate a light effect one step lower)
  Ice = Frig
  Lightning = Ful
  • Light (Can duplicate a light effect one step lower)
  Acid = Aci
  Sonic = Son
  Force = Vis
  Light = luc
  Positive = Bon
  • Disrupt
  • Light (Can duplicate a light effect one step lower)
  • Cure
  • Rebuke Undead
  Negative = Mal
  • Inflict
  • Bolster Undead
  • Command Undead
  • Negative level
  Law = Jus
  Chaos = Irr
  Good
  Evil
  Earth
  Air
  Water
  Life
  Death
  • Drain

Target

• Ability
  Action (full round, standard, etc)
  creature type
  Armor
  Attack
  Movement Speed
  Saves
  Levels
  Roll (a specific die roll)
  Characteristics (class or creature features)
  Skills
  Size
  Senses
  • Miss chance
  Terrain
  Enemy
  Initiative
  Spell Resistance

Type

• Circumstance
  Competence
  Deflection
  Dodge
  Enhancement
  Inherent
  Insight
  Luck
  Morale
  Natural
  Profane
  Racial
  Resistance
  Sacred
  Shield

Effects

• Enhance
  • Buff (abilities, skills, attacks, etc)
  Decrease
  • Debuff
  • Supress
  Damage
  Detect
  • Scry
  Move
  Create
  • Repair
  • Illusion (Shadow)
  • Ward
  Call
  • Resurrection
  • Summon
  • Teleport
  Communicate
  Change
  • Inscribe
  • Transmute
  Dimension
  • Ethereal
  Undo
  • Dispel
  • Counter
  • Remove
  • Disintegrate
  Bind

Status Effects

• Befuddle (Illusion effect: Figment, glamer, Pattern, phantasm)
  Blind
  Compulsion
  Charm
  Checked
  Comatose
  Confusion
  Cower
  Daze
  Dazzle
  Deafened
  Disabled
  Dying
  Entangled
  Ethereal
  Exhausted
  Fascinated
  Fatigued
  Fear
  • Shaken
  • Frightened
  • Panicked
  Helpless
  Incorporeal
  Invisible (not just visual, a spell of silence would include an invisible component)
  Nauseated
  Panicked
  Paralyzed
  Petrified
  Pinned
  Prone
  Sickened
  Stable
  Staggered
  Stunned
  Turned
  Unconscious