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Components: V, S Casting Time: 1 round Range: Medium (100 ft + 10 ft/level) Target: One living creature Duration: 1 round/level Saving Throw: Fortitude partial Spell Resistance: Yes
Effect: Casting this spell severely disrupts the physical senses and capabilities of its target. For the allotted duration, the target is blinded, deafened and silenced. A successful fortitude save allows only one of the effects to take, negating all three only on a natural 20.
d6
1-2 Blinded
3-4 Deafened
5-6 Silenced
Total penalties from triple foul
-2 AC
Flat-footed
1/2 speed
-4 Search, most Str and Dex checks, and initiative
Can't make vision-based, language-dependent, or hearing-based checks.
Can't use any sonic abilities or any abilities that require speaking
All the affected's attacks have 50% miss chance against them
Can't cast spells with verbal components (silence overrides this part of the deaf effect)
**I may change this so deafness is replaced by sleep. However, it would seem a little redundant, practically turning this spell into Greater Slumber (as Deep Slumber, but unlimited by HD).
Last edited by CrazyMuffinMan : 09-18-2007 at 01:51 PM.
This seems a bit too powerful for a 4th-level spell. I'd put it at 5th, myself.
5th works. :)
However, suppose I need to allow partial casters to use this. What do you think I would need to take out to make it 4th-capable and still be worthy of the spell's name? Would changing the save to "Fort negates" do the trick?
Last edited by CrazyMuffinMan : 09-16-2007 at 04:10 PM.
Opinions: the casting time should be a swift action, the target should be a piece of ammunition or a weapon capable of being thrown, and the description would indicate that someone should have to successfully strike a target with that ranged weapon in the same round in order for the spell to discharge. Actually, I guess it could target any weapon, but ranged ones would be preferable. Also, just make the target save separately versus each status effect; Fort negates for all three (that natural 20 part is a bit off).
I'm surprised the three ailments inflicted aren't blindness, silence, and sleep.
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Your range is a bit unusual as well. Most spells have a range of Personal, Touch, Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels), Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level), or Long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level). There's nothing that says that a spell has to have one of the standard ranges, but I just thought I'd throw this out there.
Opinions: the casting time should be a swift action, the target should be a piece of ammunition or a weapon capable of being thrown, and the description would indicate that someone should have to successfully strike a target with that ranged weapon in the same round in order for the spell to discharge. Actually, I guess it could target any weapon, but ranged ones would be preferable. Also, just make the target save separately versus each status effect; Fort negates for all three (that natural 20 part is a bit off).
I'm surprised the three ailments inflicted aren't blindness, silence, and sleep.
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