Sorcery: Essential Earth Spells

Sorcery: Essential Earth Spells

Pyramid #3-25 has a set of interesting essential elemental spells. Adamant Hail rains adamant on the enemies. Adamant Missile throws a chunk of adamant. Flesh to Adamant is a hard to dispel version of Flesh to Stone. Orichalcum Edge increases the damage and hardness of a metal weapon.

Sorcery: Yellow Spells II

Sorcery: Yellow Spells II

And the second half of the yellow goblin magic spells from Pyramid #3-28. Spark of Eros makes the subject more sexually appealing. Sunburst is an explosive sunlight attack. True King makes the subject more proficient in administration and strategy. Trusted Fellow makes the subject more charismatic when talking to men.

Sorcery: Yellow Spells

Sorcery: Yellow Spells

Pyramid #3-28 introduces a new magical style - Yellow Goblin Magic. It has a quite interesting occult background.  Alter Gender temporarily alters the subject's gender. Androgyny makes his gender difficult to discern. Dye Yellow makes unliving materials yellow. Sense Goblin and Sense Man detects goblins or sapient male beings.

Sorcery: Ley Line Spells

Sorcery: Ley Line Spells

GURPS Thaumatology - Urban Magics presents several ley line-related spells. Many of them did not seem to be convertable to me, but some of them work well as Sorcery spells. Ley Float allows a vehicle of a structure to float above a ley line. Ley Running replenishes FP when running along a ley line. Ley Speech lets the caster talk to somebody else via a ley line. Seek Ley Line lets the caster find the closest ley line. In other news, I'm done with all non-Pyramid spells!

Monster: Chain Devil (Kyton)

Monster: Chain Devil (Kyton)

The chain devil is one of the most interesting devil types in D&D, in my opinion. They fall out of the traditional tanar'ri hierarchy, and in Pathfinder they are a whole separate outsider type altogether. A kyton is physically strong, but not particulary bright. He's always covered in a layer of chains, which provide him unreliable DR in addition to his naturally resistant skin. Use of holy and/or silver weapons is advised. The chains effectively grant the chain devil a pair of kusaris - Reach 1-4 flail-like swinging attacks. They hit hard and are hard to parry. What makes things worse is the kyton's ability to animate other chains, allowing him to strike distant enemies. If the enemies wield chains, then it makes things even worse. In addition, making his face resemble the face of a loved one or the worst enemy can be very unsettling.

Magic: City Spells

Magic: City Spells

The Cityscape supplement for D&D 3.5 has only a few spells, but they seem to be great for urban adventures. Here's my attempt at converting them. Detect Weaponry lets the caster see all hidden and obvious weapons. Impeding Stones turns city streets into difficult terrain. Secret Weapon lets an assassin evade weapon confiscation. Spacious Carriage creates means of transportation. Peacebond is a spell that would probably be widely used by city guard mages. False Peacebond is a treacherous form of the former spell. Zone of Peace is an area version of Peacebond.

Sorcery: Meta Spells VI

Sorcery: Meta Spells VI

Meta spells! Transference Bolt transfers mana to another spellcaster. Mana Vortex damages the subject with ambient mana. Void Bolt is an irresistible missile attack. Sovereign Countermagic and Sovereign Ward counter all spells cast on or by the subject.