Alignment Spells
by G ScarbiI've created these spells for I've
found that I AD&D and in D&D there are Helms of Opposite
Alignment and scroll which change your alignment, but (apart from a
few memory-altering spells in AD&D) there's any spell to change
one's enemy alignment (a very interesting effect and a new one,
between tons of damage-delivering and bonus/penalty-bringer
ones!).
Do you think the schools I've put them in are OK (I need the
necromancy school for I cannot learn enchantment/charm spells, so
I've made it a bit gory in the necromancy-style...)?
What about their level (too high or too low?)?
What about components and range?
Skarm's Black Redemption
(Necromancy, Enchantment/Charm)
Reversible
Level : 6
Range : 20 yds.
Components : V, S
Casting Time : 6
Duration : Instantaneous
Area of Effect : One creature
Saving Throw : Neg.
When caster casts this spell the
target has to save vs. polymorph, with a -1 penalty for each four
levels of the caster.
If the target fails its save, it's paralysed and wracked by pain
and unable to act for 3d3 rounds. During this period, the victim's
body is surrounded with greenish lightning and anyone touches it
takes 1d6 hp due to lightning.
After 1 round, a boiling black goo pours forth from victim's mouth
and nose. How much goo comes forth depends upon the target.
In the following rounds, the goo begins to take the same shape of
the victim and to solidify. The process is quite horrid, since the
building of the body begins from bones and organs and all up to
skin and hair!
The goo, during the change, is quite dangerous to touch, since the
solidifying process requires energy and should someone touch it,
that energy's not drawn from the surrounding land but from the
creature touched it. That creature take 2d10 hp.
After the paralysis period ends, there are two victim's bodies.
The two bodies are the same in all characteristic and powers, but
hp and alignment.
Indeed this spell painfully rips the victim's soul in two, "melts"
the evil part in the black goo form and draws it forth; so one body
contains the dark and evil part of the target, the other the good
one (in game terms, one has Evil alignment, the other Good).
Since not everyone has the same shares of good and evil in him, the
starting energy share of each body varies from victim to victim
(see below).
| Type of Target | % Good | % Evil |
| Good - aligned Deity + | all but 1 hp | 1 hp |
| Good absolute (celestial steward aasimon) | all but 1d3 hp | 1d3 hp |
| Good paragon (warrior aasimon) | 95 % | 5 % |
| Good extreme (good creature from a good race) | 75 % | 25 % |
| Good average (average good human) | 65 % | 35 % |
| Dark good (good with neutral tendencies) * | 60 % | 40 % |
| Enlightened neutral (neutral with good tendencies) * | 55 % | 45 % |
| Neutral absolute * | 50 % | 50 % |
| Dark neutral (neutral with evil tendencies) * | 45 % | 55 % |
| Enlightened evil (evil with neutral tendencies) * | 40 % | 60 % |
| Evil average (average evil human) | 35 % | 65 % |
| Evil extreme (evil creature from an evil race) | 25 % | 75 % |
| Evil paragon (lesser/least tanar'ri or baatezu) | 5 % | 95 % |
| Evil absolute (true tanar'ri, greater baatezu/tanar'ri) | 1d3 hp | all but 1d3 hp |
| Evil - aligned deity + | 1 hp | all but 1 hp |
+ = Should be noted that a deity
which has Good or Evil as their portfolio or area of influence,
would have 0 hp in the opposite alignment. This 0 hp doesn't mean
the body's dead, for natural healing can bring it to positive
hp.
* = These are shades which can be chosen by Dm. Note that a
extremely evil could go down in this table below its race typical
level and an extremely good one could go up above that. Average
"shade" range is of 1 step. Obviously the Dm can rule a creature a
lot much more good that its race average or a lot more
evil!
After the hp are shared, the two bodies can only heal naturally, since the "damage" is done to their souls, but they can heal up to victim's full hps.
The reversed form of this spell,
Skarm's Soul Blend, is cast on two creatures, but caster has to
touch both in that round (the spell itself allow two him touch
"attacks").
The two creatures are paralysed by pain and unable to move for 3d3
rounds. Their bodies are surrounded by blue lightning (which work
in the same way as per Skarm's Black Redemption ). A grey goo,
sparkling with multicoloured lights, comes forth from the weaker
(lower hp) creature's mouth and goes into the stronger one's mouth
(higher hp).
Then result creature's alignment is found out :
Sum up victims' hp, find weaker victim HPs percentage in it, look
for the alignments' share in the weaker one and the percentage
(round up) of the most permanent alignment minus the percentage of
the least permanent is the percentage to add to the stronger one's
alignment. Then only the stronger one's hp remain and unchanged
alignment is adjusted in order to have a 100 % percentage.
Should someone touch the victim 1d4 rounds after paralysis ends,
he'd be healed for weaker victim's hp and would take the percentage
of weaker victim's transferred least permanent alignment.
The hollow body disappear when the transfer ends.
For example, Rulah meets a goblin (6 hp; LE) and a mercenary (8 hp;
NG) and casts Skarm's Soul Blend on them. Goblin is evil extreme
(25% G, 75% E) and the mercenary is good average (65% G, 35% E),
but goblin's only 43 % of the sum of hp.
So only 32% E is added to mercenary's 35% E, for a total of 67% E
(and automatically G shifts to 33%)...a little more evil than evil
average!
Then, after 3 rounds, a wounded bandit ( 2 hp, CE) touches the
mercenary and is healed of 6 hp up to his full hp (6 hp), but takes
even a 11% (25% x 43% = 11%) of G.
SKARM'S CHAOS BANE (Necromancy,
Enchantment/Charm)
Reversible
Level : 6
Range : 20 yds.
Components : V, S
Casting Time : 6
Duration : Instantaneous
Area of Effect : One creature
Saving Throw : Neg.
When caster casts this spell the
target has to save vs. polymorph, with a -1 penalty for each four
levels of the caster.
If the target fails its save, it's paralysed and wracked by pain
and unable to act for 3d3 rounds. During this period, the victim's
body is surrounded with a black smoke whirlwind, crackling with
blue lightning, and anyone touches it takes 1d6 hp due to
lightning.
After 1 round, a whitish-blue stream pours forth from victim's
mouth and nose. How much stream comes forth depends upon the
target.
In the following rounds, the stream begins to take the same shape
of the victim and to solidify. The process is quite horrid, since
the building of the body begins from bones and organs and all up to
skin and hair!
The stream, during the change, is quite dangerous to touch, since
the solidifying process requires energy and should someone touch
it, that energy's not drawn from the surrounding air but from the
creature touched it. That creature take 2d10 hp.
After the paralysis period ends, there are two victim's bodies.
The two bodies are the same in all characteristic and powers, but
hp and alignment.
Indeed this spell painfully rips the victim's soul in two, "melts"
the lawful part in the whitish-blue stream form and draws it forth;
so one body contains the chaotic part of the target, the other the
lawful one (in game terms, one has Chaotic alignment, the other
Lawful).
Since not everyone has the same shares of chaos and law in him, the
starting energy share of each body varies from victim to victim
(see below).
| Type of Target | % Good | % Evil |
| Lawfully - aligned Deity + | all but 1 hp | 1 hp |
| Lawful absolute (greater baatezu) | all but 1d3 hp | 1d3 hp |
| Lawful paragon (lesser/least baatezu) | 95 % | 5 % |
| Lawful extreme (lawful creature from a lawful race) | 75 % | 25 % |
| Lawful average (average lawful human) | 65 % | 35 % |
| Rogue lawful (lawful with neutral tendencies) * | 60 % | 40 % |
| Orderly neutral (neutral with lawful tendencies) * | 55 % | 45 % |
| Neutral absolute * | 50 % | 50 % |
| Rogue neutral (neutral with chaotic tendencies) * | 45 % | 55 % |
| Enlightened chaotic (chaotic with neutral tendencies) * | 40 % | 60 % |
| Chaotic average (average chaotic human) | 35 % | 65 % |
| Chaotic extreme (chaotic creature from an chaotic race) | 25 % | 75 % |
| Chaotic paragon (lesser/least tanar'ri) | 5 % | 95 % |
| Chaotic absolute (true tanar'ri, greater tanar'ri) | 1d3 hp | all but 1d3 hp |
| Chaotic - aligned deity + | 1 hp | all but 1 hp |
+ = Should be noted that a deity
which has Law or Chaos as their portfolio or area of influence,
would have 0 hp in the opposite alignment. This 0 hp doesn't mean
the body's dead, for natural healing can bring it to positive
hp.
* = These are shades which can be chosen by Dm. Note that a
extremely chaotic could go down in this table below its race
typical level and an extremely lawful one could go up above that.
Average "shade" range is of 1 step. Obviously the Dm can rule a
creature a lot much more lawful that its race average or a lot more
chaotic!
After the hp are shared, the two bodies can only heal naturally, since the "damage" is done to their souls, but they can heal up to victim's full hps.
The reversed form of this spell,
Skarm's Anarchy, is cast on two creatures, but caster has to touch
both in that round (the spell itself allow two him touch
"attacks").
The two creatures are paralysed by pain and unable to move for 3d3
rounds. Their bodies are surrounded by a bluish smoke whirlwind,
crackling with red lightning (which work in the same way as per
Skarm's Chaos Bane). A grey goo, sparkling with multicoloured
lights, comes forth from the weaker (lower hp) creature's mouth and
goes into the stronger one's mouth (higher hp).
Then result creature's alignment is found out :
Sum up victims' hp, find weaker victim HPs percentage in it, look
for the alignments' share in the weaker one and the percentage
(round up) of the most permanent alignment minus the percentage of
the least permanent is the percentage to add to the stronger one's
alignment. Then only the stronger one's hp remain and unchanged
alignment is adjusted in order to have a 100 % percentage.
Should someone touch the victim 1d4 rounds after paralysis ends,
he'd be healed for weaker victim's hp and would take the percentage
of weaker victim's transferred least permanent alignment.
The hollow body disappear when the transfer ends.
For example, Rulah meets a goblin (6 hp; LE) and a barbarian (8 hp;
CG) and casts Skarm's Anarchy on them. Goblin is lawful extreme
(25% C, 75% L) and the mercenary is chaotic average (65% C, 35% L),
but goblin's only 43 % of the sum of hp.
So only 32% L is added to mercenary's 35% L, for a total of 67% L
(and automatically C shifts to 33%)...a little more lawful than
lawful average! Then, after 3 rounds, a wounded bandit ( 2 hp, CE)
touches the mercenary and is healed of 6 hp up to his full hp (6
hp), but takes even a 11% (25% x 43% = 11%) of C.