Some devastating spells
compiled by Thibault SarlatClenarius' Nefarious Nuke
(Evocation)
level 9
Range: 0
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Instantaneous
Casting Time: 1 turn
Area of Effect: 10-foot radius per level
Saving Throw: Special
Author: Calvin (Azrael)
This incredibly destructive spell should be used only if the caster
wants to utterly annihilate everything close to him. The spell
draws upon the caster's life force and explosively blows it apart,
blasting everything within the area of effect to dust and ash. All
living creatures have a chance to avoid utter destruction by
rolling a 20 on 1d20. In this case, the lucky creature is reduced
to 1 HP. Otherwise, creatures slain by the explosion have a mere
20% chance of surviving resurrection by any spell, even wishes.
Unfortunately, the caster himself is blasted to atoms, destroying
any and all hope of resurrection. Unless he takes some form of
precaution before casting the spell, he will be forever killed. A
contingency teleporting the caster away at the instant the spell is
cast will not save him, for the spell's energies will still blow up
his life force as soon as he reaches his destination. Use this
spell only when you're using a character whom you either don't like
or whom you don't use that often anyway.
The material component of this spell is a
mushroom.(irony here)
and of course here is my getaway with death:
Return (Necromancy)
level 9
Range: 0
Components: V
Duration: Until triggered
Casting Time: 1 day
Area of Effect: The caster
Saving Throw: None
Author: The Warlord of Heaven
<fsmtw1@alaska.bitnet>
This spell will remove 5 HP from the caster's maximum permanently,
but allows the caster to defy death once per casting. Once he dies
from grievous wounds (dying from old age isn't affected), he will
arise fully healed by the return spell. This spell is jealously
guarded by those that know it.
But if you are not satisfied with the first spell here is another one. Enjoy....
Clenarius' Penultimate Death Strike
(Necromancy)
level 9
Range: Special
Components: V
Duration: Permanent
Casting Time: 1
Area of Effect: Special
Saving Throw: Special
Author: Robert Johan Enters
This special spell, is one that assaults the very core of its
targets, both in mind and body. The spell causes all organs in the
body to rupture, and the mind to be assaulted by psychic energies,
making the mind essentially explode. Those affected will fall to
the ground, their minds aflame, their bodies in wracking pain, as
one organ after the other ruptures, and finally the mind overloads.
The spell can affect all those in sight of the caster in some way
or another. Be it through real, physical sight, through the aid of
such devices such as a crystal ball, or a mental contact through
ESP, psionics, or other magical or mental abilities. The caster
needs be completely aware of where the targets are exactly, and the
targets have to be present on the same plane as the caster resides.
The spell can affect as many levels or Hit Dice as twice that of
the caster. If the caster has other classes as well, these will
count towards his level at half effectiveness, rounded down, and be
taken into consideration when calculating the target levels (a
F17/M19 will count as a 19+(17/2) = 27th-level character).
An affected character making its saving throw, will still be in
wracking pain, and lose half of its hit points, and will be
incapacitated (convulsing on the floor) for 26 rounds minus their
Constitution, divided by two and rounded down. Thus, a character
with 17 Constitution will be frothing and twisting on the ground
for 4 rounds.
An interesting side-effect can be seen by targets who are wizards
or priests or creatures who have magical energies stored in some
other way (creatures with inherent magic abilities, breath weapons
etc.). If they fail their saving throws, during the last seconds
before their minds explode, all these energies are released in a
single burst. DMs should devise their own effects for this on an
individual basis, but the effects should not be anything less than
spectacular, extremely destructive, and lethal to anything near the
beings so dying.