You just can't have Vancian Magic without this!

[Zulgyan]

The Excellent Prismatic Spray
Level: 6
Range: 70’ long plane; 10’ wide at end, 5’ wide at base
When this spell is cast, the magic-user causes 7 scintillating rays of all the seven colors of the visible spectrum to spring from his or her hand. Any creature in the area of effect will be touched by 1 or more of the rays. To determine which ray strikes the concerned creature, roll on eight-sided die:
1 = red: 10 hit points of damage
2 = orange: 20 hit points of damage
3 = yellow: 30 hit points of damage
4 = green: save vs. poison or dead
5 = blue: save vs. petrification or turned to stone
6 = indigo: save vs. wand or insane
7 = violet: save vs. spells or sent to another plane.
8 = struck by 2 rays, roll again

[tank]

Nice. I'm adding that bad boy right into my game. Exalt!

[cadriel]

It's been a while since I've read the Dying Earth series, but I've got a campaign notebook that this is going into when I get home tonight. Has anyone else done a game write-up of any of the other DE spells? Not that I won't do them myself if need be but I think D&D really could use a set of 'em to flavor things up.

[mythmere]

Aug 13, 2008 11:16:05 GMT -6 cadriel said:

It's been a while since I've read the Dying Earth series, but I've got a campaign notebook that this is going into when I get home tonight. Has anyone else done a game write-up of any of the other DE spells? Not that I won't do them myself if need be but I think D&D really could use a set of 'em to flavor things up.

I haven't, but the game Dying Earth from Pelgrane Press includes spell writeups that are fairly easily imported.

[cadriel]

Aug 13, 2008 13:55:30 GMT -6 mythmere said:

I haven't, but the game Dying Earth from Pelgrane Press includes spell writeups that are fairly easily imported.

I just found this and I'm thinking of making a key of Dying Earth style names for various and sundry existing D&D spells. Sure, it's a Fireball or Hold Person, but why not get a little more into the whole Vancian magic angle?

[apeloverage]

Aug 13, 2008 15:31:20 GMT -6 cadriel said:

I just found this and I'm thinking of making a key of Dying Earth style names for various and sundry existing D&D spells. Sure, it's a Fireball or Hold Person, but why not get a little more into the whole Vancian magic angle?

I have a couple of random tables that do a similar thing (original is here).

[Red Baron]

I do the excellent prismatic spray as in vance's stories.

Fiery darts of light jump forth from the wizard's hand, tearing their target in a hundred places.

Save or ripped to shreds.

And its a common spell that many first level magic users have acess to.

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