Spells

Spells:
Here is my dream spell list for Incursion. It definitely won't be there for the first 2009 release, but it's what I hope to implement over time, subject to changes, et cetera. I think that it really balances out the mage schools, which is good but very hard to do. :)
It's also got a fair number of earth, air, water and fire spells at higher levels to satisfy the Elementalist prestige class, which is important.

MAGE SPELLS

Level Five
  Abj
    Duelward
    Energy Buffer
    Mooncloak
    Resist the Elements
  Arc
    Cloudkill
    Major Creation
    Wall of Stone
    Watery Double
  Div
    Dream
    Open the Third Eye
    Power Word: Stop
    Wizard Sight
  Enc
    Dominate Person
    Dream
    Hold Monster
    Lesser Symbol
    Lower Resistance
  Evo
    Cone of Cold
    Cyclonic Blast
    Fire Lotus
    Mooncloak
    Sighing Chain
    Telekinesis
  Ill
    Advanced Illusion
    Color Burst
    Demi-Shadow Monsters
    Dream
    Misdirection
    Nightmare
  Nec
    Create Corporeal Undead?
    Create Spectral Undead?
    Eldricht Bolt
    Skeletal Spikes
    Spiritwall
    Wraithform
  Tha
    Baleful Polymorph
    Force Shapechange
    Mass Haste
    Oozeform
    Open the Third Eye
  Wea
    Distance Distortion
    Lower Resistance
    Monster Summoning V
    Steal Magic
    Teleport

Level Six
  Abj
    Antimagic Shell *
    Banishment *
    Globe of Invulnerability *
    Ironguard
    Protection from Elements *
    Warding Whip
  Arc
    Acid Fog
    Bands of Sirellyn *
    Disintegrate *
    Hardening
    Transmute Flesh and Stone *
    Transmute Bone and Adamant *
  Div
    Contact Other Plane *
    Legend Lore *
    Power Word: Stun *
    True Seeing *
  Enc
    Eyebite *
    Geas
    Immortal Grandeur *
    Lesser Symbol
    Sending
  Evo
    Blood Lightning *
    Chain Lightning *
    Ozocubo's Freezing Sphere *
    Twigby's Forceful Hand
    Morgon's Faithful Hound
  Ill
    Demi-Shadow Magic *
    Mislead *
    Shades *
    Tempus Fugit
    Vacancy
  Nec
    Bonesunder
    Control Undead
    Life Bolt
    Necrosynthesis
    Transmute Bone and Adamant *
  Tha
    Blood Lightning *
    Fiendform *
    Tevlar's Transformation *
    Transmute Stone and Flesh *
    Venom Immunity
  Wea
    Cacodemon
    Conjure Animals *
    Contingency
    Monster Summoning VI *
    Planar Binding
    Spelltrap

Level Seven
  Abj
    Fire Immunity (sonic, cold, etc.)
    Repulsion
    Ruby Ray of Reversal
    Spell Turning
    Weapon Immunity
  Arc
    Alter Reality
    Animate Objects
    Sandstorm
    Stone Spiders
    Transmute Water and Dust
  Div
    Mindshatter
    Power Word: Blind
    Power Word: Hex
    True Name
  Enc
    Dominate Monster
    Great Curse
    Insanity
    Limited Wish
    Luckspell
    Repulsion
  Evo
    Delayed Blast Fireball
    Howling Chain
    Twigby's Grasping Hand
    Morgon's Sword
    Prismatic Spray
  Ill
    False Vision
    Havillard's Plummet
    Permanant Illusion
    Prismatic Spray
    Project Image
    Seeming
  Nec
    Blackfire
    Finger of Death
    Synostodweomer
    Undeath to Death
    Zombie Double
  Tha
    Dragon Scales
    Flensing
    Simulacrum
    Tentacles
    Verminspray
  Wea
    Ethereal Jaunt
    Magnificent Mansion
    Monster Summoning VII
    Permanency
    Spell Sequencer
    Teleport Without Error

Level Eight
  Abj
    Dimensional Lock
    Heart of Stone
    Mind Blank
    Prismatic Wall
    Sphere of Wonder
  Arc
    Incendiary Cloud
    Polymorph Any Object
    Reverse Gravity
    Sink
  Div
    Moment of Prescience
    Perfected Harmony
    Power Word: Chaos
  Enc
    Antipathy/Sympathy
    Augment Potential
    Greater Symbol
    Mists of Inverness
    Othello's Irresistable Dance
    Waterbind
  Evo
    Greater Shout
    Reverse Gravity
    Sunburst
    Twigby's Clenched Fist
  Ill
    Alter Reality
    Phantasmagoria (disbelieve real)
    Prismatic Wall
    Shadow Walk
    Simulacrum
    Veil
    Vision of Glory
  Nec
    Adim Dilar's Horrid Wilting
    Clone
    Defoliate
    Heart of Stone
    Trap the Soul
  Tha
    Augment Potential
    Clone
    Iron Body
    Polymorph Any Object
    Statue
  Wea
    Alter Reality
    Dimensional Lock
    Maze
    Monster Summoning VIII
    Spell Engine
    Summon Monolith

Level Nine
  Abj:
    Imprisonment
    Prismatic Sphere
    Morgon's Disjunction
    Elemental Aura
    Reaving Dispel
  Arc:
    Sphere of Ultimate Destruction
    Time Stop
    Transmute Rock and Lava
    Windtomb
  Div:
    Eldritch Tongue
    Foresight
    Power Word: Kill
    Spell Thief
  Enc:
    True Domination
    Mass Domination
    Ringweave
    Virus Charm
    Wish
  Evo:
    Meteor Swarm
    Maw of Chaos
    Twigby's Crushing Hand
    Elemental Aura
    Wildfire
    Windtomb
  Ill:
    Prismatic Sphere
    Spectral Menagerie
    Web of Darkness
    Wierd
  Nec:
    Energy Drain
    Master Undead
    Wail of the Banshee
    Web of Darkness
  Tha:
    Craft Abomination
    Internal Fire
    Lifeproof
    Reincarnate?
    Shapechange
  Wea:
    Astral Spell
    Black Blade of Disaster
    Chain Contingency
    Gate
    Summon Monster IX

Priest Spells:
  Five
    Holy Orb
    Spear of Light
  Six (19)
    Animate Objects
    Antilife Shell
    Banishment
    Blade Barrier
    Circle of Death
    Create Corporeal Undead
    Etherealness
    Find the Path
    Forbiddance
    Greater Glyph of Warding
    Harm
    Heal
    Healing Circle
    Heroes' Feast
    Holy Summoning VI
    Lance of Remorse
    Lesser Symbol
    Planar Ally
    Quest
    True Seeing
    Venom Immunity
    Word of Recall
  Seven (17/14)
    Bastion of Light
    Blasphemy
    Chariot of Sustarre
    Control Weather
    Crown of Flame
    Destruction
    Dictum
    Heartripper
    Holy Summoning VII
    Holy Word
    Morality Undone (BoVD)
    Regenerate
    Repulsion
    Ressurection
    Righteous Glare
    Starmantle
    Shield of the Archons
    Vision of Glory
    Word of Chaos
  Eight (12)
    Antimagic Field
    Create Spectral Undead
    Earthquake
    Fire Storm
    Greater Symbol
    Holy Summoning VIII
    Last Judgement
    Luminous Armor
    Mass Heal
    Mass Wrack
    Phoenix Fire
    Spiral of Entropy
    Spread of Contentment
    Storm of Shards
    Wretched Blight (BoVD)
  Nine (13)
    Astral Spell
    Celestial Brilliance
    Conformance
    Energy Drain
    Gate
    Holy Summoning IX
    Implosion
    Interdiction
    Miracle
    Prescient Awareness
    Storm of Vengeance
    Sublime Revelry
    Sunburst
    Tears From Heaven
    Undead Plague
    Utterdark

Druid Spells:
  Six: (16)
    Antilife Shell
    Awaken
    Control Water
    Drown
    Find the Path
    Fire Seeds
    Improved Meld into Stone
    Ironwood
    Liveoak
    Magic Staff
    Rainbow
    Repel Wood
    Starfish Spell
    Starmantle
    Stoneskin
    Summon Nature's Ally VI
    Sunbow
    Transmute Water and Dust
  Seven: (15)
    Animate Rock
    Changestaff
    Chariot of Sustarre
    Control Weather
    Creeping Doom
    Fire Storm
    Harm
    Heal
    Razor Wind
    Rain of Roses
    Sandstorm
    Summon Nature's Ally VII
    Sunbeam
    Transmute Metal to Wood
    True Seeing
    Waterbind
  Eight: (14)
    Chariot of Sustarre
    Defoliate
    Earthquake
    Finger of Death
    Lion's Roar [Leonal's Roar]
    Luckspell
    Mass Death Ward
    Mass Entangle
    Phoenix Fire
    Prescient Awareness
    Regenerate
    Reincarnate
    Ruby Ray of Reversal
    Summon Nature's Ally VIII
    Sunburst
    Whirlwind
    Word of Recall
  Nine: (14)
    Antipathy/Sympathy
    Call Shamblers
    Crystalbrittle
    Curse of Oak
    Elemental Swarm
    Foresight
    Interdiction
    Lifeproof
    Mass Drown
    Mass Heal
    Mists of Inverness
    Rain of Black Tulips
    Shapechange
    Spread of Lycanthropy
    Summon Nature's Ally IX
    Summon the Spirit Bear
    Thunderswarm
    Transmute Rock and Lava
    Wolf Spirits
    Windtomb
Domains
  Air
    1 Wind Column
    2 Wind Wall
    3 Gaseous Form
    4 Air Walk
    5 Control Wind
    6 Cloudkill
    7 Chain Lightning
    8 Whirlwind
    9 Elemental Swarm (Air)
  Animal
    1 Magic Fang
    2 Hold Beast
    3 Dominate Animals
    4 Commune With Nature
    5 Animal Growth
    6 Antilife Shell
    7 Awaken
    8 Lion's Roar
    9 Shapechange
  Beauty
    1 Charm Person
    2 Enthrall
    3 Suggestion
    4 Charm Monster
    5 Music of the Spheres
    6 Immortal Grandeur
    7 Chariot of Sustarre
    8 Crown of Glory (?)
    9 Rain of Black Tulips
  Blood
    1 Detect Blood
    2 Sanguine Touch
    3 Blood Fury
    4 Burning Blood
    5 Infernal Blood
    6 Heartripper
    7 Blood Lightning
    8 Blackfire
    9 Internal Fire (?)
  Chaos
    1 Miscast Magic
    2 Sign of Discord
    3 Confusion
    4 Chaos Hammer
    5 Animate Object
    6 Misdirection
    7 Word of Chaos
    8 Power Word: Chaos
    9 Wildfire
  Community
    1 Valor
    2 Chant
    3 Prayer
    4 Invocation
    5 Hallow
    6 Strength of One
    7 Word of Recall
    8 Mass Charm
    9 Mass Heal
      [ maybe a "more allies, more damage" spell?
        Castigate? ]
  Craft
    1 Make Whole
    2 Detect Objects
    3 Keen Edge
    4 Major Creation
    5 Hardening
    6 Blade Barrier
    7 Simulacrum
    8 Magnificent Machine
    9 Ringweave
  Darkness (was Night)
    1 Globe of Shadow
    2 Deeper Darkness
    3 Nightmare
    4 Summon Shadows
    5 Phantasmal Killer
    6 Darkbolt
    7 Blackfire
    8 Utterdark
    9 Web of Darkness
  Death
    1 Rigor Mortis
    2 Bladethirst (or Death Knell)
    3 Animate Dead
    4 Death Ward
    5 Slay Living
    6 Create Corporeal Undead
    7 Destruction
    8 Create Spectral Undead
    9 Wail of the Banshee
  Destruction
    1 Shatter
    2 Scorcher
    3 Thunderlance
    4 Explosive Runes
    5 Earthblast
    6 Blade Barrier (?)
    7 Disintegrate
    8 Earthquake
    9 Sphere of Ultimate Destruction
  Domination
    1 Command
    2 Ray of Enfeeblement
    3 Hold Person
    4 Crushing Despair [Greater Command]
    5 Dominate Person
    6 Bands of Sirellyn
    7 Dominate Monster
    8 Mass Domination
    9 True Domination
  Earth
    1 Magic Stone
    2 Stone Tell
    3 Meld into Stone
    4 Transmute Rock and Mud
    5 Animate Rock
    6 Stoneskin
    7 Earthquake
    8 Sink
    9 Elemental Swarm
  Evil
    1 Malignance
    2 Desecrate
    3 Armor of Darkness
    4 Unholy Blight
    5 Fiendform
    6 Cacodemon
    7 Morality Undone
    8 Flensing
    9 Gate
  Fate
    1 True Strike
    2 Minor Malison
    3 Bestow Curse
    4 Nemesis Spell
    5 Nightmare
    6 Contact Other Plane
    7 Prescient Awareness
    8 Greater Symbol
    9 Interdiction
  Fire
    1 Burning Hands
    2 Produce Flame
    3 Flaming Spheree
    4 Wall of Fire
    5 Flame Strike
    6 Fire Seeds
    7 Fire Storm
    8 Incendiary Cloud
    9 Elemental Swarm (Fire)
  Good
    1 Benevolence
    2 Divine Sacrifice
    3 Bolts of Glory
    4 Holy Smite
    5 Dispel Evil
    6 Lance of Remorse
    7 Shield of the Archons
    8 Crown of Glory
    9 Armageddon
  Guardian
    1 Find Traps
    2 See Invisibility
    3 Glyph of Warding
    4 Dimensional Anchor
    5 Faithful Hound
    6 Unceasing Vigilance of the Holy Sentinal
    7 Weapon Immunity
    8 Heart of Stone
    9 Imprisonment
  Hatred
    1 Brand of Hatred
    2 Dire Charm
    3 Bestow Curse
    4 Blackmantle
    5 Thornwrack
    6 Forbiddance
    7 Creeping Doom
    8 Antipathy
    9 Wail of the Banshee
  Healing
    1 Lifesight
    2 Cure Moderate Wounds
    3 Cure Serious Wounds
    4 Cure Critical Wounds
    5 Heal
    6 Healing Circle
    7 Regenerate
    8 Mass Heal
    9 Lifeproof
  Knowledge
    1 Read Magic
    2 Identify
    3 Lorecall
    4 Clairvoyance
    5 Wizard Sight
    6 Legend Lore
    7 True Name
    8 Eldritch Tongue
    9 Foresight
  Law
    1 Protection from Theft
    2 Hold Person
    3 Iron Sword
    4 Order's Wrath
    5 Mark of Justice
    6 Castigate
    7 Dictum
    8 Interdiction
    9 Imprisonment
  Liberation
    1 Valor
    2 Passwall
    3 Free Action;spell (Nondetection?)
    4 Restoration
    5 True Seeing
    6 Spell Turning
    7 Ruby Ray of Reversal
    8 Mind Blank
    9 Silver Rain (Unbinding? Disjunction?)
  Luck
    1 Entropic Shield
    2 True Strike
    3 Warning
    4 Premonition
    5 Evasion
    6 Starmantle
    7 Reincarnate
    8 Luckspell
    9 Miracle
  Magic
    1 Nystrom's Magical Aura
    2 Mana Theft
    3 Dispel Magic
    4 Wandwierd
    5 Magic Resistance
    6 Magic Staff
    7 Spell Sequencer
    8 Permanency
    9 Sphere of Wonder
  Moon
    1 Silversheen;spell
    2 Invisibility
    3 Polymorph Self
    4 Spectral Force
    5 Moonbow
    6 Mooncloak
    7 Mislead
    8 Insanity
    9 Mists of Inverness
  Mysticism
    1 Divine Favor
    2 Hypnotism
    3 Displacecment
    4 Lesser Aspect of Divinity
    5 Wizard Sight
    6 True Seeing
    7 Simulacrum
    8 Greater Aspect of Divinity
    9 Celestial Brilliance
  Nobility
    1 Mount
    2 Enthrall
    3 Phantom Steed
    4 Dismissal
    5 Righteous Might
    6 Geas
    7 Howling Chain
    8 Chariot of Sustarre
    9 Storm of Vengeance
  Pain
    1 Pain Touch
    2 Wrack
    3 Blackmantle
    4 Thornwrack
    5 Vitriolic Sphere
    6 Sighing Chain
    7 Blood Lightning
    8 Greater Symbol
    9 Implosion? [Torment?]
  Passion
    1 Hideous Laughter
    2 Dire Charm
    3 Emotion
    4 Shout
    5 Dream
    6 Tevlar's Transformation
    7 Empyrean Ecstacy [BoED]
    8 Othello's Irresistable Dance
    9 Sublime Revelry
  Planning
    1 Call Companions
    2 Detect Objects
    3 Detect Monsters
    4 Insightful Stroke
    5 Lower Resistance
    6 Contingency
    7 Vanish
    8 Alter Reality
    9 Time Stop
  Plant
    1 Entangle
    2 Barkskin
    3 Forestation
    4 Verdant Aid
    5 Wall of Thorns
    6 Repel Wood
    7 Changestaff
    8 Defoliate
    9 Call Shamblers
  Protection
    1 Alarm
    2 Shield
    3 Endure the Elements
    4 Spell Immunity
    5 Ironguard
    6 Antimagic Field
    7 Repulsion
    8 Mind Blank
    9 Prismatic Sphere
  Retribution
    1 Gaze Reflection
    2 Retributive Mirror
    3 Bestow Curse
    4 Fire Shield
    5 Righteous Might
    6 Banishment
    7 Spell Turning
    8 Last Judgement
    9 Storm of Vengeance
  Slime
    1 Grease
    2 Blur
    3 Choke
    4 Oozeform
    5 Conjure Oozes
    6 Blindsight
    7 Transmute Rock and Mud
    8 Power Word: Blind
    9 Transmute Rock and Lava
  Spider
    1 Spider Climb
    2 Web
    3 Spectral Spider
    4 Giant Vermin
    5 Insect Plague
    6 Venom Immunity
    7 Creeping Doom
    8 Stone Spiders
    9 Web of Darkness
  Strength
    1 Enlarge
    2 Bull's Strength
    3 Force Bolt
    4 Shout
    5 Telekinesis
    6 Strength of One
    7 Grasping Hand
    8 Clenched Fist
    9 Crushing Hand
  Succor
    1 Calm Emotions
    2 Create Food and Water
    3 Aura of Abjuration
    4 Heroes' Feast
    5 Antilife Shell
    6 Word of Recall (or Vacancy)
    7 Repulsion
    8 Spread of Contentment
    9 Swords to Plowshares
  Sun
    1 Call Light
    2 Heat Metal
    3 Searing Light
    4 Restoration
    5 Holy Orb
    6 Sunbow
    7 Sunbeam
    8 Sunburst
    9 Celestial Radiance
  Time
    1 Moment
    2 Slow
    3 Premonition
    4 Haste
    5 Divine Agility
    6 Permanency
    7 Mass Haste
    8 Prescient Awareness
    9 Time Stop
  Travel
    1 Longstrider
    2 Magic Mapping
    3 Fly
    4 Dimension Door
    5 Teleport
    6 Find the Path
    7 Chariot of Sustarre
    8 Airboat
    9 Astral Projection
  Trickery
    1 Change Self
    2 Invisibility
    3 Nondetection
    4 Confusion
    5 Displacement
    6 Mislead
    7 Alter Reality
    8 Polymorph Any Object
    9 Lifeproof
  War
    1 Magic Weapon
    2 Spiritual Hammer
    3 Magic Vestment
    4 Divine Power
    5 Flame Strike
    6 Blade Barrier
    7 Power Word: Stun
    8 Power Word: Blind
    9 Power Word: Kill
  Water
    1 Resist Water
    2 Create Water
    3 Water Walking
    4 Whirlpool
    5 Watery Double
    6 Transmute Water and Dust
    7 Waterspout
    8 Horrid Wilting
    9 Elemental Swarm (Water)
  Weather
    1 Wall of Fog
    2 Gust of Wind
    3 Ice Storm
    4 Lightning Bolt
    5 Control Winds
    6 Control Weather
    7 Sunbeam
    8 Whirlwind
    9 Storm of Vengeance

Fertility (Xel, Khasrach, Zurvash, Essiah)
  -- Grants Resilience feat at 4th level
  1 Vigor
  2 Bull's Strength
  3 Forestation
  4 Giant Vermin
  5 Animal Growth
  6 Life Bolt
  7 Regenerate
  8 Starfish Spell
  9 Curse of Oak

Peace (Hesani, Mara, Semirath)
  -- +4 bonus to Quell attempts
  1 Calm Emotions
  2 Sleep
  3 Deep Slumber
  4 Dismissal
  5 Lance of Remorse
  6 Transmute Metal to Wood
  7 Weapon Immunity
  8 Spread of Contentment
  9 Sublime Revelry

Trade (Ekliazeh, Xavias)
  -- extra starting gold, better shop prices
  1 Friends
  2 Protection from Theft
  3 Glyph of Warding
  4 Item
  5 Fabricate
  6 True Seeing
  7 Planar Binding
  8 Limited Wish
  9 Gate

Thought (Xavias, Marteka)
  -- sacred bonus to Int?
  1 Iron Mind
  2 ESP
  3 Revealed Lore
  4 Confusion
  5 Mind Fog
  6 Open the Third Eye
  7 Mindshatter
  8 Mind Blank
  9 Astral Spell

Reality (Kysul, Marteka)
  -- immune to certain spells - distance distort,
     mindshatter, etc.
  1 Moment
  2 Wall of Doors
  3 Anyspell
  4 Distance Distortion
  5 Tempus Fugit
  6 True Seeing
  7 Alter Reality
  8 Phantasmagoria
  9 Wierd

Here are some preliminary writeups for higher-level spells. This
is only about 1/3rd of them, and everything is tentative. I'm just
trying to get a feel for what's 'appropriate' for Incursion at those
higher levels.

  Spells listed by school are mage spells; others are listed by
the class they're associated with.

Black Blade of Disaster (Weavecraft 9)
  Casting this spell creates a howling black rift in the
tapestry of creation which the caster may wield as if it
were a melee weapon. This blade has accuracy +2, inflicts
2d12 damage to large and small creatures, a speed modifier
of 150~, an enhancement bonus of +3 and a crit range of
19-20. The caster is automatically considered to be
proficient in its use.
  If the caster scores a critical hit with the black blade,
the victim must make a Fortitude save against this spell's
save DC or be <9>disintegrated<7>; the normal defenses
against disintegrate apply. If the victim saves, the blade's
crit multiplier is still x2.

Shapechange (Thaumaturgy 9)
  This spell functions similarly to <9>polymorph self<7>,
with several tangible improvements. When it has been
cast, it has no immediate tangible effect. The caster
can then activate the effect at will up to once per
round, transforming into a different form as with
<9>polymorph self<7>. This transformation can be canceled
at will, but does not 'time out' as the change caused
by polymorph self can.
  Additionally, the caster recieves the supernatural
and spell-like abilities of the form assumed.

Tears From Heaven (Cleric 9) [Water]
  Casting this spell causes a heavy downpour over a
stationary 180-foot radius area of rain composed of
holy water. Undead and evil outsiders suffer 3d6
points of damage every turn they remain in the area.
The effects persist until dispelled or for one round
per caster level.

Oozeform (Thaumaturgy 7) [Water]
  Casting this spell transforms the caster's anatomy to be
more like that of an ooze. The caster takes on a vaguely
inhuman appearance, though she is still recognizable. She
suffers a -4 template penalty to Dexterity and Charisma,
but is immune to critical hits and gains the amorphious
property, which among other things makes it impossible to
grapple her. She also gains blindsight out to a range of
20 feet, and a +8 resist versus piercing and blunt damage.
She gains the Ooze type while this spell is active.
  This spell is not compatable with Iron Body.

Iron Body (Thaumaturgy 8) [Earth]
  The caster transforms her body into iron, turning her
into a nearly invincible juggernaut not unlike a kind of
personalized iron golem. Her face and distinctive features
are still visible, however. The caster gains a +6 template
bonus to Strength, but a -6 template penalty to Dexterity.
She reduces the slashing, piercing or blunt damage inflicted
by any attack by 20 points, to a minimum of 0. She is immune
to critical hits, effects that target breathing creatures or
creatures with blood and stunning effects. She gains fire
and acid resistance 10, but suffers a -30~ spell success
chance on any spell cast without the Still Spell feat. She
gains the Construct type while this spell is active.
  This spell is not compatable with Oozeform.

Cyclonic Blast (Air 4, Evocation 5, Druid 5) [Air]
  Creates a rippling blast of air that inflicts
1d10 points of subdual damage for every two caster
levels (max 5d10) and knocks targets down and away
from the caster. This is blunt damage and is resisted
accordingly; a Reflex save halves the damage
and negates the knockback, but this spell grants a +8
bonus to the spell save DC.

True Name (Divination 7)
  You learn the true name of any outsider, arcane spell-
caster or dragon, allowing you to increase the DC of the
saving throw for any spell you cast against that character
by +4, and negating their magic resistance. To properly
understand the name, you must make a Knowledge (Magic)
check against DC 10 + (target's CR x 2). The spell
<9>nondetection<7> negates this effect.

False Vision (Ill 6)
  Casting this spell allows you to cancel other creatures'
<9>true seeing<7> effects; this requires an opposed caster
level check, to which illusionists get a +6 bonus. Success
indicates that the character in question cannot benefit from
any form of <9>true seeing<7> for the remainder of the day.
Though this spell functions in some ways like <9>dispel
magic<7>, it is more powerful and affects innate <9>true
seeing<7>, which <9>dispel magic<7> would not.
  Creatures are not aware that this spell is cast on them
and do not become hostile as a result.

Curse of Oak (Druid 9)
  Casting this spell polymorphs all creatures within 90 feet
of the caster who are hostile to him into oak trees,
effectively killing them. A Fortitude save negates the
transformation, and <9>free action<7> renders a character
immune to the effects of this spell, but it is not considered
a death effect since the character does not, in the most
literal sense, die.
  A character who successfully saves against this spell is
immune to its effects for the next 5d6 turns.

Bastion of Light (Cleric 7, Paladin 5) [Good]
  While this spell is active, you shed a brilliant golden
light out to a range of 90 feet. All good creatures within
this area have a +5 saving throw bonus versus evil magic.
Additionally, the globe of light acts as a <9>major globe
of invulnerability<7> versus the spells and spell-like
abilities of inherantly evil creatures.
  Evil creatures whose Challenge Rating is lower than or
equal to your Charisma modifier become nauseated while
within the golden light.

Sphere of Wonder (Abjuration 8, Magic 9)
  You evoke an invisible magical globe 80 feet in radius,
centered on you and travelling with you. Anyone within the
globe (including you) find that all spells cast and innate
abilities invoked have a tripled mana cost, and the mana
is treated as held. One specific school of magic or spell
descriptor (such as Fire, Mind-Affecting, Death, Evil, etc.)
that you designate is immune to these effects.
  There is no saving throw against these effects, and magic
resistance does not apply.

Horrid Wilting (Necromancy 8, Water 8)
  This spell evaporates water within the bodies of living
creatures, gravely injuring them. All creatures hostile to
the caster within 30 feet of a chosen point are affected,
suffering 1d8 points of untyped damage per caster level,
scaled after 15th. Water creatures, plants and fungi suffer
double damage from this spell. A Fortitude save halves the
damage inflicted, but has a +4 spell bonus to the save DC.

Sunburst (Druid 8, Evocation 8)
  This spell causes a burst of sunlight to radiate outward
from the caster's body to a range of 10 feet per caster
level, striking all creatures in that area in the caster's
line of fire. Undead, fungi, oozes and light-vulnerable
creatures suffer 1d6 points of damage per caster level,
scaled after 15th; other creatures suffer 5d6 points of
damage. Furthermore, creatures caught in the burst may be
blinded. A Reflex saving throw negates the blindness and
halves the damage.
  Vampires and wraiths who fail to save against this spell
are destroyed.

Sunbeam (Druid 7, Sun 7)
  Upon casting this spell, you gain the ability to direct
powerful beams of concentrated sunlight. Once per turn for
one turn per caster level, you can make a beam attack that
inflicts 3d6 points of fire damage and blinds anyone that
it strikes. A successful Reflex save negates the blinding
and halves the damage.
  Undead, fungi, oozes and light-vulnerable creatures instead
suffer 1d8 points of damage per even caster level, with no
cap; they may still make a saving throw to negate the blindness
and halve the damage. Vampires and wraiths who fail to save
against this spell are destroyed outright.

Chariot of Sustarre (Druid 7) [Fire]
  Casting this spell conjures a magical chariot with two great
horses, all composed of magically hardened flame. The whole
construction acts as a single creature, a Huge-sized mount
that the caster can ride. The chariot flies, having a 350~
movement rate and a fire aura attack which inflicts 2d4 damage
to anyone in its vicinity not allied to the caster. It has
an effective 35 Strength and can slam for 2d6 points of
blunt damage and 2d4 fire damage. While mounted on the chariot,
the caster is immune to fire damage.

Disjunction (Abjuration 9)
  This spell disjoins all magic within a 30-foot radius globe,
destroying it by separating it into its component parts. The
spell destroys magical constructs, dismisses summoned
creatures, cancels active spells and permanently destroys
magical items. A creature must make an individual Will saving
throw for every active magical spell they have, as well as
every magical item in their possession. On a failure, the
spell is automatically dispelled, or the item is rendered
permanently inert. Unattended items are automatically
rendered inert.
  A Disjunction spell targeted at a point within an <9>antimagic
shell<7> will destroy the shell but be negated itself in so
doing.

Implosion (Cleric 9) [Death]
  This terrible magic lasts for one round per caster level.
For each round it is active, the caster can select a single
target within 180 feet of her as a free action. Unless that
creature succeeds in a Fortitude save against the spell, her
body collapses in on itself and she is destroyed utterly. Any
given creature can be targeted only once per day by this
spell, and gaseous or incorporeal creatures are immune. This
is a death effect.
  The cleric /must/ target one creature every round; in any
round where she fails to unleash this destructive force she
suffers 1d6 points of pure magic damage as backlash. The
spell cannot be cancelled until it has run its course,
though it can be dispelled.

Ringweave (Enchantment 9)
  Using this spell, the caster can duplicate the effects
of any one magical ring she has ever successfully identified.
These effects are duplicated in addition to the effects of
any rings she presently wears, and last for a full day or
until she cancels this spell. If the type of ring duplicated
normally has a plus, this spell duplicates a +5 version of
the ring.

Dimensional Lock (Weavecraft 8)
  Casting this spell creates a stationary 90-foot
radius globe centered on a location of the caster's
choice. Inside this area, teleportation effects
simply do not function. Creatures can teleport into
the area from outside, but once inside find themselves
unable to use any form of teleportation.
  There is no saving throw against these effects.

Waterbind (Enchantment 8) [Water]
  This spell only affects lycanthropes, fiends, undead and
aberrations, laying an enchantment on them such that they
cannot cross running water (in game terms, all water in
Incursion is considered running, and these creatures cannot
move from 'dry' squares to 'wet' squares). Creatures already
in or over water are unaffected.
  The spell affects all relevant creatures within a 60 foot
radius of a chosen target point; only creatures whose CR
exceeds the caster level are entitled to a Will saving throw
to negate this spell's effects.

Maw of Chaos (Evocation 9) [Chaotic]
  The maw of chaos is a vast force construct, so large (Huge size)
it cannot fit into many areas. It has as many hit points as the
caster does, and a base attack bonus equal to his caster level.
It has a 35 Strength, and bites for 3d6 slashing damage and to
swallow victims whole. Any creature swallowed by the maw of chaos
suffers one of the following effects every turn until the manage
to free themselves, chosen randomly:
* <9>polymorph other<7>
* 10d6 points of fire damage
* 10d6 points of cold damage
* 10d6 points of sonic damage
* 10d6 points of lightning damage
* complete healing (as a <9>heal<7> spell)
* 10d6 points of mana drain
* 3d6 points of Intelligence damage
* 3d6 points of Wisdom damage
* 3d6 points of Charisma damage
* 10d6 points of pure magic damage
* teleportation anywhere else on the current level

Ruby Ray of Reversal (Abjuration 7)
  Casting this spell creates a beam of incandescent red light
which strikes one or more targets out to a range of 60 feet.
Every creature struck is affected as per <9>dispel magic<7>;
in addition, all polymorph effects, physical bindings (bands
of sirellyn, iron bands of bilarro) and paralyzation effects
(physical or mental) are automatically negated. Entangled or
stuck characters are freed, and curses on objects or persons
are contested as per a <9>remove curse<7> spell cast at the
caster's caster level. If the ray strikes a creature which
has swallowed or engulfed another creature, the swallowed
or engulfed creature will be instantly freed.
  If the ray strikes a door, trap or chest, it will be
automatically disarmed, unlocked or opened, as applicable.
The beam also dissolves restraining terrain or features such
as webbing and tanglefoot strands instantly.
  The ray can have benevolent and malignant effects, but NPCs
will treat it as a hostile spell if it strikes them.

Warding Whip (Abjuration/Evocation 5)
  This spell creates a force construct whip in the caster's
hands which has certain special properties. It acts as a +3
fey trapping whip, it causes any creature it strikes to lose
2d6 points of mana and it automatically destroys any magical
construct (such as flaming spheres, spiritual hammers, dust
devils, faithful hounds and any of the Twigby's Hand spells)
it strikes.

Disbelief (Illusion 7)
  This paradoxical spell represents the height of an illusionist's
capacity for deception and trickery, convincing a single chosen
target that any single real creature is in fact an illusion. The
victim will thus ignore the creature completely, believing it
harmless even as it attacks and injures the target.
  The victim is allowed a Will saving throw to negate the effects
of this spell; however, every genuine illusion of the caster's that
the victim has disbelieved increases the DC of the save to resist
this spell by 1.
  Every fifth attack by the falsely disbelieved creature allows
the victim another saving throw, but the penalty is not lessened.

Conformance (Cleric 9, Law 9)
  Casting this spell evokes a 180-foot invisible mobile globe
around the caster wherein natural chance is supernaturally
attenuated and the median reigns. All attack rolls, saving
throws, spellcasting rolls and so forth are not rolled,
instead taking the exact average roll -- 11 on 1d20, or
51 on a percentile roll every time.
  This spell affects the caster, enemies and allies equally,
and is not subject to magic resistance, but can be cancelled
at will.

Ironguard (Abjuration 6)
  Casting this spell renders a chosen target impervious to
iron. Their body is incorporeal only with regard to things
made from iron. Mundane iron weapons have no effect on you,
though weapons made of silver, mithril, adamant, stone or
wood strike true. Magical weapons have a 5~ chance per plus
of striking true every attack, and ghost touch weapon always
strike normally.

Undeath to Death (Wizard 6, Priest 6, Druid 6) [Death]
  Destroys any undead creature caught within a 60-foot globe
centered on the caster that currently has fewer than (1d8 per
caster level) hit points. The effect is all-or-nothing, and no
saving throw is allowed.

Dragon Scales (Thaumaturgy 7)
  Casting this spell transforms the caster's skin into the
supernaturally tough, supple and resistant scales of a dragon.
This has the following three effects:
  * The caster gains a natural armor bonus of +8; specialist
thaumaturges gain a +12 bonus instead.
  * The caster gains an elemental resistance at 10, based on
the type of elemental immunity a dragon species that shares
her alignment has -- a Chaotic Evil character gains the Fire
Resistance of a red dragon, while a True Neutral character
gains the Force Resistance of an amethyst dragon. Good characters
also recieve a +5 saving throw bonus of an appropriate type to
reflect their dragon species' secondary breath weapon.
  * Mammalian characters dealing with non-reptiles recieve a
-4 social penalty while this spell is active. Reptilian casters
(kobolds and lizardfolk), find the spell makes them look more
regal and majestic, and recieve a +4 bonus instead; any character
also recieves a bonus instead of a penalty when dealing with
reptiles.

Wretched Blight (Cleric 8) [Evil]
  Casting this inherantly evil spell assaults every
non-evil living creature within the caster's line
of fire, out to a range of 180 feet. Every victim
suffers 1d8 points of necromantic damage for every
two caster levels, becomes nauseated for 3d4 turns
and is infected with one of the following diseases,
randomly chosen: filth fever, grave rot, blinding
sickness, cackle fever, mummy rot or slimy doom.
  A Fortitude saving throw halves the damage
and negates the disease and nausea effects.

Wrack (Priest 3) [Evil]
  Casting this inherantly evil spell inflicts intense
pain on a single creature, who must make a Fortitude
save. On a successful save, the creature suffers a
-2 pain penalty to all actions for the spell's
duration. On a failed save, the creature suffers a
-4 penalty due to pain for the full duration, is
unable to act (though not helpless) for 1d4 rounds
and suffers 2d8+[Caster Level] points of slashing
damage.
  Mindless undead, oozes and constructs are not
affected by this spell.

Mass Wrack (Priest 8) [Evil]
  This spell functions exactly as Wrack, but affects
every applicable hostile creature within the caster's
line of fire out to a range of 60 feet.

Life Bolt (Necromancy 6) [Good]
  This spell, a rare example of purely white necromancy,
transposes and magnifies the caster's own vital force
into a powerful blast of positive energy used to attack
the undead. The spell inflicts 3d4 points of unavoidable
damage to the caster and creates a beam stretching out
to 180 feet which inflicts 1d6 points of damage per caster
level (unscaled and untyped) to any undead it strikes.

Prismatic Spray (Evocation/Illusion 7)
  Casting this spell produces a rainbow spray in a path
60 feet long, directed to a point of the caster's choosing.
Any creature struck by the spray suffers one of the
following eight effects, based on the color of the ray
which first strikes them:
  <9>Red:<7> Suffer 20 points of fire damage. A Reflex
save with a +8 bonus to the save DC will halve the
damage.\n
  <9>Orange:<7> Suffer 40 points of sonic damage. A
Reflex save with a +4 bonus to the save DC will halve
the damage.\n
  <9>Yellow:<7> Suffer 80 points of lightning damage.
A Reflex save with a +2 bonus to the save DC will halve
the damage.\n
  <9>Green:<7> Creature is poisoned with one of the
following poisons, randomly chosen: black lotus extract,
dark reaver powder or deathblade. No initial saving
throw applies, though later saves may be made to overcome
the poison.\n
  <9>Blue:<7> Make a Fortitude save (+6 bonus to save DC)
or be petrified within 3d6 rounds of exposure.\n
  <9>Indigo:<7> Suffer 3d6 points of damage to Intelligence,
Wisdom, Charisma and Luck; a Will saving throw (+4 bonus to
DC) negates the effect.\n
  <9>Violet:<7> Extraplanar creatures must make a Will
saving throw or be affected as per <9>banishment<7>; other
creatures are subject to <9>dismissal<7> instead.\n
  <9>Multiple Rays:<7> The creature is struck by any two
of the rays listed above, with culmulative effects.

Prismatic Wall (Abjuration/Illusion 8)
  Casting this spell creates a wall of shimmering rainbow
colors; any creature who attempts to cross the wall suffers
the effects of all the colors of a <9>prismatic spray<7>
spell. The wall also blocks missile attacks and line of
fire.
  Striking the wall with different effects can bring down
one or more of its layers:
* Thirty points of cold damage will negate the red layer;
* Thirty points of fire or light damage will negate the orange
  layer;
* Thirty points of sonic or acid damage will negate the yellow
  layer;
* A dispelling effect (such as <9>dispel magic<7>) will negate
  the green later;
* A disintegration effect, such as the spell of same name,
  will negate the blue layer.
* Thirty points of pure magical damage (such as from <9>magic
  missile<7>) will negate the indigo layer.
* The ray from a <9>dimensional anchor<7> effect will negate
  the violet layer.

Prismatic Sphere (Abjuration/Illusion 9)
  Casting this spell creates a 30 foot radius globe of
scintillating colors. The globe is stationary; anyone
attempting to enter or leave it after it has been created
suffers the effects of all the colors of a Prismatic Ray
spell. The globe also blocks missile attacks and line of
fire.

Bonesunder (Necromancy 6)
  Casting this spell inflicts a single specific injury
on a target that fails a Fortitude saving throw. The
injury is randomly chosen from all of those possible
via called shots. Additionally, regardless of whether
the subject succeeds or fails the save, she suffers
3d6+[Caster Level] points of unavoidable damage.

Called Shots
  A called shot uses a normal attack roll with a -4
circumstance penalty. The attack inflicts half its
standard damage normally. Additionally, if the total
damage (before halving) exceeds a given percentage
of the victim's current hit points before the attack,
the victim will suffer a specific injury chosen by
the attacker from the list below. Most specific
injuries can only be healed with powerful magic.
  Characters with a heroic quality (including all
player characters) also suffer a specific injury when
they would otherwise suffer a critical hit inflicting
enough damage to kill them outright.
  The following specific injuries are possible:
  Broken Arm (30~): The victim of this injury loses
access to one of her hand slots; any item held is
dropped. Her maximum hit points are 85~ of normal
until this injury is healed, and she has a -2
general pain penalty. A humanoid with a broken arm
cannot grapple effectively.
  A broken limb can be healed with the <9>cure
serious wounds<7>, <9>regenerate<7> or <9>heal<7>
spells, or a Potion of True Healing. Only blunt
damage can break a limb.
  Severed Arm (50~): The victim of this injury loses
access to one of her hand slots; any item held is
dropped. Her maximum hit points are 75% of normal
until the injury is healed, and she suffers a -6
circumstance penalty to her Defense score. A humanoid
with a severed arm cannot grapple effectively.
  A severed arm bleeds for 7 points of bleeding
damage per round until treated with the Heal
skill or otherwise staunched. Only slashing
damage can sever a limb.
  A severed limb can be only healed with the
<9>regenerate<7> spell or an equivalent effect.
  Broken Leg (40~): The victim of this injury
becomes prone and cannot stand; her movement
rate is 35~ of normal and she suffers a -4
circumstance penalty to her Defense score.
  A broken limb can be healed with the <9>cure
serious wounds<7>, <9>regenerate<7> or <9>heal<7>
spells, or a Potion of True Healing. Only blunt
damage can break a limb.
  Severed Leg (50~): The victim of this injury
becomes prone and cannot stand; her movement
rate is 35~ of normal and she suffers a -4
circumstance penalty to her Defense score.
  A severed leg bleeds for 7 points of bleeding
damage per round until treated with the Heal
skill or otherwise staunched. Only slashing
damage can sever a limb.
  A severed limb can be only healed with the
<9>regenerate<7> spell or an equivalent effect.
  Eye Loss (15~): This injury costs the target
one of their eyes, giving them a -6 circumstance
penalty to the Spot skill and a -2 penalty to
ranged attack rolls. Inflicting it a second
time duplicates the effect of Blinded, below,
but still only requires 15~ damage.
  Destroyed eyes can be recovered with a <9>cure
blindness<7> or <9>regenerate<7> spell.
  Blinded (35~): This specific injury renders
a target permanently blind, destroying their
eyes.
  Destroyed eyes can be recovered with a <9>cure
blindness<7> or <9>regenerate<7> spell.
  Internal Bleeding (35~): This specific injury
causes bleeding within the chest cavity, inflicting
2 points of damage each round until it is healed
or the target is dead. Obviously, only creatures
which have blood can suffer from internal bleeding.
  A <9>cure serious wounds<7> or <9>regenerate<7>
spell, or a Potion of True Healing, will amelorate
the bleeding, as will a difficult Heal check.
  Decapitation (80~): This specific injury will
kill most creatures instantly. Only creatures which
have a head are affected, and decapitated constructs
and mindless undead are treated as permanently
confused. Decapitation cannot be healed or repaired.
  Broken Ribs (25~): Only living creatures with a
skeleton are subject to broken ribs. This injury
inflicts a -4 pain penalty to all actions, 50~
normal attack speed and 75~ normal movement speed.\n
  Broken ribs can be healed with the <9>cure
serious wounds<7>, <9>regenerate<7> or <9>heal<7>
spells, or a Potion of True Healing. Only blunt
damage can break a limb.

Finger of Death (Necromancy 7) [Death]
  This spell targets any one living humanoid of medium
size or smaller, who is slain instantly if the fail a
Fortitude saving throw, and suffers 3d6+[Caster Level]
necromantic damage if they succeed.
  A creature slain by this spell (via damage or failed
saving throw) rises as a revenant loyal to the caster
1d4+1 rounds later. This revenant counts as only half
its normal XCR with regard to the caster's PCR levels.

Phantasmagoria (Illusion 8)
  Casting this spell calls forth a vast plethora of illusionary
creatures, figments and phantasms to shock and horrify all hostile
creatures within 60 feet of the caster, provided the caster has a
clear line of sight to the intended victim. Creatures with true
seeing and mindless creatures are unaffected. Otherwise, creatures
suffer effects based on a comparison of their Challenge Rating plus
Wisdom modifier to the caster's Illusioncraft skill rating:
* If the caster's value is four times or more a creature's value,
  that creature instantly falls unconscious as a result of
  psychosomatic trauma.
* Otherwise, if the caster's value is three times or more the
  target's value, the target suffers 1d6 points of untyped
  psychosomatic damage per caster level (uncapped and unscaled), and
  is stunned and afraid for 3d6 rounds if they are not unconscious.
* Otherwise, if the caster's value is two times or more the target's
  value, the target suffers the damage above and is stunned for 1d4+1
  rounds and suffers a -4 general morale penalty for 3d6 rounds.
* Otherwise, if the caster's value exceeds the target's, the target
  suffers 1d6 points of psychosomatic damage per even caster level
  and a -2 morale penalty for 3d6 rounds.
* Otherwise, the target only suffers 2d6 psychosomatic damage.
  There is no saving throw against this spell.

Craft Abomination (Thaumaturgy 9) [Evil]
  This spell transforms a living, sapient humanoid of Medium or Small
size into a hulking, grotesquely muscled abomination of barely animal
intelligence. The victim, who must be allied to the caster for the
spell to be effective, gains a +18 template bonus to Strength and
Constitution, -4 Dexterity, Resilience 10 and Regeneration 7. The
victim also  increases one size category and grows bony plates and
spikes giving her natural armor +12 and two slam attacks inflicting
3d6 piercing damage each. The victim gains Master Bull Rush, Living
Wall, Master Grapple and Power Attack as bonus feats. Her Intelligence
is set to 1, and spellcasting (and many other class abilities) are
lost.
  The changes are unstable -- when the caster next rests, metabolic
stresses will kill the creature targeted by this spell. Since this
spell reduces its victim's intellect to an animal level, enacting it
on the PC ends the game immediately.
  XP Cost: 1000

Seeming (Illusion 7)
  You cast an illusion over yourself that makes you appear
in a benign manner to all peoples, even to the point of
appearing as a different race and class to different
characters. All monsters that cannot penetrate the
illusion are initially neutral to you, though past
grievances are not forgotten and hostile acts will
still provoke retaliation. Mindless creatures are
unaffected.
  [ add balancing cost -- shorter duration?
    Limit on CR of creatures affected? ]

Veil (Illusion 8)
  This spell functions as Seeming, but affects every creature
currently a member of your party.

Duelward (Weavecraft 5)
  Gain Broad Counterspell and +4 insight bonus to Spellcraft
rolls, or +8 if you already have the feat.

Miracle (Cleric 9)
  Casting this spell calls upon the direct intervention
of your diety. The caster must be in his diety's good
graces, and its use costs favor just as an intervention
does, though it it not limited by prayer timeouts.
Similar to the arcane magic <9>Wish<7>, a miracle can
create the following effects:
  <9>Spell:<7> A miracle can duplicate the effects of
any cleric spell of 8th level or lower, or any other
spell of 7th level or lower. The caster pays the mana
cost and any other costs in addition to those of
miracle.
  <9>Safety:<7> All hostile creatures nearby the caster
are teleported far away, out of the game. The caster
recieves no experience award for this, and this effect
cannot be used when the caster shares the level with a
quest nemesis or named unique.
  <9>[Ability Score]:<7> A miracle spell can add a +1
inherant modifier to any ability score of the caster's
choice.
  <9>Mana:<7> All of the caster's mana, including held
mana, is instantly replenished.
  <9>Wealth:<7> The caster recieves gold equal to 50~
of her current total or an added 50,000 gp, whichever
is more.
  <9>Treasure:<7> The caster gains a single magical
item typical of what would be found on a CR 12 dungeon
level, chosen from a preset list of 'staple' magical
items.

Conviction (Cleric 1, Paladin 1)
  You gain a +2 bonus on saving throws against the
spells, innate effects and special abilities of
creatures who have one alignment component directly
opposed to your own (law vs. chaos, or good vs. evil).
This spell is useless to fully neutral characters.

Havilard's Plummet (Illusion 7)
  Creatures targeted with this spell is engulfed in a
full-sensory illusion of freefall -- they still see the
world normally, but are utterly convinced that the floor
has fallen away and they are plummeting helplessly
through the air. As a result, they take no action for
the spell's duration, though they are not helpless.
  This spell only affects characters with a Challenge
Rating equal to or less than 2 + [Caster's Illusioncraft
/ 5], but the victims recieve no saving throw. All
creatures in a 30 foot burst are affected.

Teleport Without Danger (Weavecraft 7)
  Casting this spell teleports the caster to a randomly
chosen location on the current dungeon level where he
will not be in the direct line of fire of any hostile
creatures.
  [ Mana only 1 or 2 points higher than /teleport/ ]

Smite Infidel (Paladin 3)
  This spell gives its caster a +10 sacred bonus to attack
damage on all archery, melee, brawl and throwing attacks
made against evil enemies affiliated with a god who the
caster's god is not friendly toward.

Mindshatter (Divination 7)
  This spell, a weaponized form of <9>true seeing<7>, causes
mental damage to all sapient creatures who can see the caster
at the time it is cast as a result of stripping away the
normal barriers to percieving transcendant reality. Every
such creature suffers 1d6 points of psychic damage per caster
level (scaled after 10th), as well as 1d6 points of damage to
Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma, with a bonus to the ability
damage equal to the victim's own Intelligence modifier -- the
better they are able to process the alien visions, the more
harm they do.
  The minds of nonsapient creatures are not able to understand
the cosmological 'insights' this spell projects.

Mists of Inverness (Enchantment 8)
  Casting this spell raises up a large, stationary bank of
incandescent
cyan mist with certain psychoactive effects. The mist causes confusion
to any trapped within it who are hostile to the caster, and also
causes 1d3 points of Wisdom damage per turn. A Will saving throw
negates both these effects, but must be repeated (succeed or fail)
for every turn creatures remain in the misty area.
  Creatures that are vulnerable to light suffer a rising penalty
within the mist that begins at -1 and rises by one every turn, to
a maximum of the caster's Charisma modifier. Other creatures find
the presence of the mists brings about a distinctly pleasant
feeling, and will not seek to leave unless their Knowledge (Magic)
is +12 or higher, despite its deleterious effects. There is no
saving throw against this.

Spectral Menagerie (Illusion 9)
  This spell functions exactly like <9>advanced illusion<7>,
save that 1d4+[Caster's Int Mod] individual illusions are
conjured by it. These illusions are all independant creations
and must be disbelieved separately.

This is essentially a follow-up to the issues raised in
the thread from something awful below, relating to how
I want to balance buffing characters in general. I hope
to get this done before the 8th.
  One of my incursion-l regulars brought up a very good
point -- BlondRobin played with max HP and max mana,
and I think this drastically influenced the victory. And
that's fine -- as he said, there's nothing wrong with a
game being easy when you set it on easy mode!

Anyway, here's the 'Mage Plan':

  * Characters with more than 80 mana worth of persistant
spells active will be subject to mana bleed. This essentially
means that whenever they gain experience, there will be a
chance that they will lose a little more mana proportional to
the spells they have active -- perhaps 1 point at 80-130, 2 at
131-180, 3 at 181-230, etc., every 1 in 10 XP ticks. This
mana will not regenerate.
  Ideally, this will work something like the armor fatigue
system, preventing self-buffing casters from bring nonstop
engines of destruction, and is moderately easy to implement.
  * Dispelling effects that target the player need to become
more common. I'll check to make sure monsters are really
casting /dispel magic/ now, and I will add a clause that makes
it a priority for them when facing a super-buffed character.
I'm also goint to add a wand of dispelling, which will double
as a useful tool for non-caster classes and an added
weakness to self-buffers. Maybe also a weapon quality with
a dispelling effect on a successful hit, and maybe also an
added effect of the Guardian Runes in the endgame.
  [ Incidentally, BlondeRobin, did you ever get hit with a
/dispel magic/ effect, and if so how did you cope? ]
 * Multiple people have cried in agony at the thought of
changing the d20 mana die for mages, and one of my
playtesters made the very legitimate point that this win
was done with maximized mana, and "it's not really bad
for a game to be easy when it's on easy mode". So leave
that for now.
  * Aesthetically, I really dislike mages relying on Expertise
and Zen Defense. For the oddball thaumaturge melee-mage-
duelist, fine, but for Gandalf parrying is really out of line to
my sensibilities. My proposed solution for this is to make
spellcasting a much more intensive action, so that you do
not get your ZenDef and Expertise bonuses during a timeout
from spellcasting. I'll probably apply this to dodge, too, and
maybe add an exception for bladesingers when I implement
them. This will be a bit challenging to do; I'll have to precalc
two Def values for every creature, and add a MS_CASTING
state flag, but it is doable.
  The three primary caster classes (druid, mage, priest) are
all not people who should be relying on ZenDef or Expertise
as a core part of their strategy based on archetype, so I think
this is good across the board. If mages are too powerful as
as result of combining mage tricks (spells) with warrior tricks
(combat feats), taking away the warrior tricks seems to make
more sense (and preserve warrior uniqueness) than weakening
the mage tricks overmuch.
  Lowering DC on the casting timeout will also help to balance
Insightful Stroke, since you have to cast it before /every single
attack/ you want the bonus on.
  * Phantom Steed and Fly will be mutually exclusive, for
obvious reasons. Phantom Steeds will be slower. Decastaves
will have 125% speed, which is what they were supposed
to have -- I'm not sure how they got to 200%.
  * Xavias will train Int and Wis less frequently, though he will
still train them.
  * A natural roll of 20 will bypass the miss chance from spells
like /displacement/ and /blink/. I think this is a better option
than them not stacking, because those two spells together
with mirror image are core illusionist defenses, and I don't
want every character to need an obscene DC. Moderate to
strong Mage Armor, Displacement and Blink together should
be enough defense, without needing a 45 DC.
  * The stat boosters may need to cost more mana -- in d20,
they are replacements if you can't afford a headband of
intellect or girdle of giant strength, and only last a short time;
in Incursion their effect is much greater and should be
increased accordingly.
  Alternatively, these spells would be excellent candidates for
not having a persistant duration.
  * Floating Disc will have a weight limit, and will increase the
time to take objects out substantially. Taking things out of your
pack when FD is active will also provoke an attack of
opportunity. There will be a higher-level Weavecraft spell
called Deeppockets that will also deal with improving your
pack and will have less restrictions; it will probably reduce the
weight by 50% and let you put objects of any size into your
pack.
  * I'm going to do something to Rope Trick to make resting
in it have a cost. I may assign a XP cost to the spell; that
would be the simplest fix. More nuanced fixes include causing
it to attract bad creatures from the astral plane if you use it
too much, or other weird side effects.
  * False Life, Shield -- my playtesters assure me that shield
is necessary for low-level mage survivability, and false life is
necessary for thaumaturges to have the play style that I want
them to be able to have, which is more "magical fighter". With
the changes above, I think thaums will need the HP!
  * I may increase the spellcasting timeout when mounted --
say, by 50% or by 25% if you have a special mounted casting
feat. Worth thinking about, at least.
  * Casters need to blast you with fireballs more often, as
other posters have noted. This should be easy to fix.

  These changes will not be next version -- next version is for
Linux and fixing favor overflow and other semi-critical stuff --
but I'll really try to get them done before my hiatus on the
8th.