Temp HP so needs adjustments for dispel magic.

Change targeting to Harm Enemies only

AI category changed to Harmful AOE (Discriminate)

Spell script: No longer focused on self

Description: Added note about Bless Bolts.

Keep as a merged spell, makes it more viable.

Counterspell: Clarity

Amended targeting to not harm allies. Is discriminate.

Counterspell: Clarity

Counterspell: Clarity

Script: Duration needs fixing.

Counterspell: Clarity

Clarified what a "person" is.

Counterspell: Bless

Save and SR checks need reordering.

Counterspell: Freedom of Movement

Counterspell: Freedom of Movement

Counterspell: Freedom of Movement

Updated description to match duration.

Script changes needed: Better analysis of who to affect (ie not casters party), change Charm to Daze for PC or associates.

Script changes: needs some fixes.

Should we extend the saving throw penalty to include any will save not just ones against mind-affecting spells?

Counterspell: Clarity

Updated description duration is actually 5 + 1 / caster level rounds

Usually 1 turn/level so rounds/level is more balanced.

Metamagic remove Empower, Maximise

Note: script needs some immunity check fixes

These are not used for variable duration rolls

Hostile flag added

Counterspell: Added Silence

Hostile flag since the game can apply Fear in an AOE

Persistent AOE AI category

Updated description with AOE size. Clarified how damage is done.

Hostile flag enabled.

Updated description with how the attack roll is made.

We might want to make the damage type "magical" since the D&D spell is like that. The damage is a "nice extra" on this spell.

Updated description with how the attack roll and grapple check is made.

Script: can make the paralysis bypass immunities to always apply.

This is  an odd one - really the spell is made up of interposing, forceful and grasping/clenched. Bioware made this more a one-time hit with a very powerful stopping power but after 2 checks.

Updated description with how the bull rush check is made.

Tempting since this one is actually usually more powerful than Clenched and Crushing to make the duration much shorter like 1 round / 2 caster levels or similar.

Updated description with how the attack roll and grapple check is made.

Script: can make the paralysis bypass immunities to always apply.

Basically a slightly weaker Crushing hand.

Might want to make this attack penalty only dispellable not removable by the Restoration line of spells, since itself isn't an "effect" as such, and makes the spell more usable in fights.

Updated description to state slashing damage.

Script: make it so when you enter it delays the next damage application (so you can't walk in and out quickly to get lots of damage)

We need to probably have AOEs not overlap. Can be very abusable. Or just have the timer so only one heartbeat will apply damage (timer set to 5.5 seconds or something).

Hostile flag enabled.

No changes but do we want to make this essentially outdoor only? Would be thematic, and Druids shouldn't be utter powerhouses, but the game has probably a lot of mistagged areas. But might allow a bit more game system interaction along with allowing the Call Lightning Storm option.

Script: Optimise loop

Hostile flag enabled.

Updated description with damage and duration info.

Script: can move to EffectRunScript

Hostile flag enabled.

Script: Make sure AOE can't affect self.

Description: Cone, 11M since that's how it's sized.

School: Illusion → Evocation

Script: Just make it a "permanent"

School: Illusion → Evocation

Script: Just make it a "permanent" effect as in a very very long temporary duration. Can tag it to stop it being dispelled if we want to loop and dispel items too, but it won't affect item prices and won't affect ILR or UMD checks.

Odd one this; there is engine code for the item property being added and it being checked for "should it now be unequipped" (ie too high a level/wrong class/race/alignment type) but it still affects the price! Egad Bioware so silly.

Description and script: Make it only affect weapons, not creature weapons. Note it is not affected by critical hits.

Hostile flag added

Counterspell: Added Light

Subspells: Added 5 subspells for the delay until blast explosion is forced.

Script: Make it so only true enemies trigger it, or it explodes when it ends (on the last heartbeat) with a rounds + 2 seconds.

Updated targeting: does affect allies and made it 6.67 as in the area affected.

Subspells for the up to 5 rounds means the player can delay things properly. The AI choosing 1 round by default is fine.

AI category: Self enchantment.

Removed hostile flag.

Description: Updated to be up to +6 bonus.

Script: Update so the damage bonus is weapon damage, not magical damage.

Script: Egad where to begin?  Test EffectModifyAttacks is a bit broken, so perhaps use SetBaseAttackBonus with an EffectRunScript to remove it.

HP can also be tied to the spell with EffectRunScript and being supernatural.

Description and script: Update to be 10d6 flat damage, and if you fail the reflex save you are knocked down for 3 full rounds.

Range updated to 0 since personal/self only spell.

Hostile flag enabled.

The spell exists in the PHB but it's got some distinctly bigger effects - including if you fall in a fissure they close and the creature just...outright dies. Ouch.

The current spell isn't great since 10d6 damage is already reached when you get level 8 or 9 spells, and even though Clerics and Druids are not meant to be doing significant huge damage with spells, doing simply up to 60 basic bludgeoning damage - even in a large area - isn't really good. Meteor Swarm as a comparison does 20d6 fire damage - a much more useful damage type - and even has a small area it doesn't affect nearby for allies to stand in.

Obviously this doesn't have Spell Resistance checks as a bonus but that's hardly a killer feature in most cases.

The obvious route is to add additional penalties for failing the safe, vis-a-vis knockdown. This helps allies, and yourself, to attack those knocked down.

Increase damage to 1d4 + 1 from 1d3.

Hostile flag enabled.

Script changes: Remove all other damage shield effects.

Descriptor: Damage Shield added to this and others of it's type.

Script fixes: Cap damage to 20d6 similar to other spells, and fix the saving throw where it does 2 separate reflex saves (sigh!) to work out the damage done. It would be better to have just one save vs. Fire or better of Fire or Divine.

Might decide later to remove the "enemies only" part. Make it similar somewhat to Meteor Swarm in that way, with affecting everyone but not affecting the caster.

Description updated with correct AOE size.

Hostile flag enabled.

Hostile flag enabled.

Description and script update: Divine damage can affect allies too. Can redo the script to apply one saving throw ala Fire Storm against fire, but half the damage to deal and deal that in divine. Really two saving throws is weird.

Hostile flag enabled.

Not sure why Bioware made the divine damage not affect allies. Removing this makes the cleric be a little more careful in where it hits.

Description and script: Make it only affect weapons, not creature weapons. Note it is not affected by critical hits.

Hostile flag enabled.

Clarified knockdown is for 1 round.

Removed "Ignores self" from targeting.

Could well be better but I guess 3 different saves for some relatively good effects is interesting. Should 100% affect the caster if it doesn't already.

Might put a specific list of spells covered but for now leaving as-is.

Description and script: All creatures in the area are affected, daze duration cannot be affected by metamagic (due to it being to do with durations, and cannot be extended since it's "instant")

This could be split into 4 different spells affecting different alignments (chaos hammer, holy smite, order's wrath, unholy blight) but not sure it's worthwhile. Everyone would just use the vs. evil one and they'd be good/neutral and ignore the damage.

Was originally stagger (take partial actions) in the original. Could do this by having, say, a penalty to the number of attacks and have them slowed (so no haste + less movement/walking only).

Minor description updates clarifying what is affected (a single melee weapon).

Script: Should remove previous castings before the new one is applied (ie remove the temporary item property, then add the new one, since we can't alter the duration).

TBH keeping the effect as-is is fine. Notably some weird bug listed on the fandom wiki.

Clarified the deafness cannot be subject to metamagic.

Description and script: Extend damage to 20d4 max.

Extended damage range up to level 20 makes this spell more viable then a simple throwaway.

Description and script: Limited to CL 20 for damage (well level 18 which is 8d6 cold + 3d6 bludgeoning, with no save!).

Hostile flag added.

The 3E version just does a non-saveable 3d6 impact + 2d6 cold. Bioware made this one scale, actually entirely into epic levels, without having a save still.

For now we're capping it at level 20 for damage see about revision of many spells if we extend to epic levels.

Scripting: Remove +3 to DC. Save or Die is already powerful enough. Also remove "not affecting self" since why would it not affect yourself?

Description and scripting: Add in gaseous/incorporeal check.

The AOE is low enough but may make it limited in number of targets affected as per original SRD version. Clerics shouldn't be killing stuff super easily.

Doesn't count as Death Magic too, hmm.

No changes but noting the original does provide concealment/blindness. Not sure we want to add that.

Amended description slightly.

Also needs a heartbeat script adding so new invisibility effects can be removed.

Counterspell: Invisibility

Isaac's Greater Missile Storm

Isaac's Lesser Missile Storm

Description and script: Up to 5 missiles per creature at most.

The "kill anything not immune to magic damage" spell. No save, damage type you shouldn't be able to resist, and 1d6 or 2d6 damage.

Like other Ball spells (Firebrand etc.) we need to limit the amount of missiles per-person.

5 seems sensible - this is still 5d6 or 10d6 magical damage, and for Greater, for instance, you'd need 3 or less creatures for it to not throw out the most damage possible, at 4 or more you get the full damage.

Would be good to add some counterspells.

Description: clarified fire damage.

Hostile flag added.

Clarified description with saving throws needed etc. and how the 2nd effect is done.

Targeting: Ignores self

Clarified damage type.

Script: Need to make undead damage 1d8 based.

Metamagic: remove Empower, add Extend

Description: Clarified the attack bonus.

Metamagic: add Empower (had Maximise already)

Not adding Extend since the spell effect is "Instant" not "Temporary" which is just how D&D is sometimes. It'd also make the spell quite powerful for a level 2 AOE stun spell.

May need description adjustments so the stun doesn't affect deaf/unable to hear people.

Metamagic: add Empower (had Maximise already)

Made to be Druid 7 (and Innate 7) only.

Hostile flag enabled.

Counterspell: Create Greater Undead.

Description and script: Made indiscriminate.

Druids get this AND sunburst haha.

Really this would be better redone (the original spell did actual beams) but needs a new VFX I think for that. Maybe make it similar to Lightning Bolt so it's got a longer but narrower AOE.

However removing Cleric makes sense, and reverting to the original druid level 7 since why would they ever cast this otherwise?

Description: Colossal area affected, and clarified it is all creatures affected.

Script: Need to make it standard hostile. No reason this shouldn't affect everyone caught in the area.

This is a better version of Sunbeam essentially, especially due to the clearer AOE in the SRD, but still can be indiscriminate.

Like other AOEs if you enter you should not take damage until 5.5 seconds later.

Component: Somatic

Fixed visual targeting (discriminate, only affects allies)

Again like some other spells this could be split into 4 variants (affecting particular alignments) but meh.

To balance slightly the SRD version of effects might be used:

Deafened: The creature is struck deaf (see blindness/deafness) for 1d4 rounds.

Stunned: The creature is stunned for 1 round. A stunned creature can't act and loses any Dexterity bonus to AC. Attackers gain +2 bonuses to attack it.

Confused: The creature is confused, as by the confusion spell, for 1d10 minutes. This is a mind-affecting enchantment.

Killed: Living creatures die. Undead creatures are destroyed.

Added new counterspell: Silence

Description and script: Dispels Silence. Applies an AOE that lowers Move Silently skill for those in the area and decreases sonic immunity.

Make it long range and able to dispel silence at range makes it much more useful. Even if limited to bards: https://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/spell-compendium--86/amplify--3825/index.html

Also made alterations to Silence to match.

Description and script: Apply the bonuses to skills and the Turn Undead bonus separately. Add note about healing 1HP to those in the area. Change the AOE to be smaller (Medium, 3.33M). Make a mobile AOE that applies the +2 save vs. Fear.

The +2 vs. Fear is +5 in the Bioware version so might just up it. Bit weak otherwise perhaps.

Bioware did +4 Charisma which is sort of the same as adding to related skills and the Turn Undead checks, but also affects Divine Might. Maybe that's just the better option all round. Paladins don't get a lot of love.

Will think about it.

Range: Touch → Short

Description and script: Needs fixing to not centre on caster. Changed to Large radius as per PnP and added the limit of 1 creature per 3 levels (shouldn't be an issue tbh).

As noted in the description. Note spell script also needs fixing (centres on caster anyway). This is how the 3E spell works: https://dndtools.org/spells/magic-of-faerun--20/aura-of-vitality--1732/

Transmutation
Level: Druid 7,
Components: V, S,
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One creature per 3 levels, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)

All targets receive a +4 enhancement bonus to Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores.

Range: Touch → Self

Valid Targets: Self, Item

Changed to self-targeting for ease of use. It just affects your animal companion after all.

This needs some scripted fixes to allow Maximize to work too.

Note: The original spell could affect any animal, which is fine, and we might change to that but for now just leaving for animal companion.

Nothing really to fix but need to consider the item property to catch the thresholds.

and decreases sonic immunity.

Make it long range and able to dispel silence at range makes it much more useful. Even if limited to bards: https://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/spell-compendium--86/amplify--3825/index.html

Also made alterations to Silence to match.

Description and script: Apply the bonuses to skills and the Turn Undead bonus separately. Add note about healing 1HP to those in the area. Change the AOE to be smaller (Medium, 3.33M). Make a mobile AOE that applies the +2 save vs. Fear.

The +2 vs. Fear is +5 in the Bioware version so might just up it. Bit weak otherwise perhaps.

Bioware did +4 Charisma which is sort of the same as adding to related skills and the Turn Undead checks, but also affects Divine Might. Maybe that's just the better option all round. Paladins don't get a lot of love.

Will think about it.

Range: Touch → Short

Description and script: Needs fixing to not centre on caster. Changed to Large radius as per PnP and added the limit of 1 creature per 3 levels (shouldn't be an issue tbh).

As noted in the description. Note spell script also needs fixing (centres on caster anyway). This is how the 3E spell works: https://dndtools.org/spells/magic-of-faerun--20/aura-of-vitality--1732/

Transmutation
Level: Druid 7,
Components: V, S,
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One creature per 3 levels, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)

All targets receive a +4 enhancement bonus to Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores.

Range: Touch → Self

Valid Targets: Self, Item

Changed to self-targeting for ease of use. It just affects your animal companion after all.

This needs some scripted fixes to allow Maximize to work too.

Note: The original spell could affect any animal, which is fine, and we might change to that but for now just leaving for animal companion.

Nothing really to fix but need to consider the item property to catch the thresholds.

Spell School Enchantment → Transmutation

Marked as Hostile

AI category changed from AOE Discriminate to AOE Indiscriminate

Description, function and script: Change to a cone ala Cone of Cold.

VISUAL EFFECT NEEDED AND ADDING OF HORN SOUND

It was obviously meant to be Transmutation since the PnP is Transmutation. Probably copy/paste error.

Changed this to the cone effect since more cones with the new targeting is good. Also more unique.

Removed Hostile flag

Removed projectile (personal only)

AI category changed to Persistent AOE

Counterspell: Remove Curse

Description and script, and setup: Add melee touch attack due to the increased strength of the spell (it's permanent after all).

Have 8 options as subspells:

• -6 Strength
• -6 Dexterity
• -6 Constitution
• -6 Intelligence
• -6 Wisdom
• -6 Charisma
• -3 All Ability Scores
• -4 Attack, Saving Throws and Skill Rolls

We should add some better options options: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/3e_SRD:Bestow_Curse

-6 for a specific statistic

-4 attack rolls, saving throws and skill rolls

50% chance to act normally 50% not.

8 options for subspells means we can have the 6 attributes at -6, -4 to attack rolls and skill rolls, and -3 to all stats (a better buff then -2) to reflect the original spell. The 50% to not act is more like Confusion and probably best leaving that to a shorter duration spell (it'd be mega annoying on this permanent one).

Also need to add Break Enchantment.

Description and script: Removal of prepared spells or slots on hit on a failed will save. Clarified Dispel check.

Full description: https://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/magic-of-faerun--20/blackstaff--1737/index.html

Changes we can now do is add the spell loss - which is quite a powerful function of the original spell!

• Add: "Third, any spellcaster struck by a successful melee or melee touch attack with the blackstaff loses one prepared spell (or one unused spell slot, for spellcasters who do not prepare spells) of the highest spell level available."
• A successful Will save negates the spell loss, but not any damage or dispel effects caused by a strike of the blackstaff.

You can target another creatures staff or magical staff - even the spell specifically says that can be done. We'll sort dispel magic to remove temporary item properties so this works.

Another thing:

• Do we increase the cap on the dispel check? If not leaving at +10 maximum is automatically in place.

Description and script: Add light property, add blue flame VFX.

Script: correct duration to be 1 round/level.

I love the description in the book:

You touch a blade, and it catches fire. Unearthly blue flames crackle along its length while the weapon beneath remains cold and unharmed.

You grant a slashing weapon a 3 enhancement bonus. The weapon sheds illumination as if it were a torch.

So we can add a bit of that with a new weapon VFX (blue flames!)

I think we can fix the script to match the description for duration. 1 round/level seems sensible.

Description: added note about casting on holts (Blessed Bolt)

Script: correct duration to 1 turn/level. Make it so it replaces existing weapon enchantments entirely probably.

Will debate on adding Fatigue to rage. If so it'll apply to this spell as well.

Note the 3.5E of this spell actually allows a use of the base Rage feat without using a use of it, and interesting use and might make this more useful if it was added as a feature ("If the target has the Rage ability they use it for free" kind of thing).

Counterspell: Ray of Enfeeblement

Description: Clarified size of AOE

This is a perfect one we could extend at least up to caster level 10, at no real threat to higher spells due to the lower dice used (d4). Magic Missile even outpowers this quickly.

Description: Minor wording changes (removal of "competence" etc.)

Not much to say on this one. We could add the size limits of what you're affecting but meh.

Description and script: Deafening effect can only happen once per round maximum, leave the other effects as usual.

Script: Need to clarify when things are removed/replaced when adding temporary item properties.

This is a bit more powerful than the base book version which only has the deafness.

Just want to tidy up the description really. The 3.5E of the spell lasts a mere round but gets the advantage of an improved save DC I guess for deafness, and +1d6 sonic damage.

Book copy:

You empower the touched weapon with magic that causes it to emit a loud clang when it is struck against a hard surface, such as a floor, wall, or creature.
The item can create this noise once per round.
The clang has the effect of a thunderstone (see page 114 of the Player's Handbook) except that the caster and the weapon user are unaffected by the sound and the deafness lasts 1 minute.
If an attack with the weapon misses the target but was enough to make a touch attack, the weapon strikes the creature with sufficient force to activate the deafening clang.

Description and script: Clarify affected races and add Ooze to not affected.

Drown is pretty crazy. The actual spell in PnP is instant suffocation (instant go to 0HP!) which is crazier still.

Compared to Slay Living and the like though about the same (save or die, in this case save or nearly die).

Might also add some appearances that are unaffected.

Clarified description a little on what entangle does.

The famous entangle! Some engine fixes has solved the lack of AC. The other issue though is it affects the AI negatively - it interrupts their spellcasting (even if they're standing still). Might need to solve this - possibly script around it:

• EffectRunScript which is "Entangle" (via EffectIcon). It'll activate if the creature is moving, or it'll activate at the start of the next OnCombatRoundEnd in the AI script

Keeping the low duration, the 1 turn/level of the 3.0E is crazy powerful in NWN's environments.

Clarified that it won't affect certain creatures

The Bioware "You have 1 round/level on Normal or below / it's gone when you rest" makes sense. It's not fully "to the spell" but I think makes it more workable. Especially if you stone a guy, and need items off them! Lot less broken modules that way!

Other ways to remove might be a good idea, two come to mind, the ultimate cure-all Greater Restoration or the spell Break Enchantment which should be added anyway (to break some spells).

Greater Bull's Strength

Greater Cat's Grace

Greater Eagle's Splendor

Greater Endurance

Greater Fox's Cunning

Greater Owl's Wisdom

No changes yet. May add back into spellbooks.

Not in any class spellbook not sure why but it hasn't got a standard description.

Seems sensible enough but maybe was intended to be item only.

3.5E has the same spells as Sor/Wiz 5, Drd 5 (and a flat +1 / 2 caster levels bonus). Might be upped to a level 6 spell on both due to the innate level here. Need to think about it.

Description: some clarifications on target.

Description and script: Lasts up to 1 round per 4 caster levels.

I hate this spell. Players hate creatures that use this spell. It makes things so boring especially since the engine doesn't really work correctly regarding it since True Seeing can't actually let you attack them under it. Yes AOE spells work but come on...

Basically then:

• Lower the duration (this seems sensible regardless!) going for a big nerf here to begin with.
• Wait for engine fixes

Kinda wish this had a different name so it fitted Transmutation better. Why it's Transmutation I don't know, given Abjuration isn't the opposition school of any other spell school (where Stoneskin lives) and Transmutation doesn't therefore need it.

I guess adding it to Abjuration means it'll be available to those who take Conjuration...?

Premonition being the 3rd version of the spell kinda makes sense - it's more replacing another level 9 spell (which is powerful but not possible to do in NWN). I guess this is just spreading spells out.

Script: Remove movement speed increases - for now remove all existing ones (or supress them).

Haste is powerful but fine. 3.0E is being kept so 2 spells. It's a true DND spell and certainly speeds up the game (especially singleplayer) as a fighter and very much as a mage.

More to the point need to think about movement speed. We might be upping everyone to have up to 300% speed limit akin to the monk. But we don't necessarily want everyone to easily get 300% speed. In fact spells like Haste remove some existing speed bonus spells!

There are a few ways to do this;

• We note which spells are meant to boost speed and which of those can overlap and which shouldn't
• The overlapping ones leave - just apply them!
• The non-overlapping ones can be run through with EffectRunScript and EffectIcon, to be "inert" then add a movement speed bonus of the appropriate amount as effects are added and removed.
  • We can also make Haste apply no bonus movement speed and apply that separately.

The reason we want to allow 300% but not always implement movement speeds of over 150% is that then it works well with bonuses built into classes - primarily Barbarian and Monk.

There may also be spells we want to be at 200% speed or higher, or overlap

Spell School Enchantment → Transmutation

Marked as Hostile

AI category changed from AOE Discriminate to AOE Indiscriminate

Description, function and script: Change to a cone ala Cone of Cold.

VISUAL EFFECT NEEDED AND ADDING OF HORN SOUND

It was obviously meant to be Transmutation since the PnP is Transmutation. Probably copy/paste error.

Changed this to the cone effect since more cones with the new targeting is good. Also more unique.

Removed Hostile flag

Removed projectile (personal only)

AI category changed to Persistent AOE

Minor fixes

Counterspell: Remove Curse

Possibly change to subspells for options to make this more useful.

It's tempting to add all the options: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/3e_SRD:Bestow_Curse

-6 for a specific statistic

-4 attack rolls and skill rolls

50% chance to act normally 50% not.

8 options for subspells means we can have the 6 attributes at -6, -4 to attack rolls and skill rolls, and -3 to all stats (a better buff then -2) to reflect the original spell. The 50% to not act is more like Confusion and probably best leaving that to a shorter duration spell.

Spell school Enchantment → Transmutation

Noted Haste specifics in description.

Will remove the amount of creatures limit since the level you get this is so high it might as well be everyone.

Innate spell level of subspells 3 → 4

Subspells added relevant metamagic (just in case we need a reference for it)