Spells
Curse of Femlin
The caster of this moderate magick may shout a worm negation.
| Level | 5 |
| Area of effect | Several targets |
| Range | Across dimensions |
| Damage | A cause for insistent pain |
| Duration | Only an hour |
| Casting ritual | Touch the target with your bare skin |
| Recharge | Perform a clean strike with bare knuckles on your opponent |
| Wild magic effect | The nearest humanoid becomes your mortal enemy. |
Forgotten Bone of Angie
The caster of this moderate magick may conjure a soothing bone.
| Level | 5 |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a barn |
| Range | Within 6 paces |
| Damage | Something you will remember for weeks |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to read a fairy tale |
| Casting ritual | Concentrate for 2 minutes |
| Recharge | Wait until your heartrate drops below the rhythm of a horse's plodding clop |
| Wild magic effect | You are compelled to only tell the truth. |
The Expanding Geometries of Gwen
The caster of this moderate magick may hurl an enraging throne.
| Level | 6 |
| Area of effect | An area no larger than an old well |
| Range | As far as you damn well please |
| Damage | Of serious concern |
| Duration | Only an hour |
| Casting ritual | Touch the target with your bare skin |
| Recharge | Remember something bad from your past and then let it go |
| Wild magic effect | A strange, cruel mouth appears somewhere near your head. the things it says upset you. |
Bark of Marcellus
The caster of this minor magick may materialize an oil bark.
| Level | Cantrip |
| Area of effect | An area no larger than a baby's head |
| Range | As far as a cat leaps |
| Damage | Similar to a bruised arm |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to recite a short poem |
| Casting ritual | Utter the magic phrase |
| Recharge | Identify a physical feature of your opponent and focus on it for 4 seconds |
| Wild magic effect | Over the next 2 weeks, you will slowly transform into a lich. |
Cursed Moment
The caster of this minor magick may shout a slime moment.
| Level | Cantrip |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a town |
| Range | In your line of sight |
| Damage | Enough to kill a small squirrel |
| Duration | Only a few minutes |
| Casting ritual | Stare unblinking at the target for 2 seconds |
| Recharge | Wait for 5 seconds |
| Wild magic effect | You are convinced that nothing can hurt you. |
Runar's Cone
The caster of this minor magick may sing a clay cone.
| Level | Cantrip |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a puddle |
| Range | At a great distance from you |
| Damage | Enough to kill a large beetle |
| Duration | 1 minutes |
| Casting ritual | Quaff the vermilion elixir |
| Recharge | Wait for 2 seconds |
| Wild magic effect | You are compelled to only tell the truth. |
Amber of Cain
The caster of this minor magick may invoke a rending amber.
| Level | 2 |
| Area of effect | 1 targets |
| Range | Far from you |
| Damage | Similar to a stubbed toe |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to recite a short poem |
| Casting ritual | Snap your fingers clearly |
| Recharge | Identify a physical feature of your opponent and focus on it for 3 seconds |
| Wild magic effect | Every 4 day cycle you get progessively weaker and more terrified. by the end of each cycle you are so weak you can hardly walk. only the murder of an innocent resets the cycle and restores your health. |
Aric's Blade
The caster of this minor magick may embody a warding blade.
| Level | 1 |
| Area of effect | 4 targets |
| Range | Anywhere in the same region |
| Damage | Barely worth mentioning |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to recite a short poem |
| Casting ritual | Sing a brief verse |
| Recharge | Reassemble the basic components from your pouch |
| Wild magic effect | Your right arm grows 1 foot longer. |
The Scrying Geometries of Rylan
The caster of this major magick may radiate a sand sphere.
| Level | 7 |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a thimble |
| Range | At a short distance from you |
| Damage | Enough to corrupt a star |
| Duration | Until a child is born |
| Casting ritual | Perfectly recite an ancient religious text |
| Recharge | Recite one of the epic poems from memory without interruption |
| Wild magic effect | You can no longer cross rivers while conscious. |
Spells designed by
Spell Generator with casting rituals, descriptions, and wild magic effects
The Spell Generator brings old-school, soft magic flavour to your fantasy roleplaying games. Use them as inspiration for your own original spell designs, to spice up a monster, or add magical effects to dungeons. The wild magic effects can be used by themselves or as catastrophes that strike the careless wizard who fails to perform the proper rituals!
Some spells include content from Maze Rats by Ben Milton. Used with permission under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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