Spells
Forgotten Steam of Clark
The caster of this moderate magick may summon a compelling steam.
| Level | 4 |
| Area of effect | Several targets |
| Range | In your line of sight |
| Damage | Enough to break through a wooden door |
| Duration | Only a few hours |
| Casting ritual | Chant magic words while making the appropriate hand motion |
| Recharge | Find and kill a roc |
| Wild magic effect | You lose all your teeth |
The Transmuting Hex of Muriel
The caster of this minor magick may will a revealing word.
| Level | 3 |
| Area of effect | An area no larger than a baby's head |
| Range | Near to you |
| Damage | Barely worth mentioning |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to recite the alphabet |
| Casting ritual | Stare unblinking at the target for 5 seconds |
| Recharge | Spin in 2 circles while facing the sky |
| Wild magic effect | You develop an unseemly fascination with butts. |
The Combining Hex of Marina
The caster of this moderate magick may conjure a deceiving distortion.
| Level | 5 |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a single coin |
| Range | A pond's length away |
| Damage | Of serious concern |
| Duration | Until dawn |
| Casting ritual | Perform a basic dance |
| Recharge | Reassemble the rare components |
| Wild magic effect | You will rise as an undead death knight after you die. |
The Animating Hex
The caster of this major magick may cast a concealing coil.
| Level | 8 |
| Area of effect | A single target |
| Range | At a short distance from you |
| Damage | So intense as to make the caster think twice before casting it |
| Duration | Until the seasons change |
| Casting ritual | Walk the leylines surrounding the area for 2 days |
| Recharge | Remove one finger from your main hand and burn it at an altar using rare firesalts |
| Wild magic effect | The nearest humanoid frightens you so much you weep and piss yourself. |
Plum Cone
The caster of this major magick may invoke a vine cone.
| Level | 8 |
| Area of effect | An area no larger than an old well |
| Range | As far as you damn well please |
| Damage | Written about in many stories |
| Duration | Until the next lunar cycle begins |
| Casting ritual | Prepare a casting ground 19 days in advance |
| Recharge | Run fingers through the flowing water of the lost river of hubur |
| Wild magic effect | 6 leagues away, a hydra has spawned. it will hunt you without rest until it kills you or you kill it. |
Zie's Chaos
The caster of this moderate magick may shout an expanding chaos.
| Level | 6 |
| Area of effect | A 4 foot circle |
| Range | As far as you damn well please |
| Damage | 21 hit points |
| Duration | Only an hour |
| Casting ritual | Concentrate for 1 minutes |
| Recharge | Cook a 3 course meal and serve it to someone |
| Wild magic effect | You develop a strong attraction to mandrakes. |
Jessica's Enveloping Curse
The caster of this moderate magick may radiate an excruciating whisper.
| Level | 4 |
| Area of effect | A 3 foot circle |
| Range | Anywhere in the same province |
| Damage | Something you will remember for weeks |
| Duration | Only an hour |
| Casting ritual | Stare unblinking at the target for 4 minutes |
| Recharge | Wait for 20 hours |
| Wild magic effect | You lose the ability to do any sort of basic math. in fact, you can't even read numbers anymore. |
Foul Oil
The caster of this minor magick may conjure a vine oil.
| Level | 2 |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a single coin |
| Range | Across dimensions |
| Damage | Only slightly uncomfortable |
| Duration | 5 seconds |
| Casting ritual | Utter the magic phrase |
| Recharge | Recite a well-known poem from memory without interruption |
| Wild magic effect | Your skin turns persimmon. |
Sadie's Opening Curse
The caster of this moderate magick may shout a salt wood.
| Level | 5 |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a town |
| Range | As far as the frog leaps |
| Damage | Like a strong hit from a quarterstaff |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to walk through a small town |
| Casting ritual | Chant magic words while making the appropriate hand motion |
| Recharge | Compose a short song and perform it |
| Wild magic effect | You develop a terrible fear of elephants. |
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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