Spells
Intoxicating Hands Trace the Ray
The caster of this moderate magick may embody a regenerating ray.
| Level | 5 |
| Area of effect | Several targets |
| Range | Anywhere in the same town |
| Damage | A cause for insistent pain |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to walk through a small town |
| Casting ritual | Touch the target with your bare skin |
| Recharge | Wait for 6 hours |
| Wild magic effect | You develop a fear of fire. |
Foul Cloak
The caster of this moderate magick may emanate an ice cloak.
| Level | 6 |
| Area of effect | An area no larger than an old well |
| Range | 8 yards |
| Damage | Enough to make this spell dangerous |
| Duration | Only an hour |
| Casting ritual | Chant magic words while making the appropriate hand motion |
| Recharge | Wait until your heartrate drops below the rhythm of a horse's plodding clop |
| Wild magic effect | Over the next 4 days, your eyes will slowly shrink then disappear. |
Beast of Sion
The caster of this minor magick may radiate a tar beast.
| Level | Cantrip |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a young forest |
| Range | Across dimensions |
| Damage | Barely worth mentioning |
| Duration | 5 seconds |
| Casting ritual | Point a focus, such as a wand or crystal, towards the target |
| Recharge | Reassemble the basic components from your pouch |
| Wild magic effect | You can no longer bring yourself to cut your hair. doing so brings on terrible agony. |
Spirit of the Puce Probability
The caster of this moderate magick may embody a warding probability.
| Level | 6 |
| Area of effect | A 15 foot circle |
| Range | Within 2 paces |
| Damage | Like a clean slice from a sword |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to walk through a small town |
| Casting ritual | Perform a basic dance |
| Recharge | Perform the complex movements with your arms |
| Wild magic effect | You believe you are the most beautiful person on earth. |
The Screaming Invocation
The caster of this major magick may embody a disguising servant.
| Level | 8 |
| Area of effect | Several targets |
| Range | As far as a cat leaps |
| Damage | Like the scorching blast of a meteor |
| Duration | 5 watches |
| Casting ritual | Walk the leylines surrounding the area for 5 days |
| Recharge | Steal something important from a god |
| Wild magic effect | You grow a gnarly hunchback. |
Blade of Sylvia
The caster of this minor magick may emanate an obsidian blade.
| Level | 3 |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a wagon |
| Range | As far as you damn well please |
| Damage | Similar to a small gust of wind |
| Duration | For as long as you can stand on one foot |
| Casting ritual | Combine the basic components from your pouch |
| Recharge | Recite a well-known poem from memory without interruption |
| Wild magic effect | Any iron you touch becomes rusted. |
The Nullifying Hex of Phoebe
The caster of this major magick may summon a consuming tar.
| Level | 7 |
| Area of effect | An area the size of 5 wagons |
| Range | As far as you damn well please |
| Damage | Worth writing a song about |
| Duration | Until all civilizations fade to myth |
| Casting ritual | Prepare a ritual circle 4 days in advance |
| Recharge | Remove one finger from your main hand and burn it at an altar using rare firesalts |
| Wild magic effect | The wings of a bat sprout from your back. |
Cursed Amber
The caster of this minor magick may speak an obsidian amber.
| Level | Cantrip |
| Area of effect | 1 targets |
| Range | Close to you |
| Damage | Barely worth considering |
| Duration | For about as long as it takes to recite the alphabet |
| Casting ritual | Combine the basic components from your pouch |
| Recharge | Pluck a stone from a running river |
| Wild magic effect | Everyone around you smells like chipmunks from now on. |
The Describing Wish
The caster of this moderate magick may bring forth a summoning claw.
| Level | 4 |
| Area of effect | An area the size of a thimble |
| Range | A pond's length away |
| Damage | A cause for insistent pain |
| Duration | Only an hour |
| Casting ritual | Perform a basic dance |
| Recharge | Repeat the mantra 48 times |
| Wild magic effect | Everything you see turns sangria. |
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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