New high-level witch spells

[David]

Hey, I need to round out the higher-level spell lists for witches and I'm looking for a few suggestions. These are their upper-level lists:

Fifth level
1) Animal Growth (M-5)
2) Animate Object
3) Charm Men
4) Conjure Elemental (M-5)
5) Contact Other Plane (M-5)
6) Intensify
7) Geas (M-6)
8) Guards and Wards (M-5)
9) Hold Monster (M-5)
10) Magic Jar
11) Monster Summoning
12) Seduction
13) Stone Shape (M-5)
14) Telekinesis (M-5)
15) Teleport (M-5)
16) Transmute Rock to Mud (M-5)
17) Uplift (C-4)
18) Wizard's Eye (M-4)

Sixth level
1) Banish
2) Conjure Animals (C-6)
3) Conjure Planar Being
4) Control Weather (M-6)
5) Dispel Fluids
6) Drain Life
7) Enchant an Item (M-6)
8) Eyebite (M-6)
9) Legend Lore
10) Lower Water (M-6)
11) Mass Suggestion (M-6)
12) Reincarnation
13) Restore Life
14) Rusting Grasp (M-5)
15) Speak with Monsters (C-6)
16) True Sight
17) Witch's Curse
18) Wall of Thorns (D-6)

Seventh level
1)
2) Antipathy/Sympathy (M-8)
3) Astral Spell (C-7)
4) Charm Plants (M-7)
5) Control Lycanthrope (M-7)
6) Finger of Death
7) Gate (C-7)
8) Limited Wish (M-7)
9) Mass Charm (M-8)
10) Mass Polymorph
11) Polymorph Any Object (M-8)
12) Seek
13) Shape Change (M-9)
14) Stone to Flesh (M-6)
15) Trap the Soul (M-8)
16) Wind Walk (C-7)

I'm looking to add three more seventh level spells. Right now Vaporize is at the head of my list (think dispel solid, much like they already have dispel vapor and liquid). Other ideas welcome.

[Stephanous]

What about something that summons a demon or devil?

Paul

[Andy]

>> 10) Mass Polymorph

"You're all PIGS!"

hehe

Here are some ideas I have for 7th level witch spells:

1. I agree, I could actually see some sort of disintegrate spell; as Jadis did to the main councilchamber doors on Charn. She called it 'Blast' and bragged to Digory and Polly that it worked just fine on people as well.

2. The ability to effect a very large area and blight/fertilize it (G/E) might be neat. Perhaps similar to the 7th level Shukenja spell, but with the appropriate material componenets.

3. The other idea could have a similar effect to setting up a 'witch's domain'. For example, Akbeth, known as 'Akbeth The Dark' could clear out an area around her castle/tower/evil lair then cast this spell and it would always be dark around the castle, along with all that implied. However, she couldn't just decide on any old special effect; it must totally jive with the witch's public personna, etc.

A few ideas on this theme:

'Dark' (easy to imagine)
'White/Cold' (Always winter but never Christmas)
'Enchanted' (shitloads of pixies, sprites, etc, just happen to move in)
....or other pre-DM approved ideas.

I think the 'Deplorable World' spell/effect Jadis did was probably beyond normal capabilties of a Dnd character. =:-o

Andy

[David]

I like both your ideas. That said, here's some feedback...

Witches can already summon demons/devils/slaadi/modron/devas/etc via the spell Conjure Planar Being (6th level).

Witch can aleady blight crops, lands, etc with the reverse of Plant Growth (4th level)

I think the "make the environment like me" spell is quite cool, but perhaps out of the range of a Dnd witch (not even mages, clerics, or druids have such a spell, although a witch could create a similar effect through multiple applications of a number of lesser spells, including control weather, weather summoning, witch's curse, antipathy, charm plants, mass polymorph, wall of thorns, intensify, etc).

The spell list I came up with while I was home sick was:

Fifth level
1) Animal Growth (M-5)
2) Animate Object
3) Charm Men
4) Conjure Elemental (M-5)
5) Contact Other Plane (M-5)
6) Intensify
7) Geas (M-6)
8) Guards and Wards (M-5)
9) Hold Monster (M-5)
10) Magic Jar
11) Monster Summoning
12) Seduction
13) Stone Shape (M-5)
14) Telekinesis (M-5)
15) Teleport (M-5)
16) Transmute Rock to Mud (M-5)
17) Uplift (C-4)
18) Wizard's Eye (M-4)

Sixth level
1) Conjure Animals (C-6)
2) Conjure Planar Being
3) Control Weather (M-6)
4) Dispel Fluids
5) Drain Life
6) Enchant an Item (M-6)
7) Eyebite (M-6)
8) Legend Lore
9) Lower Water (M-6)
10) Mass Sleep (M-5)
11) Mass Suggestion (M-6)
12) Reincarnation
13) Restore Life
14) Rusting Grasp (M-5)
15) Speak with Monsters (C-6)
16) Stone to Flesh (M-6)
17) True Sight
18) Witch's Curse

Seventh level
1) Antipathy/Sympathy (M-8)
2) Astral Spell (C-7)
3) Banish
4) Charm Plants (M-7)
5) Control Lycanthrope (M-7)
6) Finger of Death
7) Gate (C-7)
8) Limited Wish (M-7)
9) Mass Charm (M-8)
10) Mass Polymorph
11) Polymorph Any Object (M-8)
12) Seek
13) Shape Change (M-9)
14) Trap the Soul (M-8)
15) Vaporize
16) Wall of Thorns (D-6)
17) Weather Summoning (D-7)
18) Wind Walk (C-7)

[Stephanous]

It looks good to me Honey. Thank you for spending so much time on these revisions. It adds so much to the game.

Paul