Best Fluff
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:28 pm
Not considering how powerful they are, what are the spells/feats/classes/gods/etc with the best flavor? I'll go through some of my favorites.
SRD Spells
Alter Self, Polymorph, Shapechange, etc: Shapeshifting has always, and will always be fun.
Animal Messenger, Dream: A bit more interesting than Missive or Sending.
Animal Trance: Adds to the Orphic image of bards and druids, even if it doesn't see much use.
Barkskin: Better image than Mage Armor.
Bestow Curse: The actual rules in the SRD aren't especially evocative, but the concept is there.
Black Tentacles: Wow, this spell is cool.
Blade Barrier, Prismatic Wall: Good image, and more complex effect than a simple wall.
Chain Lightning: I've always found this spell funny.
Changestaff: Oh, you've got a staff, I'm so afr-BY THE GODS.
Clone, Magic Jar: Comicbook immortality.
Contact Other Plane: Risk your sanity for information.
Creeping Doom: A much more disturbing way of killing someone than a SoD.
Disintegrate: Basically a damage spell, but turning your target to dust makes it more satisfying.
Imprisonment: "touch a creature, it is entombed in a state of suspended animation in a small sphere far beneath the surface of the earth."
Irresistable Dance, Hideous Laughter, Maze: Stylish ways of incapacitating people.
Gaseous Form, Meld into Stone, Ethereal Jaunt: Allows you to hide/escape/go places in an unusual way.
Explosive Runes, Symbol, etc:
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion: Partially I like this spell just for the name.
Modify Memory: That's... pretty evil.
Move Earth:" Move earth moves dirt (clay, loam, sand), possibly collapsing embankments, moving hillocks, shifting dunes, and so forth."
Planar Binding: This is what every wizard wants to do.
Pyrotechnics, Repel [material], Reverse Gravity, Transmute X to Y, Telekinesis, Sympathetic Vibration: Examples of "alter your environment" abiltiies; Move Earth goes here too.
Reincarnate: Much stranger than resurrection.
Shadow Conjuration: Do whatever you want as long as no one is paying attention.
Rope Trick: Wierd, useful effect. I like how this is a low level spell.
Tree Stride, Transport Via Plants: A very Druidic method of teleportation.[/list]
SRD Spells
Alter Self, Polymorph, Shapechange, etc: Shapeshifting has always, and will always be fun.
Animal Messenger, Dream: A bit more interesting than Missive or Sending.
Animal Trance: Adds to the Orphic image of bards and druids, even if it doesn't see much use.
Barkskin: Better image than Mage Armor.
Bestow Curse: The actual rules in the SRD aren't especially evocative, but the concept is there.
Black Tentacles: Wow, this spell is cool.
Blade Barrier, Prismatic Wall: Good image, and more complex effect than a simple wall.
Chain Lightning: I've always found this spell funny.
Changestaff: Oh, you've got a staff, I'm so afr-BY THE GODS.
Clone, Magic Jar: Comicbook immortality.
Contact Other Plane: Risk your sanity for information.
Creeping Doom: A much more disturbing way of killing someone than a SoD.
Disintegrate: Basically a damage spell, but turning your target to dust makes it more satisfying.
Imprisonment: "touch a creature, it is entombed in a state of suspended animation in a small sphere far beneath the surface of the earth."
Irresistable Dance, Hideous Laughter, Maze: Stylish ways of incapacitating people.
Gaseous Form, Meld into Stone, Ethereal Jaunt: Allows you to hide/escape/go places in an unusual way.
Explosive Runes, Symbol, etc:
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion: Partially I like this spell just for the name.
Modify Memory: That's... pretty evil.
Move Earth:" Move earth moves dirt (clay, loam, sand), possibly collapsing embankments, moving hillocks, shifting dunes, and so forth."
Planar Binding: This is what every wizard wants to do.
Pyrotechnics, Repel [material], Reverse Gravity, Transmute X to Y, Telekinesis, Sympathetic Vibration: Examples of "alter your environment" abiltiies; Move Earth goes here too.
Reincarnate: Much stranger than resurrection.
Shadow Conjuration: Do whatever you want as long as no one is paying attention.
Rope Trick: Wierd, useful effect. I like how this is a low level spell.
Tree Stride, Transport Via Plants: A very Druidic method of teleportation.[/list]