Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy: Cleric and Magic-User Spells
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Introduction
Cleric Spells
Clerical spells range from the humble to the indispensable to the miraculous. The spells cover the following main areas:
 ●	Healing: The most fundamental clerical spells are those with the ability to heal. Indeed, these spells are very often the primary reason adventuring parties seek out clerics to join their ranks! Any adventurer with the humble 1st level cure light wounds memorized is a major boon to their companions, able to restore lost hit points. Higher level spells grant the ability to cure diseases and poisons. The most powerful clerical healing magic can even return the deceased to life.
 ●	Defence: The secondary role of clerical magic lies in protection against harmful environments and warding of evil forces. Low-level spells can conjure light in dark places or make spoiled food safe to eat. Higher-level spells can unravel baneful enchantments and banish great evils.
 ●	Divination: Finally, the cleric spell list features a wide range of spells that bestow knowledge of that which is hidden. Low level spells grant the ability to detect magic, traps, and evil intent. More powerful spells allow communication with animals and plants, locating lost objects, and even direct communion with deities!
Magic-User Spells
Magic-user spells range from the utilitarian to the flashy. The spells cover the following main areas:
 ●	Offence: The most iconic magic-user spells are those that harm or incapacitate enemies. From the ability to cause large groups of creatures to fall into an instant slumber, to mid-level spells that can paralyse, incinerate, or electrify foes, to greater magicks that can kill outright, disintegrate, or turn to stone. In an adventuring party, a magic-user’s offensive spells are invaluable for their ability to instantly defeat large groups of enemies.
 ●	Misdirection: Secondary is the role of spells of deceit and misdirection. At all levels, the magic-user spell list includes magicks to conjure illusions, to charm the unwitting, and to baffle the senses.
 ●	Movement: Finally, the magic-user spell list features a wide range of spells that enable or prevent movement. From barring or opening doors, to carrying heavy loads, to granting the power of flight, to conjuring barriers of energy. 
Required Books
Core Rules: The basic rules for magic, spell casting, and spell books are found in Old-School Essentials Core Rules.
Classic Fantasy: Genre Rules: The descriptions of the cleric, magic-user, and elf classes are found in Classic Fantasy: Genre Rules.
Heritage
The material presented in this book represents a 100% faithful restatement of the cleric and magic-user spells from the classic Basic/Expert game.
Cleric Spell List
1st Level
1.	Cure Light Wounds (Cause Lt. Wounds)
2.	Detect Evil
3.	Detect Magic
4.	Light (Darkness)
5.	Protection from Evil
6.	Purify Food and Water
7.	Remove Fear (Cause Fear)
8.	Resist Cold
2nd Level
1.	Bless (Blight)
2.	Find Traps
3.	Hold Person
4.	Know Alignment
5.	Resist Fire
6.	Silence 15’ Radius
7.	Snake Charm
8.	Speak with Animals
3rd Level
1.	Continual Light (Continual Darkness)
2.	Cure Disease (Cause Disease)
3.	Growth of Animal
4.	Locate Object
5.	Remove Curse (Curse)
6.	Striking
4th Level
1.	Create Water
2.	Cure Serious Wounds (Cause Sr. Wounds)
3.	Neutralize Poison
4.	Protection from Evil 10’ Radius
5.	Speak with Plants
6.	Sticks to Snakes
5th Level
1.	Commune
2.	Create Food
3.	Dispel Evil
4.	Insect Plague
5.	Quest (Remove Quest)
6.	Raise Dead (Finger of Death)
Magic-User Spell List
1st Level
1.	Charm Person
2.	Detect Magic
3.	Floating Disc
4.	Hold Portal
5.	Light (Darkness)
6.	Magic Missile
7.	Protection from Evil
8.	Read Languages
9.	Read Magic
10.	Shield
11.	Sleep
12.	Ventriloquism
2nd Level
1.	Continual Light (Continual Darkness)
2.	Detect Evil
3.	Detect Invisible
4.	ESP
5.	Invisibility
6.	Knock
7.	Levitate
8.	Locate Object
9.	Mirror Image
10.	Phantasmal Force
11.	Web
12.	Wizard Lock
3rd Level
1.	Clairvoyance
2.	Dispel Magic
3.	Fire Ball
4.	Fly
5.	Haste
6.	Hold Person
7.	Infravision
8.	Invisibility 10’ Radius
9.	Lightning Bolt
10.	Protection from Evil 10’ Radius
11.	Protection from Normal Missiles
12.	Water Breathing
4th Level
1.	Charm Monster
2.	Confusion
3.	Dimension Door
4.	Growth of Plants
5.	Hallucinatory Terrain
6.	Massmorph
7.	Polymorph Others
8.	Polymorph Self
9.	Remove Curse (Curse)
10.	Wall of Fire
11.	Wall of Ice
12.	Wizard Eye
5th Level
1.	Animate Dead
2.	Cloudkill
3.	Conjure Elemental
4.	Contact Higher Plane
5.	Feeblemind
6.	Hold Monster
7.	Magic Jar
8.	Pass-Wall
9.	Telekinesis
10.	Teleport
11.	Transmute Rock to Mud (Mud to Rock)
12.	Wall of Stone
6th Level
1.	Anti-Magic Shell
2.	Control Weather
3.	Death Spell
4.	Disintegrate
5.	Geas (Remove Geas)
6.	Invisible Stalker
7.	Lower Water
8.	Move Earth
9.	Part Water
10.	Projected Image
11.	Reincarnation
12.	Stone to Flesh (Flesh to Stone)
Cleric Spells
1st Level Spells
Cure Light Wounds
Duration: Instant
Range: The caster or a creature touched
This spell has two uses
 1.	Healing a living subject: Restores 1d6+1 hit points of damage. This cannot grant more hit points than the subject’s normal maximum.
 2.	Curing paralysis: Paralysing effects are negated.
Reversed: Cause Light Wounds
Inflicts 1d6+1 hit points of damage to a touched creature. In combat, a melee attack roll is required.
Detect Evil
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 120’
Objects enchanted for evil purposes or living beings with evil intentions are caused to magically glow.
 ●	Intent only: This spell does not grant the ability to read minds, but only grants a general sense of evil intent.
 ●	Definition of evil: The referee must decide what is “evil”. Some things that are potentially harmful, like traps, are not “evil.”
Detect Magic
Duration: 2 turns
Range: 60’
Enchanted objects, areas, or creatures are caused to glow. Both permanent and temporary enchantments are revealed.
Light
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 120’
This spell has three usages:
 1.	Conjuring light: In a 15’ radius. The magical light is sufficient for reading, but is not as bright as daylight. The spell may be cast upon an object, in which case the light moves with the object.
 2.	Blinding a creature: By casting the spell upon its eyes. If the target fails a saving throw versus spells, it is blinded for the duration. A blind creature cannot attack.
 3.	Cancelling darkness: Light may cancel a darkness spell (see below).
Reversed: Darkness
Creates a 15’ radius area of magical blackness, preventing normal sight (but not infravision). Like light, it may alternatively be used to blind creatures or to dispel a light spell.
Protection from Evil
Duration: 12 turns
Range: The caster
This spell wards the caster from attacks by creatures of another alignment, as follows:
 ●	Bonuses: The caster gains a +1 bonus to saving throws against attacks or special abilities of affected creatures.
 ●	Affected creatures’ attacks: Against the caster are penalised by –1.
 ●	Enchanted, constructed, or summoned creatures: The spell additionally prevents such creatures from attacking the caster in melee, though they may still make ranged attacks. If the caster engages such a creature in melee, this protection is broken (the caster still gains the save and attack bonuses mentioned above).
Purify Food and Water
Duration: Permanent
Range: 10’
This spell makes spoiled, rotten, poisonous, or otherwise contaminated food and water pure and suitable for eating and drinking. One of the following may be affected:
 ●	Drink: 6 quarts.
 ●	Rations: One trail ration (iron or standard).
 ●	Unpreserved food: A quantity sufficient for 12 human-sized beings.
Remove Fear
Duration: 2 turns
Range: The caster or a creature touched
The creature touched is calmed and purged of fear. Magically induced fear may be dispelled, but this requires the subject to make a saving throw versus spells. The save is modified by +1 per level of the caster.
Reversed: Cause Fear
Will cause a target within 120’ to flee for the duration unless it saves versus spells.
Resist Cold
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 30’
All creatures within range are protected from cold, as follows:
 ●	Normal cold: Unharmed by non-magical freezing temperatures.
 ●	Save bonus: Gain a +2 bonus to all saving throws versus cold-based magical or breath attacks.
 ●	Cold-based damage: Is reduced by 1 point per damage die rolled. (Each die inflicts a minimum of 1 hit point damage.)
2nd Level Spells
Bless
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 60’
May be used in one of two situations:
 1.	Battle: Allies within a 20’ square area who are not yet in melee gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls and a +1 bonus to morale.
 2.	Ritual: Casting bless may also form part of rituals of purification or consecration, at the referee’s discretion.
Reversed: Blight
Incurs a –1 penalty to morale checks, attack rolls, and damage rolls of enemies within a 20’ square area. A save versus spells is allowed to resist the blight.
Find Traps
Duration: 2 turns
Range: 30’
Trapped objects or areas within range of the caster glow with a magical blue light.
 ●	Magical and mechanical traps: Are both detected.
 ●	No knowledge: About the nature of the trap or how to deactivate it is granted.
Hold Person
Duration: 9 turns
Range: 180’
This spell causes one or more humans, demihumans, or humanoid monsters to be paralysed if they fail a saving throw versus spells. It may be cast in two ways:
 1.	Against an individual: The target’s saving throw is penalised by –2.
 2.	Against a group: 1d4 individuals in the group are targeted.
Restrictions: Humanoids of greater than 4+1 HD and undead are not affected.
Know Alignment
Duration: 1 round
Range: 10’
The caster gains immediate knowledge of the alignment of one character, monster, object, or location within range. (Most objects or locations do not have an alignment, but magic items or holy places might.)
Resist Fire
Duration: 2 turns
Range: 30’
A single creature is bestowed with supernatural resistance to fire, as follows:
 ●	Normal heat: Unharmed by non-magical heat or fire.
 ●	Save bonus: Gain a +2 bonus to all saving throws versus fire-based magical or breath attacks.
 ●	Fire-based damage: Is reduced by 1 point per damage die rolled. (Each die inflicts a minimum of 1 hit point damage.)
Silence 15’ Radius
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 180’
A 15’ radius area is rendered utterly silent.
 ●	Within the area: All sound is stopped. Conversation and spell casting are impossible.
 ●	Noise from outside the area: Can be heard by those within it.
 ●	Casting upon a creature: Silence may be cast upon a creature, which must save versus spells. If the save fails, the 15’ radius area of silence moves with the creature. If the save succeeds, the spell’s effect remains stationary—the targeted creature may move out of it.
Snake Charm
Duration: 1d4+1 rounds or turns
Range: 60’
One or more snakes are rendered non-hostile, rearing up and swaying to and fro but not attacking.
 ●	HD affected: The spell affects snakes whose total Hit Dice do not exceed the caster’s level. For example, a 7th level caster can affect 7 HD of snakes, which can equal seven 1 HD snakes, or two 3 HD snakes and one 1 HD snake, or any other combination.
 ●	Duration: When cast on snakes that are already attacking, the spell lasts for 1d4+1 rounds. Otherwise, it lasts for 1d4+1 turns.
Speak with Animals
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 30’
The caster can communicate with one type of animal within range when the spell is cast.
 ●	Type of animal: Ordinary animals or giant versions of ordinary animals may be targeted.
 ●	Questions: The caster can ask questions of and receive answers from animals of the chosen kind, although the spell doesn’t make animals any more friendly or cooperative than normal (a reaction roll may be required).
 ●	Services: If an animal is friendly toward the caster, it may perform some favour or service.
3rd Level Spells
Continual Light
Duration: Permanent
Range: 120’
This spell has three usages:
 1.	Conjuring light: In a 30’ radius. The magical light is as bright as full daylight (creatures that suffer attack penalties in daylight are affected). The spell may be cast upon an object, in which case, the light moves with the object.
 2.	Blinding a creature: By casting the spell upon its eyes. If the target fails a saving throw versus spells, it is blinded. A blind creature cannot attack.
 3.	Cancelling darkness: Continual light may cancel a continual darkness spell (see below).
Reversed: Continual Darkness
Creates a 30’ radius area of magical blackness, preventing both normal sight and infravision. Light sources brought within the area of darkness do not illuminate it. Like continual light, it may alternatively be used to blind creatures or to dispel a continual light spell.
Cure Disease
Duration: Instant
Range: 30’
This spell has two uses:
 1.	Cure a subject of any disease: Including those of magical origin.
 2.	Kill green slime: This monster (see Classic Fantasy: Monsters) is killed instantly.
Reversed: Cause Disease
Inflicts a terrible, withering disease on a victim, if a saving throw versus spells is failed. The disease has the following effects:
 ●	Death: Within 2d12 days.
 ●	Attack penalty: –2 to attack rolls.
 ●	Natural healing: Takes twice the usual amount of time.
 ●	Magical healing: Is utterly ineffective.
 ●	Curing: This disease can be cured with a casting of cure disease.
Growth of Animal
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 120’
One non-magical, normal animal is doubled in size and strength when this spell is cast upon it.
 ●	Damage: The damage inflicted by the animal’s attacks is doubled.
 ●	Load: The amount of weight the animal can carry is doubled.
 ●	Restrictions: This spell may be used on giant versions of normal animals, but intelligent animals and fantastic monsters are unaffected.
Locate Object
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 120’
The caster can sense the direction (but not distance) of an object. One of two types of object may be located:
 ●	General class: An object of a general class (e.g. a stairway, an altar, etc). In this case, the nearest object of that type is located.
 ●	Specific object: A specific object which the caster can clearly visualise in all aspects.
 ●	Restrictions: This spell cannot be used to locate creatures.
Remove Curse
Duration: Instant / Permanent (curse)
Range: The caster or a creature touched
Remove curse instantaneously removes one curse from a creature. It may allow a character to discard a cursed magic item.
Reversed: Curse
Places a deleterious effect upon a creature, if it fails a save versus spells.
 ●	Effects: The exact form and effects of the curse are determined by the caster.
 ●	Maximum possible effects include: A –2 penalty to saving throws, a –4 penalty to hit, reducing an ability score by 50%.
 ●	Multiple curses: May afflict a creature, as long as each has a different effect.
 ●	Referee judgement: The referee should judge the effects of this spell and may turn overly powerful curses back onto the caster!
Striking
Duration: 1 turn
Range: 30’
A single weapon is enchanted:
 ●	Damage: It deals an additional 1d6 damage.
 ●	Treated as magical: It is able to harm monsters which are normally only harmed by magical weapons.
4th Level Spells
Create Water
Duration: Permanent
Range: Touch
This spell causes a magical fount to spring forth from the ground or a wall.
 ●	Volume: The fount produces approximately 50 gallons of water—enough to sustain twelve humans and twelve mounts for one day.
 ●	Higher level casters: If the caster is higher than 8th level, water sufficient for an additional twelve humans and mounts is produced for each level beyond 8th.
Cure Serious Wounds
Duration: Instant
Range: The caster or a creature touched
The caster’s touch heals 2d6+2 hit points of damage in one living subject. This cannot grant more hit points than the subject’s normal maximum.
Reversed: Cause Serious Wounds
Inflicts 2d6+2 hit points of damage to a touched creature. In combat, a melee attack roll is required.
Neutralize Poison
Duration: Instant
Range: The caster or a creature or object touched
This spell has two uses:
 1.	Characters: Neutralize the effects of poison on a character. A character who has died from poisoning can be revived, if neutralize poison is cast within ten rounds.
 2.	Items: Remove poison from an item.
Protection from Evil 10’ Radius
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 10’ around the caster
This spell wards the caster and all allies within 10’ from attacks by creatures of another alignment, as follows:
 ●	Bonuses: Those warded gain a +1 bonus to saving throws against attacks or special abilities of affected creatures.
 ●	Affected creatures’ attacks: Against those warded are penalised by –1.
 ●	Enchanted, constructed, or summoned creatures: The spell additionally prevents such creatures from making melee attacks against those warded, though they may still make ranged attacks. If any of the warded party engages such a creature in melee, this protection is broken (those warded still gain the save and attack bonuses mentioned above).
Speak with Plants
Duration: 3 turns
Range: 30’
This spell has two uses:
 1.	Normal plants: Communication with normal plants. The caster is able to ask questions and receive answers and may ask for simple favours. Plants may comply, if the request is within their ability to understand and perform. For example, densely overgrown plants may clear a passageway through which the caster and party may travel.
 2.	Monstrous plants: Communication with plant-like or plant-based monsters.
Sticks to Snakes
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 120’
2d8 normal sticks are miraculously transformed into snakes that follow the caster’s orders.
Reversion: When killed or at the end of the spell’s duration, the snakes revert back into sticks.
Conjured Snakes
AC 6 [13], HD 1 (4hp), Att 1 × bite (1d4), THAC0 19 [0], MV 90’ (30’), SV D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (1), ML 17, AL Neutral, XP 10 (13 if poisonous), NA See above, TT None
 ●	Poison: There is a 50% chance of the snakes being poisonous.
 ●	When killed: Revert back to sticks.
5th Level Spells
Commune
Duration: 3 turns
Range: The caster
The caster calls upon divine powers in order to seek knowledge.
 ●	Questions: The caster may ask three questions per casting. Once per year, the caster may instead ask six questions.
 ●	Answers: Each question receives a simple “yes” or “no” answer.
 ●	Usage limit: Commune may only be cast once per week. If the referee feels this spell is being overused, its usage may be limited to once per month.
Create Food
Duration: Permanent
Range: Appears in the caster’s presence
Conjures food from thin air.
 ●	Volume: Food sufficient for twelve humans and twelve mounts for one day is conjured.
 ●	Higher level casters: If the caster is higher than 8th level, food sufficient for an additional 12 humans and mounts is produced for each level beyond 8th.
Dispel Evil
Duration: Concentration (up to 1 turn) or instant (see below)
Range: 30’
This spell has three uses:
 1.	Ward: By concentrating and remaining stationary, enchanted or undead monsters that come within range may be banished or destroyed. Each monster may save versus spells to avoid banishment or destruction. If a monster’s save succeeds, it flees the affected area.
 2.	Target single monster: Instantly banish or destroy a single enchanted or undead monster within range. The monster may save versus spells (with a –2 penalty) to avoid banishment or destruction. If the monster’s save succeeds, it flees the affected area.
 3.	Dispel curse: Instantly dispel the hold that a cursed item has over a being within range.
Insect Plague
Duration: Concentration (up to 1 day)
Range: 480’
Cast above ground, this spell conjures a 60’ diameter swarm of flying insects with the following properties:
 ●	Movement: 20’ per round. While the swarm is within range, the caster is able to direct its movements.
 ●	Vision: Within the area of the swarm is obscured.
 ●	Creatures of 2 HD or less: Are driven away, if caught within the swarm.
 ●	Concentration: If the caster moves or loses concentration, the swarm dissipates, ending the spell.
 ●	Restrictions: The spell has no effect if cast underground.
Quest
Duration: Until quest is completed / Instant (remove quest)
Range: 30’
The caster commands a single subject to perform a specific quest or task.
 ●	Examples: Rescuing a prisoner, killing a specific monster, bringing a magic item to the caster, or going on a journey to a holy site.
 ●	Suicidal quests: The prescribed quest must not be obviously suicidal.
 ●	Saving throw: The subject may save versus spells, with success indicating that the quest has no effect.
 ●	Refusal: The subject must undertake the quest or fall under a curse (per the curse spell, with the exact nature of the curse determined by the referee).
 ●	Completion: Once the task is completed, the spell ends.
Reversed: Remove Quest
Can dispel an active quest spell. If the character who cast the quest spell to be nullified is higher level than the character casting remove quest, there is a chance of the spell having no effect. The probability of failure is 5% per level the caster is below the caster of quest.
Raise Dead
Duration: Instant
Range: 120’
This spell has two uses:
 1.	Restore life: To a recently deceased human or demihuman. See below.
 2.	Destroy undead: A single undead monster is destroyed, if it fails a saving throw versus spells.
Restoring life: When used to restore life, the following stipulations apply:
 ●	Time limit: The caster can raise a person that has been dead for no longer than four days per level of the caster above 7th. For example, a 10th level caster can revive a character that has been dead for twelve days (three levels above 7th × four days).
 ●	Weakness: Returning from death is an ordeal. Until the subject gets two full weeks of bed rest, they have 1 hit point, move at half the normal rate, cannot carry heavy items, and cannot attack, cast spells, or use other class abilities. This period of weakness may not be shortened by any magical healing.
Reversed: Finger of Death
Directs a ray of deadly magic at a single target. If the target fails a saving throw versus death, it dies instantly. Casting finger of death is a chaotic act; it will only be used by lawful casters in desperate situations.
Magic-User Spells
1st Level Spells
Charm Person
Duration: One or more days (see below)
Range: 120’
A single, humanoid creature must save versus spells or be charmed, as follows:
 ●	Friendship: The subject regards the caster as its trusted friend and ally and will come to the caster’s defence.
 ●	Commands: If they share a language, the caster may give the charmed creature commands, which it will obey.
 ●	Subject’s nature: Commands that contradict the charmed creature’s habits or alignment may be ignored.
 ●	Suicidal commands: An affected creature never obeys suicidal or obviously harmful orders.
Restrictions: Humanoids of greater than 4+1 HD and undead are not affected.
Duration: The charm lasts indefinitely, but the subject is allowed to make further saves versus spells at intervals, depending on its INT score. If one of these saves succeeds, the spell ends.
 ●	INT 3–8: The creature gains a new save once every month.
 ●	INT 9–12: The creature gains a new save each week.
 ●	INT 13–18: The creature gains a new save once every day.
Detect Magic
Duration: 2 turns
Range: 60’
Enchanted objects, areas, or creatures are caused to glow. Both permanent and temporary enchantments are revealed.
Floating Disc
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 6’
The caster conjures a slightly concave, circular disc of magical force that follows them about and carries loads.
 ●	Dimensions: The disc is 3 feet in diameter and 1 inch deep at its centre.
 ●	Load: It can hold a maximum load of 5,000 coins (500 pounds).
 ●	Motion: The disc floats at waist height and remains level, floating along horizontally within spell range.
 ●	End: When the disc winks out at the end of the spell’s duration, anything it was supporting is dropped.
Hold Portal
Duration: 2d6 turns
Range: 10’
This spell magically holds shut a door, gate, window, or other kind of portal.
 ●	Opening by magic: A knock spell opens the held portal instantly.
 ●	Opening by force: Creatures with at least 3 Hit Dice more than the caster can open the held portal with one round of effort.
Light
Duration: 6 turns +1 per level
Range: 120’
This spell has three usages:
 1.	Conjuring light: In a 15’ radius. The magical light is sufficient for reading, but is not as bright as daylight. The spell may be cast upon an object, in which case the light moves with the object.
 2.	Blinding a creature: By casting the spell upon its eyes. If the target fails a saving throw versus spells, it is blinded for the duration. A blind creature cannot attack.
 3.	Cancelling darkness: Light may cancel a darkness spell (see below).
Reversed: Darkness
Creates a 15’ radius area of magical blackness, preventing normal sight (but not infravision). Like light, it may alternatively be used to blind creatures or to dispel a light spell.
Magic Missile
Duration: 1 turn
Range: 150’
This spell conjures a glowing dart of energy that the caster may choose to shoot at a visible target within range.
 ●	Hit: The missile hits unerringly (no attack roll or saving throw is required).
 ●	Damage: The missile inflicts 1d6+1 damage.
 ●	Higher level casters: May conjure more missiles: two additional missiles are conjured per five experience levels the caster has gained (i.e. three missiles at 6th–10th level, five missiles at 11th–15th level, etc.). Multiple missiles may be directed at a single target.
Protection from Evil
Duration: 6 turns
Range: The caster
This spell wards the caster from attacks by creatures of another alignment, as follows:
 ●	Bonuses: The caster gains a +1 bonus to saving throws against attacks or special abilities of affected creatures.
 ●	Affected creatures’ attacks: Against the caster are penalised by –1.
 ●	Enchanted, constructed, or summoned creatures: The spell additionally prevents such creatures from attacking the caster in melee, though they may still make ranged attacks. If the caster engages such a creature in melee, this protection is broken (the caster still gains the save and attack bonuses mentioned above).
Read Languages
Duration: 2 turns
Range: The caster
For the duration of this spell, the caster may read any language, coded message, map, or other set of written instructions. This spell does not grant any ability to speak unknown languages.
Read Magic
Duration: 1 turn
Range: The caster
By means of read magic, the caster can decipher magical inscriptions or runes, as follows:
 ●	Scrolls: The magical script of a scroll of arcane spells can be understood. The caster is then able to activate the scroll at any time in the future.
 ●	Spell books: A spell book written by another arcane spell caster can be deciphered.
 ●	Inscriptions: Runes or magical words inscribed on an object or surface can be understood.
 ●	Reading again: Once the caster has read a magical inscription using read magic, they are thereafter able to read that particular writing without recourse to the use of this spell.
Shield
Duration: 2 turns
Range: The caster
Shield creates an invisible field of force that protects the caster:
 ●	Against missile attacks: The caster’s AC is 2 [17].
 ●	Against other attacks: The caster’s AC is 4 [15].
Sleep
Duration: 4d4 turns
Range: 240’
A sleep spell causes a magical slumber to come upon creatures, excluding the undead. The spell may target either:
 ●	A single creature: With 4+1 Hit Dice.
 ●	A group: A total of 2d8 Hit Dice of creatures of 4 HD or lower each.
Killing: Creatures enchanted by this spell are helpless and can be killed instantly with a bladed weapon.
Awakening: Slapping or wounding awakens an affected creature.
When targeting a group: Of creatures of 4 HD or less, the following rules apply:
 ●	Weakest first: Targets with the least HD are affected first.
 ●	HD: Calculate monsters with less than 1 HD as having 1 HD and monsters with a bonus to HD as having the flat amount. (For example, a 3+2 HD monster would be calculated as having 3 HD.)
 ●	Excess: Rolled Hit Dice that are not sufficient to affect a creature are wasted.
Ventriloquism
Duration: 2 turns
Range: 60’
The caster may make their voice appear to come from any location or source (e.g. a statue or animal) within range.
2nd Level Spells
Continual Light
Duration: Permanent
Range: 120’
This spell has three usages:
 1.	Conjuring light: In a 30’ radius. The magical light is sufficient for reading, but is not as bright as daylight. The spell may be cast upon an object, in which case the light moves with the object.
 2.	Blinding a creature: By casting the spell upon its eyes. If the target fails a saving throw versus spells, it is blinded. A blind creature cannot attack.
 3.	Cancelling darkness: Continual light may cancel a continual darkness spell (see below).
Reversed: Continual Darkness
Creates a 30’ radius area of magical blackness, preventing both normal sight and infravision. Light sources brought within the area of darkness do not illuminate it. Like continual light, it may alternatively be used to blind creatures or to dispel a continual light spell.
Detect Evil
Duration: 2 turns
Range: 60’
Objects enchanted for evil purposes or living beings with evil intentions are caused to magically glow.
 ●	Intent only: This spell does not grant the ability to read minds, but only grants a general sense of evil intent.
 ●	Definition of evil: The referee must decide what is “evil”. Some things that are potentially harmful, like traps, are not “evil.”
Detect Invisible
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 10’ per level
Invisible creatures or items in range are revealed to the caster.
ESP
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 60’
This spell grants the caster the ability to perceive and understand the thoughts of other living creatures.
 ●	Focus for 1 turn: To pick up thoughts, the caster must focus their concentration in one direction for one turn.
 ●	After this turn: The thoughts of all creatures within range in that direction can be perceived.
 ●	Multiple creatures: If multiple creatures are within the range in the direction being focused on, their thoughts mingle into a confusing jumble. The caster must spend an additional turn to sort out one creature’s thoughts.
 ●	Meaning: The caster understands the meaning of all thoughts even if they do not share the creature’s language.
 ●	Obstructions: The ability to perceive thoughts is obstructed by a thin layer of lead or by rock of 2’ thick or greater.
Invisibility
Duration: Permanent (but may be broken, see below)
Range: 240’
The caster or another creature or object within range becomes invisible:
 ●	If cast on a creature: Any gear the subject is carrying is also rendered invisible (this includes clothing and armour). Items dropped or put down by an invisible creature become visible. If the subject attacks or casts a spell, the invisibility is broken, ending the spell.
 ●	If cast on an object: The invisibility is permanent.
 ●	Light sources: If a light source is made invisible (either as part of a creature’s gear or as an individual object), the light it casts remains visible.
Knock
Duration: 1 round
Range: 60’
The knock spell opens stuck, barred, or locked doors, gates, chests, and so forth. 
 ●	Magically held doors: Are affected (e.g. hold portal, wizard lock).
 ●	Secret doors: May be opened, but they must be known to the caster.
Levitate
Duration: 6 turns +1 per level
Range: The caster
This enchantment allows the caster to move up and down through the air:
 ●	Vertical: The caster mentally directs vertical movement at up to 20’ per round.
 ●	Horizontal: The caster can push against solid objects to move laterally.
 ●	Weight: A normal amount of weight can be carried while levitating.
Locate Object
Duration: 2 turns
Range: 60’ +10’ per level
The caster can sense the direction (but not distance) of an object. One of two types of object may be located:
 1.	General class: An object of a general class (e.g. a stairway, an altar, etc). In this case, the nearest object of the type is located.
 2.	Specific object: A specific object known to the caster.
Restrictions: This spell cannot be used to locate creatures.
Mirror Image
Duration: 6 turns
Range: The caster
1d4 illusory duplicates of the caster appear.
 ●	Behaviour: The mirror images look and behave exactly as the caster.
 ●	Attacks on the caster: Destroy one of the mirror images (even if the attack misses).
Phantasmal Force
Duration: Concentration
Range: 240’
A visual illusion of the caster’s choosing manifests in a 20’ cube area. Three types of illusions may be created:
 1.	An illusionary monster: That can be directed to attack. The monster has an Armour Class of 9 [10] and will vanish if hit in combat.
 2.	An illusionary attack: For example, an avalanche, a falling ceiling, a magic missile, etc. Targets who save versus spells are unaffected.
 3.	A scene: Either changing the appearance of the affected area or creating the appearance of something new. The scene disappears if touched.
Stipulations: The following apply:
 ●	Concentration: Is required to maintain the illusion. If the caster moves or loses concentration, the spell ends.
 ●	Illusionary monsters or attacks: May appear to be harmful but but never inflict real damage. A character who appears to die actually falls unconscious, a character turned to stone will actually be paralysed, and so on. Such effects last for 1d4 turns.
 ●	Illusions from imagination: If the illusion is of something the caster has not personally seen, the referee should grant targets a bonus to any applicable saving throws.
Web
Duration: 48 turns
Range: 10’
Web conjures a many-layered mass of strong, sticky threads, blocking a 10’ cube area.
 ●	Entanglement: Creatures caught within a web become entangled among the gluey fibres. Entangled creatures can’t move, but can break free depending on their strength (see below).
 ●	Flammable: The strands of the web are flammable and can be destroyed by fire in two rounds. All creatures caught within flaming webs suffer 1d6 points of damage from the flames.
Breaking free: Depends on STR:
 ●	Normal human range: The creature can break free in 2d4 turns.
 ●	Magically augmented STR above 18: The creature can break free in 4 rounds.
 ●	Giant strength: The creature can break free in two rounds.
Wizard Lock
Duration: Permanent
Range: 10’
A wizard lock spell magically locks a door, gate, similar portal, or any item that has a lock.
 ●	Bypassing: The magical lock is permanent but may be bypassed as follows:
 ●	The caster: Can freely pass their own wizard lock.
 ●	A knock spell: Allows passage.
 ●	Higher level casters: Any magic-using character who is at least 3 levels higher than the caster of the wizard lock may pass through unimpeded.
 ●	Temporary: Bypassing does not destroy a wizard lock.
3rd Level Spells
Clairvoyance
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 60’
The caster gains the ability to see through the eyes of other living creatures.
 ●	Focus for 1 turn: To establish a connection with a creature, the caster must focus their concentration in one particular direction for one turn.
 ●	After this turn: The visual perceptions of one creature within range in that direction are relayed to the caster.
 ●	Switching: Once a connection is established, the caster may choose to maintain it or to change to another subject.
 ●	Obstructions: The spell is blocked by a thin layer of lead or by rock of 2’ thick or greater.
Dispel Magic
Duration: Instant
Range: 120’
Dispel magic ends spells of non-instantaneous duration within a 20’ cube area.
 ●	Caster levels: If the level of the caster of the effect to be dispelled is higher than the level of the caster of dispel magic, there is a 5% chance per level difference that the attempt to dispel will fail.
 ●	Magic items: Are unaffected.
Fire Ball
Duration: Instant
Range: 240’
Flame streaks towards a point within range and detonates in a 20’ radius sphere.
 ●	Damage: Creatures caught in the fire ball suffer 1d6 damage per level of the caster, with a successful save versus spells indicating half damage.
Fly
Duration: 1d6 turns +1 per level
Range: The caster or a creature touched
The subject gains the ability to fly through the air.
 ●	Movement rate: Up to 360’ (120’).
 ●	Free movement: Is possible in any direction, including the ability to levitate and to hover in mid-air.
Haste
Duration: 3 turns
Range: 240’
Up to 24 creatures in a 60’ diameter area are enchanted to be able to move and act twice as quickly as normal:
 ●	Movement: Subjects’ maximum movement rates are doubled.
 ●	Attacks: Subjects may make double the normal number of attacks per round.
 ●	Spells: The number of spells a subject may cast per round is not doubled.
 ●	Magical devices: The use of devices such as wands is also not doubled.
Hold Person
Duration: 1 turn per level
Range: 120’
This spell causes one or more humans, demihumans, or humanoid monsters to be paralysed if they fail a saving throw versus spells. It may be cast in two ways:
 1.	Against an individual: The target’s saving throw is penalised by –2.
 2.	Against a group: 1d4 individuals in the group are targeted.
Restrictions: Humanoids of greater than 4+1 HD and undead are not affected.
Infravision
Duration: 1 day
Range: The caster or a creature touched
The subject is able to see 60’ in the dark with infravision.
Invisibility 10’ Radius
Duration: Permanent (but may be broken, see below)
Range: 120’
A selected creature and all creatures within 10’ of it become invisible:
 ●	Area: The 10’ radius area of the spell’s effect moves with the chosen creature.
 ●	Exiting the area: Subjects that move more than 10’ away from the chosen creature become visible.
 ●	Entering the area: Creatures that move into the area after the spell is cast do not become invisible.
 ●	Gear: Any gear a subject is carrying is also rendered invisible. Items dropped or put down by an invisible creature become visible. Carried light sources become invisible but the emitted light does not.
 ●	Breaking the invisibility: If a subject attacks or casts a spell, the invisibility is broken for that subject.
Lightning Bolt
Duration: Instant
Range: 180’
A powerful stroke of electrical energy, 60’ long and 5’ wide, is conjured.
 ●	Damage: Creatures caught in the lightning bolt suffer 1d6 damage per level of the caster, with a successful save versus spells indicating half damage.
 ●	Bouncing: If the lightning bolt hits a solid barrier before its full length is reached, it is reflected and travels for any remaining distance of its full length in the direction of the caster.
Protection from Evil 10’ Radius
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 10’ around the caster
This spell wards the caster and all allies within 10’ from attacks by creatures of another alignment, as follows:
 ●	Bonuses: Those warded gain a +1 bonus to saving throws against attacks or special abilities of affected creatures.
 ●	Affected creatures’ attacks: Against those warded are penalised by –1.
 ●	Enchanted, constructed, or summoned creatures: The spell additionally prevents such creatures from making melee attacks against those warded, though they may still make ranged attacks. If any of the warded party engages such a creature in melee, this protection is broken (those warded still gain the save and attack bonuses mentioned above).
Protection from Normal Missiles
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 30’
A single subject in range gains complete immunity to small, non-magical missiles (e.g. no protection is granted against hurled boulders or enchanted arrows).
Water Breathing
Duration: 1 day
Range: 30’
The subject can breathe water freely by means of this spell.
 ●	Breathing air: The spell does not affect the subject’s ability to breathe air.
 ●	Swimming: No additional proficiency at swimming is granted.
4th Level Spells
Charm Monster
Duration: One or more days (see below)
Range: 120’
This spell places a charm upon either 3d6 creatures of 3 HD or less or a single creature of more than 3 HD. Each subject must make a save versus spells or be charmed as follows:
 ●	Friendship: The subject regards the caster as its trusted friend and ally and will come to the caster’s defence.
 ●	Commands: If they share a language, the caster may give the charmed creature commands, which it will obey.
 ●	Subject’s nature: Commands that contradict the charmed creature’s habits or alignment may be ignored.
 ●	Suicidal commands: An affected creature never obeys suicidal or obviously harmful orders.
Restrictions: Undead are not affected.
Duration: The charm lasts indefinitely, but the subject is allowed to make further saves versus spells at intervals, depending on its INT score. If one of these saves succeeds, the spell ends.
 ●	INT 3–8: The creature gains a new save once every month.
 ●	INT 9–12: The creature gains a new save each week
 ●	INT 13–18: The creature gains a new save once every day.
Confusion
Duration: 12 rounds
Range: 120’
This spell causes 3d6 subjects within 60’ of one another to become confused, making them unable to independently determine what they will do.
 ●	Subjects of 2+1 HD or greater: May save versus spells each round to resist the spell’s effect, acting with free will that round if they make the save.
 ●	Subjects of 2 HD or lower: May not make a saving throw.
 ●	Behaviour: Roll on the following table separately for each affected subject each round to see what that subject does that round:
Confusion: Subject Behaviour
2d6	Behaviour	
2–5	Attack caster’s group	
6–8	No action	
9–12	Attack subject’s group	
Dimension Door
Duration: 1 round
Range: 10’
The caster or a single creature is instantly transferred to another location up to 360’ distant. The destination may be selected in two ways:
 1.	Known location: A location, within 360’, known to the caster.
 2.	An unknown location: Specified by a series of offsets (e.g. 120’ north, 160’ east, 80’ up) totalling not more than 360’.
Stipulations: The following apply:
 ●	If the destination is occupied: By a solid body, the spell fails.
 ●	If the target is unwilling: It may save versus spells to resist the teleportation.
Growth of Plants
Duration: Permanent
Range: 120’
This spell causes vigorous growth of normal vegetation in an area within range. Plants in the affected area become thick and overgrown, entwining to form a thorny jungle.
 ●	Area: An area of up to 3,000 square feet—selected by the caster—is affected (e.g. 150’ × 20’, 100’ × 30’, etc).
 ●	Passage: Only very large creatures can force their way through.
Hallucinatory Terrain
Duration: Until touched
Range: 240’
Hallucinatory terrain either conjures an illusory terrain feature (e.g. a hill, wood, marsh, etc.) or hides an existing terrain feature.
 ●	Area: The illusion must fit completely within the spell’s range.
 ●	Touching: If the illusion is touched by an intelligent being, the spell is negated.
Massmorph
Duration: Permanent
Range: 240’
A force of human-sized creatures within a 240’ diameter area is veiled by illusion to appear as a copse of trees or orchard.
 ●	Moving through: Once the illusion is in place, even creatures moving among the veiled subjects are deceived.
 ●	Subjects who leave the affected area: Cease to be veiled.
 ●	Dismissing: The caster may dismiss the illusion in its entirety at any time.
Polymorph Others
Duration: Permanent
Range: 60’
A living subject is changed into another type of creature, as chosen by the caster:
 ●	HD: The spell fails if the new form’s HD is more than twice the subject’s HD.
 ●	Hit points: The subject retains the same number of hit points.
 ●	Abilities: The subject truly becomes the new form: all special abilities are acquired, along with behavioural patterns, tendencies, and intelligence.
 ●	Specific individuals: The spell cannot be used to duplicate a specific individual.
 ●	Reversion: If the subject dies, it returns to its original form.
 ●	An unwilling subject: May save versus spells to negate the effect.
Polymorph Self
Duration: 6 turns +1 per level
Range: The caster
The caster transforms themselves into another being:
 ●	HD: The new form may not have higher Hit Dice than the caster’s level.
 ●	Stats: The caster retains their own intelligence, hit points, saving throws, and attack probabilities.
 ●	Physical capabilities: Of the new form (e.g. strength, physical attack forms, modes of movement) are acquired.
 ●	Non-physical special abilities: (e.g. immunities, breath weapons, spell casting) are not acquired.
 ●	Casting spells: While polymorphed, the caster is unable to cast spells.
 ●	Specific individuals: The spell cannot be used to duplicate a specific individual.
 ●	Reversion: If the caster dies while polymorphed, they return to their original form.
Remove Curse
Duration: Instant / Permanent (curse)
Range: The caster or a creature touched
Remove curse instantaneously removes one curse from a creature. It may allow a character to discard a cursed magic item.
Reversed: Curse
Places a deleterious effect upon a creature, if it fails a save versus spells.
 ●	Effects: The exact form and effects of the curse are determined by the caster.
 ●	Maximum possible effects include: A –2 penalty to saving throws, a –4 penalty to hit, reducing an ability score by 50%.
 ●	Multiple curses: May afflict a creature, as long as each has a different effect.
 ●	Referee judgement: The referee should judge the effects of this spell and may turn overly powerful curses back onto the caster!
Wall of Fire
Duration: Concentration
Range: 60’
An immobile, opaque curtain of shimmering, violet fire springs into existence.
 ●	Size: The wall can be any size, and may be shaped in any manner and to any dimensions the caster desires, up to 1,200 sq. ft. For example, it may be a straight wall or curved into a protective circle.
 ●	Location: The wall may not be evoked so that it appears where objects are.
 ●	Monsters with fewer than 4 HD: Cannot pass the wall of flames.
 ●	Monsters with more than 4 HD: Take 1d6 hit points of damage when they pass through the wall. The wall deals double damage to undead creatures or creatures that use cold or are accustomed to cold.
 ●	Concentration: The wall persists as long as the caster concentrates on the spell and does not move.
Wall of Ice
Duration: 12 turns
Range: 120’
An immobile, translucent, wall of ice springs into existence.
 ●	Size: The wall can be any size, and may be shaped in any manner and to any dimensions the caster desires, up to 1,200 sq. ft. For example, it may be a straight wall or curved into a protective circle.
 ●	Location: The wall must rest upon a solid surface and may not be evoked so that it appears where objects are.
 ●	Monsters with fewer than 4 HD: Cannot pass the wall of ice.
 ●	Monsters with more than 4 HD: Can break through the wall, but suffer 1d6 hit points of damage when doing so. The wall deals double damage to creatures that use fire or are accustomed to fire.
Wizard Eye
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 240’
An invisible, magical eye is conjured that allows the caster to see at a distance.
 ●	Movement: The eye can be directed to move within range at up to 120’ per turn.
 ●	Seeing through the eye: By concentrating, the caster can see through the eye.
 ●	Types of vision: The magical eye grants both normal vision and infravision.
 ●	Barriers: Solid barriers block its passage, but it can pass through a hole or space as small as 1 inch in diameter.
5th Level Spells
Animate Dead
Duration: Permanent
Range: 60’
This spell turns the bones or bodies of dead creatures into undead skeletons or zombies:
 ●	Obedient: They obey the caster’s commands.
 ●	Special abilities: They are unable to use any special abilities (including spell casting) that they possessed in life.
 ●	Duration: They remain animated until they are destroyed or until a dispel magic spell is cast upon them.
Number: The spell animates a number of Hit Dice of zombies or skeletons equal to the caster’s level:
 ●	Skeletons: Have AC 7 [12] and HD equal to those the creature had in life.
 ●	Zombies: Have AC 8 [11] and HD one greater than the creature had in life.
 ●	Classed characters: If a PC or NPC with levels in a class is reanimated by this spell, the levels are not counted as HD. For example, the reanimated corpse of a 5th level fighter would have 2 HD (1 HD as a normal human, +1 for being reanimated as a zombie).
Cloudkill
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 30’
A poisonous fog streams from the caster’s fingertips.
 ●	Area: The fog fills a 30’ diameter area.
 ●	Movement: The fog moves at 60’ per turn (20’ per round), driven by the wind (or away from the caster, in still conditions).
 ●	Sinking: Because the fog is heavier than air, it sinks to the lowest level of the land, even pouring down den or sink-hole openings.
 ●	Damage: All creatures in contact with the vapours suffer 1 hit point of damage per round of contact.
 ●	Creatures with less than 5 Hit Dice: Must also save versus death (once per round of contact) or die.
Conjure Elemental
Duration: Permanent (until dismissed or slain)
Range: 240’
A 16 Hit Dice elemental—a being formed of pure elemental matter—is summoned from an elemental plane of the caster’s choice (air, earth, fire, water) to do the caster’s bidding.
 ●	Materials: The summons requires a large volume of the appropriate element.
 ●	Concentration: Is required to command an elemental.
 ●	Dismissing: While control over the elemental is maintained, the caster may dismiss it at any time, sending it back to its plane of origin.
 ●	Disruption: If the caster moves at more than half speed or their concentration is disturbed, the command over the elemental ends. It is, henceforth, a free-willed entity and will immediately try to kill the caster and any who get in its way.
 ●	Dispelling: A conjured elemental may be dispelled by dispel magic or dispel evil.
Restrictions: The caster may summon at most one elemental from each plane in a single day.
Air Elemental
Huge vortexes of whirling air.
AC –2 [21], HD 16* (72hp), Att 1 × blow (3d8), THAC0 8 [+11], MV 360’ (120’) flying, SV D2 W3 P4 B3 S6 (16), ML 10, AL Neutral, XP 2,300, NA 1 (1), TT None
 ●	Size: 32’ tall, 8’ across.
 ●	Whirlwind: Creatures with less than 2HD swept aside (save versus death).
 ●	Mundane damage immunity: Can only be harmed by magical attacks.
 ●	Harm flying creatures: Inflict extra 1d8 damage.
Earth Elemental
Huge, humanoid figures of earth or stone.
AC –2 [21], HD 16* (72hp), Att 1 × blow (3d8), THAC0 8 [+11], MV 60’ (20’), SV D2 W3 P4 B3 S6 (16), ML 10, AL Neutral, XP 2,300, NA 1 (1), TT None
 ●	Size: 16’ tall.
 ●	Blocked by water: Cannot cross a channel wider than own height.
 ●	Mundane damage immunity: Can only be harmed by magical attacks.
 ●	Harm creatures on the ground: Inflict extra 1d8 damage.
Fire Elemental
Whirling columns of fire
AC –2 [21], HD 16* (72hp), Att 1 × blow (3d8), THAC0 8 [+11], MV 120’ (40’), SV D2 W3 P4 B3 S6 (16), ML 10, AL Neutral, XP 2,300, NA 1 (1), TT None
 ●	Size: 16’ tall, 16’ across.
 ●	Blocked by water: Cannot cross a channel wider than own diameter.
 ●	Mundane damage immunity: Can only be harmed by magical attacks.
 ●	Harm cold-based creatures: Inflict extra 1d8 damage.
Water Elemental
Huge waves of water.
AC –2 [21], HD 16* (72hp), Att 1 × blow (3d8), THAC0 8 [+11], MV 60’ (20’) / 180’ (60’) swimming, SV D2 W3 P4 B3 S6 (16), ML 10, AL Neutral, XP 2,300, NA 1 (1), TT None
 ●	Size: 8’ tall, 32’ across.
 ●	Water-bound: Must remain within 60’ of water.
 ●	Mundane damage immunity: Can only be harmed by magical attacks.
 ●	Harm creatures in water: Inflict extra 1d8 damage.
Contact Higher Plane
Duration: One conversation
Range: The caster
A channel of communication is opened to a higher plane of existence, allowing the caster to ask powerful, otherworldly beings for advice and knowledge on any subject.
 ●	Plane: The caster must choose which plane of existence to contact: communion with beings of the 3rd to 12th planes is possible via this spell. Higher numbered planes are home to more powerful and knowledgeable beings.
 ●	Questions: The caster may then ask a number of simple yes/no questions equal to the number of the plane contacted. The referee plays the role of the contacted being, responding to the caster’s questions.
 ●	Answers: For each question asked, there is a chance of the contacted being not knowing the answer or of answering untruthfully: see the table to the right. It is impossible to detect whether the entity is lying.
Restrictions: Casting contact higher plane is a great and perilous deed.
 ●	Usage limit: It may be cast at most once per week. (The referee may limit the spell’s usage to even less frequently, if desired.)
 ●	Insanity: Communion with otherworldly beings of great power can shatter the caster’s sanity. The basic chance is shown in the table above. For every level of the caster above 11, this chance is reduced by 5%. If the caster is driven insane as a result of the communion, the recovery time is a number of weeks equal to the number of the plane contacted.
Contact Higher Plane Questions
Plane	#Qs	Don’t Know	Truth	Insanity	
3rd	3	75%	50%	5%	
4th	4	70%	55%	10%	
5th	5	65%	60%	15%	
6th	6	60%	65%	20%	
7th	7	50%	70%	25%	
8th	8	40%	75%	30%	
9th	9	30%	80%	35%	
10th	10	20%	85%	40%	
11th	11	10%	90%	45%	
12th	12	5%	95%	50%	
Feeblemind
Duration: Permanent
Range: 240’
An arcane spell caster (e.g. a magic-user or elf) within range must save versus spells (at a –4 penalty) or become an imbecile, unable to think clearly or cast spells.
Hold Monster
Duration: 6 turns +1 per level
Range: 120’
This spell causes one or more creatures to be paralysed if they fail a saving throw versus spells. It may be cast in two ways:
 1.	Against an individual: The target’s saving throw is penalised by –2.
 2.	Against a group: 1d4 individuals in the group are targeted.
Restrictions: Undead are not affected.
Magic Jar
Duration: Special
Range: The caster
The caster’s body enters a comatose trance as their life-force is transferred into a receptacle (any inanimate object within 30’), known as a magic jar. From there, the caster may attempt to possess the bodies of other creatures.
When the caster’s life-force is in the magic jar:
 ●	Possession: The caster may attempt to possess the body of another creature within 120’. The victim may save versus spells to resist possession. If the save is successful, the caster may not make another attempt to possess that victim for one turn. If the save fails, the caster’s life-force leaves the magic jar and enters the victim, possessing it.
 ●	Returning: The caster may choose to return to their own body at any time, ending the spell.
 ●	If the magic jar is destroyed: The caster dies.
 ●	If the caster’s own body is destroyed: Their life-force is stranded in the magic jar.
When the caster’s life-force is possessing a victim:
 ●	Control: The caster gains full control over the victim’s body, but is not able to make the victim cast spells.
 ●	If the magic jar is destroyed: The spell ends and the caster’s life-force is trapped in the possessed body.
 ●	If the possessed victim is killed: The caster’s life-force returns to the magic jar.
 ●	Dispelling: Dispel evil forces the caster’s life-force back into the magic jar.
 ●	If the caster’s own body is destroyed: Their life-force is stranded in the body of the creature being possessed.
Pass-Wall
Duration: 3 turns
Range: 30’
A 5’ diameter hole is temporarily opened in solid rock or stone, forming a passageway up to 10’ deep.
Telekinesis
Duration: Concentration (up to 6 rounds)
Range: 120’
By concentrating, the caster is able to move objects or creatures by the power of thought.
 ●	Weight: Up to 200 coins of weight per level of the caster may be targeted.
 ●	Movement: The target may be moved up to 20’ per round, in whatever direction the caster wishes (including vertically).
 ●	Save: If a creature is targeted, it may save versus spells to resist the spell.
 ●	Concentration: If the caster’s concentration is broken, the target will fall.
Teleport
Duration: Instant
Range: 10’
The caster or a chosen creature vanishes and reappears at a location of the caster’s choosing.
 ●	Gear: The subject is teleported with all its gear, up to its maximum load.
 ●	Unwilling subjects: May save versus spells to prevent the teleportation.
 ●	Destination: May be at any distance, but must be known to the caster. The destination must be an open space at ground level. (It is not possible to intentionally teleport the subject into mid-air or into solid matter.)
 ●	Risk: There is a risk, when teleporting, of accidentally arriving above or below ground level. The chance of a successful teleportation depends on the caster’s knowledge of the destination (see right). Roll d% and consult the table below.
Teleport Result
Knowledge of Dest.	Ground Level	Too High	Too Low	
Scant	01–50	51–75	76–00	
Moderate	01–80	81–90	91–00	
Exact	01–95	96–99	0	

Ground level: The subject appears at the desired destination.
Too high: The subject appears 1d10×10’ above the intended destination. Should this location already be occupied by solid matter, the subject is instantly killed. Otherwise, the subject falls from a height.
Too low: The subject appears in the ground and is killed instantly.
Knowledge of destination: The caster’s knowledge of the destination is rated as follows:
 ●	Scant: A location that the caster has visited once or twice, has seen by magical scrying, or has heard of from descriptions.
 ●	Moderate: A location that the caster has visited often or has studied via scrying for several weeks.
 ●	Exact: A location that the caster has made a detailed study of, in person.
Transmute Rock to Mud
Duration: 3d6 days / Permanent (transmute mud to rock)
Range: 120’
This spell turns up to 3,000 square feet of rock into 10’ deep mud.
 ●	Movement: Any creatures passing through the mud have their movement rate reduced by 90%.
Reversed: Transmute Mud to Rock
Changes an area of mud—up to 3,000 square feet and up to 10’ deep—into rock. This alteration is permanent.
Wall of Stone
Duration: Permanent
Range: 60’
A wall of solid rock appears.
 ●	Size: The wall may be of whatever shape the caster desires and is of 1,000 cubic feet in volume. (For example, a 2’ thick wall, 50’ long and 10’ high.)
 ●	Location: The wall must rest upon a solid surface and may not be evoked so that it appears where objects are.
6th Level Spells
Anti-Magic Shell
Duration: 12 turns
Range: The caster
An anti-magic barrier is created around the caster.
 ●	Blocks magic: No spells or spell effects can pass through this barrier, whether from inside or outside.
 ●	Dismissing: The caster may end this spell at any time before the duration has expired.
Control Weather
Duration: Concentration
Range: 240 yards around the caster
By concentrating (no movement allowed), the caster causes one of the following conditions to manifest around themselves. This spell only functions outdoors.
 ●	Calm: Clears bad weather (though side-effects—e.g. mud after rain—remain.)
 ●	Extreme heat: Dries up snow or mud (including transmute rock to mud). Creatures in the area move at half normal rate.
 ●	Fog: Visibility drops to 20’. Creatures in the fog move at half their normal rate. At the referee’s option, they may also have a chance of getting lost.
 ●	High winds: Movement rates are halved. Missile fire and flight are impossible. High winds may be used to increase the sailing speed of ships by 50%, if they travel with the wind. In sandy areas, may cause a sandstorm, reducing visibility to 20’.
 ●	Rain: –2 penalty to missile attacks. Mud forms in 3 turns, halving movement rates.
 ●	Snow: Visibility drops to 20’. Movement rates are halved. Bodies of water may freeze. After the snow thaws, mud remains and still impedes movement.
 ●	Tornado: The caster can direct the tornado, which moves at 120’ per round. The tornado can be directed to attack (see stats below). Ships caught in a tornado have a 75% chance of suffering 12 points of hull damage.
Tornado
A whirling column of air, 24’ high and 6’ across, that wreaks havoc for flying creatures and ships.
AC 0 [19], HD 12* (54hp), Att 1 × blow (2d8), THAC0 10 [+9], MV 360’ (120’)flying, SV D6 W7 P8 B8 S10 (12), ML 10, AL Neutral, XP 1,900, NA 1 (1), TT None
 ●	Whirlwind: Creatures with less than 2HD swept aside (save versus death).
 ●	Mundane damage immunity: Can only be harmed by magical attacks.
 ●	Harm flying creatures: Inflict extra 1d8 damage.
Death Spell
Duration: Instant
Range: 240’
Up to 4d8 Hit Dice of creatures within a 60’ cube area must save versus death or die, instantly.
Restrictions: Undead and creatures with greater than 7 Hit Dice are unaffected.
Disintegrate
Duration: Instant
Range: 60’
The material form of a single, non-magical creature or object is instantly and permanently destroyed.
 ●	If a creature is targeted: It may save versus death to resist disintegration.
 ●	Examples of objects: The following might be targeted: a tree, a ship, a 10’ section of wall.
Geas
Duration: Permanent / Instant (remove geas)
Range: 30’
The caster commands a subject to perform or avoid performing a specific action.
 ●	Examples: Bringing a specific item to the caster, eating or drinking without restraint, keeping a certain fact secret.
 ●	Impossible or deadly tasks: The prescribed geas must not be impossible or directly deadly—if such a geas is cast, it affects the caster, instead.
 ●	Saving throw: The subject may save versus spells, to avoid coming under the spell’s effect.
 ●	If the save fails: The subject must follow the stipulated course of action or suffer gradually increasing (and eventually fatal) penalties determined by the referee. e.g.: penalties to attack, ability score reductions, inability to memorize spells, physical torment and feebleness, etc.
Reversed: Remove Geas
Can dispel an active geas spell and any incurred penalties. If the caster of the geas to be nullified is higher level than the character casting remove geas, there is a chance of the spell having no effect. The probability of spell failure is 5% per level the caster is below the caster of geas.
Invisible Stalker
Duration: One mission
Range: Summoned to caster’s presence
An invisible stalker (see below) is summoned to the caster’s presence and magically bound to perform a mission of the caster’s choosing.
 ●	Wording: The caster must be careful with the wording of the mission. Invisible stalkers are treacherous and, unless the assigned mission can be easily and quickly accomplished, will follow the letter of the command while twisting the intent.
 ●	Duration: The creature is bound to attempt the mission until it succeeds or is destroyed.
 ●	Banishing: The spell dispel evil will banish an invisible stalker, ending the spell.
Invisible Stalker
Highly intelligent, magical creatures summoned from another plane of existence to perform tasks for powerful magic-users.
AC 3 [16], HD 8* (36hp), Att 1 × blow (4d4), THAC0 12 [+7], MV 120’ (40’), SV D8 W9 P10 B10 S12 (F8), ML 12, AL Neutral, XP 1,200, NA 1 (1), TT None
 ●	Tracking: Without fault.
 ●	Surprise: 5-in-6, unless target can detect invisibility.
 ●	If killed: Returns to plane of origin.
Lower Water
Duration: 10 turns
Range: 240’
This spell reduces the depth of a body of water by half for the duration. An area of up to 10,000 square feet may be affected.
Move Earth
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 240’
Earth (but not stone) within range is rearranged as the caster wishes.
 ●	Movement rate: The caster can move earth in the area at up to 60’ per turn.
 ●	Excavations: The range of the spell also extends downwards, allowing excavations to be made.
Part Water
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 120’
The caster creates a path 10’ wide and a maximum of 120’ long through water, such as a pond, lake, or other body. The caster can dismiss the spell’s effect before the duration ends.
Projected Image
Duration: 6 turns
Range: 240’
An illusory duplicate of the caster appears within range.
 ●	Duplicate: The image is an exact duplicate of the caster that can only be differentiated by touch.
 ●	Subsequent spells cast: Appear to originate from the image. (Targets must still be visible to the caster, however.)
 ●	Spells and missiles: The image appears unaffected by spells or missile weapons.
 ●	Melee or touch: If the image is touched or hit in melee, it disappears.
Reincarnation
Duration: Permanent
Range: Appears in the caster’s presence
A dead character is returned to life in a new physical form that manifests in the presence of the caster. The character’s new body is not necessarily the same as the original; it is determined by rolling on the Reincarnated Class table below.
The roll indicates either a character class or a monster:
 ●	Character class: The character is of experience level 1d6 (or at most the same level as the character achieved before death). The reincarnated character can continue to gain experience and advance as normal, in the new class.
 ●	Monster: The type should be determined by the referee. The monster should be at least partially intelligent, have no greater Hit Dice than the level of the character being reincarnated (at most 6 HD), and be of the same alignment. The tables opposite may be used, or the referee may create their own tables. Monsters cannot gain experience or advance in level.
Reincarnation: Class
d10	Reincarnation	
1	Cleric	
2	Dwarf	
3	Elf	
4	Fighter	
5	Halfling	
6	Magic-user	
7	Thief	
8	Monster (roll on alignment table)	
9–10	Same class	
Reincarnation: Lawful Monsters
d6	Reincarnation	HD	
1	Gnome	1	
2	Neanderthal	2	
3	Pegasus	2	
4	Blink dog	4	
5	Unicorn	4	
6	Roc, small	6	
Reincarnation: Neutral Monsters
d6	Reincarnation	HD	
1	Pixie or sprite	1	
2	Lizard man	2	
3	Rock baboon	2	
4	Ape, white	4	
5	Centaur	4	
6	Werebear	6	
Reincarnation: Chaotic Monsters
d10	Reincarnation	HD	
1	Goblin	1	
2	Hobgoblin	1	
3	Kobold	1	
4	Orc	1	
5	Gnoll	2	
6	Bugbear	3	
7	Wererat	3	
8	Ogre	4	
9	Werewolf	4	
10	Minotaur	6	
Stone to Flesh
Duration: Permanent
Range: 120’
This spell transforms stone into living flesh. It is especially useful for restoring life to a petrified creature and its equipment to its normal state.
Reversed: Flesh to Stone
Turns one creature into a statue, including all gear and any items currently held. A saving throw versus paralysis is permitted to resist the transformation.

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