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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Palskane" data-source="post: 3225626" data-attributes="member: 2000">I don't have access to Search either and I forget who posted the spells. I'll repost them here, and hopefully whomever came up with them won't think I am taking credit for them. Gygyr’s TaintNecromancy (Evil)Level: Sor/Wiz 1Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 minuteRange: TouchTarget: One creature of the same race as casterDuration: PermanentSaving Throw: Fortitude NegatesSpell Resistance: NoOh sweetness, oh tenderness, do not worry dear, it’s merely a little spell, do not worry. You must trust me if you want me to make you well again. After all, you are my patient and I am your doctor, why would I hurt you?Gygyr’s Taint is by itself not a very powerful spell. It is though a very important part in the collection of spells made by Vladimir Gygyr. It places a small core of corrupted arcane energy inside the target. This arcane energy is attuned to the caster and allows the caster to tap into the essence of his target after the spell has been cast.Due to the casting time of the spell, it’s mainly used on targets that are otherwise incapacitated, or targets that believe that the caster is casting a beneficial spell. The spell can only be cast on a target of the same race as the caster, attempting to cast it on a target of another race will cause the spell to fail.A target affected by Gygyr’s Taint will not feel the spell in any way, once inside the target the spell is virtually harmless. A target affected by Gygyr’s Taint will have a -1 penalty to all Saving Throws made to resist Necromancy spells from the caster. This is the only immediate effect of the spell. The spell is though a prerequisite for many of the other spells designed by Vladimir Gygyr and once a target has been tainted, the caster has many options available to him to draw upon the life-essence of the target.Detect Evil and True Sight can spot Gygyr’s Taint as a small core of evil energy inside the target. The spell can not be detected with Detect Magic. Gygyr’s Taint can be removed only by a character with the Turn Undead ability. By touching a target and using Turn Undead, the spell can be removed permanently. It can not be removed by Dispel Magic or other spells or effects that normally remove magic. The caster will instinctively know if anyone removes his spell from any of his targets.Any person can only be affected by one Gygyr’s Taint. If you cast Gygyr’s Taint on a target already affected by Gygyr’s Taint, the spell will fail.Material Component: A small piece of organ tissue from a creature of the same race as the caster.Gygyr’s Malevolent ShieldNecromancy (Evil)Level: Sor/Wiz 3Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 standard actionRange: PersonalEffect: Damage taken by the caster can be transferred to tainted targets.Duration: 1 minute / levelSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoWithout any warning, one of the villagers inside the inn fell to the floor. Blood gushing from a terrible wound in his neck, he tried to speak but nothing came out. A few seconds passed, and then the villager laid still. They had begged the band of adventurers, begged them on their knees not to attack the tower of Vladimir Gygyr.Gygyr’s Malevolent Shield requires that the caster has at least one person affected by Gygyr’s Taint. The spell creates a link between the caster and those targets he has affected by Gygyr’s Taint. This link protects the life energy of the caster and transfers some of the damage taken by him to the people he has tainted. Each time the caster suffers any damage, there is a 25% chance that all the damage taken is transferred to one of the targets he has tainted. If he has more than one person affected by Gygyr’s Taint, a random target suffers the damage instead of the caster.All forms of normal damage can be transferred through the use of this spell. Ability damage, ability drain and other effects that damage the caster can not be transferred. Only damage measured in Hit Points are affected by the spell.Gygyr’s Astonishing HealthNecromancy (Evil)Level: Sor/Wiz 2Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 minuteRange: PersonalEffect: Renders the caster resistant to diseases and poisonsDuration: PermanentSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoWe tried everything, we tried poisoning the master’s food, we tried putting snake venom in his wine, and we even tried taking some flesh from those killed by the plague and putting it in his house. The master is not of this world, and thus nothing from this world can hurt him.Gygyr’s Astonishing Health requires that the caster has at least ten people affected by Gygyr’s Taint. The spell causes the caster to become far more resistant to disease and poison by drawing upon the health of those he has tainted.For every ten people tainted by the caster, he gains a +1 (maximum +5) profane bonus to any Saving Throws made to resist disease or poison. All people tainted by the caster suffer a -1 penalty to any Saving Throws made to resist disease or poison, as the spell weakens their body. The people tainted do not notice this weakness.Material Component: A small vial of poison and a small piece of flesh tainted by disease.Gygyr’s EnduranceNecromancy (Evil)Level: Sor/Wiz 4Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 standard actionRange: PersonalEffect: Caster gains a large temporary bonus to his Constitution.Duration: 1 round / levelSaving Throw: Fortitude NegatesSpell Resistance: NoWhy shouldn’t I use these people as pawns? People are ignorant; most of them do not know what is truly good for them. I watch over this village, I protect it from harm, and thus the villagers have a duty to protect me as well.Gygyr’s Endurance requires that the caster has at least one person affected by Gygyr’s Taint. When the spell is cast, one random person affected by Gygyr’s Taint by the caster is drained of all life, and that life is temporarily transferred to the caster. The caster can not choose which person is affected by Gygyr’s Endurance, the target is randomly determined. The target is allowed a Fortitude Saving Throw to resist the spell. If he fails, he dies as his life energy is drawn from his body and into the caster. The caster gains a profane bonus to his Constitution equal to the natural Constitution score of the drained target for the duration of the spell. If the target is affected by any spells or effects which increase his Constitution, these effects are not transferred as well.Gygyr’s EnforcementNecromancy (Evil)Level: Sor/Wiz 5Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 minuteRange: TouchEffect: Enforces the taint already affecting a targetDuration: PermanentSaving Throw: Fortitude negates (see description)Spell Resistance: NoWhat should we do, brave knight? Vladimir Gygyr isn’t a menace to our village. He IS our village, his blood is mixed with our own and his life is tied to ours.Gygyr’s Enforcement only affects a target if that target has already been affected by Gygyr’s Taint. Gygyr’s Enforcement makes it almost impossible to remove Gygyr’s Taint from the target without hurting him. If anyone removes Gygyr’s Taint from a target also affected by Gygyr’s Enforcement, the target has to roll a Fortitude Saving Throw or die from having the taint torn from his body. The target receives no Saving Throw to resist the spell when it is initially cast, only when the taint is removed is a Saving Throw allowed.Gygyr’s ImmortalityNecromancy (Evil)Level: Sor/Wiz 6Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 dayRange: PersonalEffect: Renders the caster resistant to agingDuration: PermanentSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoI heard from the old coot living outside the village that Vladimir Gygyr is far older than one would think looking at him. That old coot says that Vladimir was around even when he was young, and that his parents even told him that the doctor lived in his tower when they were young.Gygyr’s Immortality requires that the caster has at least ten people affected by Gygyr’s Taint. The caster becomes resistant to the effects of aging by draining the life energy of those he has tainted. The physical aging process of the caster is slowed by a percentage equal to the amount of people he has tainted. If he has tainted 10 people, he physically ages 10% slower than a normal person. That means that he will physically age 9 years if 10 years go by. The maximum that the physical aging process can be slowed is 99%, which will result in the caster aging one year physically if a hundred years go by. All people tainted will age significantly faster though, aging five years physically for every four years that go by.Material Component: A small piece of tissue taken from a person who died from old age, and a small piece of tissue taken from an infant.Gygyr’s PledgeNecromancy (Evil)Level: Sor/Wiz 8Components: V, S, FCasting Time: 1 dayRange: PersonalEffect: If the caster dies, all those he has tainted die as wellDuration: PermanentSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoThe adventurers had packed the tomes from Vladimir’s library on their cart and put the other loot in huge chests and sacks. The young priest who accompanied them had jokingly told how he was looking forward to a year of pampering from the villagers, for having rid them of the old doctor. The adventurers were surprised when the travelled into the village though, as no one came out to greet them, no one were throwing flowers before their feet.Gygyr’s Pledge requires that the caster has at least one person affected by Gygyr’s Taint. The spell is only used by the most vindictive of magicians, to assure that their death does not go unpunished. If a caster affected by Gygyr’s Pledge dies, all those he has tainted with Gygyr’s Taint will instantaneously die as well. They will all appear to die from the same thing that killed the caster. If the caster dies from being burnt, all the tainted people will burst into flames and perish. If the caster dies from a disease, all the tainted people will seem to develop the same symptoms as the caster and fall over dead. No matter what it is that kills the caster, the death of those he tainted will be instant.Focus: A sheet of paper on which the caster writes down the names of all those he has tainted with his own blood. If any name is left out, that person will not be affected by the spell.Since Drakov marks his people at birth I thought it would be fitting that the mark would be the source of the arcane enchantment over them. Of course, maybe the true power isn't even Drakov, but through his Wizard advisor....</blockquote>

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