Arcane Magic Failure Table

[Barrok]

http://www.ashley.name/david/library/arcanefailure.pdfArcane Magic Failure Table
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I started to get a bit bored by arcanist spells just fizzling into nothingness when they unfortunately rolled a spell failure result, so to pep things up I have created a little table to bring some chaos into the game.

 

[Scott DeWar]

a few glitches in the document:

31 – 35
Poor execution. Spell targets random target within 100 feet (including the caster). If this is inap-

36 – 40
Mild backlash of arcane power. Spell cast as normal. You see pretty starts and colours for 1d6

41 – 45
Static energy course through your body, down your legs and into the ground. Take 3d6 points of

56 – 60
Moderate backlash of arcane power. Your arcane abilities have been seriously compromised for

there others, but I just wanted to get the error pointed out. Is there something wrong with the wayit was saved?

 

[udalrich]

If this was in play, I would never play a caster with an ASF chance. Many of the effects are flavorful, but there are some that are lethal.

Emnity with a Demon Lord, a 1 mile Planar Vortex, death with only 9th level spells being able to raise you. There are some others that might also be very bad, but I can't tell because the text ends at the line break.

Losing a spell is a risk that it might make sense to take. Risking insta-death or a TPK every time you cast a spell makes casting in armor much more dangerous. Although it could make for an interesting chaotic spell caster.

 

[Barrok]

Thanks for reading it over guys .. I'll go make the changes later.

If you think that the only time the table would come into play really would be if the Arcanist was wearing armour or hampered in some way. It would make the spell slinger a think a bit more about casting spells and not be what some sorcerers become as a fireball factory pumping out round after round lots of direct damage.

I may start working on a wild magic table akin to 2nd edition one where the results could be beneficial.. but most likely not! I have been reading my old Rolemaster books and quite influenced by the fumble tables - the funniest result being you trip over an imaginary deceased turtle (sorry I digress) but may thanks for looking at it and I will go make changes very soon.

 

[Barrok]

There we go, all altered. It seems when I was formatting with Publisher it messed up the tables. So I just have simplified it to a very basic pdf. Next time I will go back over it instead of finishing off in a hurry, apologies to all.