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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blargney the second" data-source="post: 1435436" data-attributes="member: 14678">I'm trying to figure out what a high-magic world would be like.  Some spells that are essentially free to cast would tend to linger or even to accumulate - they are either permanent or instantaneous effects.  Other spells tear those down.  The whole thing becomes a bit more complex when you add in spells that cost something, such as permanency and crafting magic items.I just ran through my PHB and noted all the spells with a duration of permanent or instantaneous that affect the environment in some way.  (I made a separate list of spells that permanently affect people and creatures, that'll be a subject for another day!)If these spells and effects accumulate, what would this world normally look like?-blargSpells that alter the environment permanently--Arcane LockArcane MarkContinual FlameCreate WaterDisintegrateDispel Magic (Greater)EarthquakeEraseExplosive RunesFabricateFire TrapForbiddanceGlyph of WardingHallowIllusory WallMordenkainen's DisjunctionMagic MouthMove EarthPermanencyPermanent ImagePhantom TrapPolymorph Any ObjectProgrammed Image (once)RefugeSecret PageSepia Snake SigilSnare (once)Soften Earth and StoneStone ShapeStone to FleshSymbol of XTransmute Metal to WoodTransmute Mud to RockTransmute Rock to MudUnhallowWall of IronWall of StoneWarp WoodWood ShapeSpells that could be used to alter the environment:--Elemental SwarmPlanar Ally/Binding (Lesser, Greater)Summon Monster/Nature's Ally{Example: You could bring in earth elementals to do some serious landscaping, or fire elementals to level a forest, etc.}Also: Magic Items</blockquote>

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