Changing the ranges of spells

[Gaiden]

Is there any feat or ability out there that can change a spell such that its range is changed from short/medium/long/personal to touch. For example, lets say I want to change fireball into a touch attack: is there anything within the d20 system that would allow this.

Second question is: is there any ability/feat that can allow a touch spell to work through something. For example - have a touch spell work through a gauntlet, or a scabbard, or a weapon or anything one is holding.

 

[Crothian]

No and No. There is a feat that gives Touch spells a range of like 30ft.

You can cast Fireball against people right next to you. It'll explode and hurt you, but the same would be true if it was a touch attack.

My suggestion is head over to house rules and start creating met magic feats that do this sort of thing.

 

[Negative Zero]

i'm pretty sure that your first Q gets a no. as for the second, i'm pretty sure i've seen a PrC somewhere that lets you cast spells through a weapon. and there's a feat in DotF, i believe, that lets you cast touch spells as a ray. not a whole lot of help, i'll grant you, but it's a start

 

[shilsen]

i'm pretty sure i've seen a PrC somewhere that lets you cast spells through a weapon.

The Spellsword, from Tome & Blood.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

2nd level sor/wiz spell spectral hand lets you cast touch spells through it. You can also use a familiar to do this.

 

[Magus_Jerel]

I would say that if you deliberately intended to cast something that was short medium or long range at "touch" range - you could do so - although you are VERY likely to be in the area of effect as well.

As far as making spells with range "personal" range touch - no way. You do NOT want this happening...

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I wonder why you would deliberately change the range of a spell that automatically hits to touch, which would require a touch attack. I can smell a devious rule twist here .

 

[Sir Hawkeye]

My theory is that his reasoning involves sneak attack.

 

[kramis]

hold the charge

I was thinking he might be wanting to "hold the charge" for a ranged spell to be used when needed. Like cast polymorph other as a touch spell and then go into the "king's chambers" or wherever they search you and take your weapons and components and get upset if you start to cast a spell. But then you go and shake the king's hand and whammo.

Or whatever, maybe not the best example, but I can see abuses with some spells being held until needed, but maybe not bad enough abuses to dissalow it as a feat or another spell or something like that. I mean, Harm is already a touch spell, how much worse could it really get?

 

[hong]

Re: hold the charge

I was thinking he might be wanting to "hold the charge" for a ranged spell to be used when needed. Like cast polymorph other as a touch spell and then go into the "king's chambers" or wherever they search you and take your weapons and components and get upset if you start to cast a spell. But then you go and shake the king's hand and whammo.

You could probably do that with the Still/Silent Spell combo, and a bit of bluffing....