Common, un-common & rare spells

[BluWolf]

Anyone remember the old issue of Dragon that broke all spells down into a list of common, un-common or rare??

Anyone remember the criteria used?

Or was that even an issue of Dragon??

 

[JoeGKushner]

I think it was a Forgotten Realms supplmeent that did this and it was very handy and I used it often to yank more gold from the players when they went looking for those... odd spells.

 

[Belen]

It was an FR supplement and I loved it. It really helped make things more unique.

 

[Thanee]

If you want a very simple method...

Spells from PHB: common
Spells from Complete books and Campaign Setting book (i.e. PGtF for 3.5 FR): uncommon
Spells from anywhere else: rare

Bye
Thanee

 

[frankthedm]

I say each campaign should have its own list of rare spells. Also higher level spells should also be of higher rarity.

Common: Basic attack magic, defence magic & spells that make life easier

Uncommon: Spells that might be used once in a while.

rare: named spells & Spells a wizard would NOT give out if they had it, like say, Feeblemind.

This of course breaks down if a PC can just up and pick any 2 spells at level up. IMG, I require prior exposure to the spells in book form for the "level up" spells, but costs are waived.

 

[BluWolf]

Thanks for the quick response but which Realms supplement???
I have it somewhere but now I need to remember which book. If I go searching through all that stuff I will fail my save versus "paying attention" and end up on some bizarre tangent.

Then I'll end up right back here asking the same question in 6 months.

 

[Quasqueton]

I assume this was pre-WotC? If a WotC supplement mentioned this, can you imagine the uproar (shades of M:tG)?

Quasqueton

 

[Psion]

Thanks for the quick response but which Realms supplement???

Forgotten Realms Adventures hardcover (Link to RPGnow PDF version).

 

[Psion]

I assume this was pre-WotC? If a WotC supplement mentioned this, can you imagine the uproar (shades of M:tG)?

Heh.

 

[BluWolf]

Forgotten Realms Adventures hardcover (Link to RPGnow PDF version).

YES, thank you. I can now picture it in my head and I know where it is when I get home from the office.

Thanks.