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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8084890" data-attributes="member: 57383">Okay, we've still got four spells to write up, namely burrow, summon worms, wormtongue and curse of the worm.The burrow just requires us to decide what action to use for casting time.  The original was casting time 1 like feather fall which suggests an immediate action, but I'd also consider a swift action.For summon worms the original entry created a stationary slippery area, so it's basically just a permanent version of the spell grease.I originally proposed making it summon an swarm of mobile animals like the summon swarm spell. Maybe a swarm of flesh-eating warms capable of doing some damage since the standard summon swarm swarms all do 1d6 swarm damage? We can include a "slipping hazard" special attack in the monster's stats and the spell description can simply crib the 2nd level spell:This functions like a summon swarm spell, except it summons a swarm of flesh-eating worms (see Swarm, Carnivorous Worm entry). Material Component: A handful of fresh soil.Or we can stick to the original "harmless but slippery" and make it a higher power version of grease:Conjuration (Creation) Duration: Permanent You cause a mass of slime-covered worms to squirm into being. The worms can swarm out of a floor made of any organic but nonliving material (earth, mud, wood et cetera). The worms can be conjured in the area of other creatures. While harmless, the worms are extremely slippery. Any creature in the area when the spell is cast must make a successful Reflex save or fall. This save is repeated on your turn each round that the creature remains within the area. A creature can walk within or through the area of worms at half normal speed with a DC 10 Balance check. Failure means it can’t move that round (and must then make a Reflex save or fall), while failure by 5 or more means it falls (see the Balance skill for details). The worms remain were they are summoned and will eventually die and rot away.  The mass can typically survive 1d4+1? hours of exposure to direct sunlight before drying out and perishing. They are subject to dehydration, starvation, aging and other natural phenomena as if they were ordinary earthworms. Material Component: A handful of fresh soil.Which of the two do you prefer?</blockquote>

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