Do you remember this spell?

[Aberzanzorax]

I did this via web research, but Player's Guide to Faerun, page 111.
(For Skull Watch).

EDIT: or did you mean the Cyric spell?



Though I do agree that a druid spell that allowed you to scry via an animal skull existed, as someone mentioned upthread.

I could look into that further if you'd like.




I don't think you're crazy, I'm remembering the same thing you are....and that's part of why I'm eager to help...to remember.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

No worries. I'm going to check my Complete Wizard's Handbook when I get home. My guess is it showed up there or in the Tome of Magic (which I no longer have) in 2E, which is why I remember it.

I may have to end up rolling my own anyway. I'll post my creation for everyone's edification once I have.

 

[Jhaelen]

I don't think you're crazy, I'm remembering the same thing you are....and that's part of why I'm eager to help...to remember.

It reminds me of a 2e necromancer spell that was part of a Dragon article - one of the few I allowed to be used in my 2e game (since necromancer, imho, had so few options). The same article had spells like 'bonesteel' and something to blow up undead...

 

[Diamond Cross]

Now that would be a mean trick to play.

Have a skull with a 5000gp diamond in each eye. As soon as the character tries to get the diamonds have a series of magic mouths go off to send an alarm throughout the entire dungeon.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Now that would be a mean trick to play.

Have a skull with a 5000gp diamond in each eye. As soon as the character tries to get the diamonds have a series of magic mouths go off to send an alarm throughout the entire dungeon.

As well as a Glyph of Warding (Damage type) or Fire/Ice Trap
I guess that would be adding injury to insult.

 

[Wycen]

If any of the already mentioned spells don't fit exactly, you might want to look in 2 books from 2E. One had Volo in the title I think and the other was a spell collection from Pages from the Mages of user written spells. I can't dregde up the exact name for either product form the corners of my mind but I think I still have both books in storage.

 

[pemerton]

I don't know the spell, but a quick search through the Dragon Magazine archive shows that there is a 5th level spell in the Forgotten Realms Adventures hardback called Improved Skull Watch.

 

[falcarrion]

2nd ed had a spell called "Hovering skull" from the Complete Wizards handbook.

 

[Thanael]

Skull Watch (3rd level spell) and Improved Skull Watch (5th level spell) are both in the 2E Forgotten Realms Adventures. That book also has a similar long range alarm type spell Watchware which is updated to 3E in Unaproachable East. The complete Wizards' Handbook has the spell Hovering Skull which allows seeing through a created hovering skull eyes within a range of 30 ft.

Skull Watch has been converted to 3E in Player's Guide to Faerun. I found a 3E version online here. Hovering skull has been converted by fans here and here