Druid Spells- Please help balance...

[SoulStorm]

Shapeshift

Transmutation
Level: Drd 8
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 10 minutes / level

As shapechange except you don't gain the type of the new form.

Bolt of Fury

Evocation [Electricity]
Level: Drd 5
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Effect: Bolt of lightning in your hand
Duration: 1 round/level

Tapping into the elemental fury of a storm allows you to hurl bolts of lightning at your enemies. This spell causes a pulsing coruscating bolt of lightning to appear in your open palm. You can hurl the bolt or use it to touch your enemies. The bolt of lightning illuminates out to 20 feet like a torch and harms neither you nor your equipment.

You can strike opponents with a melee touch attack, dealing electrical damage equal to 2d6 +1 point per caster level (maximum +20). Alternatively, you can hurl the bolt up to 120 feet as a thrown weapon. When doing so, you attack with a ranged touch attack (with no range penalty) and deal the same damage as with a melee attack. You can summon additional bolts as a free action for the duration of the spell allowing iterative attacks up to your BAB.

To cast Bolt of Fury, you must be in a stormy area- a rain shower, clouds and wind, hot and cloudy conditions, or even a tornado (including a whirlwind formed by a djinn or air elemental of 7 HD or more). However, once cast you no longer need to remain in the stormy area as the elemental fury of the storm is contained within your body for the duration of the spell.


Embraced by the Storm

Evocation [Electricity]
Level: Drd 9
Components: V, S
Casting time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 10 minutes / level (D)

As Bolt of Fury with the following additional benefits:

When struck by a melee attack, the attacker takes electrical damage as if struck by a Bolt of Fury.

The caster is immune to all natural and magical weather based effects for the duration of this spell. This includes all electrical and wind based attacks from any source.

The caster of this spell can pass through even the most severe weather (including tornadoes and hurricanes) conditions without harm or impediment to his movement.

Any help balancing these spells would be appreciated...

 

[las]

they look good to me.

 

[SoulStorm]

Thanks Las,

anybody disagree with Las?

 

[Suldulin]

bolt of fury and embrace by the storm seem like they may be a little too high in level at first glance, I'll take a closer look tomorrow

 

[SoulStorm]

If you could I'd appreciate it.

 

[Suldulin]

the main thing is when, and how the spell would be used, and how it compares to other spells that can do the same thing. . . *pondering*

the fact that it must be cast during a storm quite does limit it's uses, often when you prepare your spells for the day as a druid, if you prepare a spell to that requires a storm it's often a war scene(druid make awesome war casters) the short range of the spell limit's its use during such scenes as it puts you too close to where you can be killed, spells of 5th level of more use in this type of battle(and imho) are Control Winds, Insect Plague, Walls of Fire, and Wall of Thorns

Bolt of Fury I see more would be used more for smaller group battles, or group on one battles, which the need for the storm exteremly limits you memorizing it, unless you're a) above ground and know a storm is coming when the battle is going to happen, or b) above ground and willing to also expend a 2nd level spell(cloud burst, MaoF) to get a great sword with a 20/x2 crit and (level) damage with a 120 range attack, and remember that you need to decide between attacking with this spell or cast another spell

Yes it is a relativly strong spell damage, and does somewhat fill a gap that is lacking at 5th level, the need to cast it during a storm several limits it use though imo, and will likely make it seldom if ever memorised, in my mind

what exact level to make this though, and if my observances are lacking somewhere I'll leave to others though