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Message: <blockquote data-quote="index" data-source="post: 1650231" data-attributes="member: 21195">Ferret wrote:> Anyone?No, sorry.(Just joking.)Okay, here's your spell:> Freeze soul> Conjuration (Teleportation)Etherealness and Ethereal Jaunt are Transmutation spells.But Teleport and Maze are Conjuration spells...  Shadow Walkis Illusion (Shadow).  (Why in the HECK did WotC move somuch stuff into Conjuration?  Just being able to summon orcall a variety of critters with a variety of powers isenough by itself.)  (Seems as if 'shadow' should be a spelldescriptor instead of an illusion sub-school.)> Level: Sor/Wiz 8It's hard to guess the proper level for this spell, as I'lldiscuss below.> Components: V,S,MWhat are the material components?> Casting time: Full roundactionDo you mean "1 round"?  (Please proof-read.)  Veryinterruptable.> Range: Close (25ft. + 5ft. / 2 levels)> Effect: One creature> Duration: Concentration up to 1 round every level.Very interruptable.> Saving Throw: Special"Will negates (special)", might be a better way to phrasethis.  BTW, if you're using a Will save, you might want tospecify whether vermin and other mindless creatures areimmune or automatically vulnerable.  I don't think there areany PH spells that use a Will save without beingmind-affecting, which would make constructs, undead, vermin,etc immune.  I'm guessing that Maze has it's weird mechanic(no save but victim gets INT check every round) for thisvery reason.> Spell resistance: Yes> > With this spell you through a shroud of obsidian over your target ands/through/throw/Proof-read, please.Is the shroud of obsidian a net actually made fromcarefully shaped obsidian?  Is this the material component?> send their essence, the part that Is, into the realm of shadows ifPlease use paragraph separation between flavor text andrules text.  Some PH spells don't do so, but it makes rulesadjudication easier later on.> they fail a will save. This has several effects. Primarily they become> incorporeal, unable to touch others, or be touched. Also failingDoes the victim gain all the benefits and penalties of theIncorporeal subtype?  Are they treated as a manifestingghost, except that they cannot de-manifest, and they are onthe Shadow plane instead of the Ethereal plane?> another will save means that they must cower through the duration.So your friends can Magic Missile them, but they can'tattack back.  This IS a mind-affecting fear effect, right?Explicitly say whether or not it is, please.  If it's notmind-affecting, how in the heck does it work?> Thirdly, they take 1d4 damage each round due to the unfeeling cold of> the Shadow plane, this bypasses resistance and regeneration or fast> healing.Why?  People using Shadow Walk don't suffer this effect.Describe it as due to the spell's interaction with theShadow Plane, not as a property of the plane itself.  Ordescribe it as an effect of being stuck partially on twodifferent planes.  Or describe it as a side effect of theseparation.Since they are (at least partially) on the Shadow Plane, canthey intentionally 'get lost' the way Shadow Walk passengerscan?Unlike Maze, this spell offers a save.  But once the victimis affected, they cannot make an automatic escape attempteach round, instead you must concentrate.  That makes thespell much weaker than Maze when the victim's teamoutnumbers your team, and much stronger than Maze when yourteam is bigger.This is also a general utility spell.  Pump up a friend withbonuses against fear, cast this spell, and watch them walkthrough walls.I think this might be suitable as an 8th level spell, maybeeven 7th, since the victim is helpless only if they fail twosaves, but some clarifications are needed.Yes, I'm asking a lot of questions, but any time you dosomething unusual or new, you need to figure out how it'sgoing to work with other spells and powers.--index</blockquote>

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