I've got the D&D Spell Compendium- Any questions?

[Elder-Basilisk]

The problem is:

1. It's WAY higher than the bonus from a +6 stat item
2. It stacks with the +6 stat item.

It's a spell that any DM ought to have serious reservations about in ANY campaign--it's like Monte Cook's Greater Magical Flow enhancer but pushed to ten and two levels lower. And the Monte Cook spell was probably broken.

The original was an enhancement bonus, which would not stack with most othe sources of bonuses (it would overlap instead). In FR, where the level of magic is a bit higher than "standard", and where "standard" assumes most characters have 1 or 2 +6 stat-boosting items by 20th level, I don't think it is that out of line. It is definitely a spell I would have serious reservations about in a non-FR campaign, though.

 

[sjmiller]

For those who already have the book, I have some slightly complex questions. How useful would this book be to someone who is not running a 3.5 game? Does it reference spells from the 3.5 PH that are not in the 3.0 PH? If I did not plan to buy other 3.5 books would this one still be usable? The book sounds very intriguing, but I would hate to waste the money if I could not use it for my 3.0 game.

 

[BOZ]

just a guess, but given the way several key spells were altered from 3.0 to 3.5, its usefulness may be rather limited for you... hard to say for sure though, since i don't yet have it.

 

[Shade]

Has firebrand changed at all? It wasn't updated in Player's Guide to Faerun, so I'm not necessarily expecting it to be altered. Just curious, as it is one of our party's mage's favorite spells.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Sounds very useful as it's beyond just a wizard's spell compendium.

I've got one player in the campaign that's an elf wizard at 5th level caster ability so it'll be interesting to see if there some some spells of his that have changed.

 

[Omand]

Hello,

Thanks again to Gothmog and the others who have been providing information on this thread.

I thought that it was time to bump things up.

Cheers

 

[Moon-Lancer]

anyone know when this book will be avalible. Amazon says dec 27th. Other websites say Dec 2nd, along with a few ebay acutions. I cant seem to find any of the websites that said dec 2nd anymore though.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I was looking at the list of domains given again, and can you confirm that the Repose domains (aka the Non-Evil Death domain) did not make the cut? Or, is it possibly renamed (to what I wonder).

That would be a disappointment to me, as I have a non-evil death god in my campaign that has Repose as a domain. Looks like three spellbooks at least will remain on the table (PHB, Sandstorm, and Spell Compendium).

Where did the Repose domain first appear? That sounds like something I could really use in my game, but I don't recall seeing it before.

 

[JustKim]

the splinterbolt deals 4d6 points of piercing damage. The splinterbolt threatens a critical hit on an 18-20 and deals x3 damage on a successful critical hit(...) (...)one additional splinterbolt for every four levels beyond 3rd

Oh my god, no. Banned.

 

[Moon-Lancer]

its not bad. I was a druid, the other charicter was a wizard. I missed alot becuse you have to hit actual ac, not touch. We did about the same amount of damage. its not broken... it just looks broken but in actual play its very quite tame. Although when you crit it is quite a wammy, but some times you dont hit at all.