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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haffrung Helleyes" data-source="post: 2744234" data-attributes="member: 1068">Spell CompendiumI picked this up at Gencon Socal this weekend.It's an incredibly useful book.  As others have stated, having all the spells in one place is a big deal.There are a lot of spells I've never seen before.  Some change the game in significant ways.For example, both the druid and the cleric now have a spell that lets you raise someone from the dead with no level loss if it's cast within a round of death (well, the druid one reincarnates).There are a lot of new ray spells.  Playing a ray specialist seems a lot more viable with this book.Anyspell/Greater Anyspell are core now, presented as part of the Spell domain.There are a lot of new ranger spells, including one that lets rangers shapechange into a wolf for 10 minutes/level as  a 1st level spell.Wizards get a spell, Ball Lightning, that really rocks.  It's like Flaming Sphere, but it's 5th level, and instead of the sphere doing a fixed 2d6 fire damage, it does 1d6/caster level (max 15d6) electrical damage (reflex negates).  Since it lasts 1rnd/level and can be directed as a move action, I see this becoming a staple spell for wizards and sorcerers.There's a whole Bite of (Wererat , Wereboar, Wearbear, Weartiger) series of spells that druids and sorcerer/wizards get, which last 1round/level and provide significant stat bonuses, natural armor bonuses, the blindfight feat, and claw/bite attack routines.  Bite of the Wearbear, for example, is a 6th level druid spell that gives +16 to STR, +2 to Dex, +8 to Con, and a +7 enhancement bonus to natural armor.  A wildshaped druid who then casted this spell would be a terror indeed.Wizards get a series of spells based on the Planar Ally series, but which summon dragons instead;  they have an XP cost, and the dragon must be payed in gold, but it will then fight for the party.  These spells seem very powerful.Sorcerer/Wizards get Greater Enlarge Person (Enlarge Person, but 1hr/level) as a 5th level spell.Clerics get Faith Healing (like cure light wounds, but always get an 8 on the die, can only target worshippers of same god) as a 1st level spell.Sor/Wizards get Floating Disk, Greater -- like Tenser's floating disk, but you can sit on it and command it to carry you about.  It's a 4th level spell -- 1hr/level duration.  Very cool ;-).Sor/Wizards get GemJump, a spell which lets you teleport back to a specially prepared Gem.  Since you cast this spell once and it works until triggered, it means a Wizard who has prepared this can have the ability to teleport home without having to memorize a spell to do so.-Ken</blockquote>

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