Multiple round attack spell?

[Redeemer of Ogar]

Consider Toothed Tentacles (Lost Empires of Faerun p35, 2nd lvl), or Thunderlance (Spell Compendium p220, 4th lvl) if Forgotten Realms is not available.

 

[airwalkrr]

Why is it players never think about making their own spells these days? That seems the perfect answer to your dilemma.

 

[DumbPaladin]

@ Airwalkrr: I haven't run into too many DMs who are big fans of creating new spells ... or else, this would indeed be the fun way to solve this problem.

Herzog: This may not be what you need, but Shard Storm in SpC creates a burst of force energy (in the shape of sharp, pointy crystals) within a burst that repeats its damage each round. I believe it's 3d6 force damage. You can suppress the burst as a free action each round, but if you don't, it hits that exact same area each turn for 3d6 damage -- great for monsters under the effects of hold monster, or Evard's, or ...

Arcane Fusion (only if you're a Sorcerer) allows you to cast a level 4 (or lower) and a level 1 spell for the cost of 1 standard action and as your 5th level slot. There are a rather large number of combinations for that ...

Whirling Blade (Sor/Wiz 2) doesn't let you attack multiple TIMES, but it attempts a basic attack roll against every enemy in a 60' line, so ... it could hit multiple people.

Even better than Persistent Blade is Sword of Deception (Sor/Wiz 4) from SpC, which will impose upon those it hits a penalty to that creature's next saving throw. The problem with Sword & Blade are that they will likely die if they attempt to strike a creature with Spell Resistance ...

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Manyjaws is up to 3 rounds of damage if you concentrate on it, without the movement restrictions of flaming sphere type spells.

A simple level 1 Corrosive Grasp spell is up to 10 touch attacks for 1d8 acid damage each. Thunderhead also is level 1 and lasts for round/level, but it's not worth casting for damage (I'd use it more for the "homing beacon" effect if the enemy goes invisible or the like).

Thunderlance lasts round/level. Blade of Pain and Fear does, too, though I forget off-hand if that's an arcane spell. I like to use it with Clerics, since they have decent BAB.

All in Spell Compendium. Were any of these the kinds of spells you had in mind?

As far as a dancing blade goes, if there's no spell in spell compendium for it, I'm pretty sure C.Mage had a spell like that. Pretty sure there was one in SpC, though, around spell level 6.

 

[irdeggman]

1st level druid spell produce flame seems to be the type fo thing yo want.

Try to research a wizard version, add a level to make it a 2nd level spell and it would seem perfectly fair to me.

You know that wands are real useful for this sort of thing too.

 

[FEADIN]

Eyebite.....to high I know....

 

[Psychotic Jim]

Evard's Black Tentacles

 

[Mand]

I've gotta give a shoutout to the best piece of spell artwork in any 3e book, ever.

Crushing Fist of Spite.

 

[ForumFerret]

Legion of Sentinels from Players Handbook II.

Sorc/Wiz 3, conjurs 12 incorporeal swordsmen with AC 25 and attack bonus = Caster Level. Damge is 1d8+(1/3CasterLevel) per attack per swordsman.

Duration is 1round/lvl.

It's pretty keen combined with, say, solid fog.