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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 1427053" data-attributes="member: 743">green slime: look at my example epic spell. A little tweaking would lower its DC to 1, so it only costs 9,000gp and 360xp to develop. Or you could convince your DM that epic spells can have 0 DCs, and create them in the middle of combat. "Oh crap, there's no way we'll be able to get past that defense! Gandalf, help!" A few seconds of thought later and Gandalf has created a spell that suppresses the dreaded Oompa Loompa's DR of 100/- and SR of 300. Gandalf calls out for Merlin's help in his impromptu rtual, and they cast together. The spell extracts a horrible toll though, as XP loss and backlash tear into Gandalf's aged form. The wizard dies, but his friends' combined assault takes the Oompa Loompa out, saving all of Gullah Gullah Island. And of course, the next day the cleric True Resurrects our good friend Gandalf, without even needing 25,000gp. The Epic spell system is a great idea, but poorly done. Many weak effects (a fireball has a base DC around 34) are way too expensive to develop. Many powerful effects (+30 permanently to a stat with a DC of 1) are way too cheap to develop.</blockquote>