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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hashmalum" data-source="post: 1000133" data-attributes="member: 9450">I've come up with a couple of feats to bring back the concept of "reversible spells" from earlier editions of D&D. I would appreciate any help balancing them. In particular, the second one seems too strong, in spite of the loss of many of the reversed spells to lack of conversion.Alignment-Substituted Spell [Metamagic]Some spells exist in multiple versions, one for each alignment. Knowing one allows you to extrapolate the others.Prerequisites: Knowledge of one or more spells from one or more of the lists below, Spellcraft 6 ranks, any other metamagic feat.Benefit: An alignment-substituted spell becomes another spell from the same group instead, whether or not you know that spell (although you still must have it on your class list). Divine spellcasters still can not cast spells whose alignment is opposed to their own or their deity's. An alignment-substituted spell uses up a spell slot of its normal level.Detection Spell Groupdetect lawdetect gooddetect evildetect chaosProtection Spell Groupprotection from lawprotection from goodprotection from evilprotection from chaosCircle Groupmagic circle against lawmagic circle against goodmagic circle against evilmagic circle against chaosSmite Spell Groupchaos hammerunholy blightholy smiteorder's wrathWall Spell Group (from Magic of Faerun)wall of chaoswall of evilwall of goodwall of lawDispel Spell Groupdispel lawdispel gooddispel evildispel chaosWord Spell Groupword of chaosblasphemyholy worddictumAura Spell Groupcloak of chaosunholy auraholy aurashield of lawReversible Spell [Metamagic]You know how to gain more use from some spells you know by reversing them.Prerequisites: Knowledge of one or more reversible spells from the list below, Spellcraft 6 ranks, at least one other metamagic feat.Benefit: You may reverse any spell that appears in either colum below. A reversed spell becomes the other spell on the same line instead, whether or not you know that spell (although you still must have it on your class list). Divine spellcasters still can not cast spells whose alignment is opposed to their own or their deity's. A reversed spell uses up a spell slot of its normal level.First Form/Second Formenlarge/reducelocate object/obscure objectwater breathing/air breathing*remove curse/bestow cursedream/nightmaretransmute rock to mud/transmute mud to rockstone to flesh/flesh to stoneantipathy/sympathyimprisonment/freedombless/banecure light wounds/inflict light woundscure moderate wounds/inflict moderate woundscure serious wounds/inflict serious woundscure critical wounds/inflict critical woundsheal/harmraise dead/slay livingresurrection/destructionremove fear/cause fearheat metal/chill metalneutralize poison/poisonremove blindness/deafness/blindness/deafnesscure disease/contagion*From Savage Species.Edited: Raised Spellcraft req to 6, required new spell to be on class list, added circle group containing the various magic circle against X spells which I left out by mistake (oops!) in the first post.Edited again: Added smite group (holy smite, etc.), which was left out by mistake (d'oh!).</blockquote>

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