Where can I find Errata for the Spell Compendium

[Deset Gled]

If it isn't in the SRD then it is illegal.

More precisely, if it isn't Open Gaming Content, then it is illegal to reprint.

The core books specify that all flavor and example text are not OGC, but the mechanics are. AFAIK, all of the WotC splatbooks contain a legal briefing to the effect of "This book does not contain any OGC content" in the first couple pages of the book.

 

[Iku Rex]

If it isn't in the SRD then it is illegal.

Only if you're using the Open Gaming License (OGL). Solution: Don't use the OGL. :\

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

A ray is no where equal a saving throw. Rays are an easy hit and at that level quickening a true strike to go with that beats out PWS wich is suppposed to be the be all end all on stunning..

OK.

So I've decided to step back and look at the spells a bit more closely, and assume that the Designers had a good reason for the Super-Level bump & it wasn't just a mistake. (Which is pretty hard to do with the SpC).

Stun Ray. Original 1, Now 7.

It's a Ray; which is better than a Save. Oh, wait, it has a Fortitude save for Partial.

It's a Ray that Stuns for 1d4+1 rds (SR applies, clsoe range), 1 rd on a Fort save. Also, anything with Electricity Immunity is immune to begin with.

This is basically a Fort Save for Partial that requires an Attack roll.

I can't see it as a 7th level spell, but the more I think about it, 2nd seems about right.

If it lacked ANY Save (As most Rays), or even was a Longer Range, I'd go ahead with it being higher level.

As written, I can see some sort of Twinked Fighter/Mage maybe using/abusing this spell for all its worth, but that'd be pushing it.

So, I think Stun Ray should be 2nd, not 7th (though removing some of the limitations could further bump it up)



Now let me look at Ray of Light.

Range Close again, but there is No Save.

Its an Attack roll for 1d4 guaranteed rounds of Blindness.

Blindness does suck (though not as bad as Stunned).

So again, Ray of Light I'm willing to grant should be higher level than 1st.

But, Blindess is only a 2nd level (Bard, Sor/Wiz) spell that Blinds PERMANETLY!

Blindess does require a Fort Save to Negate (But a Ray is merely an Attack Roll to Negate). Just when you compare a Ranged Attack Roll vs a Monster's Fort Mod, the Attack tends to be a better shot at success.

But, Blindness is also Medium Range. That 100'+10/lvl vs. 25' +5' per 2 lvls. When you are trying to Blind something, the farther away you are, the better.

I have a hard time seeing Ray of Light being any better than Blindness. There are times when I'd choose one over the other.


To Sum up.

SpC bumbed up Ray of Light & Stun Ray from 1st Level to 6th & 7th. I just can't see those as being remotely useful spells compared to what's out there.

Just trying them out, they are REALLY too powerful for 1st level.

I feel comfortable with them at 2nd level. I could maybe live with 3rd. Any higher and too many other spells are way more attractive.

 

[Xath]

Draconic polymorph (another Draconomicon spell) is in the Sor/Wiz list as a 5th level spell, but it's nowhere to be found elsewhere in the book.

EDIT: Nevermind.

 

[Piratecat]

So, I think Stun Ray should be 2nd, not 7th (though removing some of the limitations could further bump it up)

It auto-stuns for one round, minimum? This is huge. SR mitigates the effect somewhat, but I believe that it should be 6th or 7th level.

 

[hong]

Oh yeah. Stunning for 1 round is quite enough; 1d4+1 rounds is just gravy. If it was Fort negates instead of Fort partial, then it might be 2nd.

 

[Hypersmurf]

It auto-stuns for one round, minimum? This is huge. SR mitigates the effect somewhat, but I believe that it should be 6th or 7th level.

I miss Fanfare...

-Hyp.

 

[GilaMonster]

Another 'error'

The planning domain lists Status as its 4th level domain spell. Status is, however a 2nd level cleric spell from the PHB.

There's no way anyone's going to put a spell into a domain slot when they can cast it as a normal spell 2 levels lower.

 

[GilaMonster]

Right.

It's entry is:

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Sarcophagus of Stone
Conjuration(Creation)
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Reflex negates
Spell Resistance: No

The ground quakes as native stone erupts from the ground. This sharplt rising stone takes the form of a sarcophagus.

This spell creates an airtight stone coffin that forms around the target. The stone is.....(snip)
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...and that's it. (The spell description is complete; I'm just too lazy to type the rest out.) So, what's the spell stats supposed to be?

It's a 6th level cleric spell, according to the lists at the end.
Is still an inexcusable typo

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

And its originally published in?