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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3518936" data-attributes="member: 6562">No, I totally understand what you're trying to do; what I'm saying is, make it a carrot instead of a stick.Basically, give the guy reliable spellcasting that's inferior to what a Wizard or Sorcerer would get. Then, give him this tempting Wild Surge thingy that's unreliable but powerful to compensate. Now, when he really needs to cast a spell, he can do so (to dimension door out of a burning building for example); but when he wants to do something impressive, he can cross his fingers and Wild Surge (to end a fight early or whatever). The point is, you have to put the risk in the player's hands.See what I'm saying?Well, if you have a player who'd be willing to play your version, by all means go ahead! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I just can't imagine anyone in my group wanting to play such a thing.- - -Anyway, let's work on a Wild Surge table that doesn't suck. I'll start by making it a tree, so the sub-tables can be filled in to whatever size they eventually end up being, while the main categories stay appropriately likely:Wild Surge (d10):1: Mishap! Bad things happen to you.2: Spell Mishap! Bad things happen to your spell.3-4: Minor Mishap.5-6: Miscellaneous.7-8: Minor Boon.9: Spell Boon!10: Boon!Mishap: d61: Cursed! You suffer a random effect of a bestow curse for one hour.2: Stunned! for 1 minute.3: Nauseated! for 1 minute.4: Unlucky! -6 Luck penalty to AC and saves for 1 minute.5: Target! Demon or Slaad with a CR equal to or lower than your level appears and attacks you until dead.6: Blighted! You are rendered permanently blind or deaf as the spell blindness / deafness.Spell Mishap: d61: Spell target opposite -- beneficial spell targets a foe, baneful spell targets you.2: Spell damage is minimized (as though each damage die rolled a 1).3: Caster level halved.4: Casting spell is painful: you suffer 1d6 damage per spell level, or you may abort the spell to avoid damage.5: Casting spell is draining: you must expend another spell slot of equal or higher level to cast the spell, or you may abort the spell to avoid being drained.6: Spell duration, damage, area or number of targets halved (your choice).Minor Mishap: d61: Stunned for 1 round.2: Dazed for 1 round.3: Nauseated for 1 round.4: Blind for 1 round.5: Unlucky: -2 to AC and saves for 1 round.6: Immobilized: movement reduced to 5 ft. for 1 round.Miscellaneous: d121: Brightly colored butterflies surround all spell targets for 1 minute; this may reveal their location.2: Brightly colored butterflies swarm around you; you gain Concealment but also a -20 penalty on Hide checks.3: Thick grass grows in a 60 ft. area centered on you; acts as the spell entangle for 1 round, then reverts to being normal tall grass.4: Random object near you animates as though by an animate object spell cast at your caster level; 50% chance to be hostile to you, 50% chance to be friendly and defend you.5: All creatures within 60 ft. become invisible as though by an invisibility spell.6: Wind speed increases by three categories for 1 minute.7: Wonky gravity, 60 ft. radius: +4 to Climb and Jump checks, but Fly speeds reduced by half for 1 minute.8: Wonky winds, 60 ft. radius: -4 to all ranged attacks (regular and magical) for 1 minute.9: Wonky light, 60 ft. radius: daylight if it's dark near you, deeper darkness if it's bright near you, for 1 minute.10: Pandemonic Howl, 60 ft. radius: very loud noise centered on you; -10 to Listen checks for 1 minute, 20% chance to lose any spell as though deafened; lasts 1 minute.11: Your hair color changes to something silly for 1 hour.12: Your skin color changes to something silly for 1 hour.Minor Boon: d61: +1 AC for 1 minute.2: +2 to next save (if made within the next minute).3: +10 ft. speed for 1 minute.4: Teleport up to 50 ft. as an Immediate action.5: Gain temporary HP equal to twice your caster level (last 1 minute).6: Foe of your choice (within 60 ft.) suffers banana peel attack; make a free Trip check; foe can't counter-trip you.Spell Boon: d61: Wild thematics: +10 to Spellcraft DC to identify spell.2: Spell deals 50% less damage, but all damage is raw chaos (untyped); or spell is Still, Silent, Empowered or Extended for free (your choice).3: One target of the spell also gains effect of daylight, silence or entropic shield (if ally); or suffers +2d6 raw chaos damage (if enemy).4: Caster level +2 or spell DC +2 (your choice).5: Spell-slot not expended.6: Cast an additional spell as part of the same action; additional spell's casting time must be equal or shorter than original spell's casting time.Boon: d61: In addition to the spell's normal effect, you gain the effect of a summon monster spell of the same level; the monster(s) you summon must have the [Chaos] subtype.2: +4 to all saving throws for 1 minute.3: +4 to attack rolls for 1 minute.4: Remove any one negative condition or effect from yourself, or negate next such condition imposed in the next minute.5: You gain SR equal to 15 + caster level for 1 minute.6: You gain DR X/lawful where X is your caster level for 1 minute.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

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