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CHAPTER 3
DRACONIC
MAGIC
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SPELL
DESCRIPTIONS
The spells herein are presented in
alphabetical order, with the exception
of those whose names begin with
“lesser” (see Order of Presentation,
PH 181).
ADORATION OF THE
FRIGHTFUL
Enchantment (Charm)
[Mind-Affecting]
Level: Bard 3, cleric 3, hexblade 2,
sorcerer/wizard 3
Components: V
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: 60 ft.
Area: 60-ft. radius emanation,
centered on you
Duration: 1 minute/level
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes
A thunderous rumble echoes from within
you, washing over cowed creatures and
forcing them to show you respect.
Upon casting this spell, you radiate
a magical aura that causes fearful
creatures to shy away from harming
you. While this spell is in effect, any
creature within the spell’s area that is
shaken, frightened, or panicked has its
attitude toward you shifted to friendly
(see Influencing NPC Attitudes, PH 72).
This effect ends for a given creature if
the fear effect is removed, or if you or an
ally attacks the creature or otherwise
takes any hostile act toward it.
Special: A character who learns this
spell gains a +1 competence bonus on
Diplomacy checks.
ARCANE SPELLSURGE
Universal
Level: Sorcerer/wizard 7, wu jen 7
(all)
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 1 round/level
Green and yellow sparks fly off your body
as a light breeze picks up, lifting loose debris
and swirling around with a faint howl.
This spell speeds the flow of magic
through you, hastening your spellcasting
ability. Casting times for arcane
spells are reduced as follows:
Normal New
Casting Time Casting Time
1 standard action 1 swift action
1 full round 1 standard action
2–10 rounds 1 round less than
normal
Arcane spellsurge has no effect on any
spell with a casting time of greater than
1 minute or a casting time not listed on
the table.
You can’t choose to ignore this effect;
that is, you can’t opt to cast a spell using
its normal casting time. Thus, if all your
spells normally have casting times of 1
standard action, they take 1 swift action
instead, and because you can’t take more
than one swift action in a round, you
won’t be able to cast multiple spells per
round while under the effect of arcane
spellsurge. (If you have available spells
with casting times of 1 full round, you
are still able to cast more than one of
those spells per round.) However, a
sorcerer or other spontaneous arcane
caster could cast a metamagic spell (as
a standard action) and a normal spell (as
a swift action) in the same round.
This spell doesn’t stack with any
other effect that reduces a spell’s casting
time.
Special: If you are of the dragonblood
subtype (see page 4), you can cast this
spell as a swift action.
ASPECT OF THE
CHROMATIC DRAGON
Transmutation (Polymorph) [Evil]
Level: Sorcerer 8
Components: V, S, Evil
Casting Time: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 1 round/level (D)
Your body becomes powerfully muscled
as multicolored scales cover your flesh.
Four draconic heads sprout from your
shoulders.
You take the form of an aspect of
Tiamat (see page 110). You gain 100
temporary hit points, which disappear
at the end of the spell’s duration. For
details, see The Polymorph Subschool
on page 60.
Evil: Only evil-aligned characters can
cast this spell.
ASPECT OF THE
PLATINUM DRAGON
Transmutation (Polymorph) [Good]
Level: Sorcerer 7
Components: V, S, Good
Casting Time: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 1 round/level (D)
Your body expands in size while growing a
sheen of platinum scales and mighty claws
and teeth. A pair of great wings sprouts
from your back.
You take the form of an aspect of
Bahamut (see page 108). You gain 110
temporary hit points, which disappear
at the end of the spell’s duration. For
details, see The Polymorph Subschool
on page 60. (If you don’t have access to
Draconomicon, replace the aspect’s Tempest
Breath feat with Great Cleave.)
Good: Only good-aligned characters
can cast this spell.
BURST OF
GLACIAL WRATH
Evocation/Transmutation [Cold]
Level: Sorcerer/wizard 9
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: 30 feet
Area: Cone-shaped burst
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude half
Spell Resistance: Yes
A quick buildup of icy blue energy centered
on your hand rapidly becomes an enormous
bubble of frost that washes out over the
landscape, freezing all in its path.