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Errata and Typos (Magic and Spells) (Sticky) Dec 29, 2008, 11:00 AM by Jason Bulmahn — hogarth, The Wraith, Ross Byers and 22 others	51 posts	Last post: Feb 17, 2009, 10:30 AM by Jellyfulfish

Welcome to the Magic and Spells Playtest (Sticky) Dec 29, 2008, 11:00 AM by Jason Bulmahn — The Wraith, forbinproject, MaskedOne and 7 others	11 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 03:26 AM by The Wraith

Hideous Laughter (and similar spells) need extra saves. Feb 10, 2009, 12:30 AM by KaeYoss — Sueki Suezo, DM_Blake, KaeYoss and 14 others	35 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 08:23 AM by DM_Blake

Spontaneous Cure / Inflict Spells - For every religion? Dec 29, 2008, 12:23 PM by Ross Byers — Ross Byers, Zurai, toyrobots and 9 others	24 posts	Last post: Feb 22, 2009, 09:35 AM by toyrobots

Unlimited Cantrips / Orisons - A Rundown Jan 2, 2009, 07:49 AM by Ross Byers — Ross Byers, Asgetrion, Abraham spalding and 33 others	91 posts	Last post: Feb 21, 2009, 11:20 AM by Ross Byers

Rope Trick needs fixin' Feb 19, 2009, 12:25 PM by Theodore Tibbitts — JoelF847, Kevin Andrew Murphy and Theodore Tibbitts	3 posts	Last post: Feb 19, 2009, 02:47 PM by JoelF847

A few needed changes Feb 4, 2009, 07:21 AM by yellowdingo — yellowdingo, KaeYoss, Dave Young 992 and 8 others	19 posts	Last post: Feb 19, 2009, 05:57 AM by KaeYoss

Launch Item- is it too good? Feb 18, 2009, 02:01 PM by GreatNPowerfulAahz — Xuttah, Purple Dragon Knight, Silver Eye and 2 others	5 posts	Last post: Feb 18, 2009, 07:59 PM by Xuttah

Clarification of Divination Schools' Specialist Bonus Diviner’s Fortune Feb 17, 2009, 09:18 AM by SlimGauge — SlimGauge	1 post	Last post: Feb 17, 2009, 09:26 AM by SlimGauge

New Spell: Transfigurine Feb 16, 2009, 05:03 PM by RickSummon — Kevin Andrew Murphy and RickSummon	2 posts	Last post: Feb 16, 2009, 06:24 PM by Kevin Andrew Murphy

[Animate Object] - Why not a Sor / Wiz spell Jan 31, 2009, 01:50 PM by Silver Eye — Abraham spalding, Mortagon, Silver Eye and 7 others	13 posts	Last post: Feb 16, 2009, 01:58 AM by Kevin Andrew Murphy

Flaming Sphere - How to use it? Jan 7, 2009, 02:50 AM by FireBorn — FireBorn, Theodore Tibbitts, Kalyth and Abraham spalding	5 posts	Last post: Feb 15, 2009, 09:37 AM by Theodore Tibbitts

Wildshaping / Polymorphing etc Jan 19, 2009, 02:02 PM by Robert Brambley — Theodore Tibbitts, naetuir, Abraham spalding and 3 others	6 posts	Last post: Feb 15, 2009, 09:14 AM by Theodore Tibbitts

[Design Focus - Spells] Needed Fixes Feb 9, 2009, 08:32 PM by Sueki Suezo — Studpuffin, Sueki Suezo, brock and 11 others	43 posts	Last post: Feb 13, 2009, 01:41 PM by Studpuffin

How many changes? Feb 13, 2009, 12:32 PM by Galnörag — Galnörag	1 post	Last post: Feb 13, 2009, 12:34 PM by Galnörag

Why does Wall of Force have to be indestructible? Jan 8, 2009, 03:41 PM by Jason Nelson — Jason Nelson, Kaisoku, Sueki Suezo and 22 others	82 posts	Last post: Feb 13, 2009, 09:33 AM by Studpuffin

Secret Page: Fix some vagueness Feb 13, 2009, 07:42 AM by TreeLynx — brock and TreeLynx	2 posts	Last post: Feb 13, 2009, 08:12 AM by brock

Solid Fog too absolute? Feb 8, 2009, 12:32 AM by jreyst — Turin the Mad, jreyst, hogarth and 11 others	23 posts	Last post: Feb 12, 2009, 07:31 AM by Turin the Mad

Detect {Alignment} - Evil Outsiders or [Evil] Outsiders Jan 30, 2009, 11:38 AM by Ross Byers — Ross Byers, Todd Stewart, Montalve and 2 others	23 posts	Last post: Feb 10, 2009, 03:11 PM by Montalve

[Spell] Dispel Magic can be a pain. Dec 29, 2008, 11:10 AM by Skeld — Mattastrophic, toyrobots, Epic Meepo and 47 others	83 posts	Last post: Feb 10, 2009, 12:36 AM by Lathiira

Shrink Item spell - what action does restoring the item take? Feb 8, 2009, 06:17 AM by JoelF847 — Abraham spalding, KaeYoss and JoelF847	4 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 12:35 PM by Abraham spalding

Magic Item Spells: Dimensional Space Jan 18, 2009, 11:13 PM by KanedaMuyo — Portella, KanedaMuyo and Franz Lunzer	6 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 05:06 AM by Portella

Why Does Enlarge Person and Righteous Might treat projectiles differently? Feb 5, 2009, 11:06 AM by James Martin — Dragnmoon, Beckett, James Martin and 2 others	8 posts	Last post: Feb 7, 2009, 03:49 AM by Dragnmoon

Scrying -- why you shouldn't fear it. Jan 1, 2009, 10:46 AM by Abraham spalding — Sueki Suezo, Lord oKOyA, ruemere and 10 others	36 posts	Last post: Feb 7, 2009, 12:48 AM by Sueki Suezo

Spell: Polymorph any object Feb 2, 2009, 12:57 PM by Charles Scholz — RickSummon and Charles Scholz	4 posts	Last post: Feb 6, 2009, 02:10 PM by RickSummon

Holy Lance Feb 1, 2009, 12:40 PM by skyde — skyde	2 posts	Last post: Feb 5, 2009, 12:38 AM by skyde

Artifice Domain - Prismatic Sphere? Feb 4, 2009, 11:23 AM by Kodos — Turin the Mad and Kodos	2 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2009, 03:52 PM by Turin the Mad

Gate as summoning: too powerful? Dec 30, 2008, 08:09 AM by Eugene Johnson — hogarth, Sueki Suezo, TreeLynx and 3 others	13 posts	Last post: Feb 3, 2009, 12:03 AM by tasslehoff220

[Spell DCs] - Feat option for Flat DCs Jan 8, 2009, 06:28 PM by Majuba — Turin the Mad, Majuba, Eric Tillemans and 3 others	8 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2009, 10:59 PM by Turin the Mad

Polymorph - I have the perfect solution! Jan 28, 2009, 04:45 AM by KaeYoss — Straybow, Pendagast, Arakhor and 6 others	19 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2009, 09:07 PM by Pendagast

Cure spells, die based on what class its used on... Feb 1, 2009, 12:26 AM by Sneaksy Dragon — Sneaksy Dragon, Xaaon of Xen'Drik, ZebulonXenos and 10 others	17 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2009, 01:32 PM by ZebulonXenos

[SUMMON SWARM] More Swarm Selection Request Jan 29, 2009, 06:50 PM by KissMeDarkly — Kiri, Silver Eye and KissMeDarkly	3 posts	Last post: Feb 1, 2009, 09:21 PM by Kiri

Ranged touch spells get BAB progression Jan 30, 2009, 10:58 PM by Phasics — Phasics, SirUrza and Quandary	4 posts	Last post: Feb 1, 2009, 07:11 PM by Phasics

Target the ground Jan 30, 2009, 01:39 PM by theeaterofshades — Dave Young 992, Davelozzi, obi-wan shinobi and 3 others	6 posts	Last post: Jan 31, 2009, 02:48 PM by Dave Young 992

Resting and Spells Jan 30, 2009, 03:44 AM by sempai33 — sempai33, Arakhor, dthunder and 3 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2009, 12:09 PM by Arakhor

Adding new spells to a spellbook - too time-intensive? Jan 29, 2009, 04:47 PM by magnuskn — dthunder, Abraham spalding, magnuskn and 5 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2009, 11:51 AM by dthunder

Metamagic Level Adjustments Jan 7, 2009, 01:40 PM by DM_Blake — DM_Blake, Abraham spalding, selios and 6 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2009, 01:03 AM by Abraham spalding

Polymorph Suggestion Jan 29, 2009, 10:31 PM by Netherdrake007 — Netherdrake007	1 post	Last post: Jan 29, 2009, 11:16 PM by Netherdrake007

Opinions on spells that used to help against grapples etc? Jan 4, 2009, 12:40 PM by Anguish — magnuskn, Quandary, Dennis da Ogre and Anguish	4 posts	Last post: Jan 29, 2009, 05:09 PM by magnuskn

Summon Spells - Multiple Summons & New List Attempt Jan 14, 2009, 12:10 PM by Ross Byers — Ross Byers, TreeLynx, Shadow13.com and 7 others	21 posts	Last post: Jan 29, 2009, 11:07 AM by Shadow13.com

Schools as powers belong in the Wizard Class section Dec 30, 2008, 10:34 AM by toyrobots — toyrobots, hmarcbower, Nero24200 and 26 others	31 posts	Last post: Jan 29, 2009, 09:53 AM by Nero24200

Darkness- What's the point Dec 29, 2008, 11:42 AM by lastknightleft — lastknightleft, Sharen, Robert Brambley and 32 others	52 posts	Last post: Jan 29, 2009, 09:27 AM by Straybow

Enchantment Spells = Broken Jan 4, 2009, 04:14 PM by Sueki Suezo — Sueki Suezo, Asgetrion, Kaisoku and 19 others	202 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2009, 01:22 PM by Kaisoku

Cast spells on the fly from spell book Jan 26, 2009, 04:01 PM by Pendagast — Turin the Mad, Pendagast, WWWW and 9 others	28 posts	Last post: Jan 27, 2009, 05:53 PM by Turin the Mad

Ray of Enfeeblement - most powerful spell 10th level wizard can wield! Dec 31, 2008, 04:56 PM by Robert Brambley — Robert Brambley, selios, Xuttah and 31 others	118 posts	Last post: Jan 27, 2009, 10:33 AM by Xuttah

Animal Growth / Animal Companion Jan 19, 2009, 02:05 PM by Robert Brambley — Sueki Suezo, Laurefindel, Robert Brambley and Treantmonklvl20	7 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 07:16 PM by Sueki Suezo

[Spell] Fire Seed Jan 26, 2009, 04:42 PM by Turin the Mad — Turin the Mad	1 post	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 04:44 PM by Turin the Mad

Invisibility & See Invisibility & Similar Jan 26, 2009, 04:35 PM by Turin the Mad — Turin the Mad	1 post	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 04:41 PM by Turin the Mad

The concentration slot - an additional spell mechanic Jan 22, 2009, 08:48 PM by Humble Minion — Humble Minion, Laurefindel and veebles	5 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 03:58 PM by Humble Minion

Error in magic chapter page 194 Jan 25, 2009, 12:03 PM by nexusphere — Vic Wertz, selios and nexusphere	3 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 03:58 PM by Vic Wertz

{Summoning} How many summons are too much? Dec 30, 2008, 05:08 PM by Fergie — jreyst, Krome, Ross Byers and 22 others	74 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 01:33 PM by Ross Byers

Spell- Protection from Evil - IMMUNITY to all mental control? Jan 16, 2009, 03:26 PM by Fergie — Abraham spalding, Fergie, Laurefindel and 13 others	28 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 01:21 PM by RickSummon

Time Stop - Does the explanation for how it works need rewriting? Jan 25, 2009, 07:45 PM by Charles Evans 25 — Charles Evans 25 and Neithan	3 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 09:56 AM by Charles Evans 25

Magic Item Creation -Do Spell-like abilities count? Jan 24, 2009, 08:45 PM by Xuttah — Xuttah, Neithan and HaraldKlak	4 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 02:19 AM by Neithan

At will cantrips - new tactics may need rule tweaks Jan 20, 2009, 04:25 AM by Phlebas — Xuttah, brock, Purple Dragon Knight and 5 others	10 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 02:46 PM by Purple Dragon Knight

Save or Die spells that need modification Dec 29, 2008, 01:53 PM by MegaPlex — Asgetrion, anthony Valente, Sueki Suezo and 18 others	48 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 08:27 AM by Taolin

Fireball, Lightning bolt and... Cone of Cold? Jan 6, 2009, 12:26 AM by Abraham spalding — Abraham spalding, Galnörag, Dragonchess Player and 20 others	80 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 03:20 AM by WWWW

New Bard-only spells Jan 24, 2009, 05:34 PM by levelupper — levelupper	1 post	Last post: Jan 24, 2009, 05:47 PM by levelupper

Bard vs. Cleric: Stacking. Jan 23, 2009, 11:04 AM by Alexander Morogh — Beckett, DougErvin and Alexander Morogh	3 posts	Last post: Jan 24, 2009, 03:53 PM by Beckett

Bard Spell List Additions Jan 7, 2009, 01:38 PM by DougErvin — DougErvin, levelupper, Abraham spalding and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Jan 24, 2009, 02:28 PM by levelupper

Recovery saves Jan 5, 2009, 03:02 PM by Jason Nelson — Robert Brambley, Sueki Suezo, veebles and 7 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 23, 2009, 11:20 AM by veebles

Define magic Jan 19, 2009, 08:28 AM by bden — bden, veebles, Kalyth and 5 others	14 posts	Last post: Jan 23, 2009, 10:50 AM by veebles

Stabilize cantrip is lonely, wants some love. Dec 29, 2008, 11:20 AM by Set — Phlebas, Set, deflective and 7 others	13 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2009, 11:33 PM by deflective

Spell alignment Jan 21, 2009, 05:04 PM by Dustin Brants — Ross Byers and Dustin Brants	2 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2009, 06:06 PM by Ross Byers

Black Tentacles - Is the spell description clear ? Jan 10, 2009, 06:03 PM by Taman — Black Tom, jreyst and Taman	3 posts	Last post: Jan 19, 2009, 10:31 PM by Black Tom

Deities & Demigods Domains, Spells Jan 18, 2009, 10:00 AM by delabarre — The Wraith, Dragonchess Player and delabarre	3 posts	Last post: Jan 19, 2009, 01:52 AM by The Wraith

Researching new Spells II Dec 29, 2008, 10:01 PM by yellowdingo — LazarX, Fizzlebolt, KanedaMuyo and 2 others	9 posts	Last post: Jan 18, 2009, 10:48 PM by KanedaMuyo

[Magic Weapons] +5 Special Qualities Request? Jan 15, 2009, 06:28 PM by Magus Black — The Wraith and Magus Black	4 posts	Last post: Jan 17, 2009, 04:22 AM by The Wraith

Spell- Dominate Person - Could be far worse then death... Jan 16, 2009, 04:37 PM by Fergie — Sueki Suezo and Fergie	2 posts	Last post: Jan 16, 2009, 08:21 PM by Sueki Suezo

Haste / Slow -- and initiative. Jan 10, 2009, 03:07 PM by elghinn velkyn MASTER — Max Money, Asgetrion, Seldriss and 5 others	11 posts	Last post: Jan 16, 2009, 03:14 PM by Max Money

Imprisonment Jan 15, 2009, 10:04 PM by Robert Brambley — Robert Brambley, Abraham spalding, JoelF847 and Mattastrophic	8 posts	Last post: Jan 16, 2009, 11:19 AM by Abraham spalding

Identifying Magic Items Jan 16, 2009, 06:22 AM by Christopher Simmons — JoelF847 and Christopher Simmons	2 posts	Last post: Jan 16, 2009, 06:59 AM by JoelF847

How can a wizard detect a spell effect from Hallow? Jan 16, 2009, 02:33 AM by Elijah Snow — Elijah Snow	1 post	Last post: Jan 16, 2009, 02:36 AM by Elijah Snow

[Hideous Laughter] Why the laughter? Jan 5, 2009, 02:35 PM by HaraldKlak — Sueki Suezo, HaraldKlak, Erik Mona and 7 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 15, 2009, 10:36 PM by Erik Mona

[Save or Die Spells] Death Effects and Other Effects Jan 2, 2009, 02:49 PM by Roman — Asgetrion, houstonderek, Abraham spalding and 36 others	124 posts	Last post: Jan 15, 2009, 11:52 AM by Jack Townsend

[Spell] Silence. Dec 29, 2008, 12:02 PM by Gorbacz — Sueki Suezo, Gorbacz, minkscooter and 20 others	35 posts	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 05:16 PM by blope

Divine Power too weak? Dec 29, 2008, 05:02 PM by Suzaku — Suzaku, Beckett, Remco Sommeling and 11 others	19 posts	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 08:38 AM by Robert Brambley

Divine Favor - Too powerful:? Jan 14, 2009, 08:20 AM by Robert Brambley — Robert Brambley	1 post	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 08:24 AM by Robert Brambley

Inherent Bonuses - Wishes and Other Bonus Granting Magical Effects Dec 30, 2008, 07:19 AM by Roman — Quandary, KnightErrantJR, Sueki Suezo and 9 others	20 posts	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 06:15 AM by Skullking

Invisibility-More elaboration on Counters? Jan 12, 2009, 09:48 PM by anthony Valente — Abraham spalding, Vorpal Bored, The Wraith and anthony Valente	4 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 10:09 PM by Abraham spalding

Illusion Needs Clarification Dec 29, 2008, 02:37 PM by Fizzlebolt — Fizzlebolt, Sueki Suezo, minkscooter and 2 others	9 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 09:01 PM by Sueki Suezo

Does Magical Healing Need a Tweak? Jan 6, 2009, 06:38 PM by quest-master — DM_Blake, quest-master, Abraham spalding and 15 others	35 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 03:27 PM by DM_Blake

Alter Self and Monsters Jan 12, 2009, 11:05 AM by RickSummon — LazarX, Asgetrion, The Wraith and RickSummon	4 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 08:48 AM by LazarX

0 level spells and components? Dec 30, 2008, 11:33 AM by Papa-DRB — Kalyth, Remco Sommeling, HaraldKlak and 3 others	9 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 06:17 AM by Kalyth

Ranged Touch vs. Ray Jan 10, 2009, 11:57 AM by William Sinclair — Remco Sommeling, WWWW, Abraham spalding and 3 others	14 posts	Last post: Jan 12, 2009, 05:21 PM by Remco Sommeling

[Counterspelling] Replace Awkward Mechanics with Effective Disruption Dec 29, 2008, 03:40 PM by quest-master — quest-master, Set, wastevens80 and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Jan 12, 2009, 02:48 PM by Set

Request: Enchantment sidebar Jan 7, 2009, 10:53 AM by tergiver — tergiver, Davelozzi and Galnörag	4 posts	Last post: Jan 12, 2009, 01:10 PM by tergiver

How the Force is more exciting then Magic - and it needs to be fixed Jan 2, 2009, 07:02 AM by -Archangel- — -Archangel-, Dogbert, Pendagast and 9 others	24 posts	Last post: Jan 12, 2009, 12:37 PM by Max Money

1 minute / level spells should go away. Dec 31, 2008, 11:05 AM by Swordslinger — Swordslinger, Abraham spalding, Remco Sommeling and 26 others	55 posts	Last post: Jan 11, 2009, 01:58 PM by houstonderek

Where have you gone, chain lightning? Jan 7, 2009, 03:52 PM by Jason Nelson — Jason Nelson, tribeof1, The Wraith and 5 others	11 posts	Last post: Jan 11, 2009, 04:27 AM by The Wraith

Consecrate / desecrate -- and outsider. Jan 10, 2009, 04:21 PM by elghinn velkyn MASTER — elghinn velkyn MASTER	1 post	Last post: Jan 10, 2009, 04:24 PM by elghinn velkyn MASTER

(Summoning) Celestial / Fiendish should be casters choice Jan 7, 2009, 01:02 PM by Fergie — Xaaon of Xen'Drik, Ross Byers, LazarX and 14 others	22 posts	Last post: Jan 10, 2009, 12:58 PM by Golarion Goblin

Light, all day and all night Dec 30, 2008, 07:58 AM by jreyst — jreyst, Ross Byers, hogarth and 20 others	61 posts	Last post: Jan 10, 2009, 02:45 AM by Kaisoku

Spells that affect HD of creatures Dec 29, 2008, 01:38 PM by JoelF847 — JoelF847, Jason Nelson, Beckett and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Jan 9, 2009, 03:14 PM by Jason Nelson

Empower Spell [Metamagic] Jan 4, 2009, 01:58 PM by Quandary — Majuba, selios, Kirth Gersen and 6 others	30 posts	Last post: Jan 9, 2009, 10:32 AM by Majuba

Mage Hand - Dueling Swords For Everyone Dec 29, 2008, 07:48 PM by Archade — Sueki Suezo, Necroblivion, Mistwalker and 8 others	15 posts	Last post: Jan 9, 2009, 01:57 AM by Jer

Consecrate & Desecrate need PF treatment Jan 8, 2009, 09:43 PM by James Hunnicutt — Karui Kage and James Hunnicutt	1 post	Last post: Jan 8, 2009, 10:20 PM by Karui Kage

[SPELL] - Gust of Wind Jan 7, 2009, 04:11 PM by Daniel Moyer — Daniel Moyer	1 post	Last post: Jan 7, 2009, 04:17 PM by Daniel Moyer

Casting Remove Disease seems weaker than Heal check Dec 29, 2008, 12:19 PM by elnopintan — Montalve, Majuba, Jason Bulmahn and 2 others	9 posts	Last post: Jan 7, 2009, 12:59 PM by Montalve