Anyone know any good sources for incantations? Official or Third Party?
Incantations are the 3.5 version of 4E rituals from Unearthed Arcana.
More info on it can be found here.
Anyone?
I haven't seen any off hand outside of UA. They never seemed to catch on. But I would be happily proved wrong.
Green Ronin's Advanced Gamemaster's Guide had a few things with very similar mechanics but not identicle... off the top of my head that is the closest I have seen in a 3PP.
Sean Mahoney
I did a few for Signs and Portents, see profile for link.
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Again, not the same thing, but Relics & Rituals had a few 'True Rituals' that worked similarly. (Multiple casters, big effect)
I coulda sworn there was an Incantation in Dragon Magic. It was full of niche stuff (dragon incarnum stuff, new warlock invocations, etc).
I think there was also some Kobold-only ritual thingie in Races of the Dragon (and the web enhancement at the WotC site) that allowed a Kobold to sacrifice a few hit points to gain an SLA or a +1 to Sorcerer casting level...
I *love* the idea of Incantations, and have used it from time to time for stuff I want an NPC to be able to do, but not make available as a spell or magic item effect that the party could easily whip out later.
In my Freeport game, a captured evil Cleric of the Unspeakable One sacrificed an NPC (alas, poor Lucius) to call up some low CR servants of her god to possess a bystander (and the corpse of the sacrifice). As a spell, she would never have been able to do this, but with eight hours, a helper, some Con damage (she had to bleed herself a bit) and a human sacrifice, it was doable. And I never have to worry about the party doing that, because she didn't leave instructions lying around.