Several times I have attempted building a wordcaster so far, but it is rather complicated. None of our players plays one and I usually don't create NPC wordcasters.
However for the big bad of my campaign it would be very fitting. She is in the Mawanghi Expanse trying to resurrect the old Snake Gods, who in turn granted her some of their (leftover) power.
I have slowly revealed clues about her, one of them is that she uses an archaic form of spell casting.
What I would like to see are some thematically fitting spells that will surprise the players (some of them are quite experienced, but do not know much about Word casting, so it could be a nice surprise for them).
This is the caster: Level 12 Sorcerer (Human). 1 bloodline as normal (no cross-blooded).
He gains the Serpentine Bloodline in addition with all spells, powers and abilities (including bonus feats) to his normal bloodline, from an artifact ring that allows him to communicate with what's leftover of the ancient gods.
The battle will happen in the Mawanghi Expanse in the ruins of an old temple. Initially battle will be prevented by a wall of force (my players have the bad habit of shooting my bad guys before they can reveal important plot points XD) for the evil monologue and witty exchange of insults.
After that Mr. Evil Casty turns 4 giant snake statues standing in the area into giant living snakes/nagas and with that the battle begins. Also she rides on an enslaved, powered up Manticore (around CR10).
What I am looking for:
Thematic spells that will make for an interesting fight. BBEG does not take the heroes as full threat and thus rather toys with them than to wipe them out instantly.
So please no instant kill spells. Poison, pain and snake themed spells would be best (you can even chose from other spellcaster's lists if you find something useful).
Multi-debuff or multi-buff spells would be nice too. Basically I want to annoy the heck out of the heroes.
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Short Version:
Design several word spells for a level 12 Sorcerer (human) that have a snake, poison, pain, ancient gods theme. Avoid instant kill spells.
Check the Thus she Spoke guide, it's exactly what you need to make this character.
Oh thank you. I have searched for Sorcerer Guides, but that was more focused on optimizing bloodlines and such.
Gonna have a look through :)