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Greetings, juicy brainlings!
Pathfinder 1E was an extremely long-running role playing game. At times, it felt like Paizo were going to print everything that could conceivably see print. Naturally, this has lead to some truly awe-inspiring spells over the years. While many of the biggest icons have already been brought over, I still feel there are many gems hidden within 1E, waiting to be ported. I also feel there are many spells that could work even better within the framework of 2E.
Because of this, I started a homebrew project to bring some of my favorites over. Mind maze, parchment swarm and alter musical instrument are but a few examples. In some cases the spells remain similar to their 1E counterparts and in others they have been altered to better fit the new game. I tried to preserve the "spirit" of the spells if not the mechanics. A recurring theme is giving the spells new functionality they couldn't have in 1E, such as heightening or playing around with the action system in various ways.
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Here is the link!
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Did any of your favorites make the list? If you have any amazing spells from 1E that didn't make it in - feel free to tell me about them, and what you think they would look like in 2E. If there's enough material for me to work with, maybe I'll expand the document or make a sequel some day. Feedback on balance and other things is very welcome, I tried my best to make the spells work well within the 2E framework but I'm ultimately just a single person. If you want to use these spells within your home games you are totally free to do so, in addition.
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These are fantastic re-imaginings. Really feels like you captured 2E's spell design philosophy.
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These are fantastic re-imaginings. Really feels like you captured 2E's spell design philosophy.
Thanks for the kind words! "The spirit of 1E spells captured within the 2E rules and design philosophy of 2E" was what I was really going for.
Eh. No Contagious Flame or Fire Snake.
Eh. No Contagious Flame or Fire Snake.
I take it you're an evoker? Fire Snake is a cool one, would definitely include it in a hypothetical sequel to this project.
Not strictly an evoker. But I did switch out one of Mokmurian's base spells for contagious flame in Chapter 4 of RotR. With the fog up and his goggles, he took the cocky jacked-up fighter from full to negative hit points before he even knew he was being attacked. Made me smile.
I will be updating with a 1.1, fixing some unclear effects and rebalancing certain spells (gusting sphere in particular, which is simply too efficient as a long-distance trip even with incap).
I would be grateful for any additional feedback before then.
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Oh, these are cool.
A thought, though - why not make Carrion Compass a ritual instead of a spell?
Oh, these are cool.
A thought, though - why not make Carrion Compass a ritual instead of a spell? [/QUOTEThat's a thought, Carrion Compass is quite niche and definitely has a "ritual" flavor. It reminds me a bit of that one scene in the Witcher 3...
When I get the time, I'll consider the possibility of making it into a ritual and what it would look like.
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It appears that the link stopped working at some point. I'm not sure how many people this would affect, if any, but I figure I might as well make sure there's an up-to-date link in case anyone happens to stumble on this thread.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l_642uWTwp0yvADFjwtJsXy-cPqqYThU/view?usp= sharing
I would have preferred to just edit the original post but this will have to do I suppose.