Alathan

Could charm be changed to a single target confusion spell ? Something like the charmed creature regards the caster as an ally and is confused why is his new ally fighting his curent friends. Uncertain what it should do the creature stands out of the fight, decides to fight for one side or flees from the conflict.

Charm Person

The problem here is that the spell works fine when cast by the AI, but doesn't when cast by players. The spell cannot be changed though and I just have to hope A64 will hack the opcode to make it work as it should (he already said sooner or later he will). Then it would be even more cool to add in-game circumstances where this spell could shine (e.g. to convince an hostile guard to let you pass without fighting). Afaik, within BG2, Nalia's quest is pretty much the only time where Charm Person is used in a cool and appropriate way (though using Break Enchantment would be even better imo).

Great. I hope he does.

Cone of Cold

Not sure if we have a better looking alternative...perhaps IWD's one?

Hm forgot how it looks. Anyway i have faith in you you'l find something good.

White-colored fireball animation? It looks decent enough as a cone.

Sounds ok to me.

Sunfire

veyn, on 18 May 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

 

An AE knockback like gust of wind would make this spell diferent from a fireball and more unique . Maybe lower the dmg for balance.

This spell already is quite different from a Fireball now, and adding a knockback effect would make it too similar to Dragon's Breath instead.

As i see it, the difference between Fireball and Sunfire is in the fact that sunfire ignores mr. Ignoring mr isn't that great at the level you use this spell since groups of monsters (at this lvl) usualy aren't magic resistant and using an AE spell for a single target isn't that productive, especialy when it requires you to stand near the thing you want to blast. When it comes to comparing it to Dragons Breath, it does look like it, but dragons breath is party friendly; you can target with it and it has a much bigger range wich implements a whole different strategy of use (not to mention that by the time you get DB you will be near the end of bg2 if not in tob). So i suggest adding a small knockback effect maybe 10 feet around the caster and removing the ability to ignore mr.

Flesh to Stone

veyn, on 18 May 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

 

I like your improved slow idea and would add an dot like efect that permastuns the target if saves vs petrification. The target is slowed without a save then rolls to save vs imroved slow and then rolls to save vs permastun. Add save penalties and/or more rounds to balance it. Imagine a target slowly turning to stone.

Are you suggesting it for the single target Flesh to Stone, or an eventual AoE Improved Slow?

I was thinking something like this :

you cast the spell the spell and it lasts 5-10 rounds :

1st round: the target is afected by slow (regular one) no save ; lasts to the end of the spell duration

2nd round : the target rolls to save vs imp slow at -X (and if succides rolls again the next round and

so on)

4th round the target rolls to save vs petrification (permanent stun) with normal saves or maybe bonuses

How does it differ from desintegrate ? Well desintegrate makes you roll agains high dmg usualy death with a high save penalty wich if you succed pretty avoids the spell. Flesh to Stone would have a higher "failed" efect but a lower succes efect that comes from mulitlple needs to save agains the imp slow ( verry high chance) and a low chance of petrification (permastun). Basicly it would work as a single target imp slow that has a small chance of permanent disable with the cosmetic efect of progresing from slow to imp slow to stun. It can also scale with lvls by incrising duration wich would also incrise the chance of imp slow and petrification occuring. And a stoneskin animation on the target would also be cool

veyn, on 18 May 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

 

...and make it protect you agains TS .

This cannot be done, neither here nor in any other spell or item. DavidW was clear about it, it would break the AI.

Darn.

Spell Trap

veyn, on 18 May 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

 

The spell collects the magical residues near the caster and refreshes x number of Y lvl spells (on casting of this spell). Refreshes more Y lvl spells per spell cast by anyone near the caster ( dont know if it can be done, maybe use the log as a counter for the coding) or simply make it refresh spells per round for z amount or rounds. Of course keep the spell protection part.

What's the difference between this and what Ardanis suggested (absorbing AoE spells)?

If i understand it corectly the the problem of absorbing AE spells lies in the fact that their efects act like multiplications of the same spell (some with no save and others with no efect on save). As i recall the log only states that only one spell was cast, so maybe if you could code the spell to count the number of spells cast and then calculate the amount of spells it can restore. ( and since the log doesnt mention at whom the spells were cast i suggested that the spell "collects magical residues from spellcasting" and restores spells, not the same amoun or level as the ones in the log ofcourse). If that can't be coded then maybe just make it restore x amount of spells per round. As i see it the spell would function as a regular spell deflection with more spell level points + a mages wounderous recall that restores Y amount of spell instantly and X amount of spells the longer it lasts. Y and X can be changed to balance it out. spell points and duration can be as well.

Wail of the Banshee

veyn, on 18 May 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

 

Lower save penalties and make it add wraths created from the souls of the slain to make it unique. 3:)

A sort of combo between PnP WotB and IWD Soul Eater. Interesting, though probably a little over the top.

 

This spell used as a purelly dmg spell is imposible to balance. If you put one save penalty on it it does nothing, if you put another it is overpowered ( kills everything but the things that are imune) so i was thinking not to use it as a dmg spell but rather as a tactical one. In the situations where one powerfull foe has many weaker minions/summons this spell would negatate that advantage (like other lover level spells) and add your own minions (like another lower level spell) in one spell cast. And since summons are much easier to balance than save or else spells this is easily tuned. Basicly like a Dismis+low lvl death spell + high lvl summon.

Black Blade of Disaster

veyn, on 18 May 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

 

I think it only needs +8 to hit bonus and its fine. Worse than other 9th lvl spells cast on their own but combined with a few spells or in the hands of a f/m it become much more powerfull.

You mean +8 total? Right now it already sets base THAC0 to 0, and then add +5 on top of that. Afaik, thac0 really isn't the problem of this spell, am I wrong?

Didn't know that it sets the THAC0 to 0. Then in balance terms it sound fine. I think it comes down to play stile. Do you like to blast things out of existance or buff your self up and hack them down to bits.

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I realise that my post is a bit late on topic but i have a few ideas about arcane spells.

Charm Person

Overpowered for its level or level 3 so maybe change it to cause confusion (just the confused part). Than would remove the control but still disable the target. An explanation for this would be something like :" The charmed creature seeing its friends fight one another stands confused.It joins the fight only if it is attacked, attacking the one who attacked him".

Cone of Cold

Not an idea but please change the animation if you can.

Sunfire

An AE knockback like gust of wind would make this spell diferent from a fireball and more unique . Maybe lower the dmg for balance.

Flesh to Stone

I like your improved slow idea and would add an dot like efect that permastuns the target if saves vs petrification. The target is slowed without a save then rolls to save vs imroved slow and then rolls to save vs permastun. Add save penalties and/or more rounds to balance it. Imagine a target slowly turning to stone.

Absoulte Imunity

Everything Demi sugested + make it 4-5 rounds like Ardanis sugested ( a 9th level spell should protect you for more than 1-2 rounds) and make it protect you agains TS .

I don't know if it can be done but i seen some NPC immune to TS and maybe you could steal it for a short duration. Also it should make you slowed during ts (spell casting speed especialy) so the TS caster has some advantage over you.

Spell Trap

The spell collects the magical residues near the caster and refreshes x number of Y lvl spells (on casting of this spell). Refreshes more Y lvl spells per spell cast by anyone near the caster ( dont know if it can be done, maybe use the log as a counter for the coding) or simply make it refresh spells per round for z amount or rounds. Ofcourse keep the spell protection part.

Wail of the Banshee

Lower save penalties and make it add wraths created from the souls of the slain to make it unique. 3:)

Black Blade of Disaster

I think it only needs +8 to hit bonus and its fine. Worse than other 9th lvl spells cast on their own but combined with a few spells or in the hands of a f/m it become much more powerfull.

Let me know what you think.