Hellball (True Dweomer)

Hellball (True Dweomer)

Spell Level: 10

School: Evocation

Casting

Casting Time: True Dweomers require a Full-Round Action to cast normally.

• You may optionally roll a Caster Check to attempt to Fast Cast this True Dweomer as a Standard Action.

• If your roll equals or exceeds a DC of 47, you Fast Cast it as a Standard Action.
• If your roll is a non-1 result between 38 and 46, you cast it as a Full-Round Action, as normal.
• If your roll is less than 38, or you roll a natural 1 on the die, the spell is cast at half damage, treated as though all targets succeeded on their saving throws, or it deals only half its effect.

• True Dweomers can be cast as rituals, requiring a 1 hour casting time. The area of effect or number of targets is multiplied by 10. The range of the spell is doubled if it is longer than Touch.

Components: V, S, M

Effect

Range: Long (200 ft. + 20 ft./lvl)

Target or Area: all creatures in target area (friend or foe) in an 11x11x11 square area within range

Duration: Instantaneous

Saving Throw: none
 Save DC:

Spell Resistance: Yes

Description

This spell brings forth a gimlet shard of pure destruction as the caster growls out the terrible, painful sounds of the incantation. This shard glows with a dim, dire light of no colors, the world itself flinching away from the utter abyssal terror of this things potential.

If cast during combat, however long it takes to bring into existence, the caster must make a Bailiwick check. If they fail, their action is wasted. If they succeed, the spell is cast.

The light-shedding mote, the hellball, is about the size of a child's heart. This dire thing darts away to a square designated by the caster, unerringly, as long as they have line of sight and line of effect to their target. Once it arrives, it explodes, dealing (Strata 1 damage): 1d6+6 points of damage per character level (max 35d6+210 at character level 35) of stellar (energy, rare) damage to all creatures, friend or foe, caught wholly or partly within the blast. There is no saving throw.

As a True Dweomer, this spell requires three spell slots to Mana Burn for each Strata gained, and cannot be sacrificed to Mana Burn any other spells of any type.

As a True Dweomer, this spell requires three spell slots to Mana Burn for each Strata increase, and cannot be sacrificed to Mana Burn any other spells of any type.

Strata Damage for True Dweomers

Spell Strata	Burn Cost	Min Character Level (CL)	Base Dice	Max dice
1	N/A	19th	1d6+6/CL	35d6+210
2	+3	21st	1d6+7/CL	35d6+245
3	+3	23rd	1d6+8/CL	35d6+280
4	+3	25th	1d6+9/CL	35d6+315
5	+3	27th	1d6+10/CL	35d6+350
6	+3	29th	1d6+11/CL	35d6+385
7	+3	31st	1d6+12/CL	35d6+420
8	+3	33rd	1d6+14/CL	35d6+490
9	+3	35th	1d6+16/CL	35d6+560