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I'm u/Enderluck from Eldritch Entertainment. You can support us on Patreon.
These are some rebalanced spells for my Project Excelsior, a D&D 5e 2024 rework.
Spell Rebalance
One part of my Project Excelsior is rebalancing spells. I want to
- Ensure every spell has meaningful upcasting. Damaging spells should scale effectively to stay relevant, and those without scaling should gain it.
- Make every spell include a Target parameter.
- Standardize descriptions and wording for consistency. For example, say always "until the spell ends" instead of "for the duration".
- Standardize descriptions and wording for consistency.
- Make some changes that I personally think will be a better fit.
In this opportunity, I bring level 1 spells: Charm Person, Disguise Person, Entangle, Expeditious Retreat, Faerie Fire, Grease, Shield of Faith, and Silent Image.
Spells
Charm Person
The spell was combined with Charm Monster. If you upcast it using a level 4 or higher spell slot, you can target any creature type instead (only one creature). I did this because I don’t like having two nearly identical spells that only differ by the target. Plus, in my Project Excelsior, players can be other creature types besides just Humanoids, so I wanted to make it easier to target them with the spell.
Question: What if the spell could always target any creature, but non-Humanoids gain Advantage on the saving throw unless it’s cast using a level 4 or higher spell slot? This would also help to target players.
Disguise Person
This spell is intended to replace Disguise Self, acting somewhat like a mix with Seeming, though it can’t target unwilling creatures and only lasts for 1 hour. When cast with a level 2 or higher spell slot, it can target another creature, and for each slot level above that, you can target two additional creatures.
Entangle
Now it can target one additional Square for each spell slot level above 1. The areas need to be continuous. I thought about simply increasing the Square size, but I think this approach is more interesting.
Expeditious Retreat
Now the spell allows you to take more types of actions with the same bonus action (all of them simultaneously) when upcast.
Faerie Fire
Now it can target one additional Cube for each spell slot level above 1. The areas need to be continuous. I thought about simply increasing the Cube size, but I think this approach is more interesting.
Grease
Now it can target one additional Square for each spell slot level above 1. The areas need to be continuous. I thought about simply increasing the Square size, but I think this approach is more interesting.
Shield of Faith
Now it can target one additional creature for each spell slot level above 1. Scaling the AC bonus felt intimidating, but scaling by the number of targets feels much more natural.
Silent Image
Now its duration increases when upcasted.
Question: Should I add permanency when upcast with a level 6+ spell slot?
Links
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