I need Ideas for spells that could be reflavored as Sangromany (blood magic) or Aurumancy (gold magic) for my BBEG fight. i've been prioritizing other things, but the party found a shortcut to the boss' castle, so I need spells as fast as possible. please keep in mind, the sangromancy is coming off a blood crazed wizard queen, and the aurumancy is being cast by her gilded high inquisitor, something of an unhinged paladin.
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Having fun? I would hope so. Lets see how much fun you're having after the lich starts dipping into it's 1/day spell slots.
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Auramancy is very specific...? Any particular reason?
Sangromancy shouldn't be too hard, just narrate it as the queen slicing her palm and BOOM necrotic damage fireball!!
It's really just how you describe it to the players. Flavor it as a floating blood hand. Spikes of of congealed blood. Messes with your heart and now you're paralyzed. Just link the effects to blood, and you should be fine.
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He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones. Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
"You see a gigantic, monstrous praying mantis burst from out of the ground. It sprays a stream of acid from it's mouth at one soldier, dissolving him instantly, then it turns and chomps another soldier in half with it's- "
Aurumancy is wierdly specific, but it's a theme. there's a big boss in my campaign for every one of the seven deadly sins (except lust, not touching that.) These two are meant to represent wrath and greed, and gold is the best way i feel like I can communicate that. The mad paladin guy leads the queens gilded inquisition, killing pirates and keeping all the gold and wealth to himself, extorting the common folk and all that. as a gilded inquisitor, I also thought it'd be appropriate if his spells echoed the decadence of his station and the greediness of his tactics.
For blood magic you really don't need to do much beyond reflavoring some necromancy spells. Heck, with something like Vampiric Touch you don't even need to do that.
Depending on the party's level, there could be a flesh-to-stone spell or effect that turns the target into gold. Tasha's Hideous Laughter could be reflavored as inflicting a temporary bout of intense greed as the target obsesses over a perceived valuable item (doesn't actually have to be valuable, it could cause them to obsess over a rock). Enemies Abound could cause intense paranoia that everyone is trying to steal their money. And of course there's Incite Greed from Acquisitions Incorporated.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
For the aurumancy - have you thought about using Gerringothe Thorm from BG3 as a template. She is obviously avarice flavored and has some interesting attacks - although you would have to translate them to your game-
Combustible Coins - piles of coins explode
Jealous Avarice - damage based on how much coin the character is carrying
Coin whip - slash with a whip of coins
Summon coin halberd - change a pile of coins into a 'spiritual weapon'
Sublimate - (as 6th said above) turning characters to gold
Her armor mechanic might also be useful.
I was also thinking of a sort of cross between Jim's glowing coin/incite greed - where the characters have to succeed on a wis save or run towards the gold rather than the NPC.
For Sangromancy, you have to check out the Crooked Moon expansion on DDB! It's not only one of the coolest campaign setting ever, it has the Crimson Sorcery subclass and many man fantastic spell themed around blood, like Blood bolt, Blood Sacrifice, Crimson Harvest, etc.
For Sangromancy, you have to check out the Crooked Moon expansion on DDB! It's not only one of the coolest campaign setting ever, it has the Crimson Sorcery subclass and many man fantastic spell themed around blood, like Blood bolt, Blood Sacrifice, Crimson Harvest, etc.
The other option (also third party available in here) is Grim Hollow which has a sangromancer wizard subclass and a selection of sangromancy spells to be used by them
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I need Ideas for spells that could be reflavored as Sangromany (blood magic) or Aurumancy (gold magic) for my BBEG fight. i've been prioritizing other things, but the party found a shortcut to the boss' castle, so I need spells as fast as possible. please keep in mind, the sangromancy is coming off a blood crazed wizard queen, and the aurumancy is being cast by her gilded high inquisitor, something of an unhinged paladin.
Having fun? I would hope so. Lets see how much fun you're having after the lich starts dipping into it's 1/day spell slots.
Yes I'm aware my username is completely awful, just do your best to ignore it.
Auramancy is very specific...? Any particular reason?
Sangromancy shouldn't be too hard, just narrate it as the queen slicing her palm and BOOM necrotic damage fireball!!
It's really just how you describe it to the players. Flavor it as a floating blood hand. Spikes of of congealed blood. Messes with your heart and now you're paralyzed. Just link the effects to blood, and you should be fine.
He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones. Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
"You see a gigantic, monstrous praying mantis burst from out of the ground. It sprays a stream of acid from it's mouth at one soldier, dissolving him instantly, then it turns and chomps another soldier in half with it's- "
"When are we gonna take a snack break?"
Aurumancy is wierdly specific, but it's a theme. there's a big boss in my campaign for every one of the seven deadly sins (except lust, not touching that.) These two are meant to represent wrath and greed, and gold is the best way i feel like I can communicate that. The mad paladin guy leads the queens gilded inquisition, killing pirates and keeping all the gold and wealth to himself, extorting the common folk and all that. as a gilded inquisitor, I also thought it'd be appropriate if his spells echoed the decadence of his station and the greediness of his tactics.
Having fun? I would hope so. Lets see how much fun you're having after the lich starts dipping into it's 1/day spell slots.
Yes I'm aware my username is completely awful, just do your best to ignore it.
For blood magic you really don't need to do much beyond reflavoring some necromancy spells. Heck, with something like Vampiric Touch you don't even need to do that.
Depending on the party's level, there could be a flesh-to-stone spell or effect that turns the target into gold. Tasha's Hideous Laughter could be reflavored as inflicting a temporary bout of intense greed as the target obsesses over a perceived valuable item (doesn't actually have to be valuable, it could cause them to obsess over a rock). Enemies Abound could cause intense paranoia that everyone is trying to steal their money. And of course there's Incite Greed from Acquisitions Incorporated.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
For the aurumancy - have you thought about using Gerringothe Thorm from BG3 as a template. She is obviously avarice flavored and has some interesting attacks - although you would have to translate them to your game-
Combustible Coins - piles of coins explode
Jealous Avarice - damage based on how much coin the character is carrying
Coin whip - slash with a whip of coins
Summon coin halberd - change a pile of coins into a 'spiritual weapon'
Sublimate - (as 6th said above) turning characters to gold
Her armor mechanic might also be useful.
I was also thinking of a sort of cross between Jim's glowing coin/incite greed - where the characters have to succeed on a wis save or run towards the gold rather than the NPC.
Baldur's Gate 3 has a boss with an attack that does more damage the more gold the target has on them, you could do something like that.
For Sangromancy, you have to check out the Crooked Moon expansion on DDB! It's not only one of the coolest campaign setting ever, it has the Crimson Sorcery subclass and many man fantastic spell themed around blood, like Blood bolt, Blood Sacrifice, Crimson Harvest, etc.
The other option (also third party available in here) is Grim Hollow which has a sangromancer wizard subclass and a selection of sangromancy spells to be used by them