I seem to find the 9th level spell well underwhelming for bbeg world ending stuff.
I was wondering if there is a list of components for the infamous 12th level spell karsus' avatar.
I dont plan on it actually succeeding but just in case my players have been known to just sit back and watch things like that just to rob a random merchant.
Any help on that or other fitting epic level spells are appreciated.
We run 5e I'm aware 3.5e has some but I've never been good with adapting those sources
I don't think there's a full list of materials beyond what's in the book Netheril: Empire of Magic . The process was purposefully forgotten and we only know that it required stone filled gizard from an ancient gold dragon and a gland from a tarrasque.
You can check out the book for more archwizard spells - the likes of Mavin's Create Volcano,Mavin's Worldweave and Tolodine's Killing Wind are all impressive and monumental in scope. And since you want this to be epic and over spell level 9th then you can basically translate them directly to the campaign because you are pulling all the stops anyway.
Alternative resource would be The Elves of Evermeet where you can see some monumental High Magic spells - Leviathan, Celestial Army, Wrath of the Just.
If you are designing your own, here are some tips:
1. Long casting time (hours or up to a day even)
2. Extremely big range and/or area effect
3. Monumental scope (change of the climate, earthquakes, summoning of extremely powerful creatures etc.)
I can't remember the sources but I remember reading the rocks had to be meteroites and that the concoction also required the bile of a 12 headed hydra. Not only that but this wasn't even the main ingredient, the mixture was used to enchant the main ingredient which I don't think knowledge of exists.
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I seem to find the 9th level spell well underwhelming for bbeg world ending stuff.
I was wondering if there is a list of components for the infamous 12th level spell karsus' avatar.
I dont plan on it actually succeeding but just in case my players have been known to just sit back and watch things like that just to rob a random merchant.
Any help on that or other fitting epic level spells are appreciated.
We run 5e I'm aware 3.5e has some but I've never been good with adapting those sources
I don't think there's a full list of materials beyond what's in the book Netheril: Empire of Magic . The process was purposefully forgotten and we only know that it required stone filled gizard from an ancient gold dragon and a gland from a tarrasque.
You can check out the book for more archwizard spells - the likes of Mavin's Create Volcano, Mavin's Worldweave and Tolodine's Killing Wind are all impressive and monumental in scope. And since you want this to be epic and over spell level 9th then you can basically translate them directly to the campaign because you are pulling all the stops anyway.
Alternative resource would be The Elves of Evermeet where you can see some monumental High Magic spells - Leviathan, Celestial Army, Wrath of the Just.
If you are designing your own, here are some tips:
1. Long casting time (hours or up to a day even)
2. Extremely big range and/or area effect
3. Monumental scope (change of the climate, earthquakes, summoning of extremely powerful creatures etc.)
I can't remember the sources but I remember reading the rocks had to be meteroites and that the concoction also required the bile of a 12 headed hydra. Not only that but this wasn't even the main ingredient, the mixture was used to enchant the main ingredient which I don't think knowledge of exists.
-Lancer