Research: Silver's Blessing

[Master Spellblade]

"Silver's Blessing"
Conjuration [Healing]

Level: Brd 4
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: 1 silver piece/level
Duration: 1 minute/level (D)
Saving Throw: Will half (harmless); see text
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless); see text

"You grab a handfull of silver pieces out of your purse. As you hold them in your hand and mutter a few words they begin to glow with a pale silvery light. You quickly press them to your allies side and watch as they begin to heal her wounds."

-You charge silver pieces with positive energy. You can only charge upto 1 silver piece/level in this way. When the coin is touched to a creature the coin releases the energy in one of two ways, consuming the coin in the process. If heads is placed against the creature it heals 1d6 points of damage. If tails is placed against a creature it instead heals 1 point of damage to any one ability score. Using this as a touch provokes an attack of opportunity, but you can choose which side affects the creature touched.

-These coins can be used to heal creatures at a distance. Treat the embued coin as a shuriken that you are proficient in (this spell does not grant you actual proficiency) but deals no actual damage. When used this way you must succeed on a ranged touch attack to heal your ally. If successful, you must flip a coin. The result of the coin toss is the side that will affect your ally (either heads of tails).

-Since Undead are powered by negative energy, this spell deals damage to them instead of healing them. Like above, using this as melee touch attack provokes an attack of opportunity (but you still get to choose which side hits the Undead). You can throw them as a ranged touch attack instead (see above). Irregardless of the way it is hit, the Undead may aply spell resistance, if any, to the attack. If heads strikes the Undead, hit can make a Will save to half the damage. If tails strikes the Undead, it can make a Will save to negate a -1 strength penalty (multiple penalties stack, but only with coins cast from this spell).

Arcane Material Componant: Upto 1 silver piece/level

[Master Spellblade]

So what do you think? This is the final wording for Robert's spell Silver's Blessing. It seems a little wordy but i think it covers everything about how it's used.

I'm not sure if I should make it available to Clerics and Paladins or keep it a Bard only spell. I'm sure you see where I'm leaning though.

Coments and criticism are always accepted so I can make this a balanced spell.

[landamus]

Wordy isn't a bad thing. Prevents abuses and negates assumptions for the most part.

Spell level is lower for Cleric and not Bard or Paladin?

Uncapped number of silver pieces. Could you throw a handful? Sleight of hand or some skill to determine which side hits other than random?

All I can think of before work. I'll check after I get back.

[Master Spellblade]

Yeah, with a lot of healing spells the cleric gets access to them at a lower level than other classes so I wanted to continue that trend.

As to the throwing no, you treat them as shuriken for attacks only, so only one per attack and they can't deal extra damage to undead.

Example, Robert has two ranged attacks. He throws two coins that round, next round he casts haste and the subsequent rounds he can throw three coins instead of two. Trying to throw a handful would just waste the coins.

I don't know about the Slight of Hand. I think I'll have to defer to either Timtheraptor and Lord Kain, our resident rule lawyers. But I think I'd allow a Sleight of Hand check to influence the coin toss.

[Master Spellblade]

[Spell Version: First] - [Posted 2/23/2011 21:53]

Feb 23, 2011 22:35:01 GMT -5 Master Spellblade said:

"Silver's Blessing"
Conjuration [Healing]

Level: Brd 4, Clr 3, Pal, 4
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: 1 silver piece/level
Duration: 1 minute/level (D)
Saving Throw: Will half (harmless); see text
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless); see text

"You grab a handfull of silver pieces out of your purse. As you hold them in your hand and mutter a few words they begin to glow with a pale silvery light. You quickly press them to your allies side and watch as they begin to heal her wounds."

-You charge silver pieces with positive energy. You can only charge upto 1 silver piece/level in this way. When the coin is touched to a creature the coin releases the energy in one of two ways, consuming the coin in the process. If heads is placed against the creature it heals 1d6 points of damage. If tails is placed against a creature it instead heals 1 point of damage to any one ability score. Using this as a touch provokes an attack of opportunity, but you can choose which side affects the creature touched.

-These coins can be used to heal creatures at a distance. Treat the embued coin as a shuriken that you are proficient in (this spell does not grant you actual proficiency) but deals no actual damage. When used this way you must succeed on a ranged touch attack to heal your ally. If successful, you must flip a coin. The result of the coin toss is the side that will affect your ally (either heads of tails).

-Since Undead are powered by negative energy, this spell deals damage to them instead of healing them. Like above, using this as melee touch attack provokes an attack of opportunity (but you still get to choose which side hits the Undead). You can throw them as a ranged touch attack instead (see above). Irregardless of the way it is hit, the Undead may aply spell resistance, if any, to the attack. If heads strikes the Undead, hit can make a Will save to half the damage. If tails strikes the Undead, it can make a Will save to negate a -1 strength penalty (multiple penalties stack, but only with coins cast from this spell).

Arcane Material Componant: Upto 1 silver piece/level

Well the DM has decreed that this will be a Bard only spell, so that's that.

[Master Spellblade]

landamus does raise a good point however. Should the number of coins be capped? Like maybe say 20 or 25? Or do we want it uncapped?

Oh yeah,
Level 40 Bard = 40d6 Healing = 140 average healing....240 max(250 if we let galaga roll)

Wait, that's less then a level 15 Cleric casting a Heal spell.

The only reason I can see to cap the number of coins would be because of the ability damage healing. At epic levels it won't be rare to have damage to more than one stat after a battle, which would take multiple restorations.

So what's the vote?