The purpose of this thread, other than simply an excuse for a thinly veiled Clint Eastwood film reference, is for posting new homemade spells for LL and similar games to it for sharing and review. I'll post new spells of mine and you can post new spells of your own. It's a hombrew D&D "I'll show you and you show me yours." So here it goes, the first spell I post in this thread.
Blood Lash
(Necromancy/Conjuration)
Level: MU X (I'm looking at 4-5)
Range: Self, See text
Components: V, S, Special and Burn
Duration: One turn per three casting levels.
Casting Time: 3 or 4 segments/ticks
Effect: Creates a whip out of the caster's own blood.
This gruesome spell is rightly considered a tactic of desperate, if not last, resort among all magicians. Not because of it's moral and ethical problems, no more than any other combat magic, but instead due to the requirement that the caster must suffer from a open wound to cast it. In casting this incantation the magus draws forth a glut of blood from her wounds and causes it to take the form of a scourge of gore. The whip is of Short (25'+ 5'/2 levels) length but can ultimately be what ever length the caster decides within this range. The blood lash deals xdx points of slashing damage per hit on a successful melee attack roll, using the caster's current Attack Value and is treated as a magical weapon +1 +1 more/2 levels for purposes of striking incorporeal creatures and general immunity.
Special: Must have suffered at least one wound from a slashing or piercing weapon.
Burn: Constructing the blood lash requires the magician to pay the cost in her own and to such an extant that she ravages her own body in the processes. Casting blood lash costs 2 points of Constitution burn.
Sorcerous Blood Lash
(Lifewarping)
Level: Sor X
Okay then, that's my first spell of the thread, inspired by the Exalted spell of the same name. Now I haven't decided on how much damage it should inflict, how its effective attack bonus should rise or the exact level for the spell. I'd like some help with that so if anyone has any ideas feel free to air them out. Once I'm done with the primary version of blood lash I'll be able to worn on the sorcerous/psionic version.