Unbound Legends - Primal Spell Descriptions

Unbound Legends

Cantrips

1st Circle

Spell

2nd Circle

Cantrips

Binding Weight

Gravity Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: 30 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

You focus an intense gravitational pull on one creature you can see within range. The target must make a Body (Strength) defense roll or take 1d6 damage, and its speed is reduced by 1 until the end of the round as immense weight presses down upon it.

The time to cast this spell decreases by 1 Action Point when you reach 5th level (5 AP) and again at 17th (4 AP).

This spell's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 11th level (2d6).

Corrosive Splash

Entropy Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: 60 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

You fling a glob of potent acid at a point you choose within range. Each creature in a 5-foot radius sphere centered on that point must make a Mobility (Agility) defense roll against your Spell defense or take 1d6 acid damage.

The time to cast this spell decreases by 1 Action Point when you reach 5th level (5 AP) and again at 17th (4 AP).

This spell's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 11th level (2d6).

Endure

Cantrip

Casting Time: 4 Action Points, that you take when you take damage

Range: Self

Components: G

Duration: Instantaneous

You pull the power of the world into you, reducing the effect of damage. When you do, you reduce the damage you take by 1 per dice of damage you take.

Gout of Flame

Fire Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: 60 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Concentration

You create a Burst of fire on the ground that you can see within range. Until the spell ends, the flame fills a 5-foot area. Any creature in the fire's space, when you cast the spell, may take the dodge action against your Spell defense, to move out of the way. Any creature within the area of the bonfire takes 1d8 fire damage.

The flame ignites flammable objects in its area that aren't being worn or carried.

This spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and again at 17th (4d8).

Infestation

Beast Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: 30 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 round

You cause a cloud of mites, fleas, and other parasites to appear momentarily on one creature you can see within range. You summon an Infestation swarm to a location you see in range. The swarm immediately makes an attack and any further actions or movement it takes uses up your remaining AP. After the duration ends the swarm dissipates back into the environment and is no longer in play.

The summoned creatures increase by your Spell skill when you reach 5th level, 11th level, and again at 17th level. (Armor, Vitality/Health, attack bonus, damage)

This spell's duration increases by 1 when you reach 11th level (2 rounds).

Infestation Swarm

Small swarm of Tiny Beasts

Armor: 0 Passive Armor: 4 Armor Reduction: 2

Health: 3 (3-4) Vitality: 0 (1d6-1)

Movement: 3, fly 6

Damage Resistances: piercing, slashing

Status Immunities: charm, fear, stun, grappled, prone, restrained

Skills: Unarmed - Trained

Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm adds its Agility to its Armor Reduction. The swarm can't regain Health or gain temporary Health or Vitality.

Actions

Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: 3 Action Points, +0 to hit, reach: one target in the swarm's space. Hit: 5 (2d4) piercing damage, or 2 (1d4) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its Health or fewer.

Magic stone

Earth Cantrip

Casting Time: 3 Action Points

Range: Touch

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 hour

You touch one to three pebbles and imbue them with magic. You or someone else can make a ranged attack with one of the pebbles by throwing it or hurling it with a sling. If thrown, a pebble has a range of 40 feet. On a hit, the target takes bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 +2. Whether the attack hits or misses, the spell then ends on the stone.

If you cast this spell again, the spell ends on any pebbles still affected by your previous casting.

This spell's damage increases by 2 when you reach 5th level (+4) and 17th level (+6).

This spell's damage dice increases by 1d6 when you reach 11th level (2d6).

Primal Savagery

Beast Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: Self

Components: G

Duration: Instantaneous

You channel primal magic to cause your teeth or fingernails to sharpen, ready to deliver a corrosive attack. Make a melee attack against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 + your Strength as acid damage. After you make the attack, your teeth or fingernails return to normal.

The time to cast this spell decreases by 1 Action Point when you reach 5th level (5 AP).

During the attack, your Strength increases by +1 when you reach 11th level (+1) and again at 17th (+2).

Rime Patch

Ice Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: 60 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Concentration

You create a slick patch of ice on the ground that you can see within range. Until the spell ends, the magic ice layers a 5-foot area making it difficult terrain. Any creature in the space, when you cast the spell, must make a Mobility (Agility) defense roll against your Spell defense or take 1d6 bludgeoning damage and fall prone.

The number of patches of ice that you can concentrate on for this spell increases by 1 when you reach 5th level (2), 11th level (3), and again at 17th (4).

Root Snare

Plant Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: 30 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 round

Grasping roots sprout in each unoccupied space on the ground surrounding a target within range. Until the start of your next turn, if a creature other than you willingly moves into one of the spaces, the creature must succeed on a Body (Strength) defense or take 1d4 piercing damage and have its movement reduced by half until the start of its next turn.

This spell's duration increases by 1 when you reach 5th level (2 rounds).

The spell reduces movement to 0 when you reach 11th level.

The time to cast this spell decreases by 1 Action Point when you reach 17th level (5 AP).

Shillelagh

Cantrip

Casting Time: 5 Action Points

Range: Touch

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 hour

The wood of a club or quarterstaff you are holding is imbued with nature's power. For the duration, the weapon's damage die becomes a d8 and does damage based on the land or spirits you are currently bound to as energy swirls around the weapon. The spell ends if you cast it again or if you let go of the weapon.

The weapon’s damage die changes when you reach 5th level (d10), 11th level (d12), and 17th level (2d8).

Shillelagh Damage Types

Arctic Terrain or Ice Spirits Cold Damage

Coast Terrain or Water Spirits Slashing Damage

Desert Terrain or Fire Spirits Fire Damage

Forest Terrain or Nature Spirits Poison Damage (one per die change)

Grassland Terrain or Air Spirits Piercing Damage

Mountain Terrain or Earth Spirits Bludgeoning Damage

Swamp Terrain or Entropy Spirits Acid Damage

Underdark Terrain or Void Spirits Necrotic Damage

Urban Terrain or Gravity Spirits Primal Damage

Thorn Whip

Plant Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: 30 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

You create a long, vine-like whip covered in thorns that lashes out at your command toward a creature in range. Make a melee attack against the target. If the attack hits, the creature takes 1d6 piercing damage, and if the creature is Large or smaller, you pull the creature up to 10 feet closer to you.

The time to cast this spell decreases by 1 Action Point when you reach 5th level (5 AP) and again at 17th (4 AP).

This spell's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 11th level (2d6).

Void Strike

Void Cantrip

Casting Time: One Weapon Strike

Range: Self

Components: G, M (a melee weapon)

Duration: 1 round

Using a weapon, you make a melee attack against a creature within range of the weapon. On a hit, the target suffers the weapons attack's normal effects and becomes suffused with void energy until the end of the round. If the target willingly moves from that location, then the target takes 1d8 necrotic damage, and the spell ends.

This damage the target takes for moving increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8) and again at 17th (3d8).

The melee attack deals an extra 1d6 necrotic damage on a hit when you reach 11th level.

Water Strike

Water Cantrip

Casting Time: 6 Action Points

Range: 30 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

You send a concentrated wave of water at one target you can see within range. Make a melee attack against the target. If the attack hits, the creature takes 1d6 slashing damage, and the target must make a Body (Endurance) defense roll. On a failed roll, the creature becomes Unbalanced.

The time to cast this spell decreases by 1 Action Point when you reach 5th level (5 AP) and again at 17th (4 AP).

This spell's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 11th level (2d6).

Wind Lash

Air Cantrip

1st-Circle Plant spell

Casting Time: 10 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Touch

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

Up to two berries appear in your hand and are infused with magic for the duration. A creature can spend 4 Action Points to eat one berry. Eating a berry restores 1 Health, and the berry provides enough nourishment to sustain a creature for one day.

The berries lose their potency if they have not been consumed within 24 hours of the casting of this spell.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the number of berries increases by 4 per spell circle.

Grasping Vines

1st-Circle Plant spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: 10-foot radius

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

Thick vines and branches erupt from around you and batter all creatures within 10 feet of you. Each creature in that area must make a Body (Strength) defense roll. On a failure, a target takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage and can't make counterattacks until its next turn. On a success, the creature takes half damage, but suffers no other effect.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the damage increases by 2d6 for each circle above the first.

Ice Knife

1st-Circle Ice spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Self

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

You create a shard of ice and fling it at one creature within range. As part of the casting of this spell, make a thrown weapon attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 piercing damage. Hit or miss, the shard then explodes. The target and each creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a Mobility (Agility) defense roll or take 2d6 cold damage.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the cold damage increases by 2d6 for each circle above the first.

Lightning Touch

1st-Circle Fire spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Touch

Components: G

Duration: Concentration

Your hand crackles with powerful energy. Make an unarmed attack against a creature. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 lightning damage, and on each of your turns for the duration, you can spend 5 Action Points to deal 2d4 lightning damage to the target automatically. The spell ends if the target is ever 45 feet from you or if it has total cover from you.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the damage for each part of the spell increases by 2d8 and 2d4 respectively, and the range increases by 10 feet for each circle above the first.

Quickstep

1st-Circle spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Touch

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 hour

You touch a creature. The target's movement increases by 2 and the creature’s jump distance is tripled until the spell ends. While the spell is in effect, fall damage up to 20 feet deals no damage to this creature.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, you can target one additional creature for each circle above the first.

Resist Elements

1st-Circle spell

Casting Time: 7 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Self

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 round

Until the end of the round, you have resistance to one damage type of your choice: acid, cold, fire, or lightning.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, you reduce the action Point cost of the spell for each two circles above the first.

Snare

1st-Circle Plant spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Touch

Components: G, M (25 feet of vines, consumed)

Duration: 8 hours

As you cast this spell, you use vines to create a circle with a 5-foot radius on the ground or the floor. When you finish casting, the vines disappears and the circle becomes a magic trap.

This trap is nearly invisible, requiring a successful Awareness (Intelligence) – Investigation roll against your spell defense to be discerned.

The trap triggers when a Small, Medium, or Large creature moves onto the ground or the floor in the spell's radius. That creature must succeed on a Mobility (Agility) defense roll or be magically hoisted into the air, leaving it hanging upside down 3 feet above the ground or the floor. The creature is restrained there until the spell ends.

A restrained creature can make a Strength roll at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Alternatively, the creature or someone else who can reach it can use a standard action to make a Will roll against your Spell defense. On a success, the restrained effect ends.

After the trap is triggered, the spell ends when no creature is restrained by it.

Speak with Animals

1st-Circle Beast spell

Casting Time: 10 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Self

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 hour

You gain the ability to comprehend and verbally communicate with beasts for the duration. The knowledge and awareness of many beasts is limited by their intelligence, but at minimum, beasts can give you information about nearby locations and monsters, including whatever they can perceive or have perceived within the past day. You might be able to persuade a beast to perform a small favor for you, at the Narrator's discretion.

Rift Shard

1st-Circle Void spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: 30 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

You create a shard of solidified void and hurl it at a target or unoccupied space within range. Make a ranged attack with the shard, doing 2d8 necrotic damage as the shard embeds itself in the target.

Immediately after the shard strikes its target or embeds itself in a space (whether your attack on a creature hit or missed), you can choose to teleport. If you do, you vanish and reappear in the closest unoccupied space of the rift shard's location. This teleportation does not provoke counterattacks.

The rift dagger dissipates into nothingness immediately after you make your choice to teleport or not.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the necrotic damage increases by 1d8 and the range increases by 5 feet for each circle above the first.

Corrosive Touch

1st-Circle Entropy spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Self

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 minute

You channel the power of corrosion and acid to eat away at your enemies defenses. Make an unarmed attack against a creature dealing unarmed damage plus 2d6 acid damage. If the target is wearing armor, the armor takes a cumulative -1 penalty to it's armor. If the target is a construct or otherwise made of non-living materials, it has disadvantage on its next attack roll as well.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the acid damage increases by 2d6 for each circle above the first. At every odd spell circle, the spell also decreases the armor penalty by an additional -1.

Spell

1st-Circle Air spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: 30 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

The rift dagger dissipates into nothingness immediately after you make your choice to teleport or not.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the necrotic damage increases by 1d8 and the range increases by 5 feet for each circle above the first.

Spell

1st-Circle Water spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Self

Components: G, M

Duration: 1 minute

Spell

1st-Circle Gravity spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: 30 feet

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

The rift dagger dissipates into nothingness immediately after you make your choice to teleport or not.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the necrotic damage increases by 1d8 and the range increases by 5 feet for each circle above the first.

Spell

Casting Time: 8 Action Points

Vitality Cost: 2 vitality

Range: Self

Components: G, M

Duration: Instantaneous

Description, effects and damage.

When you cast the spell at a higher circle, the damage increases by xdx for each circle above the first.

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