As a long-time dungeon master, geas has always been one of my favorite spells. Not to be used every session, or even every campaign, it can nevertheless be the jumping-off point for some interesting stories. Imagine it: the players storm the wizard\u2019s tower only to be defeated and fall under his power. Against their will, they begin some quest at their foe\u2019s bidding. Do the players resist his power and sacrifice their own vitality, or do they submit to his will? In doing his bidding, do they discover that the \u201cevil wizard\u201d is merely misunderstood? The storytelling possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n
Therefore, I proudly present the following versions of the Geas spell: a 20th level wizard attack daily power, and a 14th level arcane ritual.<\/p>\n
Wizard Attack 20<\/strong> Special \u2013 When reducing a target to 0 or lower hit points with this spell they become geased.\u00a0 While geased, the target must work to complete a task the caster assigned to them when casting the spell.\u00a0 Any day that they do not work towards that task they lose one healing surge from their maximum number of healing surges.\u00a0 If the target\u2019s maximum number of healing surges reaches zero, they die. The geased effect ends after a number of days equal to the caster\u2019s level, or once the task has been completed.<\/p>\n Obey! Venture to the peak of Deathskull Mountain and retrieve a tail feather from the firehawks who nest there!<\/em><\/p>\n Component Cost: 1000 gp per creature geased At the completion of this ritual adjacent creatures, up to one per caster level, become geased.\u00a0 While geased the target must work to complete a task that the caster assigned to them when casting the spell.\u00a0 Any day that they do not work towards that task they lose one healing surge from their maximum number of healing surges.\u00a0 If the target\u2019s maximum number of healing surges reaches zero they die. The geased effect ends after a number of days equal to the caster\u2019s level, or once the task has been completed. The caster\u2019s arcana check determines the maximum level of creatures that can be affected.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a long-time dungeon master, geas has always been one of my favorite spells. Not to be used every session, or even every campaign, it can nevertheless be the jumping-off point for some interesting stories. Imagine it: the players storm the wizard\u2019s tower only to be defeated and fall under his power. Against their will, they begin some quest at their foe\u2019s bidding. Do the players resist his power and sacrifice their own vitality, or do they submit to his will? In doing his bidding, do they discover that the \u201cevil wizard\u201d is merely misunderstood? The storytelling possibilities are endless. Therefore, I proudly present the following versions of the Geas spell: a 20th level wizard attack daily power, and a 14th level arcane ritual. Geas Wizard Attack 20 Daily Charm, Divine, Implement, Psychic, Thunder Standard Action Area burst 2 within 10 squares Target: enemies in burst Attack: Int vs Will Hit: 2d6 plus intelligence modifier psychic damage and the target is dominated (save ends). Special \u2013 When reducing a target to 0 or lower hit points with this spell they become geased.\u00a0 While geased, the target must work to complete a task the caster assigned to them when casting the spell.\u00a0 Any day that they do not work towards that task they lose one healing surge from their maximum number of healing surges.\u00a0 If the target\u2019s maximum number of healing surges reaches zero, they die. The geased effect ends after a number of days equal to the caster\u2019s level, or Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,45],"tags":[678,677],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4th-edition","category-spell","tag-ritual-level-20","tag-wizard-power-level-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1439,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDaily
\nCharm, Divine, Implement, Psychic, Thunder
\nStandard Action Area<\/strong> burst 2 within 10 squares
\nTarget<\/strong>: enemies in burst
\nAttack<\/strong>: Int vs Will
\nHit<\/strong>: 2d6 plus intelligence modifier psychic damage and the target is dominated (save ends).<\/p>\nLesser Geas<\/h3>\n
\nMarket Price: 4200 gp
\nKey Skill: Arcana
\nLevel: 14
\nCategory: Binding
\nTime: 10 minutes
\nDuration: One day per caster level or until the assigned task has been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n Arcana Check Result<\/td>\n Maximum Level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14 or lower<\/td>\n Your level \u2013 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15\u201324<\/td>\n Your level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 25 or higher<\/td>\n Your level + 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n