Favourite spells

[Tavernking]

I'm implementing some combat abilities in my game and eventually it'll be time to add the magic ones.

What are your favourite spells across all the RPGs you've played?

So far I've got:

• Burning hands
• Daze
• Entangle
• Fireball
• Life drain (steal enemy health to add to your own)
• Magic Missile
• Slow
• Stoneskin
• Summon elemental

Any iconic spells I'm missing?

 

[Desiderius]

Good Hope

 

[Ghulgothas]

Skull Trap, Improved Haste, Grease, Horrid Wilting, Glitterdust. In that order.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Meteor Swarm shield, good when you're too old to aim.

 

[Rafidur]

Teleport, Fly, Dominate Mind, Detect Evil

 

[Dorateen]

Dimension Door

 

[Pink Eye]

Sleep.

 

[Fedora Master]

Finger of Death

 

[smaug]

Animate Dead

 

[lukaszek]

glitterdust
gust(push enemies and clear some area spells)

 

[Falksi]

Cone of Cold.....

Spoiler

Cone of Cola....

Spoiler

Coon of Cowell....

Spoiler

 

[MrMarbles]

Mirror Image, (Greater) Contingency, Timestop

Looks like you're going for arcane so I'm leaving out the divine faves .

 

[Goldschmidt]

Haste
Fly
Starburst
Water Walk
Town Portal
Remove curse
Turn Undead
Dispel Magic

 

[Ziem]

time stop
absolute baller tier spell and yet so simple in terms of design

 

[Dodo1610]

From Gothic :
Transform into Dragon Snapper
then clean the entire map

FF series :
Ultima

DND:
Insect Plague

Dragon Age:
walking bomb

 

[Jigby]

invisibility sphere

 

[SixDead]

Otiluke's Resilient Sphere

Enemies' AI is always dump, they continue attacking invulnerable target

and you just BOOM'em AoD spells again and again

 

[Bester]

What are your favourite spells across all the RPGs you've played?

Reverse time, reverse gravity, stasis and pocket dimension are all extremely powerful utility spells that allow you to literally do/destroy anything. Cast stasis on a passenger of a flying zeppelin - the guy leaves a gaping whole in it. Use pocket dimension in conjuncture with theft - you'll never get busted. Prepare an army in your pocket dimension and break it out on a moment's notice. Reverse gravity to fall upwards into a window.

Same thing in regards to people: dominate person, programmed amnesia, detect thoughts, modify memory. Anything is possible. Someone can even take your virginity.

Or did you mean cRPG? Think of a smart way to adapt these then.

 

[Thac0]

Insect Plague

Insect summoning is what makes nature mages and druids fun to play.

glitterdust

This one is super iconic, and always one of the nicer non damage spells.



I would also definitly add one lightning spell next to fire and cold abilities, call lightning, chain lightning or ball lightning are always cool.

 

[flabbyjack]

Summon skeleton that lasts more than 4 rounds.

Simple but deadly ones
1) Raises a humanoid's temperature -- instant KO and death soon after
2) Crush someone's heart
3) Brain hemorrhage

I mean how much energy do you waste with a fireball? These are so efficient.

 

[ELEXmakesMeHard]

I'm reporting you to Meredoth for being racist against water magic. Fire magic bigot!

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

No one likes Fear?

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Any spell that fucks with people or has some interesting utility. Never cared much for raw damage/lightshow spectacles. I like spells such as Mirror Image, Dire Charm, Chromatic Orb, Doom, Gateway, Mass Invisibility, Miscast, Simulacrum, Sphere of Chaos, etc.

And to keep up appearances, Web and Spawn Spiders.

 

[Ol' Willy]

Why, Harm of course

 

[Darth Canoli]

What are your favourite spells across all the RPGs you've played?

Freeze Flesh
Freeze All
Terror
Crush
Blinding Flash
Web
Magic Screen
Enchanted Blades
Chameleon
Set/Return to portal
Hex
Superman
Stamina
Bless
Charm
Paralyze
Divine Trap
Insanity
Hypnotic Lure
Rest All
Heal All
Dehydrate
Turncoat
Nuclear Blast
Asphyxiation