Friday 28 May 2021

Automapping. Why don't we have these spells already?




Why didn't this happen earlier. Dyson cant come and map at every game in the world for you.

Cast spell get prop map easy.

Spyball 1st Lv
Comes from the caster's mouth, lasts one round per level, and flies at Mov 16 sending back visual data in a 60 foot long 30-degree cone but cannot pass a closed-door and can be attacked (AC+4 1HP/Lv). If killed the spell expires and the caster takes a d4 damage and is blind in one eye for a d4 rounds.

Slothmogs Lazy Cartographer 2nd level
Draws a 50x50 foot square map showing passages at least a foot wide. 
Shows common map key features like doors, statues, columns, stairs, windows but not hidden or secret ones or trapdoors. As if drawn by a spirit taking a quick look around. Can place the square area starting anywhere you can see in the 300-foot range. Note: considered making mile per level and or feature per level

Konsumterra's Infallible Mapper 5th level
Draws a map of a building map with a 50-foot circle around you as you explore it. Shows common map key features like doors, statues, columns, stairs, windows but not hidden or secret ones or trapdoors. A magical scroll appears in air near caster unfurling as they explore leaving them a long roll scroll of map. The spell lasts a turn per level

Druid Eye 5th Level
Draws a map of a wilderness area four miles ahead or a 4 mile hex on a wilderness map. The map includes terrain, vegetation, roads, bodies of water, elevation, hills and will include a d6 locations of note prioritising biggest settlements then camps, caves and clearings. Monoliths, bridges, lairs may be included in these. You could repeat cast this on the same hex for a d6 more things in the same hex but increasingly will mark animal nests, grazing and herb locations. Eventually, you may get to the point it may be deemed fully explored.

Note: considered making mile per level and or feature per level - thoughts?

Gordians Urban Exposition 5th Level
Creates a basic map of a city with walls, gates, rivers, roads, suburbs and the central square. For each level get one more feature including monuments, palaces, barracks, specific crafters and other detail. Such a map folds from a tiny piece of folded paper into a poster-sized handy folding city map. 

Gordian's Architectural Extractor 7th level
Draws an architectural or blueprint fit for a builder on a single piece of paper or animal hide or wall. The caster stands at the entrance or threshold of the area. Spirits swarm from the caster's mouth and over the subject area for a d4 hours invisibly probe, feel and examine the dungeon level or whole tower or whole mansion or small village in a 300f/100m circle. Well made secret doors may be hidden but spaces and architectural features might use them. You could possibly map an anthill, a rabbit warren, a block of sewer pipes or find termite tunnels. Does not include furnishings but does include architectural features. Sometimes a lair map will reveal a large sleeping creature. Wizards architects can use this to steal designs and copy them

1 comment:

  1. Love these. I've been looking for excuses to just give the players a map.

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