UA:Metamagic Components
Metamagic Components
With this variant, casters can produce more potent spells by using a rare and exotic metamagic component in the casting of a spell, in place of the spell’s standard material component (or in addition to the spell’s other components, if it has no material component).
A spellcaster who uses a metamagic component casts a spell as if a specific metamagic feat had been applied to the spell. The casting process otherwise functions as it would if the character cast the standard version of the spell. For example, Boredflak can cast a widened fireball by using a 1,900 gp fire opal (the metamagic component) instead of a tiny ball of bat guano and sulfur (the material component). A wizard doesn’t need to prepare such a spell as a higher-level spell, and a sorcerer doesn’t use a higher-level spell slot or take a full-round action to cast the spell. A spellcaster can use a metamagic component without having the relevant metamagic feat. The spellcaster merely chooses at the moment of casting whether to employ the standard material component (if any) or the metamagic component given in these variant rules. In either case, the casting process consumes the material component or metamagic component.
A character can’t use a metamagic component to add the effect of a metamagic feat to a spell or effect created by a magic item. If a spell has an arcane material component or a divine focus (shown in the spell description as M/DF), then a divine spellcaster must have the relevant metamagic component in addition to his holy symbol. Some spells that have expensive material components can’t be made more potent by the use of metamagic components, and a few spells don’t have metamagic components because there’s no useful way to add the effect of a metamagic feat to them.
Specific Metamagic Components
Table: Metamagic Components presents a list of metamagic components for standard d20 spells. There’s plenty of room to add metamagic components unique to your campaign, because each spell as presented here has only one metamagic component and thus only one metamagic effect associated with it. Doing so is a good way to add specific flavor to your campaign world. Perhaps all your metamagic components are alchemical reagents, or maybe the dwarves in your campaign world use only uncut gems as metamagic components. Truly evil spellcasters might use vile, disgusting metamagic components. Discovering a new metamagic component is also a useful activity for spellcasters who have time for spell research.
The table entries present a wide variety of metamagic components, each belonging to one of the following categories.
Expensive Versions of Existing Material Components
True seeing, for example, requires a rare ointment as a material component. It’s easy enough to imagine that by using more ointment, the spell’s duration can be extended. Just saying “more of the same” is a fine metamagic component for spells that already have expensive material components. It’s also possible to design a metamagic component that’s an expensive version of a free material component. Resilient sphere has a hemispherical piece of clear crystal as its material component. It has no cost, and you could find that piece of crystal in a spell component pouch. The spell’s metamagic component is a sphere of pure crystal worth 850 gp—just an expensive version of the standard material component.
Gems
Many spells already require expensive gems as material components, and players are used to the idea that powerful magical effects sometimes require gemstones, whether cut or ground into powder. Gems make good metamagic components (from a character’s point of view) because they’re easy to carry around, they can be found as treasure, and there’s the established precedent of gemstones as a source of magic power. They’re a particularly good choice for particularly potent metamagic components (ones that maximize, widen, or quicken spells), because a gem can easily be worth 5,000 gp or more.
Jewelry and Art Objects
Jewelry—everything from anklets to headbands—and art objects such as statuettes and carvings also make good choices for metamagic components. It feels appropriately mystical to use a golden medallion as a metamagic component for hypnotism, for example. Like gems, jewelry and art objects seem to work well as particularly expensive metamagic components because it’s easy to imagine them being worth that much, and they can be found in treasure hoards.
Other Treasure
Occasionally, a weapon or other bit of treasure (usually magical in nature) finds its way onto the metamagic component list when thematically appropriate. For characters who face a lot of well-equipped NPCs, being able to use treasure as a metamagic component is often a useful alternative to simply carting an item back to town to sell it. High-level characters who would ordinarily disdain a weapon with a mere +1 enhancement bonus might think twice if they know it’s the metamagic component for a quickened version of align weapon.
Plant-Based Metamagic Components
Some spells, especially druid spells, have mushrooms, herbs, or other metamagic components derived from rare plants carefully grown by experts. These metamagic components, often referred to as “druid-tended” items in Table: Metamagic Components, have a potential advantage for PCs because some characters might have the ability to grow and cultivate these plants—thereby saving some money.
To grow and harvest a plant-based metamagic component, a character must first sow and tend the seeds, which takes one month per 1,000 gp value (or fraction thereof) of the metamagic component. At the end of that time, the character must make a Profession (herbalist) check (DC 20 + 1 per 1,000 gp value of the metamagic component) in order to harvest the plant successfully. A character can grow multiple metamagic components at a time, but each planting beyond the first one being tended at the same time adds 1 to the DC of all Profession (herbalist) checks made during that time.
Alchemical Metamagic Components
Alchemy provides another traditional source for metamagic components—there’s a strong fantasy archetype of the wizard concocting powerful substances in his dank laboratory. An entry on Table: Metamagic Components that contains some form of the word “alchemical” is a metamagic component created by the use of the Craft (alchemy) skill.
When a character sets out to concoct an alchemical metamagic component, the rules in the Craft skill description apply, except that the calculations are done in gold pieces, not silver pieces. Any new alchemical substance (such as the alchemical dreamwisp dust that is the metamagic component for sleep) and anything alchemically treated or alchemically prepared has a Craft (alchemy) DC of 15. Alchemically distilled metamagic components (for example, see ray of exhaustion) have a DC of 20, and alchemically purified metamagic components (see polymorph any object) have a DC of 25.
Alchemical metamagic components can take a very long time to make, so they’re often a poor choice (from a character’s point of view) for particularly expensive metamagic components.
Planar Metamagic Components
Some metamagic components come from places beyond the Material Plane, especially in games where planar travel is common. The planes have exotic substances as well as purer, enhanced versions of common substances, and it makes sense that (for instance) rare soils from the Elemental Plane of Earth might make your move earth spell more potent.
Purity is a major consideration for metamagic components of this sort; obtaining one is not simply a matter of going to the appropriate plane and scooping up a handful of stuff. In general, it takes a day of scavenging and a DC 30 Knowledge (the planes) check to find enough of the relevant raw material in its purest form to serve as a metamagic component. Because there’s no raw materials cost, planar metamagic components are a poor choice (from the GM’s point of view) for more expensive metamagic components, although this is ameliorated somewhat by the fact that it takes high-level spells to reach other planes, and those other planes are perilous places.
Ritual Metamagic Components
Some items become metamagic components after they have been prepared during a series of ancient rituals. Performing the entire ritual takes one day for every 500 gp (or fraction thereof) of the value of the metamagic component. At the end of that time, the preparer must make a DC 25 Knowledge (religion) check if the component is for a divine spell or a DC 25 Knowledge (arcana) check if it’s for an arcane spell in order to successfully finish the creation process.
Unless the item used for a ritual component has some intrinsic value, ritual metamagic components can be poor choices for powerful metamagic and high-level spells (from the GM’s perspective), because a character with enough ranks in the relevant skill need only spend the time to acquire the component.
Fanciful Metamagic Components
The darkness spell has a metamagic component of “coal mined and kept in total darkness.” While evocative, such an item is not necessarily hard for PCs to obtain—although there’s an inherent disadvantage involved because the component can become “spoiled”—a consideration that doesn’t affect the other kinds of metamagic components. For instance, if the coal needed for a darkness spell (or the oil needed for deeper darkness) is ever exposed to light before the spell is cast, it loses its special properties and becomes ordinary. But legends and folk tales are rife with examples of extra power coming from ordinary items handled in a fanciful way. If you use such fanciful metamagic components—which appear on Table: Metamagic Components only rarely—keep a close watch on how they change the economy of the game. If the PCs shy away from adventuring in favor of working as metamagic-component coal miners, the situation is out of hand.
Monster Parts
A few of the metamagic components listed on Table: Metamagic Components are parts of monsters. Some players want their characters to dissect their slain foes, “harvesting” metamagic components for later use and sale.
There’s a fair amount of real-world precedent for the notion that some part of a creature’s power remains in its body after it’s dead. Dozens of realworld cultures have rituals involving animal parts for this very reason. Fantasy literature has a rich tradition of using strange ingredients such as unicorn horns and dragon scales to accomplish great feats of magic.
But harvesting monster parts is not without its problems. From a game balance standpoint, saying a rakshasa hide is worth 1,250 gp is tantamount to giving every rakshasa in the game world an extra 1,250 gp in treasure—yet it’s treasure that the rakshasa can’t use itself (other than in the obvious way). It’s also treasure that the PCs can’t acquire any way other than killing a rakshasa, as opposed to normal treasure, which the PCs could attain by tricking the rakshasa or driving it off. Requiring the monster parts to be specially prepared ameliorates the problem to a degree—and generally that’s what we’ve done—because it’s assumed that much of the cost lies in the special preparation, not the on-site butchery. That pushes the problem into a corner, but it doesn’t eliminate it, because a player whose character has enough ranks in Profession (taxidermy) skill may want to know the DC for preparing the metamagic component himself. If monster part harvesting becomes a frequent exercise in your game, carefully monitor the amount of other treasure you give out. But extracting the teeth of the occasional blink dog won’t break the game.
A second and thornier problem is that many players find harvesting monster parts distasteful, and some players who don’t mind the idea might play characters who would be aghast at the very notion of cutting up the dead. Not only is the actual harvesting objectionable to some, but it builds in a potential conflict between characters who want to capture their foes (whether for mercy or information) and those who want to slay them and begin dissection. Consider carefully the perspectives of your players and their characters, and think hard about what kind of d20 game you want to run.
If your characters are interested in doing some monster part harvesting themselves, it takes 10 minutes and a DC 15 Profession (taxidermy) check to carefully remove the relevant part, then 1 hour and a DC 20 Profession (taxidermy) check to preserve it so it won’t rot or otherwise deteriorate. The embalming materials themselves cost one-tenth of the market price of the finished metamagic component. Unless you use gentle repose, the monster’s body deteriorates enough after 15 minutes that you can’t get a metamagic component from it.
With some monsters, it’s obvious how many of a particular part they have—a snake has only one tongue that can be used for a detect poison metamagic component. As a general rule, one monster provides enough substance for a single casting of the relevant spell (such as the dire bat fur needed for arcane eye or the chimera scales needed for obscure object). In some cases, the number of parts that can be obtained from one creature is obvious by the nature of the monster (one minotaur can supply enough metamagic components for two castings of maze, and each of a gorgon’s four hooves can be used for separate castings of acid fog). If the number of parts obtained is not obvious or doesn’t necessarily follow the general rule, assume that one monster can provide up to 1d4 separate parts that are suitable for metamagic components. (This guideline applies to such components as the janni eyelash needed for invisibility and the troll blood needed for regenerate.)
Spell Name | Metamagic Effect | Metamagic Component | Minimum Cost | |
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Acid arrow | Empowered | Four masterwork darts | 1,200 gp | |
Acid fog | Extended | Powdered gorgon hoof | 940 gp | |
Acid splash | Enlarged | Rare toad skin | 20 gp | |
Aid | Extended | Specially consecrated water | 340 gp | |
Air walk | Quickened | Stoppered vial of elemental air | 3,500 gp | |
Alarm | Widened | Rare chalk | 1,000 gp | |
Align weapon | Quickened | Weapon with +1 enchantment bonus | 2,300 gp | |
Alter self | Silent and stilled | Mirror with silver filigree | 830 gp | |
Analyze dweomer | Enlarged | Herbs sprinkled on tindertwig | 940 gp | |
Animal growth | Extended | Albino stag horn | 790 gp | |
Animal messenger | Extended | Miniscule collar with golden bell | 340 gp | |
Animal shapes | Extended | Rare variety of mistletoe | 1,200 gp | |
Animate dead | Silent | Blood onyx | 570 gp | |
Animate objects | Enlarged | Gold-spun marionette strings | 940 gp | |
Animate plants | Silent | Rare uprooted sapling | 1,100 gp | |
Animate rope | Enlarged | Brass thread | 190 gp | |
Antilife shell | Widened | Skull with graven runes | 3,300 gp | |
Antimagic field | Widened | Cold iron filings | 3,700 | |
Antipathy | Extended | Alum soaked in ancient blood | 1,200 gp | |
Antiplant shell | Extended | Rare oils | 640 gp | |
Arcane eye | Silent | Dire bat fur | 640 gp | |
Arcane lock | Quickened | Platinum dust | 2,300 gp | |
Arcane mark | Silent | Rare paints | 20 gp | |
Arcane sight | Extended | Ground quartz | 790 gp | |
Arcane sight, greater | Extended | Ground quartz | 1,100 gp | |
Awaken | Empowered | Specially prepared otyugh dung | 1,700 gp | |
Baleful polymorph | Enlarged | Miniature silver cage | 790 gp | |
Bane | Silent | Miniature clay mask | 190 gp | |
Barkskin | Extended | Heartwood of venerable oak | 340 gp | |
Bear’s endurance | Extended | Distilled alcohol | 340 gp | |
Bear’s endurance, mass | Extended | Distilled alcohol | 940 gp | |
Bestow curse | Heightened +1 | Eye of firenewt | 720 gp | |
Black tentacles | Widened | Nightcrawler essence | 3,150 gp | |
Blade barrier | Empowered | Slashing weapon with +1 enhancement bonus | 2,300 gp | |
Blasphemy | Heightened +2 | Specially prepared feather of an archon’s wing | 3,100 gp | |
Bull’s strength | Extended | Adamantine powder | 340 gp | |
Bull’s strength, mass | Extended | Adamantine powder | 940 gp | |
Cat’s grace | Extended | Vial of quicksilver | 340 gp | |
Cat’s grace, mass | Extended | Vial of quicksilver | 940 gp | |
Cause fear | Empowered | Ancient bones ground to powder | 700 gp | |
Chain lightning | Maximized | Fist-sized chunk of magnetic stone | 4,350 gp | |
Changestaff | Extended | +1 quarterstaff | 2,301 gp | |
Chaos hammer | Empowered | Protoplasm from Limbo | 1,900 gp | |
Charm animal | Silent | Masterwork whip | 301 gp | |
Charm monster | Quickened | Garnets | 4,600 gp | |
Charm monster, mass | Silent | Garnets | 1,600 gp | |
Charm person | Stilled | Rare oils | 250 gp | |
Chill metal | Extended | Glacial spring water | 450 gp | |
Chill touch | Empowered | Gauntlet made of bone | 700 gp | |
Circle of death | Widened | Powder of crushed black pearl | 4,850 gp | |
Clairaudience/clairvoyance | Extended | Quartz | 650 gp | |
Clenched fist | Stilled | Ornate gold knuckles | 1,200 gp | |
Cloak of chaos | Extended | Shield with +1 enhancement bonus | 1,153 gp | |
Clone | — | — | — | |
Cloudkill | Heightened +2 | Distilled chlorine | 2,300 gp | |
Color spray | Silent and stilled | Crushed rubies, diamonds, and sapphires | 700 gp | |
Command | Heightened +3 | Carved ivory mask | 1,350 gp | |
Command plants | Heightened +2 | Alchemical defoliant | 1,900 gp | |
Command undead | Extended | Ritually defaced holy symbol of good deity | 450 gp | |
Command, greater | Extended | Carved ivory mask | 1,350 gp | |
Commune | — | — | — | |
Commune with nature | Widened (see spell text) | Runic map of area | 3,750 gp | |
Comprehend languages | Extended | Foreign lexicon | 250 gp | |
Cone of cold | Heightened +1 | Cone of carved quartz | 1,050 gp | |
Confusion | Widened | Nutshells from treant | 3,150 gp | |
Confusion, lesser | Extended | Nutshell from druid-tended beech | 250 gp | |
Consecrate | Extended | Holy water and gold dust | 450 gp | |
Contact other plane | — | — | — | |
Contagion | Silent | Skull of animal that died from disease | 750 gp | |
Contingency | Extended | Rakshasa hide | 1,250 gp | |
Continual flame | Heightened +1 | Ruby dust | 500 gp | |
Control plants | Extended | Alchemical defoliant | 1,650 gp | |
Control undead | Heightened +2 | Carved bone mask | 3,100 gp | |
Control water | Extended | Water from the briny deep orsand from the trackless desert | 850 gp | |
Control weather | Extended | Crystal sphere | 1,450 gp | |
Control winds | Heightened +2 | Bottled smoke from Elemental Plane of Air | 2,300 gp | |
Create food and water | — | — | — | |
Create greater undead | — | — | — | |
Create undead | — | — | — | |
Create water | — | — | — | |
Creeping doom | Extended | Rare jungle centipedes | 1,450 gp | |
Crushing despair | Widened | Couatl tears | 3,150 gp | |
Crushing hand | Stilled | Ornate platinum knuckles | 1,400 gp | |
Cure critical wounds | Empowered | Alchemical salve | 1,900 gp | |
Cure critical wounds, mass | Empowered | Copper loop from Positive Energy Plane | 3,900 gp | |
Cure light wounds | Empowered | Alchemical salve | 700 gp | |
Cure light wounds, mass | Empowered | Copper loop from Positive Energy Plane | 2,300 gp | |
Cure minor wounds | Quickened | Alchemical salve | 1,375 gp | |
Cure moderate wounds | Empowered | Alchemical salve | 1,100 gp | |
Cure moderate wounds, mass | Empowered | Copper loop from Positive Energy Plane | 2,700 gp | |
Cure serious wounds | Empowered | Alchemical salve | 1,500 gp | |
Cure serious wounds, mass | Empowered | Copper loop from Positive Energy Plane | 3,100 gp | |
Curse water | — | — | — | |
Dancing lights | Extended | Anarchic fireflies from Limbo | 25 gp | |
Darkness | Silent | Coal mined and kept in total darkness | 450 gp | |
Darkvision | Extended | Agate | 450 gp | |
Daylight | Silent and stilled | Alchemical polish | 1,500 gp | |
Daze | Extended | Wool from satyr-tended sheep | 25 gp | |
Daze monster | Quickened | Sea hag eyeball | 3,000 gp | |
Death knell | Heightened +3 | Runic funerary blessings | 1,950 gp | |
Death ward | Extended | Henna, which tattoos creature touched | 850 gp | |
Deathwatch | Widened | Black crystal lenses | 1,350 gp | |
Deep slumber | Heightened +2 | Alchemical dreamwisp dust | 1,500 gp | |
Deeper darkness | Silent | Oil extracted and kept in total darkness | 650 gp | |
Delay poison | Extended | Specially prepared armadillo scales | 450 gp | |
Delayed blast fireball | Extended | Fire opal | 1,450 gp | |
Demand | Heightened +1 | Gold wire and small part of the subject | 1,850 gp | |
Desecrate | Extended | Unholy water and gold dust | 450 gp | |
Destruction | Silent and stilled | Holy or unholy symbol marked with anathema | 4,400 gp | |
Detect animals or plants | Enlarged | Five +1 arrows | 235 gp | |
Detect chaos | Silent and stilled | Ground glass lens | 700 gp | |
Detect evil | Silent and stilled | Ground glass lens | 700 gp | |
Detect good | Silent and stilled | Ground glass lens | 700 gp | |
Detect law | Silent and stilled | Ground glass lens | 700 gp | |
Detect magic | Silent and stilled | Short cold iron rod | 275 gp | |
Detect poison | Enlarged | Specially prepared snake tongue | 25 gp | |
Detect scrying | Widened | Jewel-studded domino mask | 3,150 gp | |
Detect secret doors | Extended | Tangle of copper and silver wires | 250 gp | |
Detect snares and pits | Extended | Darkwood divining rod | 250 gp | |
Detect thoughts | Heightened +2 | Platinum disc | 1,100 gp | |
Detect undead | Extended | Specially prepared jawless skull | 250 gp | |
Dictum | Heightened +2 | Specially prepared protoplasm of a chaos beast | 3,100 gp | |
Dimension door | Quickened | Gold ore mined from Astral Plane | 4,600 gp | |
Dimensional anchor | Extended | Rune-engraved miniature anchor | 850 gp | |
Dimensional lock | Widened | Adamantine weapon | varies | |
Diminish plants | Enlarged | Masterwork pruning shears | 650 gp | |
Discern lies | Enlarged | Set of golden scales | 850 gp | |
Discern location | — | — | — | |
Disguise self | Extended | Masterwork greasepaint | 250 gp | |
Disintegrate | Empowered | Trapped voidstone | 3,100 gp | |
Dismissal | Heightened +2 | Specially blessed holy symbol | 2,100 gp | |
Dispel chaos | Quickened | Sapphire | 5,400 gp | |
Dispel evil | Quickened | Diamond | 5,400 gp | |
Dispel good | Quickened | Black opal | 5,400 gp | |
Dispel law | Quickened | Yellow corundum | 5,400 gp | |
Dispel magic | Widened | Cold iron statuette | 2,550 gp | |
Dispel magic, greater | Widened | Cold iron statuette | 4,350 gp | |
Displacement | Extended | Specially prepared blink dog teeth | 650 gp | |
Disrupt undead | Enlarged | Dirt from hallowed grave | 25 gp | |
Disrupting weapon | Extended | Whetstone made from tombstone | 1,050 gp | |
Divination | — | — | — | |
Divine favor | Extended | Calligraphic scriptures | 250 gp | |
Divine power | Silent and stilled | Holy symbol made of platinum and gems | 1,900 gp | |
Dominate animal | Enlarged | Adamantine collar | 650 gp | |
Dominate monster | Enlarged | Emerald-studded adamantine collar | 1,850 gp | |
Dominate person | Quickened | Sapphire-studded adamantine collar | 5,400 gp | |
Doom | Heightened +2 | Carved doll | 700 gp | |
Dream | — | — | — | |
Eagle’s splendor | Extended | Emerald | 450 gp | |
Eagle’s splendor, mass | Extended | Emerald | 1,250 gp | |
Earthquake | Widened | White granite from Elemental Plane of Earth | 5,550 gp | |
Elemental swarm | Empowered | Rare incense (air), alchemical liquids (water), gems (fire), or mithral ore (earth) | 3,900 gp | |
Endure elements | Extended | Potion of cure moderate wounds | 300 gp | |
Energy drain | Empowered | Specially prepared vampire’s skull | 3,900 gp | |
Enervation | Empowered | Specially prepared wight’s skull | 1,900 gp | |
Enlarge person | Extended | Rare druid-tended beans | 250 gp | |
Enlarge person, mass | Extended | Rare druid-tended berries | 850 gp | |
Entangle | Widened | Alchemical fertilizer | 1,350 gp | |
Enthrall | Heightened +2 | Golden figurines | 1,100 gp | |
Entropic shield | Quickened | Finely engraved platinum dice | 2,200 gp | |
Erase | Enlarged | Rubber plant sap | 250 gp | |
Ethereal jaunt | Extended | Chunk of ethereal solid | 1,450 gp | |
Etherealness | Extended | Figurine carved from ethereal solid | 1,850 gp | |
Expeditious retreat | Extended | Rare peppers | 250 gp | |
Explosive runes | Heightened +3 | Rare pigments | 2,550 gp | |
Eyebite | Extended | Specially prepared medusa eye | 1,250 gp | |
Fabricate | — | — | — | |
Faerie fire | Widened | Druid-tended mushrooms | 1,350 gp | |
False life | Extended | Rare alcohol | 450 gp | |
False vision | Widened | Ground jade dust | 4,000 gp | |
Fear | Heightened +2 | Pinfeather from giant eagle | 1,900 gp | |
Feather fall | Enlarged | Down from black goose | 250 gp | |
Feeblemind | Heightened +2 | Polished obsidian spheres | 2,300 gp | |
Find the path | Extended | Bracelet of lodestone | 1,250 gp | |
Find traps | Extended | Golden magnifying glass | 450 gp | |
Finger of death | Enlarged | Specially embalmed finger | 1,450 gp | |
Fire seeds | Empowered | Druid-tended acorns or berries | 2,700 gp | |
Fire shield (either version) | Extended | Alchemically prepared phosphorus | 1,900 gp | |
Fire storm | Maximized | Cooled lava from erupting volcano | 7,000 gp | |
Fire trap | Heightened +3 | Gold dust | 1,975 gp | |
Fireball | Widened | Fire opal | 1,900 gp | |
Flame arrow | Empowered | Carved flint arrowhead | 1,500 gp | |
Flame blade | Extended | Masterwork scimitar | 315 gp | |
Flame strike | Empowered | Brimstone from Elemental Plane of Fire | 2,300 gp | |
Flaming sphere | Enlarged | Powdered cold iron | 450 gp | |
Flare | Silent | Powdered magnesium | 25 gp | |
Flesh to stone | Heighten +2 | Medusa head-snake | 2,700 gp | |
Floating disk | Extended | Flask of mercury | 250 gp | |
Fly | Extended | Feather from albino falcon | 650 gp | |
Fog cloud | Quickened | Cloudy diamonds | 3,000 gp | |
Forbiddance | Empowered | Holy water and rare incenses | 4,200 gp plus1,500 gp per60 ft. cube | |
Forcecage | Enlarged | Ruby dust | 3,000 gp | |
Forceful hand | Stilled | Ornate bronze knuckles | 940 gp | |
Foresight | Extended | A celestial hummingbird’s feather | 1,850 gp | |
Fox’s cunning | Extended | Garnet | 450 gp | |
Fox’s cunning, mass | Extended | Garnet | 1,250 gp | |
Freedom | Stilled | Salve of slipperiness | 1,000 gp | |
Freedom of movement | Stilled | Salve of slipperiness | 1,000 gp | |
Freezing sphere | Empowered | Crystal sphere | 2,700 gp | |
Gaseous form | Stilled | Bottled smoke from a volcano’s crater | 650 gp | |
Gate | Quickened | Black pearl | 8,600 gp | |
Geas, lesser | Extended | Jeweled armband | 1,250 gp | |
Geas/quest | Extended | Golden armband | 850 gp | |
Gentle repose | Extended | Embalming fluid | 550 gp | |
Ghost sound | Heightened +2 | Wax from sacred candle | 275 gp | |
Ghoul touch | Extended | Earth from a ghast’s lair | 450 gp | |
Giant vermin | Extended | Rare insect parts | 850 gp | |
Glibness | Stilled | Fancy liquor | 650 gp | |
Glitterdust | Widened | Ground topaz | 1,950 gp | |
Globe of invulnerability | Widened | Pearls | 3,150 gp | |
Globe of invulnerability, lesser | Widened | Pearls | 4,350 gp | |
Glyph of warding | Heightened +2 | Incense and powdered diamond | 1,700 gp | |
Glyph of warding, greater | Heightened +2 | Incense and powdered diamond | 3,100 gp | |
Good hope | Extended | Engraved brass torc | 650 gp | |
Goodberry | Empowered | Treant sap | 700 gp | |
Grasping hand | Stilled | Ornate silver knuckles | 1,100 gp | |
Grease | Enlarged | Rind of a boar | 250 gp | |
Guards and wards | Heightened +1 | Rare incense | 1,450 gp | |
Guidance | Extended | Book of prayers | 25 gp | |
Gust of wind | Widened | Elaborate lacquered fan | 1,950 gp | |
Hallow | Widened | Herbs, oils, and incense | 4,750 gp plusextra for spell | |
Hallucinatory terrain | Heightened +3 | Twigs and plants from Arborea | 3,150 gp | |
Halt undead | Heightened +2 | Abyssal sulfur | 1,500 gp | |
Harm | Heightened +1 | Heart carved from onyx | 1,250 gp | |
Haste | Extended | Rare coffee beans | 850 gp | |
Heal | Heightened +1 | Heart carved from alabaster | 1,250 gp | |
Heal mount | Quickened | Alchemical salve | 3,800 gp | |
Heal, mass | Heightened +1 | Heart carved from alabaster | 1,850 gp | |
Heat metal | Extended | Mithral forge dross | 450 gp | |
Helping hand | Enlarged | Ivory carving of hand | 650 gp | |
Heroes’ feast | Extended | Rare spices | 1,250 gp | |
Heroism | Extended | Fine brandy | 650 gp | |
Heroism, greater | Extended | Fine whiskey | 1,250 gp | |
Hide from animals | Extended | Stitched velvet blindfold | 250 gp | |
Hide from undead | Heightened +3 | Embroidered silk shawl | 1,350 gp | |
Hideous laughter | Enlarged | Masterwork greasepaint | 450 gp | |
Hold animal | Heightened +2 | Decorative steel gauntlet | 1,100 gp | |
Hold monster | Heightened +2 | Engraved rod of cold iron | 2,300 gp | |
Hold monster, mass | Heightened +2 | Engraved rod of cold iron | 3,900 gp | |
Hold person | Heightened +2 | Engraved ingot of cold iron | 1,100 gp | |
Hold person, mass | Heightened +2 | Engraved ingot of cold iron | 3,100 gp | |
Hold portal | Quickened | Ebony key | 2,200 gp | |
Holy aura | Extended | Shield with +1 enhancement bonus | 1,153 gp | |
Holy smite | Empowered | Spring water from Elysium | 1,900 gp | |
Holy sword | Extended | Sacred candles | 850 gp | |
Holy word | Heightened +2 | Specially prepared fiend’s tail | 3,100 gp | |
Horrid wilting | Empowered | Sponge from Elemental Plane of Water | 3,500 gp | |
Hypnotic pattern | Heightened +2 | Stick of incense | 1,100 gp | |
Hypnotism | Silent and stilled | Golden medallion | 700 gp | |
Ice storm | Extended | Ivory stick with engraved snowflake pattern | 850 gp | |
Identify | — | — | — | |
Illusory script | Heightened +4 | Rare inks | 3,850 gp | |
Illusory wall | Heightened +2 | Sunrod and ground glass lenses | 1,900 gp | |
Imbue with spell ability | — | — | — | |
Implosion | Extended | Glass statuette | 1,850 gp | |
Imprisonment | Heightened +2 | Carved jade sphere | 3,900 gp | |
Incendiary cloud | Extended | Bottled brimstone and sea mist | 1,650 gp | |
Inflict critical wounds | Maximized | Obsidian holy symbol | 3,150 gp | |
Inflict critical wounds, mass | Maximized | Obsidian holy symbol | 5,550 gp | |
Inflict light wounds | Maximized | Obsidian holy symbol | 1,350 gp | |
Inflict light wounds, mass | Maximized | Obsidian holy symbol | 3,750 gp | |
Inflict minor wounds | Quickened | Obsidian holy symbol | 1,375 gp | |
Inflict moderate wounds | Maximized | Obsidian holy symbol | 1,950 gp | |
Inflict moderate wounds, mass | Maximized | Obsidian holy symbol | 4,350 gp | |
Inflict serious wounds | Maximized | Obsidian holy symbol | 2,550 gp | |
Inflict serious wounds, mass | Maximized | Obsidian holy symbol | 4,950 gp | |
Insanity | Heightened +1 | Distilled water from Limbo | 1,450 gp | |
Insect plague | Extended | Crooked staff with carved runes | 1,050 gp | |
Instant summons | — | — | — | |
Interposing hand | Stilled | Ornate brass knuckles | 790 gp | |
Invisibility | Extended | Janni eyelash | 450 gp | |
Invisibility purge | Extended | Crystal prism | 650 gp | |
Invisibility, greater | Extended | Djinni eyelash | 850 gp | |
Invisibility, mass | Extended | Efreeti eyelash | 1,450 gp | |
Iron body | Extended | Articulated iron doll | 1,650 gp | |
Ironwood | Extended | Darkwood shaped into the object’s form | varies | |
Irresistible dance | Silent | Embroidered shoes with gold buttons | 1,650 gp | |
Jump | Quickened | Mithral springs | 2,200 gp | |
Keen edge | Extended | Whetstone with pyrite veins running through it | 650 gp | |
Knock | Silent | Golden key | 450 gp | |
Know direction | — | — | — | |
Legend lore | — | — | — | |
Levitate | Enlarged | Loop of manticore hide | 250 gp | |
Light | Silent | Phosphorescent moss | 25 gp | |
Lightning bolt | Widened | Blue dragon scales | 2,550 gp | |
Limited wish | — | — | — | |
Liveoak | Extended | Alchemical fertilizer | 1,250 gp | |
Locate creature | Enlarged | Specially tanned hellhound fur | 850 gp | |
Locate object | Enlarged | Forked twig of darkwood | 450 gp | |
Longstrider | Extended | Cobblestone from ancient hippodrome | 250 gp | |
Lullaby | Widened | Fancy resin | 725 gp | |
Mage armor | Extended | Links of mithral chain | 250 gp | |
Mage hand | Enlarged | Monkey’s paw | 25 gp | |
Mage’s disjunction | Enlarged and widened | Trapped voidstone | 8,600 gp | |
Mage’s faithful hound | Extended | Specially prepared blink dog teeth | 1,050 gp | |
Mage’s lucubration | Quickened | Ruby ring | 6,200 gp | |
Mage’s magnificent mansion | Extended | Miniature portal | 1,465 gp | |
Mage’s private sanctum | Extended | Trapped fog from Plane of Shadow | 1,050 gp | |
Magic aura | Heightened +3 | Amethyst necklace | 1,350 gp | |
Magic circle against chaos | Widened | Specially prepared holy symbol | 2,550 gp | |
Magic circle against evil | Widened | Specially prepared holy symbol | 2,550 gp | |
Magic circle against good | Widened | Specially prepared holy symbol | 2,550 gp | |
Magic circle against law | Widened | Specially prepared holy symbol | 2,550 gp | |
Magic fang | Extended | Specially prepared shark tooth | 250 gp | |
Magic fang, greater | Extended | Specially prepared dire shark tooth | 650 gp | |
Magic jar | Extended | Gem or crystal | 1,100 gp | |
Magic missile | Empowered | Two +3 arrows | 734 gp | |
Magic mouth | — | — | — | |
Magic stone | Empowered | Colorful marbles | 700 gp | |
Magic vestment | Extended | Embroidered sash | 650 gp | |
Magic weapon | Extended | Alchemically distilled blood | 250 gp | |
Magic weapon, greater | Extended | Alchemically purified blood | 750 gp | |
Major creation | Extended | Phasm essence | 1,050 gp | |
Major image | Heightened +2 | Rare pigments | 1,500 gp | |
Make whole | Enlarged | Alchemical adhesive | 450 gp | |
Mark of justice | — | — | — | |
Maze | Enlarged | Engraved minotaur horn | 1,650 gp | |
Meld into stone | Extended | Carved stone figurine | 650 gp | |
Mending | Enlarged | Alchemical adhesive | 25 gp | |
Message | Enlarged | Calligraphic inscriptions on vellum | 25 gp | |
Meteor swarm | Maximized | Chunk of meteorite | 8,600 gp | |
Mind blank | Extended | Malachite-studded headband | 1,650 gp | |
Mind fog | Heightened +3 | Specially prepared aboleth tentacle | 3,750 gp | |
Minor creation | Extended | Roper sap | 850 gp | |
Minor image | Heightened +2 | Rare pigments | 1,100 gp | |
Miracle | — | — | — | |
Mirage arcana | Heightened +3 | Mirror silvered in Bytopia | 3,750 gp | |
Mirror image | Extended | Miniscule dolls of yourself | 450 gp | |
Misdirection | Heightened +2 | Gold wire bent into a creature’s silhouette | 1,100 gp | |
Mislead | Heightened +1 | Fancy marionette | 1,250 gp | |
Mnemonic enhancer | — | — | — | |
Modify memory | Heightened +2 | Alchemical smelling salts | 1,900 gp | |
Moment of prescience | Quickened | Fine Elysian wine | 7,800 gp | |
Mount | Quickened | Specially prepared hair from pegasus or nightmare | 2,200 gp | |
Move earth | Enlarged | Rare soils from Elemental Plane of Earth | 1,250 gp | |
Neutralize poison | Extended | Specially prepared naga tongue | 750 gp | |
Nightmare | Heightened +2 | Rare spices | 2,300 gp | |
Nondetection | Extended | Carved ebony lattice | 700 gp | |
Obscure object | Extended | Chimera scales | 550 gp | |
Obscuring mist | Extended | Silver chalice | 250 gp | |
Open/close | Enlarged | Silver key | 25 gp | |
Order’s wrath | Empowered | Gear cog from Mechanus | 1,900 gp | |
Overland flight | Extended | Specially prepared dragon wing-hide | 1,050 gp | |
Owl’s wisdom | Extended | Opal | 450 gp | |
Owl’s wisdom, mass | Extended | Opal | 1,250 gp | |
Pass without trace | Extended | Cloak of feathers | 250 gp | |
Passwall | Extended | Golden miniature shovel | 1,050 gp | |
Permanency | — | — | — | |
Permanent image | Heightened +2 | Rare pigments | 2,700 gp | |
Persistent image | Heightened +2 | Rare pigments | 2,300 gp | |
Phantasmal killer | Heightened +1 | Nightmarish etchings | 850 gp | |
Phantom steed | Extended | Platinum horseshoe | 650 gp | |
Phantom Trap | — | — | — | |
Phase door | Silent | Jasper-studded key | 1,450 gp | |
Planar ally | — | — | — | |
Planar ally, greater | — | — | — | |
Planar ally, lesser | — | — | — | |
Planar binding | Heightened +2 | Silver filigree around magic circle | 2,700 gp | |
Planar binding, greater | Heightened +2 | Gold filigree around magic circle | 3,500 gp | |
Planar binding, lesser | Heightened +2 | Copper filigree around magic circle | 2,300 gp | |
Plane shift | Quickened | Silk mantle with moonstones | 6,200 gp | |
Plant growth | Enlarged | Alchemically treated seeds | 650 gp | |
Poison | Maximized | Wyvern poison | 3,000 gp | |
Polar ray | Enlarged | Pale sapphire | 1,650 gp | |
Polymorph | Extended | Druid-tended silkworm cocoon | 850 gp | |
Polymorph any object | Extended | Alchemically purified mercury | 1,650 gp | |
Power Word Blind | Enlarged | Corundum | 1,450 gp | |
Power Word Kill | Enlarged | Corundum | 1,850 gp | |
Power Word Stun | Enlarged | Corundum | 1,650 gp | |
Prayer | Widened | Blessed scriptures on vellum | 2,550 gp | |
Prestidigitation | Enlarged | White silk gloves | 25 gp | |
Prismatic sphere | Heightened +2 | Diamonds | 3,900 gp | |
Prismatic spray | Heightened +2 | Diamonds | 3,100 gp | |
Prismatic wall | Heightened +2 | Diamonds | 3,500 gp | |
Produce flame | Silent | Ring carved from flint | 250 gp | |
Programmed image | Heightened +2 | Rare pigments | 2,700 gp | |
Project image | Extended | Distorted mirror | 1,450 gp | |
Protection from arrows | Extended | Piece of bulette hide | 450 gp | |
Protection from chaos | Extended | Powdered platinum | 250 gp | |
Protection from energy | Extended | Spinels of red (fire), black (acid), green (sonic),blue (electricity), or white (cold) | 650 gp | |
Protection from evil | Extended | Powdered platinum | 250 gp | |
Protection from good | Extended | Powdered platinum | 250 gp | |
Protection from law | Extended | Powdered platinum | 250 gp | |
Protection from spells | Extended | Crushed diamond | 2,150 gp | |
Prying eyes | Enlarged | Specially prepared medusa eye | 1,050 gp | |
Prying eyes, greater | Enlarged | Hag eye | 1,650 gp | |
Purify food and drink | — | — | — | |
Pyrotechnics | Heightened +2 | Fire source and alchemical accelerants | 1,100 gp | |
Quench | Enlarged | Water from the extraplanar River Oceanus | 650 gp | |
Rage | Extended | Fine mead | 650 gp | |
Rainbow pattern | Heightened +2 | Smoky quartz prism | 1,900 gp | |
Raise dead | — | — | — | |
Ray of enfeeblement | Enlarged | Ceremonial electrum dagger | 250 gp | |
Ray of exhaustion | Heightened +1 | Alchemically distilled perspiration | 650 gp | |
Ray of frost | Enlarged | White marble carved in icicle shape | 25 gp | |
Read magic | Extended | Mineral prism | 25 gp | |
Reduce animal | Heightened +3 | Topaz-studded links of iron | 1,950 gp | |
Reduce person | Heightened +3 | Turquoise-studded links of iron | 1,350 gp | |
Reduce person, mass | Heightened +3 | Turquoise-studded links of iron | 3,150 gp | |
Refuge | — | — | — | |
Regenerate | Empowered | Specially prepared troll blood | 3,500 gp | |
Reincarnate | — | — | — | |
Remove blindness/deafness | Silent | Pearl-studded circlet | 650 gp | |
Remove curse | — | — | — | |
Remove disease | — | — | — | |
Remove fear | Extended | Alchemically prepared war paint | 250 gp | |
Remove paralysis | Enlarged | Burning incense | 450 gp | |
Repel metal or stone | Widened | Druid-tended sapling | 5,550 gp | |
Repel vermin | Widened | Rare snakeskin | 3,150 gp | |
Repel wood | Widened | Miniature jeweled lantern | 4,350 gp | |
Repulsion | Widened | Alchemical-ink tattoo (temporary) | 4,700 gp | |
Resilient sphere | Enlarged | Crystal sphere | 850 gp | |
Resist energy | Extended | Spinel of red (fire), black (acid), green (sonic),blue (electricity), or white (cold) | 450 gp | |
Resistance | Extended | Silk cloak | 25 gp | |
Restoration | — | — | — | |
Restoration, greater | — | — | — | |
Restoration, lesser | Empowered | Alchemical balm | 1,100 gp | |
Resurrection | — | — | — | |
Reverse gravity | Quickened | Lodestone mined in Pandemonium | 7,400 gp | |
Righteous might | Extended | Ritually prepared holy symbol | 1,050 gp | |
Rope trick | Extended | Rope braided from spider silk | 450 gp | |
Rusting grasp | Empowered | Ornate mithral gauntlet | 1,900 gp | |
Sanctuary | Heightened +2 | Jasper necklace | 700 gp | |
Scare | Extended | Ritually prepared bone from corporeal undead | 450 gp | |
Scintillating pattern | Widened | Pearlescent prism | 5,550 gp | |
Scorching ray | Empowered | Ruby from Elemental Plane of Fire | 1,100 gp | |
Screen | Heightened +2 | Embroidered gauze scrim | 3,500 gp | |
Scrying | Heightened +3 | Alchemically purified nitric acid | 3,150 gp | |
Scrying, greater | Heightened +2 | Alchemically purified nitric acid | 3,100 gp | |
Sculpt sound | Enlarged | Rare clay | 650 gp | |
Searing light | Maximized | Yellow topaz | 2,550 gp | |
Secret chest | Extended | Net made of ethereal solid | 1,050 gp | |
Secret page | — | — | — | |
Secure shelter | Extended | Miniscule model of cottage | 850 gp | |
See invisibility | Extended | Powdered turquoise | 450 gp | |
Seeming | Heightened +2 | Coral figurines | 2,300 gp | |
Sending | — | — | — | |
Sepia snake sigil | Heightened +2 | Powdered amber | 2,000 gp | |
Sequester | Extended | Alchemical ointment | 1,450 gp | |
Shades | Heightened +1 | Pearl from Plane of Shadow | 1,850 gp | |
Shadow conjuration | Heightened +1 | Pearl from Plane of Shadow | 850 gp | |
Shadow conjuration, greater | Heightened +1 | Pearl from Plane of Shadow | 1,450 gp | |
Shadow evocation | Heightened +1 | Diamond from Plane of Shadow | 1,050 gp | |
Shadow evocation, greater | Heightened +1 | Diamond from Plane of Shadow | 1,650 gp | |
Shadow walk | Extended | Black tourmaline | 1,250 gp | |
Shambler | Empowered | Rare herbs | 3,900 gp | |
Shapechange | Extended | Aquamarine circlet | 1,850 gp | |
Shatter | Widened | Carved crystal cubes | 1,950 gp | |
Shield | Quickened | Jeweled bracelet | 2,200 gp | |
Shield of faith | Extended | Ritually prepared parchment | 250 gp | |
Shield of law | Extended | Shield with +1 enhancement bonus | 1,153 gp | |
Shield other | Enlarged | Two emerald and platinum rings | 550 gp | |
Shillelagh | Extended | Druid-tended oak club or quarterstaff | 250 gp | |
Shocking grasp | Maximized | Ornate electrum gauntlet | 1,350 gp | |
Shout | Widened | Ornate platinum gong | 3,150 gp | |
Shout, greater | Widened | Ornate platinum trumpet | 5,550 gp | |
Shrink item | Extended | Alchemically purified mica | 650 gp | |
Silence | Silent | Silver mask | 450 gp | |
Silent image | Heightened +2 | Rare pigments | 700 gp | |
Simulacrum | — | — | — | |
Slay living | Heightened +3 | Obsidian headpiece | 3,750 gp | |
Sleep | Heightened +2 | Alchemical dreamwisp dust | 700 gp | |
Sleet storm | Extended | Hollow ivory bottle | 650 gp | |
Slow | Heightened +2 | Liquid amber | 1,500 gp | |
Snare | — | — | — | |
Soften earth and stone | Enlarged | Specially prepared mud from Hades | 450 gp | |
Solid fog | Quickened | Cloudy diamonds | 4,600 gp | |
Song of discord | Widened | Rune-carved conch shell | 3,750 gp | |
Soul bind | — | — | — | |
Sound burst | Heightened +1 | Bone whistle | 450 gp | |
Speak with animals | Extended | Animal mask | 250 gp | |
Speak with dead | Heightened +3 | Golden caduceus | 2,550 gp | |
Speak with plants | Extended | Jade-studded mask | 650 gp | |
Spectral hand | Enlarged | Phosphor-limned glove | 450 gp | |
Spell immunity | Extended | Moonstone | 850 gp | |
Spell immunity, greater | Extended | Moonstone | 1,650 gp | |
Spell resistance | Extended | Rakshasa claw | 1,050 gp | |
Spell turning | Empowered | Zircon | 3,100 gp | |
Spellstaff | — | — | — | |
Spider climb | Extended | Drider fur | 450 gp | |
Spike growth | Heightened +2 | Carved basalt dagger | 1,500 gp | |
Spike stones | Heightened +2 | Carved obsidian dagger | 1,900 gp | |
Spiritual weapon | Enlarged | Masterwork version of weapon | varies | |
Statue | Extended | Limestone figurine | 1,450 gp | |
Status | Extended | Electrum headband | 450 gp | |
Stinking cloud | Empowered | Sulfur from Elemental Plane of Fire | 1,500 gp | |
Stone shape | — | — | — | |
Stone tell | Extended | Stone mask | 1,250 gp | |
Stone to flesh | — | — | — | |
Stoneskin | Extended | Diamond dust | 1,300 gp | |
Storm of vengeance | Empowered | Heartwood from oak split by lightning | 3,900 gp | |
Suggestion | Heightened +2 | Druid-tended honey | 1,500 gp | |
Suggestion, mass | Heightened +2 | Druid-tended honey | 2,700 gp | |
Summon instrument | — | — | — | |
Summon monster I | Extended | Pearl | 250 gp | |
Summon monster II | Empowered | Pearl | 1,100 gp | |
Summon monster III | Empowered | Pearl | 1,500 gp | |
Summon monster IV | Empowered | Pearl | 1,900 gp | |
Summon monster V | Empowered | Pearl | 2,300 gp | |
Summon monster VI | Empowered | Pearl | 2,700 gp | |
Summon monster VII | Empowered | Pearl | 3,100 gp | |
Summon monster VIII | Empowered | Pearl | 3,500 gp | |
Summon monster IX | Empowered | Pearl | 3,900 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally I | Extended | Druid-tended mistletoe | 250 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally II | Empowered | Druid-tended mistletoe | 1,100 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally III | Empowered | Druid-tended mistletoe | 1,500 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally IV | Empowered | Druid-tended mistletoe | 1,900 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally V | Empowered | Druid-tended mistletoe | 2,300 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally VI | Empowered | Druid-tended mistletoe | 2,700 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally VII | Empowered | Druid-tended mistletoe | 3,100 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally VIII | Empowered | Druid-tended mistletoe | 3,500 gp | |
Summon nature’s ally IX | Empowered | Druid-tended mistletoe | 3,900 gp | |
Summon swarm | Extended | Rune-embroidered red cloth | 450 gp | |
Sunbeam | Widened | Javelin with phosphorus runes | 4,950 gp | |
Sunburst | Widened | Sunstone carved into graven image | 5,550 gp | |
Symbol of death | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond and opal | 13,500 gp | |
Symbol of fear | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond and opal | 3,700 gp | |
Symbol of insanity | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond and opal | 8,500 gp | |
Symbol of pain | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond and opal | 3,300 gp | |
Symbol of persuasion | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond and opal | 7,700 gp | |
Symbol of sleep | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond and opal | 3,300 gp | |
Symbol of stunning | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond and opal | 8,100 gp | |
Symbol of weakness | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond and opal | 8,100 gp | |
Sympathetic vibration | Extended | Set of masterwork tuning forks | 1,250 gp | |
Sympathy | Extended | Crushed pearls | 2,150 gp | |
Telekinesis | Enlarged | Iron rod with silver filigree | 1,250 gp | |
Telekinetic sphere | Enlarged | Crystal sphere | 1,650 gp | |
Telepathic bond | Extended | Dragon eggshells | 1,050 gp | |
Teleport | Quickened | Amber and emerald pendant | 5,400 gp | |
Teleport object | Quickened | Amber and emerald bracelet | 7,000 gp | |
Teleport, greater | Quickened | Amber and emerald necklace | 7,000 gp | |
Teleportation circle | Extended | Amber dust | 2,850 gp | |
Temporal stasis | Heightened +2 | Powdered diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire | 8,500 gp | |
Time stop | Empowered | Specially prepared titan’s knucklebone | 3,900 gp | |
Tiny hut | Extended | Necklace of crystal beads | 650 gp | |
Tongues | Extended | Brass model of ziggurat | 750 gp | |
Touch of fatigue | Heightened +2 | Wolverine perspiration | 275 gp | |
Touch of idiocy | Silent | Ornate bronze gauntlet | 450 gp | |
Transformation | Extended | Potions of bear’s endurance, bull’s strength,cat’s grace, and heroism | 1,650 gp | |
Transmute metal to wood | Widened | Finely carved darkwood-and-pearl holy symbol | 4,950 gp | |
Transmute mud to rock | Heightened +1 | Alchemically treated clay | 1,050 gp | |
Transmute rock to mud | Heightened +1 | Alchemically treated clay | 1,050 gp | |
Transport via plants | Silent | Rare herbs | 1,250 gp | |
Trap the soul | — | — | — | |
Tree shape | Extended | Shawl woven from druid-tended leaves | 450 gp | |
Tree stride | Silent | Rare herbs | 1,050 gp | |
True resurrection | — | — | — | |
True seeing | Extended | Eye ointment | 1,500 gp | |
True strike | Quickened | Bow with +1 enhancement bonus | 2,330 gp | |
Undeath to death | Widened | Crushed diamond | 4,850 gp | |
Undetectable alignment | Extended | Embroidered velvet shroud | 450 gp | |
Unhallow | Widened | Herbs, oils, and incense | 4,750 gp plusextra for spell | |
Unholy aura | Extended | Shield with +1 enhancement bonus | 1,153 gp | |
Unholy blight | Empowered | Dust from Hades | 1,900 gp | |
Unseen servant | Extended | Fancy valet’s uniform | 250 gp | |
Vampiric touch | Maximized | Specially prepared vampire’s fang | 2,550 gp | |
Veil | Heightened +2 | Veil spun from electrum thread | 2,700 gp | |
Ventriloquism | Enlarged | Calligraphy on fine parchment, rolled into cone | 250 gp | |
Virtue | Extended | Brass medallion | 25 hp | |
Vision | — | — | — | |
Wail of the banshee | Enlarged and widened | Trapped banshee essence | 8,600 gp | |
Wall of fire | Extended | Ground phosphorus and magnesium | 950 gp | |
Wall of force | Extended | Any clear gem | 1,050 gp | |
Wall of ice | Extended | Rune-engraved quartz | 850 gp | |
Wall of iron | Enlarged | Alchemically purified iron and gold dust | 1,300 gp | |
Wall of stone | Enlarged | Rune-engraved granite | 1,050 gp | |
Wall of thorns | Extended | Thorns from rare blood-roses | 1,050 gp | |
Warp wood | Enlarged | Switch carved from druid-tended black oak | 450 gp | |
Water breathing | Extended | Ornately carved reed | 650 gp | |
Water walk | Extended | Coral armbands | 650 gp | |
Waves of exhaustion | Widened | Occluded diamond | 4,950 gp | |
Waves of fatigue | Widened | Occluded diamond | 2,550 gp | |
Web | Heightened +2 | Ritually prepared drider silk | 1,100 gp | |
Weird | Heightened +1 | Nightmarish etchings | 1,850 gp | |
Whirlwind | Extended | Bottled gale-force wind fromthe Elemental Plane of Air | 1,650 gp | |
Whispering wind | Extended | Bottled last breath of a druid | 450 gp | |
Wind walk | Extended | Cloud vapor from Arcadia | 1,350 gp | |
Wind wall | Extended | Specially prepared lillend feather | 650 gp | |
Wish | — | — | — | |
Wood shape | — | — | — | |
Word of chaos | Heightened +2 | Specially prepared stinger of a formian myrmarch | 3,100 gp | |
Word of recall | Quickened | Ornate emerald holy symbol | 7,000 gp | |
Zone of silence | Widened | Miniature platinum lute with strings cut | 3,150 gp | |
Zone of truth | Heightened +2 | Silver and gold gavel | 1,100 gp | |
Behind The Curtain: Metamagic Components
If you use this variant, you may find that characters are less likely to take metamagic feats because they can just pay for the occasional metamagic effect by using a metamagic component instead. Spellcasters who use metamagic components repeatedly may fall behind the other PCs in terms of wealth, because metamagic components are quite expensive. Although using a metamagic component is more expensive than casting from a scroll with the metamagic version of the spell, a spellcaster gets more bang for his buck with a metamagic component, because he can use his own caster level and ability score to set the spell’s parameters such as save DC, damage, and range. Metamagic components give spellcasters more flexibility, because they can either cast a spell normally or get the extra benefit of the metamagic component, and they don’t have to decide until the moment spellcasting begins.
Metamagic components are an effective tool for NPC spellcasters in particular, who often have only a few rounds to cast spells before the encounter ends. But because metamagic components are expensive, such NPCs may use up more of their treasure than is typical.
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