DnD Spell C Spectral Weapon

Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara

Spells – Cantrip – Spectral Scythe

Spectral Weapon

• Evocation and Necromancy Cantrip
• Secret Crafts: Airologist, Darkologist, Earthologist, Fireologist, Waterologist, Weaponologist
• Casting time: 1 action
• Range: touch
• Components: V, M (an attuned magical rod, wand, staff or pole of some sort)
• Duration: 10 minute
• While gripping a material component with one or two hands, you can use one action to create a blade of energy based on your elemental attunement in the shape of a weapon suitable for the material component and the Immortal you follow. Such as reaper’s scythe at the end of the staff. The blade does 1d6 energy damage in addition to the regular damage of the weapon.
• If you are not proficient with the weapon, you gain proficiency with the weapon.
• The spell ends if you let go of the material component or if you recast this spell.
• Higher Levels – The spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 6th level and (2d6) and the Weapon Mastery increases to Skilled, 11th level (3d6) and Expert, 16th level (4d6) and Master, 21st level (5d6) and Grand Master.

Available Spell Lists

Spell List – Secret Craft – Airologist

• Cantrip – Booming Blade (scag142), Breeze (mgp1008), Fist of Air (br207), Gust (xge157), Headwind (bls68), Lightning Lure (scag143), Shocking Grasp (ph275), Spectral Weapon (GM), Thunder Bolt (mhh197), Thunderclap (xge168), Wind Lash (mhh202)
• 1st Level – Absorb Elements (xge150), Affect Normal Fog (bls11), Circle of Wind – R (mhh157), Protection from Good and Evil – R (ph270), Wind Tunnel (mhh203), With the Wind – R (bls129)
• 2nd Level – Air Forge – R (bls12), Charged Missile (bls29), Dust Devil (xge154), Elemental Horns (mhh165), Gust of Wind (ph248), Pass through Element (mgp1008), Reverberate (mhh188), Rolling Thunder (mhh189), Skywrite – R (xge165), Warding Wind (xge170), Wind Armour (mgp1008)
• 3rd Level – Air Breathing – R (bls12), Air Bridge – R (bls12), Awaken Element – R (mgp1008), Call Lightning (ph220), Charged Touch (bls29), Dispel Magic – R (ph234), Electromagnetic Storm (bls50), Elemental Shape (mgp1008), Fly (ph243), Greater Thunderclap (mhh197), Perun’s Doom (mhh185), Protection from Energy (ph270)
• 4th Level – Air Sphere – R (bls13), Conjure Minor Elementals (ph226), Elemental Bane (xge155), Erode (mgp1008), Siphon Elemental Lifeforce (mph1008), Storm Sphere (xge166)
• 5th Level – Conjure Elemental (ph225), Control Winds – R (xge152), Inner Storm (bls76), Magic Circle against Energy – R (ea08), Wind Bindings (ea08)
• 6th Level – Elemental Fabrication – R (ea08), Elemental Scimitar (bls51), Investiture of Element (xge159), Lightning Storm (bls81), Lightning Wheel (bls82), Primordial Ward (xge163), Suffocate (ea08)
• 7th Level – Ebon Lightning (bls50), Electrical Storm (bls50), Vacuum Slash (mgp1008), Whirlwind (xge171)
• 8th Level – Control Weather (ph228), Elemental Infusion (bls51)
• 9th Level – Circle of Devastation (mhh157), Gate (ph244)

R – Ritual Spells.
Sourcebooks: bls, br, mgp1008, mhh, ph, scag, xge

Spell List – Secret Craft – Darkologist

• Cantrip – Chill Touch (ph211), Douse Light (mhh163), Toll the Dead (xge169), Shadow Bite (mhh190), Spectral Weapon (GM)
• 1st Level – Absorb Elements (xge150), Black Ribbons (mhh151), Cloying Darkness (mhh158), Protection from Good and Evil – R (ph270), Shadow Armour (mhh190), Shadow Hands (mhh191)
• 2nd Level – Dark Path (mhh162), Elemental Horns, Pass through Element, Shadow Blade (xge164), Shadow Embrace (bls104), Shadow Sight (bls104), Slither (mhh193)
• 3rd Level – Awaken Element – R, Battle Double (bls18), Blackout (bls20), Call Shadow Mastiff (mhh155), Dispel Magic – R (ph234), Elemental Shape (mgp1008), Legion (mhh178), Life Transference (xge160), Protection from Energy
• 4th Level – Block Hand (mhh151), Conjure Minor Elementals, Desiccating Breath (mhh162), Elemental Bane, Flames of Darkness (bls59), Ray of Life Suppression (mhh188), Shadow Monsters (mhh191), Shadow Form (bls104), Shadow of Moil (xge164), Shadowbind (bls104), Siphon Elemental Lifeforce, St. Parvalas’s Risen Road (mwb434)
• 5th Level – Conjure Elemental, Dark Curtain (bls39), Enervation (xge155), Magic Circle against Energy – R (ea08), Negative Energy Flood (xge163), Shadow Realm Gateway (mhh191) – R
• 6th Level – Become Nightwing (mhh150), Black Well (mhh152), Elemental Fabrication – R (ea08), Elemental Scimitar (bls51), Encroaching Shadows (mhh165) – R, Investiture of Element (xge159), Primordial Ward (xge163), Umbral Transformation (bls120)
• 7th Level – Conjure Shadow Titan (mhh159)
• 8th Level – Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting (xge150), Elemental Infusion (bls51), Illusory Dragon (xge157), Maddening Darkness (xge160)
• 9th Level – Circle of Devastation (mhh157), Umbral Storm (mhh200)

* detail to come. R – Ritual Spells.
Sourcebooks: bls, br, mgp1008, mhh, ph, scag, xge

Spell List – Secret Craft – Earthologist

• Cantrip – Acid Splash (ph211), Fist of Iron (mhh167), Mould Earth (xge162), Primal Savagery (xge163), Pummelstone (mhh187), Spectral Weapon (GM)
• 1st Level – Absorb Elements (xge150), Acid Wind (bls10), Armour of Earth (br206), Caustic Spittle (bls28), Earth Tremor (xge155), Earthen Blast (bls49), Fists of Stone (bls58), Protection from Good and Evil – R (ph270), Rock Bolt (bls100)
• 2nd Level – Earth Ear – R (bls49), Maximilian’s Earthen Grasp (xge161), Elemental Horns, Pass through Element (ea08), Spires of Stone (mhh194), Tremorsense (bls119)
• 3rd Level – Awaken Element – R, Dispel Magic – R (ph234), Elemental Shape (ea08), Erupting Earth (xge155), Mire (mhh183), Ooze Bolt (bls91), Protection from Energy
• 4th Level – Conjure Minor Elementals, Dig (bls44), Earthburst (bls49), Earthskimmer (mhh164), Elemental Bane, Power of the Earth (br207), Quicksand (bls96), Siphon Elemental Lifeforce, Vitriolic Sphere (xge170)
• 5th Level – Acid Rain (mhh148), Conjure Elemental, Earth Shift (bls49), Magic Circle against Energy – R (ea08), Transmute Rock (xge169), Wall of Stone (ph)
• 6th Level – Acid Blast (bls10), Bones of the Earth (xge150), Elemental Fabrication – R (ea08), Elemental Scimitar (bls51), Entomb (mhh166), Fault Line (mhh167), Investiture of Element (xge159), Move Earth (ph), One with the Earth (bls91), Primordial Ward (xge163)
• 7th Level – Acid Storm (bls10), Acid Swamp (bls10), Assault of Stone (bls15), Change Water to Dust (bls28)
• 8th Level – Caustic Torrent (mhh156), Elemental Infusion (bls51)
• 9th Level – Circle of Devastation (mhh157), Storm of Vitriol (bls114)

* details to come. R – Ritual Spells.
Sourcebooks: bls, br, ea08 (converted), mhh, ph, xge

Spell List – Secret Craft – Fireologist

• Cantrip – Control Flames (xge152), Create Bonfire (xge152), Green-Flame Blade (scag143), Spectral Weapon (GM)
• 1st Level – Absorb Elements (xge150), Fiery Cloth (bls56), Fiery Grasp (bls57), Fire Burst (bls58), Fire Under the Tongue (mhh167), Flaming Bolts (bls59), Protection from Good and Evil – R (ph270)
• 2nd Level – Aganazzar’s Scorcher (xge150), Augment Flames (bls16), Elemental Horns (mhh165), Fiery Shield (bls57), Flame Blade (ph241), Flameswell (bls59), Ignite (bls74), Pass through Element (ea08), Pyrotechnics (xge163)
• 3rd Level – Air Forge – R (bls12), Awaken Element (ea08), Blade of Wrath (mhh153), Blinding Ash (bls22), Dispel Magic – R (ph234), Elemental Shape (ea08), Far Strike (bls56), Fireball (ph), Flame Arrows (xge156), Ire of the Mountain (mwb430), Melf’s Minute Meteors (xge161), Protection from Energy (ph270)
• 4th Level – Conjure Minor Elementals (ph226), Elemental Bane (xge155), Fiery Blast (bls56), Flame Spiral (bls59), Flame Wave (mhh167), Flames of Purification (bls59), Searing Projectiles (bls103), Siphon Elemental Lifeforce (ea08), Wall of Fire (ph)
• 5th Level – Conjure Elemental (ph225), Immolation (xge158), Magic Circle against Energy – R (ea08)
• 6th Level – Elemental Cloak (Fire) (bls50), Elemental Fabrication – R (ea08), Elemental Scimitar (bls51), Fiery Constrictor (bls57), Investiture of Element (xge159), Primordial Ward (xge163)
• 7th Level – Burning Rain (bls27), Liquid Fire (bls82), Magma Eruption (bls84), Scorching Air (bls103)
• 8th Level – Chariot of Fire (bls29), Costly Victory (mhh160), Elemental Infusion (bls51)
• 9th Level – Circle of Devastation (mhh157), Conflagration (bls34), Mammon’s Due – R (mwb431), Pyroclasm (mhh187), Ravaging Fire (bls98)

* details to come. R – Ritual Spells.
Sourcebooks: bls, ea08 (conversion), ph, xge

Spell List – Secret Craft – Waterologist

• Cantrip – Claws of Darkness (mhh157), Drench (bls48), Frostbite (xge156), Hoarfrost (mhh174), Shape Water (xge164), Spectral Weapon (GM)
• 1st Level – Absorb Elements (xge150), Cloud Burst (bls33), Flurry (mhh168), Freeze Potion (mhh169), Frostfire (bls62), Gliding Step (mhh170), Ice Knife (xge157), Protection from Good and Evil – R (ph270), Tidal Barrier (mhh198)
• 2nd Level – Bead of Frost (bls18), Boreas’s Breath – R (mhh154), Elemental Horns (mhh165), Frost Snap (bls62), Pass through Element (mgp1008), Snilloc’s Snowball Swarm (xge165)
• 3rd Level – Awaken Element (mgp1008), Dispel Magic – R (ph234), Elemental Shape (mgp1008), Freezing Fog (mhh169), Frost Shards (bls62), Frozen Razors (mhh169), Hard Water Blast (bls66), Protection from Energy (ph270), Riptide (mhh189), Tidal Wave (xge168), Wall of Water (xge170), Water Breathing
• 4th Level – Brittling (mhh154), Conjure Minor Elementals (ph226), Control Water, Elemental Bane (xge155), Siphon Elemental Lifeforce (mph1008), Watery Sphere (xge170)
• 5th Level – Conjure Elemental (ph225), Drown*, Frostbite (mhh169), Maelstrom (xge160), Magic Circle against Energy – R (ea08)
• 6th Level – Change Dust to Water (bls28), Cold Fog (bls33), Curse of Boreas (mhh160), Drown (mhh164), Ebon Water (bls50), Elemental Cloak (Ice) (bls50), Elemental Fabrication – R (ea08), Elemental Scimitar (bls51), Icy Manipulation (mmh175), Investiture of Element (xge159), Primordial Ward (xge163), Razor Rain*, Suffocate (ea08), Torrent (bls117)
• 7th Level – Blizzard (mhh153), Create Iceberg (bls36), Deep Freeze (bls41), Glacial Fog (mwb428), Ice Soldiers (mwb429), Triumph of Ice (mhh199)
• 8th Level – Abi-Daizim’s Horrid Wilting (xge150), Control Weather (ph228), Elemental Infusion (bls51), Glacial Cascade (mhh170), Ice Geyser (bls73), Tundra-Touched (mwb435), Whirlpool*
• 9th Level – Circle of Devastation (mhh157), Gate (ph244), Rimeshatter (bls100)

* details to come. R – Ritual Spells.
Sourcebooks: bls, br, mgp1008, mhh, mw, ph, scag, xge

Spell List – Secret Craft – Weaponologist

• Cantrip – Booming Blade (scag142), Fist of Iron (mhh167), Green-Flame Blade (scag143), Hoarfrost (mhh175), Magic Stone (xge160), Spectral Weapon (GM), Sword Burst (scag143)
• 1st Level – Adjust Positioning (mhh148), Armoured Heart (mhh149), Armoured Shell (mhh150), Battle Wisdom (bls18), Broken Charge (mhh155), Catapult (xge150), Hobble Mount (mhh174), Spur Mount (mhh194), Thunderous Charge (mhh197), Zephyr Strike (xge171)
• 2nd Level – Battle Guidance (bls18), Boiling Oil (mhh154), Charged Missile (bls29), Crushing Trample (mhh160), Furious Hooves (mhh170), Mass Blade Ward (mhh182), Poisoned Volley (mhh186), Precision of Arms (bls94), Sacrifice (mhh192), Thunderous Stampede (mhh197), Trench (mhh199), Warning Shout (mhh202), Wrestling Wind (mhh203)
• 3rd Level – Arcane Spear (bls14), Axe of Destruction (bls16), Curse of Incompetence (mhh161), Doom of Dancing Blades (mwb426), Flame Arrows (xge156), Mass Hobble Mount (mhh182), Nightfall – R (mhh184), Outflanking Boon (mhh184), Rain of Blades (mhh188), Smart Arrow (bls108), Sudden Dawn – R (mhh196), Thunderous Wave (mhh197)
• 4th Level – Blade of my Brother (mhh152), By the Light of the Watchful Moon (mhh155), Inspired Speech (mhh175), Instant Fortification (mhh176), Multiple Shot (bls88), Projectile Link (bls94), Reposition (mhh188)
• 5th Level – Holy Ground (mhh174), Instant Siege Weapon (mhh176), Jolt (bls79), Steel Wind Strike (xge166)
• 6th Level – Catapult Greater (mhh155), Fault Line (mhh167), Tenser’s Transformation (xge168)
• 7th Level – Walking Wall (mhh202)
• 8th Level – Costly Victory (mhh160)
• 9th Level –

* details to come. R – Ritual Spells
Reference: bls, dWiki, mhh, mwb (GM Only), scag, xge

Design changes for Spell

• Original Class Lists: Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
• This is a spell selected by one of my players for use in my games from D&D Wiki. This was approved for use, and to make sure I remember I am incorporating it into my blog..
• It may fit a secret craft later, but this is the first god spell granted to followers of Thanatos.
• Immortal: Khoronus, Ralon, Thanatos (a follower of any pantheon they appear in can gain this spell on their class list), Other immortals who use the Scythe can also gain this spell. – Changed it to a versatile weapon spell.

• Spell List – Immortal – Khoronus
  • Cantrip – Spectral Weapon (dWiki)

* details to come. R – Ritual Spells

• Spell List – Immortal – Ralon
  • Cantrip – Spectral Weapon (dWiki)

* details to come. R – Ritual Spells

• Spell List – Immortal – Thanatos
  • Cantrip – Spectral Weapon (dWiki)

* details to come. R – Ritual Spells

Spectral Scythe

• Necromancy Cantrip
• Class Lists: Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
• Casting time: 1 action
• Range: touch
• Components: V, M (a staff or pole of some sort)
• Duration: 10 minute
• While gripping a staff with both hands, you can use one action to create a blade of necrotic energy in the shape of a reaper’s scythe at the end of the staff. The blade does 1d6 necrotic damage in addition to the regular damage of the staff, and so long as you are proficient with the staff, you are proficient with this weapon.
• The spell ends if you let go of the staff or if you recast this spell.
• The spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level(2d6), 11th level(3d6), and 17th level(4d6).

Content Updates

• 2021-11-15 – Changed the spell to make it a versatile weapon option but only if you have an attuned magical item to use it with.
• 2021-08-27 – Added Khoronus to list of Immortals.
• 2021-08-19 – Added Ralon to the list of immortals using this spell.
• 2021-08-16 – Update to tags and spell lists.
• 2021-08-14 – Updates to layout and menu.

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