Grease (Bard Spell)

Level: Bard 1

School: Conjuration

Casting

Casting Time: Standard Action, or the first attack of a Full Attack Action

Components: V, S, M (A small dab of butter, sculpted into a magical sigil, worth 1 gp.)

Effect

Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./two lvls)

Target or Area: one target creature, or, one object, or, 10-ft. square (a 2x2 surface)

Duration: Until the end of the current encounter (only castable during combat)

Saving Throw: No saving throw granted
 Save DC: -

Spell Resistance: No

Description

You murmur lubricious phrases, the words seeming to ooze from your form, as you smear butter over both hands.

A Grease spell can be used one of three ways, to produce specific effects.

The first is to cover a 10-foot space of a solid surface with a layer of slippery grease. Make a Caster Check for each creature using a movement type that requires a surface in the area when the spell is cast. If your check equals or exceeds the target's Maneuver Defense value, the target loses its footing and falls to a knee, becoming Quelled in its space. A creature may Walk within or through the area of grease if they make an Acrobatics check against the Maneuver Defense of the caster. Failure means it loses its footing, cannot move that round, and is treated as Flat-footed until its next action. Creatures who stand still within the area and do not move on their turn, do not need to make this check and are not considered Flat-Footed. It is possible to use movement types that do not require a surface (Flight, Hover, Vault, Burrow, etc.) to bypass the hazardous surface.

The second way this spell can be used is to create a greasy coating on an item within the spell's range. Unattended objects are always affected by this spell, while an object wielded or employed by a creature requires a Caster Check from the caster. If the caster check equals or exceeds the target's Maneuver Defense, the creature immediately drops the item. If any creature attempts to pick up a unattended object that has been affected by a grease spell, it must make a Maneuver Offense check against the caster's Maneuver Defense to succeed.

Finally, the caster can cast grease on a creature's armor (presumably an ally), granting that creature a+2 circumstance bonus to Maneuver Defense checks made resist grapple checks.

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Mana Burn Circle Damage

Spell Circle	Burn Cost	Req'd Char Level	Base Dice	Max Dice
0	N/A	N/A	1d4 per 2 character levels	max of 4d4 at character level 8
1	N/A	1st	1d6 per character level	max of 4d6 at character level 4
2	+1	3rd	1d6 per character level	max of 6d6 at character level 6
3	+1	5th	1d6 per character level	max of 10d6 at character level 10
4	+1	7th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 12d6+12 at character level 12
5	+1	9th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 15d6+15 at character level 15
6	+1	11th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 16d6+32 at character level 16
7	+1	13th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 20d6+40 at character level 20
8	+1	15th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 21d6+63 at character level 21
9	+1	17th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 25d6+75 at character level 25
10	+1	19th	1d6+4 per character level	max of 25d6+100 at character level 25
11	+1	21st	1d6+5 per character level	max of 25d6+125 at character level 25
12	+1	23rd	1d6+6 per character level	max of 27d6+162 at character level 27
13	+1	25th	1d6+7 per character level	max of 27d6+189 at character level 27
14	+1	27th	1d6+8 per character level	max of 29d6+232 at character level 29
15	+1	29th	1d6+9 per character level	max of 29d6+261 at character level 29
16	+1	31st	1d6+10 per character level	max of 30d6+300 at character level 30
17	+1	33rd	1d6+11 per character level	max of 30d6+330 at character level 30
18	+1	35th	1d6+12 per character level	max of 30d6+360 at character level 30