Hallucinatory Terrain (Sorcerer/Wizard Spell)

Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 6

School: Illusion

Casting

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

Components: V, S

Effect

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

Target or Area: Image of one terrain segment ten feet wide and ten feet tall per five caster levels, 2 at 6th, 3 at 11th, 4 at 16th, 5 at 21st, 6 at 26th, 7 at 31st.

Duration: A year and a day

Saving Throw: none; see text
 Save DC: 10 + caster stat modifier + 1/2 caster level

Spell Resistance: Yes

Description

You make absent-minded sounds as you work busily, 'building' a landscape before you...out of nothing. If more than one segment of Hallucinatory Terrain is cast adjacent to another, their appearance can be made to merge seamlessly. The ten by ten foot images can be arranged in any fashion the caster desires, vertically, horizontally, at angles, in curves, etc.

This spell works like Illusory Wall (Sorcerer/Wizard Spell), except it creates the Illusion of a natural setting. Note that in no instance does this spell ever hide creatures, objects, or structures, but it will make such creatures, objects, or structures appear as natural seeming as possible, although making a Roc inconspicuous by making its nest look like a meadow is not going to be very believable.

Hallucinatory Terrain is a fairly narrow magic, only creating surfaces, but it is comparatively strong, in exchange for its narrow focus. It appears absolutely real when viewed with any standard sense, even touch. A light brush of the fingers across Hallucinatory Terrain is fooled. Sound echoes and reverberates from the Terrain as if real. It stops scent, tremorsense, even such exotic things as lifesense or mindsense. But, if given a firm push, or walked into or upon, or an object is thrown with enough force to cause damage, such physical objects can pass through it without difficulty.

As such, this image is nearly impossible to detect without either witnessing the presence of the magic, having external knowledge of its existence, or, exhaustively thorough search methods. Simply walking past such an image without interacting with it or having special knowledge will never allow a saving throw against it.

When the spell is used to hide pits, traps, or normal doors, any non-sense-based detection abilities that do not require line of sight work normally. A firm, probing search reveals the true nature of the surface, though even such thorough measures do not cause the Hallucinatory Terrain to disappear. Although the caster can see through his Illusion, other creatures cannot, even if they succeed at their save (but they do learn that it is not real, and can see the edges and extent of the effect, as if it were a different color or texture than real terrain).

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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