Spell Level Calculator - TIW

The Basics

Spell basics. Focuses mainly on the type of spell it is: damage, protection, conjuration, combat enhancement/penalizing, detection.

Basic Die of Damage (hit points):

Damage Increases By:

Dice of Protection:

Avamor Campaign: Only Priest spells can provide additional hit points of protection. Protection from XXX (fire, lightning, cold, etc) must be minimum of 3rd level.

Maximum Dice Limits: Some spells, such as the 2nd Ed. Fireball, have a dice or level cap. This is accounted for here:

Bonus Damage/Protection: For spells that do a little extra damage/protection beyond their dice. This section is normally used in conjuction with Basic Die of Damage and Dice of Protection above.

Special Damage Effects: This is a catch-all category for unusual magical damage from spells. It also includes modifiers for the specific type of damage (fire, electricity, cold, acid, etc.), since immunities to some damage forms are more common (fire immunity/resistance is pretty popular in AD&D). Consider the direct effects of spell only (ex: Power Word-Blind, Cause Blindness, etc), not the indirect effects (ex: blindness from Continual Light).

Special Protection: A catch-all category for protective magics. Consider the direct effects of the spell only. Note that anti-magic or Negation-type spells (meta-magics that affect a wide variety of spells, such as the Minor Globe of Invulnerability and Anti-Magic Shell) are dealt with under MISCELLANEOUS.

Conjure/Summon: This section is for extra-planar effects as well as summoning creatures.

Miscellaneous Effects:

Increase # Attacks None +1 attack +2 attacks +3 attacks Doubles all attacks

Range:

Okay, this one requires a little explanation. The Base Range of the spell is the range given as an independent number - not a function of level. Example: If a spell has a listed range of 4" + 1"/level, the 4" is considered the Base Range and the 1"/level is the Additional Range. In this example, because the spell's range is also dependent on level, it also gets the Variable range: per level (+1 level) modifier. If the spell lists a range that doesn't vary by level (ex: Haste), then use the Set range bonus of -1 level.

Duration

If a spell has multiple types of duration, such as Protection from Fire (until used and 1 turn/level), use the average of the duration types. Example: Protection from fire would have the Until Used modifier (+1 level) as well as the Variable Duration modifier (turns: +1 level, and Duration by level: +/- 0 in this case), averaged together: (1+1)/2 = +1 level.

Area of Effect

Pretty self-explanatory.

Components

Casting Time

Another bit of explanation. In AD&D, most spells' casting times are a function of the spell's level. That is, it usually takes 4 segments, rounds, turns, hours, etc. to cast a 4th level spell; 6 segments, rounds, etc. to cast a 6th level spell, and so on. The Casting Time section immediately below is used for that. So, a 3rd level spell that takes 6 segments to cast gets the +3 spell level modifier, a 2nd level spell that takes 1 round to cast gets the -1 spell level modifier, and a 7th level spell that takes 7 hours to cast gets the equal to spell level modifier. The unit of time (segments, rounds, turns, hours, days) is accounted for under Time Unit.

Miscellaneous