Spells That Don't Suck

[SephirothSage]

This thread has given me ideas for my Monday exalted game now.


Abysal necromancer sorcerer. I already had a focus on war charms for the concept. Now I now how to make Damon good use of it!

 

[Silent Wayfarer]

Abyssal necromancers have a lot of built-in support for the war context. All the advanced necrotech devices require necromancy to activate for a scene. Shield of Shattering Bones is a very tricksy way to use minions as ablative health levels. And of course, mass animation of corpses and hungry ghosts (make a spell that raises their bodies, lower and higher souls as instant troops, then condemns them all to Oblivion at the end of a scene) is perfectly in-theme for a necromancer.


Then of course, you have Hive Mind Horror Tactics, the encircling omnomnom War Charm and Nowhere Is Safe (from Athletics), which all key off enhancing a unit composed of creatures of death.

 

[SephirothSage]

Arise and slaughter is a beautiful charm to combine.

 

[Silent Wayfarer]

Not just those; you also have that one spell which auto-raises everyone killed within the area as uncontrolled zombies/skellies, which is horrifically effective both as a combat support spell and as a general plot device (why yes, I am going to curse this area's geomancy forever and raise an Inauspicious Citadel atop the blood and bones of a thousand slaughtered souls).

 

[SephirothSage]

Eventually, I have that spell. I'm essence three, it'll take a while.

 

[Arynne]

So, returning to this discussion!


I've been having similar debates with my other friends over the summer, and we have a hard time agreeing on a "best" Terrestrial spell (other than summoning). So I decided to add a poll to this thread, because I'm curious to see the favorites here.