Court of Shadows: Intrigue in the Underworld

Transforms a target into a harmless critter for 1 minute on a failed Wisdom saving throw. The target takes 3d6 psychic damage if transformed. The target can attempt a saving throw at the end of each of its turns to end the effect. Taking damage after transformation also ends the effect.

A burst of multicolored energy explodes at a point you choose within range, dealing damage of a random chromatic type to all creatures in a 20-foot radius sphere. Each creature must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking full damage on a failed save or half on a success.

A flickering spark of chaotic energy lashes out at a target within range, dealing random elemental damage chosen from fire, cold, lightning, acid, or poison.

You forge a binding contract with a demonic entity, gaining power at a cost determined by the DM. Breaking or changing the pact invokes severe consequences and unpredictable effects.

You create a magical potion whose potency depends on your character level, Intelligence modifier, and knowledge of herbs and local flora. The potion grants a beneficial effect chosen at the time of crafting, such as healing, enhanced ability, or resistance, scaling with your attributes.

You curse a creature within range, imposing disadvantage on one ability check of your choice for 1 minute. The target takes 1d4 necrotic damage each time it fails that ability check.

You craft a vial of potent poison whose potency scales with your level and intelligence, infused with knowledge of local flora. The poison can be applied to a weapon or delivered via a ranged attack, dealing poison damage and potentially poisoning the target.

You perform a stirring ballad that bolsters your allies' resolve, granting them temporary hit points and advantage on saving throws against being frightened for 1 minute.

Grants the target the ability to fly at a speed of 30 feet for 10 minutes. The flight is smooth but limited to low altitudes and cannot be used to hover indefinitely.

You call forth a powerful extraplanar creature to aid you in battle. The summoned entity obeys your commands and remains for up to 1 minute or until it drops to 0 hit points.

You become invisible for the duration or until you attack or cast a spell. The invisibility ends early if you make an attack or cast a spell that affects a creature or an object within range.

You cause a creature or object to become partially invisible, granting disadvantage on attack rolls against it and advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide. The effect lasts for up to 1 minute or until the target attacks or casts a spell.

This spell allows the caster to alter reality to achieve nearly any effect, limited only by the caster's imagination and DM's discretion. It can duplicate any lower-level spell or produce powerful effects beyond normal magic.

Creates a 30-foot radius field where time is frozen for all creatures and objects except the caster. Affected creatures are paralyzed and immune to damage and conditions until the spell ends or the caster dismisses it.

Unleashes a devastating rupture in time at a point within range, causing massive temporal distortion that ages and withers creatures caught in the area, dealing necrotic damage and potentially stunning them as their life force is violently disrupted.

You summon a powerful magical item of rare or greater quality that lasts for 1 hour. The item is chosen from a list of predefined powerful artifacts or can be specified by the caster with DM approval.

You summon a non-magical item of small size or lesser value that fits within a 1-foot cube. The item appears in your hand or on the ground within range and lasts for 1 hour before vanishing.

Transforms the caster into a powerful beast or creature of CR 5 or lower for up to 1 hour, gaining its physical stats and abilities but retaining mental stats. The caster can revert to their original form as a bonus action.

When your chosen target would face true death, and your target is not undead or a construct, this ritual allows your target to instead rise as a lesser-lich, gaining undead traits and a strong body but not true immortality. The ritual cannot be performed on the same target again. Takes 1 day to perform.

You channel the primal forces of nature to transform into a beast of your choice that you have seen before, gaining its physical abilities and traits for the duration.

You make yourself—including clothing, armor, weapons, and equipment—look different until the spell ends. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs.

Allows the caster to communicate simple ideas and emotions to beasts within range, facilitating basic understanding and cooperation.

Captures the soul of a defeated foe or a weak creature, storing it as a shimmering essence. The captured soul can be used as currency in Kur or to fill soul vaults.

Conjures a storm of razor-sharp ice shards that rain down in a 20-foot radius, dealing cold damage and potentially slowing enemies.

You unleash a powerful surge of lightning that arcs from your hand to a primary target and then leaps to additional nearby enemies, dealing heavy lightning damage to each.

You conjure a sharp shard of ice and hurl it at a creature within range, dealing cold damage and potentially slowing their movement.

You conjure a chain of blood magic linking you to a target within range. The chain siphons vitality, dealing necrotic damage and healing you for half the damage dealt each turn for up to 1 minute, as long as concentration is maintained.

You conjure a whip of blood magic that lashes out at a creature within range, dealing necrotic damage and potentially causing them to bleed, taking additional damage over time.

A roaring cascade of fire erupts from a point you choose within range, engulfing a 20-foot radius sphere. Creatures in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw or take intense fire damage and catch fire, taking additional damage at the start of their turns.

You unleash a haunting melody that reverberates through the battlefield, causing enemies to relive their worst fears and allies to find renewed courage. Enemies in range must make a Wisdom saving throw or be frightened and take psychic damage; allies gain temporary hit points and advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

You create a brief, enchanting musical note or chord by playing an instrument or singing, causing a small burst of magical energy that can distract or charm a creature.

A powerful ritual that allows the caster and up to eight willing creatures to teleport to a known destination within 10 miles. The ritual requires 10 minutes to cast and a rare material component worth 500 gp, which is consumed.

A ritual that allows the caster and up to three willing creatures to teleport to a location they are familiar with within 500 feet. The teleportation is instantaneous but requires 1 minute to cast and cannot be used to cross planar boundaries.

You conjure a lance of pure radiant energy and hurl it at a creature within range, dealing radiant damage and potentially blinding the target.

You invoke the favor of an Anunnaki deity of your choice, granting you and your allies enhanced divine blessings. For the duration, affected creatures gain increased saving throws, resistance to damage, and a radiant or necrotic aura that damages enemies.

You pray to one of the Anunnaki, invoking their favor to grant you a minor boon. Choose one Anunnaki deity; you gain a small, thematic benefit related to their domain until the start of your next turn.

Summons a swarm of diseased insects that engulfs a target area, dealing poison damage and inflicting the poisoned condition on creatures within the swarm.

You create a small amount of blood, forming a crimson orb that lasts for 1 minute. The blood can be used as a material component for other spells or rituals requiring blood.

You conjure a magical arrow of acid that streaks toward a target within range, dealing acid damage on a hit and additional damage at the start of the target's next turn.

You hurl a bubble of acid that splashes onto one or two creatures within range, dealing minor acid damage.

Imbue a weapon with necrotic energy, causing it to deal additional necrotic damage on a hit for the duration.

Imbue a weapon with radiant energy, causing it to emit bright light and deal extra radiant damage on hit for the duration.

A stroke of lightning forming a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide blasts from your fingertips, dealing lightning damage to creatures in its path.

A blast of dark necrotic energy erupts from your hand, dealing necrotic damage to a target within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw or take full damage, half on a successful save.

A small, flickering ember shoots from your fingertip, igniting a target within range. It deals a minor burst of fire damage and can ignite flammable objects that aren't being worn or carried.

A crackling bolt of lightning arcs from your fingertip to a target within range, dealing a small jolt of lightning damage. The bolt can jump to a second target within 10 feet of the first, dealing half damage.

You conjure a tiny spark of freezing energy that lashes out at a creature within range, chilling their skin and numbing their senses.

A bright streak flashes from your pointing finger to a point you choose within range and then blossoms with a low roar into an explosion of flame. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. A target takes 8d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Conjures a powerful monster from another plane to fight alongside you for up to 1 minute. The summoned creature is friendly to you and your allies and obeys your verbal commands.

Conjures a lesser monster to fight alongside you for up to 1 minute. The summoned creature acts on your turn and obeys your verbal commands.

You reach out with a spectral hand to siphon a fragment of life energy from a creature you can touch, dealing necrotic damage and healing you for half the amount dealt.

A touch attack that emits a burst of radiant energy, dealing minor radiant damage and illuminating the target briefly.

You sing a scornful melody that mocks a creature within range, causing psychic pain and disrupting their focus. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw or take psychic damage and have disadvantage on their next attack roll or saving throw.

A powerful healing spell that restores a significant amount of hit points to a living creature, mending wounds and revitalizing vitality.

A spell that restores a small amount of hit points to a living creature, excluding undead or constructs.

As an action, present your holy symbol to force undead creatures within 30 feet to make a Wisdom saving throw or be turned for 1 minute, causing them to flee from you.

You animate a corpse, raising it as a powerful undead servant under your control for 1 hour. The corpse gains enhanced strength and resilience, acting on your commands.

You animate a small corpse, raising it as a lesser undead servant under your control for 1 hour. The creature has limited hit points and basic melee attacks.

You attune to the ancient energies of Mesopotamia, sensing the presence of living creatures within 60 feet. The spell reveals the number and general direction of creatures, even through walls, but not their exact location or type.

You attune your senses to the lingering presence of the deceased, detecting nearby dead bodies and recently departed souls within range. This ancient Mesopotamian ritual reveals the echoes of death, allowing you to perceive the spiritual residue left behind.