Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:26 am
New Spell for Non-Lethal Use
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I originally did this for D&D 3.5, but AD&D wouldn't be much different:
Damper Damage
1st-level (Abjuration)
Level: 1
Range: Personal
Duration: 1 round/level
Area of Effect: Personal
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 segment
Saving Throw: None
Hit points of damage caused by the caster’s spells are converted to subdual: 75% non-lethal, 25% lethal damage. Any death result caused by a caster's spell results in the victim being reduced to -10 non-lethal hit points. The caster may dismiss the spell at will.
AD&D left 25% of subdual or non-lethal damage as lethal, which is what I do for my modified D&D 3.5 (The version I put on the D&D 5 thread here is for those who play standard).
I was considering how a fantasy medieval army might use spells during training without frying their guys with fireballs, and this is what I came up with. It could be used during any sort of training, like the "Assassin's Run" in Dragon #64, or to subdue an opponent in order to capture them (like dragon subdual), or by pacificists (perhaps a cleric of Zodal).
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