Spell Preview, Day Six
Today’s spell is exclusive to the bard class. I originally intended it to deal damage to Intelligence, but ended up making it skill checks instead. It is, afterall, a cantrip spell…
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HEADACHE
School evocation; Level bard 0
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Duration 1 round/level (D)
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
The target gets a really bad headache that makes it harder to act and think clearly. The target takes a temporary -2 penalty to all skill checks that uses Intelligence. Furthermore, the target takes a -1 penalty to all Will saves.
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Mor Aldenn - City of Mages 
March 30, 2010 at 5:35 pm
That’s awfully powerful for a 0 level spell. Compare it to flare that does a -1 penalty to sight based perception checks for 1 minute. Besides being alot more useful than flare, it also increases in duration the higher in level the caster is, something 0-level spells do not do.
Just some food for thought.
March 31, 2010 at 9:03 pm
I’m not sure I agree, look at touch of fatigue, for example. That one increases in duration just like this. Would you say that this is more powerful than touch of fatigue? I most certainly wouldn’t. A penalty to Intelligence-based skill checks isn’t that big a deal, at least not in battle. The only skill that may be slightly useful in combat is Spellcraft and the Will save penalty, of course.