Serious Portentiousness
Level: 3
Duration: 1 turn
Range: Hearing
The caster gains a +1 bonus to their Charisma while they continue to talk in a sonorous, ponderous, very serious tone of voice. Anything they say, no matter how ridiculous or foolish will sound like a wise pronouncement, sage advice or stern order that simply must be obeyed now, without question.
At the end of the spell, the caster suffers a -1 penalty to their Charisma for the same amount of time and everything that they said previously will be considered untrustworthy, not too terribly serious, over-blown and silly.
Level: 3
Duration: 1 turn
Range: Hearing
The caster gains a +1 bonus to their Charisma while they continue to talk in a sonorous, ponderous, very serious tone of voice. Anything they say, no matter how ridiculous or foolish will sound like a wise pronouncement, sage advice or stern order that simply must be obeyed now, without question.
At the end of the spell, the caster suffers a -1 penalty to their Charisma for the same amount of time and everything that they said previously will be considered untrustworthy, not too terribly serious, over-blown and silly.
Special House Rule:
Anyone using a Shatner-esque voice in role-playing this effect gets double the bonus and only the normal penalty afterwards.
Loving the spell series.
ReplyDeleteReplace Shatner with Peter Cushing* and you're gold.
* or Vincent Price, or in fact any of the Hammer leading men...
@Chris: Always glad to hear that something we're doing is striking a chord with someone. We might have to modify this spell's description a bit to encompass alterative effects based on the voice impersonated in the course of using the spell. Shatner we have covered, but Cushing would lend itself to having a bonus to defuse or mis-direct an angry mob (very useful in Wermspittle!), Price would produce an eery sense of overwhelming dread that has a 30% base chance to paralyze those within earshot as their blood ran cold...a suitably generic attempt at evoking the classic Hammer style would produce a brief disorientation followed by a base 30% chance of a random erotic fixation upon the speaker by some member of the listening audience, though it will only end in blood...
ReplyDeleteWhat effect would Christopher Lee impart?
DeleteNow that opens up a lot of possibilities for madness, betrayal, bloodshed and megalomania...among other fun things. I'm going to have to think about this a bit and get back to you.
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