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Hi!
Named spells in D&D come from Jack Vance’s Dying Earth series, the same place Gary got (with permission) the “fire and forget” magic system from, for D&D. I put it into the Realms before D&D, in my Realms fiction, but the game and the Realms meshed perfectly.
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@TheEdVerse I have a few questions. What's the process in the Realms for Wizards creating their own "signature" spells? I.e. Leomund's Tiny Hut. How about altering another wizard's signature spell to be your own? I'm playing a Geomancy wizard who just level 13 and I'm curious
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In-game, in the Realms, most wizards don’t ever think of “signature” spells unless they’re non-adventuring spellcasters-for-fees in a big city or crossroads place, who become known for a particular spell they’ll cast for you, like a rat-deterrent or mending or...
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...warding spell, as it’s their daily bread and butter.
It’s considered egotistical to name spells after yourself, but many mages are arrogant and self-centered and do just that. Such individuals usually name all the spells they come up with after themselves, ...
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...so we’ll get Cadleyn’s Balefire, Cadelyn’s Puissant Guardian, Cadelyn’s Scourer, Cadleyn’s Warning, and so on. Most mages are creative only in cutting corners with material components to use what they have on hand, so rare individuals (or liches and others...
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...who have loooong careers) create lots of new spells, and the great majority of mages just tinker with existing ones and make small changes (rather like gamers tinkering with D&D rules). So Mrasjestur’s Fireball and Qotharr’s Mighty Bolt, being Fireball with...
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...different material components and Lightning Bolt ditto, respectively, are the rule and not the exception. Whether or not such a spell becomes someone’s signature spell depends on how much they promote it as such (e.g. teaching it and selling scrolls of it...
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