Create Magen
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 7th-level transmutation
- Casting Time
- 1 hour
- Range
- Touch
- Components
- V, S, M (a vial of quicksilver worth 500 gp and a life-sized human doll, both of which the spell consumes, and an intricate crystal rod worth at least 1,500 gp that is not consumed)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Wizard
- Source
- Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
While casting the spell, you place a vial of quicksilver in the chest of a life-sized human doll stuffed with ash or dust. You then stitch up the doll and drip your blood on it. At the end of the casting, you tap the doll with a crystal rod, transforming it into a magen clothed in whatever the doll was wearing. The type of magen is chosen by you during the casting of the spell. See appendix C for different kinds of magen and their statistics.
When the magen appears, your hit point maximum decreases by an amount equal to the magen's challenge rating (minimum reduction of 1). Only a wish spell can undo this reduction to your hit point maximum.
Any magen you create with this spell obeys your commands without question.
Create Magen 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Create Magen is currently only available in the 2014 edition.
Create Magen popularity
How popular is Create Magen? It is one of the rarest spells in the game, and is chosen less than other options when available. This spell is for the most unconventional spellcasters only.
- Bottom 50% picked level 7 Wizard spell
- Bottom 25% of all level 7 spells
- Bottom 10% of all 5e spells
Read about how this popularity data is calculated.
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