Send Danger to Your Enemies as it Ricochets Across the Dungeon

The magic of Dungeons and Dragons pervades every part of the worlds. It influences how some of the many of the creatures in these worlds come into existence. Studies as real as maths or science in our world, are taken with the same seriousness in the worlds of D&D.

They didn’t aim it very well… Ricochet by David A. Cherry

I encourage all GM's, in both D&D and other TTRPGs to brew new rules and features regularly and often. When a Game Master, such as myself, wants to develop new spells for their setting, inspiration can come from anywhere. I was recently watching one of my favourite science channels on YouTube and the charismatic voice over narrator said: “imagine tossing a ball at a wall, and it coming back faster than a bullet”.

The Ricochet Spell

Ricochet is a simple spell that can add a lot of deadly punch to your Mages' combat encounter. It was discovered by accident by student wizards hundreds of years ago. The apprentice wizards were tormenting one of their class mates during an Evocation class. They flicked a small pebble from the university courtyard. The stone flew past it's mark, but hit the far wall. The stone flew back to their target much faster than it was thrown - fast enough to rip through a young student. A very messy way to discover new magic.

The Ricochet Spell Generated with Homebrewery

This spell fills a tiny, palm sized object, with increased energy so that it moves out with high speed to destructive effect. The damage doesn't come from the initial impact. The spell needs the projectile to hit against a flat surface, and take another trajectory as it flies away. The projectile gains energy as it bounces off its target.

A skilled user of this spell relishes using it in close quarters. Many mages struggle with area of effect spells harming their allies in tight dungeon corridors. The Ricochet user who can judge angles and trajectories on the fly can truly tear through the enemies as they advance through.

Now we want to hear from you. Would you bring Ricochet into games you Game Master? Which characters that you play would love to use this spell? Let us know in our discord server or in the comments below.

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