Ghost character idea!

[tecnowraith]

Hi all, I had an idea fo creating a spellcaster wher he build his spell list around a theme of ghost powers. In a sense he would be acting like a ghost but not be an undead creature (and that means not using Ghostwalk).

How would one build the spell list that duplicated ghostly powers? I know a couple spell that I would kneed is Ghostform from (T&B), Telekineses, some necromatic spells but the other spells is the hard part.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

Here's a list of wizard spells that say "ghost" to me...

0
Dancing lights (weird lights)
Ghost sound (ooOoOoooOOOO!)
Touch of Fatigue
Mage hand (limited telekinesis)
Message (echoes in your head)
Open/Close (dramatic door slams!)
Prestidigitation (diverse ghostly effects)
1
Grease (ectoplasm)
Obscuring mist
Unseen servant
Hypnotism
Sleep
Disguise self (to look ghostly)
Cause fear
Chill touch
Ray of enfeeblement
Animate rope (poltergeists!)
Feather fall (ghost "flight")
2
Fog cloud
Hideous Laughter
Darkness
Gust of wind
Shatter (unexplained breakage)
Blur
Invisibility
Minor image
Ghoul touch
Scare
Spectral hand
Knock
Levitate
3
Stinking cloud
Deep slumber
Hold person
Suggestion
Displacement
Major image
Ray of exhaustion
Vampiric touch
Blink
Fly
Gaseous form
Globe of invulnerability, lesser
Solid fog
Confusion
Crushing despair
Shout (scream of the banshee!)
Invisibility, greater
Phantasmal killer
Bestow curse
Contagion
Enervation
Fear
Cloudkill
Dominate person
Hold monster
Mind fog
Symbol of sleep
Sending
Nightmare
Seeming
Blight
Magic Jar
Passwall
Telekinesis
6
Globe of invulnerability
Repulsion
Suggestion, Mass
Symbol of Persuasion
Mislead
Shadow walk
Veil
Symbol of fear
7
Phase door
Simulacrum
Finger of death
Ethereal jaunt
Reverse gravity
8
Antipathy
Demand
Shout, greater
Clone
Symbol of death
9
Weird
Energy drain
Wail of the banshee
Etherealness
Shapechange (into a ghost, duh)

I'd go for metamagic feats (sudden, even) to simulate spell-like abilities (ie silent, still)

AR

 

[tecnowraith]

Wow! you are the first person to true help me out. others have said just use this book or that book but not an actual list. Thank you.

Would any evocation spells, mostly elemental spells would work with this concept?

One feat I would use is Spell Thematics.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

Hm, well, personnaly, I'd have a hard time justifying evocation spells if you want to make a "ghost" character.

I could perhaps see spontaneous combustion, or the surrounding temperature dropping by several degrees, but not fireball or cone of cold... (well, actually, cold spells could work, I guess... so you could take the Energy Substitution (cold) feat...)

Note that I didn't have the MM ghost in mind when I made the list. I thought about the usual paranormal phenomenons, and put ghosts, hauting spirits, poltergeists, etc. in the same pot.

Spell thematics could be a good idea, if there are enough spells to be affected. What I mean is when I look at the list I produced, a lot of spells don't have visual effects, so the feat might be lost a bit. You'll want to have spells that can make you look like a ghost (disguise self, invisibility, gaseous form, blur, etc.) but ghost powers, IMO, rarely have visual manifestations.

From Complete Arcane, you might want to look into the following feats:
- Necropolis born
- Night haunt
- Lord of the Uttercold


Hope this helps!

AR

 

[sukael]

There's a prestige class in the XPH/psionics section of the 3.5 SRD that focuses around becoming ethereal--at 10th level it becomes permanent.