Attempt at 5e Permanency
I tried to homebrew a balanced version of the old Permanency spell from old editions.
Some general design thoughts:
-original spell was 5th level. But with how powerful the spell may be and with 5e general design philosophy of treating 6th level spells and above as the extra powerful ones, I decided to raise it to 6th lvl.
-I like modular spells that change their use when upcast, so I tried to apply this here
-part of the intent was to help make better use of spells with the common addition of becoming pernament after casting everyday for a year. Such requirements are unworkable for most campaigns, even with extensive downtime, so this spell tries to adress that
-I designed this with wizard in mind, but also considered making it avaible to cleric or bard
-casting time of one action may seem short, but I tried to work around spell effects with a very short duration, like teleportation circle
Permanency
6th-level enchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 15 feet
Components: V, S, M (300 gold worth of golden dust, which the spell consumes)
Duration: Instantaneous
You empower the magic of one magical spell effect within range, making the effect pernament. If the spell normaly becomes pernament
after certain amount of repeat castings or time spend concentraiting on it, it now becomes pernament immediately.
When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher the following 1st level spells can be made pernament.
You can have only up to 3 such pernament spells in effect. After attempting to empower a third spell, the oldest one gets dispelled.
Pernament spell do not require concentration.
When cast with and 8th level spell slot, 2nd level spells become available, and at 9th level spell slot, 3rd level spells become available.
1st level
Alarm
Comprehend Languages
Disguise Self
Gift of Alacrity
Jump
Mage Armor
Silent Image
Unseen Servant
Speak with Animals
2nd level
Alter Self
Darkness
Darkvision
Enlarge/Reduce
Invisibility
Levitate (Willing targets and objects only)
Magic Weapon
See Invisibility
3rd level
Conjure Animals
Major Image
Daylight
Nondetection
Phantom Steed
Elemental Weapon
Feign Death
Fire Arrows
Gasueous Form
Magic Circle
Meld into Stone
Plant Growth
Speak with Plants
Tongues
Water Breathing
Waterwalk
What do you think?