Rebalance Series
Attempt to rebalance all spells and cantrips to be more even in power.

• Rebalance - Cantrips
• Rebalance - Level 1 Spells
• Rebalance - Level 2 Spells
• Rebalance - Level 3 Spells
• Rebalance - Level 4 Spells
• Rebalance - Level 5 Spells
• Rebalance - Level 6 Spells
• Rebalance - Class Spells
• Rebalance - Feats
• Rebalance - Racials
• Rebalance - Common Effects
• Rebalance - Nerfs
  

Essential Series
Attempt to add missing pieces to the game.

• Essential Feats
• Essential Armor and Weapons
  

Overview
The goal of this mod is to improve Level 3 Spells that are rarely or never used and make them viable and potentially even competitive choices among the better spells of this rank. Spells that are considered top tier for the spell level will not be nerfed to accomplish this.

Even though I try to keep it balanced, the general power level increases to an extent. Some classes that have a very poor selection of spells will suddenly have a lot of useful spells and that indirectly increases their power, even if these spells aren't more powerful than other spells of the same level. As such you may want to use mods that increase the difficulty.


 

General Changes
There is less general changes here than other levels, since the concentration requirements on level 3 spells are light or on those spells that are already very powerful. So only Grant Flight no longer requires concentration without much further changes. Additionally its range was increased to 18m and it uses a bonus action now, to compensate the duration was reduced to 5 turns. You can still get longer lasting flight via potions.



Protection From Energy & Elemental Weapon

• No longer require concentration
• You can only have one of each of these effects active
• This means, if you cast Protection From Fire on someone and then any other Protection From Energy spell on someone else with the same character, the original effect is removed
• You can still stack different Protection From Energy variants on the same person, as long as they come from different sources
• They work similarly to the Light cantrip
  

Blink
First of, Blink is actually a pretty decent spell, but it is criminally underused, mostly due to its flavorful and confusing description. What it does is simply give you a 50% chance after you end your turn to go 'poof' and enemies cant hurt you until your next turn plus some mobility.

Still, some people can be put off by the randomness of the spell, so now there is two variants.

• Focused Blink: 3 charges, makes you untargetable every other turn until charges are depleted, always activates on the first turn of combat
• Unstable Blink: Until Long Rest, works exactly like the original blink, 50% whenever you end your turn to become untargetable
• Now also only takes a bonus action to cast (plus the spell slot)
  

Plant Growth

• Does still not require concentration (as in base game)
• Now prevents enemies from jumping
• Allies are immune to all of its effects
• Radius reduced from 6m to 5m
• Upcasts now affect a larger area - up to 8m radius - instead of granting no benefit
  

 
Vampiric Touch & Vampiric Siphon

• Two variants: Higher damage melee version, lower damage ranged version
• Damage increased to 3d12 / 3d8
• Regardless which version you cast you can always cast both versions as follow-up
• No longer requires concentration, re-cast window lowered from 10 to 5 turns
• Melee version range increased from 1.5m to 3m
  

Conjure Barrage

• Now a level 2 spell
• Damage lowered to 'weapon damage' from '2d8 + weapon damage' (level 3 upcast still deals '2d8 + weapon damage')
• Now uses hybrid DC instead of spell save DC
• Uses spell save DC to potentially apply gaping wounds to all targets hit
• The melee version deals +5 damage if you have great weapon master
• The ranged version deals +5 damage if you have sharpshooter
• The attack roll penalties of these feats do not affect this spell since it is a DEX saving throw
  


Bestow Curse

• Down from 8 variants to just 2
• Bestow Curse: Debilitate gives disadvantage against STR, DEX and CON saving throws and ability checks and also attack rolls, while also making the target take 1d8 necrotic damage from all targets
• Bestow Curse: Addle gives disadvantage against INT, WIS and CHA saving throws and ability checks and the target has to succeed a WIS saving throw or skip their turn
• Range increased from 1.5m to 18m
  


Feign Death

• Can only be used in combat
• Lasts 2 turns
• After it ends, grants the effect of a short rest to the target
• Range increased from 1.5m to 9m
  

  
Minor Changes

• Beacon of Hope - now lasts until long rest (still requires concentration)
• Crusader Mantle - now lasts until long rest (still requires concentration)
• Blinding Smite - now uses Hybrid DC (Spell Save DC or Manuever Save DC +2, whichever is higher) and honour mode rules
• Hunger of Hadar - now deals slightly more damage when upcast
• Lightning Arrow - AoE increased from 3m to 4m and now counts as an attack roll (= works with extra attacks)
• Revivify - now tags the target as unprefered target (AI is less likely to attack them) and grants them 25% of their max hit points as temporary hitpoints until the end of their next turn
• Gaseous Form - Now has a ritual cost
  

Affected NPCs/Items
NPCs and items can be affected by the spell changes, since their spells inherit from the changed spells or they straight up use the same spells as the player. I try to adress these but there is way too many to reasonably do this ahead of time. Sometimes the changes are desirable, e.g. an item that gives you the exact same spell as you usually learn but with a short/long rest cooldown should usually mirror any changes. For NPCs it can make them harder to fight.

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Common Questions
If you ask these questions in the comments I'll not be answering them. You have the ability to write, so you have the ability to read as well. And hopefully the ability to think one step further than just my explanations.

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Work involved
Rebalance - Level 3 Spells took around 15h to make. This is despite me being fairly experienced and efficient. You can multiply this time by x5 to x10 for a novice.



Syrchalis' Druid Mod Collection

• Druid Quality of Life - Huge quality of life improvements and bugfixes for druids
• Druid Perfection - Added depth, multi-classing benefits and features for druids
• Druid Wildshape Weapons Armor Gear and Items - Items that work in Wild Shape
• Wildshape Viability - New Spells, Rebalance, Icons and more - Wild Shape overhaul, dozens new spells, specialized Wild Shapes
  

Links
Check out my other mods.

• Immersive Tutorial Chest Spawning and more
  

And also my armors:

• The Real Protecty Sparkswall
• Moonlight Robes for Shadowheart
• Robes and Armor of the Absolute - Nere Z'rell and The Warden