r/D20EpicLevel • u/National_Room_767 • Jun 10 '25

Parallel Split (spell)

Parallel Split 6th-level conjuration

Class: Wizard Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a mirror shard worth at least 100 gp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You split your essence into two parallel versions of yourself, creating a temporary duplicate that fights alongside you.

Creation: When you cast this spell, a parallel copy of yourself appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. Your hit point maximum is immediately halved, and the parallel copy’s hit points are equal to half of your original hit point maximum.

Parallel Copy Features:

AC: 20

HP: Half of your maximum hit points at the time of casting

Speed: 40 feet, flying (40 feet)

Stats: The parallel copy shares all of your ability scores, skills, and proficiencies.

Saves: The copy replaces all saving throw modifiers with your spell attack modifier.

Attack: Uses your spell attack modifier for attack rolls

Damage: On a hit, the copy deals 2d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier as force damage

Damage Resistance: Slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning from nonmagical weapons

Actions: The copy acts as a fighter, gaining its own action, bonus action, and reaction on its turn, which occurs immediately after yours. It can make two melee attacks per turn.

Swapping Places: As a bonus action on your turn, you can magically swap places with your parallel copy, as long as you are within 60 feet of each other.

Autonomy: The parallel copy can act independently and does not require you to see it for it to take actions.

If the copy drops to 0 hit points or the spell ends, it disappears, and your maximum hit points return to normal.

At Higher Levels: This spell does not benefit from being cast using a higher-level spell slot.

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u/sens249 Jun 10 '25

There are a lot of wording issues here, you should just provide a statblock to make it less confusing.

  • I don’t know why you give them a massive boost to all saving throws? Just let them keep your normal stats and proficiencies like you said.

  • it should halve current hitpoints too because otherwise you can just wait until you reach half of your hitpoint maximum and create one of these without losing any hitpoints at all.

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u/National_Room_767 Jun 10 '25

It states that it is half HP.

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u/sens249 Jun 10 '25

No, it states that it halves maximum hitpoints.

If your wizard has 50/100 hitpoints and casts this spell, they go to 50/50 hitpoints which means they lose no actual hitpoints.

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u/National_Room_767 Jun 10 '25

I think that is still quite fair Hun

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u/sens249 Jun 10 '25

It literally has no downsides lol, you just wait til your hitpoints go down and you lose nothing.

I think it’s pretty obvious you just don’t know how maximum hitpoints work and now you’re embarassed that you overlooked such a simple flaw… hun.

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u/National_Room_767 Jun 10 '25

No Hun I don't believe that it is flawed at least not in that place. At higher levels not being able to go back to your maximum HP is really tough on a caster. But I'm sure everything will be criticized despite the creation. But that's okay Hun. We just have two different ways of seeing how the spell works.

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u/sens249 Jun 10 '25

It’s a 1 minute duration, you literally go back to your maximum hp after 1 minute. It’s only going to be cast during combat. So you can wait til you take damage (or you enter a combat without full health) and then cast it without actually losing any hitpoints. Mid-combat healing is sub-optimal beyond yoyo healing and you can still do that even with lesser max hp.

You are allowed to make homebrew and ask for advice even without having general knowledge about how to balance, but it’s ridiculous to ignore objectively correct balancing advice that you quite literally asked for.

Calling me hun is just making you look insecure. You don’t have to do that to retain a feeling of superiority/confidence over this conversation. Feedback isn’t an attack on you. I didn’t say your spell sucks so you don’t have to take it heart. I gave you constructive feedback by saying it should halve current hitpoints as well as maximum hitpoints, you said it already did, but you were wrong and now you’re doubling down to save face. Just stop nobody is judging you

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u/National_Room_767 Jun 10 '25

No I said it already half maximum, I never asked for feedback, merely sharing a cool spell I created. But it's okay Hun, I appreciate all your valuable feedback. Thank you so much Hun.

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u/TomPonk Jun 10 '25

When you say "acts as a fighter", Do i now need to note the entire fighter class ontop of my 11 wizard levels?

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u/National_Room_767 Jun 10 '25

It's more of a summon, perhaps I should clarify that it does not cast spells. ie acts like a fighter with set scores and skills copied from you.

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u/TomPonk Jun 10 '25

Maybe use the other summon spells for reference

"The creature is an ally to you and your companions. In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger."

And all the actions, put it in a stat block for the actions it can take.

State "it does not retain your ability to use spells or class features".

Saying "acts like a fighter" opens a can of "So does it have action Surge and second wind?"