SpellForge

Description

Spellforge lets any spellcaster craft their own spells. Every caster automatically gains the Forge action. Open it and choose a Power tier (Cantrip through Level VI), an Element (Fire, Cold, Lightning, Acid, Poison, Thunder, Necrotic, Radiant, Force, or Psychic), a Shape (Touch, Bolt, Cone, Line, Blast, or Nova), a Reach, and an optional Rider (Afflict, Hinder, Push, Expose, or Sap). Bolts can also be split into up to 3 missiles. The result is a real, castable spell in your spellbook. There are 5,430 possible combinations, and each one has visual effects matched to its element and shape.

Main features

• []Persistent, player-authored spells for any caster class. There is no new class and no respec needed. Forged spells use your real spell slots and your own spell attack and DC.[/]

  []Balance is on par with vanilla anchor spells such as Inflict Wounds, Chromatic Orb, Fireball, Cone of Cold, and Chain Lightning. The power of the mod is flexibility, not bigger numbers.[/]

  []Progression comes from 14 crystalline Arcanist's Slates hidden in high-value loot spots and two vendors across Acts 1 to 3. Use one like a scroll and the knowledge unlocks for the whole party, permanently, on that save. You start with cantrip-tier Fire, Cold, and Lightning in Touch and Bolt form, and you hunt down the rest.[/]

  []Nothing is permanently missable. In Act 3, Tolna Tome-Monger at Sorcerous Sundries stocks every slate you have not yet found.[/]

Install it like any pak mod, using BG3 Mod Manager, Vortex, or the in-game manager. If you use UI-altering mods (Better Tooltips, Dynamic Sidebar, ImpUI-based mods, and similar), place SpellForge below them in your load order. If the forge window does not appear when you cast the Forge action, moving SpellForge lower in the order could be the fix. Just keep that in mind if you run into bugs/problems. The mod works best on a save where you have not yet looted the slate locations, because containers you have already visited were generated before the mod was installed. For existing saves, Tolna's shop or the cheat addon will cover you.

Requirements

Script Extender. Nothing else is needed.

Optional files

The CHEAT Edition (Unlock All) and CHEAT Edition (Unlock All + Free Casting) are full replacements for the main file. Install only one of the three. Both unlock everything from the start and give the Forge to every class. The Free Casting edition also removes spell slot costs so any class can cast every spell. The Tutorial Chest Addon (CHEAT) puts a pouch containing all 14 slates in the tutorial chest on the Nautiloid, for main-file users who want everything unlocked without the hunt. Load it after the main mod. It is not needed with the CHEAT edit