What are your favorite attack spells from the BOM?

[Galroth]

In no particular order:

Shockwave
Meteor
Barrage
Mental Shock
Carpet of Adhesion
Collapse
Blinding Flash

You?

Best bang for your buck is Sorcerous Fury.

[Galroth]

Best bang for your buck is Sorcerous Fury.

Good spell, but I don't like the after effects.

Fire Globe is nice. Fill a sack with globes then Fly as the Eagle and Invisibility: Simple or Superior. Just hover and drop the sack on your victim.

[Glistam]

I love the visual effect of the Meteor spell, but I find it's damage o be a little underwhelming - combine it with the damage enhancing skill in Rifter 30 though and it suddenly improves dramatically. I'm also fond of the Barrage spell, but more fore the negative effects it imposes on the enemy. I like all the damaging spells that youu cast once, and for a duration of time you can throw or fire damaging attacks with no further P.P.E. cost or worry of spell interruption.

[flatline]

Best bang for your buck is Sorcerous Fury.

Good spell, but I don't like the after effects.

Put it in a Talisman and let others use it against your enemies. No need for you to expose yourself to the risk of combat or the undesirable after effects.

For instance, you could cast Compulsion on someone in a group ahead of time, then before the compulsion expires, Teleport Object a Sorcerous Fury Talisman to them.

Edit: I almost forgot the obvious: Id Alter Ego + Sourcerous Fury Talisman. If you're careful, Swap Places also has its uses in this situation.

--flatline

[The Jack]

Assuming you are only referring to invocations, I am partial to Spinning Blades. Versatile and effective for a relatively low P.P.E. cost.

If spells from any magic type are fair game, it is hard to beat the Warlock spells Earthquake and Tornado for unbridled devastation.

EDIT: Upon further thought, I like the defensive aspects of Spinning Blades more than the offensive, so I withdraw the comment. I have found Shockwave and Luck Curse to be very useful attack spells.

[Nekira Sudacne]

I've found Trance to be a surprisingly effective offensive spell. completely incapacitates an enemy for a long duration and makes ti easy to bind and/or arrest them

[wakiza]

Meteor!

Best damaging AoE spell in the game! Can easily mow down a large amount of troops in one round!!

[Grand Paladin]

I personally like Realm of Chaos myself. There's nothing like having an enemy's most dreaded foe (or foes for that matter if a group) do all the dirty work for you.

[flatline]

When combat starts, my general goal is to secure the party's ability to safely escape from combat if we need to. I generally leave the damage dealing to someone else if I have the choice. As such, the spells I use in combat are spells that are reliable (no dodge or saving throw) and offer some sort of tactical advantage.

Time Slip
If I could only have one spell ever to use in combat, it would be this spell. Being able to have an extra seven uninterruptable seconds is so broadly useful that I always attempt to have multiple charged Time Slip Talismans on me at any time so that I can cast it in a single action at any time even if I'm out of PPE myself.

Swap Places
This spell is an excellent tool for ambush and for dividing and conquering. If you also have Id Alter Ego, you can create a double of your target, swap the double for the target, and the enemy party won't even realize you've stolen (and probably ambushed and killed) one of their members until the body appears at the end of the spell's duration or when the caster decides to cancel the spell.

Cloud of Smoke
An effective way to eliminate any numerical advantage the enemy may have or to cover your escape. Can also be a distraction (cast it somewhere that you're not).

Id Alter Ego
This can be used as the spell description suggests (sowing confusion and such), but the real use for this spell is that the double knows EVERYTHING the target knows (passwords, troop counts and movements, spells, etc). Not really a spell to cast during combat, but definitely a spell to help you prepare for combat. Also, the double is created with all the same stuff (by appearance, anyways), so you can take his (fake) armor and (fake) equipment off him and use it as a disguise or props if you need to.

There are others, but those were the first 4 that popped into my head. When I get home and have a chance to look at the BoM and some old character sheets, I'll probably post again with some more.

--flatline

[Grell]

House of Glass is a great way to even the odds if outmatched and can't escape being a target yourself.

Invisibility: Simple. An excellent advantage to have in the chaos of battle.

[dragonfett]

Sphere of Annihilation - enough said.

[Galroth]

Sphere of Annihilation - enough said.

On a scroll yes, otherwise you end up with little to no PPE afterwards. Which can be trouble if you don't score a direct hit with the Annihilate.

[Ectoplasmic Bidet]

There are so many that have combat applications, even without causing one bit of damage, that the idea of "attack spells" gets muddy.

Limiting the choices to purely offensive, damage-dealing spells, I guess I'd choose:

Lightning Arc: Not the hardest hitting or farthest reaching spell, but it is an excellent use of PPE; you can get many attacks out of a single casting, unlike most spells which are single use. As a level eight spell, it is also an excellent choice to place in a Talisman.

[drewkitty ~..~]

Most of my fav. spells are not in the RBoM. They are in the "Invented Spells" topic in this forum. Otherwise, the spells in the Library of Bletherad book.

[flatline]

Most of my fav. spells are not in the RBoM. They are in the "Invented Spells" topic in this forum. Otherwise, the spells in the Library of Bletherad book.

Back in 1999 or 2000 (before this account expired the first time) I posted a bunch of magic pigeon variants. As I recall, one of them was called Magic Pigeon of Death and was actually quite a viable attack spell against stationary targets.

It was basically a magic cruise missile with a top speed of 30mph...

Edit: Looks like drewkitty reposted it in 2010. It was written before RUE boosted ley lines, so it probably needs to be capped or rebalanced somehow.

--flatline

[drewkitty ~..~]

sent them to your PMs flatline

[flatline]

sent them to your PMs flatline

Ah, excellent. Thank you!

I had written more than I remembered. It might be worth restarting that project since I think I would do it a little differently now.

--flatline

[Ice Dragon]

Power Bolt - best long range attack with decent damage .
Fire Globe - nice "magical grenades" with a good duration
CoA - but I wouldn' call it an attack spell
Power Weapon - good beaf up of melee weapons
Desiccate the Supernatural - good against demons, deevils and other supernatural creatures.
Magic Warrior - good for a buddy in a fight
Meteor - aera bombardment, nuff said
Annihilate - massive damage
Spell of Legend. Sanctuary - no one can attack!!!

[Khord - Lizard Mage]

I like the spell Fear. Simple, cheap and very effective. I have found very few characters in the system have good Horror Factor saving throw bonuses.