Grimoire changes

Spells[]

These spells were changed to either fix durations, differences in effects, radius, names, a domain caster level bonus or something that did not match a sourcebook. This list is not all-inclusive. Refer to the in-game description to be sure.

List of spell changes[]

Spell	Description of change	Source
acid fog	duration	PHB
acid splash	must succeed at ranged touch attack	PHB
aid	temp hp should be 1d8+1/caster lvl (max +10)	PHB
aura of glory	+2 to caster persuade skill, +2 to fear save (not +5), allies within 10 ft get cured 1hp	MoF
banishment	only affects outsiders/elementals	PHB
barkskin	added ranger 2 (3.5e) as caster	SRD
bestow curse	bard 3 does not get spell, added additional penalties, school necromancy	PHB
blade barrier	maximum 15d6 damage	PHB
bless	AOE radius 50'	PHB
blindness and deafness	school should be transmutation, choose blindness or deafness (by radial selection).	PHB
bull's strength	bard 2 does not get spell	PHB
call lightning	spell does not work indoors or underground	PHB
cat's grace	ranger 2 does not get spell	PHB
charm monster	duration	PHB
charm person	duration	PHB
charm person or animal	duration	PHB
circle of death	9HD cap	PHB
cloudkill	duration	PHB
color spray	effects	PHB
control undead	multiple creatures	PHB
create greater undead	no liches, duration, other changes	PHB
create undead	duration	PHB
cure minor wounds	removed constructs from being affected	PHB
cure light wounds	removed constructs from being affected	PHB
cure moderate wounds	removed constructs from being affected	PHB
cure serious wounds	removed constructs from being affected	PHB
cure critical wounds	removed constructs from being affected	PHB
darkness	dispels equal or lower light effects in area	PHB
delayed blast fireball	choose 1-5 round delay before blast	PHB
dismissal	only affects single targeted outsider	PHB
displacement
divine favor
dominate monster	duration	PHB
dominate person	duration	PHB
elemental shield	removed/renamed: fire shield	PHB
endure elements	choose 1 element type (by radial menu)	PHB
energy buffer	duration	T&B
etherealness	Now is "etherealness", not "greater sanctuary"
feeblemind	supernatural effect (so dispel doesn't work), removable by remove curse and heal	PHB
fire storm	no longer half divine damage (it is not flame strike)	PHB
firebrand	now evenly distributes missiles, 5 ft radius bursts on targets	MoF
flame arrow	adds extra fire damage property to arrows	PHB
flame lash	+1d6 per 3 levels above level 3	PHB
flame weapon	implementation of flame blade - druid 2, removed sorcerer/wizard 2	PHB
gate	attempt made at fixing non-PvP area exploit, spell otherwise unchanged
greater shadow conjuration	damaging spells do percentage damage on will disbelief	PHB
greater spell breach	added options to remove new spells, random selection
greater stoneskin	fixed max absorbed	PHB
gust of wind	only destroys AOEs affected by gust of wind (fogs, etc.)	PHB
Hammer of the gods	removed/replaced: now 4 separate alignment domain-only "smite" spells - chaos hammer, holy smite, order's wrath, unholy blight	PHB
harm	switch included to use either 3.0 or 3.5 rules
heal	switch included to use either 3.0 or 3.5 rules, removes feeblemind	PHB
holy aura	now more closely matches PHB	PHB
Isaac's greater missile storm	fires from caster, now evenly distributes missiles
Isaac's lesser missile storm	fires from caster, now evenly distributes missiles
light	light/darkness spells now dispel equal or lower level effects	PHB
magic circle against alignment	added law/chaos options	PHB
mass blindness and deafness	choose either blindness or deafness	PHB
mass heal	switch included to use either 3.0 or 3.5 rules, removes feeblemind	PHB
meteor swarm	damage spread and target per PHB	PHB
Mordenkainen's sword	now summons sword, not battle horror	PHB
nature's balance	name changed to nature's wrath — nature's balance is a druid 4 listed in MoF (implemented as new spell)
one with the land
poison
power word, kill	school conjuration	PHB
power word, stun	school conjuration	PHB
protection from alignment	added law/chaos options	PHB
protection from elements	choose 1 element type (by radial menu)	PHB
ray of enfeeblement	must succeed at ranged touch attack	PHB
ray of frost	must succeed at ranged touch attack.	PHB
remove blindness/deafness	choose blindness or deafness (by radial menu)	PHB
remove paralysis
resist elements	choose 1 element type (by radial menu)	PHB
scare	name changed to cause fear (what BioWare implemented)	PHB
shades	damaging spells only inflict percentage damage on will disbelief	PHB
shadow conjuration	damaging spells now do percentage damage on will disbelief	PHB
storm of vengeance	works more like PHB, certain actions on certain rounds	PHB
summon creature I-IX	duration, improved summons list, multiple summons	PHB
sunbeam	works more like PHB	PHB
Tasha's hideous laughter
unholy aura	works more like PHB	PHB
word of faith	removed/replaced: now 4 separate alignment-based spells: blasphemy, dictum, holy word, word of chaos	PHB

Summon creature spells[]

Creatures in italics are available if used with CEP.

The below lists are the creatures randomly available when casting that spell.

Animal domain[]

The animal domain has the same summon creatures list as before.

Druids/rangers[]

For druids and rangers, this spell has results more like Dungeons & Dragons' summon nature's ally.

Level	Creature list
I	badger, dire rat, dog, hawk, tiny viper
II	dire badger, wolf, eagle, hyena
III	black bear, boar, small elemental, leopard, dire bat, bison, dire weasel, medium viper, wolverine, satyr, small salamander
IV	dire wolf, lion, grig, assassin vines, small xorn
V	brown bear, dire boar, elemental, dire lion, tiger, dire wolverine, medium salamander, huge viper
VI	dire bear, elemental, medium xorn
VII	dire tiger, huge elemental, pixie, treant, elder xorn
VIII	greater elemental, large salamander
IX	elder elemental

All other classes[]

For all other classes, this spell has results more like Dungeons & Dragons' summon monster.

Level	Creature list
I	celestial badger, fiendish dire rat, celestial dog, fiendish hawk
II	celestial eagle, formian worker, fiendish wolf, lemure, fiendish tiny viper, fiendish hyena
III	celestial black bear, celestial badger, azer, small elemental, fiendish boar, fiendish leopard, fiendish dire bat, dretch, celestial bison, fiendish dire weasel, small salamander, fiendish wolverine
IV	lantern archon, celestial lion, imp, fiendish wolf, hell hound, magmin, vargouille, small xorn, fiendish medium viper, howler
V	celestial brown bear, hound archon, formian warrior, elemental, mephit, shadow mastiff, quasit, fiendish dire boar, celestial dire lion, yeth hound, medium salamander, fiendish dire wolverine, fiendish tiger, fiendish griffon
VI	celestial dire bear, elemental, red slaad, erinyes, bezekira, medium xorn, belker, fiendish huge viper
VII	fiendish dire tiger, huge elemental, invisible stalker, blue slaad, bebelith, elder xorn, hamatula, osyluth
VIII	formian taskmaster, greater elemental, succubus, barghest, cornugon, large salamander
IX	trumpet archon, elder elemental, rakshasa, vrock, night hag, lammasu, large barghest, gelugon

Domains[]

The Grimoire changes many of the standard Neverwinter Nights domains either to make them conform more closely to Dungeons & Dragons rules, or adds new spells from other sources that fit with the overall theme of the domain. New spells added to domains usually are added at levels where the spell the domain normally receives could not be implemented.

Also, the Grimoire provides an optional cleric domain spell memorization enforcement feature, which requires a cleric to memorize at least one domain spell per level, or the character will be unable to cast a spell until the situation is fixed.

Other rules changes[]

Paladins and rangers have their caster level equal to half their class level, per rule in Player's Handbook.
The wearing of medium or heavier armor, or the carrying of a medium or greater weight load, will now negate the use of the evasion and improved evasion feats.
Spells and spell lists have been converted to be as close as possible to the 3.5 Dungeons & Dragons rules.