Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:46 pm  
New Spell Idea

I originally did this for D&D 3.5, but D&D 5 wouldn't be much different:

Damper Damage
  1st-level abjuration
  Casting Time: 1 action  
  Range: Personal
  Components: V, S
  Duration: 1 minute/level
 
All hit points of damage caused by the caster’s spells are converted to non-lethal damage. Any death result caused by a caster's spell results in the victim being reduced to -10 non-lethal hit points. The caster may dismiss the spell at will.

Is there any precent for a spell that converts lethal damage to non-lethal damage? 

I was considering how a fantasy medieval army might use spells during training without frying their guys with fireballs, and this is what I came up with. It could be used during any sort of training, like the "Assassin's Run" in Dragon #64, or to subdue an opponent in order to capture them (like dragon subdual), or by pacificists (perhaps a cleric of Zodal).