The Serpent’s Sibilant Whisper — Epic Spell
The Serpent’s Sibilant Whisper is a third-party epic charm from the Dicefreaks Grimoire of Cosmic Entities Volume One. It reaches a known victim across enormous distances, hides itself inside the victim’s own inner voice, and progressively makes resistance harder over nine days.
At a Glance
| School | Enchantment (Charm) [Evil, Mind-Affecting] |
|---|---|
| Spellcraft DC | 126 |
| Components | V, XP |
| Casting Time | 1 standard action |
| Range | Special; can cross planar boundaries subject to exclusions |
| Target | One creature |
| Duration | 9 days |
| Saving Throw | Will negates |
| Spell Resistance | Yes |
| XP Cost | 4,900 XP |
Development
Development: 1,134,000 gp; 23 days; 45,360 XP.
Seeds: Charm 14, Compel 19, Contact 23.
- One-action casting time: +20 DC.
- Communicate regardless of language: +4 DC.
- Conceal the enchantment: ad hoc +18 DC.
- Nine-day duration: +21 DC.
- No somatic component: +2 DC.
- Permit unwilling victim: ad hoc +20 DC.
- Increase resistance difficulty against antithetical actions over time: ad hoc +8 DC.
- Further increase final thrall save difficulty: +18 DC.
- Difficult specified removal procedure: ad hoc +10 DC.
- Burn 4,900 XP: –49 DC; require Dark Speech: ad hoc –2 DC.
Effect
The caster must know the victim’s name and general identity. The spell can reach across planes except where source-defined dead-magic zones, divine/cosmic protections or similar absolute barriers intervene.
On a failed Will save, the victim hears the caster’s influence as an insistent internal voice. The caster can see and hear what the victim perceives and can offer suggestions under the charm framework.
When the advice conflicts sharply with the victim’s ethics or alignment, the victim receives another Will save. The source makes those saves progressively harder over the nine-day duration. Repeated source-defined Lawful Evil actions can shift alignment; if the victim finally becomes Lawful Evil, one last heavily penalised save determines whether the victim becomes a permanent thrall.
The enchantment is deliberately concealed. The source makes mundane and magical detection increasingly difficult and specifies greater restoration followed immediately by miracle as the principal removal sequence once identified.
Edition Status
This is third-party 3.x epic material. Its forced alignment change, permanent thrall mechanics and legacy removal procedure should not be imported into modern D&D as core rules.
Source and Provenance
Source: Grimoire of Cosmic Entities Volume One
Authors: Eli Atkinson, William Church and Serge W. Desir, Jr.
Publisher/community: Dicefreaks d20 Community
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