L^: mu1	-	R#: T	-	D^: 1d*
C^: v.s.m	-	CT: 1r	-	S^: S
A^: S	-	-	-	MP: 17, 60, 67

Effect: By means of this spell any one item of a weight of 50 g.p. per level of experience of the spell caster
can be given an aura which will be noticed if detection of magic is exercised upon the object.

If the object bearing the Nystul's Magic Aura is actually held by the creature detecting for a dweomer, he, she or it is entitled to a save vs. magick, and if this throw is successful, the creature knows that the aura has been placed to mislead the unwary.
Otherwise, the aura is simply magical, but no amount of testing will reveal what the magic is.

MC: A small p of silk which must be passed over the object to bear the aura.
 

OUT ON A LIMB
 

‘Aura’ alteration

Dear Editor:
I enjoyed your issue describing new illusionist
spells (#66) and thought it was a bit
overdue. I was disappointed to see that one
spell was left out: Nystul’s Magic Aura. This
spell is more an illusionist spell than a magicuser
spell, I think. It does not create any magical
capability or power, it merely creates the
misguided conception — one could say the
illusion — that an object is in some way magical.
This, I think, definitely makes it a 1st level
illusionist spell, and it should be so listed. The
seventh level spell of obtaining 1st level
magic-user spells is not a sufficient reason for
why this particular spell is not a 1st level illusionist
spell.

Carl Malec
St. Louis, Mo.
(Dragon #69)

Hi Melan 
 

Quote:
Originally posted by Melan
Greetings!

Did you make up named spells like Melf's Acid Arrow, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere and Mordenkainen's Disjunction () yourself, or did these come from player research?
 

All of those spells I made up, usually to hono a PC in my campaign, or for the person who suggested the basis
(Tasha was a little girl who sent me letters in crayon,
Nystul an actual stage magician I mey through Len Lakofka.)
Melf was a PC of son Luke,
and "Otiluke" was a combination of a couple of his other PCs.
He suggested the bases of both spells.
No need to go into Mordenkainen and bigby, I trust <rollingeyes>