Nystul

Dungeons & Dragons · Tabletop · Human Wizard

Tier
LOW 7-B
Attack Potency
Small City Level
Speed
Relativistic+, up to Ftl+
Durability
Small City Level

Powers and abilities

  • Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Magic
  • Reality Warping (All magic is the result of manipulating the Weave, a multiversal construct personified by the Goddess Mystra)
  • Non-Physical Interaction (Capable of interacting with creatures in different planes of existence, as well as abstract, intangible, incorporeal, and nonexistent entities)
  • Immortality (Types 4 and 8, All members of the Circle of Eight have countless clones made that will return them to life should they die)
  • Precognition (His level of intelligence allows him to accurately predict the immediate future, perfectly knowing the actions taken by enemies)
  • Statistics Amplification (Bears a number of items to increase his durability and resistances, such as Bracers of Defense and Rings of Protection)
  • Illusion Creation (Uses several magic items to disguise himself extensively, or things around him, via illusion; these include the Hat of Disguise and the Wand of Illusion)
  • Afterimage Creation (Cloaks of Displacement create illusory duplicates all around the subject in the area, making them several times harder to hit)
  • Extrasensory Perception (He can sense enemies via one of his wands; He can detect magical auras, among other things)
  • Telepathy (Via the Helm of Telepathy)
  • Invisibility (Dust of Disappearance causes a target creature or object to become obfuscated and invisible)
  • Flight (Boots of Levitation allow Nystul to lift himself up off of the ground)
  • Aura (Wrote a book and created spells such as "Nystul's magic aura", which alters how one's magical aura can be perceived, sometimes changing it or erasing it entirely for a time)
  • Duplication (Shades creates semi-real duplicates of other spells, using the nonexistent shadowstuff of the Plane of Shadow)
  • Sense Manipulation (Leomund's Trap alters the perception of those who can sense danger and traps, by forcing them to sense traps and danger everywhere)
  • Light Manipulation (Nystul has written and made many spells for controlling light, including Nystul's Dancing Werelight, Nystul's Blazing Beam, and Nystul's Lightburst)
  • Darkness Manipulation (He similarly has created countless spells for controlling darkness, the absence of light- these include Nystul's Blackmote, Nystul's Blacklight Burst, and Nystul's Enveloping Darkness)
  • Perception Manipulation (Some of his spells, including Nystul's Flash, cause disorientation and confusion in targets who fail to avert their eyes)
  • Soul Manipulation
  • Death Manipulation (Nystul's Blackmote is darkness formed from the death energies of the Negative Energy Plane, which can rend the souls of those it touches)
  • Paralysis Inducement (Nystul's Blackmote and Nystul's Crystal Dagger can paralyze creatures)
  • Life Manipulation (He can summon energy from the Positive Energy Plane, the energy the soul is made of and that which bestows something with life)
  • Energy Manipulation
  • Resistance Negation (His Blazing Beam spell negates all resistances of Undead creatures)
  • Weapon Creation
  • Crystal Manipulation (He can form weapons out of crystals via Nystul's Crystal Dagger and Nystul's Crystal Dirk)
  • Fire Manipulation (He created a spell specifically to dampen and destroy fires in a large area)
  • Information Analysis (His Golden Revelation scans a large area around him for hidden foes- even enemies on adjacent planes of existence- and creates a sensor around them to prevent them from hiding again)
  • Elemental Manipulation (His Radiant Baton can make use of a plethora of different energies in order to deal different damage types)
  • Weapon Mastery
  • Temperature Manipulation (His baton can be cold or heat based, dealing increased damage to enemies of the opposite sort)
  • Acid Manipulation (His baton can be made up of acid, potentially damaging equipment extensively)
  • Purification (He can use his baton to neutralize poisons)
  • Electricity Manipulation (His baton can be used to channel electricity into an attack)
  • Plant Manipulation (His baton can be made up of violet energy, which kills plants on contact)
  • Time Manipulation (Nystul's Blacklight Burst generates a soul-rending explosion that steals the time of the target, slowing them for a short duration)
  • Status Effect Inducement (Higher planar creatures are instead stunned by Nystul's Blacklight Burst)
  • Summoning (He can summon powerful elemental creatures known as Grue, which assist him in combat)
  • Forcefield Creation (He can generate mage armor for himself, which creates a forcefield all around his being that moves with him)

Weaknesses

Excessively embarrassed by his gangly, misshapen appearance

Ranked tied for #63 of 704 in Dungeons & Dragons by strength.

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