In a fantasy world, alchemists have discovered a very simple formula for a powder that when burned, it replicates the effects of a 1st-level spell. The process and materials are simple and abundant enough that the spell-powder is now commonly used in warfare or local conflicts by armed groups of all kinds.
Dubs decides the spell.
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>>51892789
Burning Hands
Unseen Servant
magic missile
>>51892789
Grease.
>>51892789
magic missile
Does it get any better than Infernal Healing at CL 1?
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/i/infernal-healing/
>>51893399
>99
Welp. I'm not sure what's worse, the implication of fountains of unholy water or the breeding of demon cattle.
>>51893399
>Pathfinder
>Anime Loli
>>51893399
Holy shit that's brutal. Well OP, it's been decided.
Hard Mode: religious implications of this spell being so commonly available to the masses now
>>51892789
Find familiar.
>Everyone has familiars to help them in day to day tasks
>Familiars are used in war to deliver important messages and spy on shit
>>51893480
Not sure if it will have many religious implications, I mean the powder replicates the spell effects, right? So there's no need for the blood or the water
>>51893499
You can base a campaign around this shit. Maybe the formula was revealed to the alchemists by devils as part of a long running plan to sway large swathes of the populace to evil as the hell-based powder replaces traditional forms of healing such as town priests and clergy. As it becomes more common, the people just sort of accept it and slowly begin to think devils are just part of the natural order of things. And when they do that, the bargaining of souls becomes much easier. Or maybe it just straight up corrodes the soul if you don't like moral ambiguity.
Go full conspiracy nut with this.
>>51893637
So the people know it was all the devils from the start? or was it discovered later but the benefits were too good to really care about morals?
>>51893729
Probably the latter, but it's your campaign man, I'm just throwing ideas at you.