Trying to build a Shadow Mage

Glad it helped :) 

I did notice an interesting thing when checking these out is the casting time for spells (other than summoning) doesnt seem to have a factor at all (not that mnay of the B/X spells had much variance in casting times from what I recall).

I made up the spell lists for the first three levels. Some spells I took from ACKS. Some I got from the 5e and 3.5e SRD. I also took some spells from a d20 book called Magic by AEG, and from a d20 book called Relics and Rituals. I note the non-ACKS sources in parentheses. Finally, some spells are modified for a shadowy flavor.

Edit: I made spell lists for all six levels. Tomorrow I’ll post some rituals.

1st level
1 Black Shards (AEG Magic)
2 Chill Touch (5e SRD)
3 Choking Grip
4 Dancing Shadows (AEG Magic)
5 Darkness (Light reversed)
6 Detect Magic (duration one turn only)
7 Floating Disc (made of shadow)
8 Shade’s Sight (Relics and Rituals)
9 Shadow Armor (+3 AC for 8 hours if unarmored)
10 Silent Step
11 Summon Shades (summons four human-like
minions made of Shadow, equal in all
respects to Berserkers from the Summon
Berserkers spell)
12 Wall of Shadow (as Wall of Smoke but
made of shadow)

2nd level
1 Blindness/Deafness (5e SRD)
2 Blur (3.5e SRD)
3 Continual Darkness (reverse of Continual Light)
4 Dark Tendrils (functions as Web)
5 Detect Invisible (duration one turn)
6 ESP
7 False Life (5e SRD)
8 Invisibility
9 Locate Object
10 Ray of Enfeeblement (5e SRD)
11 Shadow Images (Relics and Rituals)
12 Shadow Step (as 5e SRD Misty Step)

3rd level
1 Animate Shadow (Relics and Rituals)
2 Banish Shadow (Relics and Rituals)
3 Blink (5e SRD, caster enters Plane of Shadow instead of Ethereal Plane)
4 Clairaudience
5 Clairvoyance
6 Dark Swarm (AEG Magic)
7 Dispel Magic
8 Infravision
9 Invisibility 10’ Radius
10 Protection from Normal Missiles
11 Shadow Bolt (Relics and Rituals)
12 Shadow Strike (Relics and Rituals)
13 Shadow Touch (Relics and Rituals)
14 Summon Shadow (summons shadows whose Hit Dice equal the Shadow Mage’s Hit Dice, lasts 12 turns)

4th level
1 Black Tentacles (5e SRD but Save vs.Spells)
2 Control Light (Relics and Rituals)
3 Dimension Door
4 Dimensional Anchor (3.5e SRD)
5 Fear
6 Greater Invisibility (3.5e SRD)
7 Minor Globe of Of Invulnerability
8 Ebon Wall (as Wall of Wood but made of solid shadow)
9 Scry
10 Secret Chest (as 5e STD but Plane of Shadow)
11 Shadow Form, Self (as Shadow Form of Lyrand in Relics and Rituals)
12 Shadow Shield (Relics and Rituals)
13 Summon Fantastic Creature (limited to
black pudding, darkmantle, Shadow,
Shadow Dragon (apply 5e shadow Dragon
template to an ACKS dragon with 8 HD),
Shadow Mastiff (3.5e SRD)
14 Wizard Eye

5th level
1 Cone of Cold
2 Cone of Paralysis
3 Contact Other Plane
4 Curtain of Darkness (Relics and Rituals)
5 Magic Jar
6 Mass Infravision
7 Panic
8 Phantasmal Killer
9 Protection from Normal Weapons
10 Shadow Weapon (Relics and Rituals)
11 Teleport
12 X-Ray Vision

6th level
1 Contingency (5e SRD)
2 Death Spell
3 Detect Ritual Magic
4 Eyebite (5e SRD)
5 GLobe of vulnerability
6 Night’s Blackness (AEG Magic)
7 Oblivion
8 Shadow Form, Other (as Shadow Form in
AEG Magic)
9 Shadow Gate (as Arcane Gate in 5e SRD)
10 Shadow Smash (Relics and Rituals)
11 Transmute Flesh to Shadow (Relics and
Rituals)
12 True Seeing (5e SRD)

The 3.5e and 5e SRD’s are available online and hyperlinked well.

Here’s the link for a pdf of Relics and Rituals.

https://dnd.rem.uz/3.5%20D%26D%20Books/Sword%20and%20Sorcery/Relics%20And%20Rituals.pdf

Here’s a link where you can download the AEG Magic pdf. You’ll have to sign up first for a free trial. Then download the book and cancel the service right afterward.

https://www.scribd.com/document/339794393/104665221-AEG-Magic-pdf