If you could cast one spell what would it be?

[Fbuh]

I cast magic missile at the darkness!

Goddamn it. Ok then, I choose grease. Considering all the nefarious applications it can have in D&D, imagine it's effect in real life.

I once slid through a hallway of baddies, back flip/somersaulted past their line of defense, and decapitated at least one of their number by using Grease.

 

[Meander112]

Since the OP said that you get to recast the spell forever, I would get the 3.5e version of Shapechange [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/shapechange.htm], at 25th caster level. Given the shear number of D&D monsters out there, I could possess most any ability that has already been mentioned. I've always loved the spell.

Shapechange (Transmutation)
Level: Animal 9, Drd 9, Sor/Wiz 9
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 10 min./level (D)

This spell functions like polymorph, except that it enables you to assume the form of any single nonunique creature (of any type) from Fine to Colossal size. The assumed form cannot have more than your caster level in Hit Dice (to a maximum of 25 HD). Unlike polymorph, this spell allows incorporeal or gaseous forms to be assumed.

You gain all extraordinary and supernatural abilities (both attacks and qualities) of the assumed form, but you lose your own supernatural abilities. You also gain the type of the new form in place of your own. The new form does not disorient you. Parts of your body or pieces of equipment that are separated from you do not revert to their original forms.

You can become just about anything you are familiar with. You can change form once each round as a free action. The change takes place either immediately before your regular action or immediately after it, but not during the action. If you use this spell to create a disguise, you get a +10 bonus on your Disguise check.

Focus: A jade circlet worth no less than 1,500 gp, which you must place on your head when casting the spell. (The focus melds into your new form when you change shape.)

 

[spartan231490]

definitely teleport. The movie Jumper showed just how awesome this simple spell can be.

 

[kannibus]

I cast magic missile at the darkness!

Ninja'd beyond all that's holy.

Okay, for me it would be "Dispel Drunkeness".

 

[Brody Cooper]

Metamorphosis. Like from WC3.

 

[Silversoul]

Salvation; it's a heal & ailment remover in one!

 

[Megacobb]

I choose Prismatic Spray because I could say TASTE MY SPRAY to th people who whould attack me.

 

[Ashsaver]

I cast set DeusEx.JCDentonMale bNintendoImmunity True! now i immune to all status alignments,never sick ever again!

.....achoo!

 

[NPC]

life/resurrect probably, or "auto life" because then I'm protected too

or if I could summon a minion that knew a life spell

 

[kommando367]

That's a tough choice

It would to be either:

My 100% Chameleon 60 seconds custom spell from Oblivion (witch = 30 minutes IRL)

or

Blood Control from DA:O witch the caster can uses to forcibly control the target?s blood, making the target an ally of the caster. note: removes health instead of Mana from caster.

I'll take the Chameleon.

 

[Nailz]

Wow druid buff fully leveled... nuff said.

 

[some1stolemyusername]

time stop ftw

 

[GeneralFungi]

I'd probably wish to be able to shape myself into any shape I'd like.
This would probably include more then just reaching across a room like rubber.
I'd be able to squeeze into any shape, adjust my senses such as smell or sight,
Or even just do simple tricks such as doing impressions by changing the length of
my vocal cords. The possibilities are literally endless!

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Duh! Wish, obviously. (2nd ed version)

 

[Firia]

Shapeshift Self. I could be more than just a girl. I could be a boy! I could be both! Ah hah! I could be a cat. A wolf. Anything I wanted to be! Skinny, fat, I could be it all.

 

[BENZOOKA]

Transform into a bear. Then I'd go mad on them blueberries I would.

 

[AmayaOnnaOtaku]

Wish
Universal
Level: Sor/Wiz 9
Components: V, XP
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: See text
Target, Effect, or Area: See text
Duration: See text
Saving Throw: See text
Spell Resistance: Yes
Wish is the mightiest spell a wizard or sorcerer can cast. By simply speaking aloud, you can alter reality to better suit you.
Even wish, however, has its limits.
A wish can produce any one of the following effects.
? Duplicate any wizard or sorcerer spell of 8th level or lower, provided the spell is not of a school prohibited to you.
? Duplicate any other spell of 6th level or lower, provided the spell is not of a school prohibited to you.
? Duplicate any wizard or sorcerer spell of 7th level or lower even if it's of a prohibited school.
? Duplicate any other spell of 5th level or lower even if it's of a prohibited school.
? Undo the harmful effects of many other spells, such as geas/quest or insanity.
? Create a nonmagical item of up to 25,000 gp in value.
? Create a magic item, or add to the powers of an existing magic item.
? Grant a creature a +1 inherent bonus to an ability score. Two to five wish spells cast in immediate succession can grant a creature a +2 to +5 inherent bonus to an ability score (two wishes for a +2 inherent bonus, three for a +3 inherent bonus, and so on). Inherent bonuses are instantaneous, so they cannot be dispelled. Note: An inherent bonus may not exceed +5 for a single ability score, and inherent bonuses to a particular ability score do not stack, so only the best one applies.
? Remove injuries and afflictions. A single wish can aid one creature per caster level, and all subjects are cured of the same kind of affliction. For example, you could heal all the damage you and your companions have taken, or remove all poison effects from everyone in the party, but not do both with the same wish. A wish can never restore the experience point loss from casting a spell or the level or Constitution loss from being raised from the dead.
? Revive the dead. A wish can bring a dead creature back to life by duplicating a resurrection spell. A wish can revive a dead creature whose body has been destroyed, but the task takes two wishes, one to recreate the body and another to infuse the body with life again. A wish cannot prevent a character who was brought back to life from losing an experience level.
? Transport travelers. A wish can lift one creature per caster level from anywhere on any plane and place those creatures anywhere else on any plane regardless of local conditions. An unwilling target gets a Will save to negate the effect, and spell resistance (if any) applies.
? Undo misfortune. A wish can undo a single recent event. The wish forces a reroll of any roll made within the last round (including your last turn). Reality reshapes itself to accommodate the new result. For example, a wish could undo an opponent's successful save, a foe's successful critical hit (either the attack roll or the critical roll), a friend's failed save, and so on. The reroll, however, may be as bad as or worse than the original roll. An unwilling target gets a Will save to negate the effect, and spell resistance (if any) applies.
You may try to use a wish to produce greater effects than these, but doing so is dangerous. (The wish may pervert your intent into a literal but undesirable fulfillment or only a partial fulfillment.)

And a very fun spell indeed *evil grin*

This or some form of mind control/mind reading

 

[drisky]

I think I'd go with Wish. Its pretty decent. It seems I've been ninja'd a number of times though.

 

[Teeth Kicker]

If anyone has read "The Sword of Truth" books by Terry Goodkind you'll understand why I would love to cast the spell that opens the boxes of Orden.

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

INDIGNATION!!!! *Thunder-y explosion ensues*