Spell Sigils

Every Pathfinder spell has a sigil of its own, drawn from what the spell is. The same spell always draws the same sigil. Back to the sigils

Reading a sigil

• Colour is the spell's tradition: arcane, divine, occult or primal. A spell of several traditions mixes theirs.
• Rings of writing grow with rank: a plain circle for a cantrip, one ring, then two from 4th rank and three from 7th. See Electric Arc, Fireball, Cataclysm.
• The central shape gains sides with rank. Star lines cross it from 3rd rank, and from 5th a second shape turns inside it.
• Medallions hold the symbols of the spell's traits, on the outer ring and at the centre. Smaller ones hold only writing. The symbol atlas shows every symbol and what it stands for.
• Focus spells are written without ruled lines, in spaced letters, in the colour of their class. See Lay on Hands.
• Rituals are ringed by their casters, each square holding the skill a caster uses. The primary caster stands at the bottom, the outline showing the proficiency needed: one line for trained, two for expert, a thick outer line for master, both thick for legendary, three for mythic. A dotted square is a choice of skills. See Awaken Animal.
• Mythic spells rule their central shape twice. See It is Written.

Using it

• Search or filter the list and pick a spell. The page's address names the spell, so a link brings back the same sigil.
• Parchment redraws the sigil in ink on paper, each tradition in an ink of its own.
• Max glow holds the glow that flashes as a sigil finishes drawing.
• Export copies, saves or shares the sigil as an image, or as an animation of it being drawn. An image can leave out its background, to lay it over your own, and in parchment it can also be an SVG, which keeps sharp at any size in a document or in print.

Notices and credits

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