Manual of the Planes

elemental form to put out nonmagical open flames anddispel magical fire you touch as if casting dispel magic atyour caster level).The elemental body spell has the descriptor of the elementyou choose. So, if you choose a body of fire, elemental bodyis a fire spell.Material Component: A bit of the element in questionfrom a plane other than the one where the spell isbeing cast.Ether BlastAbjurationLevel: Clr 4Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 actionRange: 25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levelsArea: 25 ft. + 5 ft/2 levels spherical emanation centeredon youDuration: 1 round/levelSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoUpon casting this spell, you detonate a small ether cycloneon the Ethereal Plane centered on you. Those on the MaterialPlane are unaffected by the blast (including you if youcast it from there). However, all those on the EtherealPlane within the spell’s area are affected as if caught by anether cyclone. The cyclone lasts for the duration of thespell, and any who enter the area on the Ethereal Plane arecaught by its force-winds and potentially swept away.If you cast ether blast while on the Ethereal Plane, youare affected by the spell as well. Undead are not affectedby this spell, nor are big ethereal objects. Unattendedobjects weighing 50 pounds or less are swept away by theEthereal Plane.Material Component: The tooth of a creature that usesthe Ethereal Plane, such a blink dog or an etherealmarauder, or the claw of a phase spider.Ethereal MountConjuration (Creation)Level: Brd 4, Sor/Wiz 4Components: V, SCasting Time: 10 minutesRange: 0 ft.Effect: One quasi-real mount, plus one additionalmount/2 levelsDuration 1 hour/levelSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoOn the Ethereal Plane, you may call into being one ormore quasi-real mounts made of the protomatter of theplane. These mounts only accept you and those that youdesignate as riders. The mounts may appear as horses orany other commonly ridden mounts, but have a foggy,almost translucent nature, and their colors shift acrossthe spectrum over time.These mounts have AC 18 (–1 size, +4 natural armor,+5 Dex), and 10 hit points +1 hp per caster level. They donot fight and have no attacks. If reduced to 0 hit points,an ethereal mount melts into the ethereal fog from whichit came.An ethereal mount has a speed of 240 feet on theEthereal Plane and can carry its rider’s weight plus 10pounds per level. You can only cast this spell in theEthereal Plane, and the ethereal mount never leavesthe plane.(If the Deep Ethereal is used in your cosmology, thenthe amount of time to reach destinations is halved whileon an ethereal mount.)Improved AlarmAbjurationLevel: Brd 3, Sor/Wiz 3Components: V, S, FCasting Time: 1 actionRange: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)Area: 25-ft.-radius emanation centered on a point inspaceDuration: 8 hours/level (D)Saving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoAs the alarm spell, and in addition the spell works oncreatures traveling through the area on coterminous orcoexistent planes, such as the Astral Plane, the EtherealPlane, and the Plane of Shadow.Focus: A bell made of carved crystal, worth at least 100 gp.Improved Portal AlarmAbjurationLevel: Brd 4, Sor/Wiz 4Components: V, S, FCasting Time: 1 actionRange: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)Targets: One interplanar gateDuration: 8 hours/level (D)Saving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoAs the portal alarm spell, with the following additions:• You may designate the alarm set off by the improvedportal alarm to be mental, audible, or both.• If a mental alarm is chosen, you receive a mentalpicture of all creatures that passed through the portaland which direction they passed through. The mentalimage provides information as if you were standing 10feet away from the portal.• You may enable another creature to receive the mentalalarm instead of yourself. You must touch the creature,which receives a Will saving throw to negate the effect,if applicable.Focus: A small leather pouch containing three brass bells.CHAPTER 3:CHARACTERSAND MAGIC35