Manual of the Planes

On planes you create yourself, safety may provide otherinformation.This spell is mostly used in hostile environmentssuch as the Inner Planes to locate the nearest pocket ofhabitable space.If safety is cast and then followed by a plane shift spell,the plane shift sends the caster to a place of relative safetyon that plane. The caster is transported to a pocket of air onthe Elemental Plane of Water, for example, or a cool spoton the Elemental Plane of Fire.Scramble PortalTransmutationLevel: Sor/Wiz 4Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 actionRange: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)Target: One interplanar portalDuration: 1 round/levelSaving Throw: None (for portal); Will negates (for users)Spell Resistance: NoYou may randomize the destination of one interplanarportal for the duration of the spell. Anyone who passesthrough the portal from either side is sent to a randomplane instead of the portal’s intended destination unlessthey make a Will save. All those who fail the save go tothe same location on the same plane.Material Component: A cracked mirror.Seal PortalAbjurationLevel: Sor/Wiz 6Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 actionRange: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)Target: One interplanar gate or portalDuration: Permanent (D)Saving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoYou may permanently seal an interplanar portal or gate. Ifcast on a portal, the spell prevents any activation of it,although seal portal may be dispelled by a dispel magicspell. A knock spell does not function on the sealed portal,but a chime of opening dispels seal portal if seal portal wascast by a spellcaster of lower than 15th level. In addition,the ability of the gatecrasher prestige class to open portalsmay be able to break through a sealed portal, but ifthe first attempt fails, the gatecrasher can’t try again.Once the portal is opened, seal portal does not returnand must be cast again.Material Component: A silver bar worth 50 gp.Shadow CacheIllusion (Shadow)Level: Brd 3, Sor/Wiz 3Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 actionRange: TouchArea: 1 ft.-diameter circleDuration: 1 minute/level (D)Saving Throw: NoSpell Resistance: NoYou can temporarily stash small items on the Plane ofShadow or permanently dispose of them there. Thisspell opens a small portal to the Plane of Shadow that isinvisible on the Material Plane and a small disk on thePlane of Shadow.You can reach into the Plane of Shadow through theportal created by shadow cache, but only small, nonlivingobjects may pass entirely through the hole.You can recover objects placed in the portal throughoutthe duration of the spell, or by casting another shadowcache later. The shadow cache remains stationary at thepoint where you create it. Items placed in the shadowcache can possibly be picked up by natives of the Plane ofShadow, and in any event are slowly moved by the morphictrait of the plane. There is a 10% chance per day thatobjects placed on the Plane of Shadow with shadow cacheare gone (either moved or taken). After ten days, theobjects are definitely gone.The spell cannot be cast on the Plane of Shadow itself,but only on planes coexistent with the Plane of Shadow.ShadowblastEvocationLevel: Clr 4, Drd 4Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 actionRange: Long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)Area: 20-ft.-radius spreadDuration: InstantaneousSaving Throw: Fortitude negatesSpell Resistance: YesThis spell is particularly effective against creatures nativeto the Plane of Shadow and those that use shadow inspells or spell-like abilities. It clears the spell’s area of anyportals or weak spots between the Plane of Shadow andother planes, and it prevents access with shadow-basedspells. It appears as a flash of light in the area of effect.Natives of the Plane of Shadow caught in a shadowblastare stunned for 3d6 minutes if they fail a Fortitude savingthrow. Shadow natives that are also undead or vulnerableto light take an additional 2d10 points of damage if theyfail a second Fortitude save. Creatures that fail either Fortitudesave cannot use spell-like or supernatural abilities toopen any portal to the Plane of Shadow for 3d6 minutes.Shadowblast closes all portals, gates, and other openingsto the Plane of Shadow, and any weak spots are strengthened.Creatures on the other side of a portal are unaffectedby shadowblast.Material Component: A handful of grave dirt, squeezedtightly and flung.CHAPTER 3:CHARACTERSAND MAGIC39