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Special Priest spells
Several of the priest characters detailed in this book
have access to unique, rare, or otherwise uncommon
priest spells. Below are the spells marked with an asterisk
(*) in these characters’ entries. These spells
are presented in alphabetical order; they’re not organized
by level or sphere.
Remember that a priest’s spells are granted from
the power itself, and are not universally available.
Not every priest with access to the Charm sphere,
for example, can access and cast the attraction spell
below; that spell is (was) granted by Bhaal to his
priests alone.
Spells which are only available to priests of a certain
power are noted with the deity’s name after the
spell’s sphere listing.
Attraction
(Alteration)
Reversible
Level: 2
Sphere: Charm (Bhaal)
Range: Touch
Components: V,S,M
Duration: 1 hour/level
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: One target being
Saving Throw: Neg.
This spell is popular among priests of Bhaal because
of their ambient air of death. Attraction replaces
any negative emotions the target has toward
the spellcaster with opposite positive emotions if a
saving throw vs. spell is failed. Repulsion becomes
attraction, hatred becomes love, etc. The spell also
temporarily raises the caster’s Charisma by ld4+2
points in respect to the target creature for the spell’s
duration, making the target’s reactions to and loyalty
to the caster much more likely to be positive
and helpful.
The reverse of this spell, disdain, replaces all positive
feelings the target being has toward a named
being (which can be the caster if she or he really
wants to be despised by someone) with opposite,
negative emotions. It also temporarily lowers the
named being’s Charisma by 1d4+2 points in respect
to the target being for the spell’s duration, making
the target’s reactions and loyalty to the named being
much more likely to be negative and hostile.
In either form, the saving throw against this spell
has a modifier of +1 to +5 (as adjudicated by the
DM) if the emotions to be changed are extremely intense.
As such, it is much more useful as a ploy to
make a date with a barmaid (who is motivated to
please customers anyway) than it is to convert the
feelings of one’s enemies.
The material component of this spell is the holy
symbol of the casting priest.
Battletide
(Alteration)
Level: 5
Sphere: Combat (Iyachtu Xvim)
Range: 0
Components: V,S,M
Duration: 6 rounds
Casting Time: 5
Area of Effect: 20-foot radius
Saving Throw: Special
This spell slows (as the 3rd-level wizard spell) all
beings within a 20-foot spherical radius centered on
the caster, except the priest casting it. Affected beings
move and attack at half-speed. (The magic affects
beings so located at the time of casting, not
creatures who later come within range of the caster
during the duration of the spell.) Beings affected by
the spell remain slowed even if they move beyond
the original area of effect of the spell.
The magic transfers the energy it steals from its
victims to the caster, who is hasted for the spell’s duration,
without any of the aging effects of a haste
spell. The caster moves at double rate, and makes
physical attacks twice as fast (that is, a being who attacks
once per round would attack twice-first in
the round and then last). This does not allow spell-
casting to be hastened.
All beings within range of the caster are allowed
to make saving throws vs. spell once a round to
avoid, or instantly break free of, the battletide. The
spell ends entirely when the last victim escapes its
effects (or at the end of its duration). On the first
round, the saving throw is made with a -6 penalty;
on the second, with a -5 penalty; on the third, a -4
penalty, and so on.
The material component of this spell is a piece of
cobweb, human hair, or silk thread as long as the
caster’s hand.