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Moonveil
(Abjuration, Alteration)
Level: 7
Sphere: Elemental Water (Bane)
Range: Touch
Components: V,S,M
Duration: Permanent
Casting Time: 9 rounds
Area of Effect: One moonwell
Saving Throw: None
This complicated evil ritual to magically veil
moonwells was recently rediscovered by certain
priests of Bane. Moonwells are precious pools of clear
water found in the Moonshae Isles sacred to the
Goddess (or Earthmother) in the Moonshaes. Some
sages and priests believe that this ritual could be
modified to seal other existing gates, color pools, or
other means of passing between planes or contacting
deities.
A moonveil spell is a long ritual involving chanting,
dancing about the entire circumference or shore
of a moonwell, and the sacrifice of one living creature
per round. The caster may have up to seven assistants
active in carrying out the ritual. If successful,
the spell causes a moonwell to lose its properties. In
addition, any holy water or sweet water potions that
are within 90 feet of the caster at any time during
the ritual are fouled and useless. The moonwell may
be magically purified again, but the other magical
waters are ruined forever.
A veiled moonwell is covered by an opaque
black carpet of curling mist, even in full sunlight.
This veil blocks all beneficial effects of the moonwell.
It also lessens the local influences of the Goddess,
preventing her from awakening or, if already
active, from accurately directing her land-dwelling
children, Kamerynn the unicorn and the Pack,
against evil.
Contact with the black mist forces items to make
saving throws vs. acid with a -2 penalty or be destroyed
and living beings to make saving throws vs.
poison with a -2 penalty or suffer 3d4 points of corrosive
damage per round of contact. If a being dives,
falls, or is otherwise immersed in the pool, 6d4
points of damage automatically are inflicted for each
round of contact, and the victim must make a successful
saving throw vs. poison each round or be
blinded. Such blindness lasts for 1d4 turns after the
being was last in contact with the mist or water.
All spells of 6th level or less directed against the
black mist of the well are reflected back 100% for
full effect on the caster. The black mist cannot be
separated into smaller portions, nor can any of it be
taken away from the well; the magic of the spell gen-
erates it continuously from the pool itself.
A moonveil can be destroyed by a specially cast
variant of the sunray spell, sanctify sacred site (a 7thlevel
priest spell of the church of Chauntea). No
other means of destroying a moonveil has been found.
It cannot be reversed or negated by the will of the
caster.
The material components of this spell are a piece
of burned bone from any creature native to the
Moonshaes, the blood of one living creature per
round of the ritual (each creature must be slain during
the ritual), a pinch of dung, a pinch of ashes, a
dried snakeskin and a small vial of liquid poison.
Reaving Blades
(Evocation, Necromancy)
Level: 4
Sphere: Combat (Iyachtu Xvim)
Range: 10 yards/level
Components: V,S,M
Duration: 2 rounds
Casting Time: 7
Area of Effect: Special
Saving Throw: None
This spell creates two whirling black blades of
force that spin end over end as they fly through the
air at MV Fl 18 (B) to strike at whatever targets the
caster wills them to-either two separate beings or a
single foe. The blades of force vanish at the end of
the second round. These magical weapons do no
damage to inanimate objects, but each one silently
slices twice during a round at undead and living
things. The reaving blades strike with the caster’s
THAC0, but with +6 attack bonus, and deal 2d12
points of damage on a successful strike. Reaving
blades does no damage to items worn or carried by attacked
beings, though fragile items could well be
harmed if dropped by a struck target.
The material components of this spell are two
raven’s feathers and a fragment of or an entire bladed
weapon.