Corpse Host
The copy is permanent and is a perfect dupli-
cate of the originai. The spell cannot duplicate
magica] writings of any sort.
Tbe materiai components for this spell are a
piece ofblank parchment (or a book with blank
pages), and a drop ofblack ink.
Notes: Uncommon speli.
Cooling Breeze, Darsson 's
See Darsson 's cooling breeze.
Corpse Host
(Necromancy)
Level: 6
Range:Touch
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 turo
Duration: I day/leve!
Area ofEffect: Special
SavingThrow: None
Tbis spell enables an individua! touched by the
caster (including himself) to transfer bis lifeforce
in order to temporarily animate the fresh corpse
of a human, demihuman, or humanoid. The speli
faìls if cast on an undead creature.
The recipient can will the cadaver to move and
act and can even cast spells through it-all while
bis or ber own body is safely up to 5 miles away
per experience leve! of the caster. While animated
by the intruding lifeforce, the corpse ceases to
decay; however, unless illusionary magie is cast
upon it, the cadaver wiU appear to be a form of
undead (such as a ju-ju zombie).
The speli recipient can see, hear, and sense
through the host body. The host body can fight,
talk hoarsely (with the voice of the corpse), and
carry things-in fact, it can perforrn ali tasks less
exacting than lock picking, sewing, and similar
handicrafts. lt can even go adventuring and earn
experience points for its "master."
The recipient's mind functions in two places
simultaneously-within the corpse host and
within his real body. The real body can stili sense
(see, hear, and so on) exactly as before, even ben-
cfiting from enhancemcnts such as a magica!
ring. The tradeoff is paralysis. Aside from breath-
mg, blinking, and moving his eyes, the recipient
cannot move his real body while the host is ani-
mated. (Friendly guards are a wise precaution; so
1s a pleasant or strategie view). The recipient's
real body does not need to eat, drink, or sleep
while tbe spell operates.
The recipient is vulnerable when the host body
is the target of magica! and psionic powers that
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affect the mind. These are resolved as ifthe recip-
ient was viewing the illusion or resisting the
attack, although physical results affect only the
host body.
Physical attacks against the bost don 't dam-
age the recipient's body, though they do harm
to tbe host body. The bost body has a nurnber
of "bit points" equa! to the recipient's normai
maximum hit point total. The host body has the
recipient's natural Armor Class (10), though it
can wear armor and employ weaponry with the
same restrictions that apply to the recipient.
The host body does noi benefit from anything
worn or carried by the recipient's real body,
however.
The host body can withstand attacks as well as
(or as poorly as) the recipient. Note that since the
host body is not undead, it cannot be turned or
affected with spells or magica! items that influ-
ence sucb creatures.
lfthe bost body drops to Oor fewer bit points, the
recipient must make a system shock roll. Fai Iure
indicates that the recipient's body also dies along
with the host body. Tbe link between tbe rccipient
and host body can be abruptly severed by success-
fully casting the wizard spells dispel magie, limited
wish, or wish, or by employing tbe priest spells
exorcism, spirìt release, or dispel evi! against the
host body. Severance of the menta! link in this way
also requires the recipient to make a system shock
roll in order to survive the ordeal.
The recipient can abandon the link with the
host body at any time, with no harm to himself.
The host body immediately collapses (resuming
its usual decay), and the recipient immediately
regains contro I of bis or ber real body. Tue same
thing occurs when the speli ends or the host body
somehow moves beyond the spell 's range or to
another piane.
The speli requires a fresh corpse (dead no
longer lhan one day per caster level) and as a
materiai component a freshly-excised patch of
the recipient's skin. Taking this piece of flesh
from the subject at the time of the casting inflicts
1-3 points of damage. At the conclusion of the
speli, the recipient is entitlcd to a saving throw vs.
death magie. If failed, the hit point loss is perrna-
nen t (consumed by the speli) and cannot be
reversed or magically healed except with a wish
or restoration spelI. If successful, the loss in hit
points is temporary, but can be regained only by
normai rest.
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' Tbe dismind speli in its origina! form is often
used by high level wizards in life-or-death situa-
tions to preserve tbemselves for future recovery
and restoration.
Notes: Uncommon spell. Known to be in The
Wìzard :S Workhook.
Dismiss Greater Elemental
Reversed form, see conjure greater elemental.
Dismissal
(Abjuration)
(Song)
Level: 5
Range: IO yds.
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 rd.
Duration: lnstantaneous
Area of Effect: I creature
Saving Throw: Neg.
By means of this speli, a wizard on the Prime
Materiai Piane seeks to force or enable a crea-
ture from another piane of existence to return to
its proper piane. Magie resistance, if any, is
checked if this speli is used to force a being
home. Ifthe resistance fails, the caster's leve! is
compared to the creature's level or Hit Dice. lf
the wizard's leve! is bigher, the difference is
subtracted from the creature's die roll for its
saving throw vs. speli. If the creature's level or
Hit Dice is higher, the difference is added to the
saving throw roll.
If the creature desires to be returned to its
home piane, no saving throw is necessary (it
chooses to fail the roll).
If the speli is successful, tbe creature is
instantly whisked away, but the speli has a 20%
chance of actually sending the subject to a plane
other than its own.
Tbe materia! component is any item that is dis-
tasteful to the subject creature.
Notes: Common speli (PHB).
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 Dispel Enchantmenr
Dispel Enchantment
(Abjuration)
Leve!: 8
Range: Oor touch
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 8
Duration: I rd./levcl or I turn/lcvel
Area of Effcct: 120-ft. radius or item touched
Saving Throw: None
This speli is a more potent version of dispel
magie. lt can be cast in one of two way: first, it
can create a persistent negation fìeld that negates
spells cast within the area of effect; second, it can
temporarily neutralize magica! items. The caster
must choose which version is desired when the
speli is cast. The dispel enehantment speli cannot
affect dweomers that a dispel magie speli cannot
affect.
A.) Speli Negation Field. In rhis use, dispel
enehantment immediately and permanently dis-
pels all spells within the area of effect tbat are in
force at the moment of casting. The spell Lingers
for I round per caster leve!, possibly negating
spells cast into or through the area, or operating
on creatures entering the area. Each potion must
save vs. speli as a l 2th-level wizard or be
destroyed. Speli effects receive a dispel check to
see if they are negated. The base chance that a
speli is negated is an 11 or higher on a d20. ± 1
per leve! of difference between tbc wizard using
dispel enehantment and the spellcaster who cre-
ated tbc effect that may be negated. For example,
a l 6th-level caster negates the fìreba/J of a 9th-
level invoker on a roll of 4 or higher.
The negationfield is immobile; it cannot be
moved. Unlike a standard dispel magie speli, the
caster's magie is only 50% likely to be dispelled
by the field. The caster is free to leave the field
and can dismiss it at will.
B.) Neutralize Item. The caster must toucb the
item to be affected. In a combat situation, this
requires an attack roll ifthe object is wom or car-
ried by an alert enemy. The item in question is
rendered inerl and useless fora period of I tum
per leve! of caster, with no saving throw allowed.
Potions, scrolls, and ointments or powders with a
limited number of applications are destroyed by
this speli. Only artifacts, relics, and weapons of
+5 enchantment or better resist neutralization.
The materiai component is a token of special
meteoric iron, worth at least 1,000 gp, whicb is
expended in the casting ofthe speli.
Notes: Common for witches and abjurers:
otheiwise very rare.