Grymryck's Reformation
by Rob McDonald () on 96/05/05
From the Spellbook of GRYMRYCK the OUTSIDER
Human, Necromancer (Philosopher), 17th level
- Level
- 2
- School
- Necromancy
- Sphere
- Range
- Touch
- VSM
- V, S, M
- Dur
- Special
- CT
- 1 round
- AE
- Special
- ST
- None
Spell description
This spell causes a faint, black aura to appear around the caster's hands,a link to the Negative Material plane. Thus ensorcelled the mage is ableto repair damage suffered by corporeal undead with a simple touch, in effect"healing" their bodies - mending bones, replacing lost flesh ormusculature, etc. The mage may repair 1d4 points per level, to a maximumof 10d4. These points need not be expended on a single creature, but insteadmay be divided among as many creatures as the caster has dice of healing- i.e. if a necromancer can restore 6d4 damage, he may restore 1d4 a pieceon as many as 6 creatures. The wizard must state the number of dice he wishesto bestow on a particular undead before touching it and rolling for results.One creature can be "healed" each full round, regardless of thenumber of dice used, and none can be raised above its normal maximum.
Example: Kafir, an 8th level necromancer, casts GRYMRYCK'S REFORMATION,allowing him to restore 8d4 points to injured undead. He wishes to heal4 zombies, nearly butchered by some intrepid advenuturers. The first isbadly damaged, and Kafir decides to expend 3d4 on it, restoring 9 of itslost 11 hit points. The second and third are less beaten, and each receives2d4 of healing, which bring them close to their maximum hit points. Thelast is only down 2 hit points, and Kafir's last d4 restores 4, healingthe zombie its lost 2 - the other 2 points are lost. Healing the 4 zombiestook 4 rounds in addition to the round required for casting.
GRYMRYCK'S REFORMATION only affects undead that still have hit points, andthus may not be used to "reanimate" an undead destroyed by spellor combat. Further this spell can not regenerate lost limbs and such, norcan it return a body to a better state than that which it was in immediatleybefore it was damaged, thus flesh cannot be created on skeletons, nor asemblance of life given to zombies. The caster need not use this spell onlyon undead he created or controls, but on ghouls, ghasts, vampires or evenliches if such were desirable. However, this spell provides no protectionagainst the affects of touching some of these horrors. GRYMRYCK'S REFORMATIONcan only be used on corporeal undead, and has absolutely no effect on theinanimate dead.
While the spell is in effect, the caster's hands radiate evil strongly.Although the mage may handle objects and defend himself witout consequence,he is unable to cast spells other than those of the Necromantic school,and cannot cast any other touch-based Necromantic spells without foilingthe REFORMATION. The spell may also be dissipated if the caster is struckwith a holy symbol or holy water, or if he is in the area of a DISPEL EVIL- in these cases he must save vs. spell to keep the REFORMATION intact.Unless spoiled in some fashion, the spell lasts for 1 round per caster level,or until all available dice of restoration are expended.
The material components are a small amount of dirt from a grave and a fewdrops of the caster's blood, both of which are smeared over the caster'shands.
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