Cleanse (Priest Spell)

This spell lets the priest “reset” another indi­vidual's alignment after it has somehow changed. The priest invokes the favor of powerful beings within the desired alignment to accept a being that has strayed back into the ranks of the faithful. Usu­ally, a priest is sought out by an individual (or the individual's friends) whose alignment has somehow changed. The priest must be of the individual's original alignment.
During the preparation time, the repentant indi­vidual must try to avoid his or her current align­ment and aspire to the original alignment – most often through inaction, but good role-playing should be a bonus for a player character. Mean­while, the priest contacts a powerful being of the appropriate alignment. Powerful beings aligned to good/evil or law/chaos exist in the outer planes. Powerful beings of a neutral alignment reside mainly in the inner, elemental planes. Particularly powerful creatures, such as advanced beings, spir­its of the land, or other Athasian beings may also be suitable at the DM's discretion.
The priest contacts the being either magically, psionically, or physically three times during the preparation period, once every 1S days after the preparation has begun. The contact is brief but prob­ing – the priest must plead the case with the power­ful being. Since priest and being are of the same alignment, the contact is never hostile, though it may not be successful. Based on the sincerity of the individual desiring the change, the priest's belief in the individual, and the player's role-playing, the DM decides if the meeting is successful. If not, the priest must make contact again after 1S days. After three successful meetings, the spell can be cast.
The casting places both the individual and the priest great risk. If the priest has acted in any way contrary to his or her alignment, or if the repentant individual has not done all he or she can do to change his or her ways during the preparation time, the spell goes drastically wrong. The priest imme­diately changes alignment to match that of the repentant individual, and the individual loses half of accumulated experience to date. Once this has occurred, both are barred from using the cleanse spell in the future. If the DM is convinced that both priest and repentant character have acted properly, the spell works and the character regains his or her original alignment.
This spell relies on the role-playing of the char­acter and the DM's interpretation of events and motivations. The DM plays the part of the power­ful being, watching out for the best interest of its alignment. Flagrant disregard for alignment while under this intense scrutiny should cause the spell to fail. Use the three meetings of the preparation period to update the characters on their progress – a series of failed meeting should dissuade them.
The material component is a magical item usable only by one of the priest's alignment. It is destroyed when the spell is cast.
Notes: Granted to all elementals, common.
Category:Psionic Enchancements
Category:Priest Spells
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