Jhanifer's Deliquescence (Wizard Spell)

This spell enables a wizard to instantly melt ice, frozen liquids, and other substances that freeze within 10 degrees of water's freezing point (32 °F.). Such melting does not involve heat, steam, or the consumption of fuel. A wall of ice, for instance, could be turned into water that falls to the ground, a frozen lock or sleigh runner could be freed.
Repeated applications of this spell can turn solids into liquid form, and 10 deliquescence spells equal the effects of a transmute rock to mud spell. (The details of this use of the spell are little known and poorly understood. The DM should sharply limit the combat effectiveness of dissolving solids, although a mage might use the spell repeatedly to make digging a tunnel easier.)
Animated or enchanted creatures of stone receive a saving throw vs. spell based on their Hit Dice and a stone golem practically shrugs off the effects. Other objects have a saving throw equal to the saving throw (at the time) of the being who enchanted them. Success negates the spell. Living creatures, even if stony, are unaffected by Jhanifer's deliquescence.
The material components of this spell are a tiny piece of amber and a piece of ice.
Notes: Rare or very rare spell from the Forgotten Realms setting. Known to be in Laeral's Libram.
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