Holy Water (Magical Liquid)

Holy Water, that bane of vampires and many other monsters, is created in the following way: In a temple of a god, three priests of at least 2nd level stand over an empty water-basin and perform a ritual of prayer. They pray for the god's blessing and protection for an entire hour. At the end of that time, they each cast a spell, and do so simultaneously: One casts create water, and the second casts protection from evil, and the third casts purify food and drink. Half a gallon of holy water is created. (The create water spell can create up to four gallons of water, but the protection from evil and purify food and drink spells used this way can only create half a gallon of holy water. Therefore, for every two extra priests, one to cast each of those two spells, an extra half-gallon can be created. Nine priests together can create four gallons.)
The tremendous expenditure of magic and the time involved are the reasons a single dose of holy water costs 25 gp to the adventurer. Obviously, any three priests can create holy water "for free" so long as they are 2nd level or higher and priests of the same god.
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