Weavesong (Priest Spell)

The potent spell allows the priest to call directly on the Weave to fashion nonliving matter out of magic or to reshape existing matter. Given enough time and energy, nearly any object can be created or shaped. Once the shaping is completed, the magical energy fades in a short time, leaving the finished matter permanently in the desired form; at this point it is unaffected by dispel magic, Mordenkainen's disjunction and similar effects.
While there is no hard and fast limit on the amount of matter that can be created or shaped by a weavesong, several practical limits exist. First, the casting time of weavesong is one turn per pound of organic material, one hour per pound of earth or stone, and one day per pound of metal or gemstone created or shaped by means of this spell. Second, for every day (round up) spent creating or shaping matter by means of this spell, the priest's Constitution tem­porarily drops by one point. If the Constitution of the priest ever drops to zero, the strain of the weavesong crafting is too much and the priest's spirit passes on. Constitution points return at a rate of one point per two days once the weavesong is ended. Finally, upon completion of the weavesong, the cast must make three successful ability checks. First, the caster must make a successful Constitution check (against initial score at the time of casting) reflecting the tremendous strain required to hold the weavesong together until the item coalesces. Second, the caster must make a successful Wisdom check, reflecting the tremendous willpower necessary to harness the energies of the Weave. Third, the priest must make a successful Artistic Ability nonweapon proficiency check in the medium worked. A priest who lacks this nonweapon proficiency altogether must check against one-third of his or her Wisdom score (round down). A priest who has the Artistic Ability proficiency, but has not specialized in working in a medium employing the created or shaped material must check against two-thirds of the Wisdom score (round down). If stabil­ities from Player's Option: Skills & Powers are used, the required checks are made against Fitness, Willpower, and Intuition, respectively.
If the weavesong succeeds, any matter so cre­ated or shaped is permanent, indistinguishable from other matter. If the weavesong fails for any reason (whether it be because the caster was forced to end the spell prematurely, because the Constitution of the priest dropped to zero, or because one or more ability checks were failed), the created matter appears briefly, but does not coalesce. It immedi­ately dissipates into magical energy once again; likewise, shaped matter briefly assumes the new shape before reverting to its prior form. A failed casting has a 10% chance of a magical backlash. The backlash erupts as a spherical burst of pure magical energy centered on the priest with a radius of 10 feet for each 100 pounds of material (round up) that the priest attempted to create or shape. Any creature caught in the area of effect suffers 10d10 points of damage. There is no saving throw against such a backlash, and the only protections against this damage are magic resistance or being in a dead
magic zone or an antimagic field. Only the first protects the caster; obviously a weavesong cannot be cast in a dead magic zone or an antimagic field.
Weavesong can be cast as a cooperative magic spell, greatly increasing the amount of matter that can be created or shaped and the likelihood of suc­cess. If cast by two or more priests, the amount of matter that can be created or shaped in any period of time is multiplied by the number of participants. The Constitution score regulating the maximum length of the casting time is the sum of the Consti­tution ability scores of the participants. Temporar­ily lost points of Constitution are apportioned equally among the participants according to the percentage of Constitution points they contributed to the total pool. Ability checks are made against the best score of any of the participants. Finally, the chance of a magical backlash is reduced by 1% (to a minimum of 5%) for each additional partici­pant beyond the first.
The material components are the caster's holy symbol and a small amount of the material to be created.
The latter “seeds” the Weave so that the ambient magical energies coalesce into the desired material. Shaped matter naturally serves as its own material component. If matter from a single Elemental, Para-Elemental or Quasi-Elemental plane is used as the material component, it is possible to create or shape matter with the purity of that found on the various Inner Planes.
Notes: Very rare spell from the Forgotten Realms setting.
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