Resist Fire (Resist Cold)
Name
Resist Fire (Resist Cold)
Type of Magic
Priest
Spell Level
2nd
School
Alteration (House Publius)
Sphere
Protection
Reversible?
No
Range
Touch
Components
Material, Somatic, Verbal
The caster needs a drop of mercury as the material component of this spell.
Duration
1 rd./level
Casting Time
5
Area of Effect
1 creature
Saving Throw
None
Effects
When this spell is placed upon a creature by a priest, the creature's body is toughened to withstand heat or cold, as chosen by the caster. The spell grants the creature complete immunity to mild conditions (standing naked in the snow or reaching into an ordinary fire to pluck out a note). The recipient can somewhat resist intense heat or cold (whether natural or magical in origin), such as red-hot charcoal, a large amount of burning oil, flaming swords, fire storms, fireballs, meteor swarms, red dragon's breath, frostbrand swords, ice storms, wands of frost, or white dragon's breath.
In all of these cases, the temperature affects the creature to some extent. The recipient of the spell gains a bonus of +3 to saving throws against such attack forms and all damage sustained is reduced by 50%; therefore, if the saving throw is failed, the creature sustains one-half damage, and if the saving throw is successful, the creature sustains only one-quarter damage.
Resistance to fire lasts for one round for each experience level of the priest placing the spell.
