Temple Services

Welcome, guildmates. The first time most of you read this is when you've just returned home from a quest that didn't go entirely to plan, and resulted in you losing a dear friend and comrade, or having one rendered crippled by ailments beyond your ability to cure.

So first things first - my sincere condolences. I've lost friends of my own. It's never an easy pain to endure.

The great diamond drought of Elanora 1137

Most temple services that involve the reversal of death involve diamonds. Diamonds do exist here, but must be mined from deep and dangerous depths. Even if we had limitless wealth, the commonfolk of this land can only extract so many gems each week.

Our Chief Merchants and Librarians will be trying to track what diamonds the Guild has access to, and this will be updated on the quest board and the Shrine of the Ancestors each week. Donations are always welcome. You may never know or meet the agent who lives because of your generosity, but rest assured they will appreciate it.

Diamonds held in the Guild vault will be made available for agents to take into the field only with the express permission of Lady Wintergreen (Do not bother her with trivial requests). Diamond dust is not available for sale.

As always, quest treasures, spoils of war and the like are yours by right. Your donations are appreciated, but not mandatory.

With the Emberin Hold secured, the guild will receive a small tithe of 100g (0.5 carat) worth of diamonds and diamond dust every week. This will increase only if the security situation in Dinga Hills, East Elanora is improved.

Spell casting availability

Breac Sunfist is the highest ranking guild cleric (left standing). He is a level 12 spellcaster and will reach level 13 just before half-way through the season, but given the guild's precarious state he is often abroad in the field on critical assignment. Therefore you can rely on his availability for only one day each week. This is enough to:

• Cast up to 12 level 3 spells (Remove Curse, Dispel Magic)
• Cast up to 6 level 5 spells (Raise Dead, Dispel Evil and Good, Greater Restoration)
• Cast Resurrection once per week after the half-way event.

Lady Wintergreen is available for high-level Druid spellcasting only at her discretion, as her efforts are focused on regrowing the World Tree. Other guild members are free to offer their spellslots and downtime to assist Breac.

Return only of the willing

A spirit can only be returned to a body through use of the spells offered by the guild if it is willing to return.

Use of other spells to return a spirit against its will is an act of great evil. While agents of the Guild are given great leeway in determining how they achieve their objectives, use of such unrestricted necromancy within the bounds of the Guild Hall is strictly prohibited except in immediete defence of the hall itself. Agents are warned that most civilised nations of Elanora also prohibit use of necromancy in this way. Even in the Empire of Eal, it is permitted only under strictly controlled circumstances, for reasons severe such as the rescue or preservation of the living, and only on a temporary basis.

Resurrection Sickness

Resurrection takes its toll on both healer and patient. The week after a guild agent is resurrected, they take Resurrection Sickness and suffer a -2 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws and ability checks. This cannot be cured by anything except time.

This penalty persists for the first week the character plays at a quest session in the Little Warriors Adventurers Guild. It then expires, and the week after the character is back to normal.

Breac, or any other caster who casts Resurrection, cannot complete other downtime activities on the same week as they cast this spell, although they are free to quest and take standard actions to prepare for their next quest (such as travelling, shopping, etc).

Reincarnation

Reincarnation is a Druid-only resurrection spell castable by any Druid of 9th level or above. It requires only a single body part of the character to have survived, but it requires 1000 gold worth of rare oils.

These oils are extremely rare in Elanora. Wherever they are found, they are sure to be treasured and guarded.

The Legendary Fire-Beatles of the Veiled Wastes

In ancient times, the Fire Beatles were harvested for their oils that aided in spellcasting. However they were hunted almost to extinction. Harvesting a Fire Beatle's oil is fatal to the Beatle.

If the Guild were to find such creatures, their oil would be a great and valuable boon. There would likely be many others in the world who would kill for this resource. If the Guild were to find such creatures...they could be the very last of their kind.

Temple Services Costs

The below costs are based on traditional price of 200 gold pieces per carat of diamond. Actual prices in Elanora markets may vary wildly, and are only likely to inflate if we begin buying these gems in bulk from local markets.
If the Guild runs out of reagents, particularly diamonds, its availability of some below services will cease!

Name	Cost (diamonds)	Castable by	Limitations
Resurrection spells and reversal of the condition of Death
Revivify	1.5 carat (300g)	Many classes	Missing body parts not restored. Target must have been dead no longer than 1 minute.
Raise Dead	2.5 carat (500g)	Lvl 9 Cleric or Bard	Missing body parts not restored. Target must have been dead no longer than 10 days.
Resurrection	5 carat (1000g)	Lvl 13 Cleric or Bard	Must be some part of the body left to touch. Target must have been dead no longer than 100 years. Breac Sunfist can cast this once per week only. While this spell does regrow lost limbs and body parts, it has been demonstrated to fail if the head is severed and kept intact, but apart from an otherwise intact body.
Reincarnation	special	Lvl 9 Druid	Rerolls the target's race. Target must have been dead no longer than 10 days. Requires rare oils, not diamonds. Requires only a piece of the body.
Cures
Lesser Restoration	Free	Many classes	Cures only poisons, diseases, blindness, deafness or paralysis
Remove Curse	Free	Many classes	Cures curses and allows unattunement from cursed magic items
Dispel Magic	Free	Many classes	Specifically ends spell effects only.
Dispel evil	Free	Level 9 Clerics	Removes posession, fear and charm, but only from celestials, fiends, fey or undead
Greater Restoration	0.5 carat (100g)	Level 9 Clerics, Bards and Druids, some Warlocks	When all else fails. Will remove petrification. Has been demonstrated this does not reverse rewriting by Nathrael.
Regeneration	1 vial of holy water	Level 13 Clerics, Bards and Druids	Restores missing limbs. Breac Sunfist can cast this once per week only.