Age Creature
This spell ages the targeted creature one year
per level of the caster. Unwilling subjects may attempt a saving throw to resist the spell. Subjects
affected by age creature must make a successful
system shock roll to survive the change.
Subjects cannot be aged beyond their natural
life spans. If the priest's level indicates that a creature would be aged beyond this level, the creature
is aged to one year short of his maximum age.
The spell cannot cause a subject to die.
Human and humanoid characters affected by
the spell experience changes in appearance associated with increased age, such as gray hair and
wrinkles. More significantly, they suffer losses in
Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution when they
reach certain age levels. These are summarized in
Table 12: Aging Effects.
Nonmagical monsters can be affected by age
creature. The DM determines a monster's current
age and natural life span based on its description
in the MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM appendix or based on his own judgment. To determine
the effects of aging on a monster, assume the following: a monster is middle-aged when it reaches
half its natural life span; a monster reaches old
age at two-thirds of its natural life span; a monster reaches venerable age in the last one-sixth of
its years. A monster suffers the penalties which
follow when it reaches these age levels. The penalties are cumulative and permanent (unless the
affected monster becomes younger).
Age | Penalty |
---|---|
Middle Age | -1 to all saving throws |
Old Age | -1 to all saving throws -1 to all attack rolls |
Venerable | -1 to all saving throws -1 to all attack rolls |
Reverse: Restore Youth
The reverse of this spell, restore youth, perma- nently restores age that has been lost as a result of magic (such as an age creature spell), but not natural aging. Restore youth reduces the age of the targeted creature by one year per level of the caster. The subject must make a successful system shock roll to survive the change. Subjects who become younger regain the lost ability scores described above. A subject cannot become younger than his actual age as a result of this spell.[Tome of Magic]
Reversible
Sphere: Time(Alteration)
Level: 6
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Permanent
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: One creature
Saving Throw: Negates
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Permanent
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: One creature
Saving Throw: Negates
Age Creature: a pinch of powdered emerald
Restore Youth: a pinch of powdered ruby
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