Potestas: a D&D3E supplement
Spells
Protect from Magic
Abjuration
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Living creature or object touched
Duration: 10 minutes/Power point
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless, object)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless, object)
Minimum Power Points: 3; see text
This spell protects the subject from one spell descriptor. The spell immediately
removes any magical effect with that descriptor of equal or fewer Power points
than the Power points expended by the caster, and grants a new saving throw with
a +4 bonus against more powerful magical effects. This occurs even if the magical
effect has a duration of instantaneous.
It also renders the target immune to magical effects with that descriptor of equal
or fewer Power points for the duration of the spell, and confers a +4 bonus to
saving throws against more powerful magical effects.
This spell can instead counter and dispel a creature or object's power to use
supernatural or spell-like effects that have that spell descriptor for the duration
of the spell, at the caster's option. The caster must make a dispel check, as
for remove magic.
Restriction: Choose one type of spell descriptor (curse, death,
fear, mind-affecting, possession). This spell only protects against that spell
descriptor, as follows.
Curse: the minimum Power points cost increases to 7. It does not remove
the curse from a cursed shield, weapon, or suit of armor, although the spell typically
enables the creature afflicted with any such cursed item to remove and get rid
of it.
Death: the minimum Power points cost increases to 7.
Fear: this spell protects the subject from all fear effects (shaken,
frightened, panicked, cowering).
Mind-Affecting: the minimum Power points cost increases to 11. For an
additional 4 Power points, it can be heightened to protect the subject against
all devices and spells that detect or read emotions or thoughts, as well as information
gathering by divination spells or effects.
Possession: this spell protects the subject from all possession effects.
Special: This spell cannot be enhanced using the General
Spell metamagic feat.
Diminished: For 2 Power points less (minimum 1 Power point),
the subject gains only the +4 bonus to saving throws.
maintained by Gary Johnson (gwzjohnson at optusnet.com.au)
last updated 18 March 2005