Ceremony
Schools: Invocation/Evocation
Spheres: All
Area of Effect: 1 creature, one item, or area
Casting Time: 1 hr
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Special
Range: Touch
Saving Throw: Special

The ceremony spell represents certain functions carried out by religious organizations, and has various applications, depending on the level of the priest. A ceremony does not leave behind an aura of magic (although in some cases an aura of good or evil might be present and thus detectable), and the effects of a ceremony cannot be dispelled. Specific ceremonies vary from religion to religion, but usually encompass the following:

1st-level cleric: coming of age, burial, marriage
3rd-level cleric: dedication, investiture, consecrate item
5th-level cleric: ordination, special vows
7th-level cleric: consecrate ground
9th-level cleric: anathematize

Each of these variations of the ceremony spell require a priest of the indicated level or a higher one, with additional restrictions as described below. All ceremony spells except anathematize have no saving throw, since the recipient is either inanimate or presumed to be willing; these simply fail if performed on someone who is unwilling to receive the benefit. Briefly, the ceremonies listed do the following things:

Coming of age is a limited form of bless spell that is performed upon a young man (and in some cultures a young woman) at some point relatively early in life, often the age of 12. A young person who undergoes this ceremony receives a +1 bonus to any single saving throw, which can be taken at any time after the coming of age ceremony is completed. In some cultures, the coming of age ceremony has a symbolic significance, such that an adolescent must receive this blessing before he or she can enjoy the rights and privileges of adulthood.

Burial magically protects a corpse, and bestows it with the blessing of the religious organization. The body is shielded for one week as if by a protection from evil spell, and anyone trying to disinter the corpse within that time must make a saving throw vs. spell or stop and flee in fear for one turn.

Marriage has no tangible after-effeect (it does not guarantee happiness or harmony), but it usually carries a moral or legal significance, not dissimilar to the various rites of marriage that are performed in our real world.

Dedication allows the recipient of the spell to be taken into the ranks of the performing priest's religion, making that person a sanctioned worshiper of the priest's deity. The effect of a dedication is permanent, unless the worshiper demonstrates a desire to change allegiance to a different deity. In such a case, the earlier dedication can be overridden by a new dedication performed by a priest of a higher level than the one who performed the previous dedication.

Investiture must be performed on any aspiring priest before that individual can achieve the status of a 1st-level priest.

Consecrate an item must be performed on any object to be placed on an altar or in some other location within a religious edifice. Holy (or unholy) water must be kept in a properly consecrated container, to revent it from losing its potency.

Ordination must be performed on a priest before the individual can assume responsibility for a congregation or assume similar duties, and even an adventuring priest must be ordained before he or she can gain followers and establish a following or other sort of group. In all cases, the priest performing the ordination must be of higher level than the recipient; this ceremony is often conducted as part of the training a priest receives in order to advance from 2nd to 3rd level.

Special vows can be received by a would-be paladin or knight before that individual embarks upon a career in the desired profession. The effect lasts for as long as it takes the individual to gain enough experience points to rise to the upper limit of the curren tlevel. The special vows can then be renewed as part of the individual's training between levels, or at any time during advancement through the next higher level. A paladin who has received special vows is immune to the effects of bestow curse spells (but not cursed items) for as long as the special vows remain in effect. Additionally, this ceremony renders the subject more susceptible (-4 on saving throw) to any quest spell cast upon him or her by a priest of the same alignment as the one who performed the special vows ceremony.

Consecrate ground should be performed upon an area before any holy (unholy) structure is built on the site. A religious edifice constructed on ground that has not been consecrated will slowly but irrevocably fall into a state of disrepair, having a 1% chance per year cumulative, of actually collapsing as a result of this oversight. This ceremony must be performed before the area in question is altered in any way (for example, landscaping) and before any construction materials are brought to the site; it has no effect if it is done as an afterthought. Consecrate ground can be used on a plot of land destined for use as a graveyard, and in such a case the graveyard itself automatically turns undead each round with the same effectiveness as a 3rd-level cleric. (Or, if the consecration of a would-be graveyard is performed by an evil cleric, any undead creatures occupying the area are treated as if they were being protected and controlled by an evil cleric of 3rd level.)

Anathematize is a form of excommunication by means of which the offender is literally branded on the cheek, forehead, arm, or hand with a symbol, sigil, or sign that identifies the subject (to those who understand the symbol) as someone who has committed a serious offense in the eyes of his or her deity. An unwilling subject of this spell is allowed a saving throw vs. spell, at -4, to escape its effects. If the recipient is not truly deserving of the telling brand, the ceremony fails when performed. A successful atonement causes the brand to fade, and possibly vanish. If the offending actions were caused magically or by some other external force, the brand utterly disappears. If the offending actions were willful, the brand cannot be completely removed.

The components for the various ceremony spells vary from religion to religion, but the material component always involves the use of the cleric's holy symbol in one way or another.
Standard costs for performing these ceremonies are as follows: coming of age, 5-15 sp; burial, 5-50 gp; marriage, 1-20 gp; dedication, 1-10 sp (or sometimes free); consecrate item, usually free; ordination, usually free but possibly as much as 200 gp; special vows, 1-100 gp (or sometimes free); consecrate ground, 100-600 gp depending on the size of the area and the level of the priest; and anathematize is always performed at no charge, since this ceremony is always deemed to be in the best interests of the priest' religion.
Notes: Common for clerics.

Other Clerical Ceremonies
These ceremonies have been published in Dragon Magazine as spells. Here they are presented as additional ceremonies:

3rd-level cleric: bless newborn
7th-level cleric: desecrate ground

Bless Newborn: This ceremony protects a newborn infant from possession and other ill effects. It must be performed within 14 days of birth and has a saving throw bonus of +2 against any form of possession. Further, the infant will not be stolen by faerie folk or replaced by a changling. The usual cost for the ceremony is 2-5 gp.

Desecrate Ground: This ceremony, the reverse of the consecrate ground ceremony, is generally used against a building or area consecrated to an opposing alignment. It goes beyond mere physical pollution or defilement, and the affected area requires extensive ritual purification before any attempt can be made to reconsecrate it. Any general alignment-based bonuses the site provides are reduced or negated. Further, a desecrated building is 1% likely per year to collapse; this chance is not cumulative.
This ceremony is also used by evil priests to remove the protections placed on burial grounds. This makes those buried within more vulnerable to animation, and makes those interred later 5% likely to become restless spirits of some type. Further, any priest in the burial ground and attempting to turn its undead operates as if two levels lower than he or she actually is. There is, of course, no charge.

Clean (Alteration)
Sphere: All
Range: 0
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Permanent
Casting Time: 2
Area of Effect: Special
Saving Throw: None

Upon casting this spell, the priest effectively cleans one person, animal, or object per level of experience. If cast upon a person or mount, it cleans the being plus any personal belongings it has on it. Alternatively, it can be cast on a 10-foot cube area. This spell affects dirt, grease, paint, sweat, etc., but can be controlled so it doesn't remove something that is permanent, such as oil in boots or paint on a shield. This spell is useful for a party that is on the road for weeks without a chance to bathe. It can also be used to negate the effects of some spells. These spells would include colour spray, grease, etc. The material component of this spell is a piece of soap.

Cleanse
Schools: Alteration
Spheres: All
Area of Effect: The caster
Casting Time: 1
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Instantaneous
Range: 0
Saving Throw: None

This spell causes all grime, dirt and stains to be removed from the caster and his vestments, enabling the priest to present himself to his congregation in immaculate condition. All clothing that the caster wears is restored to its original color. If the caster was exposed to any minor incidental diseases, these are cured, provided they have not already reached a noticeable level. This does not affect diseases such as mummy rot, rat bites, or lycanthropy. Even wounds are cleansed and infections are purified (healing 1 point of damage, if no cure wounds spells have been applied previously).
The material component for this spell is a handful of clean sand.

Coalstone (Alteration)
Sphere: Elemental (Fire)
Range: 0
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Special
Casting Time: 3 turns
Area of Effect: Gem touched
Saving Throw: None

When this spell is cast, the priest enchants a gem, turning it into a coalstone. The coalstone glows and gives off heat. It is hot enough to start a fire, ignite flammable substances and shed light in a 5-foot radius. Holding the coalstone will inflict 1 point of damage per round unless the wielder possesses some form of protection. The coalstone will burn for 1 day per gold piece value of the gem used for a maximum of 1 year per level of the priest, after which the coalstone crumbles into a fine powder. Another function of the coalstone is that the priest may opt to cause it to explode. This will cause 1 point of concussion damage for every 100 days left on the duration and ignite any flammable objects within a 5-foot radius. The material component for the spell is a sprig of holly.

Combine
(Evocation)
Sphere: All
Range: Touch Components: V, S
Duration: Special Casting Time: 1 rd.
Area of Effect: Circle of priests Saving Throw: None

Using this spell, three to five priests combine their abilities so that one of them casts spells and turns undead at an enhanced level. The highest-level priest (or one of them, if two or more are tied for highest) stands alone, while the others join hands in a surrounding circle. The central priest casts the combine spell. He temporarily gains one level for each priest in the circle, up to a maximum gain of four levels. The level increase affects turning undead and spell details that vary with the caster's level. Note that the central priest gains no additional spells and that the group is limited to his currently memorized spells.

The encircling priests must concentrate on maintaining the combine effect. They lose all Armor Class bonuses for shield and Dexterity. If any of them has his concentration broken, the combine spell ends immediately. If the combine spell is broken while the central priest is in the act of casting a spell, that spell is ruined just as if the caster were disturbed. Spells cast in combination have the full enhanced effect, even if the combine is broken before the duration of the enhanced spell ends. Note that the combination is not broken if only the central caster is disturbed.

Common Prayer (Conjuration/Summoning)
Sphere: All
Range: 0
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 day
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: 10-yard radius
Saving Throw: None

The priest leads a prayer to his deity, that he may influence the day to come. All who participate (by repeating the prayer) inside the area of effect gain the influence. It is expressed by a +5%/+1 (or -5%/-1) alteration on a single die roll during the day to come. If not used before the priest's recycle time, the benefit dissipates. Several common prayers may be participated in by the same individual. The benefits stack, but their effects are not cumulative.

Comprehend Languages (Alteration) Reversible
Sphere: Divination
Range: 0
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 5 rounds per level
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: Creature or object touched
Saving Throw: None

Except as noted above, this spell is the same as the 1st-level wizard spell comprehend languages.

(When this spell is cast, the wizard is able to understand the spoken words of a creature or read an otherwise incomprehensible written message (such as writing in another language). In either case, the wizard must touch the creature or the writing. Note that the ability to read does not necessarily impart understanding of the material, nor does the spell enable the caster to speak or write an unknown language. Written material can be read at the rate of one page or equivalent per round. Magical writing cannot be read, other than to know it is magical, but the spell is often useful when deciphering treasure maps. This spell can be foiled by certain warding magic (the 3rd-level secret page and illusionary script spells), and it does not reveal messages concealed in otherwise normal text.

The material components of this spell are a pinch of soot and a few grains of salt.

The reverse of this spell, confuse languages, cancels a comprehend languages spell or renders a writing or a creature's speech incomprehensible, for the same duration as above.)

Create Earth (Alteration) Reversible
Sphere: Elemental (Earth), Summoning
Range: 10 yards
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Permanent
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: Special
Saving Throw: None

By this spell, the priest creates up to 3 pounds per level of stone or 1 cubic foot per level of sand, dirt, or dust. The stone can be solid or loose gravel. The reverse, destroy earth, will destroy a like amount of earth or stone. Magical creatures are allowed a saving throw versus death magic or take 1 point of damage per level of the priest. The material component is the priest's holy symbol.

Create Fire
Schools: Elemental Fire
Area of Effect: Object touched
Casting Time: 2
Components: V, M
Duration: 6 turns + 1 per level
Range: 6"
Saving Throw: None

This spell creates enough fire to light a torch or a campfire.
The fire appears on the object touched by the warlock with the tip of his athame. The fire will bum for the number of turns listed above unless it is put out or comes in contact with a flamable object. Other than it's creation the fire is normal in ever respect. The material component is the warlocks athame, which is not consumed when the spell is cast.

Create Water
(Alteration)
Reversible
Sphere: Elemental (Water)
Range: 30 yds. Components: V, S, M
Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 1 rd.
Area of Effect: Up to 27 cu. ft. Saving Throw: None

When the priest casts a create water spell, up to four gallons of water are generated for every experience level of the caster (for example, a 2nd-level priest creates up to 8 gallons of water, a 3rd-level priest up to 12 gallons, etc.). The water is clean and drinkable (it is just like rain water). The created water can be dispelled within a round of its creation; otherwise, its magic fades, leaving normal water that can be used, spilled, evaporated, etc. The reverse of the spell, destroy water, obliterates without trace (no vapor, mist, fog, or steam) a like quantity of water. Water can be created or destroyed in an area as small as will actually contain the liquid, or in an area as large as 27 cubic feet (1 cubic yard).

Note that water can neither be created nor destroyed within a creature. For reference purposes, water weighs about 8 ½ pounds per gallon, and a cubic foot of water weighs approximately 64 pounds.

The create water spell requires at least a drop of water; the destroy water spell, at least a pinch of dust.

Cure Light Wounds/Cause Light Wounds
(Necromancy)
Reversible
Sphere: Healing
Range: Touch Components: V, S
Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 5
Area of Effect: Creature touched Saving Throw: None

When casting this spell and laying his hand upon a creature, the priest causes 1d8 points of wound or other injury damage to the creature's body to be healed. This healing cannot affect creatures without corporeal bodies, nor can it cure wounds of creatures not living or of extraplanar origin.

The reverse of the spell, cause light wounds, operates in the same manner, inflicting 1d8 points of damage. If a creature is avoiding this touch, an attack roll is needed to determine if the priest's hand strikes the opponent and causes such a wound.

Curing is permanent only insofar as the creature does not sustain further damage; caused wounds will heal--or can be cured--just as any normal injury.

Curse of Tongues
Schools: Alteration
Spheres: Elemental, Air
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Casting Time: 4
Components: V, M
Duration: 1 rd/level
Range: 5 yds/level
Saving Throw: None

This minor spell makes its target speech completely unintelligible by distorting the airwaves that project the voice and dispersing them. This interrupts and prevents any spell casting requiring verbal components.
The material component is a piece of string or cord tied in a knot.

Chilling Scythe
Schools: Invocation/Evocation
Necromancy
Spheres: Combat
Necromantic
Area of Effect: 1 scythe
Casting Time: 5
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 rd/level
Range: 0
Saving Throw: None

This spell creates an oversized but weightless scythe that can be wielded by any living creature either as a tool or as a weapon. The scythe appears in the hands of the spellcaster, but can be given to another to be wielded. The scythe is a two-handed, 7-foot-long device that is a +2 enchanted weapon, dealing 2d4+2 points of piercing and slashing (Type P/S) physical damage (1d8+2 vs. L-sized or larger creatures) plus chilling for a further 1d4 points of damage (no saving throw). This chilling damage is caused by draining life force, not by cold; however, the damage can be healed normally. A chilling scythe has a speed factor of 5, and its dweomer enables the wielder to use it with no nonproficiency penalty.
If a chilling scythe even touches an undead creature it inflicts 4d6 points of damage and hurls the creature helplessly 20 feet away from the scythe. The undead creature cannot advance again until the next round even if the creature hit a barrier before travelling the full distance.
The material component for this spell is a fragment of bone.

Clay Beast (Conjuration/Summoning)
Sphere: Elemental (Earth), Summoning
Range: 30 yards
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 2 rounds per level
Casting Time: 2 rounds
Area of Effect: Special
Saving Throw: None

This spell enables a priest to conjure up a weak earth elemental - a clay beast of AC 4, 2 HD, MV 100 feet per round, 1 attack for 1d4 points of damage, which can be hit by normal weapons. It is about 5 feet tall and appears as a solid mud man. It moves as directed by the priest, but if it ever becomes separated from the priest by more than 30 yards, it instantly dissipates. Any native to the elemental plane of earth can disperse it at will with a simple touch, even another clay beast. The material component for this spell is a bit of clay.

Cloak of Winds
Schools: Abjuration
Spheres: Elemental, Air
Protection
Area of Effect: Caster
Casting Time: 2
Components: V, M
Duration: Special
Range: 0
Saving Throw: Nil

The cloak of winds spell causes the caster to be surrounded by small gusts of wind about his person. Whenever a missile weapon comes close to the cleric the winds rush and force the missile to land near the cleric but without causing any damage. Note that the caster need not see the missiles for the spell to deflect it and he can even be asleep at the time.
The spell will deflect a maximum of 2 arrows per level of the caster and the cleric can have no more than 1 of these spells upon his person at a specific time. (i.e. he can have one such spell active and another in memory but if he casts the spell anew then the first spell is immediately negated)
The spell will last 10 hours or until it has protected the caster from all the missiles it can.
The winds will not protect from magic missile or similar spells but will deflect Flame arrow if it was cast on arrows. The DM has the final judgement on the spells that it can deflect and those it cannot.
The material components are a broken arrow and a feather.

Clues of Ash
Schools: Greater Divination
Spheres: Elemental, Fire
Area of Effect: 10 ft./level radius
Casting Time: 1 rd.
Components: S, M
Duration: Special
Range: 0
Saving Throw: NA

Casting this spell on a pile of ashes gives the caster a smoky vision of the scene before an item or creature was destroyed. The vision ends at the time the thing was ruined or killed and begins 1 round per level of the caster sooner. Thus, a 4th-level priest sees the last four minutes of a destroyed object's existence. Clues of ash reveals whether the thing was an item or a living creature, and whether it was destroyed by fire or by defiling magic. If the caster is examining vegetable matter destroyed by defiling magic, there is a 10% chance the priest can identify the spell that destroyed it.

Coat of Mist
Schools: Conjuration/Summoning
Spheres: Elemental, Air, Elemental, Water
Area of Effect: Self
Casting Time: 4
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 rd/level
Range: 0
Saving Throw: NA

A priest can use this spell to crate a magical mist about himself. The spell can be used only at night, during a rainstorm, or at any other time natural mists might be present. The coat of mist improves the caster's Armor Class by 2, and gives a +2 saving throw bonus against fire- or sun-based attacks. These modifiers are cumulative with other bonuses the priest might have, but the caster can benefit from only one coat of mist at a time.

Create Healing Potion
Schools: Alteration
Spheres: Healing
Area of Effect: One container of liquid
Casting Time: 7
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 day + 1 day/level
Range: Touch
Saving Throw: None

This spell allows the caster to transform a single flask or bottle of any liquid - be it water, poison, or even another potion - into a statndard potion of healing capable of restoring up to 2d4+2 points of damage to an injured creature who imbibes it. The potion may be carried and used at a later time, but if no one imbibes it before the spell duration expires, it reverts to its previous composition.

Crystallize
Schools: Alteration
Spheres: Elemental, Water
Area of Effect: 1 cu ft/level
Casting Time: 5
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Range: 30 yds
Saving Throw: None

This spell turns 1 cubic foot of water per level of the caster into ice, or forms a 1-inch thich layer of ice over an existing pool of water. Anyone walking on a patch of ice must make a successful saving throw vs. paralyzation to remain standing. If failed, the individual falls and spends the rest of the round trying to stand up.

Cure Drunkenness (Abjuration) Reversible
Sphere: Healing
Range: 0
Components: V, S
Duration: Special
Casting Time: 2
Area of Effect: Creature touched
Saving Throw: None

This spell will instantly remove all effects of alcohol intoxication from one target's system. This instantly alleviates hangover, lack of sobriety, and all associated effects of being drunk or its immediate after-effects. It will not cure or abate maladies caused by long-term alcohol abuse, such as cirrhosis of the liver, alcoholism, heart disease, etc.

The reverse, cause drunkenness, will make its target instantly and severely drunk. The drunkenness caused will last as long as normal drunkenness would last, and may bring on a hangover. The severity of the drunkenness is slight if cast by a 2rd-5th level priest, moderate if cast by a 6th-9th level priest, and great if cast by a 10th level or higher priest (see the Net Alcohol Guide for more information).

Cure Madness
Schools: Abjuration
Spheres: Necromantic
Area of Effect: Creature touched
Casting Time: 1 rd
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Range: Touch
Saving Throw: None

This spell enables the caster to cure most diseases that affected the mind by placing his hand upon the mad creature's brow. The affliction rapidly disappears thereafter, making the cured creature whole and well in from one turn to 10 days, depending upon the type of insanity and the state of advancement when the cure took place. (The DM must adjudicate these conditions.) The spell is also effective against the afteraffects of psionic abilities that damage the target's mind and in countering feeblemind. This spell does not prevent reoccurrence of a form of insanity of the recipient again succumbs to madness, nor does it exorcise a possessing spirit.

Cure Moderate Wounds
(Necromancy)
Reversible
Sphere: Healing
Range: Touch Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous Casting Time: 5
Area of Effect: Creature touched Saving Throw: None

Somewhat less common than the well-known cure light wounds and cure serious wounds, this healing spell was created by a priest who found that his heroic companions required his skill at doctoring more than his advice and wisdom. By laying his hand on the subject’s body, the priest can heal 1d10+1 points of damage. Noncorporeal, nonliving, or extraplanar creatures cannot be healed by this spell. The reverse of this spell, cause moderate wounds, requires the priest to successfully touch the victim and inflicts 1d10+1 points of damage. (The knockdown and critical strike entries above are for spell’s reverse.)

Cure Blindness or Deafness
(Abjuration)
Reversible
Sphere: Necromantic
Range: Touch Components: V, S
Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 1 rd.
Area of Effect: 1 creature Saving Throw: Special

By touching the creature afflicted, the priest employing the spell can permanently cure some forms of blindness or deafness. This spell does not restore or repair visual or auditory organs damaged by injury or disease.

Its reverse, cause blindness or deafness, requires a successful touch (successful attack roll) on the victim. If the victim rolls a successful saving throw, the effect is negated. If the saving throw is failed, a nondamaging magical blindness or deafness results.

A deafened creature can react only to what it can see or feel, and suffers a -1 penalty to surprise rolls, a +1 penalty to its initiative rolls, and a 20% chance of spell failure for spells with verbal components. A blinded creature suffers a -4 penalty to its attack rolls, a +4 penalty to its Armor Class, and a +2 penalty to its initiative rolls.

Cure Disease
(Abjuration)
Reversible
Sphere: Necromantic
Range: Touch Components: V, S
Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 1 rd.
Area of Effect: 1 creature Saving Throw: None

This spell enables the caster to cure most diseases by placing his hand upon the diseased creature. The affliction rapidly disappears thereafter, making the cured creature whole and well in from one turn to 10 days, depending on the type of disease and the state of its advancement when the cure took place. (The DM must adjudicate these conditions.) The spell is also effective against parasitic monsters such as green slime, rot grubs, and others. When cast by a priest of at least 12th level, this spell cures lycanthropy if cast within three days of the infection. Note that the spell does not prevent reoccurrence of a disease if the recipient is again exposed.

The reverse of the cure disease spell is cause disease. To be effective, the priest must touch the intended victim, and the victim must fail a saving throw vs. spell. The severity of the disease is decided by the priest (debilitating or fatal). The exact details of the disease are decided by the DM, but the following are typical:

Debilitating: The disease takes effect in 1d6 turns, after which the creature loses 1 point of Strength per hour until his Strength is reduced to 2 or less, at which time the recipient is weak and virtually helpless. If a creature has no Strength rating, it loses 10% of its hit points per Strength loss, down to 10% of its original hit points. If the disease also affects hit points, use the more severe penalty. Recovery requires a period of 1d3 weeks.

Fatal: This wasting disease is effective immediately. Infected creatures receive no benefit from cure wound spells while the disease is in effect; wounds heal at only 10% of the natural rate. The disease proves fatal within 1d6 months and can be cured only by magical means. Each month the disease progresses, the creature loses 2 points of Charisma, permanently.

The inflicted disease can be cured by the cure disease spell. Lycanthropy cannot be caused.

Caustic Arrow
Schools: Conjuration/Summoning
Spheres: Summoning
Area of Effect: 1 arrow
Casting Time: 3
Components: V, S
Duration: Special
Range: Touch
Saving Throw: None

The priest enchants and fires an arrow in the same at her normal chances to hit. It deals 2d4 points of acid damage to the chosen creature. For every 3 additional levels of the casters spell ability (8th, 11th, 14th, 17th) the acid burns for an aditional round, inflicting 2d4 more points of damage, to a maximum total of 10d4 points of damage at 17th level. The arrow cannot be reused. The priest can only fire one arrow in the round of attack.

Choose Future (Divination)
Sphere: Time
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 round
Casting Time: 3
Area of Effect: One creature
Saving Throw: None

In the round immediately following the casting of this spell, the affected creature is allowed two rolls for any normal attack roll, initiative roll, or saving throw. The affected creature can then choose the roll he prefers.
For example, a priest casts choose future on a warrior companion. In the next round, the warrior attacks an enemy with his sword. The warrior makes two attack rolls instead of one, then chooses which roll will determine the outcome of his attack.

The material components are two grains of sand and a rose petal.

Circle of Life
Schools: Alteration
Spheres: Elemental, Water
Area of Effect: 3 creature/level
Casting Time: 4 rds
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 day
Range: 0
Saving Throw: None

This spell enables a number of creatures to survive in arid, inhospitable terrain. Those affected by the spell need only half their water requirements per day, and regain 1 extra hit point every 24 hours.
The spell does not help the caster ini any way, in fact, the caster requires twice the normal amount of water. The priest transfers his own bodily water to those within the circle of life, and the constant drain needs to be replenished.

Circle of Secrets
Schools: Alteration
Spheres: All
Area of Effect: Special
Casting Time: 3
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration
Range: Special
Saving Throw: None

This cooperative magic spell allows a minimum of two and a maximum of twelve priests to make themselves and a number of allies undetectable by normal means. The priests stand or sit in a circle (two priests position themselves face-to-face, while three make a triangle) so that they are within arms' reach of each other. They then close their eyes and concentrate. The DM may rule that both priests must follow the same deity, or they may be followers of allied deities.
The spell's magic changes the appearance of each priest into some natural terrain feature for as long as the priests maintain their concentration. The terrain feature is dictated by the deity worshipped and the situation (a priest of Erik in a forest, for example, might look like a tree, but might appear to be a cactus in the desert).
While the spell lasts, the priests look, feel, and smell like the object of their transformation. They remain aware of their surroundings and are able to hear and smell activities around them. They do not actually polymorph into these magical forms, however. A priest who assumes the form of a boulder, for example, can feel rough or smooth like a boulder, but isn't actually as hard as rock.
All passersby, even those searching for the priests, are affected by the magic. Unless greatly motivated, even those familiar with the ground often assume that these natural features are normal for the landscape. Those suspicious of the landscape ("Hey, that boulder wasn't here a minute ago!") are allowed a saving throw vs. spell with a -1 bonus for every priest participating in the circle of secrets. Success means the individual knows the natural features weren't there previously (but does not actually see the priests); failure means the individual dismisses his or her suspicions.
In addition to their own forms, the casting priests can affect one additional individual for every two priests casting the spell. These additional individuals stand between the priests or within the circle and change shape along with the priests. These beings need not concentrate or remain still, but cannot move out of their places.
Any participant who moves significantly or breaks the circle reverts to normal. As long as two or more priests maintain their concentration, however, the rest of the circle remains disguised, no matter how many beings are enclosed. Thus, six priests could cast the spell to include three allies, then four of the priests could move away to pursue other activities. Two priests must remain in concentration to safeguard themselves and the three allies.
A true seeing spell or gem can penetrate a circle of secrets. Detect magic shows only that magic is present, but not the nature of the magic.

Clay Golem
Schools: Necromancy
Spheres: Guardian
Necromantic
Summoning
Area of Effect: 1 clay golem
Casting Time: 3
Components: V, S
Duration: 10 rds.
Range: 60'
Saving Throw: None

The caster calls up a creature of clay from loose earth on which blood has been spilled anytime in the last 24 hours. Within this limit, the golem appears in the location of the casters choice within range. The clay golem does not check morale. The golem attacks the caster's enemies until ordered to cease, the duration expires, or the golem is slain. The caster can also give the golem simple commands, including gaurd, tote, follow or scout.

Cloud Message (Alteration, Conjuration)
Sphere: Elemental (Air), Weather
Range: 0
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 day per level
Casting Time: 5
Area of Effect: 1 cloud
Saving Throw: None

This spell enables the priest to write a message into a cloud so that it becomes visible to all creatures who can see the cloud. The caster summons a small (1 HD) air elemental from the elemental plane of air, points at the cloud he wants to use and then writes the message into the air. The elemental then flies to the cloud and changes its shape until it is an exact copy of the original message magnified many times. The handwriting of the caster will even be recognised by all that are familiar with it.

The message will be visible during the day and the night as long as there is at least one major celestial body in the sky that can shine through the holes made in the cloud. The cloud is magically protected for the duration for the spell and it will not lose any vapour during this time, even if the surrounding clouds disappear into rain (the elemental is taking care of this). What's more, the priest can influence the direction the cloud is moving: he can cause it to stay immobile, or he can choose a direction the cloud has to travel to (at about 2 miles per hour). But once this choice has been made it cannot be changed and will remain the same for the full duration of the spell - 1 day per level of the caster. At the end of the duration, the elemental returns to its native plane.

Cloudburst
Schools: Alteration
Spheres: Elemental, Air, Elemental, Water, Weather
Area of Effect: 30 ft diameter cylinder up to 60 ft high
Casting Time: 6
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 round
Range: 10 yards/level
Saving Throw: None

This spell precipitates a rush of water out of the air, instantly drenching everything in the area of effect. Normal fires will be extinguished. Permanent magical fires will go out, but will re-light in 1-2 rounds (weapons in 1 round). Fire-based spells of first or second level are negated immediately.
Fire-based spells of third level or higher are also negated, but will create a steam cloud with a 120' diameter. Those within the steam cloud are scalded for 1-3 points of damage per round (twice this for cold-based creatures). The steam cloud lasts 2-5 rounds, half that in a breeze, and but one round in a strong wind.
This spell has doubled effect in humid climes, causes a haevy dampness in arid climes, produces slush and sleet at temperatures near freezing, and creates up to 10" of snow if temperature is below freezing.

Cloudview
Schools: Alteration
Greater Divination
Spheres: Divination
Area of Effect: See Below
Casting Time: 5
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 turn/level
Range: 20 miles/level
Saving Throw: Nil

Cloudview allows the caster to see and hear events through any one cloud within the range of the spell. The caster's image appears in the cloud for all to see. The caster can see in any direction from the cloud, including up. Hearing is limited to relatively loud events such as shouts or explosions. Spells cast on the cloud do not affect the caster, though an effective dispel magic severs the connection between the caster and the cloud.

Conceal Item
Schools: Illusion/Phantasm
Spheres: Protection
Area of Effect: 1 item
Casting Time: 1
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 turn + 1 rd/level
Range: Touch
Saving Throw: None

This magic enables the caster to render a single item utterly undetectable. The item can be any nonliving thing smaller than the caster's total body mass, as long as the caster carries or touches it. The spell conceals even magical and alignment auras, and shows true seeing a blank, wavering area of white fog where the item is.
This spell is usually used to conceal a carried magical item or weapon. Priests of Vhaeraun typically use it to hide holy symbols (when cast on any holy symbol, spell duration is tripled). Developed by a priestess of Lolth, this spell has been requested of Vhaeraun by most of his priests and granted to them, also.
Its material component is a small handful (about 2 ounces) of the dust of any powdered gemstone (cheap stones, such as quartz, work fine).

Conjure Lesser Elemental
Schools: Conjuration/Summoning
Spheres: Elemental, Air, Elemental, All, Elemental, Earth, Elemental, Fire, Elemental, Water
Area of Effect: Special
Casting Time: 3 rds.
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 turn + 1 round/level
Range: 30 yds.
Saving Throw: Special

With this spell, a priest can freely summon a lesser elemental from his own elemental sphere. The lesser elemental will do anything within its power to aid the caster. A priest cannot summon an elemental from an opposing sphere (that is, a water priest cannot summon a fire elemental). Only clerics and druids can cast this spell; templars cannot conjure lesser elementals.

Once cast, there is a 50% chance for one to three 2 Hit Die elementals to appear; a 25% chance for one or two 4 Hit Die elementals; and a 25% chance that one 6 Hit Die elemental will appear. The lesser elemental can be sent back by the caster, one at a time or all at once, at any time. It automatically returns to its home plane when the spell ends.

Conjured lesser elementals must be controlled by the priest; otherwise, it will simply assume a defensive posture until it returns to its plane. Lesser elementals won't attack the priest when uncontrolled. Lesser elementals can be controlled up to 30 yards away per level of the caster. Lesser water elementals are destroyed if they are ever more than 30 yards from a large body of water.

This spell requires a handful of material representative of the elemental being's home plane:

· Lesser Air Elemental: Breath of the caster

· Lesser Earth Elemental: Dirt, dust, or other earth

· Lesser Fire Elemental: Any burning object

· Lesser Water Elemental: Liquid, water, sweat, spit, and so on.

Continuous Breathable Air (Alteration) Reversible
Sphere: Elemental (Air)
Range: 6 yards
Components: V, S, M
Duration: Until dispelled
Casting Time: 3
Area of Effect: 20-yard radius sphere
Saving Throw: Negates

This spell causes the affected area to have breathable air until the spell is negated, as long as the surrounding pressure will allow it (eg., in shallow water the pressure will not remove the spell, in deep water the water pressure will reduce the area of effect considerably). This is handy for emergency breathing supplies within a poison gas area, stinking cloud, etc. It is also in great demand by owners of mines to ensure that the mine continues to be workable. It is also handy cast on the inside of helmets to provide a flow of fresh air out of the helmet, thus giving a positive air pressure, allowing the user to continue to breathe underwater (at fairly deep water pressures) and also helps to counter many of the effects of poison gas or stinking clouds (save at +4).

The reverse, continuous unbreathable air, will cause the air to become totally unbreathable, causing choking (1d6 per round while within the area of effect) and making it difficult to cast spells (save versus spell to be able to do so). It also allows for some nasty traps in the bottom of pits, etc.

The material components are a vial of oxygen for breathable air, and a vial of poison gas or stinking cloud for unbreathable air.

Corpse Explosion
Schools: Invocation/Evocation, Necromancy
Spheres: Combat, Necromantic
Area of Effect: 1 corpse
Casting Time: 3
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Range: 120'
Saving Throw: 1/2

The caster targets any single corpse in range, which explodes! The explosion inflicts 1d6 points of damage per caster level to all creatures in a 10' radius (save vs. spell for half damage), to a maximum of 6d6 points. Animated undead do not count as corpses until destroyed, and corpes that have been affected by this spell cannot be tageted by this spell again.

Create Smoke
Schools: Conjuration/Summoning
Spheres: Elemental, Air, Elemental, Fire
Area of Effect: 90-ft. radius
Casting Time: 6
Components: V, M
Duration: 4 rds.
Range: 10 yds. + 10 yds./level
Saving Throw: Special

By igniting even a tiny spark of flame, the priest creates a dense plume of smoke that obscures vision in 90-foot radius and makes breathing in the area difficult. Any air-breathing creature within the cloud must make a saving throw vs. death magic. Failure means the creature can only retreat from the cloud, coughing and rubbing its eyes. Such creatures have a -4 penalty to their attack rolls for 4 rounds after they leave the cloud. Those who make their saving throws can remain in the cloud, but fight at a -4 penalty while there. Those who make the saving throw and leave the cloud suffer no further ill effects. The smoke cloud lasts for 4 rounds and then dissipates. Strong winds will reduce the duration by half and gale force winds dissipate the smoke immediately.

The reverse of the spell, dissipate smoke, clears smoke from the area for the duration of the spell. It affects only smoke, not mists, fog, vapors, or other visible gases.

Create Zombies
Schools: Necromancy
Spheres: Necromantic
Area of Effect: Special
Casting Time: 3
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Range: 30'
Saving Throw: None

Caster can necromantically invigorate dead bodies, bestowing them with unlife, creating zombies (see Diablo Monsters). The previous levels or HD of the corpses are irrelevant; the caster can bestow one HD of unlife on a corpse per caster level, creating one or more zombies. Thus, a 5th-level caster could create one ghoul zombie, or some combinatoin of zombie type that equals 5 HD. Created undead obey the casters simple verbal commands, including follw, guard, or attack any creature. The caster cannot command more than 5 times his level in undead from those reanimated with multiple uses of this particular spell.

Crown of Cold
Schools: Invocation/Evocation
Spheres: Combat, Elemental, All
Area of Effect: Caster
Casting Time: 5
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 1 round + 1 round/level
Range: 0
Saving Throw: None

The crown of cold surrounds the caster with ripples of cold, blue light. All innately evil creatures (including fiends, undead, evil spirits, and evil faeries, but not evil-aligned characters or petitioners) within 10 feet of the caster suffer 2d4 points of damage per round. Even creatures who are usually resistant or impervious to cold suffer half damage from this effect, and those who normally suffer half damage from cold sustain full damage from it, as the magical energy the spell releases is not entirely cold-based. Evil creatures (such as yugoloths) that normally suffer double damage from cold-based attacks suffer 4d4 points of damage per round while within 10 feet of this effect.
The material components of the spell are the priest's holy symbol and a small piece of ice or sliver of cold-wrought iron.

Cure Blindness or Deafness
(Abjuration)
Reversible
Sphere: Necromantic
Range: Touch Components: V, S
Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 1 rd.
Area of Effect: 1 creature Saving Throw: Special

By touching the creature afflicted, the priest employing the spell can permanently cure some forms of blindness or deafness. This spell does not restore or repair visual or auditory organs damaged by injury or disease.

Its reverse, cause blindness or deafness, requires a successful touch (successful attack roll) on the victim. If the victim rolls a successful saving throw, the effect is negated. If the saving throw is failed, a nondamaging magical blindness or deafness results.

A deafened creature can react only to what it can see or feel, and suffers a -1 penalty to surprise rolls, a +1 penalty to its initiative rolls, and a 20% chance of spell failure for spells with verbal components. A blinded creature suffers a -4 penalty to its attack rolls, a +4 penalty to its Armor Class, and a +2 penalty to its initiative rolls.

Cure Disease
(Abjuration)
Reversible
Sphere: Necromantic
Range: Touch Components: V, S
Duration: Permanent Casting Time: 1 rd.
Area of Effect: 1 creature Saving Throw: None

This spell enables the caster to cure most diseases by placing his hand upon the diseased creature. The affliction rapidly disappears thereafter, making the cured creature whole and well in from one turn to 10 days, depending on the type of disease and the state of its advancement when the cure took place. (The DM must adjudicate these conditions.) The spell is also effective against parasitic monsters such as green slime, rot grubs, and others. When cast by a priest of at least 12th level, this spell cures lycanthropy if cast within three days of the infection. Note that the spell does not prevent reoccurrence of a disease if the recipient is again exposed.

The reverse of the cure disease spell is cause disease. To be effective, the priest must touch the intended victim, and the victim must fail a saving throw vs. spell. The severity of the disease is decided by the priest (debilitating or fatal). The exact details of the disease are decided by the DM, but the following are typical:

Debilitating: The disease takes effect in 1d6 turns, after which the creature loses 1 point of Strength per hour until his Strength is reduced to 2 or less, at which time the recipient is weak and virtually helpless. If a creature has no Strength rating, it loses 10% of its hit points per Strength loss, down to 10% of its original hit points. If the disease also affects hit points, use the more severe penalty. Recovery requires a period of 1d3 weeks.

Fatal: This wasting disease is effective immediately. Infected creatures receive no benefit from cure wound spells while the disease is in effect; wounds heal at only 10% of the natural rate. The disease proves fatal within 1d6 months and can be cured only by magical means. Each month the disease progresses, the creature loses 2 points of Charisma, permanently.

The inflicted disease can be cured by the cure disease spell. Lycanthropy cannot be caused.