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| Sphere: | Healing, Protection | Level: | 3rd |
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| Range: | Touch | Components: | V, S, M |
| Duration: | 1 hour/level | Casting Time: | 1 round |
| Area of Affect: | 1 Creature | Saving Throw: | None |
When the spell is cast, it suspends the progress of all poisons and diseases in the target's system, delaying any remaining effects or durations until after the spell expires. Likewise, any poison or disease that enters the target's system is suspended until after the spell expires. If a posion has not yet reached its onset time, this spell acts just like the "Slow Poison" spell, delaying the onset time until after the spell expires.
Developed by the priests of Tatyana, this spell suspends and cleanses all poisons and diseases within a few hours. Though slower-acting than a Cure Disease or Neutralize poison, this spell protects against additional infections while it is active.
Finally, each hour that the spell is active, it slowly cleanses the target's system of any poisons and diseases, while surpressing any symptoms that the target may be suffering from the afflictions. It reduces the effects and durations of each posion and disease by 1/10th each hour that the spell is in effect. For example, a poison that normally deals 20 points of damage is reduced by 2 points each hour until the spell expires or the poison's damage is reduced to 0. A deadly poison (require a save to avoid death) is treated as a poison that deals damage equal to 10 plus the target's maximum hitpoints.
Any poison or disease cleansed by this spell for 10 hours or more is completed purged from the target's system.
This spell does not affect poisons or diseases that are cured or ran their course prior to the time of casting.
The material components of this spell are healing herbs worth at least 2gp per level of the target, prepared in whatever form is appropriate to the herbs (ground, mixed, etc.). The herbs are applied to the target or ingested, as appropriate, at the time of casting.
This spell is granted to followers of Tatyana and to Druids. Priests of other nature-based faiths have a 70% chance of gaining this spell, while priests of other faiths only have a 20% chance of gaining this spell.
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