Alter Matter
Spell, Sorcery, level 7
Temporarily turns a quantity of material into another non-living substance, such as rock to mud or flesh to stone; nothing magical can be made.
From the book
For 1 hour, the caster transmutes up to 100 lbs. of material, plus 10 lbs. per level of ability, into any non-living substance he likes, organic or not: rock into mud, flesh into stone, glass into steel. Nothing magical can be altered or produced this way. Range is 10 ft., and living creatures may save vs Will to resist.
At a glance
- Weight
- 100 lbs. plus 10 lbs. per level of ability
- Range
- 10 ft.
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Save
- vs Will, as stated (living creatures)
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The prison hulk in Tharshesh harbor keeps its prisoners behind iron grilles below the waterline, and the sorcerer Octavia has been locked behind one for a month. Tonight she wraps both hands around the bars, speaks the formula, and feels the cold iron turn light and dry beneath her fingers. The grille is now bundled straw. She snaps it like kindling, steps through, and climbs past the sleeping guards to the deck. By the time the broken straw turns back into iron an hour later, she is swimming for the shore, and the guards have a strange puzzle on their hands.