Body Control
Spell, Mysticism, level 4
Grants one bodily mastery: walking on water or mud, enduring extreme climates unharmed, or feigning death in suspended animation.
From the book
The caster gains one of three powers over his body. He can walk across water, mud and the like without sinking, for 10 minutes per level. He can live through any hostile climate, deserts and frozen wastes included, without harm from exposure, for 24 hours per level. Or he can feign death by entering suspended animation, also for 24 hours per level.
At a glance
- Restricted to
- Practitioners of Mysticism only (marked * in the Mysticism spell list)
- Options
- 1 Walk on water/mud (10 minutes per level); 2 Survive hostile climates (24 hours per level); 3 Feign death (24 hours per level)
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Variable, as stated
A scene
The monk Deshi has been thrown into the dungeons of the Citadel of Tok for preaching to its slaves. On the third night the guards find him cold and stiff on the straw, no breath, no heartbeat. They curse, drag the body out through the gate, and toss it into a shallow pit beyond the walls with a few spadefuls of earth over it. The next evening the earth stirs. Deshi sits up, spits out dirt, stretches his cramped back, and sets off south along the road, humming.