Re: New Spell: Endless Atmosphere

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Tue 31 Oct, Adam Miller wrote:
> Comments welcomed :)
> 
> Endless Atmosphere
> Conjuration (Creation)
> Level: Cleric 9, Druid 9, Sorcerer/Wizard 9, Creation
> 9
> Components: V, S, M
> Casting Time: 1 minute
> Range: Personal
> Target: One ship
> Area of Effect: One ship
> Duration: Permanent
> Saving Throw: None (harmless)
> Spell Resistance: No
> 
> Endless Atmosphere creates an eternally regenerating
> air envelope of fresh air surrounding a spelljamming
> ship.  The air can be fouled by the standard means,
> such as by spell or contact the fouled atmosphere of a
> ship.  The spell will drive out this fouled air and
> restore the ship to the condition of fresh.
> 
> Should the target ship’s atmosphere become fouled,
> this spell will restore it to fresh in 1d4 minutes. 
> Should the target ship’s atmosphere become deadly,
> this spell will restore it to fouled condition in 1d6
> minutes and to fresh 1d4 minutes after that.  Should
> another ship’s air envelope come in contact with that
> of the target ship, the spell will restore the second
> ship’s air envelope at the rates listed above.  
> 
> Material Component: A small platinum box with tiny
> slits in two sides.  Inside this box are several silk
> screens.  The box costs 1,000 gp to construct.  The
> box is consumed in the casting.


You may wish to compare this with the following proposed new
spell for the basic 3rdEd rules:

Renew Ship Atmosphere
Transmutation [Air; see text]
Level: Sor/Wiz 8, Clr 8, Drd 7, Wildspace 8
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: One body of air
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No

You instantly fully renew the atmosphere of your ship which may
be up to five times your level in tons, replacing even poisonous
air or gasses.  While this is primarily an air transmutation
spell, you can alternatively use it as a conjuration/creation
spell, as long as you are not in the Flow, to create an
atmosphere around your ship if it has none.  If your ship is
larger than your tonnage limit then only this proportion of your
atmosphere is renewed.  You will find difficulty using this spell
outside wildspace, except where there is a volume of air cut off
from its surroundings, such as a cave, or underwater, when you
could refresh an equivalent amount of air.  This spell is not
reversable.

Focus: A small, stoppered flask.


Comparing the two, I'm not sure that the 'Endless' spell will
work in the Flow, as almost all Conjuration (Creation) seems to
get something from somewhere else, not just create it out of raw
magic.  Generally access to the Elemental Plane of Air.

This is why the 'Renew' spell is stated as basically a
Transmutation spell, as that will work anywhere, but in the text
there is a Conjuration (Creation) option which works outside the
Flow to replace lost atmosphere, rather than just purify what is
there.

Should the 'Endless' spell have a tonnage limit, as the 'Renew'
spell does?

Should the 'Endless' spell be one level less for Druids, as much
air magic is?

Can the 'Endless' spell handle complete loss of atmosphere?  If
it can, how quickly?

Can the 'Endless' spell purify air not associated with a ship,
such as a (small) planet you land the ship on, given enough time?

What happens if you cast the spell in an area with a sealed
atmosphere, like a cave?

I like the 'platinum catalyst'! [grin]

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