Re: New Spell: Endless Atmosphere

--- Dreamer <dreamer@??????.?????.??.uk> wrote:
> I didn't look it up...  Just goes to show I
> shouldn't be just trusting my memory! [grin]

Heh, my memory is one thing I don't worry about ;)


> Where do you get 120?  A SJ month is defined as 28
> days/4 weeks, so 4 months is 112 days.  Yes, about
1%.

True, I just naturally go with a nice round 30 day
month, but you're right, the "standard month" really
is 28 days.  My bad :)


> 1,000 makes sense.

The numbers worked out to 1,200, so that's what I'm
going with for the moment :)


> I tend to err on the side of complex, as a spell can
> be several paragraphs these days, which makes them a
> lot easier to read.  If you don't put the limit in,
you
> can bet someone will abuse it! [grin]

Bah, players can exploit a freak'n cantrip to cause an
apocolypse, so I'm not overly worried about that ;)

Revised spell below:

Endless Atmosphere
Conjuration (Creation)
Level: Cleric 9, Druid 8, Sorcerer/Wizard 9, Creation
9
Components: V, S, M, XP
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Personal
Target: One ship
Area of Effect: One ship
Duration: Permanent, see text
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.

Endless Atmosphere creates air at the rate of 2
man-hours per round, or enough fresh air for 1,200
man-sized creatures.  Should a ship’s atmosphere
become fouled, deadly, or destroyed entirely, Endless
Atmosphere will renew or create a new atmosphere at
the rate listed above.  If another ship’s air envelope
comes in contact with that of the target ship, the
spell will restore the combined air envelope as above.

This spell does not function when in the Phlogiston. 
Should a ship with an Endless Atmosphere enter the
Phlogiston, the spell will cease working and the
ship’s atmosphere will degrade as normal.  When the
ship returns to wildspace, the spell will once again
begin regenerating the ship’s atmosphere.

The spell ends if the ship is destroyed.  The spell
can only be cast on objects of planetary size Fine (A)
or smaller.  Thus, an Endless Atmosphere might be cast
on a small asteroid to create a stable atmosphere, and
over time, a living oasis in wildspace.  

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.

XP Cost: 1,000 XP



 
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