Mith
2014-04-23, 07:20 PM
Inspired partly by the Easter Egg spell, this one draws from the use of Pine trees as a ward against supernatural threats from entering the house.
*I do not know how to classify spells, so I'm just writing what I can.
Conifer Threshold
Materials: A coniferous tree.
Cost: 10000 gp
Effect: A Conifer Threshold is placed by the main entrance to a dwelling protects the dwelling from being entered by magical means. Teleportation into the dwelling locates the caster outside the main entrance. Outsiders cannot normally enter the house. The Conifer Ward is protected from all harm and disease, does not require sustenance, and cannot be removed from a dwelling entrance. The only means to bypass the ward is to correctly determine in one session the number of needles on the tree through a Spot Check. The DC for determining success is 25 + caster level. Furthermore, a mind affecting aura radiating from the tree forces a Concentration check of 10 + 1/2 caster level to see if one does not lose count. Failure to determine the proper number of needles on the tree means that the being cannot attempt to enter the house for 24 hours.
The Conifer Threshold does not prevent damage to the dwelling itself
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So that's my rough write-up. This isn't very useful for preventing an Outsider from killing you, since they can collapse the building on top of you, but it keeps to the idea of preventing child-snatching in the night. Thoughts on improving this?
*I do not know how to classify spells, so I'm just writing what I can.
Conifer Threshold
Materials: A coniferous tree.
Cost: 10000 gp
Effect: A Conifer Threshold is placed by the main entrance to a dwelling protects the dwelling from being entered by magical means. Teleportation into the dwelling locates the caster outside the main entrance. Outsiders cannot normally enter the house. The Conifer Ward is protected from all harm and disease, does not require sustenance, and cannot be removed from a dwelling entrance. The only means to bypass the ward is to correctly determine in one session the number of needles on the tree through a Spot Check. The DC for determining success is 25 + caster level. Furthermore, a mind affecting aura radiating from the tree forces a Concentration check of 10 + 1/2 caster level to see if one does not lose count. Failure to determine the proper number of needles on the tree means that the being cannot attempt to enter the house for 24 hours.
The Conifer Threshold does not prevent damage to the dwelling itself
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So that's my rough write-up. This isn't very useful for preventing an Outsider from killing you, since they can collapse the building on top of you, but it keeps to the idea of preventing child-snatching in the night. Thoughts on improving this?