Volley
(Abjuration)
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Effect: This highly
dangerous dweomer enables the prospective caster to turn the casting back
upon its sender.
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Thus, the range,
duration, area of effect, and saving throw of the spell depend upon circumstances
and the spell being volleyed.
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Assume that a power word
kill is cast at a magic-user prepared with a volley spell.
The volley has been
cast also, so that when the power word kill is aimed at the target,
the volley causes
the spell to bounce back upon its caster.
Then, if the caster of the
first spell fails to make a saving throw versus spell,
the power word kill
works upon its caster rather than on the intended target.
However, if the original
caster does save versus spell,
the spell once again flies
toward the original target.
The caster of the volley
spell must then save versus spell,
or be affected by the attack.
Again, if the caster of
the volley spell saves,
then the spell is returned
to its originator,
who must again save or be
affected.
The spell will be sent back
and forth until one or the other fails to save,
or until the spell loses
its power.
The entire spell is volleyed,
such that if a lightning bolt were to start 10 feet before the volleying
magic-user,
the full spell would be
returned,
leaving others in the volleying
party unscathed.
Each exchange will take
a single second.
A spell will lose power
if it passes through a number of exchanges equal to its level,
counting each volley,
but not the original casting,
as half of a single exchange;
i.e.,
a 1st-level spell will be cast, volleyed the first time, (perhaps)
return volleyed, and then will dissipate;
a 2nd-level
spell would go through four volley portions (two complete exchanges)
before being exhausted; and so on.
MC: A bit of bent willow or other flexible wood, crisscrossed with specially prepared strands of gut.
Volley (M): A bit
of bent willow or other flexible wood, crisscrossed with specially prepared
strands of gut.
A carpenter
or musical instrument maker can build this in 1-6 days for 100 gp.
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