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<blockquote data-quote="lordxaviar" data-source="post: 5395855" data-attributes="member: 56673"><p><strong>MAGICAL RESEARCH: CREATION OF HOLY/UNHOLY WATER (DM1 p 114-5):</strong></p><p> </p><p> Only clerics, excluding druids, are able to prepare holy water - or unholy water in the case of evil clerics. As a third level spell is involved, it requires a cleric of not less than 5th level of experience to manage to create such fluid. The process is as follows: A specially blessed/cursed basin of fine workmanship and precious metal (copper, silver, electrum, gold, or platinum) must be fashioned for the cleric. This vessel must be engraved with the holy/unholy symbols of the cleric's deity or deities, and it must be within a special repository of finely crafted and carefully worked rare wood, with a base, pedestal, chest-like holder and lid - the whole being known as a font. The basin is placed within the font, and the cleric then casts the following spells in succession, while robed in formal vestments appropriate to his or her religious persuasion:</p><p> </p><p> Spell ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,New spell ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Old,Lv ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,New Lv</p><p> </p><p> Create water ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,0</p><p> Purify food & drink ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 0</p><p> (the water) or its reverse</p><p> Bless or its reverse ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1</p><p> Chant (1 full turn) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Consecrate ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2 </p><p>Prayer ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3</p><p></p><p></p><p>The amount of water created depends upon the metal of the receptacle, and this is shown hereafter, along with suggested costs for the various parts of the font. Once created, the holy/unholy water cannot leave the font far more than a Hour without losing its effectiveness unless it is placed within specially blessed/cursed vials of crystal. Each empty vial is worth 2-5 gold pieces.</p><p> </p><p> Holy/Unholy Water Receptacles:</p><p></p><p> Metal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Capacity For Creation (# Vials) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Minimum-Maximum Basin Cost (gp)</p><p> Copper,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 6 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,130- 180 </p><p>Silver ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 10 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,900 – 2,400 </p><p>electrum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 18 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8,000- 12,000</p><p>gold ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,32 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,19,000-22,000</p><p>platinum ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,50 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,110,000 – 200,000</p><p></p><p>Font Cost (GP) </p><p> 200</p><p> 500</p><p> 1000</p><p> 1500</p><p> 2000</p><p> </p><p> You may allow combination metal vessels with capacity according to the composition, found by interpolation of the above capacity figures, i.e., a copper basin chased with silver and set with silver rim ond handles would hold 8 vials and cost 50% of the copper vessel plus 50% of the silver vessel price. Fonts and basins must be designed and constructed on special order, the process taking 4-10 (2d4 + 2) weeks. Capacities' are designed far game purposes so as to limit supplies of holy/unholy water. They can be justified by the rationale that the deities find more precious metals more pleasing than those of less worth, so they are prone to grant more favor upon such offering vessels. </p><p> </p><p> <strong> Limit Of Creation:</strong> Holy water or unholy water may be made but once per week. The ritual takes a full day of prayers and meditation, followed by the actual ritual, followed by a need for not less than 8 hours of rest and repose. Only one holy/unholy water font per religious edifice is possible, as deities look upon anything other as unworthy and excessive.</p><p> <strong>Defilement Of Fonts:</strong> If any non-believer blesses/curses an unholy/holy font, or uses less refined means such as excreting wastes into a font or basin, the whale is absolutely desecrated, defiled, and unfit. It must be smelted down and remade completely. The cost will be 20% to 50% of the normal figures shown above, and the process will take from 4 to 6 weeks. Note that either method of defilement requires actual contact with the font and its vessel. Any blessing or cursing from a distance will be absolutely ineffectual and wasted. Relics might either defile by touch or prevent defilement by being encased within the font or receptacle, at your option.</p><p> <strong>Note Regarding The Drinking Of Holy Water:</strong> Ingesting or bathing with holy water will have the beneficial effect of slowing the onset of lycanthropy or of becoming undead. For each vial so used, the process is slowed by from 1-4 turns. This time delay is to be is secretly determined and noted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lordxaviar, post: 5395855, member: 56673"] [B]MAGICAL RESEARCH: CREATION OF HOLY/UNHOLY WATER (DM1 p 114-5):[/B] Only clerics, excluding druids, are able to prepare holy water - or unholy water in the case of evil clerics. As a third level spell is involved, it requires a cleric of not less than 5th level of experience to manage to create such fluid. The process is as follows: A specially blessed/cursed basin of fine workmanship and precious metal (copper, silver, electrum, gold, or platinum) must be fashioned for the cleric. This vessel must be engraved with the holy/unholy symbols of the cleric's deity or deities, and it must be within a special repository of finely crafted and carefully worked rare wood, with a base, pedestal, chest-like holder and lid - the whole being known as a font. The basin is placed within the font, and the cleric then casts the following spells in succession, while robed in formal vestments appropriate to his or her religious persuasion: Spell ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,New spell ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Old,Lv ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,New Lv Create water ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,0 Purify food & drink ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 0 (the water) or its reverse Bless or its reverse ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 Chant (1 full turn) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Consecrate ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2 Prayer ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3 The amount of water created depends upon the metal of the receptacle, and this is shown hereafter, along with suggested costs for the various parts of the font. Once created, the holy/unholy water cannot leave the font far more than a Hour without losing its effectiveness unless it is placed within specially blessed/cursed vials of crystal. Each empty vial is worth 2-5 gold pieces. Holy/Unholy Water Receptacles: Metal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Capacity For Creation (# Vials) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Minimum-Maximum Basin Cost (gp) Copper,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 6 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,130- 180 Silver ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 10 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,900 – 2,400 electrum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 18 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8,000- 12,000 gold ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,32 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,19,000-22,000 platinum ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,50 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,110,000 – 200,000 Font Cost (GP) 200 500 1000 1500 2000 You may allow combination metal vessels with capacity according to the composition, found by interpolation of the above capacity figures, i.e., a copper basin chased with silver and set with silver rim ond handles would hold 8 vials and cost 50% of the copper vessel plus 50% of the silver vessel price. Fonts and basins must be designed and constructed on special order, the process taking 4-10 (2d4 + 2) weeks. Capacities' are designed far game purposes so as to limit supplies of holy/unholy water. They can be justified by the rationale that the deities find more precious metals more pleasing than those of less worth, so they are prone to grant more favor upon such offering vessels. [B] Limit Of Creation:[/B] Holy water or unholy water may be made but once per week. The ritual takes a full day of prayers and meditation, followed by the actual ritual, followed by a need for not less than 8 hours of rest and repose. Only one holy/unholy water font per religious edifice is possible, as deities look upon anything other as unworthy and excessive. [B]Defilement Of Fonts:[/B] If any non-believer blesses/curses an unholy/holy font, or uses less refined means such as excreting wastes into a font or basin, the whale is absolutely desecrated, defiled, and unfit. It must be smelted down and remade completely. The cost will be 20% to 50% of the normal figures shown above, and the process will take from 4 to 6 weeks. Note that either method of defilement requires actual contact with the font and its vessel. Any blessing or cursing from a distance will be absolutely ineffectual and wasted. Relics might either defile by touch or prevent defilement by being encased within the font or receptacle, at your option. [B]Note Regarding The Drinking Of Holy Water:[/B] Ingesting or bathing with holy water will have the beneficial effect of slowing the onset of lycanthropy or of becoming undead. For each vial so used, the process is slowed by from 1-4 turns. This time delay is to be is secretly determined and noted. [/QUOTE]
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