D&D 3.x Druid Orison---Too Powerful?

Tellerian Hawke

Defender of Oerth
I was just thinking of "total immersion" topics, which serve to preserve the suspension of disbelief, by explaining how minutia items (which would normally present as an obstacle) can be easily dealt with by using common, minor magicks.

This is an example. It's a 0-level spell that gives you the ability to have a bathroom break.

I know that most DMs just kind of ignore this kind of thing, and "assume that it somehow gets taken care of," but I am one of those people who likes to be able to point to something, and say, "this is how it's done."

But once I finished writing the spell, my concern was: Is this too much for an Orison? Should this spell be somewhere in the level range of 1st - 3rd?

Respond with your opinion! :)

Bodily Relief
Druid Orison (0-Level Spell)

Transmutation / Conjuration (Teleportation)
Level: 0
Components: V,S,DF
Casting Time: 1 Standard Action
Range: Creature Touched or Personal
Target: 1 touched creature
Duration: Instantaneous

When you tap yourself on the chest, or another person on the shoulder, that person is relieved from the call of nature. The contents of their bladder and bowels are transmuted into a nutrient-dense powder, and teleported to the nearest freshwater water source, such as a river, stream, pond, or lake. This has the effect of relieving the person touched, as if they'd had the chance to have a "bathroom break," while at the same time, producing a flaky, thin powder (think of modern fish food) which ends up serving as food for local marine life. This spell is particularly useful for adventurers, especially those that find themselves in long-term underground environs, such as dungeons.
 

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lest my mind remain clogged with an overflow of thoughts about the necessarium of dungeon conviniences I am compelled to take the plunge and relieve myself of the accumulated flotsam so that it may be cleanly flushed from the bowl of public contemplation.

Anyway your orison drops lightly into its niche of minor utility, having no potential for explosive damage or buffing that might cause a stink. It is less odiferous than presdigitation, especially as you specify it creates nutrient dense powder, presumably without the potential for toxic contamination.

The only thing I'd contemplate as a DM is the potential for excessive use in the same water source leading to increasing biomass attracting large scavengers to the area - think infestations of Slimes and Otyugh, attracted to the village millpond
 

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