I need help with a spell: Purify Liquid

[Angel Tarragon]

Okay I was thumbing through Complete Arcane and stumbled onto the Water to Poison spell. This inspired me to think of a spell that can do the opposite and a bit more. I thought of the name for the spell: Purify Liquid.

What I want the spell to do is to be able to purify any kind of liquid to clean drinking water. I want this to work on mud, wine, poisonous and stagnant liquids (like from drinks and ponds) and potions.

What should the specifics of the spell be (Components, Casting Time, Range, etc.) and what spellcasting classes should have access to it?

 

[domino]

There's really no class that it wouldn't fit with. Obviously, a cleric, druid, and ranger would get the most use out of it, but it works for a bard, paladin, and sorc/wiz as well.

Casting time I'd suggest a standard action. It's not going to require a ritual, but it's complicated enough that you wouldn't want to be casting it while under attack, for whatever reason.

Range, I'd say touch.

 

[Dakkareth]

I'd treat it as a greater version of Purify Food and Drink, raising it to Clr 1/Drd 1 to add the additional capabilities and leave it the same as the base spell otherwise.

 

[Terath Ninir]

I second Dakkareth. It's a more powerful spell but, in game terms, it's still a minor effect. 1st level sounds like it would do the trick just fine.

 

[Nifft]

1st would be fine for the effect described.

I'd like to see it as an AE/AU spell, though -- 2nd level, with a Diminished effect (turn stuff into water), normal effect (turn a lot of seawater / salt marsh / etc. into pure water), and a Heightened effect (deal 1d6/level damage to Water Elemental or Ooze).

-- N

 

[Sigurd]

I think it would be a harder arcane spell to cast. My guess is the arcane variant would have to have a source of overwhelming purity or know the type of poison it was removing to counter it. The devine spell would just throw it up to the diety who would blink and make it pure as an act of mercy.

If you wanted a 1st level spell it would have to have severe limits. ie. Cast over a volume of water in a vessel prepared for that purpose. Preparation might only be dusting out and proclaiming 'yr gonna hold clean water'.


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