Age Object– 5th Level Priest Spell (Tome of Magic)

Age Object– 5th Level Priest Spell (Tome of Magic)

Age Object– 5th Level Priest Spell (Tome of Magic)





Fifth-Level Spells




Age Object (Alteration) Reversible


Sphere: Time


Range: 10 yards


Components: V, S, M


Duration: Permanent


Casting Time: 1 round


Area of Effect: 1 cubic foot/level


Saving Throw: None




With this spell, the caster can cause an amount of nonliving, nonmagical
matter to age dramatically. Matter can be aged up to 20 years per level of the
caster. The following table gives typical results of 100 years of aging for various
objects, arranged in order of descending severity:




Object

Result of Aging

diamond

none

silver

becomes tarnished

masonry

cracks and weakens

iron

rusts and corrodes

parchment

cracks, turns brittle

wood

rots, crumbles, turns to sawdust





The caster controls the extent of the aging; thus, he could age a book so its
pages become yellowed and brittle but stop short of causing the book to crumble
to dust. As a guideline, each additional 100 years of aging causes an
increasingly severe reaction. Thus, after 200 years, parchment might become little more
than powder, while iron might begin to flake away at a touch.


Many items (especially gems) show little reaction to age. The DM must
adjudicate all effects.


The material components are a flask of seawater and a piece of coal.


The reverse of this spell, youthful object, returns an object ravaged by the effects of time to its original condition;
thus, rusty iron becomes strong and shiny, crumbled masonry becomes firm, and
rotten wood becomes solid. The age of matter can be reduced by 20 years per
level of the caster.


The material components for youthful object are a piece of eggshell and a hair from the head of a human or humanoid
infant.




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