Lamentations of the Flame Princess Magic Book.pdf

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Clerics

Cleric magic is divinely inspired, and is granted to Clerics through prayer.

Whether these powers are granted to Clerics by higher powers, if these

higher powers are what the Cleric believes them to be, or if all Clerical

spells are merely ritualized forms of sympathetic magic, are all subjects

frequently debated. Only one thing is for sure: Clerical magic is indeed

magic of a sort, as even though Clerical spells are formalized in a way

that Magic-User spells are not, their results cannot be duplicated by

non-Clerics.

The process of gaining, preparing, and casting Cleric spells are indeed

formalized, but only within a religion. Different religions, and even

different sects within the same religion, execute their magical rituals

differently from one another.

Beginning Spells

Clerics may cast any spell on their spell list, and do not use spell books.

So all first level Clerics have full access to all first level spells, for instance.

Preparing Spells Each Day

A Cleric must rest for six continuous hours before preparing spells. After

resting, the Cleric must meditate and pray for a number of hours equal to

the highest level spell being prepared. This process is sometimes called

memorizing spells.

Spells remain in memory until they are cast, and once they are cast, the

power of the spell leaves the caster. However, the same spell may be

prepared multiple times. The Cleric’s spell charts give the maximum

number of spells that may be memorized at each level and the Cleric may

never have more than this number prepared at one time. Clerics may

simply dismiss spells from the mind uncast, clearing their “spell slot” for

other spells when preparing them as usual.

A Cleric can only safely prepare spells once every twenty-four hours. The

mind simply can’t handle any more.

Spell Scrolls

Scrolls are magical items which allow a Cleric to cast a spell without prior

memorization, even if the spell is of higher level than the Cleric is able

to cast. The scrolls are written in the language of the writer, so no Read

Magic is necessary, but to use a scroll a Cleric must be able to read the

language of the writer. Curiously, scrolls written by Clerics of different

religions may be used with no penalty or modification, and it is this fact

that leads some philosophers to believe that Clerical magic is not actually

connected to religion or deities other than in the Cleric’s own belief.

Casting a spell from a scroll erases it from the scroll.

A character must hold the scroll with both hands in order to read/use it,

and if in combat takes the entire action of the caster to use.

All spells cast from scrolls use the level of the reader, not the writer, to

determine the effects of the spell.

Writing a Scroll

Any Cleric may create a spell scroll for any spell he is able to cast.

The process costs 100gp per day in offerings to the Cleric’s deity and

ritual expenses.

Even though a scroll is essentially a “one-use” formula for a spell, scrolls

must be individually created with the requisite prayers and meditation.

Protection Scrolls

Clerics are able to create scrolls which can repel certain types of creatures.

The Cleric creating the scroll even gets to choose which category. It can

be as specific as the Cleric wants (“Humanoids who dwell in the Foul

Caverns!”), but can only be so general as to make easy distinction between

affected and non-affected creatures.

The making of such scrolls requires a sacrifice – a number of creatures

of the target class must be sacrificed (in a manner consistent with the

Cleric’s religious teachings) to capture the warding magic. The number

of Hit Dice worth of creatures determines the length of time of the scroll’s

crafting as well as the chance that the preparation will be successful. Each

5 Hit Dice worth of creatures means one day of preparation, and the total

number of creature Hit Dice equals the percentage chance that the process

will successfully create a working Protection scroll.

It costs 100gp per day in offerings to the Cleric’s deity and ritual expenses

to create a Protection scroll.

Protection scrolls, when used, will prevent the target class of creature

from approaching within 10’ of the user for d4 + 2 turns.

Creating Holy Water

Water that is to be made into holy water must first be at rest in a basin in

a place holy to the Cleric’s religion. Then, at the same time every day for

nine days straight, a Bless spell must be cast on the basin and its contents.

On the tenth day the water must be placed in a vial made of silver or other

impressive container (worth 10gp or more), and then the tenth Bless cast

upon it. Only then can it be used to combat the unnatural and the evil.

Most “holy water” used in religious rituals and services is merely

symbolic. While suitable for its purpose, it does not have potency against

the undead or otherworldly creatures unless this ritual is performed.

Researching a Spell

A Cleric’s player may invent totally new spells for his character to

research. The player must first write the spell in the format of the other

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