Magma Shield

Level 4 priest spell · Conjuration/Summoning, Invocation/Evocation

Coats a shield in magma that burns whoever fights the priest hand to hand for 1d4 a round and melts weapons that strike it, a round per level.

Situations: Attack · Protect

Niche — marginal: too small an effect for a slot at its level.

Sphere
Elemental Magma
Range
0
Components
V, M
Casting time
1 rd.
Duration
1 rd./level
Area of effect
The caster
Saving throw
None

This spell forms a mystical, swirling mass of magma around a common shield. The priest must be able to use a shield to cast this spell, and the shield is destroyed when the spell ends.

Anyone in melee with the priest takes 1d4 points of heat damage if a successful saving throw vs. spell is not made each round. Any attack that misses the caster by exactly 1 point on the attack roll has hit the shield; a weapon that hits the shield must make a successful item saving throw vs. acid or be destroyed.

The caster is protected from the intense heat the shield generates, but not from any other heat source.

Notes: Uncommon for priests from the Dark Sun setting.

Sources

  • Priest's Spell Compendium Vol 2
This spell on the AD&D 2nd Edition Wiki