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This spell is just wacky fun: Characters can screw up a bunch of high-level enemies by targeting a heavy metal object in their vicinity. Sirellyn's
Superior Magnetism* You fire a brilliant blue ray at a single creature or object within range. If your ranged touch attack succeeds, you charge the target with an intensely powerful magical magnetism effect. You can affect only objects made of metal, or creatures wearing or carrying metal armor, weapons, or gear. You can also choose to target a specific attended metal object in a creature's possession, such as a sword held in the hand. A metal-armored or metallic creature is instantly grappled (see below). The magical magnetism generated by Sirellyn's superior magnetism creates a zone of attraction with a radius of 30 feet around the affected creature or object. Every metallic object entering the zone of attraction is pulled toward the target creature or object by this attractive force, which has an effective Strength score of 10 + the caster's level (maximum 25). Every round in which metal creatures or creatures wearing metal armor remain within the zone of attraction, they must attempt an opposed Strength check against the force. If the attracted creature wins this contest, it suffers no ill effects this round. If it fails, it is entangled and drawn 10 feet closer to the creature or object at the center of the zone, +1 foot for every point by which it failed the opposed Strength check. Creatures carrying or holding metal objects may choose to release them, in which case the items fly to the creature or object at the center. If they instead hold onto them, they are treated as metal creatures. Unattended metal objects of 50 lb. or less in the zone of attraction (including items voluntarily released, as well as metallic missiles fired through the zone) fly with great force and strike the target, inflicting 1d6 points of damage per 5 lb. of weight (maximum 10d6). Objects heavier than 50 lb. are dragged 10 feet closer each round. Metal creatures or objects that reach the target of Sirellyn's superior magnetism become stuck fast to the target. (If the target is a metal or metal-armored creature, it is instantly stuck fast to itself by the spell.) Creatures stuck together this way are considered to be grappled and must first escape the grapple by defeating the attractive force in an opposed Strength check before they can try to move away or take any actions prohibited in a grapple. Similarly, an object stuck to the target must be wrested away with a Strength check before it can be used. If a creature or object within the zone of attraction is more than twice as heavy as the target of Sirellyn's superior magnetism, the subject is dragged to it instead of vice-versa. This naturally moves the zone of attraction, which may shift other creatures out of the magnetism's range of influence. Material Components: A small lodestone. * This is the fourth of six spells Rich originally wrote for Player's Option: Spells & Magic and has updated for the new edition of the D&D game.
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