Jalensifer's trident

Jalensifer's trident was a spell developed by Meldryn Jalensifer.

Effects
On casting the spell, one of the caster's spells was transformed into three lower skill spells within his mind. The spells generated had to have been cast over a dozen times at some point by the mage, and the last time had to be within three days of using the trident. They became available for use, however, through a mere act of will, calling for no components or concentration, and even allowing for the spells in question to be unleashed within seconds of each other, though not at the same time as another spell was being cast. The spell to be sacrificed had to be one or two tiers below the power of the trident itself.

Many mages used this spell to give themselves three readily available magic missiles, for instance.

Components
The spell bore verbal components, but also required as material components a tiny metal trident or three-tined fork, and a piece of vellum, or parchment, that had been used once to bear magic. The metal teeth had to be piercing the paper throughout the casting.

History
Meldryn Jalensifer spent a year crafting scrolls of this spell, which he viewed as his most useful, at some point after or during. He then spread them in a whirlwind tour across the Realms sometime between and.