Refuge (spell)

Refuge is a conjuration spell that alters an item to transport its possessor to the caster.

Refuge is a rare spell in the Realms.

Effect
You create powerful magic in some specially prepared object - a statuette, a jeweled rod, a gem, etc. This object contains the power to instantaneously transport its possessor across any distance within the same plane to your abode. Once the item is conjured, you must give it willingly to an individual and at the same time inform him of a command word to be spoken when the item is to be used. To make use of the item, the subject speaks the command word at the same time that he rends or breaks the item. When this is done, the individual and all that he is wearing and carrying are instantaneously transported to your abode.

You can alter the spell when casting it so that it transports you to within a couple feet of the possessor of the item when it is broken and the command word spoken. You will have a general idea of the location and situation of the item possessor at the time the refuge spell is discharged, but once deciding to alter the spell in this fashion you have no choice whether or not to be transported.

Material Component
The specially prepared object, whose construction includes gems worth 1,500 gp.

History
The Netherese had no knowledge of this spell. This spell, then known as Drawmij's instant summons, was originally created by the mage Drawmij of the world of Oerth. Elminster Aumar, a known Planewalker, knows the spell Drawmij's instant summons, incorporating it into his Eversmoking pipe. Elminster may have spread the spell around the Realms.

Realmslore
This spell is known by the The Simbul