Dismissal, also known as abjure, was an abjuration spell that could send an extraplanar creature back to its plane of origin.[2][7][8]
Effects[]
If the caster overcame the target's magic resistance (if any), then a momentary battle of wills ensued where the outcome was influenced by the relative difference in experience levels between the caster and the target. If the caster failed, then nothing happened, but if the caster succeeded then the creature was instantly banished from the plane of existence the creature and caster were on, back to its home plane.[2][7][8] The caster had no control over where on the destination plane the creature would land,[2][7][8] and indeed the newer version of this spell sometimes sent the creature to a plane that was not its home plane.[2]
The older version of this spell was rather harsh in that the banished creature could suffer system shock from being wrenched out of one existence and into another.[7][8]
In Kara-Tur, the spell was reversible. Implore summoned a targeted creature from the planes. The creature was required to be of the same alignment of the shugenja. The summoned creature was not restrained and the spell had no effect on powerful extra-planar beings such as deities.[16][17]
Components[]
The newer version of this spell required the caster's holy symbol or divine focus and also verbal and somatic components.[2] The older version also needed holy water and some material or item that was either harmful or distasteful to the creature. If the creature had a proper name, then the caster had to speak the name as part of the verbal component.[7][8] The shugenja version of the spell, and it's reverse, required a holy symbol of the caster and holy water.[16][17]
History[]
The spell was attributed to Netherese arcanist Oberon in −955 DR and was originally called Oberon's dismiss.[1]
In the month of Eleasis, of the Year of the Unstrung Harp, 1371 DR, Chief Prelate Dayspring of the Clerical Circle of Ravens Bluff declared it illegal for priests to cast abjure within city limits due to a raging unnatural storm at the time called the Soulstorm, threatening arrest for those that broke this decree.[19][note 1]
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See Also[]
- Banishment
- Dismiss air elemental
- Dismiss earth elemental
- Dismiss fire elemental
- Dismiss water elemental
Notes[]
- ↑ The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff campaign took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City adventures and issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter were dated with real-world dates, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR), Myrkyssa was at last arrested and tried and said to have been executed, only to reappear in 1372 DR in The City of Ravens novel. As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 24, 27. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 222. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
- ↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 84. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Jeff Quick (October 2003). Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 53. ISBN 0-7869-3053-5.
- ↑ Monte Cook (October 2002). Book of Vile Darkness. Edited by David Noonan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 56. ISBN 0-7869-3136-1.
- ↑ Hal Maclean (May 2007). “Seven Saintly Domains”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #355 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 30.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 David "Zeb" Cook (August 1989). Player's Handbook (2nd edition). (TSR, Inc.), pp. 167, 215. ISBN 0-88038-716-5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 David "Zeb" Cook (April 1995). Player's Handbook 2nd edition (revised). (TSR, Inc.), p. 273. ISBN 0-7869-0329-5.
- ↑ Cook, Findley, Herring, Kubasik, Sargent, Swan (1991). Tome of Magic 2nd edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 154. ISBN 1-56076-107-5.
- ↑ Richard Baker (1996). Player's Option: Spells & Magic. (TSR, Inc), pp. 185, 187, 188. ISBN 0-7869-0394-5.
- ↑ Barry A. A. Dillinger (May 1996). “The Dimensional Wizard”. In Pierce Watters ed. Dragon #229 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 50–52.
- ↑ Dale Donovan (January 1998). Cult of the Dragon. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 125. ISBN 0-7869-0709-6.
- ↑ Sam Witt (March 1994). The Complete Sha'ir's Handbook. Edited by Dezra D. Phillips, C. Terry Phillips. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 124–125. ISBN 1-56076-828-2.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 121–123. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ Gary Gygax, David Cook, and François Marcela-Froideval (1985). Oriental Adventures. (TSR, Inc), pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-8803-8099-3.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Mark Middleton et al. (1999). Priest's Spell Compendium Volume One. (TSR, Inc), p. 11. ISBN 9780786913596.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Gary Gygax, David Cook, and François Marcela-Froideval (1985). Oriental Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 64. ISBN 0-8803-8099-3.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (1990). Ironhelm. (TSR, Inc), chap. 19, p. 286. ISBN 0-8803-8903-6.
- ↑ Daniel S. Donnelly ed. (August 1998). The Trumpeter 2, no. 8 (link). (RPGA), p. 2.