Improved cloning was a necromancy spell, an advanced iteration of the clone spell, that allowed a caster to create multiple clones of a living creature.[1]
Effects[]
Unlike the original clone spell,[1] which could only create a single clone at a time and took 2 to 8 months for a clone to develop,[2] improved cloning allowed for the creation of up to eighteen clones that took only 2 to 8 hours to fully develop. These clones were able to coexist with each other peacefully,[1][note 1] unlike the clone spell where clones were driven to destroy the original and were subject to madness if they were unable to.[2]
Components[]
This spell shared all the same spell components as clone. This included somatic, verbal, and material components, the last in the form of a chunk of flesh from the creature being cloned.[1][2]
History[]
In the mid–14th century DR, a wild mage in the city of Ravens Bluff by the name of Gideon attempted to create a talking figurine of a pegasus for Sergeant Tilernus Rockcrusher as a gift to Morra Starson so the guard could tell her how he felt. However, Gideon wild surged when casting his enchantment, turning the figurine into a figurine of wondrous power that activated and escaped.[3] The silver pegasus was later discovered and captured by a group of rogue elementalists known as the Circle of Four. One of their members, the air elementalist Mortimer Lightfoot, used the improved cloning spell to create eight clones of it for use in their nefarious plans.[4]
Mortimer Lightfoot later used the improved cloning spell to create multiple clones of himself, using one of them to fake his own death,[5] but modified the spell so that each of his clones would have part of their life force drained away every time they used their abilities.[6] A few years later he sent these clones out to conduct simultaneous assaults upon many of Ravens Bluff's temples, wanting to keep the city's defenders occupied and gradually weaken his clones[5] so they would be unable to stand against him.[6]
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Notes[]
- ↑ The original text states the spell "creates 18 duplicates", implying that eighteen are always created when the spell is used. However, in the adventure "Air's Looking at You" the spell's caster is able to create a smaller number of duplicates, exactly "eight more pegasi," which implies that a caster can choose how many clones they wish to create.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 David Samuels (January 1998). Air's Looking at You. Living City (RPGA), p. 24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 David "Zeb" Cook (April 1995). Player's Handbook 2nd edition (revised). (TSR, Inc.), p. 240. ISBN 0-7869-0329-5.
- ↑ David Samuels (January 1998). Air's Looking at You. Living City (RPGA), p. 6.
- ↑ David Samuels (January 1998). Air's Looking at You. Living City (RPGA), p. 2.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 David Samuels (March 2001). Full Circle. Living City (RPGA), p. 3.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 David Samuels (March 2001). Full Circle. Living City (RPGA), p. 25.