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Karsus's avatar was a very powerful spell which altered the very disposition of reality.

Effects

The spell was even capable of allowing its user to become a god of their choosing, replacing a current god with themselves the moment the spell was completed.[1]

Components

It was so complex that the wizard had to put a stone-filled gizzard of a gold dragon into a mixture of tarrasque blood and 12-headed hydra bile to just enchant one of the material components of the spell. It had a casting time of six hours.[2]

History

The creation of this spell was finished by the Netherese archwizard, Karsus, in −340 DR, and fatefully used the one and only time the following year, causing the Fall of Netheril.[3] Karsus's original notes regarding its creation were never found. Whether the gods were able to defend against the spell, or were aware of its casting, are unknown. Karsus spent well over a decade researching this spell. It was believed Mystra, the reincarnated form of Mystryl, snatched the spell information from the ruins of Karsus's enclave and sent it on an eternal journey to the ends of the universe.[2]

Appendix

Notes

The spell was not supposed to make the caster permanently into a deity. The spell merely allowed the caster to temporarily merge with the deity and wield their powers as long as the spell lasts.[1] While the Netheril: Empire of Magic sourcebook mentions the limited duration during the background information about the spell, the Powers & Pantheons sourcebook wrote-up the spell where the duration was set to "limited".[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “Encyclopedia Arcana”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 10. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 36. ISBN 978-0786906574.
  3. slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 11–12, 28, 114. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
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