Sentry of Helm

Sentry of Helm was a divine conjuration spell used by priests devoted to Helm, enabling them to aid in guard duty.^[1]

Effects[]

This spell created a shapeless face that assisted in guard duty while others were sleeping. The caster sprinkled sand around a 120‑foot-long (37‑meter) perimeter while casting this spell then promptly fell asleep. The conjured sentry would wake the caster if any visible object not present when the spell was cast larger than 1 foot (0.3 meters) in length crossed the perimeter. This would also end the spell, but the caster would awaken alert and knowledgeable that something had crossed the perimeter. Sentries conjured by a caster with a degree of skill also had infravision to aid them.^[1]

Components[]

In addition to verbal and somatic components, this spell required as material components the priest's holy symbol and a small bag of fine sand to cast.^[1]

History[]

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 Sentry of Helm within the city due to a raging unnatural storm at the time called the Soulstorm, threatening arrest for those that broke this decree.^[2]^{[note 1]}

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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 14^th 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.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), p. 70. ISBN 978-0786903849.
↑ Daniel S. Donnelly ed. (August 1998). The Trumpeter 2, no. 8 (link). (RPGA), p. 2.

[LCRB-3] 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 14^th 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.

[FaA-p70-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), p. 70. ISBN 978-0786903849.

[trump2-8-2] Daniel S. Donnelly ed. (August 1998). The Trumpeter 2, no. 8 (link). (RPGA), p. 2.

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