Endure Cold & Heat (spell)
Endure cold & heat is a spell that provides complete ambient comfort for the recipient regardless of the prevailing temperature. Whatever the conditions — whether frigid polar or arctic climes, as well as scorching or baking desert environments — the recipient remains utterly comfortable, as though the weather were no worse than the upper side of pleasant, or indeed, the conditions most favourable to the individual.
| Range | touch |
| Duration | 1 hour per level |
| Area of Effect | 1 creature per level |
| Casting Time | 1 round |
| Saving Throw | none |
| Level | cleric (1st) |
Contents
The recipient is immune to effects caused by either a hot or cold wind, freezing water, the beating of the sun or the prevalent humidity. In all cases, these conditions feel no more uncomfortable than if the recipient were moving through a comfortable house. However, in the case of a very strong wind such as a gale, storm or hurricane, while the recipient feels no discomfort, this does not prevent them from being blown from a high place or make it any easier to move against the wind. The recipient remains fully aware of the wind's actual strength and understands the need to be cautious in its presence.
Unnatural Attacks
The spell does not provide protection against magical or natural cold-based or heat-based attacks, such as spells, breath weapons or direct exposure to natural fire, lightning and similar hazards. However, damage accrued from ambient heat or cold, such as the lingering effect of a wall of fire or the intense chill emanating from an ice toad, is reduced by 1 hit point per die or by the whole amount if the effect is minor enough to be nullified entirely by the spell.
Possessions
Though the spell grants complete comfort to the recipient, it does nothing to shield their clothing, armour or carried items from the ravages of extreme temperatures. While the recipient will be able to continue wearing and using armour worn or weapons used, these will still feel searingly hot to others in the hot sun; they will still be brittle and rimed with ice in the depths of the frozen north.
Water skins, ink and fragile materials remain vulnerable, freezing solid in arctic conditions or drying and cracking beneath the heat of a baking wind. Scrolls and books may warp and split, their pages curling from prolonged exposure, while wax seals melt and delicate components fracture. Leather straps may stiffen or rot depending on the climate and delicate glass flasks may shatter if left too long in the cold. Though the recipient feels no discomfort, they cannot ignore the effects the environment has on their possessions, nor can they expect their gear to withstand conditions that would destroy them without further magical protection. Thus, the character must continue to provide some sort of mundane protection for these items.
See also,
Resist Cold (spell)
Resist Fire (spell)
