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'''Mending''' is a spell that restores the integrity and condition of objects that have suffered the ordinary depredations of use, neglect or minor catastrophe. Any item that is worn, weathered, tarnished or degraded may be returned to a state of apparent newness, with surfaces renewed, structure made sound and function restored. Objects broken into several pieces, cracked, split or otherwise compromised through stress or through failure to make a [[Saving Throws for Items|saving throw]] may be rejoined seamlessly, provided the substance of the object remains substantially present.
  
 
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The dweomer does not recreate what has been wholly destroyed. Items reduced to ash, consumed entirely by fire, dissolved, disintegrated or otherwise deprived of significant portions cannot be restored by this means. Where parts are missing, the spell may supply only what is trivial or incidental: a pin, a bracket, a clasp, a nail or similar minor fitting. Larger absences, such as a missing blade, a length of timber, a section of hull or any component essential to the object's primary structure, are beyond the spell's reach.
  
Restores objects that are used, worn or shabby objects back to a condition of newness. This includes objects that have broken in several pieces or split as the result of use or from failing to make a [[Saving Throws for Items|saving throw]].
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== Limitations ==
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In application, the spell repairs fractures, seals breaks, closes holes and removes the effects of scorching, staining, scratching and other superficial damage. Warped or bent materials are drawn back into proper alignment; metal that has been partially melted or misshapen is reformed; joints are set true; bindings are made firm. The result is not merely cosmetic but functional, returning the object to a state in which it may be used as intended without penalty or impairment.
  
The spell will not remake items that have been consumed by fire or disintegrated, or where significant parts of the object lost. It will mend breaks or holes, restore scorched, stained, scratched or scarred surfaces, reforge items, reshape objects that have been bent or melted, and replace small pieces such as lost brackets, pins, screws or bolts.
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Where an object consists of multiple moving or interdependent parts, the spell's effect is limited to a single working element within the greater whole. A wheel upon a [[Cart|cart]] may be restored, but not the entire carriage; a rudder upon a vessel, a single pulley within a rigging, or a lever within a mechanism may be repaired, but not all such parts at once. The caster must therefore choose the component to be affected. In contrast, implements whose function depends upon a single dominant mechanism, such as a [[Crossbow (weapon)|crossbow]] or a spinning wheel, are treated as unified objects; the spell restores the principal working assembly and, by extension, the item as a whole.
  
With respect to complex objects made of multiple working parts, such as a [[Siege Engine|siege weapon]], [[Wagon|wagon]], [[Ship Types|ship]] or similar working arrangement, the spell will only affect one moving part within the whole: a single wheel of a [[Cart|cart]] but not all of them, a rudder, a lever, a pulley and so on. In the case of a tool like a [[Crossbow (weapon)|crossbow]] or a spinning wheel, where there is one prominent working part, the spell will affect the whole object.
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 13 April 2026

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Mending is a spell that restores the integrity and condition of objects that have suffered the ordinary depredations of use, neglect or minor catastrophe. Any item that is worn, weathered, tarnished or degraded may be returned to a state of apparent newness, with surfaces renewed, structure made sound and function restored. Objects broken into several pieces, cracked, split or otherwise compromised through stress or through failure to make a saving throw may be rejoined seamlessly, provided the substance of the object remains substantially present.

Mending
Range 40 ft.
Duration permanent
Area of Effect 1 object
Casting Time 1 round
Saving Throw none
Level bard (1st); mage (1st)

Contents

The dweomer does not recreate what has been wholly destroyed. Items reduced to ash, consumed entirely by fire, dissolved, disintegrated or otherwise deprived of significant portions cannot be restored by this means. Where parts are missing, the spell may supply only what is trivial or incidental: a pin, a bracket, a clasp, a nail or similar minor fitting. Larger absences, such as a missing blade, a length of timber, a section of hull or any component essential to the object's primary structure, are beyond the spell's reach.

Limitations

In application, the spell repairs fractures, seals breaks, closes holes and removes the effects of scorching, staining, scratching and other superficial damage. Warped or bent materials are drawn back into proper alignment; metal that has been partially melted or misshapen is reformed; joints are set true; bindings are made firm. The result is not merely cosmetic but functional, returning the object to a state in which it may be used as intended without penalty or impairment.

Where an object consists of multiple moving or interdependent parts, the spell's effect is limited to a single working element within the greater whole. A wheel upon a cart may be restored, but not the entire carriage; a rudder upon a vessel, a single pulley within a rigging, or a lever within a mechanism may be repaired, but not all such parts at once. The caster must therefore choose the component to be affected. In contrast, implements whose function depends upon a single dominant mechanism, such as a crossbow or a spinning wheel, are treated as unified objects; the spell restores the principal working assembly and, by extension, the item as a whole.