Tenser's Floating Disc (spell)
Tenser's floating disk conjures a circular, concave disc that floats up to three feet in the air. As a 3-ft. diameter shallow bowl, it's able to carry whatever the caster desires, including people and liquids — though there's no means to separate one item from another. The colour can be adjusted as wished.
Range | 20 ft. +5 per level |
Duration | 2 hours +1 per level |
Area of Effect | 200 lbs. per level |
Casting Time | 1 round |
Saving Throw | none |
Level | mage (1st) |
Once conjured, the disc will follow along wherever the caster wishes to go, though it must stay within the spell's range or the dweomer collapses. It can move at a slow walking speed, up to 10 hexes per round.
It must have a flat surface on which to move; if the disc can shift to protect it's load, it will, but anything angle above 15° and the disc tumbles its contents and disappears. Thus the disc has limited usefulness over rough terrain.
The disc can be used as a place to sit or rest, but as it tends to wobble when weight is shifted atop it, it won't serve as a platform to fight from. A small enough person or pet could easily sleep or rest on it, but the disc offers no protection against the weather; a tarp is necessary to protect carried goods from rain and snow.
The disc does not increase size as its weight potential increases; and however much is stacked upon it, the load will never appear to be more than three feet wide and two feet high. In this way, the disc acts like a bag of holding, shifting material at the bottom into an alternate, undefined plane of existence.
Origin
Tenser of Stirling was a Sage of Science born in Scotland in the year 1509 of the clan Erskine. Though known to be mad as a hatter, he became the chief sorceror in the court of James V at the age of 30, continuing in that position under James VI. In 1561 he founded the Edinburgh University of Thaumaturgy. He died at the Battle of Langside in 1568.