Syluné's Secret (Abjuration, Alteration, Divination) Level: 7 Range: 0 Components: V, S, M Casting Time: 7 Duration: 1 rd./level Area of Effect: The caster Saving Throw: None Syluné was quite secretive about her spell creations. This spell is one of the few she shared with her sisters. It is an enchantment the caster employs on herself just before battle, which protects her against a single type of spell effect selected during casting. For example, the caster could choose to be protected against cold, fire, heat, electrical, blast, or raw energy discharge, such as magic missiles or spellfire. Ifany natural or magical attack of the chosen type comes into contact with the caster, it is instantly drawn into the caster. For example, a [[Fireball]] blast that would have harmed the protected caster appears with a flash and then vanishes into the caster, inflicting upon other beings in its blast area either 1 or 2 points of damage in the fleeting shadow of a moment of its manifestation. The caster is not harmed by the incoming spell energy, and if injured at the time, is healed of 1 point of damage per absorbed attack. The spell provides no protection against other attack forms, but can absorb any number of attacks of the selected type in a single round. On at least one occasion, Syluné used the spell to escape several intersecting [[Meteor Swarm]]s unscathed. The remainder of the spell energy can be used, if the caster desires, to teleport a short distance. This teleportation is similar to the 4th-level wizard spell [[Dimension Door]], though the protected caster does not have to perform any casting to make the trip, or spend any time recovering afterwards; she can in fact proceed with other spellcasting or physical combat during the same round. The destination is selected by the will of the caster when the energy is received. If the spell energy is not used to teleport in the round it is received or the round directly following, the energy is lost. The caster cannot protect another being or empower them to [[Dimension Door]] by means of this spell. Laeral is said to be working on an 8th-level variant of this spell that allows the caster to confer by touch both aspects of the spell, together or separately, on another being. She has not succeeded thus far, however. The material components for a Syluné s secret are a cat's whisker, a shell from any marine creature, and a stone that has at some time been thrown a short distance by the caster. Notes: Restricted to the Seven Sisters and their apprentices; rare or very rare.