Chapter 10 · Magic
Simulacrum
Elemental (arctic) 7th-level
- Level
- 7
- Casting Time
- 12 hours
- Range
- Touch
- Components
- V, S, M (enough snow or ice to create a copy identical in size to the duplicated creature; some hair, nail clippings, or another body part of the creature, placed within the snow or ice; and powdered ruby worth at least 1,500 GP sprinkled over the duplicate, which the spell consumes)
- Duration
- Until dispelled
You create an illusory duplicate of a beast or humanoid that is within range of the spell throughout the entire casting time. The duplicate is a creature, partially real and formed of ice or snow, that can take actions and be affected like a normal being. It appears identical to the original, but it has half the creature’s hit points and is formed without any equipment. Aside from that, the illusion uses all of the duplicated creature’s statistics.
The simulacrum is friendly to you and to whomever you designate as such. It obeys your commands, moving and acting according to your wishes and acting on your turn in combat. The simulacrum has no ability to learn or grow more powerful, so it never gains levels or other abilities, nor can it recover lost Mana points. If it’s damaged, you can repair it in an alchemical laboratory, using rare herbs and minerals worth 100 GP per hit point to be restored. It lasts until it drops to 0 hit points, at which point it reverts to snow and melts instantly.
If this spell is cast again, any currently active duplicate created by you is immediately destroyed.