Serpent Transformation

Prayer name: St Horace’s Requital Accompanied by the merry laughter of St Horace and the waft of freshly unearthed mushrooms, 2d8 normal sticks leap to attention and miraculously transform into adders.

Commands: The snakes follow the caster’s orders for the duration of the spell.

Reversion: When the spell ends or a snake is killed, the serpent reverts back to a normal stick.

Adder

Small Animal—Animal Intelligence—Neutral Level 1 AC 13 HP 1d8 (4) Saves D12 R13 H14 B15 S16 Att Bite (+0, 1d3 + poison) Speed 30 Morale 7 XP 15

Poison: Save Versus Doom or suffer 1 damage per Round for the next 1d6 Rounds.

When killed: The snake reverts back to a normal stick.

The miracle of St Horace the Puissant: As a young friar, Horace (known colloquially as “Brother Windbag”) wandered the paths of Dolmenwood, bringing the light of the One True God—in addition to the delights of his sackful of mushrooms—to isolated hamlets. One evening, as Horace recited his bedtime prayers, a pook morel (a type of sentient mushroom with a penchant for theft) jumped out from behind a mossy log. Using its powers of illusion, the pook transformed the friar’s rosary into a wriggling centipede. Recoiling in horror, Horace dropped the insect into the grasp of the giggling pook. As the mushroom fled into a thicket, Horace prayed for retribution. The rosary transformed once more: this time into a hissing adder, which grabbed the pook in its fangs and brought it to the friar’s feet. After a night of penance within Horace’s mushroom sack, the pook morel was released, under the condition that it would spread the word of the Pluritine Church among its kind. It is said that, since that day, pook morels, though unable to change their nature, refuse to steal from friars. Patronages: Mendicants, adders, (mushrooms).