LEARNAL’S FLYING VESSEL          RITUAL 4

RARE TRASMUTATION

Cast 1 hour; Cost rare incense, precious oils, and sea salt worth 100 gp
Primary Check Arcana (master)
Duration 1 day
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You transform a rowboat capable of carrying one pilot and two passengers into one that will fly.

During the casting of the ritual you set a word of command for each of the following manoeuvres: Forward, Backward, Turn to starboard, Turn to port, Rise, Descend and Stop. Any creature can control the boat by spending an action to quietly murmur a command word within 30 feet of the vessel. You may control the boat from up to 1 mile away. If several creatures try to wrestle for control of the vessel the you will always win.

The boat has a fly speed of 30 feet forwards and 10 feet backwards. It can ascend and descend at a speed of 10 feet. The boat must move twice its length for each 90-degree turn it makes. This movement translates to 48 miles per day.

In addition to the seven primary command words there is an eighth that only you may use. This command word dismisses the ritual and immediately reverts the vessel to a mundane rowboat.

Some wizards have constructed special ships for this spell. These have sitting keels – A kind of stand built at the base of the keel so that the vessel may set down on land as well as in the water. The aeromancers and hydromancers of Glantarn have perfected further very expensive and closely guarded rituals to make the transformation permanent. The arch-mage Trantaan of Salin-Par keeps a large sailing vessel with a sitting keel in the grounds of his estate and uses it once a year to travel to Gal-din. The small sailing ship of Guildmaster Sparstillan Silverscar is often observed both sailing and flying around Lythandor. He keeps it at dock in Lathen harbour. The Veskian wizard Gorenash of Hoarlag keeps a flatbottomed small merchant vessel which regularly visits Northgate and Tirith-Hendar to trade magical trinkets for Telerash whiskey.
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Heightened (5th) You can transform a large rowboat capable of carrying one pilot and six passengers. The cost increases to 200 gp.
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Heightened (6th) You can transform a sailing ship capable of carrying one pilot and eight passengers. The cost increases to 300 gp.
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Heightened (7th) You can transform a large sailing ship capable of carrying one pilot and twelve passengers. The cost increases to 400 gp.
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Heightened (8th) You can transform a small merchant ship capable of carrying one pilot and sixteen passengers. The cost increases to 500 gp.
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Heightened (9th) You can transform a large merchant ship capable of carrying one pilot and twenty passengers. The cost increases to 600 gp.