Skip Object
(Alteration)

Range:  60 feet
Components:  V, S
Duration:  Special
Casting Time:  1
Area of Effect:  Special
Saving Throw:  Special

This spell can be cast on any non-living object with a volume no greater than 1 cubic foot per level of the caster. Magical items and those items held or worn by an unwilling creature receive a saving throw of 12. Magical items with plusses or minuses receive a bonus to their saving throw equal to this modifier (which means that a cursed -2 sword would receive the same bonus as a +2 sword). Other magic items receive bonuses corresponding to the strength of their magic (as determined by the DM): +1 for weak magic, +2 to +3 for moderate magic, and +4 (or more) for strong magic. Artifacts and relics are not affected by this spell. For every third level of the caster, this saving throw is further modified by a -1 (-1 at third level, -2 at sixth, etc.). The effect of this spell is to cause the object in question to be skipped forward in time a number of rounds equal to the factorial of the caster's level, plus one (a 5th-level wizard, for example, can skip an object forward 5+4+3+2+1+1=16 rounds). During the time the object is being skipped, it ceases to exist, and there is no way to affect it in any way. When it reappears, if something has moved to occupy the space it previously was in, it will move to the nearest open space. The caster can choose to bring the object back any time before the expiration of the spell, at which time the spell ends.

