Sarius' Platinum Platform
(Alteration, Enchantment)

Range:  5 feet per level
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  Special
Casting Time:  1 turn
Area of Effect:  Special
Saving Throw:  None

This spell brings a magical force field into existence which resembles a dimly glowing platform made of glass-like material. The glowing platform (dimly visible up to 5 feet away in daylight) is capable of flying under the control of the wizard, who may carry himself and a certain amount of weight through airy and watery mediums. When casting this spell, the wizard may choose to create a 10?10 feet platform with 6-inch sidewalls or a 40?40 feet platform with 3-inch sidewalls. The 10?10 feet platform loses some of the abilities of the 40?40 feet one, but is 10% magic resistant and confers a 5% magic resistance to anything in physical contact with the platform. Both platforms have a localised gravity that aids in keeping materials on board and bonuses to Dexterity checks for falling from it. The differences between platforms and general flight powers are listed in the table below. Note that this spell uses the Intelligence of the creature casting the spell to determine usage (even thieves) and creatures with less than a 9 Intelligence may not effectively use this spell. Only wizards may create the 10?10 feet platform.
The platforms may only be destroyed by magical damage. Physical attacks, no matter how strong, will only be able to move the platform in relation to the force of the attack compared to the current speed or lift rate. Magical weapons will do damage equal to their magical plusses only. If area of effect attacks come from below that do not destroy the platform they will not affect the contents of the platform. Note that, even if the magic resistance of a 10?10 feet platform is bridged, it fails its saving throw, and takes full damage, unless it is destroyed the aforementioned effect holds true. The magic resistance passed onto objects touching the platform stay in effect for one round after it is destroyed. Breath weapons are considered magical attacks cast at the level of the Hit Dice of the breathing creature for determining magic resistance breach.
The 40?40 feet platform may sustain 3 HP per level of the originating experience level at which it was cast, while the 10?10 feet platform will take 4 times this amount of damage. The platform is immune to any attacks which use a primal force of the plane in which it is created (eg., fire in the elemental plane of fire) since it is created from the forces of the current plane in which it resides. This also prevents the platform from crossing planar boundaries. In places where there is no localised gravity, movement rates are double the stated values in the table below. Spell duration in normal time is 1 turn per level for the 10?10 feet platform and 1 day per level for the 40?40 feet platform. The material component of this spell is a platinum plate (3?5?1/2 inch) with mystic runes etched into it. A jeweller is needed (unless the character has the skill) and he will charge no less than 500 gp to work the runes needed into the plate, the total price coming to 4000 gp for the plate. The wizard must use a wizard mark of his own to prepare the plate or it will only be able to create the 40?40 feet platform.

10?10 feet platform:

	Max.	Max.	Max.	Manoeuvr.	Falling
Int.	Speed	Weight	Lift	Class	Adjustm.
9	9	900	1	C	+1
10	10	1000	1	C	+1
11	11	1100	1	C	+1
12	12	1200	1	C	+1
13	13	1300	1	C	+1
14	14	1400	2	B	+2
15	15	1500	2	B	+2
16	16	1600	2	B	+2
17	17	1700	2	B	+2
18	18	1800	2	B	+2
19	19	1900	2	B	+2
20	20	2000	3	A	+3
21	21	2100	3	A	+3
22	22	2200	3	A	+3
23	23	2300	3	A	+3
24	24	2400	3	A	+3
25	25	2500	3	A	+3

40?40 feet platform:

	Max.	Max.	Max.	Manoeuvr.	Falling
Int.	Speed	Weight	Lift	Class	Adjustm.
9	41/2	3600	1/2	E	+4
10	5	4000	1/2	E	+4
11	51/2	4400	1/2	E	+4
12	6	4800	1/2	E	+4
13	61/2	5200	1/2	E	+4
14	7	5600	1	D	+5
15	71/2	6000	1	D	+5
16	8	6400	1	D	+5
17	81/2	6800	1	D	+5
18	9	7200	1	D	+5
19	91/2	7600	1	D	+5
20	10	8000	11/2	C	+6
21	101/2	8400	11/2	C	+6
22	11	8800	11/2	C	+6
23	111/2	9200	11/2	C	+6
24	12	9600	11/2	C	+6
25	121/2	10,000	11/2	C	+6

Max. Speed: This is measured in feet per round indoors and yards per round outdoors. Incapacitating the controlling person causes the platform to freeze. Speed also directly converts to miles per hour when the platform is flown for that amount of time.
Max. Weight: This is measured in pounds.
Max. (Rate of) Lift: For every 100 pounds over the maximum weight limit the lift rate is reduced by 1 per round. Negative lift rates cause the platform to go down at a rate equal to the negative rating unless the current plane has no gravity. In this case movement rate is affected vice lift.
Manoeuvr. Class: This is the platform's manoeuvrability class.
Falling Adjustm.: This bonus is doubled for the wizard controlling the platform. Each +1 should be considered a pull each to one tenth of normal gravity in the current plane of existence. These plusses are specifically bonuses against falling off of the platform.

