Carving of Protection
(Abjuration)(Elemental (Earth))

Range:  0
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  Special
Casting Time:  5 rounds
Area of Effect:  Item touched
Saving Throw:  None

The caster uses a knife or dagger or other suitable tool to carve a special protective symbol on one useful item made of metal or stone (a weapon, a coin, a suit of armour, etc.). The item cannot be smaller than a coin.
The item becomes magical and possess the ability to protect the one who holds and uses it. It will confer a +3 bonus to his saving throws for a number of times equal to half the caster's level. The person can choose when to use this ability, but this must be announced before the die roll.
The material component is the item, which disappears after the spell has expired. It must have some value to the character at the time of the casting; an ordinary piece of rock or wood, for example, cannot be used, but an obsidian dagger can.

Due to the link between the person and the item, no-one else can use it. This spell was designed for the Dark Sun campaign world.

