Darkray's Poison Protector
(Abjuration, Evocation)

Range:  0
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  Special
Casting Time:  4
Area of Effect:  Creature touched
Saving Throw:  None

Since poisons on Athas can be extremely lethal, Darkray created this spell to protect himself and his companions from such attacks. The spell can protect against any one method of poisoning: injected, ingested or contact. Upon casting, an invisible aura surrounds the recipient (using detect invisibility, eg., reveals the aura). If protecting against injected or contact poisons, the aura covers the whole body. If it is against ingested poisons, it just covers the mouth. The aura protects the subject against a number of poison attacks equal to the half the caster's level (five times at ninth level, etc.). The protection lasts until dispelled.
If an attack using poison is made using the suitable method, the subject suffers no damage from the poison; he suffers normal damage if a weapon was used to deliver the poison, however. An individual can only be protected against one method by means of this spell at any given time.
The material component of the spell is a drop of a poison that the subject must consume during the casting; the poison must be of the appropriate type, that is injected, ingested or contact. Protection against natural poisons is granted only if these belong specifically to the poison table.
The spells stoneskin and Darkray's mail of power (q.v.) take precedence over the poison protector; attacks negated by these spells do not affect it.

