Auralon's Deflective Plates
(Evocation)

Range:  0
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  1 turn per level
Casting Time:  5
Area of Effect:  The caster
Saving Throw:  None

Casting of this spell creates up to five glowing, circular plates of force which hang in the air in a 3-foot radius around the wizard. These plates move to deflect magical energies aimed at the wizard of which the latter is aware. The plates are effective against magical rays, beams, bolts and missiles from both spells and magic items. The target of these offensive spells has only a cumulative 15% chance per plate to be protected against totally accurate spells (such as magic missile), but a 19% chance per plate of avoiding magic requiring a to-hit roll (such as lightning bolt).
Upon impact with the plates, the offensive magic is deflected at full strength in a random direction away from the target (roll 1d4 for height: 1 or 2: same height, 3 or 4: up; roll 1d6 for direction relative to the defender: 1: left, 2: left and front, 3: up in front or back at rival wizard, 4: right and front, 5: right, 6: either straight up or is absorbed and destroys a plate). The plates can be brought down by disintegrate or dispel magic, impact with a rod of cancellation or shatter (destroys one plate), or a limited wish or wish. The plates do not protect against non-magical attacks or magical attacks of a type not listed above.
At the end of the spell's duration, the plates disappear two per round until all are gone. The material components for this spell are tiny disks cut from 50 gp gems, one for each plate to be invoked; the disks are used up in the casting.
Auralon's deflective plates is a spell Auralon devised in his spare time while serving under the Mageoclave, and before becoming a member of that group.

