Body Swap

Spell — see Magic and Spellcasting for the rules and the Spell Index for the full list.

This spell is considered contraband in Sair.

Arcane 6 Type: necromancy, transmogrification

Range: touch Duration: perpetual

This spell can cause a pair of living targets of man-size or smaller to perpetually take on each other’s forms. Each target gains the physical capabilities, statistics, physical attacks, and special abilities of the new form while retaining its own mental abilities. Each target retains the same number of hit points it previously had, regardless of the Hit Dice of the form assumed.

Incorporeal and gaseous creatures cannot be targeted by this spell, nor can creatures with more HD than caster level. The caster must touch both creatures when casting the spell. The caster may be one of the creatures touched, if he desires. Since touching an unwilling creature requires a successful attack throw, this spell is usually cast only when one or both of the creatures are willing and/or helpless. Each creature can (if unwilling) make a Spells saving throw to resist the body swap. If either creature saves, the spell has no effect.

Once the body swap occurs, it lasts perpetually until the caster dies or it is dispelled. If dispelled, the two creatures immediately swap back to their original forms. If the body swap is dispelled after one of the creatures has died, then the surviving creature must make a Death saving throw. If the throw fails, the creature returns to its original (dead) form and dies. If the save succeeds, the surviving creature retains the new form.