Call of the Regal Pride

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

Divine 4 Type: summoning (call)

Range: special Duration: 1 day

This spell calls 1d4 griffons to the caster to serve as winged steeds for him and his companions.

The spell takes one turn (10 minutes) to cast. As soon as the spell is cast, the griffons begin to travel by air to the caster’s destination at their flying speed. If called in a 24-mile unsettled hex of mountains terrain, the griffon will take 1d6 hours to arrive. If the griffons are called outside an unsettled hex of mountains terrain, the time to arrive is increased by 1d2 hours per 24-mile hex between the caster’s hex and the nearest 24-mile unsettled hex of mountains terrain. If called while the caster is unreachable (deep in a dungeon, for example), the griffons will travel as close as they can to the caster and then circle the sky in that vicinity.

For the duration of the spell, the griffons will understand the caster’s speech and will serve as if they were the caster’s henchman. They can be ridden as mounts or war mounts as if trained in that role. The spell persists until the griffons are slain, the spell is dispelled, or one day passes (at which time the griffons depart). If the spell is cast again when the griffons are about to depart, they will remain for another day. Call of the regal pride can only be cast once per day.

This spell does not conjure up saddle and tack, nor does it automatically grant the rider the equivalent of Riding proficiency, so unproficient characters who ride the griffons into battle do so at their own risk.

A prayerful caster who uses a call with ill intent towards the creatures called immediately becomes disfavored. He cannot cast the spell again until he has restored himself to favor. A studious caster or ceremonialist who uses a call with ill intent immediately loses the spell or ceremony from his repertoire. (He can re-learn it if he has the formula.) In neither case do the called animals arrive.