Merciful Touch

By means of this spell, the priestess can both heal and relieve suffering. Merciful touch cures 1d12 points of damage. The dweomer also alleviates the pain of conditions not otherwise removed by the curative aspect of this spell. For example, the discomfort caused by a disease is held in abeyance, although the disease itself is neither cured nor placed in remission. Likewise, the excruciating pain of an injury such as a broken ankle is masked for the duration of the spell: however, it is still not possible for the creature to put weight on the ankle. Such spells as irritation can be effectively negated if the duration of the merciful touch exceeds the duration of the spell that inflicts the suffering. Merciful touch only affects conditions in existence at the time it is cast.

The material components of this spell are the priest's holy symbol.