Priest Lock

(See also: Wizard Lock (Wizard Spell)) By means of this 2nd level priest spell, a priest can place a magical protection on any window, door or portal. The door will open for anyone who speaks the password that was put into place by the priest who priest locked the door.

The password can be a single word or several sentences. The priest has complete freedom in choosing the password, including the language in which it must be spoken. The password works only if it is spoken in the language the priest designates. The language does not need to be the native tongue of the spellcaster.

A priest locked door or portal can be opened by breaking, or a successful knock or dispel magic spell, just as a wizard lock. The priest can negate the spell by speaking the password in reverse. This allows the priest to cast a new spell in order to change the password.

The caster must set a duration that the door, once opened, will remain unlocked, up to the caster's level in rounds. The priest can also place a time delay on the release of the door, which cannot exceed 10 rounds.

For example, a priest casts a priest lock spell on the door to her room. She specifies in the spell that the door will be released two rounds after the password has been spoken and the door will remain unlocked for five rounds after that. Her native language is Common, but her password is a phrase spoken in the Dwarven language.