Sanctify Crypt

This spell is employed by the priestesses of Nephthys to seal a burial chamber for all time. It lasts until a comb is despoiled, which involves removing or destroying the mummified remains and/or looting those items of value buried with the deceased.

Anyone despoiling a sanctified crypt by performing either of the above action invokes a powerful curse on themselves and their descendants. The effects of the 5th- level Nephthysan priest spell major curse are immediately applied to all tomb robbers present in the area of effect with no saving throw allowed, whether they have actually handled the deceased's remains or valuable grave goods or not. As well, each generation one descendant of each tomb robber suffers the effects of the major curse until the tomb is restored to its original state.

A remove major curse spell only removes the major curse from the current recipient. The curse still returns to haunt the next generation unless the tomb is restored. However, a descendant of an original tomb robber may lift the curse upon his or her line by performing a major quest for the church of Nephthys in atonement. (This does not lift the major curse from the lines of others involved in despoiling a particular tomb.)

The material components for this spell is gold dust equal in value to 1 gp per square foot of the burial chamber to be sanctified. The gold dust is scattered over the floor of the crypt during the casting.