Featherweaving - Pluma

The featherweaving spell is a harmonious exercise, strongly Maztican in character. The caster must sit quietly, in peaceful surroundings. He works bits of down into a fine mesh of cotton or maguey fiber, and slowly creates a tapestry of brilliant feather work. The weaving can be worked into an abstract design, a symbolized image (a Mayan or Incan design is common), or a realistic image.

The weaving is a relaxing, mentally healthful activity. For every hour that the caster spends concentrating on the spell, he can recover 1 point of damage. He also weaves approximately one square inch of his ultimate creation during an hour.

The weaving must be completed before the caster advances to the next level of ability. A first-level caster must weave a piece 1 square foot in size; at second level, 2 sq. ft, and so on. A fifth-level pattern weaver can create an item 5 feet by 8 feet or larger; a truly large weaving can become a featherlitter (see create talisman of pluma).

The material components of the spell are the feathers and mesh needed to make the piece.

Notes: Restricted to practitioners of pluma magic (the Maztica setting); common.