Gardener's Touch

This spell affects any single patch of ground it is cast upon. By touching one leaf, blade of grass, or sprout, the wizard can transform the area around it, making it greener, more productive, and filling it with more life energy. Any area so treated is considered to be one step up on the terrain chart (from infertile to fertile or from fertile to abundant, for example). The spell has no effect upon ground that is worse off than infertile, and some plant life must already exist in the area for the spell to be successful.

The spell affects the area in a circle extending outward from a point centered upon the caster. It affects an area of 5 feet per level of the caster. If there is an area within the spell's radius that has no plant life in it, that portion of the area of effect remains barren. However, should the growth that has been improved by the spell creep over into the bare patch and begin to take root, that portion may be affected if the spell is cast again within a week. Thus, the whole area can be made more fertile inch by inch.

If the caster means to maintain a permanent garden, he must cast the spell again before the old spell's duration lapses. The material component of the spell is a seed.

Defilers can't cast gardener's touch.