Hide Heart

This macabre spell allows the wizard to pull his beating heart from his chest and place it in some better protected place. While this causes no physical damage to the caster, it has several other effects.

First, the spell protects the caster from damage. The caster suffers only half damage from any normal physical attack; magical weapons inflict half damage plus any magical bonuses. Magical attacks are treated normally. In addition, any shot specifically aimed to pierce the caster's chest (and presumably his heart, if it were still there), causes no damage.

The material components for the spell are a silken pillow, on which the heart is laid, and a glass or crystal cover for it.

When a wizard uses this spell, the heart is usually placed in some unusual place, not easily found, and very well-protected. The wise wizard chooses non-carnivorous creatures to guard the heart.

If the heart is discovered and damaged, the caster feels it immediately (though other magical warnings may have already caused an alert). While separated from the body, the heart can suffer 1 point of damage per level of the caster before the caster dies.

Notes: Uncommon in Arabian lands; virtually unknown elsewhere.