Smooth Sailing

Smooth sailing provides the target vessel with a calm passage and a normal movement rate through severe storms, without possibility of damage to the ship. It will not work entirely against storms of gale strength or higher. Within the area of effect, gales become severe storms, hurricanes become gales, etc. The ship may still be damaged by such storms, but at least they will be greatly reduced in effect. Note that smooth sailing does nothing to affect the actual weather, it simply provides a smooth path for the ship and for the ship only.

The material component (not consumed) of the spell is a small model of the ship mounted in the middle of a gyroscope. The total assembly must have a value of at least 400 gp. In campaigns where a gyroscope would be an anachronism, the material component (consumed) is a small keg of fine oil worth a minimum of 25 gp. The caster pours the oil into the sea to complete the spell.