Strip (Reversible)

Mages use this spell to strip paint, barnacles, ice, etc., off surfaces. The spell can strip 100 square feet of surface of rough work, or 10 square feet per level of fine work such as a piece of delicate furniture.

A cog with a deck length of 85', modeled as a half-cylinder with radius 10' has approximately 2,700 square feet of hull exposed to barnacles. Assume that the exposed area is 80% covered, 2,150 square feet. A 3rd-level mage could strip 300 square feet, or about one-seventh of the total surface area per application.

It is difficult to see how this spell could be turned to offensive or defensive use. It might (with the appropriate tool) be able to de-scale a large fish such as a pike.

The material component (consumed) is a scraping tool appropriate to the substance being scraped, i.e., a barnacle scraper to strip barnacles off a ship's hull, or an ice scraper for scraping ice off a sidewalk.

The reverse form of the spell, apply, applies a layer of liquid such as paint, pitch, caulk, etc. to a surface such as a ship's hull or deck. The apply spell cannot be used to coat mobile creatures.