Surelife

This spell allows the wu jen to protect himself from some sure cause of death-one that if entered or undertaken is normally guaranteed to cause the death of the caster. The event protected against can only be a natural one-not a spell or the action of another individual or creature.

The wu jen could use the spell to protect himself from dying in a pot of boiling oil or under the crushing weight of an avalanche, but could do nothing to prevent death from the breath of a dragon or the swords of a band of samurai.

The event being protected against must be specific and the spell is only effective against that event. Should the event come to pass during the duration of the spell, the wu jen suffers no damage from it nor does he feel any discomfort. However, the spell does nothing to protect those items carried or worn by the wu jen.

At the expiration of the spell's duration, the event formerly protected against has full normal effects on the wu jen.

The material component for this spell is an ointment of peach syrup and cinnabar.