Spirit Servant (218)

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Spirit Servant (218)
Mnemonic [SERVANT]
Base Duration 1200 sec
Added Duration +60 sec per rank
Span Refreshable
Utility Magic  
Subtype Summoning 
Availability Self-cast 
Major Spiritual Spells
Calm (201) Attack
Spirit Shield (202) Defensive
Manna (203) Utility
Unpresence (204) Utility
Light (205) Utility
Tend Lore (206) Utility
Purify Air (207) Defensive
Living Spell (208) Utility
Untrammel (209) Utility
Silence (210) Attack
Bravery (211) Offensive
Interference (212) Attack
Minor Sanctuary (213) Utility
Bind (214) Attack
Heroism (215) Offensive
Frenzy (216) Attack
Mass Interference (217) Attack
Spirit Servant (218) Utility
Spell Shield (219) Defensive
Major Sanctuary (220) Utility
Transference (225) Utility
Spiritual Abolition (230) Attack
Spirit Slayer (240) Offensive

A Spirit Servant is a spiritual creature that accompanies the caster. It can be instructed to pick up a maximum of two items, one in each hand. If its master's weapon were disarmed, the Spirit Servant will pick up the item on its own without being instructed to do so by its master. It will also drop one of the items it is carrying (if both hands are full) in order to retrieve the weapon. If an item the Spirit Servant is told to drop (either upon resurrection of the master, instruction to drop, or to retrieve a disarmed item) is cursed, it will result in a magical backlash and injury to the master. Casting Neutralize Curse (309) or Remove Curse (315) at the object on the spirit will allow the spirit to drop the item without harm.

If the master is killed, the Spirit Servant can preserve its master with the Preservation (305) spell and send off a beacon to let others in the area know where its dead master is located. The base duration of Preservation by the Spirit Servant is 300 seconds (5 minutes) and can be increased with Spiritual Lore, Summoning.

If the caster dies, the spirit will dissipate shortly after resurrection. It cannot be refreshed before this happens.

Usage

TELL SERVANT TO

Lore Benefit

Each rank of Spiritual Lore, Summoning increases the duration of Preservation that the Spirit Servant bestows on its master. Up to 100 ranks the duration increases by 15 seconds per rank. For every additional rank past 100, the duration is increased by 10 seconds.

Spiritual Lore, Summoning ranks 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 150 200 250
Preservation duration (seconds) 300 450 600 750 900 1050 1200 1350 1500 1750 1800 2300 2800 3300
Not all thresholds shown

Appearance

Main article: Spirit Servant types

The caster can specify which type of servant to summon by using a runestone. When cast without aid of a runestone, the Spirit Servant will take on a type suitable for the area it is summoned in, mimicking the unaligned Major Sanctuary (220) spell options.

Messaging

Start
A bright pulse of soft energy moves away from your hands and beckons a spirit to your aid...
A lighthearted luck spirit begins to take corporeal form before your eyes.
One-minute warning
You sense that your river spirit will not be able to hold corporeal form much longer.
Refresh messaging
You infuse your luck spirit with the mana necessary to maintain its corporeal form.
End
A coy river spirit fades into ethereal form and wafts away.
Attempt to refresh before the Spirit Servant fades
You begin to beckon a Spirit Servant to your aid but realize that you already have one.
Dropping a cursed item
A dolorous wasteland spirit drops an urglaes fang.
  
The power used by the spirit to unbind itself from the cursed items it was holding causes a backlash of explosive energy.
   ... 25 points of damage!
   A raw, red hole is drilled in your chest by a powerful bolt!

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