Annul the Divine

This spell allows you to counter the effects of either consecrate or desecrate.

Relics & Rituals: Olympus

© 2004 White Wolf Publishing, Inc. Distributed for Sword and Sorcery Studios by White Wolf Publishing, Inc.

By W. Jason Peck, Aaron Rosenberg, Christina Stiles and Relics & Rituals: Olympus team

Abjuration
Level: Cleric 2
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Area: 20-ft. radius emanation
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No

The targeted area is no longer considered holy or unholy, and is no longer dedicated to its patron god – spellcasters can cast without penalty or bonus here, regardless of affiliation, and the undead are unaffected. Although this spell is not as useful as the spells that it counters (which, of course, also counter each other), it requires less in way of expensive components, and is also considered less of an offensive act than either. A priest of Dionysus who chooses to desecrate an altar to Athena will start a blood feud, while the same priest who chooses to annul the divine upon the altar is simply furthering a rivalry.