CUBE OF FORCE
CUBE OF FORCE
Experience Point Value. 3,000 xp
Gold Piece Value. 20,000 gp
A device of but about the size of a large die—perhaps ¾ of an inch across—the cube of force enables its possessor to put up a wall of force 1" per side around his or her person, and this cubic screen is impervious to the attack forms shown on the table below.
The cube has 36 charges, and each day this energy is restored.
The holder presses one face of the cube to activate or deactivate the field:
Cube Face
one
two
three
four
five
six
Charge Cost per Turn/
Movement Rate
1 / 1"
2 / 8"
3 / 6"
4 / 4"
6 / 3"
0 / normal
Effect
keeps out gases, wind, etc.
keeps out non-living matter
keeps out living matter
keeps out magic
keeps out all things
deactivates
When the force screen is up, the following attack forms cost extra charges from the cube in order to maintain the integrity of the screen.
Note that these spells cannot be cast either into or out of the cube:
catapult-like missiles
very hot normal fires
horn of blasting
delayed blast fireball
disintegrate
fireball
fire storm
1
2
6
3
6
3
3
flame strike
lightning bolt
meteor swarm
passwall
phase door
prismatic spray
wall of fire
3
4
8
3
5
7
2
The cube of force can be of any hard mineral, ivory or bone.