Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (May 4 1999)
Usage: USE 9310 Time to learn: 28 days. Time to use: 7 days. Piety to use: 7. Required to use: Holy symbol, holy plant
This spell summons a water elemental into a ocean province. The water elemental will remain in the province for up to one year. If a ship enters the ocean province during that time, the water elemental will attack the ship and attempt to wash as many as 10 men (or beasts) from the decks of the ship. Each man (or beast) attacked by the water elemental has a 50% chance of being washed overboard and drowned.
The water elemental's targets are selected exactly as in combat. Due to their superior strength, nobles cannot be washed overboard. If attacked, they will instead suffer a 1-100 point wound.
After attacking one ship, the water elemental will disperse.
Water elementals completely ignore ships which have a priest of Eres on board.