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spell or suffer from the numbing effects of the cold. The reverse of the spell, chill metal, counters a heat metal spell or else causes metal to act as follows: Metal Temperature Damage per Round cold none icy 1-2 points freezing* 1d4 points * On the final round of freezing, the afflicted creature must roll a successful saving throw vs. Thus, a 3rd-level caster would affect one such creature, a 4th- or 5th-level caster two, etc. For every two experience levels of the caster, the metal of one man-sized creature can be affected (i.e., arms and armor, or a single mass of metal equal to 50 pounds of weight). This version of the spell does not function under water. Fire resistance (spell, potion, or ring) or a protection from fire spell totally negates the effects of a heat metal spell, as does immersion in water or snow, or exposure to a cold or ice storm spell. Such materials cause searing damage to exposed flesh on the next round. Note also that materials such as wood, leather, or flammable cloth smolder and burn if exposed to searing hot metal. This effect can be completely removed by the 6th-level priest spell heal spell or by normal rest. spell or suffer one of the following disabilities: hand or foot-becomes unusable for 2d4 days body-becomes disabled for 1d4 days head-fall unconscious for 1d4 turns. During the second and sixth (next to the last) rounds, heat causes blisters and damage in the third, fourth, and fifth rounds, the metal becomes searing hot, causing damage to exposed flesh, as shown below: Metal Temperature Damage per Round very warm none hot 1d4 points searing* 2d4 points * On the final round of searing, the afflicted creature must roll a successful saving throw vs. On the first round of the spell, the metal merely becomes very warm and uncomfortable to touch (this is also the effect on the last melee round of the spell's duration). Elven chain mail is not affected, and magical metal armor receives an item saving throw vs. By means of the heat metal spell, the caster is able to make ferrous metal (iron, iron alloys, steel) extremely hot.