Bloom

8th-level conjuration (ritual, high elven)

Casting time: 1 hour

Range: 1 mile

Target:

Components: V, S, M (a silver acorn worth 500 gp, which is consumed in the casting)

Duration: 1 year

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You plant a silver acorn in solid ground and spend an hour chanting a litany of praises to the natural world, after which the land within 1 mile of the acorn becomes extremely fertile, regardless of its previous state. Any seeds planted in the area of effect grow at twice the natural rate. Food harvested regrows within a week. After one year, the land slowly reverts to its normal fertility, unable to stave off the march of nature.

Choose one of the following effects, which appears and grows immediately:

• A field planted with vegetables of your choice, ready for harvest.
• A thick forest of stout trees and ample undergrowth.
• A grassland with wildflowers and fodder for grazing.
• An orchard of fruit trees of your choice, growing in orderly rows and ready for harvest.

Living creatures that take a short rest within the area of a bloom receive the maximum hit points for hit dice expended. Bloom counters the effects of a desolation spell.

Ritual Focus. If you expend your ritual focus, the duration becomes permanent.