Up to ten creatures within range have their spirits forcibly removed from their bodies, entering a pseudo-Astral Plane. The bodies they leave behind are unconscious and in a state of suspended animation. They don't need food, water, or air; and don't age.
Their astral body resembles their mortal form in almost every way. The main difference is the addition of a silvery cord that extends from between their shoulder blades and trails behind them, fading to invisibility after 1 foot. This cord is their tether to their material body. As long as the tether remains intact, they can find their way back to their bodies. If the cord is cut their soul and body are separated, seemingly killing them. Unless their soul is re-tethered to their body, or suddenly bound to another soul, the body will begin to die. If the soul is kept alive, then the body will remain in a state of suspended animation, waiting for the return of the soul.
The astral form is a separate incarnation. Any damage or other effects that apply to it have no effect on the physical body, nor do they persist when they return to it.
When the spell ends, the affected creature returns to its physical body, and it awakens.
A successful Mortal Recurrence spell used against an astral body ends the spell for that creature. If the spell ends and the silver cord is intact, the cord pulls the creature’s astral form back to its body, ending its state of suspended animation.
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