Necromancy [Evil]
Level: Cleric 4
Componentws: V,S,M
Casting Time: 1 hour
Target: You
Duration: 24 hours
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: None
A willing sacrifice offers their very life essence to fuel your power.
With this spell you are able to increase the level of one spell slot by one level, allowing you to prepare one spell from the list one higher than your maximum level. Thus a seventh level cleric might gain access to 5th level spells she would not normally have access to until 9th level.
The ceremony lasts an hour and must end just prior to the time you normally regain your spells (midnight in the case of evil clerics). At the end of the ceremony the sacrifice’s raw life essence is released to form a conduit between you and your source of divine power, allowing you to prepare the desired spell.
Since the sacrifice must willingly die, the spell fails if they change their mind at any time. Your deity (if any) must also be willing to grant the higher level spell and will only do so if the cause is compatible with their own values. Only in exceptional circumstances will a deity of good alignment allow such a spell to be cast.
Material Component: One sentient, willing sacrifice.