Clutch of Orcus and Vile Components [Archive] - Wizards Community

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VorpalSledgeHammer

11-18-04, 03:35 PM
Ok, I tried this out on the Book of Vile Darkness board and didn't have much luck so I'll try it here, especially since Clutch of Orcus has been published in Libris Mortis... The text of Clutch of Orcus says that "If the victim dies as a result of this spell, his chest ruptures and bursts, and his smoking heart appears in the caster's hand." Is a heart gained in this fashion viable as an evil spell component using the rules from chapter 3 of the BoVD? It doesn't say that the heart is damaged, just smoking, and it doesn't say that the heart actually bursts from the chest, just that the chest bursts and the heart apears in the caster's hand. Is this an easy way to harvest organs from a distance?
ORC_Tuhteth

11-18-04, 07:11 PM
Sorry, even though the spell in question is from Libris Mortis, your actual question is about evil spell components as per the BoVD. This belongs on those boards, not here.