This spell requires a full hour of concentration on the part of the caster, and must be performed in the center of the area to be affected. Upon completion of the casting, the area begins to dry out-if it was swamp or marsh, the water drains away; if it was field or forest, the ground withers to dust, and all vegetation perishes within a few days. Drought cast on an area with more than a foot of standing water will have no effect-the water drains away, but other water flows in to take its place. The magical drought lasts until natural or magical changes in the weather bring on rain. A dispel magic spell is effective only if completed successfully before the casting time of the drought spell has elapsed.
The material component of the spell is the dried foot of a desert rat.
Notes: Restricted to practitioners of hishna magic (the Maztica setting); common.