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limb. Saving throw merely numbs the
appropriate limb for 1 round per level of
the caster (limb is unusable for that
time). Only clerics of 9th level or higher
may cast it.
LUMAT: The freezer. This
Glyph freezes solid the
toucher or passer for 2
rounds per level of caster.
This freezing further causes
1d4 pts. of damage
per round to the person or creature frozen.
If save is made, duration and damage
are both halved. Only clerics of 7th
level or higher may cast it.
LENDEN: The shortener.
This Glyph causes the victim
to shrink to a height of
6 inches for 2 rounds per
level of caster. Only the
actual body shrinks; all
equipment, etc. remains normal-sized
(so the character may be buried or
crushed by his or her own equipment). A
saving throw negates it.
MYB: Drains Dexterity, 1
pt. for each 2 levels of the
caster or half that if saved
is made. The loss is permanent
(Restoration or
Wish needed to regain). In
the case of non-character victims (mon-
sters), roll for Dexterity or ascertain it in
some other way and reduce AC, move,
etc. as appropriate.
MOT: Paperbane. This
Glyph causes all items of
paper on the toucher or
passer to disintegrate. This
includes scrolls, maps (if
on paper), spell books, Iibrams,
manuals, etc. Each item must
save separately as if it were the character
saving vs. magic. If the save is made the
effect is negated. This Glyph is generally
used to ward libraries, scroll cabinets
and the like and may only be cast by a
cleric of 7th level or higher.
NOLON: Madness. This
Glyph causes the toucher
or passer to go instantly
insane, screaming wildly,
shaking as if with palsy
and babbling about terrors
in the dark. This madness is permanent
unless saved against, in which case it
lasts 2 rounds per level of caster. An insane
victim cannot fight, be reasoned
with, or cast spells. A device which cures
insanity (e.g., Staff of curing) or a Wish
or another means of curing insanity can
reverse it. This Glyph may only be cast
by clerics of 9th level or higher.
OZHA: Acid. This Glyph
when touched or passed
explodes into a shower of
corrosive acid that will
spray everyone within 10
feet of the Glyph. Damage
is 2 pts. per level of caster, half if save is
made, for each character caught in the
shower. Only clerics of 8th level or higher
level may cast this Glyph, and items such
as armor which could be affected by an
acid shower must save vs. acid.
ORS: Life drain. This Glyph
drains one life level for
every 10 levels of the caster.
(i.e. a 10th- to 19thlevel
caster would drain
one level, a 20th-level caster
two). Extremely powerful, this Glyph
may only be cast by a 10th-level or
higher cleric. It also is somewhat evil in
nature; though good clerics may use it,
such use must be done with good reason.
Save negates the effect.
POGEN: The raiser. This
Glyph causes the toucher
or passer to be hurled upwards
at tremendous
speed and be smashed against
the ceiling (or, if
outdoors, to be raised to a height of 100
feet and then fall). Damage is 3 pts. per
level of caster from the smashing effect
or 10d6 from a fall outdoors. A save
34
against Dexterity is also required for the
smash effect, and if it is failed the user is
considered to have taken the blow directly
in the head, with a chance of instant
death (01-15) or at least a very bad
concussion (15-00). A save against the
Glyph negates the effect. Note: Depending
on ceiling height indoors, the character
will take additional damage from
the fall after being smashed, 1d6 for each
10 feet.
PEL: The silence. This
Glyph causes the toucher
to become both deaf and
mute permanently. Save
causes the effect to last
only 2 rounds per level of
caster. A Restoration will cure one effect
(choice of the character casting the Restoration),
and two such spells will cure
both effects. A carefully worded Wish
will also work as a complete cure.
QUOLAT: Poison. This
Glyph poisons the toucher
or passer, actually creating
a toxin in the blood
that does 5 points of poison
damage for each level
of the caster per round (i.e., each round
the victim takes five more points of damage
that is in all respects poison damage).
Slow poison or Neutralize poison
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