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bearer’s hand and forearm in an inky black ball in a
single round. In the following round, the sphere
shimmers like hot tar and emits a vinelike tendril of
glassy black up to 20 feet in length that touches the
target being. If the target fails a saving throw vs.
spell with a -4. penalty, she or he is enveloped in
darkness and transformed into a silhouette. The silhouette
then constricts and squeezes into a tiny,
black, marble-sized sphere that is pulled by the tendril
into the minion’s hand. The darkness then dissipates,
leaving a clear, crystal walnut in the minion’s
hand surrounding the marble-size black sphere that
is the imprisoned being. Victims who succeed at
their saving throw vs. spell are unaffected by the
vinelike tendril, and the spell dissipates immediately.
The clear spirit prison lasts for 1 day per level of
the spellcaster. When the crystal nut is shattered or
when the spell duration expires, the marble-size
sphere of darkness reforms into the shape of the imprisoned
creature and then the darkness dissipates,
leaving the victim unharmed.
The material component of this spell is a black
sapphire with greenish-yellow highlights of at least
5,000 gp value which is transformed into the false
walnut.
Tentacle of Withering
(Alteration, Necromancy)
Level: 6
Sphere: Combat, Necromantic (Moander)
Range: 0
Components: V,S,M
Duration: 6 rounds
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: Special
Saving Throw: None
This spell transforms one of the caster’s arms into
a wriggling, eel-like gray tentacle, which is rubbery,
flexible, can readily adhere to surfaces or grasp
things (and release them whenever desired) and is
retractable and extensible from the length of the
original arm to 36 feet long. The tentacle can grasp
or manipulate objects (at a -2 penalty from the
caster’s normal Dexterity), wield weapons (at a -2
penalty to attack rolls), constrict for ld8 points of
damage plus 1 point per level of the caster in a
round, or enact its withering power (if the caster will
it to): sucking life energy from a living body it is
touching. To wither, the tentacle must make a successful
attack roll at the caster’s THAC0 plus a +4
bonus. A successful withering attack causes the victim
1d8 points of damage plus 1 point per level of
the caster and the loss of sensory or motive use of the
struck body part for one round with no saving throw.
(Determine which body part is struck through
random dice roll between possible targets). If the
head is struck, a round of blindness and deafness inescapably
results. If a leg is struck, that leg cannot
move for one round. A struck arm cannot move or
hold things and drops anything already in its grasp.
The tentacle can repeatedly affect a victim, inflicting
another 1d8 points of life-draining damage plus 1
point per level of the caster each round and disabling
a new limb or the same limb-if it can main-
tain contact with the being.
The caster can end this spell early at any time by
silent act of will, causing the tentacle to melt slowly
away. While the tentacle is disappearing, the caster
does not have any use of the tentacle/limb for one
round. While the tentacle is in existence, the caster
cannot engage in other spellcasting and may have
limited mobility or be hampered in some activities.
The material component for this spell are a fragment
of bone or small complete bone and a piece of
rubber or eel flesh.
Wound
(Necromatic)
Level: 5
Sphere: Necromantic (Bhaal)
Range: 120 yards
Components: V,S
Duration: Permanent
Casting Time: 5
Area of Effect: One target being
Saving Throw: Neg.
A ranged version of the spell cause serious wounds,
this spell does 2d8+1 points of damage to the target
creature. If the target being succeeds at a saving
throw vs. spell, all damage is negated.