CHAPTER NINE: SPELLS AND COMBAT RITES
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cannot be parried, so foes are denied any
bonus to Armor Class due to the parry
ability, fighting defensively, or all-out
defense.
Magic Item Creation Modifiers:
Constant ×5, single-use ×1.5, spell-
completion ×1.5
Veil of Darkness
Evocation [Darkness]
Level: 1 (Simple)
Casting Time: One action
Range: 0 feet
Area: 10-foot-radius spread
Duration: 10 minutes/level (D)
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
You create an immobile area of magical
darkness in which even creatures that nor-
mally can see in the dark cannot see.
Normal lights do not work, nor do spells
with the light descriptor of a lower level
than this spell. A light spell of the same
level as this one counters and cancels out
a veil of darkness (but is then cancelled
itself). Light spells of a higher level than
the veil of darkness spell dispel the dark-
ness.
Diminished Effects: The duration is
one minute per level, and the darkness is
“normal” darkness—creatures with dark-
vision can see in it. Normal lights, such as
lanterns or torches, however, still shed no
light in the area.
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Heightened Effects: The area
becomes a 20-foot radius spread, and the
range is Medium (100 feet + 10
feet/level).
Venomblade
Conjuration (Creation) [Sibeccai]
Level: 3 (Exotic)
Casting Time: Standard action
Range: Personal
Effect: One poisoned slashing weapon
Duration: 10 minutes/level (D)
Grey mist from your hands takes the
shape of any slashing weapon desired (no
magical or masterwork properties). This
weapon is coated with a poison that
inflicts 1d4 points of temporary Strength
damage and 1d4 more a minute later. If
you successfully attack with the created
weapon, the victim must make a Fortitude
saving throw against the poison (as with
all poisons). The save DC is the same as
the Difficulty Class of a 3rd-level spell
that you would cast upon the victim. The
blade lasts until it inflicts a wound or
until the duration expires, whichever
comes first.
Diminished Effects: The poison
inflicts only 1 point of temporary Strength
damage (and 1 point more a minute later).
Heightened Effects: The blade per-
sists and remains coated with the poison
for the duration, poisoning with every
strike.
Magic Item Creation Modifiers:
Constant ×3, single-use ×3
Vitrification
Transmutation [Earth]
Level: 6 (Complex)
Casting Time: Standard action
Range: Medium (100 feet + 10 feet/level)
Target: One living creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates
Spell Resistance: Yes
The target of this spell turns into glass,
as if it were a mindless, inert statue. (The
target’s possessions do not transform.)
Should the glass get broken or damaged,
the target has similar damage or deformi-
ties if ever returned to its original state.
The target is not dead (its soul doesn’t
pass on), but when viewed with spells that
detect life, it does not seem to be alive,
either. A remove malady or perfect health
spell can restore a target. Normal curative
magic does not heal any damage to the
glass figure, but lesser or greater repair
does.
Diminished Effects: In this version of
the spell, the target remains made of glass
for one hour per caster level.
Heightened Effects: The glass statue
shatters 1 round after it forms in this ver-
sion of the spell.