Symbol of Pain (Spell)

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| Cleric=5

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| Sorcerer/Wizard=5

| School=Necromancy

| CastTime=10 minutes

| Components=V, S, M (mercury and phosphorus, plus powdered diamond and opal worth a total of 1,000 gp)

| Range=0 ft.; see text

| Target=one symbol

| Duration=see text

| Save=FORT negates

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| SR=yes

| Description = This spell functions like Symbol of Death (Spell), except that each creature within the radius of a Symbol of Pain instead suffers wracking pains that impose a -4 penalty on attack rolls, and skill checks. These effects last for 1 hour after the creature moves farther than 60 feet from the Symbol.

Unlike Symbol of Death (Spell), Symbol of Pain has no hit point limit; once triggered, a Symbol of Pain simply remains active for 10 minutes per caster level.

Note: Magic traps such as Symbol of Pain are hard to detect and disable. While any character can use Perception to find a symbol, only a character with the Trapfinding (Ex) class feature can use Disable Device to disarm it. The DC in each case is 25 + spell level, or 30 for Symbol of Pain.

| ShortDesc=Triggered rune wracks nearby creatures with pain.

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